| 43rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
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| 20110263148 | CONNECTOR AND WATERPROOF CONNECTOR - A connector includes a contact, a housing having a cavity into which the contact may be inserted formed therein, the housing retaining the contact inserted into the cavity, and a retainer piece that may be inserted into the cavity in the direction opposite to an insertion direction. The housing includes a pressing piece that moves the contact inserted into the cavity in the moving direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, an abut part that the contact abuts due to the movement by the pressing piece, and a locking member that locks the contact abutted to the abut part. The retainer piece is inserted into a back-side gap formed between the contact and an inner wall surface of the housing due to the movement by the pressing piece. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263149 | CABLE TAMPER PREVENTION - Apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are provided for prevention of tampering with cables and associated systems. In one aspect, an anti-tamper adapter is provided that can inhibit or prohibit cable tampering for existing cables. The provided embodiments can economically and flexibly facilitate cable tamper prevention in a wide array of cable technologies. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263150 | SHIELD CASE AND CONNECTOR HAVING THE SAME - The invention provides a shield case to cover a body, the body having a main body and first and second connecting portions projecting from the main body and lying adjacent to each other along a first direction. The shield case includes first to forth conductive shells. The first and second shells cover an outer circumference of the main body; the third shell covers the first connecting portion; and the fourth shell covers the second connecting portion. The third shell is in contact with at least one of the first and second shells. The first or fourth shell is in contact with the second shell. The fourth shell is provided integrally with the first shell and is adjacent to the third shell along the first direction. The first or fourth shell may not contact the second shell if the third shell is contactable with both the first and second shells. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263151 | TAMPER PREVENTION SYSTEM HAVING A SHROUD TO PARTIALLY COVER A RELEASE MECHANISM - Apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are provided for prevention of tampering with cables and associated systems. In one aspect, an anti-tamper adapter is provided that can inhibit or prohibit cable tampering for existing cables. In a further aspect, dummy plugs or blocking plugs can employ disclosed anti-tamper adapters to facilitate blocking ports or outlets that are intended to remain undisturbed for a period of time. The provided embodiments can economically and flexibly facilitate cable tamper prevention in a wide array of cable technologies. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263152 | Replaceable Module for Socket and Socket Having Replaceable Module - A socket having a replaceable module includes a socket panel and a replaceable module. The socket panel is provided with socket units. The replaceable module is detachably provided on the socket panel. The replaceable module is provided with socket subunits. The edge of the replaceable module is provided with a trough located between the replaceable module and the socket panel. The present invention further provides a replaceable module for a socket. The replaceable module can be replaced according practical demands, which makes it more versatile. Further, the replaceable module has a better safety. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263153 | CABLE-END CONNECTOR - A cable-end connector includes a metal locknut having an axially extending center through hole, a rear orifice and a retaining structure, the retaining structure of the locknut defining a retaining groove and a stop edge, an elastically deformable cylindrical casing having an axial hole and a retaining structure for engagement with the retaining structure of the locknut and defining with the retaining structure of the locknut a clearance, the retaining structure of the cylindrical casing having a retaining flange for engaging the retaining groove of the retaining structure of the locknut, and a metal core tube mounted in the locknut and the cylindrical casing and having a rear stop flange for stopping against the stop edge of the locknut to block the clearance and to force the retaining flange of the retaining structure of the cylindrical casing into engagement with the retaining groove of the retaining structure of the locknut tightly, thereby sealing off outside moisture and enhancing the electromagnetic wave shielding effect. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263154 | COMPRESSION CONNECTOR FOR COAXIAL CABLE - A compression connector for smooth walled, corrugated, and spiral corrugated coaxial cable includes an insulator disposed within the body, wherein the insulator contains a central opening therein which is dimensioned smaller than a collet portion which seizes a center conductor of the coaxial cable. The connector also includes a clamp disposed inside the body as well as a compression sleeve assembly. An intermediate connector element includes a transitional surface which interacts with the clamp. When an axial force is applied to the compression sleeve, the clamp is forced by the transitional surface into the body, causing the clamp to squeeze onto an outer conductor layer of the coaxial cable. At approximately the same time, the collet portion is forced through the central opening of the insulator, causing the collet portion to squeeze onto the center conductor. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263155 | JOINING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A joining electrical connector connects board electrical connectors in a connector fitting direction. The joining electrical connector has a housing and a plurality of terminals arranged in the housing in a terminal arrangement direction. Each joining terminal has a main body section with contact sections to connect to each terminal of the board electrical connectors and a supported section supported by the housing in the connector fitting direction. The main body section and the supported section can move in the terminal arrangement direction responding to displacement when the relative positions of the two board electrical connectors are displaced from the regular positions. The supported section is provided so as to have at least a part thereof in the connector fitting direction overlapped with the range of the main body section in the direction. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263156 | RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR FOR A CABLE - A receptacle connector for a cable has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each first terminal has a first soldering cup formed on the first terminal and extending backward out of the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing, are capable of cooperating with the first terminals to implement USB 3.0 protocol and each second terminal has a second soldering cup formed on the second terminal and extending backward out of the rear end of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing, the first terminals and the second terminals. The receptacle connector may be mounted one end of the cable so that cable is used for high speed data transmission between different electronic devices. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263157 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR GROUNDING PATH TO OUTER SHELL - An electrical connector ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263158 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An insulating housing of an electrical connector is separated into two parts of a mold-in portion ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263159 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to an electrical connector, comprises: an insulation housing of which two sides are respectively installed with an arm portion, the inner side of each arm portion is provided with a slot hole, the outer side thereof has a latching block; and a buckling sheet having a first sheet member and a second sheet member, the right side of the first sheet member has a latching hole, and one side of the second sheet member is installed with a wing sheet, when the wing sheet is inserted in the slot hole, the latching block is latched in the latching hole, and a slit is defined at the top or bottom end of the latching block and the latching hole, such that the fastening sheet is able to be firmly welded on a substrate through adjusting the longitudinal location of the latching block inside the latching hole. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263160 | POWER CONNECTOR - A power connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a spacer fixed to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a mating surface, an end surface opposite to the mating surface and a plurality of passageways extending through the mating and the end surfaces. A depression and a cavity are recessed into the insulative housing from the mating surface and the end surface, respectively. Each contact includes a main portion received in corresponding passageway and a tail portion located in the cavity in condition that at least one side wall of the tail portion is exposed to the air for excellent heat dissipation. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263161 | FUSE ADAPTER - A fuse adapter adapts coplanar blades of fuse having a predetermined blade spacing to fit a pair of coplanar blade receiving terminal slots in a circuit having a different slot spacing. The fuse adapter includes a pair of adapter terminals. Each adapter terminal has a slotted, planar upper end spaced from the other terminal's slotted upper end by the fuse blade spacing. Each adapter terminal upper end also has an adjusting tab bent away from the upper end substantially perpendicular thereto and substantially parallel to the plane of the coplanar terminal slots. Each adjusting tab is integral with a transition portion that extends to an adapter blade. The two adapter blades are coplanar with and spaced apart to match the fuse blade receiving terminal slots in the circuit. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263162 | ELELCTRICAL CONNECTOR PLUG AND RECEPTACLE MATING WITH THE PLUG - An electrical connector plug includes a plug housing and a plurality of first contacts received in the plug housing. The plug housing defines a plug base and a pair of L-shaped tongues perpendicularly extending from the plug base. Each L-shaped tongue includes a main board and a side board perpendicular with the main board. Each first contact includes a first contacting portion exposing to a first face of the main board, a first terminal portion and a first retaining portion connecting the first contacting portion and the first terminal portion. The electrical connector plug further includes at least a pair of second plug contacts respectively secured to an outside face of the side board away from the main board and perpendicular with the first face of the main board. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263163 | Compact Multi-Contact Plug and Socket - An electrical connector has a plug ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263164 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STRANDED CANTED COIL SPRING - A stranded canted coil spring for electrical contact between adjoining elements is disclosed. The spring is formed from a stranded wire having coils that define a toroid. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263165 | Electric Marine Surface Drive - A marine articulated surface drive propulsion system is provided with a housing construction that allows the direct application of an electric motor for power onto the drive structure. Alternatively, it can include a power transmitting element for reducing the rate of rotation or the position of the motor shaft with respect to the propeller shaft. The drive can be retrofitted to existing boat hulls and does not require a dedicated hull. The electric motor can be fitted to the surface drive housing on the inside of the transom. It is contemplated that an electric motor with very small dimensions can be mounted in the drive thrust tube and ball socket, eliminating the need for U joints. Notably, if the propeller is left free wheeling it becomes the propulser for the electric motor to become a generator and recharge the batteries. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263166 | All season air propelled watercraft - An all season air propelled watercraft has an elongated cabin structure adapted to accommodate at least one person therein. An elongated central pontoon member adjustably mounted to a bottom portion of the cabin structure and extending in a parallel direction thereto for at least the length thereof. Two stabilizer connector assemblies adjustably attached to a bottom portion of the cabin structure and extending horizontally in opposite directions therefrom. Two lateral stabilizer pontoons respectively and adjustably attached to a distal end portion of each the stabilizer connector assembly; | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263167 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WATERCRAFT HAVING A SURFACE DRIVE - A method of controlling a watercraft having a drive which can be pivoted about a control angle. According to the method, a maximum adjustable control angle is automatically reduced by a defined gradient with an increasing speed. The drive is configured as a surface drive comprising at least two drive units, and the drive units are adjusted in the vertical direction about a trim angle in a pre-adjustable automatic operating mode ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263168 | Gaseous fluid vessel propulsion system - A bow mounted gaseous fluid vessel propulsion system provides for the introduction of gaseous fluids, e.g. ambient air and/or exhaust fluid gas from the vessel's engine, into the enclosure or duct which houses or circumscribes the propeller. Air and other fluid gases are drawn down into the upper section of the enclosure or duct to allow the propeller to operate in a half submerged, or water surface-piercing condition, while the vessel is moving forward through the water. The beneficial effects of water surface-piercing propeller operation is thereby obtained within a self-contained unit which continually maintains the top of the propeller out of the water during normal forward vessel operation. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263169 | DISCONNECTABLE PRODUCTION DOCK (DPD) FOR TURRET FREE DISCONNECTABLE WEATHER VANING FPSO - System for mooring a large vessel for production of hydrocarbons, such vessel for example being a FPSO vessel, the mooring system including at least two floating bodies of the hang-off type, moored by means of differentiated compliance spread anchoring system to the sea bed, allowing partly weathervaning of the large vessel; a riser system extending from the sea bed to each the floating bodies, and means for transfer of fluids from the two floating bodies to the large vessel, the floating bodies and the large vessel being provided with locking means, locking floating bodies to the large vessel at the bow and the stern of the vessel in a mechanically rigid manner, thus providing a integrated, rigidly fixed unit comprising the large vessel and the floating bodies. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263170 | SUBMERSIBLE WATER TOY AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - A submersible water toy for stunt based activities includes a main body portion constructed of a buoyant material. The main body portion defines an upper deck surface upon which the user can stand or otherwise be supported. The buoyancy of the main body portion is such that at least a portion of the user's weight is supported when used in a pool or other body of water. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263171 | POLY(TRIMETHYLENE ARYLATE) FIBERS, PROCESS FOR PREPARING, AND FABRIC PREPARED THEREFROM - A fine denier poly(trimethylene arylate) spun drawn fiber is characterized by high denier uniformity. A process for preparing uniform fine denier yarns at spinning speeds of 4000 to 6000 m/min is further disclosed. The poly(trimethylene arylate) fiber hereof comprises 0.5 to 5% by weight of polystyrene dispersed therewithin. Fabrics prepared therefrom are also disclosed. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263172 | MULTI-COMPONENT POLYOLEFIN ARTICLE COMPRISING HAVING A CONTROLLED DEGRADATION AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID ARTICLE - A multi-component article with controllable degradation and/or disintegration, comprising:
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| 20110263173 | CARPET TILE PRIMARY BACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Tuftable nonwoven fabric compositions and methods for their preparation are provided. Fabric compositions may include a nonwoven web of continuous filaments, and an emulsion latex binder composition having an emulsion latex and a crosslinker. Exemplary techniques for constructing a nonwoven composition include forming continuous filaments of thermoplastic polymer, placing the filaments on a moving belt to form a nonwoven web, and treating the web with an emulsion latex binder composition having an emulsion latex and a crosslinker. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263174 | NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIALS, METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND THEIR USE FOR THE FLOORING SECTOR - The invention relates to novel sound-insulating composite materials, which are in particular suitable as materials for the flooring sector and for interior work. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263175 | Dismantling Apparatus for Flat-Screen TV and Dismantling Method for Flat-Screen TV - A flat-screen TV dismantling apparatus comprises an inclined working bed having a tiltable placement surface on which a flat-screen TV can be placed, and a horizontal working bed having a horizontal placement surface. A flat-screen TV dismantling method comprises detaching a cabinet and a control circuit board while the flat-screen TV is inclined, and dismantling a flat-screen panel module while the flat-screen TV is in a horizontal position. Also, a flat-screen TV dismantling method comprises detaching a cabinet and a control circuit while a flat-screen TV is in a horizontal position, and dismantling a flat-screen panel module while evacuating. With the dismantling apparatus and dismantling methods, the dismantling operations can be effectively and safely performed in a recycling plant. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263176 | TOY SET AND RELAY SEGMENTS - A linking toy segment for pivotal securement to another linking toy segment is disclosed herein, the linking toy segment having: a base structure; an actuatable device secured to the base structure, the actuatable device being capable of movement from a first position to a second position; a first coupling member secured to the base structure and extending away from the base structure in a first direction, the first coupling member being configured to be pivotally received on top of another coupling member; a second coupling member secured to the base structure and extending away from the base structure in a second direction, the first direction being different from the second direction, the second coupling member being configured to be pivotally secured underneath another coupling member; a trigger moveably secured to the base structure proximate to either the first coupling member or the second coupling member, the trigger being pivotally mounted to the base for movement between a first position and a second position; and wherein the actuatable device is moved from the first position to the second position when the trigger is moved from the first position to the second position. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263177 | Apparatus and Method for Bonding Three Dimensional Construction Toys when Assembled - The invention provides means and a method for temporarily or permanently coupling three dimensional blocks together commonly used in toys or puzzles. After the blocks have been assembled, a low current is sent through the blocks in order to notify a user that the blocks have been properly configured. The current through the blocks is then increased which activates a means for coupling the blocks together including a plurality of electrodes, a series of magnetic apertures, a plurality of resin pouches, or a combination thereof. After the blocks are coupled together, the current flow is stopped, leaving the blocks temporarily or permanently in the last position in which they were placed before the increased current was applied. In some embodiments, the blocks may be disassembled, placed into a new configuration, and then recoupled as many times as desired. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263178 | Magnetic And Electronic Toy Construction Systems And Elements - Magnetic and electronic toy construction systems and elements are provided that include an assembly of at least two panels that have at least three magnets located around the perimeter of the panel such that the dipole axes of magnets in a single panel are coplanar and intersect to define a polygon. When attaching two adjacent panels, at least two ferromagnetic spheres are used such that the dipole axes of one magnet from each of the adjacent panels are collinear, and such that the dipole axes are collinear with the centers of the ferromagnetic spheres. In this manner, several panels configured in this way may be nested together to form great varieties of constructions. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263179 | TOY VEHICLE AND METHOD OF LAUNCHING - A toy vehicle configured to travel along a surface, the toy vehicle having: a main body portion; a plurality of wheels rotatably secured to the main body portion; a lower body portion having an elongated channel passing therethrough, the elongated channel having an open end at at least a forward end of the toy vehicle; an elastic member secured to an outer periphery of the lower portion such that the elastic member is disposed across the open end of the elongated channel; and a tab member pivotally secured to the toy vehicle, the tab member extending from a rear portion of the toy vehicle. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263180 | Trim Adjustment for Toy Vehicle Steering - A toy vehicle includes a chassis, a right turning member that supports a right steerable road wheel and a left turning member that supports a left steerable road wheel. A rigid steering link extends across the chassis and has right and left ends that are operably connected to the right and left turning members. An actuator provides a pivoting motion on a horizontal axis extending longitudinally forward and rearward in the vehicle. The motion provided by the actuator moves the steering link side to side across the vehicle. The right and left road wheels are pivoted by the motion of the steering link. An adjustable trim mechanism includes a bias member that helps to maintain a neutral position of the steering link and a trim adjustment that modifies a position on the chassis at which the steering link and road wheels are maintained in the neutral position. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263181 | Weight Receptacle System for Gravity-Driven Race Car - A model race car includes a body formed from a material such as wood. A number of axles are secured to a bottom portion of the body and configured to rotatably support a number of corresponding wheels. A weight receptacle system configured for selective attachment to the body of the model race car includes at least one receptacle defining at least one compartment configured to receive at least one weight. The receptacle further includes a cover receivable over the at least one compartment to secure the weight within the compartment. The receptacle system is configured to selectively adjust a weight of the model race car so as to conform to a desired weight. Moreover, the receptacle system is configured to enable to position the weight so that a center of mass is positioned rearward with respect to a front of the model race car while maintaining the stability thereof. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263182 | Beehive enclosure with moisture elimination - An enclosure cover for collecting and disposing of unwanted moisture within honeybee hives during periods of temperature and humidity conditions that promote alternate freezing and thawing. An internal cover surface collects and condenses moisture produced by the bees' metabolism which otherwise may be deposited on the internal surface of the cover as frost and later thaw, causing droplets of cold water to fall on the clustered bees. The enclosure cover is arranged to direct and channel collected water from the condensation surface and discharge the same outside of the hive. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263183 | POLISHING SOLUTION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND POLISHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present invention provides a polishing solution distribution apparatus capable of reducing distribution deviation of polishing solution even when leveling for installation is insufficient or inclination of an installation location varies and a polishing apparatus having the same. The polishing solution distribution apparatus includes a cone-shaped branch body in which a solution pan to store supplied polishing solution is formed and in which plural flow passages radially connected to a side face of the solution pan respectively and having a delivery port to supply polishing solution to a position lower than the connected position are formed, a support portion to support the branch body, and a universal joint mechanism to support the branch body via the support portion at a position being higher than the gravity center of the branch body. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263184 | GRINDING MACHINE - A grinding machine includes a machine frame with a work piece support surface on which a work piece may be transporter through the machine. A grinding bar arrangement including two grinding shoes positioned in parallel is arranged transversely with respect to a work piece feeding direction across the width of the work piece support surface. The two grinding shoes carry a grinding medium on their surfaces facing the work piece support surface and are suspended via an eccentric drive. The two grinding shoes perform rotary movements in a plane parallel to the work piece support surface achieving a high quality grinding result. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263185 | HAND HELD MACHINE FOR GRINDING AND LIKE OPERATIONS - A hand held machine for grinding and like operations, includes a housing, a motor mounted in the housing and which rotates an axle connected to a tool carrying mechanism, and a front bearing arrangement provided between the housing and the axle, including a front bearing, and a vibration insulator which is resilient to radial displacement of the axle. The vibration insulator includes at least one resilient element located between the housing and the front bearing. The machine further includes an adjustment mechanism interacting with the at least one resilient element for adjustment of the resilience of the resilient element. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263186 | Bench top vibrating sanding table - A bench top vibrating table, in particular an oscillating sanding table, with is controlled by a variable controlled motor, running an off set cam. This sanding table has the working surface of which an installable abrasive sheet rests, whereby said abrasive sheet is installed using an adhesive method or loop and hook (Velcro), to the sanding table which is made easier to operate and handle because it leaves hands free to work with the project. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263187 | WIRE SAW AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a wire saw and a method for fabricating the same. The method for fabricating a wire saw according to the present invention includes: providing a core wire; coating an intermediate layer over the core wire, and embedding a plurality of abrasives in the intermediate layer; and plating a metal protective layer over the abrasives. Accordingly, the present invention can resolve the conventional problem of abrasives in the plating bath aggregating during electroplating deposition, so as to enhance cutting quality and precision. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CARCASSES - A method for processing meat along a meat processing line. The method includes removing viscera from a carcass, accumulating the carcass along a dead rail stack of the meat processing line, washing the carcass, and inspecting the carcass at an inspection station following the act of washing the carcass. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263189 | SHACKLE WITH PIVOT FEATURE AND LOG CHAIN DRIVE MECHANISM - A device for retaining an animal on a transport system for moving the animal in a forward direction includes a lower portion operable to retain the animal and an upper portion operable for conveyance by the transport system. The upper portion is attachable to the lower portion, and the upper portion includes a connector for connecting the device to a drive mechanism. The connector has a longitudinal axis. The lower portion is operable for movement between a first position in which a longitudinal axis of the lower portion and the longitudinal axis of the connector are in substantially straight orientation relative to each other, and a second position wherein the longitudinal axis of the lower portion and the longitudinal axis of the connector are in substantially angled orientation relative to one another. The lower portion is substantially inhibited from moving in a rearward direction beyond said first position. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263190 | MODULAR BULK COIN DISPENSER WITH HOPPER REMOVAL FROM DRIVE AND CONTROL MECHANISM - A bulk coin dispenser bin holds nonaligned coin inventory even when removed from a base containing drive mechanisms and control electronics. A rotor assembly at the bin outlet retains coin inventory during separation, with a rotating disk dispensing coins through a discharge slot in a controlled manner. Optional adjustment of the rotor assembly's angular positioning changes the coin size/denomination dispensed by the bin. Uniqueness required to dispense coins of a given size/denomination is embodied in the bin, such that any base may operate with the bin without adjustment other than update of bin denomination in the dispensing system controller. Bin location and the combination of coin denominations dispensed may thus be readily altered within the dispensing system. Optional bin memory and optical level sensing improve inventory management functionality. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263191 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, which has a mode door of a single plate member including a first door portion that closes at least two vents, a second door portion that closes one vent, and bridge portions that connect the first door portion and the second door portion with each other, thereby opening and closing a plurality of vents by the single mode door, reducing the number of components, weight and manufacturing costs by simplifying the entire structure of the mode door because it uses the single plate member, reducing the size of the air conditioner, preventing bad smells caused by inhabitation of molds and being reusable due to the use of the single plate member, and preventing the door from being caught because the plate member has bent portions formed at end portions thereof. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263192 | Attic Ventilation System - Apparatus and method for venting an attic where a central controller is connected to at least one temperature detector located inside the attic, at least one other temperature detector located outside of the attic, at least one attic vent clamp which is located in the roof to permit airflow through the roof when open to facilitate ventilation of the attic space, and at least one attic exhaust fan located within the attic. Data from the temperature detectors is processed by an algorithm in the central controller which, based on the information provided by the temperature detectors, operates of at least one attic exhaust fan and attic vent clamp either simultaneously or independently to control the temperature of the air in the attic. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263193 | CONTROLLED COOLING OF A DATA CENTER - A device for sensing at least one environmental condition in a data center. The device includes a chassis, a propelling mechanism, a power supply, a steering mechanism, and a controller supported on the chassis. The chassis also supports at least one environmental condition sensor and is operable to travel through the data center and sense at least one environmental condition at various locations throughout the data center. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263194 | PLENUM BOX - The invention relates to a plenum box ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263195 | USE OF STEERING SIGNALS IN INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION WITH APPLICATION TO COMMUNICATION THROUGH SIGNAL JAMMING - A system and method are provided for transmitting a broadband interference signal and allowing communication through the transmitted interference signal. The system includes an interference transmitter for transmitting the interference signal, the interference transmitter having a transmitter feeder and a first antenna; a radio receiver for receiving a radio signal, the radio receiver having a radio feeder and a second antenna collocated with the first antenna of the interference transmitter; a steering signal generator for introducing at least one steering signal into the interference signal at the transmit feeder; a first directional coupler for sampling a portion of the interference signal that includes at least one of the steering signals; a negative feedback loop for adjusting the amplitude and phase of the sampled portion of the interference signal; and a second directional coupler for coupling the adjusted sampled portion of the interference signal into the radio feeder. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263196 | Distribution of Content Items to User Devices in a Mobile Environment - The invention relates to a technique for controlling the distribution of content items such as advertisements, news, etc., to user devices in a mobile communications network. A method embodiment of the technique is performed in a distribution control gateway of the mobile communications network and comprises the steps of receiving, from a content provider server, a target user indication indicative of one or more target user devices for presentation of a content item; accessing a provider registry for determining a provider authorization of the content provider server; accessing a user registry for determining a user authorization for receiving the content item from the content provider server; and initiating a transmission of the content item to one or more of the target user devices. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263197 | Vehicle-Based Message Control Using Cellular IP - Architecture for playing back personal text-based messages such as email and voicemail over a vehicle-based media system. The user can use a cell phone that registers over a cellular network to an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) to obtain an associated IP address. The personal messages are then converted into audio signals using a remote text-to-voice (TTV) converter and transmitted to the phone based on the IP address. The phone then transmits the audio signals to the vehicle media system for playback using an unlicensed wireless technology (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.). Other alternative embodiments include transmitting converted message directly to the media system, via a satellite channel, converting the messages via a TTV converter on the cell phone, and streaming the converted messages to the phone and/or the media system for playback. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263198 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, RELAY STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A radio communication system includes a base station, a mobile station, and a relay station which is provided for each sector, and divides an assigned band into a plurality of sub-bands for use. A different sub-band is used for each sector for a first communication link. A sub-band different from the sub-band in the first communication link is used for each sector for a second communication link. When a mobile station is located in a first zone, substantially the same sub-band as the second communication link is used in each sector for a third communication link. When a mobile station is located in a second zone farther from the base station than the first zone, a sub-band different from those of the first communication link and the second communication link is used for a fourth communication link. Thus, the interference among the communication links can be suppressed. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263199 | SPECTRUM SHARING BETWEEN AN AIRCRAFT-BASED AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND EXISTING GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SERVICES - The present Spectrum Sharing System implements spectrum reuse between aircraft-based Air-To-Ground (ATG) communication systems and Geostationary Satellite Service systems. This is accomplished by managing the radio frequency transmissions in the volume of space in which the aircraft operates, with interference between the Spectrum Sharing System and the Geostationary Satellite Service system being reduced by implementing reversed uplink and downlink radio frequency paths in the common spectrum. The Spectrum Sharing System also avoids interfering with Geostationary Satellite Services' earth stations which are pointed towards the satellites' orbital arc by relying upon a combination of the earth stations' highly directive antenna patterns and the Spectrum Sharing System ground station antenna pattern, and to avoid interfering with satellites in their orbital arc by assuring that power levels radiated in that direction by the Spectrum Sharing System ground stations are below the level that would create interference. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263200 | VIBRATING MOTOR DISPOSED EXTERNAL TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for providing vibratory alerts includes an electronic device having a first housing and configured to provide vibratory alert control signals. The system further includes a vibrating motor disposed within a second housing that is external to the first housing of the electronic device, wherein the second housing is mountable adjacent to or near the body of a user to cause vibratory alerts in response to the vibratory alert control signals, and wherein the second housing includes one of: a clip mounted externally on the first housing of the electronic device and wherein the clip is configured to clip the electronic device adjacent to the body of the user, a holster to hold the electronic device and wherein the holster is configured to hang, clip, or affix the second housing adjacent to or near the body of the user, a wrist band of a bracelet, or a buckle or strap of a belt. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263201 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Files To Electronic Devices - Method and apparatus for transferring a file from a sending wireless device to a receiving wireless device in a short-range wireless system. A file to be sent to the receiving wireless device is selected on the sending wireless device. The sending wireless device has a device list of receiving wireless devices. If the receiving wireless device is absent on the device list, the sending wireless device searches and identifies new devices. A device among the identified new devices is selected as the receiving wireless device. A connection is established between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device; and the file is sent to the receiving wireless device. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263202 | BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A Bluetooth communication method and system allows a Bluetooth device to rapidly establish a Bluetooth connection. A first Bluetooth device that is in a client mode displays a visual representation of its ID on a display unit. A second Bluetooth device that is in a host mode acquires the displayed visual representation of the ID of the first Bluetooth device via a camera module and extracts the ID of the first Bluetooth device. The second Bluetooth device transmits a Bluetooth communication-connection-request signal to the first Bluetooth device using the extracted ID. The first Bluetooth device transmits a replay signal responding to the Bluetooth communication-connection-request signal to the second Bluetooth device. The second Bluetooth device receives the reply signal and establishes a Bluetooth communication channel with the first Bluetooth device. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263203 | CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - An apparatus includes a housing, a plurality of electrical contacts, and a transceiver. The housing is configured to engage a feature of a portable device. The plurality of electrical contacts are coupled to the housing and configured to establish an electrical connection with an electrical circuit of the portable device. The transceiver is coupled to the housing and configured to communicate with a secondary device. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263204 | VIRTUAL MACHINE READABLE COMMUNICATION TAG - A system for imitating the functionality of a machine readable tag using a virtual tag. In at least one embodiment, a WCD ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263205 | CONTAINER COMMUNICATION MODULE - Systems and method for safely distributing software for electronic controllers in the refrigeration container industry, and also communication systems primarily for electronic controllers related to refrigeration containers in which fast software distribution in container controllers is achieved by introducing a buffer memory in the communication system, which buffer memory includes a new container controller software version. The communication system distributes the new container controller software version by a communication device, to receiving communication systems where the new software version is placed in the buffer memory. As a result, it can be achieved that software distribution starts automatically as soon as only one communication system includes the new software version, this software version will in a very short period be spread into all container controllers, e.g., on board a ship or in a container yard. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263206 | RANGING AND DISTANCE BASED SPECTRUM SELECTION IN COGNITIVE RADIO - A method and apparatus for performing spectral allocation for a wireless link in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method determines a distance/range for the wireless link and assigns an optimal sub-carrier frequency to the wireless link based on ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263207 | BEACON FOR A ROAD TOLL SYSTEM - A beacon with a transceiver for radio communication with vehicle OBUs of a road toll system, wherein the transceiver has a directional antenna and is configured to communicate wirelessly with OBUs on a selected channel directed via the directional antenna wherein the transceiver is additionally equipped with an omnidirectional antenna and is configured to transmit, before the beginning of a directional radio communication, by means of the omnidirectional antenna a channel reservation message and/or to check, before the beginning of a directional radio communication, by means of the omnidirectional antenna whether the selected channel is free. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263208 | Cognitive radio sensing method and system - The cognitive radio system and method uses a wideband chirp signal. A cognitive radio base station broadcasts the low power reference wideband chirp signal with bandwidth covering the sensed spectrum. At the receiver, a Fast Fourier Transform is applied to the output of a chirp signal matched filter. The filter output is fed to decision circuitry, where a threshold value is set to decide the minimum spike's amplitude to determine frequencies utilized by primary users. Using reference chirp signal and its matched filter eases sensing computational complexity and improves the quality of sensing, thereby offering enhanced cognition at the CR receiver. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263209 | QUIET PERIOD FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE IN RADIO SYSTEMS - A system for quiet period determination. An apparatus may listen for potential silent periods to occur in an environment, and if detected, the potential silent periods may be compared to quiet period criteria to determine if they are actual silent periods. If at least two subsequent actual silent periods are determined, the apparatus may adopt quiet period timing and duration based on the actual silent periods. Alternatively, the apparatus may establish new quiet period timing and duration based on the quiet period criteria. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263210 | MOBILE USER TERMINAL, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile user terminal includes a receiver which receives a signal, and a processor which measures downlink channel quality based on the signal and does not transmit downlink channel quality information and an uplink pilot signal simultaneously at a period which the mobile user terminal is a state of transmission off in an intermittent fashion. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263211 | Apparatus and Method for Frequency-Selective Occupancy Detection - An apparatus for frequency-selective occupancy detection of a channel in a frequency band includes a detector for detecting a receive spectrum in the frequency band, a provider for providing node frequencies, a determiner for determining node level values, a determiner for determining the threshold curve and a comparer. The provider provides the node frequencies for a threshold curve with respect to a noise floor in the frequency band. The determiner determines the node level values at the node frequencies based on receive level values of the receive spectrum. The determiner determines the threshold curve in the frequency band based on the provided node frequencies and the node level values at the node frequencies. The comparer compares a current power of the receive level values in the channel with a reference power in the channel predetermined by the threshold curve to detect occupancy or non-occupancy of the channel depending on the comparison. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263212 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device includes at least a transmitter to transmit a transmitting signal; a triggering device arranged to monitor an operating status of the wireless device when the transmitter is transmitting the transmitting signal; and a controller arranged to control the transmitter to adjust a throughput of the transmitting signal when the operating status is determined to satisfy a predetermined criterion. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263213 | AMPLIFYING A TRANSMIT SIGNAL USING A FRACTIONAL POWER AMPLIFIER - A transmit amplifier stage operable to amplify a transmit signal comprises power amplifiers and switches. The power amplifiers include at least one fractional power amplifier operable to provide fractional power to amplify the transmit signal, where the fractional power is a fraction of the full power. A switch has a plurality of positions, where a position directs the transmit signal to a selected power amplifier. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263214 | TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL TRANSMIT POWER FOR A SHRED ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE - Techniques to control shared antenna architectures for multiple co-located radio modules are disclosed. The shared antenna architecture may include a combiner and at least one bypass switch for enabling simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations of multiple transceivers. Dynamic gain control is employed to accommodate different front-end losses associated with a variety of signal paths that are achievable using the switch and combiner. Such dynamic gain control can include selecting from multiple sets of amplifier gain values that are tailored to meet the needs of the particular applications that are active at a particular time. Gain values can be chosen based upon received gain information including characteristics including a desired path loss, an application demand, a radio module type, a path configuration, and a mode of operation. By providing dynamic selection of gain values based on application demands, range and throughput of the transceivers can be attained. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263215 | Method and Device in Over-the-Air Test Environment - The present invention relates to a device and method for simulating a radio channel with a defined characteristic between at least one antenna port ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263216 | USER EQUIPMENT APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING SIGNALS VIA A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHIPS TO WHICH DIFFERENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SCHEMES ARE APPLIED AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER THEREOF - A user equipment apparatus for simultaneously transmitting signals from a plurality of wireless communication chips to which different wireless communication schemes are applied and a method for controlling a transmission power control of the user equipment apparatus are disclosed. The user equipment apparatus comprises a transmission mode decision module determining whether the user equipment apparatus is currently operated to transmit a signal through one wireless communication chip or simultaneously transmit signals, to which different wireless communication schemes are applied, through a plurality of wireless communication chips, and an intermodulation distortion (IMD) effect decision module determining whether a set of frequencies of the signals respectively transmitted from the plurality of wireless communication chips causes intermodulation distortion (IMD). | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263217 | Multi-Band Antenna and Communications Device Having the Same - A multi-band antenna is adapted for disposing on a substrate with a ground plane and a matching circuit disposed thereon, and includes a feed-in section, a coupling section, a grounding section, a multiple-bend arm, and a conductor section. The feed-in section is connected electrically to the matching circuit. The coupling section is connected electrically to the feed-in section and is disposed spacedly from the ground plane. The grounding section is connected electrically to the ground plane. The multiple-bend arm is connected electrically to the coupling section and the grounding section and cooperates with the grounding section to form a signal path for signals in a first frequency band. The conductor section is connected electrically to the multiple-bend arm and cooperates with a portion of the multiple-bend arm to form a signal path for signals in a second frequency band. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263218 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS - A mobile station apparatus is provided which is capable of obtaining a diversity effect and preventing an increase in noise even if an antenna phase difference containing an error is detected. The mobile station apparatus includes a closed-loop transmit diversity control section for exerting, when the quality of the component from the second antenna is lower than a predetermined quality value based on the quality measured by the common pilot channel quality measurement section, control to cause the feedback information generation section not to use the detection result at the antenna phase difference detection section, and to continue to use the immediately preceding feedback information, control to cause the antenna verification section not to operate, and control to cause the first channel inference section to operate and the second channel inference section not to operate. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263219 | Emergency services for voice over IP telephony (E-VoIP) - A method for determining the physical location of a VoIP phone and transmitting the physical location to an emergency services call center or the like comprises the steps of determining the physical location of the VoIP phone using multiple location detection technologies, placing a call to an emergency services call center using the VoIP phone, and automatically transmitting the physical location of the VoIP phone to the emergency services call center. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263220 | Regional Zone Based Mobile Charging - Network node and method in a telecommunication network, the network node receiving from a calling terminal a request to set up a call with a called terminal. The network node retrieves call set up information from a stored connection table and utilizes the retrieved data to set up the call. The connection table comprises data relating to set up of a call between the calling terminal and the called terminal. A first region class for the calling terminal is determined, and a second region class for the called terminal, each being associated with locations of the calling terminal and the called terminal, respectively. Furthermore, a rating category for the call to be set up is determined using the first region class and the second region class using the connection table. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263221 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SECURITY ERROR IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND DEVICE OF MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for detecting a security error at a PDCP layer of an LTE (Long Term Evolution) system, a mobile communication system, are disclosed. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263222 | Apparatus and Method for Implementing a Security Mode Configuration in a Wireless Communication Device - An apparatus and a method for implementing a security mode configuration in a wireless communication device are disclosed. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SYNCHRONIZING RING TONE CYCLES AND DELIVERY OF DTMF TONES - Mobile devices use a PBX and application servers associated with the PBX to access voice services. Some mobile devices can support simultaneous data and voice channels, with the PBX and application server respectively. Where a data channel is unavailable, a control and status updating mechanism is needed. One approach is to signal over the voice channel with DTMF tones. DTMF tones should be timed to cause the tones to arrive at the mobile device during a pause period of a ring cycle. However, it also is desirable to avoid unnaturally long silence periods or other pauses during system usage. Aspects relate to enhancing a user experience in these situations and successful transmission/reception of control and status information over a voice channel using DTMF tones. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VOICE CALL SETUP INVOLVING MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device can send a notification to place a call using a PBX (e.g., using SIP signaling) or receive a notification of call availability for the mobile device at the PBX. An authentication token is provided over a data channel for use in authenticating the mobile device when calling the PBX on a voice channel. However, when the mobile device calls the PBX (e.g., on a DNIS number, where ANI information is made available to an application server), if ANI information is found to correspond to the mobile device, the PBX can send tone(s) indicating that the mobile device can respond with an abbreviated validation tone, rather than the entirety of the authentication token. If the ANI information is not obtained or not matched, then a different tone(s) is sent, indicating to provide the authentication token. If the authentication token provided does not match or if the mobile device does not respond, the voice channel is not set up. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK PERSONALIZATION OF SUBSCRIBER DEVICES - A method and apparatus are provided for a subsidizing service provider entity to personalize a subscriber device to ensure the subscriber device cannot be used in a network of a different service provider entity. As the service provider entity subsidizes the subscriber device, it desires to ensure that subscriber device is personalized such that the subscriber device may operate only in its network and not a network of a different service provider entity. The subscriber device is pre-configured with a plurality of provider-specific and/or unassociated root certificates by the manufacturer of the subscriber device. A communication service is established between the service provider entity and the subscriber device allowing for the mutual authentication of the subscriber device and the service provider entity. After mutual authentication, the service provider entity sends a command to the subscriber device to disable/delete some/all root certificates that are unassociated with the service provider entity. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263226 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - To minimize the risk of user information being leaked to a third party in the event that a mobile station apparatus is lost or stolen. A mobile communication system including a base station apparatus including: a holding means for holding user information including subscriber information used for location registration processing of a mobile station apparatus connected by radio, access information used for an access to another mobile station apparatus or to a network, and history information indicating history of the access; and a base station control means for transmitting and receiving the user information to and from the mobile station apparatus and managing the user information held in the holding means; and a mobile station apparatus that includes a mobile station control means for transmitting and receiving the user information to and from the base station apparatus and managing the user information acquired from the base station apparatus, in which the mobile station apparatus does not hold the user information of the mobile station apparatus in advance, but acquires the user information, after a power supply of the mobile station apparatus is turned on, from the base station apparatus through the mobile station control means and temporarily stores the user information. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263227 | System and Method for Optimizing Network Communication in Response to Network Conditions - A system and method for facilitating communications between a mobile device and a network application are provided. A mobile device transmits a request for data change information that includes a time out interval. The network application receives the request and measures a time elapsed since the receipt of the data change request. The network application will only transmit a notification to the mobile device client if new data is received or the time out interval has elapsed. As notifications are received, the mobile client device tunes the time out interval based upon network and device parameters. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263228 | PRE-RECORDED VOICE RESPONSES FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A portable communication device may be used so that, in place of speaking into the portable communication device during a telephone call, users may initiate playback of pre-recorded messages to the party with whom the user is communicating. In one implementation, a device may receive, during a telephone call between a first party and a second party, a command from the first party to transmit a pre-recorded message to the second party. The pre-recorded message may be an audible message that was pre-recorded by the first party. The device may transmit the pre-recorded message to the second party in response to the command. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263229 | CLIENT DEVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING A CALL - A telecommunication method, server and system that route an outbound telephone communication initiated by a wireless remote device through an enterprise communication network. The system also routes an incoming call to a device associated with an enterprise communication network to a plurality of telephony devices including wireless devices and other remote devices. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263230 | Provision Of An Internet Access For An External Reproduction Device - A device for providing an internet access for at least one external reproduction device and for processing data received via the internet and/or have to be sent via the internet, wherein the processed data are at least partially provided as output signal at least at one interface of the device for the use by the at least one reproduction device. The device includes means for sending and/or receiving electronic data via a mobile network and means for the electronic processing of data, including at least one interface for connecting at least one input device. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263231 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING SCROLLING BASED PAGINATION AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a display carried by the housing, and a controller carried by the housing and coupled to the display and the wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to wirelessly download a first page from among a plurality of pages collectively including a sequential listing of a plurality of selectable files. The controller may also be configured to display the first page with a scrollable cursor thereon, and wirelessly download a second page based upon the scrollable cursor being positioned at a threshold number of selectable files in the first page. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263232 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE TO PERFORM LOCAL AND REMOTE SEARCH AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device is to communicate with a server storing a plurality of file folders, and includes a display, a wireless transceiver, and a processor all carried by a housing. The processor is configured to wirelessly download an initial portion of a selected file folder from the server, with the server still having a remainder portion of the selected file folder available for downloading. The processor also generates search results by performing a local search of the initial portion of the file folder, and performs a remote search of the reminder portion of the selected file folder. The processor further presents the search results on the display. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263233 | ENHANCED CALL RECEPTION AND PRIVACY - An audio interface adapted to reduce a subscriber voice may receive a subscriber voice and a background noise. The subscriber voice may then be compared to the to the background noise. If the received subscriber voice is louder than the received background noise, the audio interface may output a message to the cellular telephone subscriber indicating the subscriber may reduce his speaking volume. Additionally, an audio interface may process a voice waveform that corresponds to the subscriber voice and a background waveform that corresponds to the background noise to generate a substantially opposite voice waveform and a substantially opposite background waveform respectively. The substantially opposite voice waveform and background waveform may be substantially out of phase from the voice waveform and background waveform respectively and output via one or more output ports of the audio interface. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263234 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING A CALL RECEIVED AT A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, apparatus and system for handling a call received at a mobile communication device, in association with an automated number identification (ANI) number are provided. The ANI number is compared with a list of ANI numbers associated with an applications server, the list stored at the mobile communications device. When the ANI number is not in the list, a tone is provided on the call. When a corresponding tone is detected on the call in response to the tone, the call is handled as a call associated with the applications server and otherwise the call handled as a typical mobile communication call. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263235 | IN-CALL, AUDIBLE CALL WAITING - A handsfree device is disclosed that offers additional wireless telephone services to the user of a wireless device in a minimally distracting manner. A call-waiting notification of a second call is presented acoustically via the handsfree device to a user. A responsive action by the user to request caller-ID information yields an audible presentation of caller-ID information related to the second call. The user may then elect to answer the second call. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RECORD LOGGING - A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated or received at a portable electronic device of a first party. The communications include at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone calls. The method includes receiving a data record for each of the communications, extracting information from the data record, and storing the information in a log file. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263237 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR ASSIGNING POLICY SETTINGS TO A MOBILE STATION - An apparatus, and an associated method, automatically calculates and assigns policy settings to be implemented at mobile stations. Information is collected relating to groups, such as groups within an enterprise, to which users of the mobile stations are members. Policy-setting conflicts between different groups, if the user is a member of more than one group, are reconciled, and the policy settings that are assigned are of reconciled settings. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263238 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AUTOMATIC, RECURRENT ENFORCEMENT OF A POLICY RULE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatic, repetitive enforcement of a policy rule according to a schedule are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for automatic, recurrent enforcement of a policy rule includes providing, to a node for enforcing policy rules in a telecommunications network, an automatically recurrent policy rule, the policy rule defining an enforcement activation condition and including an enforcement recurrence attribute; and using, at the node, the enforcement activation condition and the enforcement recurrence attribute to recurrently activate the enforcement of the policy rule according to the enforcement recurrence attribute. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263239 | MOBILE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICE - A mobile station (UE) according to the present invention includes a CSG cell management unit ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263240 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE CONTEXT ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and may reflect the risk associated with using the device to handle a call or other communications session. The communication management system uses the context information, optionally in combination with communication device profiles, to determine how to manage incoming and/or ongoing calls or other communication sessions. Mobile device users may also be inhibited from initiating communication sessions. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263241 | USE OF MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE SENSORS TO INITIATE A TELEPHONE CALL OR MODIFY TELEPHONE OPERATION - A system and a method are disclosed for initiating a voice communication, such as a telephone call, or modifying an output device used to present audio data. After receiving a destination identifier, such as a telephone number, data from one or more sensors included in the mobile computing device is analyzed. Responsive to the sensor data describing movement in a first direction of a first axis, such as upward motion along a vertical axis, a voice communication is established using the destination identifier. While audio data from the voice communication, or from another source, is presented, data from the sensors is also analyzed. Responsive to the sensor data indicating one or more types of movement or interactions with a surrounding environment, the output device used to present the audio data is modified. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263242 | UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING TARGET FEMTOCELL TO FACILITATE FEMTO-ASSISTED ACTIVE HAND-IN - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for supporting macrocell-to-femtocell hand-ins of active macro communications for mobile access terminals. An out-of-band (OOB) link is used to detect that an access terminal is in proximity of a femtocell (e.g., using an OOB radio integrated with the femtocell or in a common subnet with the femtocell). Having detected the access terminal in proximity to the femtocell, an OOB presence indication is communicated to a femto convergence system disposed in a core network in communication with the macro network to effectively pre-register the access terminal with the femto-convergence system. When the femto convergence system receives a handoff request from the macro network implicating the pre-registered access terminal, it is able to reliably determine the appropriate target femtocell to use for the hand-in according to the pre-registration, even where identification of the appropriate target femtocell would otherwise be unreliable. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263243 | System and Method for Testing the Reception and Play of Media on Mobile Devices - A system and method of determining the quality of audio-visual services of a mobile telephone is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes wirelessly receiving streaming audio-video content at the mobile telephone and wherein the audio-video content comprises video content and audio content. The video content is formed of a plurality of video frames with each encoded with one or more video symbols. The audio content is formed of a plurality of audio segments with each encoded with a sequence of tones. The method further includes outputting the audio content with the mobile telephone and displaying the video content with the mobile telephone. A computer processes the video symbols of each video frame of the displayed video content to determine a video quality of the displayed video content and processes the sequences of tones of the outputted audio content to determine an audio quality of the outputted audio content. The determined audio and video quality is then output by the computer. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263244 | QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM, QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS, AND QUALITY MONITORING METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A mobile terminal includes a measuring unit that measures at least the moving speed of the self terminal and communication quality of wireless communication, and a communication unit that transmits terminal information including moving speed information and communication quality information. A quality monitoring apparatus ( | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263245 | MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a mobile station (UE) according to the present invention, when a synchronization state determination unit notifies that a downlink synchronization state is a non-synchronization state; (1) when a first timer has expired, and when a second timer is being activated, a radio link failure state determination unit is configured to stop the second timer, and to determine that a current state is a radio link failure state; (2) when the first timer is being activated, and when the second timer is being activated, the radio link failure state determination unit is configured to stop the second timer; or (3) when the first timer is not being activated, the radio link failure state determination unit is configured to start the first timer. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263246 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TRANSPORTS - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing transports is provided. The method comprises: maintaining a transport preference in a memory of the mobile electronic device, the transport preference including an identifier of a preferred transport; monitoring available transports; and selecting a transport for use based on the transport preference and the available transports. | 2011-10-27 |
| 20110263247 | Method for providing a service for monitoring the movement of subscribers amongst the coverage areas of the mobile cellular communication networks and a system for carrying out said method - The invention relates to methods and system for providing additional services to the subscribers of a mobile cellular communication network, in particular to methods and systems providing travelling subscribers with a service of monitoring, according to their wish, their movement amongst the coverage areas of the mobile cellular communication networks and informing third persons about said movements. The inventive method and system for carrying out said method make it possible to provide the travelling subscribers of the mobile cellular communication networks (MCC) with a service for monitoring their movements between the MCC networks of GSM and UMTS standards, or between the segments of said networks and for informing the recipients selected by the subscriber or another authorised person about the arrival of the subscriber at a new place. Said service requires neither to additionally modify nor update the existing infrastructure of the MCC networks or to introduce additional functionality into the infrastructure elements. Owing to the automatic monitoring and information, said service dispenses the subscribers, upon their arrival at a new place, with the necessity of calling the relatives or sending short SMS to them about that. It is particularly important that the service enables disabled persons (blind, deaf-and-dumb persons and persons suffering from hand and finger arthritis diseases, etc) to inform, without problems, the relatives about their arrival at destination. | 2011-10-27 |
