48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080293377 | Reuse of Identity Data from a User Equipment Identity Module by a Peripheral Device - The invention relates to the reuse of identity data from an identity module in a user equipment by a peripheral device. In order to enable the reuse of identity data from an identity module, such as a SIM or UICC card, in a user equipment by a peripheral device, the identifier of the peripheral device is transmitted to the module upon establishment of communication and authentication between the module and the peripheral device. Subsequently, identity data are transmitted, preferably selectively, by the identity module to the peripheral device when the transmitted identifier is recognized as one of the identifiers of the peripheral devices that were previously stored in the identity module. The identity data are reused by the peripheral device in order to establish a communication with the home network of the user equipment or with a local wireless network. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293378 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH AN OBFUSCATED MOBILE DEVICE USER IDENTITY - A mobile device identifier (such as an MSISDN) that typically accompanies a mobile device request is replaced with an “enriched” identifier that exposes the mobile device user's home operator but obfuscates the mobile device's (and, thus, the device user's) identity. In one embodiment, the identifier comprises a first part, and a second part. The first part comprises a data string that identifies (either directly or through a database lookup) the mobile device user's home operator. The second part, however, is an opaque data string, such as a one-time-use unique identifier (UID) or a value that is otherwise derived as a function of the MSISDN (or the like). The opaque data string encodes the mobile device's identity in a manner that preferably can be recovered only by the user's home operator (or an entity authorized thereby). When the mobile device user roams into a foreign network, that network receives the enriched identifier in lieu of an MSISDN. The foreign network uses the first part to identify the mobile device user's home network, e.g., to determine whether to permit the requested access (or to provide some other value-added service). The foreign network, however, cannot decode the second part; thus, the mobile device's identity (as well as the identity of the mobile device user) remains obscured. This ensures that the user's privacy is maintained, while preventing third parties from building a profile of the device based on the requests that include the MSISDN or similar identifier. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A FOREIGN NETWORK WITH AN OBFUSCATED MOBILE DEVICE USER IDENTITY - A mobile device identifier (such as an MSISDN) that typically accompanies a mobile device request is replaced with an “enriched” identifier that exposes the mobile device user's home operator but obfuscates the mobile device's (and, thus, the device user's) identity. In one embodiment, the identifier comprises a first part, and a second part. The first part comprises a data string that identifies (either directly or through a database lookup) the mobile device user's home operator. The second part, however, is an opaque data string, such as a one-time-use unique identifier (UID) or a value that is otherwise derived as a function of the MSISDN (or the like). The opaque data string encodes the mobile device's identity in a manner that preferably can be recovered only by the user's home operator (or an entity authorized thereby). When the mobile device user roams into a foreign network, that network receives the enriched identifier in lieu of an MSISDN. The foreign network uses the first part to identify the mobile device user's home network, e.g., to determine whether to permit the requested access (or to provide some other value-added service). The foreign network, however, cannot decode the second part; thus, the mobile device's identity (as well as the identity of the mobile device user) remains obscured. This ensures that the user's privacy is maintained, while preventing third parties from building a profile of the device based on the requests that include the MSISDN or similar identifier. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293380 | MESSEAGING SERVICE - Messages are processed by receiving, from a first user on a wireless phone, a first message addressed to a second user. An extended header that is related to the first user and is for the first message is accessed. An alert is generated in response. A response to the alert from the second user is received. If the response includes an instruction from the second user to validate the message, a validation request is generated. The validation request is processed using a certificate authority. Based on a validation decision by the certificate authority for the validation request, a report for the second user with one or more processing options is generated. An instruction is received from the second user with a selection from among processing options. The first message is delivered to the second user if the instruction from the second user indicates that the message should be delivered. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293381 | Wireless Methods Using Signature Codes - Data representing media content, such as audio data, is processed to produce a signature code therefrom. This code can be used by wireless and other devices for a variety of purposes. Some relate to cryptographic operations. Others relate to determining whether operations involving the media content are legitimate. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293382 | AUTHENTICATING FEMTOCELL-CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES - The present disclosure includes a method and system for authenticating femtocell-connected mobile devices. In some implementations, a method includes receiving information associated with an authentication request transmitted by a cellular core network. The information is internetworked between a cellular radio technology and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for authenticating a cellular device in a femtocell. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293383 | Recording Data at a Mobile Telephone During a Telephone Call - A method for recording data at a mobile telephone during a telephone call between a user of the mobile telephone and a participant, including enabling a user to record first data during the telephone call; augmenting the first data with second data that identifies the participant, without user input of the second data; and storing the augmented first data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293384 | COMMUNICATING A REAL-TIME TEXT RESPONSE - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a communication from a text telephone via a packet-switched network. The method also includes, automatically and without user intervention, generating a real-time text response to the communication from the text telephone and, automatically and without user intervention, communicating the real-time text response to the text telephone via the packet-switched network for presentation to a user at the text telephone. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO A TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE - Systems and methods for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device. The device receives a notification alerting a user of the device that information is available to be obtained and, in some embodiments, providing a short description of the information. After receiving the notification at the device, the user can then use the device to obtain or otherwise act on the information at a time and at a place convenient to the user. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293386 | Charging of a Short Message Transmission - The invention relates to charging of a short message transmission in a telecommunications network. The invention provides a mechanism for refunding the subscriber for an already charged short message in the event of a failure during the delivery of that short message. The invention also relates to the methods and devices that are used to deliver a short message and perform the charging thereof. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO INFORMATION REQUESTS FROM USERS OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES - There are provided methods and systems for responding to information requests from users of personal communication devices, such as mobile telephones and more particularly cellular telephones. In one embodiment, information requests issued from a plurality of user's cellular telephones are received and processed at a central host site. Processing comprises parsing the user requests to determine the content and category type of the request and retrieving relevant content configured as a sequence of images (frames), referred to as a “video strip”. When a user plays back a video strip on his or her personal communication device, the sequence of images appear on the user's display as a sequence of still images, played back at a slow rate, unlike conventional movie playback frame rates. When viewing a video strip, a viewer may stop, start, and pause the video strip. Pausing playback of a video strip enables the user to easily peruse the contents of each video strip frame. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PHONE BOOK FORWARDING LIST IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and corresponding entity for providing phone book forwarding list in a communication system ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080293389 | Method and system of forwarding SMS messages - A method of forwarding messages in a wireless network is provided. The method comprises receiving a message destined for a first mobile station, processing the message based on call forwarding data to make a determination as to whether the message is to be forwarded to different mobile station, and transmitting the message to a message center responsive to the determination determining that the message is to be forwarded to a different mobile station. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293390 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERCONVERSION BETWEEN RING BACK TONE AND RINGING TONE - A method and a system for implementing interconversion between a ring back tone and a ringing tone are disclosed. The method for converting the ring back tone into the ringing tone includes: configuring ring back tone information for a user according to a ring back tone configuration request; obtaining relevant data of corresponding ringtone information according to the ring back tone information configured, and sending the relevant data to a user terminal. The method for converting the ringing tone into the ring back tone includes: generating a ring back tone configuration request according to ringing tone configuration information, where a user terminal configures the ringing tone with the ringing tone configuration information; and configuring the ring back tone corresponding to the ringing tone to be a ring back tone information of the user terminal according to the ringing tone configuration information in the ring back tone configuration request. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293391 | In-vehicle communication apparatus and position information notifying system - An incoming call waiting date and time is specified to exceed a time when a predetermined period passes after an ACC switch of an in-vehicle emergency call apparatus is switched from ON to OFF. In this case, a low power operation is continued in the in-vehicle emergency call apparatus until the incoming call waiting date and time, even after the predetermined period passes from when the ACC switch is switched from ON to OFF. Even after the predetermined period passes from when the ACC switch is switched from ON to OFF, a position information signal can be thereby transmitted to a service center based on a reception of a positional information request signal from the service center. Thus, a stolen vehicle search can be executed appropriately. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293392 | Reminder Notification System and Method - A system and method of providing medication reminder notifications to a plurality of users is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprise storing data of mobile telephone number for each of the plurality of users in a memory, storing medication data in association with each of the plurality of users in a memory that comprises information identifying one or more medications of the user. The method may further include storing notification schedule data in association with each user in a memory that comprises information for determining one or more times for providing a medication reminder notification that comprises a reminder to take a medication, determining medication content for a medicine reminder notification based, at least in part, on the medication data in association with that user; and transmitting one or more medication reminder notifications, that include the determined medication content, to the mobile telephone number(s) destinations associated with each user according to the notification schedule data associated with the user. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293393 | System and Method for Providing Commercial Broadcast Content Information to Mobile Subscribers - System and method for providing information regarding broadcast content, such as advertising, commentary, music, or sports, to a wireless device. A preferred embodiment comprises sending a broadcast station identifier and a user identifier to a host server. The host server identifies the station and retrieves a list of content for the station. The content list is sent as a playlist to the wireless device for display to a user. The user identifies desired content and the host server sends specific information about the content to the user, such as a telephone number or webpage for an advertiser. The user can connect directly to the telephone number or webpage from the wireless device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293394 | System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for Concurrent Termination of Multiple Calls at a Mobile Terminal - A system, method and computer-readable medium for allocating multiple subscriptions to a single mobile terminal thereby allowing concurrent termination of multiple calls at the mobile terminal are provided. A mobile terminal adapted to terminate multiple concurrent calls is described. In one implementation, a network need not have any configuration data regarding the multi-line capabilities of the mobile terminal. In other implementations, network-centric mechanisms are provided for allowing multiple concurrent calls to be terminated by a mobile terminal. Multiple concurrent calls may be terminated at a mobile terminal on separate carrier frequencies or alternatively may be terminated on a common carrier frequency. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293395 | USING DOWNLOADABLE SPECIFICATIONS TO RENDER A USER INTERFACE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A representation is rendered on the user interface of a mobile device using a presentation specification and a behavior specification. The presentation specification defines styles, and the behavior specification defines interactions. Each specification can be used to set corresponding rules and libraries for rendering the user interface. The mobile device can communicate with one or more cellular radio networks and render the user interface using at least one new presentation and behavior specification downloaded and corresponding to a new cellular radio network. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293396 | Integrating Mobile Device Based Communication Session Recordings - Mobile device based communication sessions are recorded and communicated via a receiver to a session data manager. The session data manager processes received representations of the communication sessions in response to metadata generated on the mobile device. In some embodiments, the session data manager is coupled to a data store that indexes the representations. A server identifies and forwards a stored representation in response to a request from a requester with appropriate access privileges. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293397 | Method for Disabling a Mobile Device - Methods for disabling a mobile device ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080293398 | TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND BASE STATION - In a case where multiple kinds of frames having different lengths (Ngi_s and Ngi_l) of guard intervals inserted before the head of the effective data, the length of the guard intervals are adjusted in such a manner that at least the position of a part of the effective data is are apart from frame timing by the same amount. Thereby, on the receiving end, it is always possible to perform reception processing such as FFT processing in an appropriate time division at a fixed timing, without causing sample deviation of the effective data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293399 | Method for supporting MBMS service transmission in LTE system - A method for supporting Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (MBMS) data transmission in a Long-term evolution (LTE) system includes a network entity (ECN) to which a user equipment (UE) is registered, receives an Activate MBMS context request message from the UE, and sends a Create MBMS UE Context Request message to a ECN that offers MBMS service. The ECN that offers MBMS service performs an authorization process with a Broadcast and Multicast Service Center (BM-SC) and sends a “Create MBMS UE Context Response” message to the ECN to which the UE is registered. The ECN to which the UE is registered sends an Activate MBMS Context Accept message to the UE. With the methods for supporting the transmission of MBMS data in the LTE system according to present invention, both the BM-SC and the ECN can find the downstream node so that service transmission paths may be found for MBMS data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293400 | NEIGHBORING CELL LIST SETTING METHOD, TERMINAL, SERVER, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An optimization terminal | 2008-11-27 |
20080293401 | TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION CHANNEL MATCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND MOBILE PHONE TEST EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a transmission/reception channel matching apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal and a mobile phone test equipment. The apparatus includes mobile communication terminal-side terminals, transmission and reception terminals, a connection detection unit, a switching unit, and a control unit. The mobile communication terminal-side terminals are connected to the option pins of a serial communication port in a one-to-one correspondence. The transmission and reception terminals correspond to the transmission and reception channels of the mobile phone test equipment. The connection detection unit detects the state of connection between the mobile communication terminal-side terminals and the option pins. The switching unit connects the mobile communication terminal-side terminals to the transmission and reception terminals. The control unit automatically sets the transmission and reception channels of the mobile communication terminal and the transmission and reception channels of the mobile phone test equipment with reference to the state of the connection, and outputs the channel matching command. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293402 | System determination emulator for analysis and testing - A roaming emulator provides a tool for emulating system determination for monitoring the operation of a wireless communication device (WCD) during system determination. A signal monitoring program and service selection protocol are stored, and a signal emulation module provides a signal emulation output in accordance with a predetermined set of data. A processing module performs a simulation of a service selection procedure based on the service selection protocol and performed in accordance with the signal monitoring program and the signal emulation output. A result of the service selection is provided by an output module. The emulator can provide emulated system scanning based on geographical or market location, and can emulate scenarios when channels from neighboring systems or markets “bleed” into the RF environment of the WCD. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293403 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICE BRIDGING - A system is disclosed that provides functionality for mobile communications service bridging with distributed service gateway call managers that allow application clients running on users' communication devices to be served by any of the available service gateways, preferably in an active-active load balance configuration. Each service gateway instance may bridge the application client to a range of network services such as voice origination and termination services, IM services, messaging services, online community services, IP voice services, and premium services such as multiparty click-to-conference, directory services, and voice mail. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293404 | DYNAMICALLY CREATED AND EXPANDED WIRELESS NETWORK - A system and method for the establishment and maintenance of wireless network, such as wireless network enabling access to the World Wide Web. The network can be created by its users as part of social network activity. The users are using automated resources discovery, verification and mapping as a comprehensive wireless resources search engine. Once few locations are mapped as wireless service “hot spots,” the service area can be expanded as users keep discovering and mapping more resources. These existing wireless Internet access resources could be mined by users to create spontaneous wireless network providing wide area high-speed data service. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE ROAMING - Described is a system and method for adaptive roaming. The system may include a memory storing at least one roaming parameter. The at least one roaming parameter corresponds to a performance of a mobile unit roaming within a network that includes a plurality of access points. The system also includes a processor incorporating the roaming parameter into a learning algorithm. The learning algorithm provides the mobile unit with a scan list indicating an order to scan the plurality of access points. The learning algorithm is stored in the memory. Roaming data gathered when the mobile unit roams within the network is used by the processor to update the at least one roaming parameter so that the learning algorithm may be adjusted thereby. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293406 | Handover Management in Group Calls - A mobile terminal of a digital cellular radiocommunication system that is in the receiving phase in a group call while roaming in a current cell, indicates to a fixed network element of the system, a given destination cell out of a number N of cells adjacent to the current cell The system uses a time and/or frequency division multiple access method, and any modulation method. The mobile terminal sends an identification sequence of the destination cell in a time slot of an inbound signalling channel which is a contention channel. The identification sequence comprises a predetermined identification pattern out of a determined number P of identification patterns of different respective values, where P is an integer number such that 1 | 2008-11-27 |
20080293407 | Wireless Device and Method for Determining Which APN to Use - Wireless devices and methods are provided for performing mobile discovery of an active data subscription. This involves a wireless device attempting to register using an APN that is one of a CDMA-centric APN and a GSM-centric APN. If that attempt fails, then the wireless device attempts to register using an APN that is the other of the CDMA-centric APN and the GSM-centric APN. In some cases the first APN attempted is always the CDMA-centric APN; in some cases the first APN attempted is a previously successfully used APN. For wireless devices with a data roaming enable/disable mechanism, the method can be executed while data roaming is disabled such that when data roaming is enabled, the proper APN to use will have been previously identified. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293408 | SIGNALING GATEWAY WITH MULTIPLE IMSI WITH MULTIPLE MSISDN (MIMM) SERVICE IN A SINGLE SIM FOR MULTIPLE ROAMING PARTNERS - A method and apparatus for mobile communication in multiple mobile communications networks. Embodiments include installing a SIM that includes at least one IMSI and at least one MSISDN in a mobile communications device. The SIM is used to receive and place calls while the user is in the user's home network and while the user is roaming in another network. In various embodiments, one of a home MSISDN and a local MSISDN is used. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293409 | Method and system for exchanging NRTRDE files between a visited network and a home network in real time - The present invention provides a method for facilitating exchange of roaming information between a first gateway and either a Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE) agent or second gateway in real time. The method includes obtaining, by a first gateway associated with the VPMN, one or more event parameters in real time from mobile communication of the VPMN's inbound roamer coming from the HPMN. The method further includes generating the roaming information at the first gateway in real time, using one or more obtained event parameters such that the generated roaming information is comprehendible to either an NRTRDE agent associated with the VPMN or a third party vendor, or a second gateway associated with the HPMN. The method further includes providing the roaming information by the first gateway to either the NRTRDE agent or the second gateway in real time. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293410 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING DISCONTIGUOUS CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for sensing channel availability in a wireless network includes receiving a measurement request message which includes a channel interval list. A first channel interval in the list includes information associated with a first starting channel number, a first number of channels, and first linkage information of the channel interval list. The method includes processing information associated with the message, generating a first list of contiguous channels, and performing at least first channel measurement to determine a first channel availability for each of the first list of contiguous channels. The method also includes determining whether the channel interval list further includes a second channel interval that needs to be processed based on at least first linkage information, and if needed, generating a second list of contiguous channels and performing at least second channel measurement to determine a second channel availability for each of the second list of contiguous channels. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING OBFUSCATED MOBILE DEVICE USER IDENTITIES - A mobile device identifier (such as an MSISDN) that typically accompanies a mobile device request is replaced with an “enriched” identifier that exposes the mobile device user's home operator but obfuscates the mobile device's (and, thus, the device user's) identity. In one embodiment, the identifier comprises a first part, and a second part. The first part comprises a data string that identifies (either directly or through a database lookup) the mobile device user's home operator. The second part, however, is an opaque data string, such as a one-time-use unique identifier (UID) or a value that is otherwise derived as a function of the MSISDN (or the like). The opaque data string encodes the mobile device's identity in a manner that preferably can be recovered only by the user's home operator. The present invention describes a method and apparatus for use in a home network to manage the generation, storage and use of the unique identifiers. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293412 | Location update with multipoint functionality - The present invention provides methods for performing a location update in a mobile communication network. According to an embodiment of the invention, after receiving a location update request message from a managing node, a data base composes a location update acknowledge message including information about an identification of a switching device. Then the data base transmits the location update acknowledge message including information about the identification of the switching device to the managing node. According to another embodiment, after receiving a message from a second managing node, a first managing node composes a reply message including information about an identification of a switching device. Then the first managing node transmits the reply message including information about the identification of the switching device to the second managing node. Further, the present invention also relates to respective devices. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293413 | System and Method of Registering with an Access Point - A method of registering a mobile device with an access point, is provided in which the mobile device preregisters with access points nearby in order to accelerate the registration process when roaming is initiated. Roaming may be initiated when the SNR is increasing relative to the current access point and decreasing relative to another access point. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293414 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF ACCESSING MULTIPLE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS OF THE SAME TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARD - A communication apparatus for using a first and second subscriber identifications at the same time for accessing a first and second telecommunication networks correspondingly includes a first communication circuit for accessing the first telecommunication network according to the first subscriber identification; a second communication circuit for accessing the second telecommunication network according to the second subscriber identification, where the first telecommunication network and the second telecommunication network correspond to the same telecommunication standard; a central controlling device, with a user interface, for receiving a command; and a controller, coupled to the second communication circuit, for controlling operations of the second communication circuit, wherein the central controlling device is coupled to the first communication circuit and the controller, and the central controlling device is shared by the first communication circuit and the controller. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293415 | Assembly Comprising a Cellular Network and at Least One Mobile Terminal, Method For the Operation of Such an Assembly, Mobile Terminal and Control Device - In order to be able to flexibly and dynamically control the selection of an access network to be used by a mobile terminal, an assembly contains a cellular network which is provided with a core network and several access networks for connecting mobile terminals to the core network, and at least one mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is equipped with a decision unit at the terminal end to select the access network to be used by the mobile terminal while the cellular network encompasses a decision unit at the network end to select the access network to be used by the mobile terminal as well as a control device for controlling the decision unit located at the terminal end and at the network end. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293416 | METHOD FOR RELOCATING SRNS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for performing SRNS relocation in a communications system transmits radio resource information including a ciphering parameter from a source RNC to a target RNC, modifies the ciphering parameter to coincide with a deciphering parameter which a user terminal uses when out-of-sequence data is received, ciphers a data unit based on the modified ciphering parameter, and transmits the ciphered data unit from the target RNC to the user terminal. The method may be modified to operate in UM mode or AM mode and to transmit data over one of several radio bearers. In accordance with another embodiment, the system and method transmits radio resource information from a source RNC to a target RNC and then transmits a data unit from the target RNC to a user terminal. In this case, the data unit including a transmission sequence number which consecutively follows a transmission sequence number of a data unit last transmitted from the source RNC to the user terminal. In accordance with another embodiment, the system and method resets ciphering and state variables in a target RNC and then transmits a message instructing a user terminal to reset a deciphering and state variables to the same or similar values. All the embodiments are advantageous because they ensure successful communications will take place between the target RNC and user terminal after a serving radio network sub-system relocation procedure is performed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293417 | Method and System for Implementing Subscriber Terminal Handover Accounting in Broadband Wireless Access System - The present invention relates to a method and system for implementing subscriber terminal handover accounting in broadband wireless access system. The present invention mainly includes: first, in a broadband wireless access system, an accounting client entity before handover reports handover accounting information to an accounting server after a subscriber terminal handover; then an accounting client entity after handover reports an accounting handover start message to the accounting server, and an end accounting client entity is responsible for accounting handling of the subscriber terminal. The present invention presents an accounting solution of the handover between the ASN accounting clients in a broadband wireless access network such as WiMAX, and thus guarantees the moving subscriber to collect and report the accounting data continuously, in other words, guarantees the continuity of the accounting handling procedure in the system. The present invention is simple and easy to be realized. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293418 | MANAGING CALL CONTINUITY BETWEEN NETWORK DEVICES - The present disclosure includes a system and method for managing handovers between network devices. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a request to handover a call session from a femtocell to a macrocell associated with a cellular core network. The femtocell comprise cellular radio technology. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message is generated based, at least in part, on the handover request. The SIP message is transmitted to a communication node associated with the cellular core network. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293419 | MOBILITY PROCEDURES AND DIFFERENTIATED CHARGING IN HOME NODE-Bs - A method and apparatus for implementing Idle and Connected Mode mobility to and from a Home evolved Node-B (HNB) in a wireless environment. Methods to implement differentiated charging when accessing HNBs, as well as the criteria used to make a cell reselection decision when an HNB is detected, criteria for making a handoff decision and methods to indicate charging and other policies/preferences and configurations to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). | 2008-11-27 |
20080293420 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF MOBILE STATION TO COMPACT BASE STATION USING RFID IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for registration of a Mobile Station (MS) to a compact Base Station (BS) using Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving RFID tag information of the MS from an RFID receiver, determining whether the MS is a service registration mobile station using the received RFID tag information, and if the MS is a service registration mobile station, performing a serving BS change into the compact BS for the MS and then initiating a service for the MS. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293421 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Procedures in Selected Interlace States in an Open State in Wireless Commnunication System - A method and apparatus for processing procedures in selected interlace states in an Open state is provided, the method comprising determining if a SelectedInterlaceOn state is entered, generating a SelectedInterlaceEnabled indication and placing the most recent SelectedInterlaceAssignment message in the public data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A SLEEP ID OF A MOBILE STATION IN A BWA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for updating a sleep identifier (SLPID) of a mobile station (MS) in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system having a sleep mode in which there is no transmission data and an awake mode in which there is transmission data. Upon recognizing a need to update an SLPID allocated to an MS in the sleep mode in the initial phase of the sleep mode, a base station (BS) reallocates a new SLPID to be allocated to the MS and transmits SLPID update information to the MS. Upon receiving the SLPID update information for its current SLPID during the sleep mode, the MS updates its current SLPID with the reallocated SLPID according to the received update information. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293423 | Method of Transmitting a Measurement Report in a Wireless Mobile Communications System - In a wireless mobile communications system, a method of transmitting a measurement report to a network. The network transmits in advance, a message including the allocated uplink radio resources and the like, to the terminal so that the terminal can transmit the measurement report to the network using the previously allocated uplink radio resources, thereby minimizing a time for transmitting the measurement report to the network. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING ACKCH RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for allocating physical resources to an Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) signal channel representative of a response signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes grouping ACK/NACK signal channels corresponding to a plurality of resource blocks used for transmission of a data channel or a control channel into a plurality of groups so ACK/NACK signal channels having consecutive indexes do not belong to the same group; and allocating same frequency resources to ACK/NACK signal channels belonging to the same ACK/NACK signal channel group and allocating orthogonal sequences so ACK/NACK signal channels in each ACK/NACK signal channel group are distinguished in a code domain. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293425 | Portable wireless communication system - A wireless communication system operates without a base station and allows effective real time conferencing between two or more units. A particular communication protocol used by the devices synchronizes the signals. Received signals are combined to provide the full conferencing feature. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293426 | Method and Apparatus for Discontinuous Transmission/Reception Operation for Reducing Power Consumption in Celluar System - Provided is a method and apparatus for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packets for low-power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The present research provides a method and apparatus that can perform a low-power consuming operation when a terminal is in active state in a cellular system. The method for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packet data to reduce power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system, including the steps of: a) establishing discontinuous reception/transmission (DRX/DTX) parameters including discontinuous DRX/DTX cycle information for terminals operating in a transmission suspension mode, which is a sub-state of an active state; and b) performing DRX/DTX based on the DRX/DTX parameters in the terminals operating in the transmission suspension mode. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE ORIGINATED OPTIMAL CALL ROUTING - A system and method is disclosed that provides dynamic and optimal call routing functionality for originating calls from a mobile to the callee party involving alternate network access points and call routing based on considerations such as caller and callee device type, type of available network connections, caller preference, callee presence, caller and callee international and national calling number prefix, and caller or callee service package plan. A significant advantage of this method is that the system can dynamically select the access point and route based on callee party disposition, route quality of service, network route availability, network route cost, and regulatory network tariff pricing structures. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293428 | Adaptive and Scalable Qos Architecture for Multi-Bearer Multicast/Broadcast Services - The invention relates to a method for filtering and a network entity of the core network or the radio access network of a mobile communication system filtering streams belonging to a single user service. The packet streams, each being transported by a bearer service, provide a multicast or broadcast service and is delivered from a service center via the network entity to a mobile terminal. The network entity comprises a service manager providing a quality-of-service management function. The invention further relates to a communication system comprising the network entity. To provide an adaptive multimedia broadcast/multicast service QoS architecture that is scalable to a great number of users, the invention suggests providing the service in form of a packet streams, each being provided via a single bearer service, and equipping nodes within the distribution tree of the service filter capability allowing to (de)register bearer services providing the service based on the downlink quality-of-service constraints obtained from a service manager. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEFERABLE DATA SERVICES IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system, upon receiving an instruction to transfer deferrable data, determines whether an air interface is congested and, when the air interface is congested, defers a transfer of the deferrable data or transfers the deferrable, lower priority data as higher priority data. When, during a transfer of deferrable data, the system determines that the air interface is congested, the system may terminate the call and save a state of a partially completed deferred data transfer. Subsequent to the termination of the call, the system establishes another data connection over the air interface and transfers any remaining, not yet transferred deferrable data. In order to discourage subscribers from transferring higher priority data as lower priority data, the system may further restrict a transfer of lower priority data to designated time periods while allowing a transfer of higher priority data during the designated time periods and other time periods. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293430 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for a Social Route Planner - An apparatus for a social route planner may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to generate social information classifications with respect to other devices, request routing information from a server, receive routing information including at least one candidate route associated with social information provided at least in part based on the social information classifications, and generate a display based on the candidate route and the social information. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293431 | Systems, devices and methods for location determination - In part, the invention relates to a method for generating location data using a wireless mobile device, the wireless mobile device adapted to communicate with a plurality of location services, each service associated with one of a plurality of networks. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: selecting a first location service from the plurality of location services; transmitting a first request for location data to the first location service; if the first request fails, selecting a second location service from the plurality of location services; and receiving location data from one of the first and the second location services. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293432 | Location information to identify known location for internet phone - A mobile phone includes the ability to place calls using a voice over Internet protocol. Location information is provided from the phone itself which can be used to identify the location of the mobile phone. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293433 | DISCOVERING CELLULAR NETWORK ELEMENTS - The present disclosure includes a system and method for discovering network elements. In some implementations, a method includes identifying information indicating a location of a femtocell device. A communication node associated with the femtocell device is identified. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message including the location information is transmitted to the identified communication node. A response is received requesting that the femtocell device register with a different communication node associated with a cellular core network at least proximate the location. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293434 | DETERMINING APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF NETWORK DEVICES THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE TO GPS SIGNALS - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining approximate locations of network devices. Information is received concerning last known locations of portable network devices that attach to a network, and used to compute an approximate location of an obscured network device attached to the network. In some embodiments, the last known locations of the portable network devices may be determined using information from GPS satellites. The approximate location of the obscured network device may be used as the approximate location of other stationary network devices connected to the same network. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293435 | Method and apparatus to select an optimum site and/or sector to provide geo-location data - A system and method selects secondary base stations to task that provide geo-location information used to geo-locate a mobile station. A network overlay location system may be co-located at base station sites of a wireless communications network. The location measurement units of the network overlay system provide location information of the mobile station, which may be determined via one or more geo-location techniques, for example: time of arrival (TOA), time difference of arrival (TDOA), uplink time difference of arrival (UTDOA), angle of arrival (AOA), signal power, radio fingerprinting etc. Selecting secondary base stations to task using various selection criteria may provide optimum results when geo-locating a mobile station. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293436 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE RELATED TO LOCATION DETERMINATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for executing a predetermined routine including one or more location determination modes to determine a geographic position, i.e., the location of a wireless communication device. In certain aspects, the predetermined routine may be configured to adjust the Quality of Service (QoS) for one or more of the location determination modes implemented in the routine. Based on the pre-configuration of the routine, adjustment of the QoS of one or more location determination modes may occur as a matter of course or the routine may be configured to adaptively adjust the QoS based on conditions, such as network conditions, environmental conditions and the like, existing at the point in time in which the location determination mode is executed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293437 | REDUCING PAGING RESPONSE TIME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and wireless communication system to reduce paging response time for a target mobile station (MS) operable using slotted and unslotted modes in multiple paging location areas of the system includes a first step | 2008-11-27 |
20080293438 | METHOD OF USE FOR A QUICK PAGING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of a waking up a communication unit ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080293439 | Associated Paging Indicator - A receiver for receiving wireless communication signals from a transmitter is arranged to operate in one of a plurality of states. The receiver is arranged to perform a state transition from the current state to another state among the plurality of states upon reception of a Paging Indicator Signal. The Paging Indicator Signal comprising an indication of the one of the plurality of states to which the state transition is to be performed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293440 | Access terminal paging improvements - A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed providing improved paging procedures in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, a Power-down Registration signal is transmitted via a 1×RTT modem from an Access Terminal (AT) to an Access Network (AN) in a wireless communication system that includes both a 1×RTT modem and a 1×HRPD modem. The Power-down Registration signal conveys information to the AN indicating that a power-down process has been initiated by the AT, and thereby enables the AN to discontinue transmission of signals and messages to the AT that are not effective when the AT is in an off-state. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293441 | Method for Retrieving and Delivering Multimedia Messages Using the Session Initiation Protocol - A method for retrieving an MMS message, to be executed at an MMS User Agent, involves: generating an MMS subscription request; sending said MMS subscription request to an MMS server; receiving an MMS notification of an MMS message from the MMS server; in response to receiving said MMS notification, generating an MMS message retrieval request for retrieving said MMS message; sending said MMS message retrieval request to the MMS Server; receiving an MMS message retrieval comprising said MMS message; and in response to receiving said MMS message retrieval from the MMS Server, sending an acknowledgment to the MMS Server, herein the improvement is that: The MMS subscription request is sent using a SIP method SUBSCRIBE. The MMS notification is received using a SIP method NOTIFY The MMS message retrieval request is sent using a SIP method FETCH. The acknowledgment is sent using a SIP method INFORM. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293442 | BROADCAST MESSAGE SERVICE METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A broadcast message service system and method comprises transmitting a broadcast message including information designating receivers' phone numbers and whether or not each receiver's phone number is to be opened once received, content of the broadcast message is certified and so is the opened receivers' phone numbers. Other receivers' phone numbers to which the same broadcast message has been transmitted or their information can also be certified, and phone numbers can be stored or edited by a receiver's arbitrary handling. Also, the receiver can transmit a reply short message, thereby increasing the user's convenience. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293443 | LIVE MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION FRAMEWORK FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A subscription-based system provides transcribed audio information to one or more mobile devices. Some techniques feature a system for providing subscription services for currently-generated (e.g., not stored) information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audio) for one or more mobile devices for a live/current audio event. There can be a communication network for communicating to the one or more mobile devices, a transcriber configured for transcribing the event to generate information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audio). Caption data includes transcribed data and control code data. The system includes a subscription gateway configured for live/current transfer of the transcribed data to the one or more mobile devices. The subscription gateway is configured to provide access for the transcribed data to the one or more mobile devices. User preferences for subscribers can be set and/or updated by mobile device users and/or GPS-capable mobile devices to receive feeds for the live/current audio event. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293444 | Method For Power Control in a Wireless Station - The present invention relates to a power control method in a wireless station and a wireless station implementing said method. A transmission power is selected for transmission of a signal (e.g. a Request to Send control frame or a Clear to Send control frame) locally reserving a wireless medium for communication of data involving the wireless station based on Quality of Service requirements associated with said communication of data. Said signal is transmitted at said selected transmission power. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293445 | Radio frequency apparatus - A radio frequency apparatus comprising an interface configured to receive a command from a radio protocol stack. A command generator configured to generate a plurality of commands from said received command is provided. The apparatus also has configurable hardware, said hardware having a configuration which is controlled in dependence on said generated commands and being arranged to at least one of transmit and receive a radio frequency signal. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293446 | Fully integrated RF transceiver integrated circuit - A radio transceiver device includes circuitry for radiating electromagnetic signals at a very high radio frequency both through space, as well as through wave guides that are formed within a substrate material. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a dielectric substrate formed within a board, for example, a printed circuit board. In another embodiment of the invention, the wave guide is formed within a die of an integrated circuit radio transceiver. A plurality of transceivers with different functionality is defined. Substrate transceivers are operable to transmit through the wave guides, while local transceivers are operable to produce very short range wireless transmissions through space. A third and final transceiver is a typical wireless transceiver for communication with remote (non-local to the device) transceivers. Additionally, a multi-mode transceiver is operable to configure transmit and receive circuitry based upon transmission path. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293447 | RF integrated circuit having an on-chip pressure sensing circuit - An integrated circuit includes a on-chip pressure sensing circuit that generates a pressure signal based on a pressure of the integrated circuit. An RF transceiver generates an outbound RF signal from outbound data and to generate inbound data from an inbound RF signal, based on the pressure signal. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293448 | ASSISTED LOOKUP OF CONTACTING IDENTIFIERS - According to the invention a first communication device investigates if there is an entry of a contacting identifier received in the device in a contacts register. In case there is no such entry it locates, in the contacts register, communication devices in a set of communication devices providing a lookup service, which set includes at least one communication device and where at least one communication device is a personal communication device, an sends a query regarding the contacting identifier to at least one second communication device of the set. The second communication device receives the query and investigates an own contacts register. In case the contacting identifier is provided in the own contacts register it further locates an identity associated with the contacting identifier and automatically sends data regarding the identity to the first communication device as a response to the query. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293449 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING A DEVICE INTO DOMAINS TO OPTIMIZE POWER CONSUMPTION - Methods and systems for partitioning a device to optimize power consumption are disclosed and may include partitioning circuitry within an integrated circuit into a plurality of power domains, wherein each of the domains includes different power consumption and handling requirements and a processor. A processor in one of the domains may handle processing of tasks internal to that domain. A processor in the first domain may handle processing of tasks in a second of the domains. The processor in each of the domains may be communicatively coupled to one or more common busses, which may be shared by each of the domains. One domain may be powered in a continuous mode and may include low leakage circuitry. The processors may include general purpose processors. A processor in one domain may control image processing circuitry, which may comprise image sensor pipeline, 3D pipeline and/or video accelerator circuitry. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293450 | Consumption of Items via a User Device - An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. In one illustrative implementation, the communication infrastructure may rely, in part, on wireless communication. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293451 | Sectorisation of Cellular Radio - An antenna installation for cellular radio has four antennas ANT | 2008-11-27 |
20080293452 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING AN ALERT WHEN ADDITIONAL USER ACTION IS REQUIRED TO INITIATE AN OUTGOING PHONE CALL, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method of facilitating the initiation of an outgoing phone call on a handheld electronic device including receiving a request to initiate the outgoing phone call and determining whether additional user action is required in order to initiate the outgoing phone call. If it is determined that additional user action is required, the method further includes: (i) displaying a prompt on the handheld electronic device that indicates that the additional user action must be taken in order to initiate the outgoing phone call, and (ii) providing an alert, such as an audible signal, that is separate from the prompt. Also, a handheld electronic device including a display, a processor, and a memory in electronic communication with the processor. The memory stores one or more routines executable by the processor for implementing the described method. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293453 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN AUDIO-LINKED REMOTE INDICATOR FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A remote ring monitor for a mobile communications device comprises an audio sensor to detect a sound signal emitted by the monitored device and one or more indicators which may provide visual, auditory or tactile alert signals to the user. A plurality of indicators may be used to indicate various different audio signals received. The audio sensor may comprise a microphone, a codec and digital signal processor. In certain embodiments, an encoded ring tone is downloaded to a mobile communications device to be monitored so as to enhance the selectivity of the monitoring device. The audio sensor may be remote from the indicator and the two may be in communication via a radio-frequency link. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293454 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus for performing a communication with other communication apparatus by using identification information, includes a housing, a plurality of grounding terminals which are respectively connected to one ends of internal grounding lines provided within the housing for connecting to an external grounding line outside the housing, a grounding line connection detection section which detects a grounding terminal connected to the external grounding line among the plurality of grounding terminals, and an identification information setting section which sets the identification information based on a detection result of the grounding line connection detection section. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293455 | ENERGY SOURCE COMMUNICATION EMPLOYING SLOT ANTENNA - The invention relates to a wireless communication device that is coupled to an energy source, such as a battery, capacitor, or solar cell. The wireless communication device is coupled to an antenna of the energy source for wireless communication. The antenna receives communication signals from an interrogation reader or other communication device. The wireless communication device may be attached to a device or container for purposes such as communicating information regarding identification, manufacturing, tracking, and the like. The wireless communication device may also be coupled to the energy source for power. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293456 | Mobile phone - A battery cover of a mobile phone includes an input interface formed on one side thereof; and a wireless transmission module. The input interface is capable of operating thereon, and the wireless transmission module is capable of conducting wireless communication between the battery cover and the mobile phone when the battery cover is detached from the mobile phone. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293457 | Mobile phone - A mobile phone includes a housing and a keypad module. The keypad module is mounted detachably on the housing. The keypad module is double-sided and has a first user interface and a second user interface formed on two corresponding sides for providing operations different from each other. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293458 | PADS FOR IMPROVED MANUAL GRIP OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Pads provide an improved manual grip upon a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, where at least one pad adheres to the casing of the cell phone, and upon an adjacent edge. When gripping a cell phone, a user generates friction between the hand of the user and the casing to provide the grip to open a folded cell phone. When a user's fingers are slick, grip upon the casing is reduced and dropped cell phones may occur. This invention has a pad upon the front of the cell phone that extends over a portion of the sides and alternatively a pad upon the rear of the cell phone that may also extend over the sides. The extensions upon the sides provide a gripping surface for the user's thumbs and palm. As users can be either left or right handed, the pads can extend upon both sides. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293459 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a first casing, a second casing, a hinge, a keyboard and an antenna. The hinge is connected to the first casing and the second casing, so that the first casing is capable of rotating with respect to the second casing. The keyboard for inputting data is disposed at the second casing. The keyboard can be a QWERTY keyboard, a AZERTY keyboard, a QWERTZ keyboard or a DVORAK keyboard. The antenna for sending or receiving a communication signal is disposed in the first casing or the second casing. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293460 | Knife blade covers for a rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester for converting the integral chopper assembly to a beater construction - A knife blade cover for converting the rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester to operate as a beater instead of as a chopping construction, which knife blade cover includes a cover member mountable over one or more mounted assemblies of the rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester, which mounted assemblies include a mounting lug and one or more blades fixedly attached thereto, to envelop such mounted assemblies within the cover member while presenting to the residue flowing through the integral chopper assembly a relatively broad and blunt surface that acts to beat, instead of chopping, such residue, and connection hardware for mounting the cover member to the rotary chopper element. A plurality of knife blade covers may be provided with connection hardware as a kit for converting the rotary chopper element to operate as a beater construction. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293461 | Rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester - A rotary chopper element for an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester, which rotary chopper element includes a cylindrical rotary member having a plurality of ring portions axially aligned in an ordered side-by-side arrangement along the longitudinal axis of the rotary member, with each ring portion having disposed annularly therearound a plurality of mounting lugs, each of which mounting lugs is designed to support or to have affixed thereto at least one knife blade. The mounting lugs on each succeeding ring portion are rotated or offset radially from the lugs of the preceding ring by a predefined amount and the knife blades are attached to the mounting lugs to form mounted assemblies that have beveled leading edges that extend substantially continuously from adjacent to the outer surface of the rotary member to the tips of the knife blades. The knife blades of such mounted assemblies define a plurality of spaced helical arrays that extend along and wrap around the rotary member. The rotary chopper element is configured to be mountable generally parallel to the grate portion of a counter knife assembly of the integral chopper assembly to define a material flow path between the grate portion and the rotary member and to be operable to transport crop residue past the integral chopper assembly. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293462 | Concave pan portion of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester - A concave pan portion of an integral chopper assembly that includes a concave pan shell portion with a separate grate portion that may be easily installed into and removed from an intermediate opening in such concave pan portion for replacement in the event of undesirable wear thereto, and a separate interruption plate installable downstream from the slots in the grate portion for the purpose of effecting a lower mean length of chop (LOC) as the integral chopper assembly operates. The separate grate portion is configured to be installable to fill the intermediate opening in the concave pan shell portion, with a plurality of slots therethrough positioned side-by-side in the crossways direction to accommodate knife elements that are part of the counter knife assembly. Preferably, such separate grate portion may be crossways adjustable to some degree within the intermediate opening. The interruption plate is configured to extend generally crossways across the concave pan portion, downstream from the slots of the grate portion to project upwardly into and across the passageway between the rotary chopper element and the concave pan portion so as to interrupt the flow of residue past the integral chopper assembly to permit the residue to be chopped into shorter pieces, resulting in a lower mean length of chop (LOC) as the integral chopper assembly operates. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293463 | Insertion tool for a rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester - An insertion tool for installing rotary chopper elements in integral chopper assemblies in combine harvesters, which insertion tool includes an elongated open-ended trough-like bed portion of a length, breadth, and depth to sufficiently accommodate the rotary chopper element therewithin, with lift brackets along the sides thereof configured to accommodate the prongs of lifting forks of a forklift. The rotary chopper element may be positioned to rest within the bed portion of the insertion tool for transport to adjacent to the access and installation window of a harvester and for slidable insertion by the insertion tool through such window for installation within the harvester. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293464 | Electronic game utilizing photographs - The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293465 | Video interaction device for a whole-body sport game - The present invention discloses a video interaction device, which integrates areas of a human upper body with a sport game software to achieve a video interaction via a display interface. The video interaction device of the present invention comprises: at least one foot-sensation member and at least one body motion-driving controller, which are respectively arranged in a foot exercise device and areas of a human upper body (such as a hand, the head, and the waist). Via the foot-sensation members and the body motion-driving controllers, a more precise and delicate whole-body interaction can be thus achieved between a user and a sport game software. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293466 | VIDEO GAME APPARATUS, VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, AND VIDEO GAME PROCESSING METHOD - In a video game that progresses a game using a limited number of items, the game can be made more interesting. In an area data table | 2008-11-27 |
20080293468 | Process or method for playing a board game that incorporates at least one digital storage device (DSD) and at least one player. - A process or method for playing a board game that incorporates at least one digital storage device, at least one player, playing surface & equipment, and multimedia speaker(s) with the steps of: Digital storage device(s): i.e. MP3 Player, laptop, mobile phone, Tivo, cable box, iPod, etc, access to related website(s) that maintains game content, playing surface & equipment provided, or the use of existing playing surface and equipment, at least one participant, audio cable for connection to multimedia speakers, or, wireless connection to multimedia speakers, age and gender qualified trivia questions, age and gender qualified music, age and gender qualified video, age and gender qualified spoken word, and rules or conditions for playing. The content arrangement and method of play allows any participant to compete against other participants (players) regardless of age, skill, experience, knowledge, or competence. Each player or team must achieve the same desired completion, or victory, associated with conditions or rules of play. Each player or team answers questions selected for them from a “game related” website downloaded to a digital storage device. Downloaded information is organized, categorized, and/or qualified by profiles entered on the “game related” website. Players goal of achieving completion, or victory, by answering questions in a “first response” format or a timed format and advance a game piece on a surface or game board or the measurable increase on a digital gauging device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293469 | Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus - Displayed on a screen are: a game field comprising a plurality of squares; and panels which are respectively associated with a plurality of players and each of which is provided with one or more connecting portions for forming a combined state with another panel. Panel selection means selects a panel in accordance with an operation performed by each player. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293470 | ELECTRONIC OUTDOOR GAME APPARATUS - In one aspect, an outdoor game system is provided, comprising a plurality of upright towers that are operatively connected and suitable for installation outdoors, each tower including a plurality of contact assemblies, each contact assembly including an interface capable of responding to or detecting contact, a light source that emits light proximate the interface, and a sound source that emits sounds proximate the interface, wherein the contact assemblies operate in random or predetermined sequences that constitute game functions. In another aspect, an outdoor game system is provided, comprising four towers, each tower including four interfaces, each interface detecting or responding to contact, at least one light source, and at least one sound source, wherein the interfaces define a four-by-four grid, and the four-by-four grid is entirely visible from a single location within a field of play. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CARD GAME SERVICES - Disclosed herein are a method and system for providing card game services. The method includes entering a virtually implemented game room to play a card game provided over the Internet, participating in the card game according to predetermined rules of the card game, setting a betting action depending on a situation of the card game in advance during the card game, and playing the game by automatically entering the set betting action on a relevant turn. The system includes at least one user terminal for playing a card game over an Internet, and a game provision server for implementing a virtual game room, enabling a betting action to be selected during the game through input from the user terminal, and automatically taking the selected betting action on a relevant turn. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293472 | Extendible User Input Device - A portable electronic gaming device including a user input device including an extendible support having at a first end a tactile member for user actuation and mounted at a second end for pivotal movement, wherein the user input device has a first configuration in which the extendible support is retracted and a second configuration in which the extendible support is extended, wherein in the second configuration the user input device is operable as a joystick game controller or wherein the user input device functions as an input device in both first and second operational configurations. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293473 | Wagering Game with Character Learning - Wagering game terminal and method of operating same are disclosed where the player characters or avatars learn from the experiences of previous games. Thus, the player characters or avatars in effect remember the paths they have taken and/or the choices they have selected previously. This learning or remembrance may occur across multiple games and may be manifested by visual and/or audio reminders, including removal of the previously taken paths/choices. Other indicators such as audio or text messages may also be used. The player characters or avatars may also refuse or be reluctant to repeat a particular path/choice. In this way, the player may retain the benefits of his earlier efforts, thereby increasing player excitement and enjoyment. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293474 | Motivational Deployment Mechanism for Networked Systems - The described implementations relate to networked or distributed systems and more particularly to providing motivation for deployment of networked systems. One technique gathers a solicitation hierarchy in a distributed system. This technique also tracks contribution to the distributed system of participants within the hierarchy. This technique further probabilistically determines a participant as a lottery winner based at least in part on the solicitation hierarchy and the contribution. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293475 | GAMING MACHINE, PROGRAM, AND SERVER - In a bingo game or other game using a matrix card, a gaming machine is provided to which is added an element that enables a player to make a selection that can influence the game result. The designs of playing cards, etc. are used in the respective cells of a matrix card and profit is provided to a player only when all cells of a single line are made effective by lottery and a winning combination of a poker game, etc. is formed on this line. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293476 | Ergonomic gaming machine having electromechanical reels - A new ergonomic game cabinet with a unique layout is disclosed. The gaming machine cabinet includes a display mounted nearly vertically, combined with a player deck extending towards a player having more space at a more useful angle than previously available. The player deck will have open space usable by a player for small items (wallets, purses, chips, etc.), a player device area (typically buttons), and then a further area where a player can rest their arms, wrists, or elbows and comfortably reach the player device area. This further area may also be used for small player items, such as chips, tickets, etc. In addition, the new cabinet provides side panels on each side of the gaming machine cabinet that creates a feeling of being “surrounded” by the game experience due to reduced noise and visual distractions from nearby gaming machines, other patrons, waitrons, and the like. A version of the cabinet including electromechanical reels is also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080293477 | Gaming machine - A gaming machine having a display that displays a determined screen including a character, during execution of a game, a touch panel sensor, disposed above the display, that is capable of detecting the contact position, the position of the character contacted by a player, and a CPU that determines the contact position of the character as well as the contact mode, and that displays an image on the display, that is changed based on the result of this determination. | 2008-11-27 |