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| 20090106672 | VIRTUAL WORLD AVATAR ACTIVITY GOVERNED BY PERSON'S REAL LIFE ACTIVITY - A system generates a virtual world and generates a first avatar, which is associated with a person, in the virtual world. The system further receives data associated with the person's mobile wireless device, where the data includes a location of the mobile wireless device. The system determines the person's real world activities based on the data and causes the person's first avatar to engage in the same, similar, or analogous activities, as the determined real world activities, in the virtual world. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109067 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TEXT INPUT - A method for predictive text input is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a first key typing on a first key, wherein said first key is associated with a first symbol or set of symbols; receiving a second key typing on a second key while said first key is still pressed, wherein said second key is associated with a second symbol or set of symbols; determining words from a word list beginning with said first symbol or any of the symbols of said first set of symbols and being followed by said second symbol or any of the symbols of said second set of symbols; enabling selection among said determined words; and upon selection, inputting said selected word. An apparatus and a computer program for implementing the method are also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090111486 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE - One or more embodiments may concern a portable communication device comprising a detection unit and a control unit, said portable communication device being adapted to use an information template for generating a message. The detection unit is configured to detect a physical entity. The control unit is configured to insert information corresponding to the detected physical entity, detected by the detection unit into a pre-specified position in the message template. One or more embodiments may also concerns a method for generating a message in a portable communication device by using an adaptive information template. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090174763 | VIDEO CONFERENCE USING AN EXTERNAL VIDEO STREAM - A portable communication device may determine whether a video camera is in a vicinity of the portable communication device. If so, video taken by the video camera may be used in a video conference conducted from the portable communication device. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090233649 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - The present invention relates to a portable communication device comprising a display unit capable of showing 3D-modeled images and an image control unit for controlling and providing said images. Furthermore, a detector element is arranged on the portable communication device for collecting data about ambient light conditions. The image control unit is arranged to model the three-dimensional image based on the collected data in such a way that it appears natural in said ambient light conditions. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100117970 | Methods of Operating Electronic Devices Using Touch Sensitive Interfaces with Contact and Proximity Detection and Related Devices and Computer Program Products - A method of operating an electronic device using a touch sensitive user interface may include detecting contact between a first finger and the touch sensitive user interface, and detecting non-contact proximity of a second finger to the touch sensitive user interface. Responsive to detecting contact between the first finger and the touch sensitive user interface and responsive to detecting non-contact proximity of the second finger to the touch sensitive user interface, one of a plurality of operations may be selected. Responsive to selecting one of the plurality of operations, the selected operation may be performed. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100266112 | METHOD AND DEVICE RELATING TO CONFERENCING - A system in which a processor processes received signals corresponding to a voice of a particular participant in a multi-party conference; extracts characteristic parameters for the voice of each particular participant; compares results of the characteristic parameters of each particular participant and determines a degree of similarity in the characteristic parameter; and generates a virtual position for each participant voice, using spatial positioning, where a position of voices having similar characteristics are spaced apart from each other in a virtual space. | 10-21-2010 |
