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Ville Aikas, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100124937 | METHOD OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT USING A SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and system are disclosed for managing customer relationships, in part using a short range communications network. A business entity service center may include a Bluetooth station for detecting Bluetooth devices within range of the service. Once the station detects a Bluetooth device within range, the user of the device is given the opportunity to subscribe to the system. Once a customer subscribes to the system, the next time the customer's Bluetooth device is detected within range of the entity service center, a variety of personalized customer services may be performed for that customer. For example personalized welcome messages and/or discount offers may be sent to the detected Bluetooth device. | 05-20-2010 |
Ville Airo, Espoo FI
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| 20110047254 | Configuration of User Terminal Settings in Communications System - The present solution describes a method for configuring SIP settings to a user terminal (UE). In the present solution, for instance when a specific SIP service is used in the user terminal (UE) for the first time, a request message ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110055848 | LAUNCHING AN MIDP-BASED TARGET APPLICATION FROM A LAUNCHER APPLICATION - A method for launching a target application from a launcher application, said target application being an MIDP-based application, and both the target application and the launcher application being installed within a device having a Symbian operating system. The method comprises: the target application registering the launcher application in a Push Registry of the MIDP as an application allowed to have incoming connection, said registration including at least a port number for the incoming connection; the launcher application sending a request to the target application to open a TCP connection via the port defined in said registration; checking from the Push Registry that the launcher application is allowed to open the TCP connection to the target application; and if allowed by the Push Registry, opening a TCP connection between the target application and the launcher application. | 03-03-2011 |
Ville Alatyppo, Talma FI
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| 20090121177 | SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MELTING ICE AND PREVENTING SLIPPERINESS AND USE OF BETAINE FOR MELTING ICE AND PREVENTING SLIPPERINESS - The invention relates to a combination of compounds for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, which combination comprises betaine and at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to a method of de-icing and/or anti- skid treatment, wherein a combination of compounds selected from the group consisting of acetates, formats, urea and combinations thereof, are applied to a slippery surface or a surface vulnerable to slipperiness. The invention further relates to the use of betaine for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, when betaine is used in combination with at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof. | 05-14-2009 |
Ville Alopaeus, Espoo FI
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| 20100000908 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HYDROCARBON COMPONENTS - The present invention relates to hydrocarbons and particularly to the manufacture of hydrocarbon components suitable as aviation fuels or jet fuels and as blending stocks for aviation fuels. The process comprises the stages, wherein in the first stage an oil feed of biological origin and hydrogen gas are subjected to conditions sufficient to effect hydrodeoxygenation in the presence of a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst to yield n-paraffins; | 01-07-2010 |
| 20110015459 | Process for the preparation of light fuels - In the process of the invention, an aliphatic C | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110282116 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DIESEL RANGE HYDROCARBONS - The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerised in an isomerisation step, and a feed comprising fresh feed containing more than 5 wt % of free fatty acids and at least one diluting agent is hydrotreated at a reaction temperature of 200-400° C., in a hydrotreating reactor in the presence of catalyst, and the ratio of the diluting agent/fresh feed is 5-30:1. | 11-17-2011 |
Ville Ettala, Helsinki FI
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| 20110028187 | INCOMING CALL INDICATION IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Incoming call indication method and system in a call initialization process in a mobile telecommunication system, whereby a user (caller, USER | 02-03-2011 |
Ville Haaramo, Espoo FI
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| 20110136431 | Group communication device and method - A method for voice based communication between a number of mobile terminals of a telecommunication network, the method comprising the steps of creating a group of said number of terminals and storing group information in each of the number of terminals, recording a voice message in one of the terminals of the group, dispatching the voice message to the terminals of the group from the one of the terminals, and receiving the voice message at least all other terminals of the group. The step of creating a group of terminals further comprises the steps of coupling together a number of mobile terminals, initiating a group creation command from at least one of the terminals, sending predetermined information from terminal to terminal to each terminal of the number of terminals for forming a group information, and transmitting the group information to all of the terminals thus forming a group of the terminals. | 06-09-2011 |
Ville Haaslahti, Turku FI
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| 20090081662 | Homogeneous Luminescence Bioassay - This invention relates to a homogenous bioassay for use in measurement of biological activity, its modulation or analyte concentration of a sample, said bioassay comprising a first group comprising an acceptor, which acceptor is a short lifetime fluorescent compound capable of energy transfer, and a second group comprising a quencher, which quencher is capable of energy transfer from an acceptor. The increase or decrease, respectively, of fluorescence of said acceptor due to the decrease or increase, respectively, of energy transfer from said acceptor to said quencher resulting from lengthening or shortening, respectively, of the distance between said acceptor and quencher is measured. Characteristic for the invention is that the bioassay comprises a further third group comprising a donor for energy transfer to said acceptor, which donor is an up-conversion fluorescent compound, a long-lifetime fluorescent compound or an electrogenerated luminescent compound; and said first group comprises a tag, said third group comprises a binder, and said binder has a high affinity for binding to said tag. The fluorescence of said acceptor is brought about by exciting the donor resulting in energy being transferred from the donor to the acceptor. | 03-26-2009 |
Ville Haikola, Oulu FI
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| 20080212608 | Method, apparatus and computer program to signal additional modulation scheme without additional signalling overhead - A method and apparatus are provided for jointly encoding bits containing information about an existing modulation technique or an existing antenna transmission technique in order to extend signaling to include new information about an additional modulation technique or the use of an additional antenna transmission technique without having to increase the number of bits transmitted in the signaling; and conveying the new information in unused combinations of the encoded bits. The signaling may take the form of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) that forms part of a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA). In some embodiments, the existing modulation technique may include quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM), or some combination thereof, and the additional modulation technique may include 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (64QAM). | 09-04-2008 |
Ville Kaajakari, Pasadena CA
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| 20110210800 | MICROMECHANICAL RESONATOR - The object of the invention is to provide an improved structure for a microelectromechanical (MEMS) resonator. According to a first aspect of the invention, the resonator structure in accordance with the invention has a characteristic frequency of oscillation in combination with a given mechanical amplitude, whereby to set said mechanical amplitude, in the resonator structure, by way anchoring at an anchor point located at a given point of the resonator structure substrate, a first element is adapted oscillatory and a second element is adapted oscillatory in such a manner that at least one of said first element and of said second element are arranged to oscillate synchronously with regard to said anchor point, whereby the location of said anchor point is selected to be substantially within the joint projection defined by the dimensions of said first and said second element. | 09-01-2011 |
Ville Kaajakari, Ruston, LA US
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| 20090189481 | Micromechanical resonator - The invention relates to design of micromechanical resonators and, more precisely, to the design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators. The invention provides an improved design structure for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator in which the width of the spring elements ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100236940 | X-Ray Assisted Etching of Insulators - The invention is a method of electrochemical etching of a non-conductive insulator. The method entails inducing a current in the insulator by exciting electrons into the conduction band by supplying the needed energy through irradiation of the insulator. Alternatively, electrons may be supplied externally from an electron gun. The insulator is subject to an electrical bias, and the induced or supplied electrons then create a current in the insulator that effects the etch rated. | 09-23-2010 |
Ville Kummu, Oulu FI
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| 20080276313 | Applianced Domain Name Server - A software installation package for a domain name server (DNS) comprises a hardened operating system, a domain name server software, a management interface. To detect and block attack attempts ( | 11-06-2008 |
Ville Laalo, Imatra FI
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| 20100091054 | METHOD AND A PRINTING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED BOARD CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a method of providing board containers (V) with prints and a printing machine that applies the method. According to the invention, the printing machine comprises a turret head ( | 04-15-2010 |
Ville Lahdensuo, Kangasala FI
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| 20100130701 | SHOE PRESS BELT - The invention relates to a shoe press belt comprising an elastomer polymer having nanoparticles attached therewith through covalent bonds. | 05-27-2010 |
Ville Nummela, Helsinki FI
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| 20110109880 | Eye Tracker Device - Two collimated light beams are directed towards an eye to provide two reflection spots. The collimated light beams are advantageously provided by a diffractive beam expander. The reflection spots and the pupil of the eye are monitored by an imaging unit. The collimated beams are at different angles with respect to the imaging unit. The gaze direction is determined based on the angles, the positions of the reflections spots, and the position of the pupil. Thanks to the use of the two collimated beams, the detected gaze direction is substantially independent of the size of the eye, independent of the lateral position of the eye, and independent of the distance between the imaging unit and the eye. The detected gaze angle may be used for selecting between options displayed by a virtual display. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110128393 | DIGITAL IMAGING - An apparatus, method and computer program, in which there is provided an apparatus with a body, which apparatus has a set of camera modules mounted on the body, each camera module configured to take images with a first field of view and an adjustment mechanism configured to move the camera modules between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, each camera module shares a substantially common field of view that covers a first view area. In the second configuration, the fields of view of the camera modules collectively form a second view area that is continuous and covers a second view area. A zoom-in image is formed in the first configuration using super-resolution combining of the images taken by the camera modules. | 06-02-2011 |
Ville Peurala, Helsinki FI
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| 20090150428 | Data Management Method and System - In an information management method according to the present invention, objects connected with classification data are classified into trees so that criteria are defined for different branches of the tree, and objects are classified into the tree branches on the basis of these criteria. The method is primarily characterised in that a classification graph is defined between the objects and the trees, comprising of a network of classification data used to define the dependencies between the classification data. The invention also relates to an information management system and computer program which implement the said method. | 06-11-2009 |
Ville Pulkki, Espoo FI
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| 20080232601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF AUDIO RECONSTRUCTION - An audio signal having at least one audio channel and associated direction parameters indicating a direction of origin of a portion of the audio channel with respect to a recording position is reconstructed to derive a reconstructed audio signal. A desired direction of origin with respect to the recording position is selected. The portion of the audio channel is modified for deriving a reconstructed portion of the reconstructed audio signal, wherein the modifying comprises increasing an intensity of the portion of the audio channel having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin close to the desired direction of origin with respect to another portion of the audio channel having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin further away from the desired direction of origin. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080232616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO FORMATS - An input multi-channel representation is converted into a different output multi-channel representation of a spatial audio signal, in that an intermediate representation of the spatial audio signal is derived, the intermediate representation having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin of a portion of the spatial audio signal; and in that the output multi-channel representation of the spatial audio signal is generated using the intermediate representation of the spatial audio signal. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100166191 | Method and Apparatus for Conversion Between Multi-Channel Audio Formats - An input multi-channel representation is converted into a different output multi-channel representation of a spatial audio signal, in that an intermediate representation of the spatial audio signal is derived, the intermediate representation having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin of a portion of the spatial audio signal; and in that the output multi-channel representation of the spatial audio signal is generated using the intermediate representation of the spatial audio signal. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF AUDIO RECONSTRUCTION - An audio signal having at least one audio channel and associated direction parameters indicating a direction of origin of a portion of the audio channel with respect to a recording position is reconstructed to derive a reconstructed audio signal. A desired direction of origin with respect to the recording position is selected. The portion of the audio channel is modified for deriving a reconstructed portion of the reconstructed audio signal, wherein the modifying includes increasing an intensity of the portion of the audio channel having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin close to the desired direction of origin with respect to another portion of the audio channel having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin further away from the desired direction of origin. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100322431 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING NATURAL OR MODIFIED SPATIAL IMPRESSION IN MULTICHANNEL LISTENING - The invention concerns a method for reproducing spatial impression of existing spaces in multichannel or binaural listening. It consists of following steps/phases: a) Recording of sound or impulse response of a room using multiple microphones, b) Time- and frequency-dependent processing of impulse responses or recorded sound, c) Processing of sound to multichannel loudspeaker setup in order to reproduce spatial properties of sound as they were in recording room, and (alternative to c), d) Processing of impulse response to multichannel loudspeaker setup, and convolution between rendered responses and an arbitrary monophonic sound signal to introduce the spatial properties of the measurement room to the multichannel reproduction of the arbitrary sound signal, and is applied in sound studio technology, audio broadcasting, and in audio reproduction. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110200196 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL OUTPUT MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for determining a spatial output multi-channel audio signal based on an input audio signal and an input parameter. The apparatus includes a decomposer for decomposing the input audio signal based on the input parameter to obtain a first decomposed signal and a second decomposed signal different from each other. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a renderer for rendering the first decomposed signal to obtain a first rendered signal having a first semantic property and for rendering the second decomposed signal to obtain a second rendered signal having a second semantic property being different from the first semantic property. The apparatus comprises a processor for processing the first rendered signal and the second rendered signal to obtain the spatial output multi-channel audio signal. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110216908 | APPARATUS FOR MERGING SPATIAL AUDIO STREAMS - An apparatus for merging a first spatial audio stream with a second spatial audio stream to obtain a merged audio stream comprising an estimator for estimating a first wave representation comprising a first wave direction measure and a first wave field measure for the first spatial audio stream, the first spatial audio stream having a first audio representation and a first direction of arrival. The estimator being adapted for estimating a second wave representation comprising a second wave direction measure and a second wave field measure for the second spatial audio stream, the second spatial audio stream having a second audio representation and a second direction of arrival. The apparatus further comprising a processor for processing the first wave representation and the second wave representation to obtain a merged wave representation comprising a merged wave field measure and a merged direction of arrival measure, and for processing the first audio representation and the second audio representation to obtain a merged audio representation, and for providing the merged audio stream comprising the merged audio representation and the merged direction of arrival measure. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110222694 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CONVERTED SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for determining a converted spatial audio signal, the converted spatial audio signal having an omnidirectional audio component and at least one directional audio component, from an input spatial audio signal, the input spatial audio signal having an input audio representation and an input direction of arrival. The apparatus has an estimator for estimating a wave representation having a wave field measure and a wave direction of arrival measure based on the input audio representation and the input direction of arrival. The apparatus further has a processor for processing the wave field measure and the wave direction of arrival measure to obtain the omnidirectional audio component and the at least one directional component. | 09-15-2011 |
Ville Rousu, Espoo FI
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| 20120022848 | COMPUTER-AIDED MODELING - To enable the utilization of a definition or definitions once made as the definitions of a similar object, a set of conditions for similarity including one or more conditions is defined and a set of definitions, which explicitly or inexplicitly indicates one or more definitions, of which at least one will be applied, and a similar object is searched for. If the set of definitions is related to an object which was used as the basis for defining the set of conditions for similarity, the set of definitions is applied to the object found. If the set of definitions is related to an object to be found, the set of definitions of the object found is applied to the object which was used as the basis for defining the set of conditions for similarity. | 01-26-2012 |
Ville Ruola, Valkeakoski FI
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| 20120032011 | Refining Surface for a Refiner - A refining surface ( | 02-09-2012 |
Ville Ruola, Toijala FI
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| 20120006924 | Refining Surface for a Refiner - A refining surface ( | 01-12-2012 |
Ville Saarainen, Vantaa FI
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| 20110091986 | CHEMICAL ANALYSER, METHOD FOR SAMPLE-BASED ANALYSIS, DEVICE FOR HANDLING CUVETTES, AND LOADING METHOD - With the aid of the invention, a chemical analyser, a method for sample-based analysis, a device for handling cuvettes, and a loading method are provided. The chemical analyser ( | 04-21-2011 |
Ville Steudle, Turku FI
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| 20090041024 | Supporting a Transmission and a Reception of Data Packets - In order to enable a more efficient use of an available transmission capacity, a transmitting device ( | 02-12-2009 |
Ville Terava, Kotka FI
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| 20090084711 | APPARATUS FOR SCREENING FIBROUS SUSPENSIONS - An apparatus for screening a fibrous suspension including: a housing, conduits therein at least for fiber suspension being fed, reject and accept, and a rotor and a cylindrical screen drum installed in the housing, at least one of which is rotatable, whereby a surface of the rotor is provided with rotor elements in proximity to the surface of the screen drum, whereby each rotor element includes a front surface facing a flow of the fiber suspension, an upper surface and a trailing surface sloping from the upper surface towards the surface of the rotor, wherein the trailing surface of the rotor element is curved and sidewalls of the trailing surface converge at a back point of the rotor element. | 04-02-2009 |
Ville Tommila, Helsinki FI
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| 20100301696 | ROTOR STRUCTURE FOR A PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotor structure of a permanent magnet electrical machine and a method for manufacture of the rotor structure. The rotor structure has a shaft. An outer surface of the shaft is provided with a permanent magnet. A support collar encircles the permanent magnet. A protective piece is located between the outer surface of the shaft and an inner surface of the support collar and is arranged as an axial mechanical extension for the permanent magnet. The protective piece reduces local maximum values of forces forming between the support collar and the permanent magnet during rotation of the rotor. | 12-02-2010 |
Ville Väisänen, Turku FI
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| 20110033872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNDESIRED MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting undesired measurement conditions in a sample container. The method comprises measuring a fluorescent property of the sample container comprising a sample substrate with impregnated blood sample and incubation buffer to which the blood sample is to be eluted, and determining, based on temporal and/or spectral characteristics of the fluorescent property, whether the fluorescent property is characteristic to a sample container comprising a sample substrate and incubation buffer under said undesired measurement conditions or to a sample container suitable for optical measurement of analyte contained in the sample. Thus undesired measurement condition can be a floating sample substrate or a foreign body in the sample container. By means of the invention, reliability of neonatal screening, for example, can be increased. | 02-10-2011 |
Ville Väisänen, Turku FI
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| 20110033872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNDESIRED MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting undesired measurement conditions in a sample container. The method comprises measuring a fluorescent property of the sample container comprising a sample substrate with impregnated blood sample and incubation buffer to which the blood sample is to be eluted, and determining, based on temporal and/or spectral characteristics of the fluorescent property, whether the fluorescent property is characteristic to a sample container comprising a sample substrate and incubation buffer under said undesired measurement conditions or to a sample container suitable for optical measurement of analyte contained in the sample. Thus undesired measurement condition can be a floating sample substrate or a foreign body in the sample container. By means of the invention, reliability of neonatal screening, for example, can be increased. | 02-10-2011 |
Ville Voipio, Helsinki FI
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| 20080227215 | Method and arrangement of measuring acidity for other chemical or physical property of a gas - A method and an arrangement of measuring acidity or other chemical or physical property of a gas. The invention comprises a membrane having optical indicator molecules bound to a microporous matrix arranged to be placed into contact with the gas to be measured, the optical indicator molecules changing their colour in response to the acidity or other chemical or physical property of the gas, a light source, and a detector. The light source is arranged to emit and direct light to the membrane, the light being transmitted through the membrane, whereby a part of the light is absorbed into the optical indicator molecules, and the rest of the light emitted is guided to the detector, where it is measured. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100025374 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE ACTIVE KOH CONCENTRATION IN A KOH ETCHING PROCESS - The invention relates to a method for in-line measuring the active KOH concentration in a KOH etching process in which process silicon hydroxide is produced by a reduction reaction according to the formula: 2K | 02-04-2010 |
Ville Warsta, Helsinki FI
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| 20090305633 | Identification of Mobile Electronic Terminal Through Wireless Interface Capabilities - The present invention provides a method for determining an identification of a mobile electronic terminal comprising at least one wireless interface, the method comprising maintaining a database storing a plurality of data sets, wherein each data set is indicative of capabilities of a wireless interface and associated with at least one identification of a mobile electronic terminal, receiving wireless interface capability data from said wireless interface, comparing said received wireless interface capability data with said stored data sets, and determining an identification of said mobile electronic terminal on the basis of said comparison. The invention further provides a device for determining an identification of a mobile electronic terminal which comprises at least one wireless interface, the device comprising a database access component adapted for accessing a database comprising a plurality of data sets, wherein each data set is indicative of capabilities of a wireless interface and is associated with at least one mobile electronic terminal, a wireless interface adapted for requesting wireless interface capabilities from said wireless interface of said mobile electronic terminal, and for receiving wireless interface capability data from said wireless interface, and a controller adapted for comparing said received wireless interface capability data with said plurality of data sets, and for determining an identification of said mobile electronic terminal on the basis of said comparison. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100217780 | System, Apparatus and Method for Creating Service Accounts and Configuring Devices for Use Therewith - Systems and methods for facilitating creation of service provider accounts and configuration of devices associated therewith. Device parameters ( | 08-26-2010 |