http://www.freshpatents.com/Telecommunications-dtnewntc455.php USPTO Class 455 - Telecommunications en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122801.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Systems and methods are provided for providing recommended radio stations to a user. In particular, an electronic device can compare media from a locally stored or accessed media library with media items provided as part of radio streams received by the device. The electronic device can identify the radio streams... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122802.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and apparatus for estimating a loop delay value (Ndelay) in an interference cancellation repeater are presented. For example, a method may include setting a repeater gain to an initial gain value, setting a delay parameter to an initial time value, and measuring a loop gain associated with the delay... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122803.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A portable radio-frequency repeater includes a housing and a transceiver. The transceiver is disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to alternatively operate in a transmitting mode and a sleep mode. The transceiver includes an antenna and a control unit. The control unit is in electrical communication with... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122806.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An apparatus and method for selecting a Proximity Interface Coupling Card (PICC) of a portable terminal having a Near Field Communication (NFC) module including multiple PICCs are provided. The method includes activating the NFC module when the portable terminal is at a power-off state, determining whether a key signal for... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122805.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A first user instruction for turning on a communication unit of a communication apparatus is detected. An instruction which is performed firstly, out of the first user instruction and a second user instruction for turning on a communication unit of the other communication apparatus, is determined. Based on this determination... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122808.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A communication apparatus including a first storage unit, a second storage unit logically or physically discriminated from the first storage unit, a first communication unit, a second communication unit for transmitting data stored in the second storage unit through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, and a selecting unit... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122809.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A communication partner appliance is implemented within a near field communication system. The communication partner appliance includes a receiver, a detector, and a processor. The receiver receives a NFC command signal from another communication partner appliance. The detector detects whether a carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122804.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Power categories are defined by power thresholds that correspond to an amount of power remaining in a mobile device's power source. Mobile device services, applications, or application components are binned into the power categories and disabled as the power sour is drained. A second power source may provide power to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122807.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A networked system and method for improving hygiene practices includes an interactive communication system of user devices and an information engine. Wired and wireless data transmission methods are provided.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122815.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for controlling a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device through close proximity wireless communication, receiving a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller, storing a remote control setting which enables or disables an operation of the remote controller, making a determination as to whether a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122810.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method of associating a first device with a second device is disclosed. The first device through its speaker broadcasts a request for association using an audio signal. The broadcasted audio signal is received by the second device through its microphone. The first and second devices then cooperatively verifies a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122814.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Described is a technology by which a gesture made with a source device (e.g., a cellular telephone), such as a throwing or pointing motion, is used to automatically set up a connection with another device to which the gesture is directed. Audio signals output during the gesture, e.g., such as... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122811.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A broadband device (105) can detect a proximate narrowband transmission (152) from a narrowband communication device (145). The narrowband transmission (152) can be in close enough proximity (155) to at least one bearer channel of the broadband device (105) to result in interference on the narrowband reception (152) when the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122813.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A network node for a wireless communication network, in particular for a wireless sensor network, includes a wireless communication device operable in a first communication mode in which the communication device emits; with a first transmit power, first communication signals for contactless communication with other network nodes in the communication... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122812.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Disclosed are a short range wireless communication apparatus and a method for improving phone sound quality. The short range wireless communication apparatus a microphone to receive a phone voice to output an audio signal, an equalizer to compensate the audio signal output from the microphone for signal distortion according to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122817.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system in the technical field of rigid or semi-rigid packaging for cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, is intended to generate visual expressions on a plurality of packagings on the basis of information provided by an outside creator (5). This system includes a master station (4) able to emit control data... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122816.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A wireless mobile communication device having short range functionality that is designed to always be capable of short range functionality, including secure short range functionality by having a first and second energy source where charging of the second energy source may be achieved by the voltage induced by the received... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122818.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method to be used with first and second devices where the first and second devices are capable of communicating using a subset of different modulation schemes wherein the subset includes at least first and second different modulation schemes, the method for optimizing transmission of data from the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122819.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method for optimizing spectrum access in data communications is disclosed. The system comprises a case module, a selection engine, an evaluation module and an update module. The case module determines a present case based at least in part on sensor data and environmental data, determines a matching... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122820.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A communication apparatus acquires a delay profile for a first transmit signal from a transmitting apparatus and determines an end time at which to end detection of a second transmit signal from the transmitting apparatus, based on the delay profile.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122821.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A data communication emulating unit (18) in a user terminal (10) or a proxy device monitors communication between an application unit (16) in the user terminal and a proxy unit of the proxy device, which communication employs requests (REQ) and responses (RES) based on a data communication protocol. The data... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122822.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 In a wireless network, a base station (BS) may send a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The synchronization signals may be used by user equipments (UEs) for cell detection and acquisition. A typical searching operation may involve first locating the PSS sequences transmitted by neighboring... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122823.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method and system for improving closed loop feedback in transmit diversity communication. In one embodiment of the invention, a predetermined variation of one or more transmit diversity parameters is performed at the transmit diversity transmitter. The receiver compares the transmit diversity parameter values of the received signals to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122824.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communication circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches that receive radio-frequency antenna signals from antennas. The wireless communications circuitry may include switching circuitry interposed between the MEMS switches and the antennas. The switching circuitry may protect the MEMS... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122825.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Embodiments are disclosed of a switchplexer for performing test operations on a radio device. The switchplexer comprises a plurality of test ports corresponding to a plurality of radio device ports and a plurality of switches for routing test signals between the individual test ports. Processing logic is disclosed for controlling... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122826.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A wireless communication apparatus is provided that performs wireless communication using a specified wireless channel and forms part of an ad hoc wireless network. The device includes a recording portion that records country ID information and recording-time information in to a storage medium, where the recording-time information indicates the time... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122829.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An apparatus including a first port configured to receive signals from a transceiver and to receive a first antenna; a second port configured to receive signals from a transceiver and to receive a second antenna; a first reactive component coupled to the first port; a second reactive component coupled to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122828.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile terminal including an antenna to change an operating frequency band includes a sub-resonance generator that generates a sub-resonance to shift the operating frequency band. The sub-resonance generator may be electrically or physically connected to a main antenna of the mobile terminal. The sub-resonance generator is connected to at... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122827.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A radiation power level compliance and control scheme for a wireless user equipment (UE) device including one or more tunable elements. The wireless UE device comprises a component configured to detect one or more changes with respect to at least one operational parameter associated with the wireless UE device. A... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122831.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A communication system has multiple paths including one or more Tx paths for processing Tx signals and one or more Rx paths for processing Rx signals, one or more PAs coupled respectively to the one or more Tx paths for amplifying the Tx signals, one or more LNAs coupled respectively... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122830.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for controlling a distributed antenna system includes the following steps. A target propagation delay value is defined according to a transmit/receive transition gap. Propagation delay time of a service antenna unit corresponding to a base station is estimated. The service antenna unit is turned on to perform downlink... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122832.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A communication terminal and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving method of a communication terminal includes: forming a transmitting path and an absorption path by controlling a time division duplex (TDD) switch in a transmitting mode to isolate the transmitting path and the receiving path from an absorption... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122833.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit is described. The radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit includes a first radio frequency package. The first radio frequency package includes radio frequency components. The radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit also includes a second radio frequency package. The second... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122834.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Systems and methods are provided for modulating a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal with a baseband input signal and amplifying the modulated RF carrier signal to provide an amplified RF signal. A quadrature combiner is configured to provide the amplified RF signal at an associated output port. A main amplifier... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122835.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method and system is described wherein an information signal is gated at a frequency that is a sub-harmonic of the frequency of the desired output signal. In the modulation embodiments, the information signal is modulated as part of the up-conversion process. In a first modulation embodiment, one information signal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122836.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An impedance tuning and optimization technique is described wherein an impedance interface is dynamically tuned prior to applying transmit power to the circuit. A coupled signal injected into the antenna port is used to optimize the tuning state of a tuning component such that the impedance properties of the circuit... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122837.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Systems and methods are provided for producing an amplified radio frequency (RF) signal representing a baseband input signal. A first amplifier amplifies a first intermediate signal to provide a first amplified signal. Second and third amplifiers amplify a second intermediate signal to provide second and third amplified signals. A signal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122838.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An information handling system includes a capacitor, an antenna, a wireless wide area network card, an embedded display port interface, and a digital-to-analog converter. The capacitor has a variable capacitance that varies based on a voltage applied to the capacitor. The antenna is coupled to the capacitor, and has a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122839.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A compact automatic gain control module for an RF amplifier includes a microchip Tuner for detection of pilot signals in an incoming RF signal. By selectively tuning into pilot signals in response to command from an on-board microprocessor, the module is frequency agile in the selection of pilot signals, selecting... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122840.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for measuring inter-frequency in a receiver including a plurality of reception antennas. The method may comprise the steps of: performing a service using a first frequency through a first antenna and/or a second antenna; measuring a second frequency... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122841.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and apparatus for determining a reference sequence and timing based on normalized correlations are described. One example method generally includes receiving, at a first antenna of an apparatus, a first signal comprising a reference sequence; receiving, at a second antenna of the apparatus, a second signal comprising the same... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122844.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A noise canceling control apparatus obtains information about current communication quality of a terminal, obtains a terminal state, obtains canceling parameters and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect from a holding unit configured to make an association among a terminal state, canceling parameters used when a canceling process... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122842.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for testing radio properties of a module in a platform. The module has at least one element, and the platform has at least one element in which an element includes a receiver. The method includes importing an identification of a plurality of elements and an identification of elements... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122843.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Provided are a receiver and a method of estimating signal to noise power ratio. The receiver estimates a signal-to-noise power ratio, according to an average value of a signal power and an average value of a noise power of a reference signal mapped to the received signal, estimates signal-to-noise power... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122845.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Performing spectral analysis may include, for each of multiple acquisitions: a receiving a plurality of time-domain samples, cross-power spectrum analyzing first and second portions of the plurality of samples resulting in cross-power spectra, and accumulating a vector sum of the cross-power spectra including any cross-power spectra from previous acquisitions. Performing... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122846.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal, and applications thereof are described herein. Reducing or eliminating DC offset voltages and re-radiation generated when down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal is also described herein. Down-converting a signal and improving receiver dynamic range is also... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122847.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Receiver architectures and methods of processing harmonic rich input signals employing harmonic suppression mixers are disclosed herein. The disclosed receivers, mixers, and methods enable a receiver to achieve the advantages of switching mixers while greatly reducing the mixer response to the undesired harmonics. A harmonic mixer can include a plurality... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122848.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method and system for wireless communications between base and mobile stations use reference signals transmitted from base stations prior transmission of data signals. The reference signals are used to determine propagation characteristics of communication channels between me base and mobile stations and optimize, in real time, parameters of receivers... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122849.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A device capable of being worn by a person includes a fall sensor responsive to the physical effect of a fall by a person wearing the device to generate a sensed-fall signal. A wireless transmitter can send a wireless alert signal in response to the sensed-fall signal without requiring participation... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122851.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Location information associated with a wireless access point is used to assist with emergency call routing. Additionally, the location information can be used to assist with determining where an emergency call is physically originating from. This location information is one or more of enterable, detectable and/or populated with the assistance... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122850.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 This invention provides a means of sending emergency messages. When in the state of emergency, the user activates or initiates a communication device to execute the positioning procedure. The communication device, converts the current location into a text or voice message and delivers the text or voice message to at... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122852.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A wireless headset system including a switching unit having a detection circuit coupled to a wireless adapter. The detection circuit provides a first output signal to the wireless adapter upon detection of a triggering event, such as activation of a manual switch or detection of voltage of an audio output... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122853.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A wireless security device and method includes implementing, by a wireless security device, one or more Bluetooth™ wireless protocol profiles for connecting to one or more Bluetooth™ enabled devices. A Bluetooth™ enabled telephony device may be paired with the wireless security device using one or more Bluetooth™ wireless protocol profiles.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122856.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. An edge caching mechanism is provided within a basestation to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122857.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile device collects information about application usage and associates collected application information with a location of the mobile device and a time that the application is accessed. The application is stored on the mobile device or on an external device and accessed via a network. The application information, location... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122855.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A geolocation data acquisition system (200) and method (400) for acquiring communication session data from a mobile radio communications network (210). A data extraction module (222, 226) extracts call session data continuously from a network of call processors (224, 228), each call processor supporting mobile communication units in an associated... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122858.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Shared usage plans are popular with families, friends, and small businesses. These shared usage plans share some cumulative utilization of resources, such as communications services. Even though multiple devices may share a monthly allotment of resources, an individual threshold is established for each device. The multiple individual thresholds may then... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122854.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An environment is described in which a processing system provides application-level usage information to users. In one scenario, for example, the processing system may provide personal usage information to a user who is operating a user device. The personal usage information itemizes the amount of data (and/or other resources) that... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122859.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A platform for supporting a network-enabled application is configured to render the network enabled application for a user, via a user interface associated with the user, in accordance with various APIs included in the platform and used by a program developer to develop the network-enabled application. The rendering can included... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122860.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method monitors usage of network resources of a user session within a network. The method includes receiving a first message at a first policy and charging function device, the first message may be sent by a second policy and charging function device and the first message may contain a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122861.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method for verifying apps for a smart phone are provided. The system for verifying apps for a smart phone includes an app auto-verification device and an app self-verification device. The app auto-verification device analyzes the installation tile of an app to be installed in the smart phone,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122863.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A location-based service system and method, which allows a location-based service server connected with a communication device and a cloud data server to perform registration authorization procedures and service authorization procedures using an international mobile subscriber identity of the communication device that cannot be easily modified or forged in the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122866.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for unlocking an operating system, which are used to unlock the system with personal information data when a user forgets a password, thereby increasing a probability of successful unlocking of the user. The method of the embodiment of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122862.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method can allow a first subscriber who is unable to use his mobile device due to theft, damage, loss, or any other reason to authenticate himself on a telecommunications network using a second subscriber's mobile device. The system and method can also allow the first subscriber to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122865.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present invention provides a method for implementing a location update that includes: receiving a routing area update request message which includes a mixed location update indication and a routing area identification (RAI) and is sent by a serving radio network subsystem (SRNS); performing, at least according to the RAI,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122869.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for registering a wireless communication device at a base device may include the steps of: transmitting from a wireless authentication device a piece of authentication information; receiving at the wireless communication device the piece of authentication information, e.g., using in-band communication; transferring the piece of authentication information from... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122864.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and apparatus for managing access control clients (e.g., electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs)). In one embodiment, secure elements (e.g., electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (eUICCs)) and management entities of secure elements are associated with credentials. Post-deployment managerial operations can be executed, by transmitting the requested operation with the appropriate... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122867.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present invention teaches a system & methods for developing & administering composite mobile applications communicating in real-time with enterprise computing platforms comprising combinations of the steps of transmitting a data message, intended for delivery to a mobile client device, from an enterprise server computer to a gateway computer system,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122868.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system, method, and computer readable medium for processing registration and authentication procedures by an IP-based femtocell system are provided. The femtocell system includes a base transceiver station and a Session Initiation Protocol to Internet Operating System adapter. The femtocell system receives a registration message from a user equipment, issues... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122870.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The invention relates to a method for managing a voice mailbox on a voice mailbox server comprising the steps of getting (S_GET_VOICE_MSG) voice mail data (VOICE_MSG), getting (S_GET_SNDR_ID) a Sender Identification (SNDR_ID), and getting (S_GET_INFO_CALL) at least one characterizing information about the call (INFO_CALL).... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122871.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for delivery of a voice mail message to a recipient. The method includes determining content of the voice mail message, identifying a recipient of the voice mail message based on the determining step, converting the voice mail message to a format for delivery based on the identifying step,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122872.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An apparatus and method provides for transmitting previews of media objects that are shared in a group communication, such as a push-to-talk or push-to-share communication session. Media objects can be stored at a media server and/or an originating communicating device. A plurality of previews for the media object can be... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122873.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The disclosure provides a method for realizing call priority access, which includes: a Mobile Switching Center emulation (MSCe) adds priority information of a current call into a message of establishing a terminal which is notified to a Media Gateway (MGW); the MGW obtains priority of the call; and the MGW... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122875.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method are described for location-based and group-based operations on a data processing device. For example, a computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: establishing a group containing identities of a plurality of users within the group and notification data indicating when other users are... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122874.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A computer-implemented method for positioning targeted sponsored content on a cellular phone includes the steps of (a) assessing a likelihood of an interaction by a user of the cellular phone with a sponsored content, wherein the assessment is based on a plurality of user characteristics associated with the cellular phone... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122876.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods, systems, and products provide alerts to a communications device. Sports scores may be associated to alerts, ringtones, and filenames. As communications are processed, a sports score may determine an alert.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122878.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for screening incoming communications includes the steps of receiving an incoming communication intended for a communication device or a recipient and identifying a sender of the communication and a communication type, which can includes an email. The method also includes the steps of identifying screening settings based on... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122877.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for displaying a contact list of a mobile terminal in order of priority levels is provided. The method includes steps: receiving an incoming call or message; obtaining an incoming phone number of the received call or message; finding out a calling contact associated with the incoming phone number... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122880.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The invention relates to a method for arranging a conference call with mobile terminals operating in a cellular network. At first, a group of the participants of the conference call is formed either by selecting the participants from a list saved in the memory of the mobile terminal in by... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122879.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method ensuring continuity of management of communications sessions operated from a fourth-generation mobile terminal communicating on an IP network including at least one radio network with a plurality of base stations with which said terminal is capable of communicating, said radio network connected via access gateways to an interconnection... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122881.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present disclosure generally relates to the technical field of communications, and discloses a method of using a base station signal to quickly set call forwarding and a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the following steps of: A. carrying out setting of call forwarding, and saving a base station... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122882.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Disclosed is a method for tracking a wireless communication plan and plan usage to control access costs for a mobile communication device having a resident mobile device management agent comprising: determining a geographic location for the mobile communication device; if the geographic location is determined to be in a first... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122884.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor that executes a procedure stored in the memory, the procedure including, comparing a first index value with a second index value, the first index value indicating a magnitude of a difference between a coverage in an area to which a communication... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122883.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and systems for deactivation of one or more applications operating on a transferable device are provided.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122887.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present invention relates to a method for processing a channel conflict between services and a communication device. The method includes: when a service channel required by a first service initiated by a user is occupied, saving information required for processing the first service; and when the service channel is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122886.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Memory 42 stores conditions (schedule, position, and travel condition) for triggering switching to a manner mode. When any of the conditions is met, a CPU 33 requests a user for an instruction as to whether or not to switch to the manner mode according to the condition stored in the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122885.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A parameter setting apparatus includes a memory, and a processor that executes a procedure in the memory, the procedure including, selecting and executes one of a plurality of optimization operations to optimize a control parameter of a mobile communication network in accordance with a common value function, in response to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122888.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 There is provided a method of operating a device state controlling entity, the method comprising using a state transition algorithm to determine when to perform operational state transitions in at least one wireless communications device, wherein the state transition algorithm is based upon an indication of the control plane load.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122889.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 According to an embodiment, a database coordinator processor is described comprising a memory configured to store, for a plurality of databases storing hardware certificates or software certificates an indication, for each certificate, of the database of the plurality of databases in which the certificate is stored; a receiver configured to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122891.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The problem of unsynchronized internal clocks of user equipments in a cellular communication system is addressed by a solution where a mechanism relying on a standalone clock function in user equipments is provided. Embodiments provide a network node that distributes a time reference to a user equipment (UE), and wherein... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122892.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step in which, when a relay node RN, which is subordinate to a radio base station DeNB and is in an “RRC_CONNECTED state”, received an “RRC connection release message” from the radio base station DeNB, the relay node RN... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122890.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A wireless communication device has a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external network, a management information storage configured to store application management information received through the first wireless communication unit, a second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external communication device, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122893.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for discovery of D2D devices in wireless communications, e.g., LTE systems by relating beacon/discovery resources to paging frames, so that the UE may save power being active (e.g., in the wake-up state)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122895.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The disclosure relates to a method for uploading network information, and User Equipment (UE), network side equipment and system thereof. The method comprises the following steps: a network side equipment receives power supply capacity information reported by a UE; the network side equipment instructs the UE to upload needed network... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122894.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Basestation equipment in a mobile data network is subject to harsh environmental conditions at many remote locations. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has introduced a Mobile Internet Optimization Platform (MIOP) appliance, referred herein as the MIOP@NodeB. This appliance is placed at the edge or basestation of a mobile data network... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122897.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A limited-capability wireless terminal that is particularly well adapted for use in emergency situations, recreational activities and occasional calls is disclosed. The detachable wireless terminal does not have a display or a numeric keypad. Rather, the detachable wireless terminal has several “one-touch” buttons that place a call to pre-programmed phone... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122896.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The invention proposes a technical solution of providing communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, wherein the first user equipment uses a first multi-touch communication protocol, and the second user equipment uses a second multi-touch communication protocol, and the method comprises: receiving multi-touch information which is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122898.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A remotely provisioned proxy within a wireless/mobile phone that proxies a wireless communication path between a disconnected piconet (e.g., BLUETOOTH™) device and a network resource such as a universal resource locator (URL) via a mating mobile phone. Thus, an application proxy module embodied within the mobile phone provides managed access... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122899.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 In a peer to peer trunked radio network having a plurality of network locations, each network location includes a plurality of repeaters and a dynamically selected at least temporarily act as a rest channel repeater at each network location. A first repeater at the first network location may determine a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122900.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and systems are provided for supporting roaming wireless devices and roaming wireless groups with access controls. One exemplary method involves obtaining a set of permissions associated with a roaming device from its home radio system, obtaining a set of permissions for the roaming device from the visited radio system,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122903.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method and apparatus for wireless communication device is disclosed, including approaches to handling Active Set Update messages.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122904.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal transmits/receives data to/from a first base station (BS) supporting a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second BS supporting a second RAT in a wireless access system supporting multi-RAT, the method comprising the steps of: executing an initial... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122902.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A user device may determine whether the user device is located within a dead zone; periodically search, using a first process, for a cellular tower of a cellular network when the user device is not located within the dead zone; and periodically search, using a second process, for a cellular... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122901.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Embodiments of the invention provide methods, devices and computer programs arranged to control access to a cell in a communication network. One embodiment comprises an apparatus comprising a processing system arranged to cause the apparatus to: receive a plurality of Closed Subscriber Group identifiers (CSG IDs) assigned to the cell;... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122905.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 One object of the present invention is o method for managing the operation of a Machine Type Communication MTC Device in a mobile communication system, said method comprising a step of: performing said management within a detach of the MTC Device from the mobile communication network.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122906.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for controlling the access of a User Equipment (UE) to a public land mobile network (PLMN), the PLMN providing at least a service, the PLMN having at least one network cell, a control channel being broadcast within the network cell, includes: transmitting a barring factor information to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122907.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Various methods for implementing a wait period for single radio continuity transfers are provided. One example method includes obtaining a timer value, where the timer value is based on a communications delay to a far end device. The communications delay to the far end device may be determined during session... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122908.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for improving a handover success rate of a group of mobile terminals include obtaining a minimum backoff time value according to obtained access parameters, receiving a message from a mobile terminal after entering a new cell, and sending the message to a base station if the message is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122909.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a mobile management node MME, “Measurement Configuration #1” for instructing to measure and report a desired radio quality to a radio base station eNB#1 that manages a cell #1 when it is detected that a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122910.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Presented is a method for controlling network access for the mobile device. The method includes analyzing a first plurality of network parameters, collected by the mobile device, based on one or more local network policies. The method further includes receiving an update for the one or more local network policies... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122911.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A clustered femtocell network including a plurality of femtocell access points that are connected via a logical interface to a mobile network in order to provide user equipments with radio access to the mobile network, wherein the mobile network includes a Mobility Management Function—MMF—, is characterized in that a logical... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122912.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 This disclosure relates to a source mobility management node and a method in a source mobility management node for handling a mobility procedure moving a wireless terminal to a target system comprising a target mobility management node, the source mobility management node being configured to be operatively comprised in a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122913.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The invention relates to a method in a cluster of cells in a communications network comprising switching between a first state, in which a first number of radio stations is active and a second state in which a second, different number of radio stations is active, wherein the second state... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122914.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A radio base station (100) transmits a Capability Request message to a radio terminal (200), which is connected to the radio base station, to transmit terminal capability information that indicates positioning capability of the radio terminal, and receives a Capability Indication message transmitted from the radio terminal (200). The radio... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122915.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122916.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Techniques are generally described for determining locations of a plurality of communication devices in a network. In some examples, methods for creating a location discovery infrastructure (LDI) for estimating locations of one or more of a plurality of communication nodes may comprise one or more of determining a plurality of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122921.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Radio network resources are dynamically optimized based on the type of user equipment. A method, a radio network node, a core network node and a computer program product are provided for managing radio resources in a radio access network formed of cells and having terminals connected to it. A radio... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122917.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and apparatuses are provided for synchronizing timing or frequency of a femto node in a cluster. A femto node can determine that one or more synchronization signals are associated with a master femto node in a cluster of femto nodes, where femto nodes are to synchronize timing or frequency... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122922.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting/receiving an identifier for a no-mobility mobile station in an idle state in a wireless communication system. In a base station device for transmitting an identifier for a no-mobility mobile station in an idle state, according to the present invention, a receiver... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122919.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of a radio network controller of a first communication scheme transmitting an instruction signal to a mobile station UE in a case where a radio access capability of the mobile station UE is contained in the received connection... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122920.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Various techniques are disclosed for wireless communications for providing a methodology and algorithm(s) to manage resources and schedule users in a coordinated way among a group of base stations, such as Femtocells, Picocells, self-organized Basestations, Access Points (APs) or mesh network nodes, or among the basestations in a two tiered... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122918.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A user equipment and a method performed by the user equipment is provided. The method comprises receiving a network message from a network, inhibiting a sending of a user equipment message to the network and transitioning to a target state. The user equipment is adaptable/adapted and/or configurable/configured to receive a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122923.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for customizable flow management in a cellular basestation is disclosed. The method includes configuring a framework on a cellular basestation; and executing customized flow management functions through the framework by an external entity. Other methods, apparatuses, and systems also are disclosed.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122924.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Provided is a method of mitigating interference caused by a base station. The method includes (a) determining whether there is an accessible base station among one or more base stations, and (b) sequentially determining channel information, which enables minimization of transmission power of each of the base stations, by base... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122929.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. One or more location measurement units (LMUs) or components may be requested to provide timing relationship information from a respective cell site. These LMUs may then be tasked to measure uplink times of arrival of signals received by... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122926.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Communication session data from a mobile radio communications network (100) is processed to extract substantially all communication session data relating to calls in at least two sectors of the network. This processing occurs as the communication session data becomes available, thereby providing a stream of communication session data (210). From... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122925.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system (200) and method (500) are provided for storing communication session data and geolocation information derived from a wireless mobile communications system (210). A record of data for each communication session taking place in at least one geographical region of the mobile radio communications network (210) is stored (510)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122931.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit receiving measurement information on signal strength from a wireless terminal that measures the signal strength of wireless signals transmitted from base stations, a base station information storage unit storing, for each base station, base station position information and an index showing the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122927.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 In some examples, a method of tracking device location in a communication network is described. The method may include, detecting at a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device, location indicia from one or more access points (APs) in a vicinity of the MTC device. The method may also include determining, based... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122930.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a message through a terminal in a wireless communication system. The terminal receives positioning reference signals (PRS) from a reference cell and at least one of the neighbor cells, receives an auxiliary data provision message including a reference cell PRS muting... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122928.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Systems and methods for determining states and state changes on a personal wireless device, and triggering actions upon these state changes. The personal wireless device includes at least a user interface, a positioning system and a system to determine the device acceleration. Examples of these systems are an accelerometer to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122933.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing communication services. The apparatus includes a location information acquisition unit, a radio station information acquisition unit, and an offloading unit. The location information acquisition unit acquires information about the current location of the user terminal by sending a location information request... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122932.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 In a mobile communication network that does not support simultaneous data communication during an active voice call of a mobile station, location information of the mobile station is obtained from a positioning server on the mobile communication network using mobile messaging service type messages as a transport bearer between the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122935.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An embodiment relates to characterizing a signaling environment by gathering a plurality of measurements, generated during a period of time, in response to a determination that a mobile device is within an area of location uncertainty. Such an example mobile device may generate a position fix, e.g., at or subsequent... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122934.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Mechanisms are provided for pre-fetching content data and storing the content data in a mobile device. An identifier of a mobile device and a location of the mobile device are received. Demographic information about a user of the mobile device is obtained based on the identifier of the mobile device.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122939.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present disclosure relates generally to mobile devices and content recognition. One claim recites a method employing a mobile device having a processor configured to perform one or more acts of the method, the mobile device including at least one sensor. The method includes: obtaining information from the sensor; and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122938.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method and system for micro-cloud computing is described. An application serving node, which is a specifically configured piece of customer premises equipment such as a set-top box, is the server for a micro-cloud network. Various user devices that form part of the micro-cloud network, such as television sets and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122937.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A string based travel generating system (TGS) of the present invention generates or suggests a string based upon one or more travel properties, such as, but not limited to, a current location, a direction of travel, a travel route, a travel plan, and/or a velocity of travel of a user.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122936.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system enables interactive socialization of users having a wireless device at a venue. The system includes a registration mechanism for registering a user. A location determination mechanism comprises a global positioning system that identifies the longitude and latitude of other users. An on-location update mechanism publishes the availability of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122940.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A modular data processing system (200) for processing communication session data from a cellular mobile communications system (210) comprises at least two autonomous data processing units (340 ). The autonomous data processing units (340 ) are arranged in parallel, and are operable simultaneously. Each data processing unit (340) receives and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122941.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The subject matter disclosed herein relates to utilizing location information, such as maps, in location determination based on Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) and Round-Trip Time (RTT) data. Weighting information can be determined from and/or provided in the location information. The weighting information associated with an area in which a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122942.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An apparatus and method for providing a location information service using a mobile code in a Mobile Station (MS) are provided. The method includes obtaining a mobile code scanned by an input device of the MS; acquiring location information if the location information is included in the obtained mobile code;... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122943.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A user terminal, method and computer program product for establishing a communication event, the user terminal includes a processor arranged to execute communication client code and image data decoding code; and means for capturing image data including (i) encoded contact information for a second user and (ii) encoded data defining... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122944.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes an A/V input unit receiving an input of a surrounding image via an image sensor, a display unit, a wireless communication unit, a memory recording an image inputted by real time via the camera as a real-time... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122945.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system, method, and computer readable medium for processing short message service terminations in a communication system featuring an IP-based femtocell system are provided. The femtocell system includes a base transceiver station and a Session Initiation Protocol to Internet Operating System adapter. The femtocell system receives message content from a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122946.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure a method for selecting transceivers to provide wireless communication service for a wireless user endpoint comprises determining at least one characteristic of at least one communication channel between a wireless user endpoint and a first plurality of transceivers. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122947.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and apparatus related to the sharing of wide area network (WAN) uplink bandwidth with peer to peer communication signaling usage are described. A base station transmits a signal to be used by a peer to peer wireless terminal in controlling its peer to peer transmit power level. The peer... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122948.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A wireless communication method and system using virtual MIMO (“V-MIMO”) are provided. Post processing signal to interference and noise ratios (“SINR”) for a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of mobile terminals arranged as a V-MIMO group are estimated. The one of the plurality of mobile terminals having the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122949.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Embodiments include processes, systems, and devices for reshaping virtual baseband signals for transmission on non-contiguous and variable portions of a physical baseband, such as a white space frequency band. In the transmission path, a spectrum virtualization layer maps a plurality of transmission components associated with a transmission symbol produced by... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122951.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method and an apparatus for scanning existing networks in TV White Space are disclosed. For scanning existing networks at a station to operate as an unlicensed device in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and the unlicensed device are permitted to operate, the method comprises: receiving a white... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122950.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A base station (BTS) may instruct a client station (CS) to transmit sounding signals that the BTS may analyze to determine what adjustments, such as power, time, and/or frequency adjustment(s) should be made by the CS. The BTS may control when and how the sounding signals are sent by the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122953.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method includes receiving in a mobile communication terminal signals from multiple cells that coordinate transmission of the signals with one another in a Cooperative Multipoint (CoMP) scheme. At least first and second Channel Quality Indicators (CQIs), for respective communication channels over which the signals are received, are calculated in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122952.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 One embodiment is directed to a system for use with a coverage area in which one or more wireless units wirelessly transmit using a wireless radio frequency spectrum. The system comprises a first unit, and a plurality of second units communicatively coupled to the first unit using at least one... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122954.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile station 100 monitors, in Slotted mode, a Paging Channel Slot in a monitor cycle. The mobile station 100 includes: a user interface 53 which receives a PTT setting operation from a user for setting a PTT (Push to Talk) mode; a PTT communication control unit 51 which transmits... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122955.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method for transmitting previews for media objects that are shared in a group communication, such as a push-to-talk session, are disclosed. Media objects can be stored at a media server and/or an originating device. A preview for the media object can be generated by the originating device... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122956.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Functionality can be implemented to calibrate the output transmit power of a power amplifier of a network device without the use of test equipment. An RF signal can be transmitted at the saturated output power (of a power amplifier) from a transmitter unit to a receiver unit of the network... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122957.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 In the call connecting apparatus, when receiving the call, an angle signal, a speed signal, a count signal or a direction signal of a user' motion is generated from image signals collected by a camera unit. If the value of the generated signal is equal to the angle, the speed,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122958.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A method for dynamically clocking one component located into a Wireless telecommunication apparatus comprising a RF transceiver subject to desensizitation by said component EMI, characterized in that it involves the steps of performing an adaptive control on the clock rate of said component so as to locate a wideband noise... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122959.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for identifying a user card. The method includes: judging whether the user card has a DFgsm directory and a DFcdma directory; and if both the DFgsm directory and the DFcdma directory exist, reading an identification number EFiccid of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122963.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An object is to obtain a semiconductor device having a high sensitivity in detecting signals and a wide dynamic range, using a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used. An analog circuit is formed with the use of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122966.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A portable terminal is capable of managing data. The portable terminal includes a controller, a display, a memory and a data management unit. The data management unit can sort pre-stored data in the memory as keyword-related data. The data management unit also can sort the pre-stored data depending on frequency... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122965.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 An incoming call answering and rejecting method, an electronic device, and a digital data storage media are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device having a touch screen and has the following steps. A request of an incoming call is received. A dragging signal is generated on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122968.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a display unit; and a control unit for acquiring information related to a process of an application program being executed in background and, executing an operation repeatedly to display the acquired information as additional information on the display unit.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122967.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 According to another aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit displays thereon additional information associated with an application program. Upon accepting a first operation performed with respect to the additional information, the control unit display a screen provided by the application... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122960.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a display unit, a wireless communication unit performing a communication with at least one external terminal, a memory, and a controller controlling a 1st image in a full image of a 1st content and a 2nd image... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122961.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile terminal having a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, a touchscreen configured to display a screen of a specific one of a plurality of currently active applications, the displayed screen including selectable content and a controller is provided. When at least... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122964.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A portable electronic apparatus has a display, keypad, sensor and controller. Keys of the keypad are distributed within a keypad area in at least a first plane and are arranged for user actuation transversally to the first plane to provide a first type of user input. The sensor is positioned... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122962.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 The present invention provides a soft keyboard display method and a mobile terminal, and relates to the field of mobile terminals. The method includes: processing a picture of a soft keyboard by adopting an α blending technology according to a preset transparency parameter, so that the picture of the soft... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122969.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 At least one of outbound call history data, inbound call history data, and phone book data is transferred to a handsfree apparatus for use in a vehicle at a predetermined timing for the purpose of obtaining near realtime update of the inbound/outbound call history data from a cellular phone. By... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122970.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile communication device and a wireless communication signal adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The mobile communication device includes an antenna module, a wireless signal processing module, a sensor module, and a first adjust module. The antenna module is used for transferring the wireless communication signal. The wireless signal processing... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122973.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Apparatuses, systems and methods for reducing power consumption during standby operation of a mobile device are disclosed. A page decoding algorithm can be stored in nonvolatile memory during standby. The page decoding algorithm can be executed from the nonvolatile memory, when the mobile device is awakened from a sleep state... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122971.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Methods and apparatuses for operating a wireless mobile station configured to communicate with a wireless access point are described. A first awake timer may be started in response to receiving a beacon signal from the wireless access point. The beacon signal may indicate that data is available or pending for... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122972.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A system and method providing low-power operation in a multimode communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example, include at least one radio module that is adapted to communicate in a plurality of communication modes. The at least one radio module may also be adapted to operate... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122974.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 Modular jewelry frames that provide a setting for ornamental items such as gems and crystals are presented. Some contemplated jewelry frames comprise at least one saddle that is configured to releasably couple with at least one strut. Jewelry boxes comprising conductive material and configured to provide a Faraday shield around... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122975.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A radiation protector is disclosed for protecting against radiation having a wavelength. The radiation protector comprises a carbon layer comprising a carbon weave in the form of a veil or mesh, and having an outer edge. A metal layer comprises a metal fabric weave, and has an outer edge. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130122976.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:45 -0700 A mobile wireless communications device may include at least two antennas having a different structure. The device may also include wireless transceivers, a load(s), signal processing circuitry, and a controller. The controller may be for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, selectively...