Telecommunications inventions 05/06

20060111038 - Transmission apparatus and reception apparatus: Via a mobile communication network, a transmission apparatus receives position information representing a current position of a reception apparatus. Based on the received position information, the transmission apparatus generates notice data indicating that it is necessary to correct preprogrammed program information identifying a program which has been preprogrammed for viewing...

20060111039 - System and method for porting a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device: In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for porting a personalized indicium, i.e., a Personal Information Number or PIN, from a first mobile communications device to a second mobile communications device. Upon receiving identity information from the first mobile communications device via a secure peer-to-peer communication session, the second mobile...

20060111040 - Wireless tank monitoring system having satellite communications capability: A wireless tank monitoring system for remotely monitoring a plurality of storage tanks is provided. This tank monitoring system utilizes wireless communication from individual tank level monitors to a single SatComm Gateway. The SatComm Gateway then utilizes a low-Earth Orbit satellite constellation to transmit information to a central data collection...

20060111041 - Aggregate radiated power control for multi-band/multi-mode satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods: A satellite radiotelephone system includes a space-based component that is configured to communicate with multiple radiotelephones over multiple frequency bands and/or multiple air interfaces. An ancillary terrestrial network is configured to communicate terrestrially with the multiple radiotelephones over substantially the multiple frequency bands and/or substantially the multiple air interfaces. An...

20060111042 - Electronic device, method and communication system: An electronic device (100) has a first wireless transceiver module (120) using a first communication protocol and a second wireless transceiver module (140) using a second communication protocol. Both wireless transceiver modules are coupled between an application layer (150) and an at least partially shared physical layer (110) of the...

20060111043 - Validation of the presence of an electromagnetic transponder in the field of a phase demodulation reader: A terminal for generating an electromagnetic field adapted to communicating with at least one transponder, and a method for controlling such a terminal including: an oscillating circuit adapted to being excited by a remote supply signal of the transponder; a phase demodulator for detecting possible data transmitted by the transponder;...

20060111046 - Mobile device registration system: To provide a mobile device registration system, with which it is impossible to register from a third party's mobile device which is already registered with respect to one vehicle, a mobile device ID with respect to another vehicle to improve security. The system of the present invention includes: a smart...

20060111044 - Stereo signal communication using bluetooth transceivers in earpieces: A system and method for signal communication. First and second audio signals are wirelessly transmitted a Bluetooth transceiver T over a first channel and a second channel to Bluetooth transceivers T1 and T2, respectively, in accordance with prevailing Bluetooth standards. The transceivers T1 and T2 are respectively comprised by first...

20060111045 - System and method for multi-mode radio operation: Described is a system having a mobile station and an access point which connects the mobile station to a network. The mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation, the mobile station transmits a data packet intended for...

20060111047 - Wireless communication system: A communication system providing wireless communication among wireless users through a number of cellular base stations. The system includes a connecting station with a millimeter wave wireless transceiver in communication with a fiber optic or high-speed cable communication network. The transceiver is adapted to communicate at millimeter wave frequencies higher...

20060111048 - Receiver circuit unit for radio controlled toys: To obtain a receiver circuit unit for radio controlled toys configured such that the drive of a plurality of types of radio controlled toys can be controlled by a single transmitter by removably mounting the receiver circuit unit as a separate item. To provide a receiver circuit unit for radio...

20060111049 - Method and device for preventing interference of transmission frequency from electronic products: A method and a device that prevent interference and overcome the problem of identification between signals simultaneously transmitted from electronic products by providing a learning controller on a receiving unit and a frequency variation generating controller on each electronic product to establish a unit identification frequency for each individual electronic...

20060111050 - Multi-antenna communication system employing improved signal calibration: An apparatus and method for correcting phase and amplitude variations of a data signal caused by a non-linear system in a multi-antenna communication system. A BS adds a reference signal with a power level less than the power of the data signal to the data signal and accumulates the response...

20060111051 - Homodyne rfid receiver and method: An RFID circuit comprises an RF carrier signal source, and a hybrid coupled thereto operable to generate first, second and third phase-shifted RF carrier signals. The circuit further comprises first, second, and third mixers coupled to the hybrid each operable to multiply one of the first, second and third respective...

20060111052 - Mobile station body comprised of stacked elements: An improved body design for a mobile station or other electronic device is provided. Unlike conventional mobile station bodies, which are comprised of durable polymer shells that are rigidly joined together (e.g., by ultra-sonic welding, adhesives, etc.) to enclose operational elements and circuitry, a replaceable and enhanceable body structure comprised...

20060111053 - Rfid system using mobile phone as device of access control and security response: The present invention discloses a RFID system using mobile phone as a device of access control and security response, comprising: a mobile phone, having a RFID tag disposed therein; a RFID transponder, capable of activating the RFID tag for enabling the mobile phone to issue a message while detecting the...

20060111055 - Communication system: A communications system comprises two groups of antennas with a plurality of antennas in each group arranged such that in use signals transmitted from all of the antennas 1 in one group are received by all of the antennas 2 in the second group, and processing means 5 to decode...

20060111054 - Method and system for selecting transmit antennas to reduce antenna correlation: A method and system is disclosed for transmitting data over at least one transmit antenna to reduce antenna correlation in wireless communication systems. The transmit antennas are comprised of randomly selected antenna elements wherein the antenna elements are randomly selected from antenna elements of a plurality of antennas of a...

20060111056 - Electronic antenna beam steering using ancillary receivers and related methods: Communications device may include a plurality of antenna elements, an ancillary control receiver, and a primary receiver. The plurality of antenna elements may provide respective fixed beams. The ancillary control receiver may be coupled to each of the antenna elements, and the ancillary control receiver may be configured to measure...

20060111057 - Transmitter: In a transmitter of the present invention, a modulated signal is separated into an amplitude component and a phase component which are inputted to a radio-frequency modulated signal input terminal and a supply voltage terminal of a radio-frequency power amplifier. A voltage adjustment circuit is provided between an output terminal...

20060111058 - Communications systems and methods using wireline adapters: Systems and techniques for communication over telephony wireline. A command interface and control device may include a wireline input configured to connect the device to an operative line of a wireline telephony network (such as the PSTN) and to transmit voice signals to and receive voice signals from the wireline...

20060111061 - Method and apparatus for estimating and controlling initial time slot gain in a wireless communication system: In a time-division duplex (TDD) system, a reliable initialization scheme that is applicable to an automatic gain controller (AGC) at a base station is implemented in various forms depending on the availability of certain information such as signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), spreading factors and other parameters. A more accurate estimation of...

20060111060 - Power control circuit, semiconductor device and transceiver circuit using the same: There is provided a power control circuit having a stable high-speed operation, and a semiconductor device and a transceiver circuit using it. The power control circuit controls the gain of an amplifier so that power outputted from the amplifier reaches a desired value according to a digital control signal. The...

20060111059 - System and method for detecting radio frequency signals over a range of powers: The present invention is directed to a power detection circuit for use in a wireless transmitting device. The circuit makes use of multiple gain paths so that two or more scaling factors are provided. Each scaling factor allows the detector circuit to provide more ADC levels per dB and thus...

20060111062 - Adaptive radio frequency wakeup detection: A method is provided for detecting the broadcasting of a RF message from a remote transmitter to an in-vehicle receiver. The RF message includes an initial preamble having a plurality of pulses. Power is provided to the receiver for a first predetermined period of time. The preamble pulses received are...

20060111063 - Tuning method and apparatus for reducing interference between adjacent channels: A tuning method comprises: detecting a fundamental intermediate frequency IF0 of a channel to be received; determining whether the fundamental intermediate frequency IF0 is affected by an adjacent channel; when the fundamental intermediate frequency IF0 is affected by the adjacent channel, detecting a tuning intermediate frequency that is not affected...

20060111064 - Radio-controlled timepiece: To enable tuning in to a standard radio signal readily. The receiving unit amplifies a signal output from the variable-capacitance diode with an AGC amplifier, extracts a time code with the detection circuit, and outputs the time code to the control unit. The control unit detects the voltage level of...

20060111065 - Electronic circuit and method of manufacturing the same: In an electronic circuit capable of eliminating a direct current component while suppressing deterioration of frequency characteristics in a wide frequency band, the electronic circuit includes a first capacitor, which eliminates, when the wide frequency band is divided into a low frequency band and a high frequency band, the direct...

20060111066 - Tuner: A tuner is provided for selecting a channel for reception from a multiple channel input signal. The tuner has a signal path which converts a selected channel, for example in a frequency changer, to a standard intermediate frequency and supplies this to a demodulator. The signal path has at least...

20060111067 - Tuner circuit and digital broadcast receiver with the same: A tuner circuit according to the invention includes two AGC control units supplying AGC voltages V1 and V2 to an AGC amplifier, respectively. When the AGC voltage V1 is higher the AGC voltage V2, a voltage on a cathode of a diode becomes high, and the diode 11 is turned...

20060111068 - Driver device for a voltage-controlled oscillator: A driver device for a voltage-controlled oscillator, having an unstable voltage source, a voltage regulator, a driver for generating a control voltage for the oscillator, and a feedback loop which controls the driver as a function of the output signal of the oscillator; the voltage regulator supplying the feedback loop...

20060111069 - Weighting circuit for adjusting a control loop: For a weighting circuit for adjusting a feedback control loop to an input signal of the feedback control loop the feedback control loop comprises a system under control and a device for generating a control difference signal by subtracting a weighted feedback signal from the input signal. The control difference...

20060111070 - Dc extracting arrangement and a filter: The present invention relates to a DC extracting arrangement in a RF filter used for extracting a DC voltage and/or a low frequency signal (DC/Com. signal) superimposed on a RF signal. The DC/Com. signal is extracted using a low pass filter which is arranged inside the first resonator inside the...

20060111071 - Method for performing dual mode image rejection calibration in a receiver: A method is disclosed for performing dual mode image rejection calibration in a receiver. A first image correction factor is acquired (1302) for use in a receiver system (15) using a first known signal associated with a first signal band during a startup mode. The first image correction factor is...

20060111072 - Wireless communication system and method using clock swapping during image rejection calibration: A wireless communication receiver is disclosed that operates in a test mode to determine image correction information that is used to suppress undesired image signals when the receiver switches to a normal operational mode. In one embodiment, the receiver includes a frequency synthesizer coupled by a quadrature divider to an...

20060111073 - Demodulator of frequency modulated signals, and demodulating method of frequency modulated signals: To present a demodulator of frequency modulated signals and a demodulating method of frequency modulated signals capable of demodulating frequency modulated signals having frequency deviation favorably. An input signal SIN (f±fDEV) having frequency deviation (±fDEV) from carrier frequency (f) is inputted in a signal converting unit 1, and an input...

20060111074 - Hybrid heterodyne transmitters and receivers: Disclosed are hybrid heterodyne transmitters and receivers for use in communications systems, or other systems, and the corresponding methods for hybrid heterodyne transmitting and receiving. A heterodyne receiver for converting a continuous time modulated signal to a discrete time digital baseband signal includes a sigma-delta modulator. The sigma-delta modulator is...

20060111075 - Built-in antenna apparatus of portable wireless terminal: A portable wireless terminal with a main body having a main board, and a battery pack detachably mounted in the main body and used as power supply means for the terminal, wherein the battery pack includes an upper case frame; a lower case frame coupled with the upper case frame...

20060111076 - Electronic device holder: A holder for an electronic device includes a cradle, or receiving section, for an electronic device, and a coupling section for coupling to an accessory. The receiving section has a bottom and at least three sides, and is capable of accommodating an electronic device like a cellular telephone. The sides...

20060111077 - Method for avoiding double charging of a service in a telecommunication system: In a telecommunication system wherein both a first layer charging function and a second layer charging function are able to attend to the processing of the charging data of the first layer, there is a risk of the first twice. To ensure that a client is not unnecessarily charged twice...

20060111078 - Method of calculating fee for downloading data from wap network: The present invention provides a method of calculating fee for downloading data from the wireless application protocol (WAP) network, comprising the steps of: issuing a request for downloading data from a mobile communication device to a network server; recording a subscriber ID from the mobile communication device and a data...

20060111079 - Methods for providing communications services: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a request for communications service. The request for communications service originates from a client communications device, and the request for communications service is communicated to a service provider of a communications network. A preferred scenario of segmentation,...

20060111082 - Method for resolving and accessing selected service in wireless local area network: The present invention discloses a method for resolving and accessing a selected service in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), wherein a service resolving unit is preconfigured for initial access, the method comprising: a WLAN user terminal sending a service establishing request to the service resolving unit; after receiving the...

20060111081 - System and method for assigning a personalized indicium to a mobile communications device: In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for assigning a personalized indicium to a mobile communications device which includes logic means operable to generate a temporary Personal Information Number (PIN) for transmitting in a request to a network node. Upon validating the request, a response is provided by the network...

20060111080 - System and method for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device: In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device. Upon detecting at a network node that an address associated with the mobile communications device has changed, a challenge-and-response procedure is negotiated between the mobile communications device and the network node for...

20060111083 - Method of transferring data files to and from a portable wireless communication device: Disclosed is a method of transferring data files from an internal memory within a portable wireless communication device to an external storage device by means of a wireless communication network. A connection is automatically established between the portable wireless communication device and the external storage device via the wireless communication...

20060111084 - System and method for over-the-air update of wireless communication devices: A system and method is provided for over-the-air updating of a wireless communication device. The system and method provides the ability to update both direct-addressable and non-direct-addressable portions of the device memory. The system and method uses an agent that is downloaded to the wireless communication device as part of...

20060111085 - Ringtone service server, mobile communication terminal, and method for setting incoming call notification in a mobile communication: A method and apparatus for setting incoming call notification of a called party's mobile communication terminal in a calling party's mobile communication terminal are provided. When a call request is sent from the calling party's mobile communication terminal to the called party's mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network,...

20060111086 - Methods and apparatus for efficiently managing the storage of e-mail message information for a mobile station: Methods and apparatus for efficiently managing the storage of e-mail message information for a mobile station are described. In one illustrative example, a plurality of e-mail messages are received by the mobile station through a wireless network and stored in memory. If a size of the e-mail messages reaches a...

20060111087 - Generation of service agreements for the use of network internal functions in telecommnication networks: Network internal functions of a telecommunication network can be access from an external site (Se), for example, a server, for the running of external services for network users (Mo), whereby the access is achieved by means of a secure service interface device (S2) on a network (“access network”) on the...

20060111088 - Method and system for filtering wavetable information for wireless devices: A method for providing wavetable information to a wireless device from a content server over a wireless network, the wavetable information including a plurality of samples corresponding to a plurality of notes, comprising: in response to a request from the wireless device, receiving at a proxy server the wavetable information...

20060111090 - Method of enabling telephone control via printed control interface: A method of enabling at least one function of a telephone to be controlled is provided. The telephone is operative to perform the function in response to a command from a computer system. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a control interface containing information relating to the function,...

20060111089 - System and method for mobile resource management having mobile agent location identification: A mobile resource management system and method for managing the arrival of a mobile agent at a location of a customer, the system including a mobile agent location module, a customer communication module, and a mobile agent communication module. The mobile agent location module is configured for identifying a location...

20060111091 - Apparatus and method for forming image by authenticating caller based on caller identification: An apparatus and method for forming an image by authenticating a caller based on the caller identification of the caller are provided. The method includes: receiving caller identification and registering the received caller identification; receiving a call from a communication terminal and determining whether the caller identification of the communication...

20060111092 - Alert management apparatus and method: An alert management system (AMS) can initiate, process, and monitor an alert cycle. The AMS can initiate a predefined alert based on an initiation command or based on a comparison of data to predefined alert initiation rules. The AMS can select individuals to contact and/or plans for contacting each individual...

20060111093 - Apparatus and method for controlling portable terminal: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of...

20060111095 - Dynamically distributed, portal-based application services network topology for cellular systems: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a portal-based, dynamically distributed application topology for cellular systems. The portal-based application topology, in one implementation, is an application architecture featuring strategic dynamic distribution of the man-machine interface (such as data acquisition and information presentation) and the backend processing aspects, of a particular application....

20060111094 - Method for controlling voice gain in a communication terminal and apparatus of enabling the method: Disclosed are a method for automatically controlling volume so that sending volume and receiving volume are equal in accordance with a communication network accessed at a communication terminal, and an apparatus for performing the method. The present invention receives communication information from an accessed base station in a mobile communication...

20060111096 - Wireless identification security activation device: A security activation method for wireless identification for controlling an electronic device system boot up includes the following steps: receiving a first identification signal, designating a corresponding first identification code as a pre-established account, transmitting a confirmation signal to a wireless transmission device corresponding to the pre-established account, receiving an...

20060111097 - Communication apparatus, system, and method therefor: In a communication control method for wireless communication between a first communication device and a second communication device through a wireless communication unit, identification information is notified from the second communication device to the first communication device by using a communication unit other than the wireless communication unit. Wireless communication...

20060111099 - Method and system for self-terminating a media service due to an out-of-coverage condition: A method and mobile device that self-terminates a media service if an out-of-coverage condition is detected. The media service operates on top of a connectionless peer-to-peer packet-based transport protocol. The out-of-coverage condition may relate to the mobile device itself or to a remote mobile device engaged in the media service....

20060111098 - Out-of-coverage service termination using proxy: A method and system that employs a proxy server associated with a mobile device in a wireless network, wherein the proxy server monitors whether the mobile device is still in coverage. The media service operates on top of a connectionless peer-to-peer packet-based transport protocol. If the proxy server detects that...

20060111101 - Method and system for identifying occurrence of shadowing phenomenon during wireless communications: A method for identifying occurrence of shadowing phenomenon is to be implemented using a wireless communications system that includes signal transmitting and receiving devices. The signal-receiving device periodically executes a synchronization process to evaluate quality of wireless communications conducted through a signal transmission path between the signal transmitting and receiving...

20060111100 - Radio communication apparatus or mobile station: To provide a radio communication apparatus and a mobile station sensitive to change in the radio environment. A mobile station corresponding to the HSDPA and transmitting the CQI information used for the adaptive modulation control executed by a radio base station, comprising a radio environment supervising unit for supervising change...

20060111102 - Controlling hand-off in a mobile node with two mobile ip clients: Extending Mobile IP to support both local and remote access by using two MIP client stacks in the end node, a roaming Node in the local access network, a standard Home Agent in the remote network. Messages between the AR and the MN, and between the internal modules of the...

20060111103 - Fast active scanning wireless network apparatus and method: In a fast active scanning wireless network apparatus and method for quick determination of available access points (20), information about a candidate set of available access points (20) is obtained, and a candidate access point is identified from the candidate set. A mobile station (10) then queries the candidate access...

20060111104 - Control channel priority access systems and methods: Methods and systems for priority access to control channels are provided. A mobile stations is assigned a user priority value. The mobile station selects a retry algorithm from a plurality of retry algorithms based on the assigned user priority value. Alternatively, the assigned user priority value can be used as...

20060111105 - System and method for managing secure registration of a mobile communications device: In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for managing secure registration of a mobile communications device. Upon being provided with an upgraded registration process that requires encryption, the mobile communications device has the option of continuing to register with a network node using a downgraded registration process within a specified...

20060111107 - Method for user terminal accessing home network quickly in wireless local area network: The present invention discloses a method for a user terminal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) quickly accessing its home network. Pre-store in each user terminal, respectively, the identifications of all the WLANs with direct connections to the home network of the corresponding user terminal. For a user terminal...

20060111106 - Radio controller, server and mobile communication method: A radio controller includes: a schedule information receiver for receiving schedule information related to a schedule of data transmission; a selection execution determiner for determining, based on the schedule information, whether or not to select a cell used by a mobile station after the data reception; and a selection execution...

20060111109 - Broadcasting channel handover in mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal for receiving a multimedia broadcast signal comprises a controlling unit adapted to extract channel information associated with a first mobile communication terminal location from a signal at the first mobile communication terminal location. The mobile communication terminal also comprises a comparing unit adapted to compare extracted...

20060111108 - System and method for performing inter-layer handoff in a hierarchical cellular system: To take advantage of hierarchical cell layers, an inter-layer handoff system determines a cell layer for servicing a wireless unit at least as a function of the duration that the wireless unit is in a cell or set of cells of a cell layer. For example, as a function of...

20060111111 - Method and system to support fast hand-over of mobile subscriber stations in broadband wireless networks: Method and system to support fast hand-over of mobile subscriber stations in broadband wireless networks. In connection with a hand-over process, a determination is made to which target base station (BS) an air interface for a mobile subscriber station (MSS) is to be handed-over. Various service requirements are requested by...

20060111112 - Mobility management apparatus and methods: A wireless mobility management system including a visitor location register configured to store a visiting user profile and communicate with a mobile switching center to route a wireless call supporting a user-session, a home location register configured to store a home user profile and update a user location associated with...

20060111110 - Radio resource control method in mobile communication system, and mobile communication system: The invention relates to a radio resource control method, a mobile communications system and a network element implementing the method. According to the invention, the cell change procedures performed by the user equipment in an idle state are controlled dynamically with control information that is adjusted according to a predetermined...

20060111113 - Virtual private network with mobile nodes: A virtual private network has an internal secured portion which connects to an external portion, the network via at least a first gateway and via a second gateway. There are a plurality of workstations including at least one mobile workstation in the external portion. The network automatically changes the point...

20060111114 - Method and apparatus for inter-system active handoff of a hybrid subscriber unit: A communication system provides for an active handoff of a voice call between a packet switched network and a circuit switched network. An active handoff from the packet switched network to the circuit switched network is accomplished by multicasting the call over forward links of both networks during the handoff....

20060111115 - Method and apparatus for inter-system active handoff of a hybrid subscriber unit: A communication system provides for an active handoff of a voice call between a packet switched network and a circuit switched network. An active handoff from the packet switched network to the circuit switched network is accomplished by multicasting the call over forward links of both networks during the handoff....

20060111117 - Communication system with controlled talk around mode: The method provides talk around in an OFDMA communication system by sending a talk around request from a subscriber unit to a base unit. At the subscriber unit a RSSI (received signal strength indication) of a signal received from the base unit is determined and sent back to the base...

20060111116 - Methods and systems for signaling in a communications network for ported, migrated and/or dual-mode subscribers: Methods and systems for processing messages at a first network node in a mobile communications network are disclosed. A first message relating to a communication in a mobile communications network that includes a called directory number is received. A lookup is performed in a first database based on the called...

20060111118 - Method for managing radio resources and radio system: The invention relates to a radio system and a method for managing radio resources in a radio system. The method comprises receiving radio capacity information of the radio cell, receiving transport capacity information on transport network, the transport network being used for connecting the base stations of the radio network...

20060111119 - Mobile terminal apparatus and transmission power control method: A communication terminal apparatus is provided that is used in a CDMA radio communication system. In this apparatus, a resource allocation section (191) allocates first channel and second channel resources based on DPCCH transmission power and an offset value. A TFC Selection section (162) creates TFCs based on buffer amounts...

20060111120 - System and method for dynamic scheduling of channels in a code division multiple access system: A base station system for dynamically allocating channels to an incoming data stream. The base station system comprises an input for receiving the incoming data stream and a processor for receiving the incoming data stream from the input. The processor is operable to determine a desired level of service for...

20060111121 - Communication performance calculation method and communication performance calculation apparatus in mobile communication system, and blocking probability calculation method and blocking probability calculation apparatus in communication system, and record: A subdivision data holding unit holds data of transmission power Pi and traffic intensity Ai of each subdivision. A propagation associated data holding unit holds data used for calculating received power, such as the height above the ground of antennas of the base stations and mobile stations. A received power...

20060111122 - Method and system for sending localization and identity dependent information to mobile terminals: The present invention discloses methods and devices, with which a selection action of information is performed in a central system before communicating the selected information to a user terminal. This selection (4,6) is according to the invention based on a least both the identity (9) of the user and the...

20060111124 - System and method for geo-location of mobile appliances using diverse standard tasking and reporting: A novel system and method for tasking and reporting the geolocation of a mobile appliance for a wireless communications network overlay system is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method allow for geolocating a mobile appliance regardless of the wireless air interface protocol standard utilized by the mobile appliance....

20060111123 - Wide area and large capacity intelligent object tracking system and method: The wide area object and large capacity tracking system comprises a plurality of tags to be attached to an object to be tracked and being configured so as to generate and transmit a tag signal indicative of the object-related information, a tag-recording unit configured to program a tag's memory with...

20060111125 - Location-based authentication of wireless terminal: A wireless terminal receives an operation request from a user and accesses a plurality of location based access rules based upon the operation request, each location based access rules including a location parameter and corresponding authentication requirements. A location of the wireless terminal is determined. A location based access rule...

20060111126 - Use of triggers and a location hypercube to enable push-based location applications: A method, system, and article of manufacture enable the use of location based applications (LBA). A location server (LS) on a wireless network receives trigger information from a LBA that is located outside of the wireless network. The trigger information defines a source locatable and spatial information (defining spatial criteria...

20060111127 - Method for transmitting/receiving paging information in mobile communication system: A method for transmitting/receiving paging information in a mobile communication system includes transmitting information through a Broadcast Channel and then receiving paging information through a paging indicator channel based on the indicator transmitted through the Broadcast Channel. The indicator indicates whether or not paging information is transmitted through the paging...

20060111130 - Method and apparatus for transmitting sms message between mobile communication network and wlan and system using the same: A method and system for providing a short message service (SMS) between a cellular mobile communication network and an IEEE 802.11 WLAN are provided. To provide the SMS between the mobile communication network and the WLAN, a short message gateway (SMGW) is further provided between existing SS7 network and IP...

20060111129 - Method of transmitting feedback information in an orthogononal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm)/ ofdm access (ofdma) mobile communication system: A method of transmitting feedback information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises a mobile station (MS) which determines whether to transmit feedback information to a base station (BS) without solicitation from the BS. After determining to do so, the MS transmits a request message...

20060111131 - Short message service (sms) remote control for mobile station: In one embodiment, a short message service (SMS) remote control for a mobile station comprises receiving a SMS message at a first mobile station in a first area, the SMS message received from a server via a communication network. The method also comprises transmitting the SMS message from the first...

20060111128 - System and method for delay reduction in a network: A system and method for reducing the transmission delay of messages sent through a network from a source mobile unit (112) to a destination mobile unit (114). Portions of a data message are received (202). The portions of the data message are decoded (204) and a type of the data...

20060111132 - Method and apparatus for removing cross modulation noise in a wireless transceiver: A method and apparatus are provided for removing cross modulation (CM) noise in a wireless transceiver. A determination is made as to whether a transmission signal to be supplied to a transmitter of the wireless transceiver is present. If the transmission signal is present, a level of the transmission signal...

20060111133 - Intermittent communication method and intermittent communication device: When an intermittent communication mode is entered, a check period and intermittent reception mode period thereof are determined and the intermittent reception mode is reentered through an ignored process, that is, when the intermittent reception mode is entered, the check period and intermittent reception mode period are determined in overhead...

20060111134 - Ussd-facilitated call setup for push to talk over cellular (poc) services: A method of setting up a Push-To-Talk-over-Cellular (PoC) call between a calling mobile station (MS) and a called MS in a cellular communications network. In GSM/GPRS networks, the method decreases the call setup time, from the time the push-to-talk button is pressed, by causing the called MS to change to...

20060111136 - Call redirection in a mobile station: A method for redirecting a wireless communication between mobile stations comprises performing the wireless communication at a first mobile station, and transmitting mobile station information related to the first mobile station from the first mobile station to a second mobile station. The method also comprises receiving the wireless communication at...

20060111135 - Method to facilitate distribution of group identifications for push-to-talk groups: A method is provided of distributing push-to-talk group identifiers. When the PTT group is created, the user terminal for the group creator automatically generates and sends a group identification message containing the group identifier to the other group members. The user terminals receiving the message recognize that it contains a...

20060111137 - Base station and transmission power control method: A base station is disclosed. The base station includes: a service area status determination unit configured to determine status of a service area of the base station based on received signals from mobile stations; a total transmission power determination unit configured to determine status of total transmission power of the...

20060111139 - Portable information terminal and information transmitting method: The disclosed invention provides a portable information terminal making it possible to easily transmit a plurality of kinds of information. The portable information terminal allows its user to select information categories to transmit from items stored as personal and/or schedule information in its memory. The selected categories are associated with...

20060111138 - Wireless communication circuit, wireless communication circuit system, and wireless communication apparatus: A first switch is provided between a received signal detector circuit and an amplifier circuit of a microphone signal, and a high pass filter, and a second switch is provided between a high pass filter, and a signal amplifier circuit in a preceding stage of a loudspeaker and an amplitude...

20060111140 - Method and system for managing multiple communication functions in a mobile vehicle communication unit: A method of managing multiple communication functions in a mobile vehicle is provided. A communication request signal is received from the mobile vehicle at a call status intelligence module. The communication status of a telematics unit is determined. A communication function is executed via the telematics unit in response to...

20060111141 - Method and apparatus for reducing frequency errors associated with an inter-system scan: A plural-mode receiver 10 is able to receive signals from a first communication system (e.g. WCDMA) or signals from a second, different communication system e.g. GSM). The receiver 10 comprises a first receiver chain 13, 15,17,19 for receiving signals of the first communication system and a second receiver chain 12,...

20060111142 - Apparatus and method for providing an improved character input display in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and a method for providing improved character input displays in a mobile communication terminal. When the user inputs a first key, a first key number corresponding to the input key is displayed in an enlarged form on the display unit in the mobile communication terminal. Thereafter, if the...

20060111144 - Communication apparatus and communication method: According to this invention, a communication apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with an external device, a management unit which manages a transmission condition of presence information, and a control unit which controls transmission of the presence information via the communication unit on the basis of the transmission condition...

20060111143 - Method and system for sending location coded images: A system is described that utilizes an imager in a wireless device in a wireless network and tags a digital image with positioning data....

20060111145 - Mobile device that uses removable medium for playback of content: A system for providing playback of media content to a user. The system comprises a portable wireless device, where the wireless device has a media drive and an application that reads content from a medium inserted in the media drive. The system further comprises a service that communicates with the...

20060111146 - Portable communication terminal for multimedia: Disclosed is a portable communication terminal. The portable communication terminal includes a camera module; a body including a plurality of keys, the body being connected to the camera module by a first hinge portion rotatable about a first hinge axis; and a display section including a display unit, the display...

20060111147 - Sim card data transfer system and methods: System and method for transferring data from a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card to a second SIM card are provided. The first SIM card is inserted into a wireless telephone. Software is downloaded to the wireless telephone. The software converts the data from a format of the first SIM...

20060111148 - Low complexity beamformers for multiple transmit and receive antennas: Beamforming systems having a few bits of channel state information fed back to the transmitter benefit from low complexity decoding structures and performances gains compared with systems that do not have channel state feedback. Both unit rank and higher rank systems are implemented. Substantial design effort may be avoided by...

20060111149 - System and method utilizing dynamic beam forming for wireless communication signals: The present invention relates to a method and system using dynamic beam forming for wireless communication signals in a wireless network. Base stations and/or UEs are provided with antenna systems having a range of beam forming selections. Relative base station and UE locations are one type of criteria used to...

20060111150 - Communication terminal with a parameterised bandwidth expansion, and method for the bandwidth expansion thereof: The disclosure relates to a communication terminal having a bandwidth expansion device for expanding the bandwidth of a narrowband voice signal, on a low-frequency and/or high-frequency side, by synthesizing at least one frequency band on the basis of the narrowband voice signal. A qualitatively satisfactory bandwidth expansion is thus performed...

20060111151 - Apparatus to provide signal link between mobile phone and landline house telephone for voice communication: A claimed utility box design that can be connected to a mobile phone with V.92 data modem function and a landline house telephone which is unsupported by local telephone service provider. The utility box houses a claimed circuit design to control signal currents for both in-coming and out-going phone calls,...

20060111152 - Apparatus and method for inputting characters in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method are provided for inputting a character in a mobile communication terminal which displays character items representing types of characters on a screen of the mobile communication terminal in order for a user to select a type of character to be input in a character input mode....

20060111153 - Method of alerting incoming call for wireless telephone apparatus: A method of alerting incoming call for wireless telephone apparatus includes the procedures of: receiving a calling signal sent from a wireless telephone apparatus by a wireless transceiver module of a computer enabled platform, confirming the phone identification data in the calling signal matching a preset comparison data, and switching...

20060111154 - Apparatus and method for a full-duplex speakerphone using a digital automobile radio and a cellular phone: An automobile digital radio and a cell phone are coupled to provide a hands-free full-duplex speakerphone for the vehicle operator. A digital signal processor and associated apparatus of the digital radio can be used to provide echo-cancellation. The system can be used for both full-duplex communication and for audio performance...

20060111156 - Apparatus and method for controlling battery power in a digital multimedia broadcasting terminal: An apparatus controls battery power in a mobile terminal supporting digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service. In the apparatus, first and second radio frequency (RF) signal processors respectively process DMB signals and call signals received through associated antennas. A DMB modem demodulates DMB signals output from the first RF signal processor....

20060111155 - Mobile terminal having support power pack: A mobile terminal including a support power pack attached to the mobile terminal and configured to hold at least one battery to provide an auxiliary power source for the mobile terminal, and a converter configured to convert a voltage of the at least one battery held in the support power...

20060111159 - Portable radio device: A portable radio device has a first case including at least one of a conductive member and a first substrate. The device has a second case for incorporating a second substrate to mount a radio circuit thereon, and an antenna element. The first case and the second case are movably...

20060111157 - Rotatable wireless transceiver device: In a wireless transceiver device, a connector module has a coupling section with a first pivot part extending along a first pivot axis. A coupling base is formed with a first pivot hole that engages rotatably the first pivot part to permit relative rotation between the coupling base and the...

20060111158 - Sliding-type electronic device with a semi-automatic opening mechanism: An electronic device includes a first module including a fixed component. Widths of the front end to the transition part being gradually increasing, and widths of the rear end to the transition part being gradually increasing. The wireless communication further includes a second module connected to the first module in...

20060111160 - Portable electric device: A portable electric device, to provide mobile phones and PDA functions, includes a main body and a sub-body. The main body has a first keyboard and a second keyboard that are operated in different directions. The sub-body has a large display screen on one side and a small display screen...

20060111161 - Portable communication apparatus having keys moved up/down by rotation: A portable communication apparatus equipped with up/down keys. The portable communication apparatus includes a main housing, a sliding housing adapted to slide to be opened and closed while continuously facing the main housing, a number of keys arranged in a predetermined position on the top surface of the main housing...

20060111162 - Portable wireless terminal having conductor for improving antenna property: A portable wireless terminal with a built-in antenna module is provided. In the portable wireless terminal, a main body includes an upper case frame, a lower case frame, and a main board mounted between the upper and lower case frames. A built-in antenna module is disposed on the main board....

20060111163 - Fm transmission antenna device in a portable terminal: An FM transmission antenna device in a portable terminal is provided. In the FM transmission antenna device, an antenna pattern is attached to a surface of the portable terminal, an FPC extends from the antenna pattern, and a connector is provided at an end of the FPC, for connecting the...

20060105701 - Jamming system: A jamming apparatus includes jamming control circuitry and plural antenna sets fed by the jamming control circuitry. A first antenna set includes first and second directional antennas directed along respective first and second main lobe directions that are parallel to one another. A second antenna set includes first and second...

20060105702 - System and method for interactive monitoring of satellite radio use: A system and method of monitoring Satellite Digital Audio Radio (SDAR) use in which a receiver records and stores radio-use parameters, such as a channel or song being listened to, a time a receiver is active and a signal quality and type in a flash memory. The memory can also...

20060105703 - Broadcast station synchronization method and mobile terminal: A broadcast station synchronization method in a mobile terminal operating with a system clock different from the reference clock of a broadcast station, wherein a clock synchronized with the broadcast station is reproduced according to an internal reference clock corrected by the reference time information from the broadcast station, a...

20060105704 - Mobile communications terminal for receiving digital multimedia broadcastinging and system thereof: A mobile communications terminal for receiving a digital multimedia broadcasting and a system thereof are discussed. The system in one aspect includes a broadcasting terminal for broadcasting a received digital multimedia broadcasting signal, and at least one mobile communications terminal for displaying the digital multimedia broadcasting signal broadcast from the...

20060105705 - Consumer installer repeater for wireless communication: A consumer repeater for use in a structure comprises a donor unit with a communication antenna, the donor unit configured for communicating with a remote location within a communication band. A broadcast unit with a communication antenna is configured for communicating with a device that is located in or proximate...

20060105708 - Communication system, communication receiving device and communication terminal in the system: An information providing method and apparatus in which a radio wave signal is transmitted from plural artificial satellites and received at plural receiving equipment located within a pre-defined service area, and receiving within a pre-defined range of operational elevation angle by a receiving antenna. The plural artificial satellites are viewable...

20060105707 - Satellite communications systems, components and methods for operating shared satellite gateways: A shared satellite gateway can be configured to process at least first and second communications signals associated with respective at least first and second space-based components. The at least first and second communications signals are provided to/from the shared satellite gateway by respective at least first and second service links...

20060105706 - System and method incorporating adaptive and reconfigurable cells: A system and method by which specialized components (tenants) are mounted to an assembly comprising a plurality of modular units. Each modular unit has one or more interface connecting locations for one or more of a power connection, a thermal connection and data base connection, along with one or more...

20060105709 - Apparatus and method for high-speed data communication in a mobile communication system with a plurality of transmitting and receiving antennas: An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting and receiving high-speed packet data without path loss in a mobile communication system with a plurality of transmitting and receiving antennas. To support high-speed data for a mobile station (MS), a base station (BS) identifies a correlation between the number of transmitting...

20060105710 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method: With the enhancement of communication throughput in each transmitting and receiving station according to the fading fluctuation velocity between transmitting stations and receiving stations as the object, signal transmitted from a radio communication apparatus of another party is received by antenna 9 and reception RF section 1, channel time variation...

20060105711 - Bandwidth oriented reconfiguration of wireless ad hoc networks: A first wireless ad hoc network with a certain available amount of bandwidth comprises a plurality of wireless terminals communicating via wireless connections with each other. Each wireless connection requires a certain amount of the available amount of bandwidth. A problem occurs, if a wireless terminal wants to set up...

20060105713 - System and method for managing wireless connections in computer: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure...

20060105712 - Wireless device support for electronic devices: Disclosed are a unique system and method that facilitate establishing and maintaining a secure connection between at least one wireless input component and a host (e.g., PC). The system and method involve the wireless input component broadcasting a message that can be “heard” by any potential host located within a...

20060105714 - Wireless printer configuration module: A printer comprises a print mechanism and a wireless communication module including a wireless transceiver and a configuration module. The configuration module is adapted to electronically query at least one available wireless device to determine at least one wireless security parameter of the at least one available wireless device and...

20060105716 - Human interface device and wireless communication method thereof: Provided are a human interface device and a wireless communication method thereof. The wireless communication method of the human interface includes the steps of: setting up an occupancy channel of the host digital terminal and the wireless input unit by communicating data for setting up the occupancy channel through the...

20060105717 - Method and apparatus for determining a data rate: A data rate determining method and apparatus in a smart-antenna mobile communication system are provided. A ratio of other-cell interference to AWGN in total noise received at an MS is estimated and a power margin is applied in proportion to highly time-variant other-cell interference. Therefore, despite a change in the...

20060105715 - Radio communication apparatus: A plurality of carriers are divided into two systems, one on a low-frequency side and the other on a high-frequency side, a transmitting unit that executes processing for transmitting a signal wirelessly is provided in each of the two systems, and output lines of transmit amplifiers of each of the...

20060105718 - Method and apparatus for detecting and selectively utilizing peripheral devices: A method and apparatus for providing a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) with access to at least one peripheral device, and/or at least one peripheral device associated with an available auxiliary device. The current peripheral device requirements of the WTRU are determined. The radio frequency (RF) environment of the WTRU is...

20060105719 - Information processing apparatus and communication apparatus: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a communication apparatus for accurately recognizing at the base station the current receiving quality of the mobile terminals for improving the throughput of the base station. A mobile terminal 61 determines its own receiving quality based on the signal received...

20060105720 - Signal interface for a wireless device: A technique includes selectively coupling lines of a signal interface to a radio frequency front end device and a device other than the radio frequency front end device. The technique includes terminating unselected lines of the signal interface....

20060105721 - Ruggedized tradesworkers radio: A tradesworker's radio has a weather and impact resistant features to enable a tradesworker to use the radio under adverse working conditions, such as construction or other work sites. Louvered grills covering moisture resistant loudspeakers are angled downward to protect the speakers from direct splash in case the radio is...

20060105722 - Portable data entry device with a detachable host pda: An apparatus and method are disclosed that can adapt off-the shelf PDA devices (90) to user input/output applications such as data entry applications and cellular phone applications. The resulting apparatus (10) may be sized and shaped to be durable and facilitate handheld operation when the user is mobile during use....

20060105723 - Simple crest factor reduction technique for non-constant envelope signals: A technique for Crest Factor reduction of non-constant envelope signals is described. The input to any nonlinear circuit is modified by a Crest Factor reduction circuit, prior to being applied to the nonlinear circuit. The Crest Factor reduction circuit can either be performed at baseband or RF/IF frequencies. When performed...

20060105724 - Transmitting and receiving method, and radio apparatus utilizing the same: A processing unit transmits, from at least one of a plurality of antennas, data corresponding respectively to the plurality of antennas. A control unit generates request signals with which to let a second radio apparatus supply information on rates at the second radio apparatus. When transmitting the request signal, the...

20060105725 - Method and system for a control scheme on power and common-mode voltage reduction for a transmitter: Provided is a method and system for controlling current characteristics in a transceiver having a transmitter. The transmitter includes a plurality of current cells. Each cell is configurable for operating in different modes. The method includes determining a first probability associated with transmitting data at a particular symbolic level and...

20060105726 - Leakage electromagnetic wave communication device: Reception channel information is communicated to the communication target with a communication device having a receiving function. A local oscillation frequency signal of a local oscillator is modulated with a digital modulator into frequency data as reception channel information, a local oscillation frequency signal associated with the oscillation operation of...

20060105727 - Method of tuning frequency and apparatus thereof: A method of tuning a frequency and apparatus thereof are disclosed, in which broadcast channel information for bringing up the image of broadcasting is used and by which the frequency corresponding to the broadcast channel information is automatically tuned. The present invention includes the steps of storing a broadcast channel...

20060105729 - Frequency comb generator for synthesizers: A circuit arrangement and a method for obtaining a signal for use in down-converting a signal of a relatively high frequency VCO (7). A pulse train (S1) is generated as a function of a reference signal which is then fed into an oscillator (2) so as to generate a signal...

20060105728 - Phase adjusting method and apparatus: In a phase adjusting method and device in which a phase deviation between main signal frames themselves returned from a station end device through an antenna end device to the station end device without using a control signal for the phase adjustment, a reference signal generated in a first device...

20060105730 - Antenna arrangement for multi-input multi-output wireless local area network: Line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight channel conditions are efficiently and optimally handled in a MIMO wireless network by coupling two or more dual polarization antennas together through a controller that selects a prescribed combination of antenna outputs in response to determination of the existence of a particular channel condition. In this manner,...

20060105731 - Circuit and method for reducing direct current biases: A method is provided for reducing a DC bias in a receiver. This method includes isolating a second circuit portion from a first circuit portion (535) and determining a second DC bias correction value for the second circuit portion that will eliminate a second DC bias at the isolated second...

20060105732 - Wideband image rejection mixer: An image rejection mixer including a first and a second hybrid couplers and a first and a second traveling-wave mixers is disclosed. The first hybrid coupler divides an input radio frequency (RF) signal to a first RF signal and a second RF signal, the second RF signal being in quadrature...

20060105733 - System and method for developing ultra-sensitive microwave and millimeter wave phase discriminators: A method and system for improving sensitivity of microwave and millimeter phase discriminators is disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of a phase discriminator includes two mixers inserted between two 90 degree hybrids. One hybrid splits the reference or LO signal into two signals of equal magnitude with a phase difference of...

20060105734 - Oscillation device and oscillation method: An oscillation device, includes: an oscillator circuit that generates an oscillation signal based on a direct current voltage to be inputted, the oscillation signal being provided with a specification requested by a supplied device that is supposed to receive a supply of the oscillation signal; a gate circuit provided in...

20060105735 - Method and system for compensation of dc offset in an rf receiver: Aspects of compensating for DC offset in an RF receiver may comprise sampling data from at least one of a plurality of output paths, selecting a sampled data and generating at least one feedback signal based on the selected sampled data. The generated feedback signal may be fed back to...

20060105736 - Wideband up-conversion mixer: An up-conversion mixer includes a first and a second hybrid couplers and a first and a second traveling-wave mixers is disclosed. The first hybrid coupler receives an input intermediate frequency (IF) signal and produces a first IF signal (IF1) and a second IF (IF2) signal, the second IF signal being...

20060105737 - Method and apparatus for integrating a surface acoustic wave filter and a transceiver: A method and an apparatus for integrating a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter and a transceiver are provided to solve the problem of having a large area of the prior-art integration of a SAW filter and a transceiver; wherein a device for integrating a SAW filter and a transceiver is...

20060105738 - Relay apparatus and relay method: Plural terminal devices are arranged under a relay apparatus. The relay apparatus includes a mobile communication network connection unit, a packet switching network connection unit, and an emergency call determination unit. The emergency call determination unit determines whether or not the calls originated from the terminal devices are emergency calls,...

20060105739 - Delicate metering of computer usage: A pay-per-use or metered-use computer uses a balance manager to monitor usage and update a value balance according to a first usage schedule when the computer is in active use. When the activity level of the computer is reduced below a threshold, the balance manager may update the value balance...

20060105740 - Method and apparatus for providing secure wireless communication: An approach is provided for securely communicating in a wireless network. A cryptographic server generates a command to enable a secure mode of operation for a wireless device, wherein the wireless device can operate in a secure mode and an unsecure mode in support of two-way messaging. The cryptographic server...

20060105741 - Method and apparatus for security of ip security tunnel using public key infrastructure in mobile communication network: A method and apparatus is provided for security of an IP security tunnel using public key infrastructure, including the steps of receiving a request message which relates to a security service requested by a mobile node, determining if there is security association (SA) for the security service and determining if...

20060105746 - Controlling communication equipment: A method controls use of a user equipment. The method includes switching a wireless user equipment into a mode wherein the capability of the wireless user equipment to select an access network from available access networks is restricted. The method also includes sending from an allowable access network control instructions...

20060105742 - Method for issuing instant mobile card using wireless network and accounting it using short distance communication: The invention relates to a method of issuing an instant mobile card using a wireless network and processing a payment using short-range communication and a computer-readable recording medium for storing a program for executing the method. In the instant mobile car issuing method, an instant mobile card issuing request is...

20060105743 - Method of making phone calls from a locked out handheld electronic device and a handheld electronic device incorporating the same: Outgoing phone calls can be made on a handheld electronic device that has been locked to prevent unauthorized use through an override that permits the making of outgoing phone calls while applications additional to the phone application remain locked. In some embodiments, the override can not be selected unless first...

20060105744 - System and method for protecting data in a synchronized environment: A system includes a mobile device providing a plurality of applications and an agent providing first and second authentication procedures for authenticating a user of the mobile device to first and second applications running on the mobile device. A first application is enabled by authenticating a user through a first...

20060105745 - System and method for protecting data provided by a cellular telephone: A method for authenticating a user to a cellular telephone includes providing a cellular telephone, providing a matrix having a plurality of authentication parameters in one dimension and a plurality of applications provided by the cellular telephone in another dimension, associating each of the plurality of applications provided by the...

20060105747 - Testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications: Several testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications, such as a cellular telephone communications, are described. One method for use in troubleshooting a problematic call in a wireless communication system by a computer test station includes the steps of receiving a telephone call from a wireless telephone unit while the...

20060105749 - Apparatus, system, and method for transmitting content in home network: An apparatus, system, and method for transmitting content in a home network is provided in which predetermined content is recorded according to preprogrammed recording information set by a user. The content is transcoded and encrypted using a content storage device and then encrypted and transmitted to a user selected mobile...

20060105750 - Method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications: The invention of present speaks to a method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications which is implemented as part of a computer program product in (preferentially) the telecommunications operator's network, which meets and/or exceeds much of current, proposed and even academically anticipated legislative (and by necessity, technical)...

20060105748 - Portable storage device with encryption system: A portable data storage device has a non-volatile memory 3 for storing user data, an interface section 7 for receiving and transmitting data to a host, and a master control unit 1 for transferring data to and from the non-volatile memory 3. The portable data storage device further includes an...

20060105751 - Techniques for communicating personalized information: The present invention provides improved techniques for communicating information. In one aspect, a method of communicating personalized information is provided which comprises the following steps. A presence of an individual at a particular location is passively detected, e.g., using one or more devices at the location which are configured to...

20060105752 - Apparatus and method for processing short messages in a terminal: Apparatus and method for processing short messages in a wireless or wired terminal, such as a facsimile machine or MFP, by which reception result messages of short messages received via a network can be effectively transmitted to transmitting terminals via the network. When the short messages are received via a...

20060105753 - Method, wireless handheld electronic device and system of remotely controlling e-mail settings from the device: A system includes a wireless handheld electronic device having a plurality of e-mail settings associated therewith. A plurality of servers include an e-mail server and a wireless enterprise server having a database maintaining at least one of the e-mail settings. The wireless enterprise server is adapted to wirelessly communicate with...

20060105754 - Single number reachability using cellular and desktop telephones: A system for providing a single number reachability solution for communications with a desktop telephone and a cellular telephone includes a mobility application coupled to a call management application. The call management application can associate a telephone number with a desktop telephone and a first communication port, receive a first...

20060105755 - Method and arrangement for positioning a mobile terminal: A method and arrangement are shown for positioning a mobile terminal, particularly within a finite local area. In the method, in the transmitting mobile terminal, there is defined a function that is observable by senses and executable, and a functional instruction is created for activating said function. The functional instruction,...

20060105756 - Multi-functional integrated circuit apparatus in mobile communication terminal and driving method thereof: A multi-functional integrated circuit (IC) apparatus in a mobile communication terminal capable of implementing at least two functions by using one IC of the mobile communication terminal, and a method thereof. Programs are set according to each module by using a PLD, interfaces having different functions are shared by using...

20060105757 - Wireless communication terminal with an opening/closing sensing function using a plurality of magnetic pole sensors and method therefor: A wireless communication terminal with an opening/closing function using a plurality of magnetic pole sensors and method therefor is provided. The invention activates or inactivates a display unit via a switch by sensing an opening/closing of a sub-body using the magnetic pole sensors, to thereby prevent a malfunctioning due to...

20060105758 - Method and apparatus to disable function of mobile station: Briefly, a method an apparatus and a wireless communication system having a base station. The base station may include a locater to locate presence of the mobile station in a restricted area and a controller to send a reconfiguration signal to reconfigure a setup of the mobile station according to...

20060105759 - Management server for determining perceived quality of service maps in a mobile communication network: A management server of a cellular communication network comprises processing means for determining a quality of service map in at least some cells of the network from information sent to said network by at least some of the mobile terminals that have set up radio links within those cells, representing...

20060105761 - Method and apparatus for allocating uplink resources in a multiple-input multiple-output (mimo) communication system: Techniques to schedule uplink data transmission for a number of terminals in a wireless communication system. In one method, a number of sets of terminals are formed for possible data transmission, with each set including a unique combination of terminals and corresponds to a hypothesis to be evaluated. The performance...

20060105762 - Testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications: Several testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications, such as a cellular telephone communications, are described. One method for use in troubleshooting a problematic call in a wireless communication system by a computer test station includes the steps of receiving a telephone call from a wireless telephone unit while the...

20060105763 - Testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications: Several testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications, such as a cellular telephone communications, are described. One method for use in troubleshooting a problematic call in a wireless communication system by a computer test station includes the steps of receiving a telephone call from a wireless telephone unit while the...

20060105760 - Ubiquitous connectivity and control system for remote locations: A thermostat control system for monitoring and controlling environmental characteristics of a building includes a base station unit and a remote access unit continuously interfacing through instant wireless private direct connectivity. The system also includes a plurality of sensors that measure the environmental characteristics and provide the thermostat unit with...

20060105764 - Adaptive wireless networks and methods for communicating multimedia in a proactive enterprise: In a wireless network, wireless communication devices include a distributed network information base (DNIB) to store network information and a service agent to communicate the network information directly between non-adjacent layers of a protocol stack. The service agents utilize the network information to at least maintain or enhance performance of...

20060105765 - Wireless communication terminal and radio communication method: A wireless communication terminal is disclosed which has mass data such as stream data delivered thereto efficiently over a wireless communication network so that the overall utilization efficiency of the network is improved as well. While a wireless communication terminal (100) is receiving stream data for its use, a main...

20060105766 - Method for delivering a call to a dual-mode mobile unit using a single number: The present invention provides a method for delivering a call request to a mobile unit. A call request is received for a dual mode mobile unit that is able to access a plurality of communication networks utilizing a plurality of communication protocols. The call request is routed to a call...

20060105767 - Method and system for bits and coding assignment utilizing eigen beamforming with fixed rates for closed loop wlan: A method and system for bits and coding assignment utilizing Eigen beamforming with fixed rates for a closed loop WLAN is provided. Aspects of the method for communicating information in a communication system may comprise transmitting data via a plurality of radio frequency (RF) channels utilizing a plurality of transmitting...

20060105768 - Handoff methods, and devices utilizing same: A handoff method. A mobile station calculates and records the strength of a pilot signal from a cell as reference strength if a handoff occurs in a first system. The mobile station further adjusts the reference strength according to the effect caused by forward and reverse links between a base...

20060105769 - Optimizing radio communication efficiency and methods thereof: A selective call radio (106) operating in a communication system (100) including a plurality of radio base stations (104) operating in a corresponding plurality of communication zones (102), wherein the selective call radio is programmed to measure (206) a temperature of the selective call radio receiving radiated signals from a...

20060105770 - Handoff of communication sessions between cellular and desktop telephones: A method for effecting handoff of a communication session between a cellular telephone and a desktop telephone includes anchoring a communication session involving a remote device and a cellular telephone in an enterprise network such that signaling for the communication session passes through an element of the enterprise network; receiving...

20060105771 - Method, system and components for facilitating wireless communication in a sectored service area: Network Allocation Vector (NAV) and “beam access control” (BAC) techniques are provided to address data collision problems in WLANs wherein APs provide wireless network access in a service area defined by multiple sectors via use of a switchable antenna system or the like. Preferably, every time the AP visits a...

20060105772 - Dedicated high priority access channel: The invention relates to a system and method for use in wireless packet data mode communications for facilitating communications between one or more remote devices and a base target device. The invention provides a high priority access channel (406) that can be utilized by specifically enabled packet data capable remote...

20060105773 - Call access control method: The present invention discloses a call access control (CAC) method applicable to call access during call initiation and cell switching in TDD-CDMA mobile communication system. The method comprises: counting the number of accessed subscribers in all current communication time slots of the home base station for an access request from...

20060105774 - Apparatus and method for arbitrary data rate ramp up after overload on wireless interface: To prevent oscillation in load levels on radio interfaces between one or more user equipment devices and neighboring base stations after the base stations have reduced the data rat