Telecommunications inventions 06/06

20060141923 - Providing a multimedia message with a multimedia messaging service message in a mobile environment: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for communicating a multimedia messaging service message from a source mobile device to a target mobile device in a telecommunications network. The method comprises receiving a request for a multimedia message and associating the multimedia message to the multimedia messaging service...

20060141924 - Stand-alone digital radio mondiale receiver device: A wireless electronic device receives a digital broadcast data stream above 150 kilohertz, using a digital receiver. The device has a visual output unit for displaying or causing to be displayed a digital image or text received via the broadcast data stream. A user input device enables a user to...

20060141926 - Call rejections and reminders in order to enhance enjoyment of media items: A mobile station rejects an incoming call. A call initiation signal associated with the incoming call is received from the second mobile station. It is determined whether the mobile station is in a given one of two or more predetermined communication states with a media player, wherein the given predetermined...

20060141925 - Hands-free adaptor: An apparatus (100) suitable for connecting a communications device or other audio/audio-visual device to an audio system comprises a cassette-type audio adaptor (102) having receiver means for receiving audio and/or data signals transmitted from the device or the like and connecting means (120) connecting the receiver means to a head...

20060141927 - Mobile communication terminal, base station and registration control method: A mobile communication terminal, base station and registration control method are capable of preemptively preventing congestion between a mobile communication terminal and a wireless base station distributing multicast content. The mobile communication terminal judges whether or not a restriction is applied (Step S12) or a partial restriction (partially restricted) is...

20060141928 - Radio terminal, method for producing communication packet, and computer-readable recording medium: In a radio communication system, a radio terminal for communicating with a plurality of radio terminals via repeaters is allowed simplified inputting of identification information of other radio terminals. The radio terminal used in the communication system in which communication is performed between a plurality of radio terminals via repeaters...

20060141929 - Cellular communication system: Methods and apparatus for improving the performance of a conventional cellular telephone system. In a conventional system, a base station (12) located in a cell (10) both sends and receives signals to and from handheld phones (14). In one embodiment, the present invention employs a relay transceiver (18) located in...

20060141930 - Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including low power transceivers and associated methods: An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes an antenna, an external communications transceiver connected to the antenna for communicating external the aircraft, and a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft for distributing entertainment related data. A distribution network is connected to the SEBs and to the...

20060141931 - Method for exchanging data between field devices: A method for exchanging data between field devices used in automation technology. The method permits data exchange via radio waves in addition to a data exchange via a field bus. This permits a more rapid data exchange, which is not restricted by the protocol control of the field bus....

20060141932 - Method and system for identifying coverage gaps in a wireless infrastructure: Described is a system which includes a wireless arrangement and a mobile unit. The mobile unit includes a wireless transducer and a data acquisition arrangement (“DAA”). The DAA obtains identification data from a marker which is situated on a permanent fixture at a predetermined location. The wireless transducer sends a...

20060141933 - Channel estimation for interference cancellation: A method and system for interference cancellation (IC). One aspect relates to traffic interference cancellation. Another aspect relates to joint IC for pilot, overhead and data. Another aspect relates to improved channel estimation. Another aspect relates to adaptation of transmit subchannel gains....

20060141935 - Joint interference cancellation of pilot, overhead and traffic channels: A method and system for interference cancellation (IC). One aspect relates to traffic interference cancellation. Another aspect relates to joint IC for pilot, overhead and data. Another aspect relates to improved channel estimation. Another aspect relates to adaptation of transmit subchannel gains....

20060141934 - Traffic interference cancellation: A method and system for interference cancellation (IC). One aspect relates to traffic interference cancellation. Another aspect relates to joint IC for pilot, overhead and data. Another aspect relates to improved channel estimation. Another aspect relates to adaptation of transmit subchannel gains....

20060141936 - Diversity system for measuring reception quality: To assist an operator to position a wireless camera (CSF) so that a base station (SB) receives with good quality a radiofrequency signal (S) transmitted from a transmitter (EC) linked to the camera, several measurers (M1-MK) linked to diversity receivers (R1-RK) of the signal each determine whether a characteristic of...

20060141937 - Method of test characterization of an analog front end receiver in a communication system: A multi-port transceiver includes a transmitter and receiver for each port. The invention is a test method and apparatus for testing individual components in the transmit and receive paths. Specifically, the invention includes a method of testing the full range of a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) and an analog to...

20060141938 - System including a communication apparatus having a digital audio interface for audio testing with radio isolation: A system includes a communication apparatus coupled to a test subsystem through a converter. The test subsystem may be configured to initiate an audio test of the communication apparatus and receive in response a set of audio test data at a predetermined constant data rate. The communication apparatus may be...

20060141939 - Mobile communications system and control technique thereof: Each mobile terminal and/or radio base station determines whether a radio base station transmits radio waves of excessive power. Based on determination results obtained by a plurality of mobile terminals and/or radio base stations, a radio-system management server determines whether a certain radio base station transmits radio waves of excessive...

20060141940 - Intelligent bridge between pstn and asynchronous communication channel: An intelligent communications bridge device (“Meterpod”) of a remote Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system advantageously facilitates monitoring, reporting and control of public utility meters. The Meterpod is an intelligent gateway that installs onto existing metering and monitoring equipment and provides a wireless communications link from the remote equipment...

20060141941 - Method and system for establishing a communication network: A communication device is provided having a transceiver adapted to send and receive wireless communication signals and a contact surface. A contact circuit is adapted to detect contact of another communication device with said contact surface. A controller is adapted to enable communication only between the communication device and detected...

20060141942 - Wireless stereo synchronizaing transceiver: A wireless stereo synchronizing transceiver is disclosed to include a receiving processing unit having a mixer circuit, a transmitting processing unit, which has a stereo modulating mixing circuit and a first voltage control oscillator circuit connected to the stereo modulating mixing circuit, and a synchronizing processing unit, which has a...

20060141944 - Antenna sharing device and wireless communication terminal using the same: A compact, inexpensive antenna sharing device meeting requirements in terms of transmitter distortion characteristic and ESD characteristic is provided which separates and combines signals transmitted and received in first to third signal bands and which thereby enables an antenna terminal to be shared as a common terminal. It includes a...

20060141943 - Transmit and receive antenna switch: Antenna switches (1,10) in dual-band or multi-band mobile phones are according to a basic idea provided with a serial semiconductor switches (11,21,12,22) per transmitting branch (2,3) and with a further semiconductor switch (13,23) coupled in parallel to a receiving branch (4,5,6), to obtain isolation between branches (2-6) in a simple...

20060141945 - Mobile communication terminal and method therefor: A mobile communication apparatus including a user interface UI, a processor, and one or more sensors is disclosed. The one or more sensors are arranged to provide one or more signals, and the processor is arranged to present a warning depending on the one or more signals through the UI....

20060141946 - Communication apparatus having a standard serial communication interface compatible with radio isolation: A communication apparatus including a digital processing circuit coupled to a radio frequency (RF) circuit and to a serial communications device. The serial communications device may be configured to buffer data communicated between the digital processing circuit and an external device. A portion of the serial communications device may be...

20060141948 - Adjustable steering mechanism for radio frequency toy controller: A controller for a radio-controlled toy, comprising a housing, a first interface disposed on a first side of the housing, a second interface disposed on a second side of the housing, and a steering wheel having a steering shaft, the steering shaft being adapted to be inserted into either of...

20060141947 - Computer implemented methods and computer program products for evaluating radio communications systems: A computer implemented method is disclosed, for modeling a frequency assignment for a radio communications system, comprising a plurality of radio transmitters. The method comprises assigning a frequency to one of said plurality of radio transmitters based on a probability of said radio transmitter being assigned a predetermined frequency. Also...

20060141950 - Method and apparatus for controlling mimo system using single serial programming interface: A method and apparatus for controlling a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radio frequency (RF) transceiver having a plurality of RF blocks using a single serial programming interface (SPI) are provided. The MIMO system includes: a MIMO transceiver, having one or more input and output units and a serial interface conversion unit...

20060141949 - Method and apparatus to increase the diversity order for a multi-carrier fdm system: A transmitter operates to increase a diversity order of a multi-carrier frequency division multiplex (MC-FDM) system. The transmitter has at least two transmit antennas and circuitry to provide at least two of the MC system frequency sub-carriers to different ones of the at least two transmit antennas....

20060141951 - Transmission diversity systems: A time-varying transformation is used to correlate the magnitude of the interference between multiple antenna paths. Embodiments incorporating the time-varying transformations provide transmit diversity gains to remote stations that are not configured for transmit diversity reception. In addition, some of the embodiments can be further configured to balance the load...

20060141953 - Method and apparatus for a dedicated physical channel in a wireless communication system: Method and apparatus for determining a transmission configuration for a dedicated channel in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, an optimum configuration is determined based on minimizing Peak-to-Average Ratio (PAR) of the channel. The configuration is defined as a transmission pair of transmission branch and spreading code. The transmission...

20060141952 - Multi-mode modulator and transmitter: The present invention relates generally to communications, and more specifically to a method and apparatus of modulating baseband and RF (radio frequency) signals. A modulator topology is disclosed in which an input signal x(t) is up-converted to an output signal y(t), either by mixing it with two mixing signals φ1...

20060141954 - Slice based architecture for a multifunction radio: An electronic radio system multifunction slice (100) for a electronic radio system (400). The slice (100) includes an antenna interface (102), several multi-band transceivers. (106-112), a processor (104), and an avionics interface (114). The antenna interface (102) couples to the antenna preconditioners of the aircraft. The processor (104) is coupled...

20060141955 - Data transmission method, base station and transmitter for compensating for non-linearities in a transmission chain: A transmitter compensates for the non-linearities within a transmission chain. The transmitter includes, for instance, a first forming device for forming, on the basis of at least one set of signal properties, at least one state expansion vector comprising quantities characterizing a signal. The transmitter includes a modifier for modifying...

20060141956 - Wireless device and wireless network system: When the communication channel is to be changed, a more optimal communication channel is determined by summing up the results of measuring communication states transmitted from individual wireless terminals A, B, and C and making a collective judgment. Weighting coefficients are set to the individual wireless terminals A, B, and...

20060141957 - Controlling q-factor of filters: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a Q-factor for a filter. The method comprises stabilizing an active feedback to provide a variable feedback in a filter, varying the active feedback based on an input signal to the filter, and producing a desired Q-factor for the...

20060141959 - Multi-antenna receiving and processing circuit assembly: A multi-antenna receiving and processing circuit assembly is disclosed to include multiple antennas for receiving wireless signals, multiple pre-processing units respectively electrically connected to the antennas, a matching circuit electrically connected to the pre-processing units for matching signals from the pre-processing units into a matching signal, a post-processing unit electrically...

20060141958 - Non-resonant antennas embedded in wireless peripherals: A peripheral apparatus includes a housing, a semiconductor device, and an antenna. The peripheral apparatus generates and transmits radio frequency (RF) control signals to a host device. The semiconductor device is contained within the housing and generates the RF control signals. The antenna is fully contained within the semiconductor device...

20060141960 - Triggering an emergency mode in a radio communication system and methods thereof: A mobile communication device (106) comprising a transceiver (202), and a processor (203) coupled to the transceiver. The processor is programmed to enter (304) an emergency mode corresponding to an alteration type of an element of the mobile communication device, and process (306) messages according to the emergency mode....

20060141961 - Method and system for selective receiver shutdown: The invention concerns a method (400) and system (100) for selective receiver shutdown. The method can include the steps of—at a mobile communications unit (128)—receiving (412) and transmitting (412) over a traffic channel (500) that supports the transmission of at least voice signals and has a receive channel (514) and...

20060141962 - Selecting/acquiring desired multimedia content: A consumer electronics device comprises a receiver to receive a broadcast signal transmitted by a commercial broadcast radio station, a controller, and a communications interface. The broadcast radio signal comprises multimedia content that may be rendered to the user and information identifying the multimedia content. The controller generates a request...

20060141963 - Method and apparatus to reduce the jitter in wideband pll frequency synthesizers using noise attenuation: A noise attenuator loop filter for PLL applications that allows a full on-chip integration of the loop filter capacitors, while ensuring a low output clock phase noise (jitter) is disclosed. A voltage attenuator (A) is inserted between the loop filter (passive or active) and the controlled oscillator. The attenuator attenuates...

20060141964 - Variable gain amplifier device: A variable gain amplifier device controlled by a first gain control signal comprises a gain controlled amplifier having a gain and including a differential pair of first and second MOS type transistors configured to operate in a weak inversion region; and a control signal converter configured to convert the first...

20060141965 - System for dynamic control of automatic gain control take-over-point and method of operation: A receiver for processing a signal comprises a first amplifier circuit and a second amplifier circuit. The first amplifier circuit is operated in association with a first gain profile. The second amplifier circuit is operated in association with a second gain profile. The receiver further comprises a gain control circuit...

20060141967 - Frequency synthesizer for dual mode receiver: In a portable dual mode receiver circuit, a dual modulus clock system is provided which can, by selective use of integer division on a multiplied master clock, select specific channels with two different channel spacings in several different bands, providing power and space savings and achieving simplicity of operation....

20060141966 - Method and apparatus for generating a phase-locked output signal: A method and apparatus for generating a phase-locked output signal includes generating an intermediate signal phase locked to an input signal by frequency dividing the intermediate signal by a temporally-varying divide ratio sequence to generate a first feedback signal and phase comparing the first feedback signal with the input signal....

20060141968 - Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication board: A wireless communication apparatus including: a plurality of transmitting/receiving sections which cooperate with each other to perform a wireless communication by the same communication method; a power supplying section which supplies power to the plurality of transmitting/receiving sections; and a switching section which switches between a mode in which only...

20060141969 - L1/l2 gps receiver: In a system and method for simultaneously receiving or switching between dual frequency carrier signals in a GPS receiver, the GPS receiver is adapted to utilize different harmonics of a sub-harmonic frequency generator, which may include a lower frequency voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to detect the L1 and L2 GPS...

20060141970 - Three-phase mixer-system: Three-phase mixer-systems comprising at least three groups of mixers (1-4,5-8,9-12,30) for frequency translating signals are (basic idea) provided with balancing means (13-21,31) for suppressing certain mixing products with harmonics of the oscillator signal resulting from unbalance (insight). Said three groups of mixers (1-4,5-8,9-12) each comprise a group of switching transistors...

20060141971 - Method and apparatus for detection and classification of impairments on an rf modulated network: A method is disclosed for maintaining the integrity of a communication system. The method comprises detecting common path distortion (CPD) and periodic impulse/burst (PIB) noise in a received signal in the communication system. After isolating the CPD and PIB noise, ingress noise in the received signal is identified. Isolating the...

20060141973 - Digital architecture for radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods: A radio-frequency (RF) receiver includes a receiver analog circuitry and a receiver digital circuitry. The receiver analog circuitry resides within a first integrated circuit and the receiver digital circuitry resides within a second integrated circuit. The second integrated circuit couples to the first integrated circuit via a one-bit digital interface....

20060141972 - Signal processing device and direct conversion reception device: A base band signal input from an input terminal (10) has a DC component which is blocked off by a high pass filter (12). When the signal which has passed through the high pass filter (12) has a voltage out of a predetermined set voltage range, the signal of the...

20060141974 - Low if mixer with improved selectivity performance: A low IF mixer and method for down-converting a signal at a desired frequency are disclosed with improved selectivity performance. The energy of sidebands on each side of the desired frequency is evaluated; and a local oscillator frequency is selected based on the evaluation of the energy. Generally, the local...

20060141975 - Methods and systems for down-converting a signal using a complementary transistor structure: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal are described herein. Briefly stated, such methods, systems, and apparatuses operate by receiving an EM signal and an aliasing signal having an aliasing rate. The EM signal is aliased according to the aliasing signal to...

20060141976 - Passive reflection mixer: In one aspect, a mixer that provides improved isolation between an input oscillator and a mixing cell. In another aspect, a mixer that includes circuitry operative to shape an input signal provided by a local oscillator....

20060141977 - Mixer and converter using same: A mixer, which is a single balanced mixer, includes an LO port for inputting an LO signal, an RF port for inputting an RF signal, an IF port for outputting an IF signal, a balun for converting an unbalanced signal into a balanced signal, and a pair of mixer diodes...

20060141978 - Compact radio frequency harmonic filter using integrated passive device technology: A radio frequency (“RF”) harmonic filter circuit as disclosed herein is fabricated using integrated passive device (“IPD”) technology. The RF harmonic filter circuit is configured to provide second, third, and fourth harmonic rejection while providing good input and output impedance matching. The RF harmonic filter circuit employs only one IPD...

20060141979 - Radio frequency circuit with integrated on-chip radio frequency signal coupler: A radio frequency (“RF”) circuit configured in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is fabricated on a substrate using integrated passive device (“IPD”) process technology. The RF circuit (which may be, for example, a harmonic filter) includes at least one RF signal line section and an integrated RF coupler...

20060141980 - Mobile communication terminal having malfunction-preventing function: A mobile communication terminal having a malfunction-preventing function is provided, including a keypad; a voltage source which is activated by voltage supplied to an EN terminal, processes voltage supplied from a battery, and outputs the processed voltage; a power_on switching unit switched on when a switch_on key of the keypad...

20060141981 - Universal temporary communication id with service integration: A method is provided for obtaining a temporary ID. A request is created for a temporary ID for a first user that has a permanent ID for being contacted through a first mode of communication. The request, which includes at least one usage rule provided by the first user, is...

20060141982 - Technique for identifying status of users and status of subscribers' accounts in a communications system: A communications system and method for handling a call to the system based on whether the caller is a subscriber. In one example, in an information assistance service communications system, if the user is a subscriber, the call may be directed to a first operator device for directory assistance, while...

20060141984 - Client-based context-based billing for wireless networks: The invention increases billing options for a wireless service provider by allowing the provider to make billing decisions based upon what a client or mobile station application does both on and off the network. This type of billing, based on context, generates a billing record of events whether or not...

20060141983 - Network usage analysis system using customer and pricing information to maximize revenue and method: A network usage analysis system includes a data collector that is coupled to a network. The network has a first and a second network service provider and the first network service provider has a plurality of subscribers. The data collector collects usage data corresponding to a usage metric for the...

20060141985 - Dynamic management for interface access permissions: A system, device, and method, for managing application interface access permissions for an application (302) in an electronic device, such as a wireless device (104), is disclosed. The method includes associating a security policy with an application (302). The method further includes creating a history log (324) associated with the...

20060141986 - Electronic apparatus and wireless communication control method: When a user wants to transfer display data of a personal computer to project it by a projector, the user firstly mounts a medium on the projector to depress a dedicated button of a remote controller. Then, since a variety of items of information including random numbers generated from the...

20060141987 - Identification of a terminal with a server: A chip card in a terminal such as a mobile radiotelephone is identified by a first identifier with a server including for example the nominal locating recorder in a cellular radiotelephone network, without the first identifier being transmitted in a clear form or substituted by a provisional identifier. An anonymous...

20060141991 - Automatic dialing for a wireless communications device: A wireless communications device comprises a transceiver, memory, and a controller. The transceiver permits a user to communicate with a remote party via a wireless communications network. Whenever the user places an outgoing call, the controller stores characteristics of the outgoing call in memory. These include the phone number of...

20060141992 - Memory full pipeline: A method of accommodating legacy devices in which application memory is not able to operate fast enough to reliably receive data from a relay or other external device is disclosed. An application queue memory space is provided, either as a separate memory chip or as an area created and maintained...

20060141988 - Messaging over mobile phone network for digital multimedia network: A method of distributing a message from a message administration service to a subscriber receiver decoder of a digital multimedia network comprises transferring a determined message for a determined receiver decoder from the message administration service to a point to point communication system distinct from the multimedia network. A destination...

20060141989 - Method for selectively deleting messages received by a radio telephone: A method (20) for selectively deleting messages received by a radio telephone (1). The method (20) includes detecting when the telephone (1) has moved from a previous coverage area to a current coverage area and selectively obtaining a set of coverage area specific messages (Mset) stored in a memory (16,18)...

20060141993 - Server processing in providing messages for a wireless device connecting to a server: A system and method for providing a message on the graphic display of a wireless device while the wireless device is connecting to an application download server across a wireless network. When the wireless device attempts to communicate with an application download server or changes files while navigating an application...

20060141990 - System and method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal: A method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal creates a raw user input data record comprised of input to the mobile terminal. A contextual data record is appended to the raw user input data record and both are stored. Another process processes the...

20060141996 - Device and method for telephone number search in mobile terminal: Disclosed is a device and method for searching for telephone numbers in a mobile terminal. The device includes a phonebook for storing telephone numbers dialed or received in a specific area, together with the number of calls to or from each of the telephone numbers; a user input unit for...

20060141995 - Provision of user policy to terminal: There is disclosed a method for providing a user policy to a terminal connected in a network, the method comprising: configuring a user policy for the terminal; and authenticating the terminal, wherein the method further includes providing the configured user policy to the terminal responsive to successful authentication....

20060141994 - Techniques for monitoring mobile telecommunications for shared accounts: The present invention provides techniques for monitoring mobile communications. In one aspect, a method of monitoring mobile telephone usage is provided. The method comprises the step of relaying usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones to one or more other mobile telephones....

20060141997 - System and method for remote controlling equipment with the aid of api functions, and corresponding device, radiocommunication module, and set of functions: The disclosure relates to a system for remote controlling equipment, which allows at least one server and at least one remote piece of equipment to be interconnected according to the MQIsdp protocol. Said system associates radiocommunication means with at least one of said remote pieces of equipment in order to...

20060141999 - Air interface management in mobile communications: Air interface management apparatus for use in network-based control of measurements made by mobile user equipment with respect to cells of the network is adapted to detect conflict in content of measurement control messages instructing the report of pathloss measurement values. Conflict is detected in particular where the message specifies:...

20060141998 - Wireless communication network measurement data collection using infrastructure overlay-based handset location systems: A method and system for collecting test and measurement data for a wireless communication system utilizes a network overlay geo-location system to collect the data. The wireless communication system has plural base stations defining a signal coverage area for communication with a mobile appliance and collects test and measurement data...

20060142001 - Methods and apparatus for monitoring a communication network: Methods and apparatus for monitoring a communication network are disclosed. A disclosed method of monitoring a communication network periodically collects data from a plurality of network elements within the communication network. The disclosed method analyzes the collected data in accordance with a rule that corresponds to a characteristic of performance...

20060142000 - Methods and apparatus to perform wireless peering in communication systems: Methods and apparatus to route communications at an interexchange carrier are disclosed. One method of routing communications may include receiving a communication at the interexchange carrier, determining a destination at which the communication is to terminate, and routing the communication from the interexchange carrier through a terminating access charge free...

20060142002 - Area entertainment system including digital radio service and associated methods: An area entertainment system includes a headend unit, and electronic boxes spaced throughout the area. The headend unit includes a digital satellite radio receiver. A local area network (LAN) connects the digital satellite radio receiver for providing digital satellite radio signals to the electronic boxes. The entertainment system further includes...

20060142003 - Service management: A method of establishing a connection in a telecommunications system in which an intermediate network provides for communications between a user terminal and one or more of a plurality of serving network entities each capable of providing communications services to the user terminal by means of at least one telecommunications...

20060142004 - Method and apparatus to intelligently perform scanning and assist scanning by profiling scanning history: According to one embodiment, a method involves determining whether a wireless connection between a first access point and a wireless station has failed. If so, a partial scanning process is conducted only on a subset of communication channels over which data is transmitted by access points neighboring the first access...

20060142006 - Method and apparatus for increasing call receiving rate of a terminal: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing call receiving rate of a terminal. This method includes establishing a data call between the terminal and a base station, and determining the presence or absence of registration of the terminal to the server. The server supports wireless communication between...

20060142007 - Method and apparatus to manage a resource: A method includes selecting a registration resource at a first location and assigning the registration resource to a customer at a second location. The registration resource is released at the second location independently of the first location....

20060142005 - Providing service distribution between distributed applications: A system is provided to facilitate distribution of a service between a first application and a second application. The system includes a remote socket object, a service registry, and a service mapper. The service mapper receives notification from the service registry indicating registration of the remote socket object created in...

20060142008 - Apparatus and method for handover in mobile communication system: An apparatus and method for a handover in a mobile communication system are provided. The handover apparatus includes an interface unit for setting a first path used before the handover and a second path used after the handover, for the mobile terminal undergoing the handover. A controller determines whether or...

20060142009 - Prevention of unnecessary hand-over caused by fading: A hand-over control method is disclosed to control the change of connections between a radio communication terminal and a plurality of radio communication base stations for radio communication. The received power of a signal from a radio communication base station in a cell that that is subject to the influence...

20060142011 - Method for the routing of communications to a voice over internet protocol terminal in a mobile communication system: The invention relates to a method a method for routing calls and messages in a communication system. In the method a mobile station registers to a call control node using a logical name. The logical name is mapped in a directory to an international mobile subscriber identity. The call control...

20060142010 - Method, system and apparatus for call path reconfiguration: A method, apparatus and system for reconfiguring communications call paths enables more efficient use of communications network resources and enhanced service offerings. A plurality of feature control points (FCPs) located in a plurality of different types of communications carrier networks are controlled by a single call service node (CSN). The...

20060142012 - Methods and systems for telephony processing, including location based call transfers: The present invention provides flexible call processing. In one embodiment, an inbound call from a calling party is received at a call processing system. The inbound call is intended for a called party. A determination is made that a first condition has occurred and/or is occurring. The called party's location...

20060142013 - System for mobile broadband networking using dynamic quality of service provisioning: A wireless networking system uses mobile and fixed transceivers to achieve a network with changing topology. A routing process includes quality-of-service considerations in the network to allow for features such as file or other data transfer, streaming audio and video, digital telephone communications, etc. The routing process adapts to transceiver...

20060142014 - Base-station cell design method and base-station cell design apparatus, and program thereof in mobile communication system: The above base-station cell design method is for sequentially adding base stations, and a technique of which throughput is few is employed for a radio-wave propagation characteristic evaluation to be made in this addition, and a technique of which the throughput is much, but which is of high-precision, more specifically,...

20060142015 - Methods and techniques in channel assignment in a cellular network: A cellular network configuration tool is described that performs frequency assignments for use in a cellular network. The channels are assigned in accordance with input configuration data such as a channel separation matrix, geographic data, and requested channel assignments for each sector included in the cellular network being configured. The...

20060142016 - Method for operating a mobile radio telephone system, mobile radio telephone system, mobile station and device for determining a sub-group of adjacent radio cells in a mobile radio telephone system: A mobile radio telephone system has at least one first radio cell, several radio cells to that are adjacent to the first radio cell and base stations, each of the latter covering one of the radio cells. A sub-group of the adjacent radio cells is determined depending on the position...

20060142017 - Mobile terminal and wireless communication system: A wireless communication system for high-speed motion use, capable of shortening the frequency channel search time and increasing the communication time available for service. The system includes an access point communicating on a designated one frequency channel and a mobile terminal communicating on the same received channel by receiving radio...

20060142018 - Apparatus and method for providing dynamic communications network traffic control: Systems and methods for controlling traffic on a communications network include dynamic and flexible control plans that enable service providers to control or influence customer access to communications facilities. Communications facilities are monitored to identify network elements, such as cell sites, that are overloaded. When the traffic intensity on a...

20060142020 - Channel assignment based on service type and wireless communication environment: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for assigning a channel in response to a request for service for a mobile station in a wireless communication network serving a plurality of regions, such as cells in a digital cellular network. The mobile station may be located in one...

20060142021 - Load balancing on shared wireless channels: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for balancing traffic load between a plurality of users on one or more shared wireless channels, e.g., from a communication node associated with a network of a plurality of cells including a first and a second cell. The method comprises determining...

20060142019 - Method and radio communication system for the transmission of useful information as a service to several user stations: A method and radio communication system for the transmit useful information as a service to several user stations with at least one radio network controller, at least one base station and at least one user station. The radio network controller is connected to an access device in a core network....

20060142022 - Method of operating a base station of wireless communications network, base station of a wireless communications network and radio network controller: m

20060142023 - Method in a mobile telecommunication network for obtaining location and time information about users: The method is for obtaining location and time information about users. A digital content is first created which is stored in a user terminal. Location data is then retrieved from the user terminal. Either or both of the location data and the digital content are digitally signed in the user...

20060142024 - System and method for invoking applications based on a location of a mobile station: The present invention reduces latencies in a wireless network while decreasing bandwidth usage in the wireless network for mobile stations. The wireless network monitors the current access network identifier for a mobile station. Upon detecting a change in current access network identifier due to movement of the mobile station, the...

20060142025 - Vehicle stereo system: A vehicle stereo system installed in a motor vehicle is disclosed to include a global positioning module that calculates the present location data of the motor vehicle, a memory device that has stored therein radio network records, each radio network record containing a plurality of geographic zones, and a plurality...

20060142026 - Remote operation and maintenance center with location based services: A method and systems for modifying one or more parameters of one or more base stations includes establishing a connection (113) between an operation and maintenance center (OMC) (101) and a communication device (111). Information is exchanged from the communication device (111) to the OMC (101) representative of a location...

20060142027 - Methods, apparatus and computer program product providing enhanced location-based services for mobile users: A mobile terminal (10) includes a transceiver (11); a user interface (10D) and a location module (10B) coupled to the transceiver and responsive to a trigger to request that a map be downloaded to the mobile terminal for storage in a memory (10C). The location module is further coupled to...

20060142028 - Low layer paging indicator processing system and method for multi-layer communication equipment used in a wireless communication system: A wireless communication system implements wireless communications between a base station and a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) including paging of UEs by initially processing paging indicator information. A first embodiment involves a UE's physical layer L1 being configured for interpreting a paging indicator (PI) to activate a preset decoding...

20060142030 - Apparatus and method of wireless instant messaging: A wireless communication device declares one of a plurality of extended instant messaging states and transmits the declared states to a presence information server. Declared extended instant messaging states for destination devices are received, and an enhanced instant message based on delared extended instant messaging states is generated....

20060142029 - Wireless network system for efficiently delivering multimedia messages: The present invention provides a wireless network system that enables direct wireless delivery of a multimedia message from a first MMS user agent to a second MMS user agent. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the wireless network system includes a MMS server that receives, from the first...

20060142031 - Multicast communication method in a cdma mobile communication system: A multicast communication method in a CDMA mobile communication system which is capable of reducing a transmission power in a base station system, and is capable of performing an efficient multicast operation for a large number of mobile subscribers is provided. The starting of information distribution by a multicast operation...

20060142032 - Cell selection and inter-frequency handover: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a communications system that includes a mobile wireless device, a first and a second base station and a radio network controller. The communications system may allocate frequency bands to users on a multiplicity of channels associated with a multi-layer...

20060142033 - Multi-radio unification protocol: An invention is disclosed whereby a wireless network node, equipped with two or more radio transceivers statically tuned to non-interfering frequency channels, can make decisions regarding which channel to use when communicating with a neighboring wireless node. A multi-radio unification protocol implemented in a wireless node coordinates the use of...

20060142035 - Power efficient channel scheduling in a wireless network: A method and system for optimizing channel access scheduling for multiple wireless computing devices over a wireless network improves channel access efficiency with respect to a primary channel. An access point, or host computer, includes a host transceiver for receiving control information from the wireless computing devices over a low...

20060142034 - Systems and methods for device discovery: Systems and methods for enabling wireless devices to discover a number of other proximate wireless devices are disclosed. The discovery may include the discovery of network configuration parameters useful for establishing a connection between the wireless devices. The disclosed systems and methods for device discovery may operate in a number...

20060142036 - Handling talk burst denials in group communication system supporting ptt service: A method for processing a talk burst of a PTT server when a PTT terminal requests permission to send a talk burst, but the talk burst has already been allocated to another PTT terminal. The PTT server sends to every PTT terminal having a session established therefor, a talk burst...

20060142037 - Method and system for processing poc call based on answer mode of push to talk over cellular system client: Disclosed is a method and system for establishing a session for a Push to Talk (PTT) over Cellular call (PoC). In the method, when an answer (response) mode of a PoC server and a PoC client are not in accordance with each other, an error message is transmitted to the...

20060142041 - Adaptation of transmit subchannel gains in a system with interference cancellation: A method and system for interference cancellation (IC). One aspect relates to traffic interference cancellation. Another aspect relates to joint IC for pilot, overhead and data. Another aspect relates to improved channel estimation. Another aspect relates to adaptation of transmit subchannel gains....

20060142044 - Apparatus and method for controlling power in mobile terminal having diversity receiver: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a transmission (TX) power in a mobile terminal having at least two receive (RX) antennas. The apparatus includes a TX gain estimator for determining an AGC gain value corresponding to the estimated TX power; a compensation gain detector for determining a gain compensation value...

20060142039 - Form-in-place fastening for fuel cell assemblies: A fuel cell sub-assembly includes first and second flow field plates each comprising several fastener apertures defined at a number of fastening locations. A membrane electrode assembly is situated between the first and second flow field plates and includes several fastener apertures defined at a number of fastening locations, the...

20060142038 - Method and apparatus for reducing transmitted energy in power-controlled systems based on early decoding: The present invention provides a method for reducing transmitted energy based on early decoding. The method includes accessing a first portion of a block including a plurality of symbols indicative of an encoded message. The first portion has been transmitted at a first transmission power and having less than all...

20060142045 - Method of adjusting a signal power in a variable data rate mode in a mobile communication system: The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method of adjusting a signal power in a variable data rate mode. Accordingly, the present invention includes steps of allocating a reference pilot signal level to each of a plurality of data rates supported by the...

20060142042 - Mobile communication system: In a mobile communication system, a mobile switching center 27 changes a transmission rate of communication data transmitted from a mobile station 16 and so on to a database 11 or a transmission rate of communication data transmitted from the database 11 to the mobile station 16 and so on,...

20060142043 - Mobile station in wireless communication system and method of controlling signal-transmission power in wireless communication system: A mobile station in a CDMA wireless communication system, includes a receiver which receives power-control data by which power for transmitting a wireless signal is controlled, from a plurality of base stations during soft handover, a judging unit which judges tendency in accordance with which the power-control data varies, in...

20060142040 - Scheduling calls in downlink transmissions: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for scheduling a call for a wireless device in a transmission, e.g., a High Speed Downlink Packet Access transmission from a communication node associated with a network. The method comprises determining a current and a future traffic load on a downlink...

20060142048 - Apparatus and methods for improved management of server devices: Apparatus, systems and methods for improved management of devices, one embodiment of which includes a plurality of system components, at least one of which includes an antenna coupled to the system component to transmit signals containing information related to at least one performance aspect of the system component. Other embodiments...

20060142046 - Interactive system associated with electronic equipment: The aim of the present disclosure is to develop a digit input functionality. For this purpose, a navigation input element designed for other purpose is used from now on....

20060142049 - Message having a first protocol revision field indicating a message format and a second protocol revision field indicating mandatory features in a standards revision: A mobile station for wireless communication includes a control processor configured to generate a message for transmission on a reverse channel, the message including a first protocol revision field and a second protocol revision field. The first protocol revision field is for indicating a message format supported by the mobile...

20060142050 - Method and device for telephone number search in a mobile terminal: Disclosed is a method and device for searching for a telephone number in a mobile terminal having a direction key that consists of a left arrow, a right arrow, an up arrow and a down arrow. The method includes displaying one or more consecutive digits input by a user in...

20060142047 - Rf collaboration method to reduce rf interference with wireless adapter: A system and method for preventing a wireless controller system and WiFi radio system within a game console from interfering with each other. Specifically, the WiFi system is adapted to avoid activating its transmitter during the controller receive times by detecting a signal sent to the WiFi module indicating where...

20060142052 - Dual-mode gsm/phs mobile phone adopting a single antenna: A GSM/PHS dual-mode mobile phone adopting a single antenna includes an antenna separately connected to a GSM module and a PHS module through an antenna module, and the antenna module is connected to a central processing unit for receiving a control signal transmitted from the central processing unit to switch...

20060142051 - Method and apparatus to optimize the utilization of the carriers in a flexible multi-carrier system: Aspects of this invention provide a MC wireless network, and a method, to allocate at least one carrier to a mobile station. The method includes making an initial carrier allocation of M carrier(s) to the mobile station, where M is less than or equal to a total number of carriers...

20060142059 - Communication device, image-pickup device, storage medium and communication method: A communication device is provided which is capable of transmitting pickup images efficiently with high portability, manipulativity and instantaneous response. The communication device is disclosed in which according to one preferred embodiment, a control apparatus starts a communicating (such as radio transmission) operation in a communication apparatus simultaneous to an...

20060142056 - Digital broadcast receiver: The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiver which can prevent the user from mistaking blackout status for trouble with the digital broadcast receiver as much as possible. In cases where the AV decoder 4 cannot receive the IDR frame because of a bad broadcast transmission, it is possible that...

20060142057 - Med-phone: An apparatus to enable an individual to input, access, store and revise pertinent medical and other relevant information. The apparatus comprises a cell phone having a computer chip installed in the cell phone for inputting and storing selected medical and other relevant information. A number sequence code connected for communication...

20060142053 - Method and system for incorporating a lens in a clam shaped housing: A communication device (10) in a clam shaped housing includes a camera (12) incorporated within a first portion (18) of the clam-shaped housing and a lens (14) incorporated within a second portion (19) of the clam-shaped housing. The camera and the lens can substantially align when the first portion pivots...

20060142054 - Mobile communications terminal and method therefor: A user of a camera equipped communication terminal is aided by the use of the invention when, e.g., dialing a phone number, sending a message to a recipient associated with the phone number, or simply store the phone number in a contact database in the terminal. The camera is pointed...

20060142055 - Printed circuit board structure for mobile terminal: A printed circuit board structure for a mobile terminal including a main printed circuit board including elements required for functions of the mobile terminal and mounted on an upper surface of the main printed circuit board, and an auxiliary printed circuit board laminated on the main printed circuit board including...

20060142058 - System and method for wireless transactions: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an attachment that may be coupled to a wireless communication device, such as a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like to perform commercial or other information transactions, as well as to an apparatus, system and method for conducting such...

20060142062 - Communication device for connection to an external acoustic transducer: A communication device has a socket 41 for connection to a plug 47 of an external acoustic transducer device 35, 37. The communication device includes a phone chip 101 for communicating with the external acoustic transducer device via the plug and socket. The phone chip 101 has an interface 39...

20060142061 - Dual module clock supply for can communication module: A CAN communication module (10) comprising a protocol kernel (14) and a CAN logic block (12) is provided. The protocol kernel includes a CAN bus interface and the CAN logic block includes a module interface for connection to an external peripheral bus (22), a message RAM (28) and a CAN...

20060142060 - Transmitter-receiver earphone set having a foldable receiver unit: The present invention is to provide a folding earphone comprising a narrow elongated hollow body having a protruding transmitter unit at one end thereof. The transmitter unit has a speaker and a cable extending from the speaker toward the inside thereof for connecting to an external electronic apparatus, a narrow...

20060142063 - Antenna communication method for a chip card and associated device: The invention relates to a communication method comprising the following steps consisting in: using a device which is equipped with at least one antenna and at least two contacts which are connected to the antenna; using a chip card comprising a chip which is equipped with at least two surface...

20060142064 - Communication apparatus having a sim interface compatible with radio isolation: A communication apparatus including a radio frequency (RF) circuit coupled to a digital processing circuit and an interface circuit coupled to an authentication device. The RF circuit may be configured to operate on a radio frequency signal. A portion of the digital processing circuit may be disabled during an active...

20060142065 - Switching station, subscriber location information registration method, subscriber service information acquisition method, subscriber service information registration method, and subscriber service information transmission method: A switching station etc., are provided. When a mobile station moves from an area of a switching station into an area of another switching station having a VLR which has accepted the maximum number of subscribers, the switching station registers subscriber location information about the mobile station in an HLR...

20060142066 - Cellular mobile radio network and method for setting up a base station of a cellular mobile radio network: A cellular mobile radio network having at least one base station integrated into a facility supplied via a power supply network and being connected to an assigned base station controller. The at least one base station includes a module for exchanging radio frequency signals with mobile radio devices; a first...

20060142067 - Mobile communications terminal and method therefore: A method for notifying items in a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed, including the steps of: determining a text for notification of an item; generating a call to a telephone; and rendering the text by a synthetic voice through the call, and a computer program for performing the method. Further,...

20060142068 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus, a message sender, a message receiver, and a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus and the mobile communication apparatus include an input means arranged to receive instructions from a user, a processor arranged to assign parameters for three-dimensional viewing of items, wherein the parameters depend...

20060142069 - Earphone jack for eliminating power noise in mobile communication terminal, and operating method thereof: An earphone jack for a mobile communication terminal and a driving method thereof, wherein the earphone jack includes a first speaker terminal for providing a positive (+) differential call voice signal when a call voice signal is output, a second speaker terminal for providing a negative (−) differential call voice...

20060142070 - Mobile communication terminal equipped with speaker phone function and method for removing feedback effect when speaker phone is used: A mobile communication terminal equipped with speaker phone functionality and a method for removing feedback when the speaker phone is in use are disclosed. The mobile communication terminal includes: a first voice input path serving as a default voice input path; a second voice input path serving as an additional...

20060142071 - Keypad for portable wireless devices: A keypad includes a plurality of keys that can be selectively coupled electrically with a printed circuit board to create electrical signals representative of a characters to be input to the portable wireless device. Each key further includes a plurality of contact points wherein each contact point can be separately...

20060142072 - Portable communication device with global positioning system antenna: A portable communication device (100) has an antenna with predominantly upward antenna radiation patterns at GPS frequencies. The portable communication device (100) includes a housing with a base portion (240) enclosing base portion circuitry (241) and an upper clamshell portion (242) enclosing upper clamshell portion circuitry (243). The portable communication...

20060142074 - Mobile communication unit with display area widening mechanism: A mobile communication unit having a housing with at least one longitudinal side and a display area, and, a pivotably movable cover assembly longitudinally connected to the longitudinal side of the housing, the cover assembly being pivotably or slidably movable between a closed position and an open position relative to...

20060142073 - Slider mechanism: A slider mechanism (414) includes a first element (516), a second element (518) and a biasing device (590). The second element (518) slides with respect to the first element (516) along a path. The biasing device (590) functions as an over-center mechanism, such that external force is required to move...

20060142075 - Apparatus and method for matching antenna of mobile communication terminal: An apparatus for matching an antenna of a mobile communication terminal and its method are disclosed. The apparatus for matching an antenna of a mobile communication terminal includes a sensing unit for generating a first match signal when an antenna of the mobile communication terminal and a display unit becomes...

20060135056 - Radio communication terminal with a detachable active housing and related connector: A radio communication terminal includes a data processor for controlling terminal functions and an attachment for releasable attachment of a housing to the terminal. The terminal includes a multipath connector connected to the data processor. The multipath connector includes a terminal system connector, and a housing connector configured to provide...

20060135058 - Location-based broadcast messaging for radioterminal users: Methods, radioterminals, and broadcast message generation consoles provide location-based broadcast messaging for users. A method of operating a radioterminal can include receiving at the radioterminal over a wireless air interface a broadcast message that includes region information that defines a geographic region of applicability. A determination is made at the...

20060135057 - Method for offering seeing-information and broadcast receiving apparatus thereof: A method and broadcast receiving apparatus are provided for offering seeing-information. The method includes a determination as to whether a current seeing point change manipulation to change a current seeing point of time into a point of time prior to a current broadcast point of time is input. If a...

20060135059 - Method using a set-top box communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network: Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wired keyboard, a power supply, and audio/visual connections for...

20060135060 - Methods and systems for configuring satellite antenna cell patterns in response to terrestrial use of satellite frequencies: Space-based wireless radiotelephone communications are provided in a satellite footprint over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band. The satellite footprint is divided into satellite cells in which satellite radiotelephone frequencies of the satellite radiotelephone frequency band are spatially reused. At least one of the satellite radiotelephone frequencies that is assigned to...

20060135061 - Digital video broadcast-handheld (dvb-h) antennas for wireless terminals: An antenna for a wireless terminal can include an antenna configured to be removably coupled to the wireless terminal and configured for display of digital video broadcast data based on received DVB-H compliant signals....

20060135063 - Data transmission method and radio system: The invention relates to a data transmission method and a radio system comprising at least one subscriber terminal and at least one base station including an antenna, by means of which the base station transmits signals to the subscriber terminal. The subscriber terminal includes a measuring mechanism which determines the...

20060135062 - Radio communication system, base station apparatus, and downstream transmission directing characteristic control method used therefor: A communication bit rate computing unit (24) computes the cumulative bit rate of downlink communication data, at which a base station communicates with a terminal, and totalizes the bit rates for each sector area. A amplitude/phase control unit (23) checks whether the cumulative bit rate for each sector area, reported...

20060135065 - Bluetooth device and method for providing service determined according to bluetooth pin: Disclosed herein are a Bluetooth device and method for providing a service determined according to Bluetooth PIN. The Bluetooth device includes a storage unit, a reception unit, a control unit, a key generation unit and a transmission unit. The storage unit stores the types of services and security policies according...

20060135064 - Method and apparatus for bonding process in bluetooth device: A method and apparatus for a bonding process in a user terminal having a Bluetooth module. The method includes recognizing a barcode of a Bluetooth device to be connected using a camera module, acquiring bonding information of the Bluetooth device from the barcode, performing pairing with the Bluetooth device using...

20060135068 - Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network scanning by a wlan terminal operable in a multiple-network wlan system: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating identification of primary, secondary, and hidden SSID values in a multi-network WLAN system. A determiner embodied at a mobile terminal determines primary SSID values of networks whose beacon signals are delivered to the mobile terminal. And, responsive to the determinations, further determinations are...

20060135066 - Associating a wireless station with an access point: A station associates with an access point in a wireless local area network conforming to, e.g., an IEEE 802.11 standard. The station measures the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the downlink from each of the access points sending either a beacon or a probe response, and forms a first list of...

20060135067 - Method and apparatus for configuring a wlan: A method and apparatus for adapting a wireless terminal to different short-range wireless network requirements based on a region of operation associated with a location of the wireless terminal as described herein. The wireless terminal determines a region of operation associated with the location of the wireless terminal. Exemplary regions...

20060135069 - Portable device with antenna diversity: A portable device suitable for communicating with a communications network over a main wireless transmitter/receiver module comprises a main antenna. The module communicates with the portable device via an interface, wherein said portable device further comprises at least one secondary wireless transmitter/receiver module comprising a diversity antenna and communicating with...

20060135071 - Noise removing apparatus for wireless transceiver: Disclosed is a noise removing apparatus for a wireless transceiver, the apparatus including a transmission-frequency control voltage generation unit for generating a transmission frequency control voltage to control a transmission frequency, which is used to convert a baseband signal to be transmitted into a signal having a transmission frequency band;...

20060135070 - Prediction of uplink interference potential generated by an ancillary terrestrial network and/or radioterminals: Methods are provided for predicting uplink interference potential to a mobile satellite system (MSS) generated by ancillary terrestrial components (ATCs) of an ancillary terrestrial network (ATN) and/or ATC radioterminals that are configured to terrestrially use/reuse satellite frequencies that are used and/or authorized for use by a MSS. The methods include...

20060135072 - Apparatus and related methods to aid in system identification in a heterogeneous communication system environment: An apparatus and associated methods to aid in system identification in a heterogeneous communication environment is generally described herein....

20060135073 - Signaling bit detection with adaptive threshold: For signaling detection using an adaptive threshold, the channel condition obsereved by a signaling bit (e.g., a paging indicator bit) is estimated (e.g., by a pilot strength estimate). A metric for the signaling bit is computed based on recovered symbols for the signaling bit and the estimated channel condition. An...

20060135074 - Method and apparatus for transmitting importance layers for scalable data services: The present invention relates to a radio access network and a communication method in a wireless system comprising a radio access network and a plurality of mobile terminals. To enable a user terminal to carry out interfrequency measurements without additional significant requirements on processing time, the RAN notifies a mobile...

20060135076 - Method and device for controlling radio access: A method for controlling a number of simultaneous radio connections in a communication device is presented. The control of a number of simultaneous radio connections is carried out in the communication device. Parameters of the radio connections are controlled such that interference between the radio connections is minimized....

20060135075 - Method and system for dynamic hybrid multiple access in an ofdm-based wireless network: A method of dynamic hybrid multiple access in a wireless network that comprises a plurality of subscriber stations is provided. The method includes selecting a sub-carrier status for each of the subscriber stations based on at least one predetermined condition for the subscriber station. The sub-carrier status is either hopping...

20060135077 - Multi-transceiver system and methods of compensating offset frequency: Disclosed is a multi-transceiver system adapted to estimate a frequency offset on basis of a test signal and a reference signal. Transceivers in the multi-transceiver system are adapted to transmit signals compensated with the frequency offsets....

20060135078 - Path timing detecting method in mobile communications system and base station: A path timing detecting method and a base station are provided which can improve the accuracy of detecting the path timings and check an increase in the processing load in the random access in a mobile communications system. First, the method identifies the effective path timing range using a preamble,...

20060135080 - Systems and methods that utilize a capacity-based signal-to-noise ratio to predict and improve mobile communication: Techniques for utilizing a capacity-based effective signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) to improve wireless communication are described herein. In an embodiment, a mobile terminal can determine the effective SNR from a forward link channel using pilot/data symbols. The mobile terminal can convey the effective SNR to a base station. In order to...

20060135079 - Transmit power reduction for a wireless device with multiple transmit signal paths: A wireless device is equipped with multiple (e.g., two) antennas, which may be of different designs. Each antenna interacts with the wireless environment in a different manner and achieves different scattering effect. The wireless device has one transmit signal path for each antenna. Each transmit signal path generates an RF...

20060135081 - System and method for data communication over multi-input, multi-output channels: System and method for estimating data transmitted by a plurality of transmit elements across a communications channel. The system comprises a plurality of receive interfaces, each operative to receive a signal via the channel and output a respective sequence of received data elements. The system also comprises a space matched...

20060135082 - Single oscillator transceiver frequency plan: A frequency plan is provided for particular use in a transceiver. Advantageously, a single oscillator may be used to generate desired frequency signal. One or more power splitters receive the signal and equally divide the signal into first and second signals having a frequency substantially equal to the original. Multipliers...

20060135083 - Interoperability between receivers and transmitters in a mobile station: Techniques are disclosed for improving the interoperability of transmitters and receivers in a mobile station. Certain exemplary techniques involve performing filtering in a transmitter in response to a notification that a receiver is able to receive a reception frequency band. Other exemplary techniques involve changing one or more inputs of...

20060135084 - Rf front-end matching circuits for a transceiver module with t/r switch integrated in a transceiver chip: Radio frequency front-end matching circuits suitable for a transceiver module with TR switch integrated in a transceiver chip. The radio frequency front-end transceiver module comprises a radio frequency (RF) front-end device, a transmit/receive (TR) switch, a transmitter, a receiver and an internal matching circuit, in which the TR switch, the...

20060135085 - Wireless telephone with uni-directional and omni-directional microphones: A wireless telephone having a first microphone and a second microphone and a method for processing audio signal in a wireless telephone having a first microphone and a second microphone. The wireless telephone includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a signal processor, wherein at least one of the...

20060135086 - Wireless transceiving apparatus for variability of signal processing band: Provided is a wireless transceiving apparatus for variability of signal processing band, in which at least one resonator of an analog processor and a VCO are simultaneously controlled using a frequency synthesizer, and a frequency of the VCO and a resonance frequency of the analog processor are controlled to have...

20060135088 - Extended microphone with positioning display: An extended microphone for a radio communication equipment is disclosed. The extended microphone includes a microphone body; an adapter for connecting the extended microphone with the radio communication equipment; a GPS module disposed on the microphone body for providing a positioning message; and a display module disposed on the microphone...

20060135087 - Limited use telecommunications device: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a cellular phone adapted to be used by a young child. The phone only has three buttons for use by the child that are programmed by the child's parents. The buttons are programmed by first receiving a call on the phone...

20060135089 - Polar modulator and a use thereof: A polar modulator has a low AM-AM and AM-PM distortion comprises a phase locked loop. The phase locked loop is designed for outputting a high-frequency signal with a frequency derived from a phase modulation signal at an actuating input of the phase locked loop. A filter device, for suppressing a...

20060135090 - Antenna for a foldable radio device: An antenna intended for a foldable radio device, and a radio device with such an antenna. The first turning part (TP1) of the radio device includes the radio frequency transmitting and receiving amplifiers of the device, an antenna port (AP) and a first antenna element (320), by which the device...

20060135091 - Priority information management device for a radio communication terminal of a radio communication network: A device is dedicated to managing priority information in a radio communication terminal of a radio communication network, comprising a communication module able to communicate with the network. The device includes processing means adapted, in the event of reception by the hybrid communication module of a message broadcast by the...

20060135092 - Radio frequency filter: wherein the at least one second material of the compensation element (6) acts on the at least one first material of at least one subsection of the inner conductor tube (2) by exerting mechanical force, such that the thermal expansion of the at least one first material and/or the length...

20060135093 - Transmitter and mobile communication terminal using the same: A transmitter employing variable gain amplifiers and operating with both constant and nonconstant envelope modulation systems is contrived to suppress variation in the transmitting power when constant envelope modulation is performed. The transmitter comprises a PM loop, an AM loop, and a variable gain amplifier which is shared by the...

20060135096 - High-efficiency modulating rf amplifier: The present invention, generally speaking, provides for high-efficiency power control of a high-efficiency (e.g., hard-limiting or switch-mode) power amplifier in such a manner as to achieve a desired modulation. In one embodiment, the spread between a maximum frequency of the desired modulation and the operating frequency of a switch-mode DC-DC...

20060135094 - Method and apparatus to manage power consumption of a semiconductor device: Briefly, a method an apparatus of a power management system of a semiconductor device capable of managing a power consumption of the semiconductor device by varying an operating voltage of the semiconductor device according to a voltage value based on a reference number....

20060135095 - System for controlling power on a mobile station and supporting method and apparatus: In the present power control technique, a power control circuit (404) that is operably coupled to a receiver circuit (412) assesses (514, 522) a tclip adjust value based on a power cutback value from the receiver circuit. The tclip adjust value is forwarded to a peak to average ratio control...

20060135097 - Wireless communication system using a plurality of antenna elements with adaptive weighting and combining techniques: The present invention provides a method and system for operating a wireless communication system in which received signals from a plurality of antennas are weighted and combined with a beam forming operation to form an output signal. The beam forming operation determines weights adjusted to increase a desired signal power...

20060135098 - Method and apparatus for processing digital broadcast audio in the am/fm bands: A receiver includes a processor that processes AM/FM signals and signals from digital broadcasts in the AM/FM bands. The processor includes a digital broadcast audio processing controller and a digital broadcast audio processor. Upon determining an increased probability of an imminent digital broadcast audio dropout, the digital broadcast audio processing...

20060135099 - Receiving apparatus and reception antenna setting method: In a receiving apparatus equipped with a plurality of tuners, if a reception antenna is controlled in such a manner that a reception condition of a channel tuned by one tuner may become suitable, then a reception condition of the channel tuned by another tuner does not always become suitable....

20060135100 - Mobile phone capable of presenting a clock in a power-off mode: A mobile phone capable of presenting a clock thereon in a power-off mode is disclosed, in which a user thereof may initialize the clock to be presented when the mobile phone is powered off simply by pressing a specific key on the mobile phone without the need of powering on...

20060135101 - Interference reduction using low complexity antenna array: Interference reduction is achieved within a communication device using a low complexity antenna array. In at least one embodiment, phase and magnitude values associated with an antenna element within a low complexity array are dynamically adjusted during device operation in a manner that enhances a predetermined quality criterion (e.g., SINR)....

20060135103 - Self-tuned millimeter wave rf transceiver module: A self-tuned millimeter wave transceiver module includes a microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) having at least one amplifier. A controller is operatively connected to the MMIC for sensing amplifier operating conditions and tuning the at least one amplifier to an optimum operating condition. The controller includes a surface mounted microcontroller...

20060135102 - Tuner for compensating for take-over point depending on temperature: The present invention relates to temperature compensation of a tuner, and more particularly, to a tuner in which Take-Over Point (TOP) is compensated for according to a temperature. The tuner according to the present invention down-converts a Radio Frequency (RF) wireless signal and outputs the converted signal. The tuner compensates...

20060135104 - Automatic gain control circuit including power detector: Disclosed herein is an automatic gain control circuit including a power detector. The automatic gain control circuit includes a receiving unit for receiving an RF signal and a gain control unit for controlling the gain of the receiving unit. The receiving unit comprises an amplification part including a low noise...

20060135105 - Loop filter with gear shift for improved fractional-n pll settling time: An integrated circuit radio frequency (RF) transmitter includes a phase locked loop having a multi-mode loop filter that is operable to provide wide band response with a fast settle time in a startup mode of operation and a relatively more narrow response with a longer settle time but with improved...

20060135106 - Active mixer with self-adaptive bias feedback: An active mixer with self-adaptive bias feedback is described and resolves a poor linearity, inconvenient design of a bias circuit, and other defects of a conventional mixer. The dual self-feedback bias structure according to this invention is used. The active mixer with self-adaptive bias feedback has a power supply, an...

20060135107 - Removing close-in interferers through a feedback loop: System and method for elimination of close-in interferers through feedback. A preferred embodiment comprises an interferer predictor (for example, interferer predictor 840) coupled to a digital output of a direct RF radio receiver (for example, radio receiver 800). The interferer predictor predicts the presence of interferers and feeds the information...

20060135108 - Phase-accurate multi-phase wide-band radio frequency local oscillator generator: A local oscillator (LO) generator for driving a bank of mixers that provides precise phase relationship between multi-phase LO outputs comprises a shift register using slave-master-slave flip-flop elements. The LO generator can be used over a wide operating frequency range. The LO generator is suitable for driving a multi-phase LO...

20060135109 - Mixer circuit, receiver comprising a mixer circuit, wireless communication comprising a receiver, method for generating an output signal by mixing an input signal with an oscillator signal: The invention relates to a mixer circuit comprising an input node for receiving an input signal, a first output node 202, and a second output node 203, voltage to current conversion means and switching means operatively coupled to each other and to the input node, the first output node and...

20060135110 - Carbon nanotube devices and method of fabricating the same: An RF mixer includes a diode quad including first, second, third and fourth carbon nanotube diodes, each carbon nanotube diode including a p-n junction The mixer also includes a RF input coupled each of the diodes, and a local oscillator input coupled with each of the diodes....

20060135111 - Radio receiver dc offset cancellation via adc input bias: A scaled input current is produced that substantially matches the full scale input of a CTΔΣADC that substantially cancels an offset bias current component of the input current. A bias resistance value is coupled between the integrator input and one of a supply voltage and a circuit common. Generally, the...

20060135112 - Receiver: AM receiver 20 is provided with antenna 1, RF amplifier 2, I/Q mixer 3, VCO 4, impulse noise detector 5, interpolator 6, BPF 7, IF amplifier 8 and AM detector 9. I/Q mixer 3 is composed of I mixer 11a as an in-phase mixer and Q mixer 11b as an...

20060135113 - Wireless communication systems: The invention relates to a communication system for use in connection with a stationary communication line, the communication system comprising two input/output units, each input/output unit comprising a first connector for connection of a communication line, a second connector for connection of an input/output device, a rechargeable battery and a...

20060135114 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: An information processing apparatus communicates through a network. The apparatus includes an updating decision section, a notification information production section, an output controller,sa receiver, and an operation controller. The updating decision section decides whether at least one of a plurality of connection priority degrees between a different information processing apparatus...

20060135115 - Systems and methods for public safety notification: A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a system for emergency notification, comprising: one or more radio broadcasting stations operable to transmit signals in at least one of: RDS and RBDS format; and one or more receivers operable to receive signals in at least one of: RDS and RBDS...

20060135116 - Localisation method: A system and method for locating a communication device is disclosed, where an emergency call routine is activated. The routine detects whether at least one communications network is existent at the location of the communication device. In case that more than one communication network is existent, determining a priority of...

20060135117 - Method for providing paying services, user identification device, and device for providing said services: A method is provided for providing paying services in a radio communication network which operates, in particular, according to the GSM Standard “Global System Mobile” or the UMTS Standard “Universal Mobile Telecommunications System”,” via at least one radio communication terminal having a device for user identification, especially a “Subscriber Identity...

20060135119 - System and method of providing a geographic view of nodes in a wireless network: A geographic view rendering tool receives geographic location data for nodes in a wireless network and renders a geographic view displaying the nodes at their corresponding geographic locations. The geographic view may be displayed overlaying a digital map. The geographic view may also display network information such as, for example,...

20060135118 - Transferring between or within networks a telecommunication service to a user terminal: A method is provided of providing a service to a user terminal. According to this method, a first network agrees with the user terminal to provide the service at a certain charge rate, then starts to provide the service. Subsequently at least one other network is invited by the first...

20060135120 - Method and system for awarding points to a mobile device subscriber based on usage time while at a predetermined location: A method and system are disclosed for enabling a cell phone service provider or other type of service provider to retain subscribers and attract new subscribers, as well as existing subscribers from other service providers, by providing an incentive to subscribers for selecting its service. The incentive includes awarding the...

20060135122 - Apparatus and method for controlling registration of mobile identification number of mobile communication terminals: An apparatus and method for controlling registration of a mobile identification number (MIN) of a mobile communication terminal. A memory stores a table in which MIN groups uniquely assigned to common carriers are stored, and a MIN of a mobile communication terminal. An input device inputs a MIN to be...

20060135121 - System and method of securing data on a wireless device: A system and method for securing data on a wireless device. A secured zone is defined by a boundary sensor. A data processing system is coupled to the boundary sensor and a wireless device. The data processing system includes a boundary controller for determining whether the wireless device has entered...

20060135123 - User identification method in mobile communication system and mobile station, and mobile communication system therefor: A mobile station includes a voice mail password in an outgoing call message for a call, a data communication and the like. A mobile telephone switching center determines whether the voice mail password of the outgoing call message from the mobile station is consistent with the voice mail password from...

20060135126 - Data synchronization control method between a user equipment and a user authentication card and a corresponding user authentication card: Disclosed is a user authentication card and a method for preventing data synchronization from being performed if information stored in the user authentication card is the same as that stored when a corresponding user equipment (UE) is powered off. The user authentication card includes a memory area for storing an...

20060135125 - Method for producing authentication information: A method in a mobile station for a communication system includes determining if a security module installed in a mobile station is able to produce authentication information for use in a predetermined authentication procedure with a communication system. If not, the method includes generating key material using the security module,...

20060135124 - Unitary management authentication device: Respective location information of wireless terminal apparatuses 30-1 to 30-4 and service area information of each of wireless LAN networks 2-1 to 2-n is managed, and authentication information is notified to authentication apparatus 20 of a wireless LAN network before each wireless terminal apparatus moves to the wireless LAN network...

20060135131 - Conditional application invocation in a wireless device: Disclosed embodiments include a mobile communication device that automatically receives signals indicating predetermined events, and automatically takes actions in response to the events. The actions include executing one or more software applications on the device. The applications include native applications and downloaded applications that are individually configured....

20060135129 - System and method for transmitting midlet data using sms: A system and method for transmitting MIDlet data via a SMS are provided. In the system, at least one MIDlet one of generates an SMS message requesting a service and transmits the SMS message, and receives an SMS message requesting a service. An SMSC analyzes the SMS message received from...

20060135127 - System, and associated terminal, method and computer program product for forwarding content and providing digital rights management of the same: A system is provided for forwarding content. The system includes a terminal capable of sending a request to transfer content, the request being sent from a terminal over a first network such as a wireless or other high latency network, and over a second network such as a wireline or...

20060135128 - Systems and methods for storing personal messages: Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a messaging service application for a user subscribed to a mobile phone service with a personal productivity platform for capturing and transmitting information. Subscribed users can initiate the messaging service application automatically or manually. Upon initiation, the messaging service application can then receive...

20060135130 - Transactional message-queue communication for wirelessly networked devices system and method: A method and system for communicating with a communications network using message-queues is disclosed. The method includes establishing a wireless link from a mobile device. The method also includes retrieving a request from the mobile device, the request including a server address. The method further includes sending the request over...

20060135136 - Device and method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal: Provided are a device and a method for processing message-related events generated in a portable terminal. The method for processing message-related events in a portable terminal comprises the steps of storing message-related events generated in the portable terminal, confirming specialists set in advance, so that the message-related events can be...

20060135134 - End user to mobile service provider message exchange system based on proximity: Disclosed is a method and means for facilitating direct access by an end user of a service to a mobile service provider that is typically mobile, wherein the end user is able to select a desired mobile service based primarily on the proximity of that mobile service provider to that...

20060135135 - Entering contacts in a communication message on a mobile device: Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to enter and validate contact addresses when composing a message on a mobile device. The user may access at least one of a local contact address data store and a remote contact address data store when entering and validating contact addresses....

20060135133 - Spam checking for internetwork messages: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for blocking spam messages originated in a different network. An anti-spam check is made in response to an initial Send Routing Information (SRI) message received in a destination network of a message. The result of this check is sent back to the...

20060135132 - Storing anti-spam black lists: A method and apparatus for blocking unwanted messages (spam) in a telecommunications network. A location server of the network stores black lists of message sources which are known or believed to be generators of spam messages, or sources from which a particular destination does not wish to receive messages. When...

20060135137 - System and method for providing integrated communication id: The present invention discloses a system and method for providing an integrated communication ID and it is an object of the present invention to allow a caller to connect to a receiver's a variety of communication equipments conveniently, with only an integrated communication ID of the receiver being perceived, by...

20060135138 - System and method for redirecting communications for a mobile device: A method and system for automatically triggering call redirecting in response to a mobile device detecting its connection to a host such as a personal computer, is provided. In one embodiment, the mobile device detects connection by sensing application of a charging voltage via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection,...

20060135142 - Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced contact list information for mobile stations including mobile telephones: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for providing improved contact information to users of mobile stations such as, for example, cellular telephones and personal digital assistants with wireless telephony capability. In particular, the present invention displays the types of messages that a contact listed on a contact list of...

20060135141 - Method and system for controlling software loads on a third-party mobile station: A system and method for allowing a licensee having mobile station hardware to support its own set of carriers and software demands of these carriers, the software including licensor software, the method comprising the steps of: assigning a unique third party identifier to the licensee; assigning a range of carrier...

20060135139 - Method for changing outputting settings for a mobile unit based on user's physical status: A method for changing outputting settings for a mobile unit. The mobile unit has a user profile of a user, and the user profile contains a first data and a second data corresponding to first settings and second settings. The method includes monitoring the user's physical status to gather a...

20060135140 - Mobile phone policy management: The present disclosure relates to attempting to control and monitor a number of features associated with a mobile telephone and, more specifically, to attempting to turn a specific feature, such as, for example, the ability to take pictures, on or off based upon a set policy scheme....

20060135143 - Mobile terminal control program and mobile terminal equipment: A mobile terminal control program for automatically selecting an appropriate communication channel, depending on the remaining battery level. When mobile terminal equipment enters the service area of a wireless LAN, a wireless-LAN service area determination section obtains wireless-LAN radio strength from a call-via-wireless-LAN section. If the radio strength is not...

20060135144 - Method and apparatus for carrier customization in communication systems: A method of customizing a wireless device to a predetermined configuration is described. A wireless device configured with at least one carrier-specific parameter for a first carrier is modified to access at least one carrier-specific parameter for a second carrier during operation of the wireless device and responsive to a...

20060135145 - Methods and apparatus for reduced energy communication in an ad hoc network: The invention relates to communications devices for reduced energy communications in an ad hoc network. The communication device includes a first low powered transceiver for initiating communications with other communications devices and a second transceiver for transmitting data messages to the other communications devices once communication is initiated. The communication...

20060135147 - Mobile station for retrieving an information related to an association tree: A mobile station for use in a telecommunication system is arranged to receive a signal from a base station. The signal comprises multiple communications, each communication of the multiple communications has first and second characteristics for enabling retrieval of a communication from the received signal. The mobile station is also...

20060135146 - Telecommunications system and a method of operating the system: A telecommunications system, such as a cellular telephone system, comprises at least one primary station (12) and a plurality of secondary stations (14) which are able to communicate with each other in accordance with any suitable protocol embedded as software in the respective stations. Software configuration or reconfiguration in the...

20060135149 - System and method for an ultra wideband radio wireless local area network: A virtual wireless local area network system and method utilizing impulse radio wherein transmission rates (bit rates) can vary according to the impulse radio transmission quality (signal to noise ratio) and wherein the position of the user can be determined and said user can be directed to an area of...

20060135148 - System for measuring communication quality and method thereof: A system for measuring a communication quality and a method thereof are disclosed. The system includes: a first communication quality measuring unit for requesting a second communication quality measuring unit to transmit a test traffic, measuring a communication quality from the test traffic received from the second communication quality measuring...

20060135150 - Wireless communications ystem, wireless communications method, wireless communications program and program recording medium: A dual mode mobile terminal has a dual mode in which said mobile terminal can be connected to any of two different wireless communications systems (hereinafter referred to as systems 1 and 2). The mobile terminal can be connected to optimum wireless communications system by considering conditions at which the...

20060135152 - Apparatus for providing a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products provide for creating a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network. The gateway device is connected to a wired home telephone network having one or more wired telephones, a wired telephone network, such as the PSTN, and a wireless telephone network....

20060135151 - Cordless ip telephone: A cordless telephone system includes a base station and a handset. The base station includes a telephone line interface, a base station chipset coupled to the telephone line interface, and a first radio transceiver coupled to the base station chipset. The handset includes a microphone, a speaker, a processor coupled...

20060135154 - Method of random access communication using subbanding and variable length messages: A method of random access communication uses subbanding and variable length messages to provide efficient communication between a plurality of mobile earth terminals and a plurality of satellites. The subbanding allows each satellite to more efficiently process communications from mobile earth terminals operating under a variety of different rules or...

20060135153 - Satellite communication system architecture: A satellite communication system architecture that supports both commercial and tactical applications may include polarization-based multiplexing and de-multiplexing and common routing. Such a satellite may be placed in such a way as to minimize intentional interference....

20060135155 - Method for roaming authentication in public wireless lan: A method for roaming authentication in a public wireless LAN is disclosed, which uses an identical authentication page provided from a central roaming center to provide roaming authentication process. A user that wants to roam in the WLAN must propose an address or words related to the roaming center on...

20060135156 - Method and system for providing sponsored events for a mobile terminal: A system and method for providing sponsored content to a user of an electronic device in conjunction with the execution of an event. When an event on an electronic device is initiated, a set of sponsor preferences are checked for information regarding the event. A set of sponsored content based...

20060135157 - Network interworking system and method for providing seamless voice service and short message service between wireless communication networks, and packet switch apparatus therefor: A network interworking system is provided for connecting a voice call between a mobile terminal in a wireless packet network that provides VoIP service and a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network that provides circuit-switched service. A home location register (HLR) registers therein location information of terminals and a...

20060135160 - Border roaming gateway: The present invention presents a system and method for attempting to register a subscriber to a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN), wherein the subscriber is in a region having multiple overlapping wireless cellular networks. The invention detects potential registration of the subscriber with a Neighboring visited Public Mobile Network (NPMN),...

20060135159 - Method and mobile radio communication network for the transmission of packet data: The invention relates to a method for controlling the exchange of data between mobile subscribers in a packet-oriented mobile communication network, wherein management of each subscriber occurs at a specific control node (SGSN) of the mobile communication network according to the actual whereabouts of the subscriber inside the mobile communication...

20060135158 - Method for controlling routing information for intellectual peripherals in subscriber-based ring-back-tone-service: A method for controlling routing information for intellectual peripherals (IPs) in a subscriber-based ring-back-tone service. The routing information to be routed to IPs (50) corresponding to subscribers is classified on a subscriber telephone number-by-number basis, a subscriber telephone office number-by-number basis, a subscriber telephone office number group-by-group basis or a...

20060135164 - Handover method and system in a broadband wireless access communication system: Disclosed is a hard handover method and system for use in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system. The method and system includes dividing a data transmission field for mobile stations (MSs) into a handover field and a normal user field, allocating at least one subchannel in the normal user...

20060135161 - Method for detecting reverse link collisions on an air interface: The present invention provides a method of wireless telecommunication. The method includes accessing information indicative of a first mobile unit in response to a signal from the first mobile unit, accessing information indicative of at least one second mobile unit, and comparing the information indicative of the first and second...

20060135162 - Methods and apparatus for flexible forward-link and reverse-link handoffs: The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for selecting sectors for handoff in a communication system. According to one aspect, the method includes monitoring an indicia of transmit power on a plurality of RL control channels directed to a plurality of sectors, and selecting one of the sectors as...

20060135165 - System and method for proactive, early network switching: A mobile terminal for reduction of data loss during transitioning of the mobile terminal between network devices includes a controller. The controller is capable of transmitting a request to transition and receiving queued data from an original network device prior to transition from the original network device to a target...

20060135163 - Wireless base station and mobile station: The occurrence of problematic data portions during handover is prevented by a wireless base station in a wireless communication system wherein mobile stations to be transmitted to are selected successively from a plurality of transmission destination candidate mobile stations and data transport to the selected mobile station is performed via...

20060135167 - Apparatus and method for inter-processor communications in a multiprocessor routing node: A router for transferring data packets between external devices. The router comprises: 1) a switch fabric; and 2) R routing nodes coupled to the switch fabric. Each routing node exchanges data packets with the external devices and with other routing nodes via the switch fabric. A first routing node comprises:...

20060135168 - Blocking spam messages: A method and apparatus for blocking unwanted and unsolicited messages (spam) in telecommunications networks. A terminating terminal is assigned a security code. In order to access the terminating terminal, the caller must supply this security code as well as the identification of the called terminal. If the correct security code...

20060135166 - Selective redirection of cellular calls to a local wireless endpoint: The present invention allows incoming calls intended for a mobile terminal, which is capable of supporting both local wireless and cellular communications, to be selectively routed to the mobile terminal via local wireless access in a controlled and efficient manner. In particular, the incoming call to the mobile terminal may...

20060135169 - Feedback to support restrictive reuse: The scheduler in a base station needs CQI information from a terminal for all reuse sets every 5 ms. to decide on which re-use set to schedule a given terminal. For MIMO users, the problem is that the CQI cannot be reconstructed for all re-use sets, using the current design....

20060135170 - Dynamic connection retry strategy for telematics unit: A method for providing wireless connection capability for a telematics unit including determining a connection failure between the telematics unit and a call center, providing the telematics unit with an alternative cellular identifier pair at the telematics unit based on the determination and attempting to establish a connection between the...

20060135171 - Method and system wherein timeslots allocated for common control channels may be reused for user traffic: A method and system is disclosed wherein timeslots designated in a wireless communication system as Common Physical Channel (CPCH) timeslots may be reused for user traffic. A CPCH timeslot used in a first cell may be reused by a second cell, assuming the first and second cells transmit control information...

20060135172 - Method for quality of service differentiation in packet-mode mobile communication networks: The invention relates to a method for managing the quality of service that applies to a packet mode mobile communications network, in particular, characterised in that it includes, in the case of a network overload when accessing the resources of the network in order to execute a service for a...

20060135173 - Method and apparatus for mobile station-assisted load balancing in wireless packet data networks: A wireless communication network makes intelligent accept/reject decisions responsive to sector selection requests by mobile stations based on sharing per-sector loading information and per-sector mobile station received signal quality information. For example, the signal quality and sector loading information for each sector in a given mobile station's active set of...

20060135175 - Method and apparatus for reducing signalling traffic in a telecommunication system: A method and an apparatus for updating the location of a plurality of mobile stations (107) in a moving craft or vehicle (105). Each time a new mobile station (107) is attached to a common terminal (103) located in the moving craft or vehicle, an initial location updating message is...

20060135176 - Method and controller for selecting between a plurality of different position determination approaches: A method and controller is provided for selecting between a plurality of different position determination approaches, where in at least some instances a selection is made between multiple mobile station based location determination approaches, as well as in other instances additional network based location determination approaches. In at least some...

20060135174 - Provision of information regarding a mobile station: A method of providing information regarding a mobile station adapted for communication via a communication system is provided. In the method an area even notification request is received at a location service entity provided in association with the communication system, the area event notification request containing information associated with the...

20060135177 - Relating to internet protocol (ip) location, privacy and presence: An extension to the Location Information Service (LIS) architecture uses a centralized, user-selected, Privacy Profile Register (PPR) and Presence Register (PR) element, the User Privacy and Presence Register (UPPR) (also known as the Home Register (HR)). This centralized model provides access to value added services that allow the user to...

20060135178 - Wireless tracking system for personal items: A radio frequency transmission device including electronic circuitry. A digital logic circuit is alternate-able from a sleep mode to an active mode after a pre-determined time period, and back to the sleep mode immediately after transmission of a digital signal. The digital signal includes a unique and pre-determined sequence of...

20060135179 - Systems, devices, methods and computer program products for downloading content to mobile devices in a roaming environment: Systems, devices and methods are presented for downloading content to a mobile terminal, during periods when the mobile terminal is outside of the home network; i.e. when the terminal is roaming. The invention provides for downloading of the content without utilizing the cellular network, thereby, circumventing the additional surcharges that...

20060135180 - Method, system, and program product for providing services and information to wireless mobile devices: A method, system and computer program product of determining the location of one or more cell reception areas having predefined signal characteristics relative to a current location of the wireless mobile device; and, dynamically determining directions from the wireless mobile device at the current location to selected ones of the...

20060135181 - Recipient based scoping of location information: A method (50) and system (10) for recipient based scoping of location information can include a communication device (12, 14, or 16) within a communication network and a processor (22, 28, or 32) coupled to the communication network. The processor can be programmed to obtain or receive (52) location information...

20060135182 - Method and apparatus for reporting implicit events: The present invention provides a method of notifying a network of a change in availability status of a mobile unit. The method includes detecting an implicit presence event associated with the mobile unit, forming an explicit presence event based on the implicit presence event, and providing the explicit presence event...

20060135183 - Personal navigation assistant system and apparatus: A personal location system including signal-transmitting RFID tags associated with various landmarks, such as hallways of buildings. The system's personal receiver is preloaded with information about the building, equivalent to a map, and receives the RFID signals. These signals, in conjunction with the stored map, allow the environment to be...

20060135184 - Method and system for blocking undesirable messages: The present invention relates to a method for blocking undesirable messages (MMs), which includes the following steps: a message is sent from a sender (MMS UA A) to a transmitter (MMS R/S A); the message is sent from the transmitter (MMS R/S A) to a service provider (MMSE SP B);...

20060135187 - Method and system for processing broadcast sms message in mobile communication terminal, and mobile communication terminal having the system: A method and system for processing a broadcast SMS (Short Message Service) message in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The system includes a Broadcast Management Task which performs UI (User Interface) control; and a Main Control Task which determines whether or not a Data Burst Message received from the...

20060135185 - System and method for sending short text messages in mobile communication systems: Disclosed are a system and a method for sending a short text message to both a mobile phone and a mail server. The system includes at least one base station for providing wireless network nodes of the first and second mobile phones; a short message service center for receiving a...

20060135186 - Transmission frame and radio unit with transmission frame: A transmission frame and a telecommunications device (60, 65, 70) having a transmission frame (1) are proposed, which are used to transmit short messages (5) in a telecommunications network (10), in particular in a radiotelecommunications network. By means of the transmission frame (1), especially flexible transmission of short messages (5)...

20060135188 - Interference adaptation apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to detect radio-frequency energy at a frequency associated with at least one wireless networking channel and to transmit a data frame responsive to determining that the radio-frequency energy is not associated with a wireless networking transmission....

20060135189 - Method of controlling a received signal strength target in a wireless communication system: In the method of controlling a received signal strength target in a wireless communication system, the received signal strength target is adjusted based on a service outage metric....

20060135190 - Dynamic remote storage system for storing software objects from pervasive devices: A dynamic remote storage system for storing software objects from a mobile device is disclosed. The dynamic remote storage system includes a remote storage bank server and a wireless communication network. The remote storage bank server is accessible by a user via a terminal. The wireless telecommunication network is capable...

20060135191 - Wireless device and wireless channel measurement controller: In measurement of wireless channels in an IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN), in the case of multi-channel measurement as in North America in which eight wireless channels Ch1 through Ch8 are available, channel measurement according to a predetermined algorithm is made in which odd-numbered channels Ch1, Ch3, Ch5...

20060135192 - Monitoring availability of selective call radios in a half-duplex radio communication system: A source SCR (106) coupled to a half-duplex radio communication system (100) includes a transceiver (202), and a processor (203) coupled to the transceiver. The source SCR and the half-duplex radio communication system are programmed to receive at the half-duplex radio communication system a monitor request message from a source...

20060135194 - Apparatus and method for optimal power allocation between data and voice in a 1xev-dv wireless network: A base station for use in a 1xEV-DV wireless network comprising: 1) a radio frequency (RF) transceiver for transmitting to mobile stations in voice traffic channels and in at least one packet data channel and 2) a power allocation controller for adjusting the total transmit power allocated to the voice...

20060135193 - Rapid channel quality based power control for high speed channels: A method (400) and apparatus (501) provide for rapid power control based on a quality related value, e.g. channel quality indicator (CQI) value. A transmit power level can be derived from a CQI value received according to a time period, e.g. corresponding to 500 Hz. A first predicted value can...

20060135197 - Apparatus and method for originating call using latest communication records in mobile communication terminal: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for originating a call using the latest communication records in a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus and the method include enabling a user to originate a call with a desired type of a phone number based on the latest communication records provided. The...

20060135195 - Interoperability improvement between receivers and transmitters in a mobile station: Techniques are disclosed for improving the interoperability of transmitters and receivers in a mobile station. Certain exemplary techniques involve performing filtering in a transmitter in response to a notification that a receiver is able to receive a reception frequency band. Other exemplary techniques involve changing one or more inputs of...

20060135198 - Method for managing resources in mobile terminal: A method for managing resources in a mobile terminal includes determining whether or not a required resource is available to perform a requested task on the mobile terminal and selectively performing the requested task based on whether or not the required resource is available....

20060135196 - Mobile communication terminal including of which menu can be constructed by using mobile flash: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal of which menu can be universally constructed using a mobile flash according to a user's taste. The mobile communication terminal comprises an input device section for inputting a reproduction request of a flash movie; a Man Machine Interface (MMI) loading a corresponding movie file...

20060135199 - Position-holding pivot/slide mechanism for cell phone: A base part has a planar inner face, and a cover part is shiftable on the inner face between a closed position overlying and congruent with the base part and an open position exposing at least part of the inner face. A pair of parallel elongated spring elements extend parallel...

20060135200 - Method for transmitting massive data effectively on multi-mode terminal: Provided is a method for transporting massive data effectively on a multi-mode terminal for saving a cost and time required for transmitting massive data by separately transmitting basic information required for accessing to the massive data and real massive data, considering economical and technical characteristics of each network in a...

20060135201 - Mobile phone with portable storage device: The invention provides a mobile telephone, which may be connected to a mobile telephone network, and is able to wirelessly communicate with a portable CD-ROM device. The mobile telephone of the invention may access an application program on a disk in the portable CD-ROM device, and further receive an access...

20060135202 - Method of transmitting fascimile over a mobile communication device: The present invention provides a method of transmitting facsimile over a mobile communication device, capable of fast and effectively sending facsimile by wireless facsimile services, comprising the steps of: defining a data structure to set up a transmission format; editing a facsimile content to conform to the transmission format; verifying...

20060135205 - Distributed domain name service: Distributed DNS in a wireless communication network comprising broadcasting by a first node a request message to a second node is disclosed. The request message comprises a hostname of the second node. The first node forwards the request message to the second node through intermediate nodes in the wireless communication...

20060135203 - Method for operating a digital interface arrangement, and digital interface arrangement for exchanging data: A method for operating a digital interface arrangement and a digital interface arrangement for exchanging data between at least one digital control unit operating in the baseband of a communication terminal and at least one radio transmitter/radio receiver device of said communication terminal. The baseband control unit is connected to...

20060135206 - Methods of providing multiple data paths using a mobile terminal and related devices: A mobile terminal may include a wireless modem, a wireless network interface, and an application (such as a browser application). A method of operating the mobile terminal may include providing a first data path between a data network and the application of the mobile terminal through the wireless modem. In...

20060135204 - Multiple devices sharing a common asccessory: Method and apparatus for controlling connection between a plurality of connectable devices are provide. An individual indicia is associated with a first device having a predetermined identity and being connectable to a second device. The indicia is output in a manner that is observable by a user in response to...

20060135208 - Method and apparatus for preventing hacking of subscriber identitification module in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method of preventing hacking of a subscriber identification module in a mobile communication terminal are disclosed. Hacking is prevented by storing a secret code in a hidden area of a writable non-volatile memory area and initializing a processor of the mobile communication terminal if the secret code...

20060135207 - Storage unit comprising a main data carrier and a contactless chip: The invention proposes applications for storage units that comprise a main data carrier and a chip associated with said main data carrier, the proposed applications being directed to a use of such storage units with portable radio-communication devices. The proposed applications are: a) transmitting to the portable radio-communication device data...

20060135209 - Wireless communication scheme with communication quality guarantee and copyright protection: A wireless base station which controls joining of a plurality of wireless terminals to a wireless network, stores a maximum joining possible terminal number which indicates a maximum number of the wireless terminals of each terminal type that can join the wireless network simultaneously, and which is set in advance...

20060135210 - Multiple band handset architecture: A handset includes two antennae, wherein one antenna is solely dedicated to multi-band frequency division multiplexed signals. The first antenna connects to an antenna switch. The antenna switch further connects to receivers and transmitters of time division band standards. The second antenna transceives a multi-band frequency division multiplexed signal. A...

20060135211 - Smart antenna communication system for signal calibration: A calibration apparatus and method for controlling the phase and amplitude of a signal in a smart antenna multicarrier communication system are provided. A calibration signal is allocated to remaining carriers after allocating carriers to a data signal, prior to transmission. Thus, the efficiency of frequency resources for data transmission...

20060135212 - Portable radiotelephone for automatically dialing a central voice-activated dialing system: A portable radiotelephone can be shifted between a first condition wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and a second condition wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels. The radiotelephone automatically calls a central...

20060135213 - Flash caller id for roaming: The present invention relates to methods and apparati for presenting and displaying caller-identifying information to outbound roamers using means outside of the visited network's facility, or communications channels outside of the call path....

20060135214 - Apparatus and method for providing hands-free operation of a device: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for providing hands-free operation of a device. A hands-free adapter is provided that communicates with a device and a headset. The hands-free adapter allows a user to use voice commands so that the user does not have to handle the device. The...

20060135216 - Containing structure that integrates a rear-view driving mirror and telephone apparatus which allows communication and visualization of images with a remote control device of the cellular phone of the type with bluetooth technology: The present invention includes a containing structure that integrates a rear-view driving mirror and a multifunction device to receive and send information also by means of a display or a monitor with a remote control device of the cellular phone of the type with bluetooth technology. The invention concerns a...

20060135215 - Management of multilingual nametags for embedded speech recognition: A method for managing user nametags for a vehicle communications system, the method including receiving a nametag transfer request at a call center from a source, determining a target vehicle associated with the source based on the request and modifying a source nametag data file based on an acoustic profile...

20060135217 - Alerting method for recharging mobile devices: An alerting method for recharging a battery of a mobile device. The method includes collecting measured data with the mobile device, comparing the measured data with a statistic model of recharging patterns of the mobile device, determining if it is currently a suitable time for charging the battery of the...

20060135220 - Apparatus and method for processing schedule-related event in wireless terminal: An apparatus and a method are provided for processing schedule-related events by performing an avatar agent function. In the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a wireless terminal. When an event is generated in the wireless terminal, the generation and processing of the event is expressed...

20060135219 - Device and method for processing call-related events in mobile terminal: Disclosed is a method and device for processing a call-related event in a mobile terminal. The device comprises a memory for storing character User Interface (UI) images corresponding to respective call-related events, an event collection part for collecting call-related events occurring in the mobile terminal and generating an event message...

20060135218 - Method for indicating a battery charge level of a wireless headset: A battery charge remaining level indicating method of a wireless headset is disclosed. A remaining charge amount of a battery, disposed in a wireless headset and supplying power to the wireless headset, is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal connected to the wireless headset via short-range wireless communication, and indicated...

20060135221 - Mobile communication terminal of slide type: The present invention provides a slide type mobile communication terminal, which has a main body and a cover assembled with an upper surface of the main body, so that the cover longitudinally slides on the main body. The terminal applies an opening force to the cover when the cover slides...

20060135222 - Portable communication apparatus: Disclosed is a portable apparatus having a display device adapted to be watched in the horizontal position and retained with a slant for convenient key operation using both hands. The portable apparatus includes a first housing; a second housing adapted to fold on and unfold from the first housing; a...

20060135223 - Wireless headset phone of ear-worn type: Disclosed is a wireless headset phone. The wireless headset phone includes: a body housing; at least one hinge support rotatably mounted to the body housing, for attaching the headset phone to the left or right ear of a user; an earpiece provided in the hinge support; and an ear hook...

20060135225 - Handheld electronic data processing device: A handheld electronic data processing device includes a first body, a second body and a hinge seat. The first body has a first keypad and a second keypad located in different directions. The second body has a display screen. The first body and the hinge seat are coupled through a...

20060135226 - Mobile communication terminal for changing operation mode based on opening direction of folder cover and method thereof: An apparatus and a method for changing an operation mode in a mobile communication terminal having a main housing and a folder cover movable with respect to the main housing about first and second hinge axes in first and second opening directions, respectfully, where a sense signal based on an...

20060135224 - Multi-function device illumination control system and method: Wireless communications devices, such as cellular telephones (100), include an integrated camera (202) and process image data captured by that camera (202) to determine desired device illumination levels. A controller (410) within the wireless communications device (100) causes an image to be captured by the integrated camera (202). The captured...

20060135227 - Sliding/folding combination type portable digital communication apparatus and hinge unit thereof: Disclosed herein is a sliding/folding combination type portable digital communication apparatus that includes a body; a sliding folder having a first position in which it is constrained on the body, a second position in which it has slid a predetermined distance while continuously facing the body, and a third position...

20060135228 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal device includes: a first member having a keyboard operation portion; and a second member having a display portion and attached to the first member via a coupling member movable in a horizontal direction relative to the first member, the second member being movable together with the coupling...

20060135229 - Side sliding type mobile terminal: A mobile terminal comprises a body comprising a keypad and a slider slidingly coupled to the body. The slider is configured to slide transversely with respect to the body and may comprise a display unit to display image information. The mobile terminal may further comprise a processor coupled to the...

20060128300 - Satellite receiving system with transmodulating outdoor unit: A home satellite receiving system employs a transmodulating outdoor unit (ODU) that tunes to multiple signals, demodulates those signals into streams of data packets, and filters the streams of data packets to select data packets pertaining to viewer-specified programs. The ODU then constructs an integrated bitstream from the selected data...

20060128301 - Method and system for presenting media content in a mobile vehicle communication system: A method of presenting channels to the user of a multi-channel wireless media service is provided. A user input is received in a mobile unit, wherein the user input has an associated category. At least one channel of the multi-channel wireless media service responsive to the user input is determined...

20060128303 - Entertainment system for use in a vehicle: An entertainment system for a vehicle comprises a console section mounted on a surface in the vehicle, a media source layer including a media source mounted on the console section, and a screen section mounted on the media source layer, wherein the screen section includes a display and is capable...

20060128302 - Method and system for a mobile receiver architecture for world band cellular and broadcasting: In a video processing system, a method and system for a mobile receiver architecture for World Band cellular and broadcasting are provided. Received channels may be processed in at least one radio frequency front end (RFFE) in a mobile terminal and may comprise at least one of a VHF/UHF broadcast...

20060128304 - Mobile communication system: A mobile communications system includes a plurality of mobile communications devices. A direct link communicates information between a communications network and a selected one of the plurality of mobile communications devices. A broadcast link simultaneously broadcasts information from the communications network intended to be receivable by the plurality of mobile...

20060128307 - Bring call here selectively: A communication system includes logic to detect a second communication device in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and to provide a substantially uninterrupted transfer of selected parties to the call to the second communication device. A proximate device may be identified as one capable of...

20060128306 - Call transfer to proximate devices: A second communication device is detected in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and a substantially uninterrupted transfer of the call is made to the second device....

20060128308 - Low power bluetooth page and inquiry scan: A novel and useful low power Bluetooth page and inquiry scan mechanism. Efficient and low power page and inquiry scans are performed by measuring the energy received at each frequency and comparing it to a threshold. If the energy sensed is greater than the threshold, normal Bluetooth page or inquiry...

20060128305 - Wireless security system: A wireless security or managing system based on Bluetooth technology suited for a person on the move prohibits the use, without proper authentication, of electronic devices having special software installed. A watch, key holder or mobile telephone or other mobile electronic device equipped with a Bluetooth unit serves as a...

20060128309 - Wireless communication system: A wireless communication system is disclosed including a MIMO wireless communication apparatus that can communicate through multiple antennas and a non-MIMO wireless communication apparatus that can communicate through a single antenna or multiple antennas. The MIMO wireless communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive control information...

20060128310 - Transmit/receive compensation in smart antenna systems: A radio communication system includes multiple antennas and a processor coupled to the multiple antennas. The processor includes a probeless transmit/receive compensation component enabling the radio communication system to compensate for variations in transmit and receive paths while transmitting a signal. A transmit/receive compensation method includes, for each antenna in...

20060128314 - Apparatus and method for displaying a moving speed in a mobile communication terminal for mobile internet: An apparatus and method for displaying a moving speed of a mobile communication terminal for use with mobile Internet. The method includes sensing the moving speed of the mobile communication terminal, computing the sensed moving speed, and displaying the moving speed. The moving speed is computed using frequency offsets of...

20060128311 - Matching receive signal strenth data associated with radio emission sources for positioning applications: A system, method and software for determining a position of a source of a radio emission. Receive signal strength data associated with reception of radio emissions is generated at each of a plurality of radio sensor devices that are at corresponding known positions in an area where the radio emissions...

20060128313 - Method of decreasing the times of measuring base stations' signal quality by a served mobile terminal: In a mobile communication system including at least one base station each having a mobile terminal covered therein, a method of decreasing the times of measuring signal quality of each base station by the served mobile terminal includes causing the mobile terminal to receive common broadcasted information containing data about...

20060128315 - System and method for improving the quality of range measurement based upon historical data: A system and method for applying an algorithm to distance measurements between nodes in an ad-hoc communications network (100). The algorithm is located at an individual node (102, 106, 107) of the ad-hoc network (100) and processes collected data via a multi-path filter to ensure that range measurement data is...

20060128312 - Wireless communication management system and supporting method and apparatus: Management of a wireless communication system (10) has been provided with a filtering threshold (34) in addition to trigger events as a way to control handovers of mobile stations (12, 14). In a non-active set base station process, it is determined (106) whether a signal strength measurement of a base...

20060128316 - Electromagnetic testing model of human hand: Model human hands (902) for use in electromagnetic (e.g., microwave and RF) testing comprise a skeleton (1200, 104) of dielectric tubes (142, 148, 166, 170, 174, 178, 206, 208, 210, 1202, 1212, 1214, 1216, 1228, 1230, 1236, 1240, 1242, 194, 195, 196) inside a glove (908) that is filled with...

20060128317 - Method and station for transmitting data in a radio communication system: In a communication system, a first transmitting station transmits a transmission signal to a first receiving station for transmitting a sequence of data via a radio interface. The radio interface is monitored with respect to an interference signal from an interference source prior to transmission via at least one of...

20060128318 - Transmission power optimization in ofdm wireless communication system: A method for minimizing processing and transmission power in a flexible and bidirectional OFDM wireless communication system including a MAC layer and a PHY layer, said PRY layer including a supervisor unit controlling in real time the performance of the PHY layer is disclosed. The method comprises feeding a first...

20060128320 - Multi-user non-blocking duplex wireless voice communication system and method: An economical, reliable, robust and easy to use multi-user voice communication system and method suitable for use in rapidly evolving tactical or hazardous situations continuously permits each user to hear every voice communication occurring among the other users, no matter when each user speaks, and no matter how many users...

20060128321 - Speaker control in a mobile station: A method for controlling speakers in a mobile station comprises detecting a movement of the mobile station. The method also comprises differentially controlling sound output by the speakers based on the detected movement of the mobile station. The differentially controlling the sound output by the speakers based on the detected...

20060128319 - System and method of polarity reversal for reload detection: A system and method to remotely activate a procedure, preferably to Reload, a transceiver unit powered with an Ethernet cable. The system and method includes a power source including circuitry to reverse the polarity of voltage for a desired amount of time to a detection circuit in the transceiver unit....

20060128322 - Transceiver apparatus and module: It is possible to facilitate design and reduce a size and power dissipation of a radio frequency integrated circuit RFIC for full duplex system, by forming a duplexer for passing only a desired band, a low noise amplifier circuit LNA for amplifying an output signal of the duplexer, and a...

20060128323 - Multi-carrier communication apparatus: In a multi-carrier communication apparatus, it is an object of the invention to increase the amount of data per unit time greatly with the band width kept unchanged. A modulator (102) sequentially performs primary modulation of data (101) which are first transmitted data on the basis of, for example, QPSK...

20060128324 - Amplifier with varying supply voltage and input attenuation based upon supply voltage: A radio frequency amplifier module (500) has a voltage monitor (546) that monitors an input supply voltage of an input power supply (534) and an adjustable power supply (512) that accepts power from the input power supply (534) and produces an adjustable power supply output that has a controllable voltage....

20060128325 - Low noise switching voltage regulator: A low-noise switching voltage regulator for supplying a voltage to a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention can be conceptualized as a power amplifier supply circuit, comprising a pair of oppositely polarized semiconductor switches, and a data formatter configured to supply a data stream...

20060128326 - Low complexity adaptive channel estimation: A channel estimation apparatus and method is provided for a wireless communication signal received from at least one relatively mobile wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Predetermined filter coefficients having unique index values are stored in a memory device. An index generator matches estimation values of the mobile unit speed and SNR...

20060128327 - Television receiving tuner and television receiver: A television receiving tuner is provided which can smoothly designate a channel number, while preventing an unwanted search based on the channel number wrongly input. In the television receiving tuner, it is determined whether or not a numeric value input into one digit corresponds to any one of a plurality...

20060128328 - Tuner design and system for lossless interconnect of multiple tuners: Tuners with high input impedance are connected to a common radio frequency (RF) signal source. A termination load external to the tuners provides matched impedance loading for the transmission line or cable driving the tuners. Alternatively, the termination load can be located inside one tuner with a switch to enable...

20060128330 - Method and system for mobile receiver architecture for us band cellular and vhf/uhf broadcasting: In a video processing system, a method and system for a mobile receiver architecture for US Band cellular and VHF/UHF broadcasting are provided. Received channels may be processed in at least one radio frequency front end (RFFE) in a mobile terminal and may comprise at least one of a VHF/UHF...

20060128329 - Method and system for receiver front end (rfe) architecture supporting broadcast utilizing a fractional n synthesizer for european, world and us wireless bands: A system for communicating information via a plurality of different networks comprises a mobile terminal comprising a mixer and an oscillator coupled to the mixer. The mobile terminal may comprise a fractional N synthesizer coupled to the mixer. The mixer is adapted to mix, within the mobile terminal, received cellular...

20060128332 - Method and system for a mobile receiver architecture for european band cellular and broadcasting: In a video processing system, a method and system for a mobile receiver architecture for European (EU) Band cellular and broadcasting are provided. Received channels may be processed in at least one radio frequency front end (RFFE) in a mobile terminal and may comprise at least one of a VHF/UHF...

20060128331 - Method and system for mobile architecture supporting cellular or wireless networks and broadcast utilizing a single chip cellular and single chip broadcast silicon solution: A method and system for mobile architecture supporting cellular or wireless networks and broadcast utilizing a single chip cellular and single chip broadcast silicon solution is provided. Aspects of the system may comprise circuitry that receives a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services, services which comprise at least one...

20060128333 - Antenna for sending and receiving signals in a plurality of frequency bands: An antenna for sending and receiving signals in a plurality of frequency bands generates a plurality of resonances in the plurality of frequency bands and includes a first set of radiating elements (302) that generates at least one resonance in a first frequency band, and a second set of radiating...

20060128334 - Wireless communication receiver: To reduce circuit area and power consumption and suppress transient response occurring at switching in PGA of a programmable gain amplifier is provided a wireless communication receiver comprising PGAs for adjusting the gain of a received signal down-converted by mixers and sending it to base-band block. Within PGAs are provided...

20060128335 - Vco device: VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) device used for a radio unit such as a television broadcast receiver. A VCO device oscillating in a wide band of oscillation frequency and capable of realizing low power consumption is provided. VCO circuit group 4 oscillates signals of frequencies corresponding to control voltage Vt applied to...

20060128336 - Satellite ground station to receive signals with different polarization modes: A satellite ground station to receive signals with different polarization modes is described. In one example, the system includes a method of receiving a signal from a satellite at a feed, producing a first signal having a first polarization and a second signal having a second orthogonal polarization from the...

20060128337 - Receiving apparatus: A receiving apparatus which is used while connected to a plurality of antennas, the receiving apparatus receiving a radio signal through the antennas to perform a predetermined process to the received radio signal, the radio signal being transmitted from a body-insertable apparatus inserted into a subject, includes a receiving antenna...

20060128338 - 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...

20060128339 - Varactor tunable rf filters having low distortion and high signal level capability: An agile frequency converter provides IF-RF level exchange and notch filtering. System noise and spurious levels generated by channel frequency conversion is reduced in applications requiring broadband combining of frequency converters to form multichannel composite signal. A pair of varactor banks is connected in an arrangement whereby varactor pairs are...

20060128340 - Radio frequency mixer with notch filter: A mixer with integrated filter for single-ended image rejection is provided, including a single-end to differential (S-to-D) converter, an image rejection notch filer and four Gilbert cell switches. The mixer uses the S-to-D converter as the input cell of the mixer to replace a conventional differential pair circuit. With the...

20060128341 - Current driven polyphase filters and method of operation: A filter circuit includes a polyphase filter coupled to a first circuit component and a second circuit component. The first circuit component propagates four input current signals to the polyphase filter. The third and fourth input current signals are substantially one-hundred-eighty degrees out of phase with the first and second...

20060128342 - Transconductance / c complex band-pass filter: A complex filter such as the channel select filter in a radio transceiver is implemented using a transconductance/C topology to benefit from the ability to tune such filters and thereby stabilize the output transfer function of the filter over variations in temperature, power supply voltage and process. The topology is...

20060128343 - Method for processing an analog signal and device therefor: The invention relates to a method of processing an analog signal whose frequency spectrum exhibits over a determined bandwidth two main lobes separated by a frequency band where the power is negligible; it comprises a step of sampling according to a determined sampling frequency, and prior to this sampling step,...

20060128344 - Balanced circuit arrangement and method for linearizing such an arrangement: The present invention relates to a balanced circuit arrangement and methods for linearizing and calibrating such a circuit arrangement, wherein linearization is obtained by introducing a load imbalance between the output branches of the balanced circuit arrangement. Thus, a controllable extraneous imbalance is created between the output loads of the...

20060128346 - Flexible circuit board, electronic circuit device, and mobile communication terminal: The flexible circuit board according to the present invention includes a plurality of mounting portions which are mounted with electronic circuits respectively, a connector portion that performs signal transmission between the electronic circuit mounted on each of the mounting portions and the electronic circuit device, and coupling portions that couple...

20060128347 - Radio integrated circuit with integrated power amplifier: A radio system includes a radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC), a baseband digital signal processing (DSP) IC, and a serial digital interface coupling data there-between. In one embodiment of the invention, the RF IC has an input receiver to receive a serial digital transmission bit stream from a digital...

20060128345 - Rectifier circuit and rfid tag: A rectifier circuit includes a first MOS transistor, a first capacitor configured to connect between a gate and a source of the first MOS transistor, and a switching circuit configured to supply a bias voltage to the first capacitor in response to a control signal. The high gain rectifier circuit...

20060128348 - Power saving type mobile terminal for reducing power consumption: A mobile terminal reduces power consumption. When a sleep mode is set in which power is supplied only to components requisite for a reception standby while power supply to the other components is cutoff, power supply to a flash memory is cut off by using a sleep mode signal such...

20060128349 - Energy-efficient medium access control protocol and system for sensor networks: An energy efficient MAC protocol for a sensor network that extends the battery life of remotely located wireless nodes by employing MAC operations involving transmission of a wake-up signal with more processing gain, dynamic adjustment of a transmission rate of synchronization messages for fast time synchronization and an energy efficient...

20060128350 - Methods and apparatus for operating transceiver systems of a wireless platform: Embodiments of methods and apparatus to operate transceiver systems of a wireless platform are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed....

20060128351 - Ultra wide band power save: A network node selects a “sleep” level based on its current or projected battery capacity. In an embodiment of the invention, sleep levels define the types of communication to which the node in question will be a party. The node in question communicates its selected sleep level to the rest...

20060128352 - Locking latch utilizing in-mold assembly: A door latch (20) for a compartment (11) for a portable product housing (10) includes an outer shell (14) to capture the door latch, to capture a spring mechanism (40), and to enable the door latch to translate on the portable product housing. The door latch further includes an inner...

20060128353 - Clam-shaped electronic device and hinge mechanism thereof: A hinge mechanism includes a shaft, a cam, a spring and a sliding member. The shaft has a first end and a second end and the cam is movably disposed at the first end and has an inclined plane facing the second end. Also, the spring is disposed at the...

20060128356 - Emergency notification system and emergency notification: An emergency notification uses a normal cellular telephone terminal instead of a dedicated terminal without requiring communication using a voice. An emergency notification system has a mobile communication network including a cellular telephone terminal, an emergency notification device for receiving an emergency notification, a communication line connecting the mobile communication...

20060128355 - Methods, user terminals, computer program products, and components for providing communications in emergency situations: A method for providing communications services in a network can include adjusting a mode of communication for devices operating in the network based on emergency state information. Related user terminals, computer program products, and components are also disclosed....

20060128354 - Portable rescue device and a method for locating such a device: A portable rescue device and a method for locating, by means of a first rescue device set in a search mode, a second rescue device set in a distress mode. In the method, a distress signal carrying a device identification is received from said second rescue device. A first bearing...

20060128358 - Apparatus and method of explicit indication of call from emergency call centre: Herein are disclosed an apparatus and method of explicit indication of call from emergency call centre. The method includes the steps of forming an emergency signal in relation to the mobile station terminated call; sending the emergency signal to the mobile station on behalf of the emergency call centre; and...

20060128357 - Enhanced emergency service provider: A service enhancement to emergency-911 capability involves a new entity termed an EESP which implements and operates a system that communicates subscriber-specific emergency information portably linked to subscriber identity in a timely fashion to emergency care providers....

20060128359 - Apparatus and method for managing user data in a mobile terminal: A method of managing a user database in a mobile terminal includes, when communication using an arbitrary telephone number registered in a phone book occurs, updating a communication time of the telephone number to the time when the communication is terminated; searching for the communication time by a display request...

20060128361 - Mobile communication terminal: The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, a folding-type mobile communication terminal provided with a locking device that selectively restricts use of the terminal via user authentication. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a housing including first and second housing portions mutually joined together via...

20060128362 - Umts-wlan interworking system and authentication method therefor: A system and method for enabling fast authentication for a UE when a handoff occurs during a service in a UMTS-WLAN interworking network are provided. When the UE moves from the UMTS network to the WLAN or vice versa, it can advantageously reuse authentication information used in the old network...

20060128360 - Wireless communication management system: A wireless communication management system for managing a wireless communication device implemented with a security function may be provided with a security judging unit configured to judge whether a predetermined condition regarding security is satisfied, and a communication restriction unit that restricts the wireless communication with the external device if...

20060128363 - Devices and systems for automatic information exchange between communication terminals and electronic databases: Devices and methods to automatically exchange information over the internet between a communication terminal and an online database to provide information backup for the communication terminal, to provide information updates to the database, or to copy information in the database to the communication terminal, by automatically exchanging information between an...

20060128365 - Method and system for customizing hold-time content in a mobile vehicle communication system: A method of customizing hold-time content in a mobile vehicle communication system includes gathering preference information from the mobile vehicle, determining hold-time content from the preference information and playing the determined hold-time content while the call is on hold. Systems and programs for customizing hold-time content are also provided....

20060128364 - Providing mobile-specific services for mobile devices via ad-hoc networks: Mobile-specific services are provided to a mobile device coupled to a local area network. The local area network provides ad-hoc connectivity between consumer electronics devices. A service provider device is coupled to the local area network. A mobile-specific service is provided at least in part by the service provider device....

20060128366 - Communication system, handheld communication device and method for automatic call diverting: A communication system includes a wireless network service, a bound telephone device, and a handheld communication device. In this case, the bound telephone device couples with the wireless network service, and the handheld communication device has a wireless network search module and a call divert module. The wireless network search...

20060128368 - Call processing in a mobile station with consideration of a user schedule: A method for processing a wireless communication in a mobile station comprises receiving an incoming call signal that indicates that the wireless communication is available for reception by the mobile station. The method also comprises searching a schedule set to the mobile station and determining whether the incoming call signal...

20060128367 - Method and apparatus for realizing an enhanced voice message: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for realizing a voice message in a simple and economic manner. In the method according to the invention, there is first made a request for establishing a connection with the receiving device. In case an attempt for establishing a connection fails, there...

20060128369 - System and method for emulating a telephony driver: A system and method for emulating a telephone driver of a mobile device to assist in the development and testing of mobile telephony applications is described. An emulated telephony driver maintains internal states of a wireless network and characteristics of the mobile device. A wireless network is simulated such that...

20060128370 - Remote reproduction system and remote reproduction method: A communication condition between the transmitting apparatus and the mobile receiving apparatus at a future position of the mobile receiving apparatus is estimated on the basis of the position information and the information materials of communication environments. A transmission rate which is related to the transmission of the content data...

20060128371 - Method and apparatus for mobile station management and system: A communication system optimizes system performance by selectively managing which mobile stations (MSs) are to serve as test MSs. The test MSs report system operating parameters in order to detect sleeping cells, coverage holes, or other flaws in system coverage or in order to determine an impact of a change...

20060128373 - Controlling a test instrument from a wireless device under test: A system and method for testing a wireless device uses a test instrument in communication with the wireless device via an RF link. The test instrument may have a test procedure preloaded therein, which test procedure is transmitted via the RF link to the wireless device so that the test...

20060128372 - System and method for coverage analysis in a wireless network: The present invention is a system and method for coverage analysis in a wireless network. The invention seeks to evaluate the location and characteristics of a proposed base station in a wireless communication network, prior to the base station being erected. Data is collected from both: a test transmitter of...

20060128376 - Communication systems and methods: A system and method of placing a landline call involve placing a call from a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device. The second wireless communication device is connected to a landline to provide a landline connection for the first wireless communication device via the second wireless...

20060128375 - Method and system for cellular network and integrated broadcast television (tv) downlink with intelligent service control: A method and system for communicating information via a plurality of different networks may comprise requesting in a mobile terminal capable of receiving and processing cellular frequency band services and VHF/UHF broadcast frequency band services, media having a specified quality of service. A description of said requested media and/or a...

20060128374 - Method and system for joint broadcast receiving and cellular communication via a mobile terminal or device with umts as an integration channel: In a video processing system, a method and system for joint broadcast receiving and cellular communication via a mobile terminal or device with UMTS as an integration channel are provided. Broadcast information may be received at a mobile terminal via a VHF/UHF broadcast communication path. Cellular information, comprising voice and...

20060128377 - Interception of groups of subscribers: An efficient decision of the necessity of an authority to intercept telecommunications connections is made possible by a method for deciding to intercept a telecommunications connection during which it is verified whether an identification detail concerning at least one subscriber of the telecommunications connection is contained in at least one...

20060128378 - Switching station, subscriber location information registration method, subscriber service information acquisition method, subscriber service information registration method, and subscriber service information transmission method: A switching station etc., are provided. When a mobile station moves from an area of a switching station into an area of another switching station having a VLR which has accepted the maximum number of subscribers, the switching station registers subscriber location information about the mobile station in an HLR...

20060128379 - Switching station, subscriber location information registration method, subscriber service information acquisition method, subscriber service information registration method, and subscriber service information transmission method: A switching station etc., are provided. When a mobile station moves from an area of a switching station into an area of another switching station having a VLR which has accepted the maximum number of subscribers, the switching station registers subscriber location information about the mobile station in an HLR...

20060128380 - Method and apparatus for handling roaming lists in a wireless communication system: Method and apparatus for updating roaming lists. An error handling message is provided when the roaming list protocols within the elements of a system are not compatible. A roaming list format identifier is provided to the remote user identifying the protocol version supported by the network. The roaming list format...

20060128381 - Method for providing a tone replacing sound chosen by a subscriber in call waiting serivce: The present invention relates to method for providing an arbitrary sound chosen by a called subscriber instead of an ordinary tone to a calling or call-waiting subscriber. In this present invention, if a call is received, a terminating exchanger requests a trunk connection to a sound db server based on...

20060128382 - Method of performing network scanning and apparatus using the method: Provided is a method of performing network scanning that changes a scanning operation according to whether a wireless network printer establishes a link and performs a specific operation, and an apparatus using the method. The method of performing network scanning in the wireless network printer comprises the steps of storing...

20060128383 - User equipment cellular identification: A method and apparatus for determining user equipment cell identification examines the age of the cell identification known to the user equipment when determining whether to use that cell identification or to obtain the cell identification through alternate means. The age of the cell identification known to the user equipment...

20060128384 - Location detection and network awareness for multi-mode/multi-radio mobile devices: The present invention provides methods and devices using location detection to enable MMMDs to activate and tune to appropriate radios and networks. Some preferred embodiments use radio frequency identification (“RFID”)—based location detection. Preferably, the location detection occurs at or near wireless domain boundaries. Some implementations employ proximity/boundary detection to enhance...

20060128385 - Method and system for mipv4-based fast handoff between heterogeneous networks: Disclosed herein is a method and system for Mobile Internet Protocol version 4 (MIPv4)-based fast handoff between heterogeneous networks. The method includes the first step of an Mobile Station (MS) acquiring information about a second Foreign Agent (FA) pertaining to a second wireless network to be newly accessed from a...

20060128386 - Mobile communication system, mobile station and diversity handover branch control method: A branch candidate selecting method by a mobile station and a diversity handover control method on a network side in DHO performance are provided which consider a maximum cable branch number and maximum radio branch number of the mobile station, when the mobile station detects the plurality of addition branch...

20060128388 - Apparatus and method for easily restoring a connection to a telephone: A method, system, and article of manufacture for restoring a telephone connection between a first communication device and at least one other communication device. In some embodiments, the method includes establishing a first telephone call between a first communication device associated with a telecommunication system and at least one other...

20060128389 - Method and system for attaching a mobile equipment to a wireless communication network: The invention provides a method and device which may perform a combined attach and communication connection establishment procedure when attaching (S1) an equipment such as a mobile station to a mobile communication network. An attach request sent form the equipment may initiate this combined attach and communication connection establishment process...

20060128387 - Method of providing multimedia messaging service: If a recipient's mobile communication terminal supports a multimedia messaging service (MMS), previously stored MMS data are read out. If not so, only short message service (SMS) data among the MMS data are read out. The retrieved MMS or SMS data are transmitted to the recipient's mobile communication terminal via...

20060128390 - Network communication system using a single reservation request made from a node to transmit its data: A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify specific timeslots in which individual nodes may transmit a request signal to the central control node. When...

20060128391 - Network communication system using a single reservation request made with randomly generated information to identify a node: A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify specific timeslots in which individual nodes may transmit a request signal to the central control node. When...

20060128392 - Method and apparatus for steering idle mobile stations: Idle mobile stations are steered to a particular cell or service area to accommodate subscriber preferences or restrictions, subscription services, or network operator preferences or restrictions and/or to accomplish load redistribution or other network management functions. Multiple idle mobile station steering factors are considered. Steering may be accomplished using a...

20060128393 - Method and system for mobile receiver antenna architecture for world band cellular and broadcasting services: A method for an antenna architecture that handles World band cellular and broadcast channels may be provided. The method may comprise receiving at a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) integrated within a mobile terminal, first signals via a first antenna, where the first signals comprise signals within at least...

20060128394 - Method and apparatus for steering idle mobile stations: Load redistribution and other benefits may be achieved by dynamically distributing or “steering” idle mobile stations to a particular cell or area. For example, idle mobile stations may be steered from a loaded cell to less loaded cells by changing one or more cell broadcast parameters....

20060128395 - Location services for mobile communication system: There is disclosed a method of providing location information in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a current location of a mobile station; determining a time at which a last known location of the mobile station was determined; comparing the time to a threshold...

20060128396 - Method for the location of mobile terminals, related systems and terminal, computer program products thereof: A method for determining the location coordinates of a mobile terminal with respect to reference elements adapted to send toward the mobile terminal radioelectric signals involves the steps of measuring the radioelectric signals to derive respective measurements, the measurements being affected by measurement errors, and subjecting the measurements to state-based...

20060128397 - System and method for verifying access based on a determined geographic location of a subscriber of a service provided via a computer network: A system and method relates to limiting the presentation of rules based events based on the geographic location of computer users attempting to view the rules based event via a network. The method includes receiving over a network a request to view a rules based event at a computer, obtaining...

20060128398 - Network support for image blocking based on location stamp: A wireless telecommunication network recognizes and blocks image transmissions from designated “no image zones.” In such manner, the wireless telecommunication network can block the transmission of video and/or photo images from mobile image device(s) (e.g., picture phones) attempting to send images from sensitive locations....

20060128399 - Method for positioning mobile station and repeater thereof: The present invention relates to a method for positioning a mobile station and a repeater thereof. Said method comprises: the mobile communication network, when receiving a positioning request from a mobile station, instructing repeaters to send auxiliary positioning signals, and the mobile station performs measurement according to the received auxiliary...

20060128400 - Method of transmitting paging indicator and notification indicator and corresponding modulation and demodulation devices: The present invention discloses a method of transmitting a first signal and a second signal in a wideband code-division multiple access network, wherein a probability of the appearance of signal bit “1” or “0” in each signal of the first signal and the second signal is remarkably higher than a...

20060128401 - Information providing system based on action history by push type service: [Object] To provide a system which accurately selects information with high possibility of being needed by users, and transmits information by push type service, without transmitting unnecessary or undesired information. [Means to Achieve the Object] A system for transmitting information to a mobile terminal by push type service, comprising: a...

20060128402 - Method of implementing scatternet in wireless personal area network: The present invention relates to a method of implementing a scatternet over a plurality of piconets using different frequencies in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN). In the scatternet implementation method of the present invention, a master of a first piconet transmits a scatternet request to a shared slave, and...

20060128405 - Messaging protocol/service switching methods and devices: Methods, devices, and computer readable media for switching communications from a first messaging protocol/service to a second messaging protocol/service by use of messaging information being embedded in a header of a first message of the first messaging protocol/service to enable the recipient to contact the sender over the second messaging...

20060128408 - Method and system for selecting data items for service requests: A method and system locate a transponder that has an associated identifier and content data, at a location substantially accessible to a user of the mobile terminal. The transponder is activated by the mobile terminal with a wireless signal. In response, the mobile terminal receives at least the identifier and...

20060128403 - Method for sending a short message and debiting the recipient: A method for sending short messages using a debiting service with debiting to a recipient by the following steps: 1) receiving a short message from a sending number addressed to a recipient's number, with the addition of a prefix, the prefix being associated with the debiting service; ii) checking an...

20060128406 - System, apparatus and method for detecting malicious traffic in a communications network: Monitoring apparatus has a pattern matching engine that analyses service usage in a network in order to identify traffic relating to malicious attacks. Optionally, the monitoring apparatus can also arrange for a counter-measure to be deployed upon detection of the malicious traffic....

20060128404 - Text messaging conversation user interface functionality: A computer readable medium, method and user device for a user interface functionality for SMS and SMS-like message conversations is provided. A group of individual SMS messages is treated as a single entity by the SMS conversation UI, the SMS conversation history UI saves space by including the SMS editor...

20060128407 - Transmitting image using mobile terminal: The present invention relates to transmitting an image using a mobile terminal. The present invention comprises selecting at least one image having a predetermined resolution, checking a first size of the at least one image, determining whether the first size of the at least one image exceeds a transmittable size,...

20060128409 - Unified messaging system configured for management of short message service-type messages: A unified communications system is configured for receiving, storing, and/or sending SMS messages based on management of the SMS messages according to a prescribed open standards-based protocol. The unified communications system includes an SMS module configured for receiving SMS messages according to SMPP protocol. The SMS module obtains source and...

20060128410 - Method and apparatus for switching mobile station between autonomous and scheduled transmissions: Disclosed is a method for operating a moible station with a base station, as well as apparatus for performing this method. The method includes, when the mobile station is in an Autonomous mode of operation, autonomously transmitting from the mobile station to the base station of a reverse access channel...

20060128411 - Group call in a communication system: The present invention relates to an ad-hoc group call made from a subscriber device of a communications system. A list of subscribers is stored in a phonebook application in a subscriber device. A user can activate a group call and select two or more subscribers from the phonebook. In response...

20060128415 - Apparatus and method for detecting a wireless access point for wireless network communication: A wireless network communication card usable with a host apparatus is disclosed. The wireless network communication card includes an access point detection circuit that detects a wireless access point through a wireless antenna. A power inlet to which power is supplied in response to an access point detection request from...

20060128413 - Method of controlling low noise amplifier in mobile communication terminal: The present invention relates to a method of controlling LNA in a mobile communication terminal that may improve receiving rate of mobile communication terminal in an area with multiple pseudo noise (PN). Preferably, the method may comprise the acts of: measuring Ec/Io of pilot signal received through receiving stage of...

20060128412 - System and method for managing available uplink transmit power: A system and method of determining the maximum uplink transmit power of a subscriber station from a remote base station where the subscriber station reports incidents of foldback in its radio to the base station. When the base station receives the report, it reduces the maximum uplink transmit power of...

20060128414 - Wireless communication systems: In a wireless communication system having a base station and a terminal, it is important to extend the operating life of the terminal in the case of using a battery as the power supply of the terminal. Particularly in the case where a state in which a base station is...

20060128416 - Wireless telecommunications overlay system: A wireless communication system includes first and second communication systems and a controller. The first communication system receives a first control signal indicating a first power level and receives first communications. The first communication system formats the first communications into a first communication signal having the first power level and...

20060128419 - Cellular telephone device and transmitter to cellular telephone: There are provided a cellular telephone device and transmitter for setting a cellular telephone to answering mode and a telephone section to sleep status when communication forbidding information is received, and restoring telephone section operation when there is no communication forbidding information and canceling silent mode and answering mode; and...

20060128417 - Flexible cover for a mobile telephone: A mobile telephone comprising: an engine assembly comprising a display and a plurality of switches; and a flexible cover overlying, without an intermediate rigid cover, and snugly fitting the engine assembly and comprising an aperture aligned with the display and an integrated keypad, for user input, aligned with the plurality...

20060128418 - Phone functions triggered by broadcast data: A method for delivering program related content information to users over broadcast media. A user initiates a request to contact a program such as a shopping television program by inputting an indication that the user would like to contact the program. The mobile terminal utilizes contact information embedded in a...

20060128423 - Integration system of different types of mobile switching centers and supporting method and apparatus: An integration system using multiple types of MSCs (12, 14) has been provided. An access request from a mobile station (22, 24, 26) is first determined (36) whether it is associated with a second type of MSC. If so, the access request is routed (38) to a MSC of the...

20060128424 - Method and system for cellular network and integrated broadcast television (tv) downlink with intelligent service control with feedback information: Aspects of the present invention may be found in a method and system for cellular network services and an integrated broadcast television (TV) downlink having intelligent service control with feedback information. The system may comprise cellular processing circuitry in a mobile terminal that processes a plurality of cellular frequency band...

20060128422 - Method and system for cellular network services and an intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink having intelligent service control with feedback: In an RF communication system, aspects for cellular network and intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink with intelligent service control with feedback may comprise generating a request in a mobile terminal for media to be delivered to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may transmit the request via a cellular service....

20060128426 - Method and system for joint broadcast receiving and cellular communication at mobile terminal or device without service control: Methods and systems for communicating information via a plurality of different networks are disclosed herein. Aspects of the method may comprise receiving broadcast information in a mobile terminal via a VHF/UHF broadcast communication path. Cellular information in the mobile terminal comprising voice and data may be received via at least...

20060128425 - Method and system for mobile architecture supporting cellular or wireless networks and broadcast utilizing a multichip cellular and broadcast silicon solution: Methods and systems for communicating with a plurality of communications networks are provided herein. Aspects of the system may comprise cellular processing circuitry that processes a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services, comprising at least one voice service and at least one data service. The cellular processing circuitry may...

20060128421 - Method and system for mobile receiver antenna architecture for us band cellular and broadcasting services: A method for an antenna architecture that handles US band cellular and broadcast channels may be provided. The method may comprise receiving at a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) integrated within a mobile terminal, first signals via a first antenna, where the first signals comprise signals within a 1900...

20060128420 - Method and system for providing broadcast services through a cellular and/or wireless network to a plurality of mobile devices via service provider integration: A method and system for communicating information via a plurality of different networks may comprise circuitry in a mobile terminal that receives broadcast information via a VHF/UHF broadcast communication path and simultaneously receives in the mobile terminal, cellular information via a cellular communication path. The system may further comprise circuitry...

20060128428 - Method and system for a mobile architecture that supports a cellular or wireless network and broadcast utilizing an integrated single chip cellular and broadcast silicon solution: In an RF communication system, aspects for supporting cellular or wireless network and broadcast utilizing an integrated single chip cellular and broadcast silicon solution may comprise receiving in a mobile terminal, a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services and VHF/UHF band broadcast services in a single baseband processor IC...

20060128427 - Method and system for mobile receiver antenna architecture for european cellular and broadcasting services: A method for an antenna architecture that handles European band cellular and broadcast channels may be provided. The method may comprise receiving at a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) integrated within a mobile terminal, first signals via a first antenna, where the first signals comprise signals within a 2100...

20060128429 - Apparatus for automatically adjusting angle of image device for information processing equipment: An apparatus that adjusts an angle of image device for information processing equipment such as a portable computer, a computer for a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitor, and a Personal Digital Assistance (PDA) in which a display device is rotated from a main body or supporting member adjusts according to...

20060128430 - Accessory with speaker module for portable wireless terminal: Disclosed is an accessory for a portable wireless terminal. In the accessory, a locking unit is connected to the portable wireless terminal with a string for being jointly carried with the portable wireless terminal, and a speaker module is detachably attached to the locking unit. The speaker module is detached...

20060128431 - Terminal adapter for associating user components and emulating a network entity: A communication system comprises an adapter (10) having interfaces (25-27) linked with user device components (12). A terminal controller (29) dynamically associates the components in real time to provide mobile stations. Thus, passengers of an aircraft can insert SIM cards into conveniently-located readers (22) and use in-flight entertainment i/o devices...

20060128432 - Method of switching communication modes of a communication device: The present invention is to provide a method of switching communication modules of a communication device, wherein said communication device comprises a control module and a built-in communication module and has a connecting port on a surface thereof, and the control module respectively connects to the connecting port and the...

20060128433 - Method and device of transmitting notification indicator of multimedia broadcast/multicast services: The present invention discloses a method of transmitting a notification indicator of multimedia broadcast/multicast services in wideband code-division multiple access, the method including: a step of extracting notification indicator information by a radio network controller from a notification message of the multimedia broadcast/multicast services; a step of transmitting the notification...

20060128434 - Dual-mode reconfigurable base station and sca-based service mode switching method thereof: The present invention relates to a service mode switching method based on a software communication architecture (SCA) of a reconfigurable base station system. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, first and second service mode software component files are stored and managed by separating the first and second service...

20060128436 - Adaptive array apparatus, radio base station, and mobile phone: Memory (237) stores relative correction values that indicate the differences of transfer characteristics between a) a radio unit made up of transmission circuit (211) and reception circuit (212), and b) a radio unit made up of transmission circuit (221) and reception circuit (222). Correction control unit (239), by means of...

20060128435 - Antenna signal switching device and method for switching antenna signal: An antenna signal switching device includes two antennas and a switching circuit is connected to the two antennas. The device includes an ANTSEL to switch the signals of one of the two antennas to the switching circuit. A signal receiving module receives signals coming from the switching circuit and sends...

20060128437 - Mobile terminal having user assignable hot keys and method for using same: A mobile terminal having user assignable hot keys includes a plurality of hot keys for executing a first and a second terminal function, a plurality of character keys for providing a number or a character, and a means for assigning the second function to each of the hot keys. A...

20060128438 - Mobile device for displaying information content: A mobile device for displaying information content, including: at least one input key associated with a display; a display for displaying information content with a first orientation and control content, adjacent an input key, indicating its function; and a processor, for controlling the display, arranged to vary the first orientation...

20060128439 - Method for automatically switching incoming call signal output mode from vibration to ringtone using vibration detection unit in mobile communication terminal: A method for automatically switching an incoming call signal output mode in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining whether or not a present incoming call signal output mode is a vibration mode when receiving incoming call, driving a vibrator to output vibration if...

20060128441 - Mobile terminal having speaker: A mobile terminal comprising a body, at least one pair of speakers movably provided at the body, and an operating mechanism provided at the body and operatively coupled with the speakers to move the speakers into and out of the body such that a distance between the pair of speakers...

20060128440 - Mobile terminal with loudspeaker sound redirection: A mobile terminal having a pivoting design includes an earpiece (receiver unit) and a separate, dedicated loudspeaker and loudspeaker port that may direct sound toward a user when the terminal is in the open position and ports the sound in a different direction when the terminal is in a closed...

20060128442 - Speaker position optimizing device for mobile communication terminal and method thereof: A mobile communication terminal including a detecting unit configured to detect positional information corresponding to a location of a speaker of the mobile terminal relative to a user's ear canal, and a controlling unit configured to move the speaker relative to the user's ear canal based on the positional information...

20060128443 - Telephone communication system and mail sending/receiving system: To provide a telephone communication system in which the occurrence of the situation of talking on the phone by using a hands-free device (i.e., while doing something such as driving a car) is prevented or reduced in talking by using a cellular phone. The present invention makes a caller voluntarily...

20060128444 - Electronic device and microphone holder therefor: An electronic device includes a microphone, a microphone holder holding the microphone therein, and a case encasing the microphone holder therein. The microphone holder has a first portion at which the microphone holder makes contact with a first inner surface of the case, and a second portion at which the...

20060128445 - Voltage supply control device and voltage supply control method: In a voltage supply control device, a voltage conversion circuit receives a voltage from a battery and generates a desired voltage. A switching control unit executes switching so as to supply a voltage to a power amplification circuit through the voltage conversion circuit when the voltage of the battery is...

20060128446 - Portable electronic device, lighting control method used for the same, and program product: A potable electronic device, includes: a display unit; a light emitting unit which is lit to notify an ON state of a power source in a power saving state in which a light of the display unit is turned OFF in the ON state of the power source using a...

20060128447 - Disposable, proximity-based communications systems, devices and methods: A disposable electronic device includes a housing, a user interface in the housing and a short range, unlicensed wireless transceiver in the housing. A controller is configured to control the user interface and the short range, unlicensed wireless transceiver. A non-replaceable, non-rechargeable battery also is provided in the housing. New...

20060128448 - Mobile phone having an easy-receive feature for an incoming call: A mobile phone having an easy-receive feature for an incoming call includes a body and a receiver coupled to the body and configured to convey voice communication to a user. A microphone is coupled to the body and is configured to convey voice communication from the user. The body has...

20060128449 - Sliding module for sliding-type portable terminal and sliding-type portable terminal using the same: Disclosed is a sliding module for a sliding-type portable terminal having a pair of sliding rail modules adapted to slide the sliding housing of the terminal along a curved path. The sliding module includes a main housing extending along a longitudinal direction, a sliding housing adapted to slide along a...

20060128450 - Portable terminal and portable terminal communication method: There are provided: a main receiving unit for receiving incoming signals from a base station via a main antenna provided in a portable terminal; sub receiving units for receiving incoming signals from the base station via a plurality of detection antennas provided in the portable terminal; a detection unit for...

20060116070 - Method and vehicle for sending electronic advertisements: A method and a vehicle (11) for sending electronic advertising announcements, information news or voice messages are described. A controllable, moving, unmanned vehicle (11) moves in a network of communication devices (9, 20) in a direction. When the vehicle (11) moves close to a communication device (9, 20) the sending...

20060116072 - Broadcast receiver receiving broadcasts utilizing variable directional antenna: A broadcast receiver is connected to a variable directional antenna qualified as an antenna capable of modifying a reception direction of a broadcast wave. The broadcast receiver conducts channel search utilizing the variable directional antenna when determination is made of arriving at a prestored timing. In the channel search, determination...

20060116071 - Receiver integrated satellite digital audio radio antenna system: A receiver system for receiving a satellite digital audio radio signal having an antenna module and a receiver. The antenna module is permanently coupled thereto and/or integrated with the receiver....

20060116073 - Multiple channel wireless communication system: A wireless audio distribution system may have a wireless transmitter, responsive to a plurality of audio input channels, for transmitting signals carrying the audio, a receiver, responsive to the transmitted signals for selecting one or more of the audio input channels to be reproduced in accordance with local setting selectors...

20060116074 - Communication repeater, communication repeater program, and communication repeater system: A wireless base station and a wireless mobile station repeat, via a wireless communication section therebetween, transmission of contents data from a server to a terminal. Each of the wireless base station and the wireless mobile station periodically transmits camouflage data to each of the server and the terminal, respectively,...

20060116075 - Bluetooth broadcast data stream to multiple bluetooth mobile terminals: The invention enables the use of Bluetooth (BT) for broadband data streaming applications. A BT base station BS-A with a BT-slave attached and at least one BS, providing streaming data. A BT slave attached to the BS-A receives network information based on which it can handover to a suitable BT...

20060116076 - System and method capable of closed loop mimo calibration: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of closed loop MIMO calibration in a wireless communication system, comprising detecting that station calibration is obsolete and requires calibration, determining a range of automatic gain control which the station wants to calibrate and determining a list of transmission power for...

20060116077 - Exploiting multiuser diversity through phase modulation multiplexing: A method and apparatus for combining signals of multiple users onto a common channel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying one or more traffic channels that are of one or more predetermined quality levels to a plurality of subscriber units based on channel profiles of the plurality...

20060116078 - Radio communication apparatus and radio transmission method: In order to improve system throughput in a radio transmitting apparatus of a multicarrier system in which transmission is performed simultaneously to a plurality of receiving stations using subcarriers, subcarriers are divided into blocks, a receiving station is selected on a block unit basis, and the number of subcarriers per...

20060116079 - Communication apparatus, communication system, and communication control method: A communication apparatus performs wireless communication with at least one external communication apparatus through a channel corresponding to a certain frequency band. The communication apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores information including a plurality of combinations of channels that are at least certain...

20060116080 - System for transmitting and receiving channel allocation acknowledgement messages in a mobile communication system: After receiving the channel allocation information from a base station, a mobile station transmits a first CQI value in a first CQI transmission period and a second CQI value in a second CQI transmission period following the first CQI transmission period. The transmission of the first and second CQI values...

20060116081 - Precision for interference estimation in unsynchronized wireless networks: The present invention includes systems and methods for estimating interference levels on idle channels in an unsynchronized TDMA or GSM wireless network. Each of s time slots is divided in to n distinct or overlapping segments. The interference level within each segment for each time slot is then measured and...

20060116082 - Method and system for transmitter output power compensation: Aspects of compensating for transmitter output power may comprise sampling an on-chip transmitter circuit temperature at various time instants and determining a feedback temperature compensation value. At least one digital-to-analog converter may be adjusted by utilizing the feedback temperature compensation value, which may correspond to the sampled temperature. The digital-to-analog...

20060116083 - Method and apparatus for modifying a radio frequency response: The present invention is directed to a method, and associated apparatus, for modifying a radio frequency (RF) response. An exemplary method includes establishing an RF response in a signal path of a device; and controlling an actuator to structurally alter the signal path and dynamically change an impedance of the...

20060116084 - Transceiver module: A transceiver module for mounting to an information processing apparatus is disclosed. The transceiver module includes a housing including a cover part provided at a front side of the transceiver module, a data transmission/reception part mounted to the housing, the data transmission/reception part, a connector installed in the cover part...

20060116085 - Vlif transmitter for bluetooth: An RF transmitter suitable for Bluetooth transmissions has an IF modulator and an RF modulator, the IF modulator being arranged to use a very-low-IF-frequency, smaller than half the channel bandwidth, such that spurious unwanted modulation components fall in other channels having a channel number within one or two of a...

20060116086 - Circuit and method for transmitting a signal: A circuit for transmitting a signal has a first signal line and a second signal line, wherein the second signal line is arranged adjacent to the first signal line, such that an interaction between signals being transmitted on the signal lines takes place. The circuit further comprises a first driver...

20060116087 - Control of power amplifiers in devices using transmit beamforming: A transmitter comprises a plurality of transmit antennas for simultaneously transmitting weighted signals according to a channel transfer function. Each antenna has a corresponding amplifier that is bias controlled according to the transmit weights derived for the antenna transmission. A baseband processor produces digital weighted signals for upconversion and amplification...

20060116088 - Circuit arrangement for a mobile telephone: A circuit arrangement for use with a mobile telephone includes a transmitting circuit. The transmitting circuit includes a first signal line that corresponds to a first frequency band, a second signal line that corresponds to a second frequency band, a switch that connects an antenna to one of the first...

20060116089 - Linearization of amplified feedback distortion: A feedback circuit can provide a linearized signal indicating a distortion in an amplified signal. The feedback circuit can have a plurality of selectable intermediate frequency circuit paths configured to correspond to a plurality of distortion bandwidths....

20060116090 - Amplifier gain and phase stabilizer: Methods and apparatus are provided for stabilizing the phase and gain of an amplifier in a power pooling arrangement. A pilot signal combining a reference carrier frequency with a reference sideband frequency is passed through the amplifier via an adjustable phase shifter and an adjustable attenuator in the amplifier input...

20060116091 - Radio receiver for the reception of data bursts which are modulated with two modulation types: The invention relates to a radio receiver for the reception of a data burst which is transmitted by a transmitter, in which case the data burst includes a first section which has been modulated using a first modulation method at the transmitter end, and a second section which is transmitted...

20060116092 - Communication system and method: According to the present invention said first and second stations 1, 2 are adapted to automatically establish at least one alternative communication path 7b, 7c for wireless communication via said first and second narrow beam antennas 31, 41, said alternative communication path 7b, 7c being spatially different from said first...

20060116094 - Broadcast receiver receiving broadcasts utilizing variable directional antenna: In a broadcast receiver, determination is made, as channel search, whether a broadcast wave is valid for reception for all reception directions by a variable directional antenna with respect to only the frequency having the information stored as being invalid for reception in a storage unit....

20060116093 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a control method thereof, in which a plurality of tuners performs respectively a channel quick-searching operation and a channel fine-searching operation at the same time, so that receiving channels are quickly and accurately searched, thereby performing a channel preset. The apparatus and control method utilize...

20060116095 - Method and system for receiving a multi-carrier signal: Method and system for reducing impulsive burst noise in less delayed reception in pilot based OFDM systems, especially using DVB-T standard such as Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is provided. The method contains following steps: 1) recognition of the impulse position and possibly length in the time domain symbol, 2) blanking...

20060116096 - Communication system control using reliability data: A method and apparatus for recovering a data symbol from a communication signal in which the communication signal is processed to produce a baseband waveform that is then sampled to obtain a channel sequence. The channel sequence is decoded to obtain an estimate of the data symbol together with a...

20060116097 - Controlling the gain of a remote active antenna: A receiver includes a tuner and a circuit. The tuner receives an indication of a radio frequency signal from an antenna feedline in response to the radio frequency signal being provided to the antenna feedline by an amplifier. The circuit transmits a control signal to the antenna feedline to control...

20060116098 - Sound intermediate frequency conversion circuit: In a sound intermediate frequency conversion circuit, a second mixer receives an output of a first mixer which converts a first SIF; reference signal sources and receives an output of a frequency divider. The output of the reference signal source is got through the divider, and then a frequency conversion...

20060116099 - System and method for discovering frequency related spurs in a multi-conversion tuner: The present invention is directed to a system and method of reducing frequency interference in a circuit when the harmonics of at least two frequencies could cause interference when such harmonics interact with each other. In one embodiment, a determination is made as to which harmonic could possibly support such...

20060116101 - Integrated circuit capable of balancing switch transitions: A method according to one embodiment may include controlling, by an integrated circuit, a first plurality of switches to generate a first output signal having a first amplitude and a second amplitude and a second plurality of switches to generate a second output signal having a third amplitude and the...

20060116100 - Integrated circuit capable of minimizing switch transitions: A method according to one embodiment may include switching, by an integrated circuit, a plurality of switches to generate at least one output signal having a first amplitude and a second amplitude. The method according to this embodiment may also include controlling, by the integrated circuit, a conduction state of...

20060116102 - Power generation for process devices: A process device includes a controller, a wireless communications module. The wireless communications module is coupled to the controller. A power generation module is provided to generate electricity for the process device. The power generator module can be disposed within the process device or it can be a separate unit...

20060116103 - Wake-up system with passive correlators: Disclosed is a wake-up system with passive correlators, adopted to wireless transmission/reception devices such as remote controllers, mobile communication terminals, etc. The wake-up system includes a transmitter and receiver. In the transmitter wake-up signals and delayed wake-up signals delayed by a predetermined delay time are correlated and coded, respectively, for...

20060116104 - Method for network search in a wireless communications system: A method is provided for controlling cell search in a wireless communication device when there is no service cell is available. When the duration specified in a timer elapses after no service cell occurs, the wireless device starts the cell search operation. This operation repeats itself at certain intervals until...

20060116105 - Multiple identities for communications service subscriber with real-time rating and control: Multiple Identity empowers a subscriber to use several accounts to charge and control their subscribed services. The subscriber can segment their activities into different accounts to meet their different life roles. This specifying and directing of activities, both incoming and outgoing, may be automatically or manually segmented. Rules are defined...

20060116106 - Rf power delivery diagnostic system: An RF power delivery diagnostic system is provided herein. The system comprises an RF power source (303), an impedance matching network (305), a plasma reactor (307) in electrical contact with the RF power source by way of the impedance matching network, a first RF sensor (309) adapted to measure at...

20060116107 - System and method for pairing wireless headsets and headphones: A wireless headset including a CPU for generating a random number; a speaker; and a voice synthesis circuit for announcing the generated random number via the speaker, wherein the announced number is input to a host device as a PIN to establish a secure wireless communication link between the host...

20060116108 - Method and devices for transmitting and/or receiving short messages in a fixed network: A device for transmitting and receiving a short message (SM) in a fixed network in which the device is configured to modulate an SMS signal which is to be sent by FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) and to demodulate an SMS signal which is to be received and which is modulated...

20060116109 - Pre-authenticated message delivery for wireless local area networks: Sending message notifications to a mobile station without requiring the mobile station to fully connect to a fee-based access point for a wireless network. A message notification system registers the mobile station as ready to receive a message notification, receives a message addressed to the mobile station from a sender,...

20060116110 - Wireless connection method and system: A wireless connection method and system controlled by the callee device. The method of the present invention comprises: a connection request step, a paging step, a paging message reception step, a connection creation step, and a call notification step, so the callee device can provide a notification to a user...

20060116111 - Cell or mobile phone voice mail or message method of transfer: Disclosed herein is a method which allows the cell or mobile phone company or the cell phone user or owner to download voice mail, voice messages, or recorded calls or conversations to the user's or owner's personal e-mail or for delivery by a mail means on a hard disk or...

20060116112 - Method and system for broadcasting a programme: Method and apparatuses for broadcasting and receiving a programme are presented. A programme is broadcast from a broadcasting system. Broadcast programme-associated data is transferred from a server to a cellular radio network. The broadcast programme-associated data is transmitted from a base station of the cellular radio network at a specific...

20060116113 - Hybrid call log: The invention concerns a method for providing a hybrid call log as well as a telecommunication network server and a mobile telecommunication terminal for executing this method. At a log control module call logs of the subscriber from a private telecommunication network, a public telecommunication network and a mobile telecommunication...

20060116114 - Wireless caller id system: In some embodiments, an arrangement is provided to display information about an incoming phone call (e.g., phone number, caller's identity, etc.) on a television screen, a screen of a computer system (e.g., a desktop personal computer (PC) system, a laptop computer system, or a handheld computer system), a separate caller...

20060116115 - Automatic call conversion system, apparatus and method based on location information: Disclosed is an automatic call conversion system based on location information, including: a sensor network for tracing a location of a telephone user in real time mode, and transmitting corresponding location information; a plurality of telephone terminals, each being implemented with a call forwarding function, for the telephone user; and...

20060116116 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing time based, programmable ringer controls: A method, system, and computer program product for providing time-based, programmable ringer controls for a communications device. The method includes associating a ring type with a time-based event, and associating a volume setting with the ring type and the time-based event....

20060116117 - Network service system using temporary user identifier: A network service system of the present invention comprises a temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device which provides a first service to a user and can transmit a request to update a temporary user identifier shared within a system; a temporary user identifier update request receiving side device...

20060116118 - Fast handover with reduced service interruption for high speed data channels in a wireless system: In one aspect of the instant invention, a method is provided for controlling a communications system that includes a mobile device, a first and second base station and a radio network controller. The method comprises establishing the first base station as a primary base station that communicates high speed data...

20060116119 - Network support for voice path signal strength balancing: Embodiments of the method and system provide for automatic balancing of audio signal strength levels on voice paths between first and second parties in a telecommunication system. The method in an embodiment may have the steps of: checking for a subscription to audio signal strength level balancing by at least...

20060116120 - Monitoring synchronisation of signal measurement reports: Synchronisation of signal measurement reports in a mobile communications system is monitored by monitoring signalling messages traversing a signalling link and containing measurement reports of signals exchanged by a base station and a mobile station, deriving from the measurement reports a first indication of reporting of a first operational parameter...

20060116121 - Communication system between a mobile phone and a telephone/data switching system which allows the mobile phone to be an extension of this telephone/data switching system: The present invention refers to a communication system between a mobile phone and a PABX, which allows any programmable mobile phone to work as a PABX extension, being the PABX responsible for answering, making and transferring phone calls, as well as detection, identification and integration of mobile phones, and also...

20060116123 - Method and apparatus to optimize paging in a flexible multi-carrier system: The invention provides in one aspect thereof a multi-carrier (MC) wireless network with a method to allocate a carrier to an idle mobile station. The method includes, responsive to the mobile station registering with the MC wireless network, selecting one of N available carriers to be assigned to the idle...

20060116124 - Method for paging a mobile unit based upon previous cell locations: The present invention provides a method for paging a mobile unit based upon previous cell locations of the mobile unit. When a request to page a mobile unit is received, an MSC retrieves a paging record associated with the mobile unit. The paging record includes a list of cells that...

20060116122 - Mobile terminal identity protection through home location register modification: Secure access by a mobile wireless terminal of a wireless telephony network is achieved by having a Home Location Register store the terminal's temporary and permanent identities. Upon accessing the network following initial registration, the terminal sends a temporary identity to a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN). If no serving...

20060116125 - System and method for providing operator-differentiated messaging to a wireless user equipment (ue) device: In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for providing operator-differentiated messaging to a user equipment (UE) device that is operable in wide area cellular network (WACN) bands as well as in wireless access network bands (e.g., GAN bands and/or UMA bands). A network node (e.g., a GAN controller (GANC) or...

20060116126 - Radio communication terminal and handoff control method: A radio communication terminal has a communication section which communicates with a base station, and a control section which controls a handoff between a plurality of base stations. The communication section receives a control information indicating whether or not a neighboring base station broadcasts a service information from the neighboring...

20060116127 - Handoff for cellular and internet protocol telephony: A telephone system supports communication with user devices over both a cellular radio network as well as over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and enables roaming and active call handoff between cellular and IP domains. Components of the system interact with conventional cellular telephone systems, for example, by emulating behavior...

20060116128 - Call admission control of shared-access resources through a call-handling server: A method and an apparatus are disclosed that enable call admission control for telecommunications terminals that use shared-access resources, without relying on an implementation at every access point to provide those resources. In particular, in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a first wireless terminal calls a...

20060116129 - Dual mode unit for short range, high rate and long range, lower rate data communications: A technique for communicating with a local area network (LAN) via a wireless connection determines whether a first short-range, high-speed, wireless communication path is available and connects to the LAN using a longer range, lower speed wireless communication path if the short-range, high-speed wireless communication path is not available. The...

20060116132 - Method and a system for managing a fleet of vehicles, and an associated vehicle: The invention provides a system for managing a fleet of vehicles suitable for being returned to at least one station having locations for vehicles, the station being declared to be available when at least one of its locations is not occupied by a vehicle, and to be unavailable when each...

20060116130 - Network overlay location system and method for air interface with frequency stopping: Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed that enable geo-location of a mobile appliance (20) communicating over a frequency hopping air interface for a network overlay geolocation system having plural wireless location sensors (30). The wireless location sensors (30) include a radio receiver channel capable of receiving the forward...

20060116133 - Portable communication terminal device and response message transmitting method: A portable communication terminal device includes a section for detecting a call from a calling party; a section for obtaining position data for a present position of the portable communication terminal device; a section for storing data of a plurality of areas and a plurality of messages to the calling...

20060116131 - Reporting satellite positioning system assistance integrity information in wireless communication networks: A wireless communication device (102) including a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver (104), and a wireless transceiver (106) communicably coupled to the satellite positioning system receiver. The wireless transceiver for receiving satellite positioning system assistance information, for example, SPS reference time, from a wireless communication network, and for transmitting integrity...

20060116134 - Method and apparatus for determining gprs mobile terminal connection mode: A method for determining a GPRS mobile terminal connection mode is disclosed. Whenever a GPRS data service is requested, a mobile terminal counts the number of attempted of GPRS connections and the number of successful GPRS connections to calculate a GPRS connection rate, compares the calculated connection rate with a...

20060116135 - Morphology-based text entry system: Touch typing on a telephone keypad is achieved by representing each letter as a combination of two separate symbols appearing on separate keys of a keypad. The keys may be operated by using the thumbs of both hands. In one embodiment, six symbols appearing on six separate keys are used...

20060116136 - Radio control device, radio communication system using the same, and operation control methof thereof: In response to an external trigger for paging processing start, a CPS (41) decides paging group information according to the terminal identification information contained in the external trigger (S3) and passes the paging group information to a UPS (42) in charge of the user plane (S6). The UPS generates radio...

20060116137 - Remote control system in mobile communication terminal and method thereof: Disclosed is a remote control system in a mobile communication terminal and method thereof enabling a user to use the mobile communication terminal not only passively but also actively. The present invention includes a first step of receiving a remote control command from a subscriber, a second step of recording...

20060116139 - Automatically enabling the forwarding of instant messages: Techniques are described for forwarding an instant message addressed to an intended instant messaging recipient to the recipient's mobile telephone when the recipient's mobile telephone number is known to the instant message sender. In one example, an instant message is forwarded to the intended recipient's mobile telephone number when the...

20060116141 - Communication support system, information processing terminal, radiotelephone network, message server, and recording medium: A sender of a message can transmit a message to an unspecified user merely by specifying a condition of space without specifying a recipient of the message, using an information processing terminal transmitting a message not with a user address to specify a user but with an area address (a...

20060116140 - Method and apparatus for controlling state of multi-functional device using short message service, and multi-functional device including the apparatus: A method and apparatus for controlling a system state of a multi-functional device or a printer based on the content of a short message provided via a short message service (SMS), and a multi-functional device using the apparatus are provided. The method includes steps for receiving a short message, verifying...

20060116138 - Value added services creation (vasc) platform: A method of creating messaging application services by using a drag and drop user interface without needing to write computer programs. The messaging application flow is created in VASC (Value Added Services Creation) system by using micro-service blocks which are connected together in an orderly fashion to represent a service....

20060116142 - Well behaved sms notifications: Apparatus for controlling an alert signal produced to notify a recipient when an incoming message is received. The message is received via a communications channel from a message originator. In addition, the message originator also specifies and transmits notification data indicating the manner in which the message originator desires that...

20060116143 - Distortion generator circuit, pre-distortion circuit, optical signal transmitter using the same, and optical signal transmission system: A distortion generator circuit of the present invention comprises a distribution circuit (21) that distributes an input electric signal into two electric signals, an FM batch conversion circuit (12) that subjects one output emitted from the distribution circuit to frequency modulation and outputs a frequency-modulated signal, an FM demodulation circuit...

20060116144 - Channel assignment method for multi-fa cdma cellular systems: A method for assigning a channel in multi-FA CDMA mobile communication system according to the received power prevents communication quality of a FA from being inferior to that of the others by managing the interference level of the FA. The method comprises the steps of: comparing a first threshold value...

20060116145 - Access parameter adaptation and packet data resource management using detailed mobile status information: A wireless communication system wherein wireless infrastructure adapts access parameters and manages channel resources based on detailed reconnection information obtained from individual mobile stations. Mobile stations transmit particular reconnection attempt status information to the wireless infrastructure. The reconnection attempt status information, along with the aggregate statistics of other mobile stations,...

20060116147 - Communication apparatus, communication program, and communication method: A communication apparatus includes a reception strength judgment unit for judging reception strength representing strength of a wireless MAC frame containing an IP address for identifying a connection candidate communication apparatus received from one or a plurality of connection candidate communication apparatuses accessible to a wireless communication network, an identification...

20060116146 - System and method for monitoring mobile units in a network: A wireless networking system includes a network appliance and at least one mobile device. The mobile device comprises an application module, a discriminating application programming interface (API) that is executable within the context of the application and configured to receive data related to execution of the application and to determine...

20060116148 - Method for wireless capability discovery and protocol negotiation, and wireless device including same: A protocol and method for establishing wireless data sessions between wireless clients, each of which support multiple wireless protocols is presented. A commonly supported wireless protocol is utilized to share the wireless protocols supported by the clients' circuitry. A wireless data session is then established based on the common capabilities...

20060116150 - Push-to-talk apparatus and method for communication between an application server and media resource function processor: An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus for performing push-to-talk communications over a wireless network comprises a push-to-talk (PTT) server including an application server (AS) and a media resource function processor (MRFP) configured to communicate with user equipment over a wireless link. The application server includes a media resource function controller...

20060116149 - System and method for efficient push-to-talk communications: A system and method are provided for efficient push-to-talk (PTT) communications in a cellular network of wireless telephones. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a PTT session initiation in a cellular wireless telephone network; identifying a plurality of common PTT session mobile stations in close proximity as a group;...

20060116151 - Method and apparatus for management of paging resources associated with a push-to-talk communication session: A communication system provides for an expedited response to an invitation to a Push-to-Talk (PTT) communication session from a terminating side of the communication system when a target mobile station (MS) is not currently available to participate in a PTT communication session by responding to a PTT session invitation prior...

20060116152 - Content distribution system, network, and channel switching control method: A content distribution system uses a PtP (point to point) channel (individual channel) or PtM (point to multi-point) channel (common channel) as a radio channel of a predetermined type so as to distribute a broadcast content as communication data to a user terminal as a mobile station. The user terminal...

20060116153 - Radio communication equipment, transmission power control method therefor, and program therefor: A radio communication equipment generates transmission power control information corresponding to a comparison result between receiving quality of a signal received from a communication counterpart and target quality, and transmits the transmission power control information to the communication counterpart. The radio communication equipment includes a response monitor which monitors a...

20060116155 - Reallocation of excess power for full channel-state information (csi) multiple-input, multiple-output (mimo) systems: Techniques to allocate the total transmit power to the transmission channels in a multi-channel communication system such that higher overall system spectral efficiency and/or other benefits may be achieved. The total transmit power may be initially allocated to the transmission channels based on a particular power allocation scheme (e.g., the...

20060116154 - Transmission power control of a base station in a mobile communication system: A transmission power control apparatus in a mobile communication system comprises a base station manager adapted to control transmission power of base station channels, wherein the base station manager comprises a channel gain setting unit adapted to set a channel gain ration for each of a plurality of base station...

20060116156 - Active set selection method for determining cells to be deleted from an active set based on the reception state of an uplink high-speed signal: Each base station measures the reception states of an uplink high-speed signal from mobile terminals and periodically reports the measurement results to a radio network controller (RNC). The RNC determines cells that are to be deleted from an active set based on the reception states (for example, the reception SIR)...

20060116158 - Communication terminal unit capable of receiving a message and method for identifying a message sender in the same: A communication terminal unit capable of identifying a message sender by comparing a source address attached to a received message with an address registered in a memory of the unit in advance, which can identify the message sender even if the source address has an error by regarding the erroneous...

20060116157 - Portable type electronic apparatus: It is an object of the invention to provide a portable type electronic apparatus including a hinge portion having a rotating function in a plurality of directions, wherein two casings can be held stably without shaking in a state in which they are opened. A portable type electronic apparatus (101)...

20060116161 - Mobile terminal for digital broadcasting reception and method for storing digital broadcasting data: A digital broadcasting data reception unit receives digital broadcasting data. A multimedia module parses the digital broadcasting data into video and audio data to output the video and audio data. A terminal control unit receives the digital broadcasting data from the digital broadcasting data reception unit when it is transmitted...

20060116160 - Mobility device assistant: System(s) and method(s) to automatically locate and/or connect to external devices is provided. A mobile computing device contains a mobility device assistant that is able to communicate with external devices, such as peripheral equipment and other devices. The mobility device assistant automatically searches via a wireless media to locate and...

20060116159 - Ozone functions handset: An ozone functions handset is to provide a sterilizer to a certain handset. Select a place inside the handset, best near the mouthpiece to install a small sized ozone gas producing unit, to start up the ozone gas producing unit by directly using the internal power supply of the phone,...

20060116162 - Methods for providing a subscriber service: Methods provide a robust service to subscribers of an advertising program. Subscriber reports are delivered using electronic mail (e-mail), which eliminates the cost associated with printing and mailing the reports, while providing the ability to easily track the e-mailed reports. The reports can then be distributed to subscribers on a...

20060116163 - Event list specification based radio interface control: A radio communications technique is provided where the operation of a radio interface is controlled based on an event list. The event list specifies a sequence of events which each specify a control task to be performed when controlling operation of the radio interface. The event list may be configured...

20060116165 - Portable electronic apparatus: A portable electronic apparatus includes: a non-contact type integrated circuit module; a magnetic recording device including: a magnetic recording medium; and a magnetic head that is adapted to be moved from a predetermined retract position to the magnetic recording medium for writing or reading of information; a magnetic detection unit...

20060116164 - System and method for divided display on multiple mobile terminals: Disclosed is a system for producing a divided display of an image using a plurality of mobile terminals, including a master mobile terminal for dividing an image into two or more pieces, displaying one of the pieces as a master image on a display section thereof and transmitting each remaining...

20060116166 - Wireless communication system, device, and method of setting up wireless communication adapter: A wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a wireless communication adapter configured for wireless communication, a storage device configured to store setting information for the wireless communication adapter, and a device that has an interface configured to be connected to the storage device and the wireless...

20060116169 - Apparatus and method for initialization of mobile communication terminal: Discloses are an apparatus and method for initialization of a mobile communication terminal. An IMSI information embedded in a SIM card and an IMSI information stored in a storage equipment of the terminal are checked if they are consistent. If they are not consistent, the embedded IMSI information is stored...

20060116168 - Radio communication terminal, radio communication terminal housing case, radio communication terminal sheet and radio communication terminal display device: A radio communication terminal of one example of the present invention is a radio communication terminal provided with an electronic device shielded to prevent electromagnetic interference, in a housing, and comprises an integrated circuit, a first resonant circuit for making non-contact communication with an external device, and a second resonant...

20060116167 - Selectable functionality communication system and methodologies: A user-interface card for use in the context of an existing call between a voice communications device and a server, the user-interface card including a plurality of information modules each operative to actuate an application on the server, a user selectable transmitter for transmitting a selected one of the plurality...

20060116170 - Intelligent association of nodes with pan coordinator: Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to managing wireless node access to one or more wireless networks. According to one implementation of the present invention, a business logic application may function as a package tracking application to manage access to wireless access points in different WLANs along the route. A sensor...

20060116171 - Apparatus, system, and method for managing reverse link communication resources in a distributed communication system: An apparatus, system, and method efficiently manage reverse link communication in a communication system having geographically distributed base stations. Coupled load information is exchanged between base stations allowing a base station to determine an appropriate allocation of reverse link channel resources to mobile stations served by the base station. Since...

20060116172 - Apparatus and method for reporting incoming call or message reception through voice in mobile communication terminal: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for reporting incoming call or message reception through a voice in a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus for reporting an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal includes a feature memory block for storing voice features extracted from a caller's voice correspondingly to...

20060116173 - Mobile unit, call origination controlling method, and call termination controlling method: A mobile unit 10 is provided with a called party number acquiring unit 102 for acquiring a called party number corresponding to a call origination command entered by a user, a number checking unit 103 for checking the called party number acquired by the called party number acquiring unit 102,...

20060116174 - Mobile telephone device and telephone method using mobile telephone device: A mobile telephone device includes a communication part configured to perform wireless communication with an external mobile telephone device M, a talking part configured to make a call to the external mobile telephone device by modulating a voice signal from a vocoder, transmitting it from the communication part, demodulating the...

20060116176 - Apparatus for alerting others that a person is talking on a cellular telephone: An alert apparatus for connection to a cellular telephone for alerting approaching persons that the user of the cellular telephone is speaking on the telephone and is thus occupied, the apparatus including an apparatus connecting means for connecting to the cellular telephone circuit; an apparatus circuit extending from the apparatus...

20060116175 - Handheld communications device with automatic alert mode selection: Apparatus for automatically alerting a user of a handheld communications device of an incoming transmission includes a plurality of sensors each of which produces a signal indicative of a physical parameter of a surrounding environment of the handheld communications device. Also included is a processor that executes a programmed set...

20060116177 - Phone adapter method and system for vehicles: A system includes sleeves each being removably receivable, one at a time, by an adapter connectable to an appliance operable for enabling a user to communicate hands-free on a phone when the phone is connected to the appliance. The sleeves are differently configured from one another to respectively receive, one...

20060116178 - System and method for activating a communication device based on usage information: The invention provides a system and method for controlling operation of a communication device. The communication device comprises: a casing for housing a display and a keyboard; and a microprocessor controlling aspects of the keyboard and display. The invention provides a power application operating on the microprocessor. The application monitors...

20060116179 - System and method for optimizing power consumption in a wireless device: Described is a system and a method for optimizing power consumption in a wireless device. The system may include a first computing device which includes a first wireless transducer and a second computing device which includes a second wireless transducer and a power adjusting arrangement. The second transducer wirelessly transmits...

20060116180 - Acoustic transducer module: A module (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 900) may be electrically connected to a PCB (18, 918) residing in a device (14) or may be joined to the device (14) to form a portion of the housing (16, 916) of the device (14). The module may include a housing...

20060116181 - Wireless terminal: A wireless terminal able to suppress deterioration of antenna characteristics due to opening/closing of the terminal, that is, a wireless terminal comprising a first housing and a second housing having inside them circuit boards on which ground conductive layers are formed, a connection member for connecting ends of the first...

20060116182 - Technique for sharing wlan and wpan antennas: The present invention proposes novel antenna means mounted on handheld devices and methods of use of such antenna means with multiple radios. The novel antenna means exhibit smaller sizes, good performance, have higher reliability, and exhibit novel hardware configurations. The novel methods of utilization for the antenna means comprise the...

20060116183 - Handheld wireless communication device and holder: A holder for a handless wireless communication device has triggering means at more than one location interacting with detecting means in the handheld wireless communication device for the handheld wireless communication device to detect whether or not it is present in the holder in any one of several possible orientations...

20060116184 - Mobile terminal, content setting method therefor, content setting system, and computer program for a mobile terminal: Disclosed is a mobile terminal including: a panel detachably attached to a body of the mobile terminal; a user interface provided to a user upon execution of a function of the mobile terminal; a panel identifying unit for identifying a type of the panel attached to the mobile terminal; and...