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Telecommunications July category listing 07/06

20060166616 - Broadcast signal and receiver and method of decoding digital broadcast signal: A tuner included in a digital broadcast receiver tunes a broadcast signal from a transmitter via a re-transmitter. A demodulator demodulates the broadcast signal, and an identification information detector detects identification information of a re-transmission service provided by the re-transmitter from the demodulated broadcast signal. A decoder arranged to decode...

20060166617 - Broadcast data processing: A method and computer programs for a radio device and a server in a system in which a radio device receives (410) radio a broadcast item of entertainment content and associated information identifying it, plays it (420) and detects (450) if it is preferred by a user, and if yes,...

20060166618 - Adaptive relay management: A method of controlling a plurality of relays in communication with a base station in a cell. The controlling method comprises the steps of evaluating usage requirements in a cell, and varying the number and/or type of relays used in order to meet the usage demands based on the evaluation....

20060166619 - Method for adjusting acquisition speed in a wireless network: A method is provided for acquiring incoming signals in a wireless network device. This method uses three different types of preamble: a normal preamble, a short preamble, and a long preamble. One of these preambles will be used as a default preamble. Then, depending upon signal parameters, the device can...

20060166620 - Control system including an adaptive motion detector: The invention relates to a control system including control means and a user interface, the user interface including means for communication of control signals from a user to the control means, the user interface being adaptive. According to the invention the user may interact with the user interface and thereby...

20060166621 - Method and apparatus for effectively performing wusb communication: A method and apparatus for wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) communication are provided. The communication method for a host includes allocating a dedicated channel interval, which is an interval in which an allocated device can use the channel of the wireless interface exclusively, to the allocated device from among devices...

20060166622 - Detecting wireless noise within time period in which no data is purposefully wirelessly communicated: Wireless noise is detected within a time period specifically held after a data packet is wirelessly communicated, where no data is purposefully wirelessly communicated during this time period. The time period may be an inter-frame space (IFS) period within which no data is to be wirelessly communicated, and that is...

20060166624 - Measuring a talking quality of a communication link in a network: Device and method for measuring a talking quality of a communication link in a communications network (10). The device comprises measurement means (22; 31, 36) connected to the communication link, which are arranged to subject a degraded speech signal s′(t) with respect to a reference speech signal s(t) to an...

20060166623 - Service provisioning method, system and computer program product: The invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for provisioning in a communications network. The provisioning method includes at least a step for sending at least one request for defining measures relating to customers and/or services and/or network elements, the method including processing (20-23) each request, executing...

20060166626 - Rate-adaptive multiple input/multiple output (mimo) systems: A rate-adaptive method of communicating over a multipath wireless communication system uses multiple links such that each end of a link uses multiple transmit and receive antennas. A number of independent streams that are to be transmitted for each link is determined based on an overall system performance measure. In...

20060166625 - Transmitter apparatus, receiver apparatus, and radio communication system: An SINR estimating unit of a receiver apparatus measures first and second demodulated signals to calculate SINR (ratio of signal power to sum of interference power and noise power) for each signal sequence. A transmission parameter deciding unit decides, based on the SINR, a transmission parameter used by a transmitter...

20060166627 - Staged locking of two phase locked loops: Data synchronization is achieved in devices which transmit and/or receive audio and/or video data through the staged locking of phase locked loops. According to an exemplary embodiment, a transmitter includes a serial data source. An encoder provides encoded data and includes a first PLL. A controller includes a second PLL...

20060166628 - Dynamic antenna allocation system: A communication system which manages an antenna array by a software-implemented control system that has prior knowledge of the potential interactions among Communications/Navigation and Identification modules. When any transmission/reception combination from a particular antenna is predicted to result in interference with another particular antenna by the interference matrix, then the...

20060166629 - Method and apparatus for providing emc class-b compliant rf transmitter for data monitoring an detection systems: Method and apparatus for providing EMC Class-B compliant RF transmission for a data monitoring and detection system having a sensor for detecting one or more glucose levels, a transmitter configured to transmit a respective signal corresponding to each of the detected glucose levels using a data transmission protocol including wireless...

20060166630 - Dynamic bias for rf power amplifiers: A method for wireless communication that dynamically adjusts RF amplifier operating bias for the subscriber unit's transmitter in response to a power control signal. The invention provides high-efficiency RF power amplification for applications where the available power source is limited. The invention uses a power control signal resident in wireless...

20060166631 - Method and system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle: A method and system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle includes receiving broadcast data at a telematics unit of the vehicle, sending the received broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via short range wireless connection, and providing at least one personalized service at...

20060166632 - Apparatus and method for automatically tuning frequency: An automatic frequency tuning apparatus including an FM radio receiver for receiving a frequency tuning identification sound signal corresponding to a reception frequency of the FM radio receiver and then outputting the received frequency tuning identification sound signal; and a terminal's FM transmitter for outputting a frequency tuning identification sound...

20060166633 - Methods and apparatus for automatic gain control in broadband tuners: In one aspect, an automatic gain control (AGC) for applying a variable gain to a broadband signal is provided. The AGC comprises a variable gain amplifier adapted to receive the broadband signal as an input, the variable gain amplifier configured to apply a variable gain to the broadband signal based...

20060166634 - Diversity receprtion device and diversity reception method: The circuit size of a diversity receiver for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal is reduced, and the diversity effect is increased, by providing a power ratio comparator that calculates a difference value as a ratio of powers derived from channel estimation results for subcarrier components received from two antennas...

20060166635 - Receiving apparatus and receiving circuit: The invention arranges an auxiliary antenna in the neighborhood of an antenna, and a voltage applied to the auxiliary antenna is changed based on the reception quality of a received signal received by the antenna. Thereby, the reception characteristic of the antenna is changed. Moreover, the optimum antenna is selected...

20060166636 - Apparatus for receiving radio signal using magnetic oscillator: A receiver apparatus includes a preamplifier to amplify an input signal, an equalizer configured to subject an amplified signal to an equalization process, an identification reproducer to reproduce the input signal based on an output signal of the equalizer, and a magnetic oscillator arranged on a pre-stage of the preamplifier...

20060166637 - Mixer: To realize a mixer with a charge subsampling circuit with which a base band signal can be readily obtained without being affected by noise from wide bandwidth signals or undesired signals. A current generating circuit 8 outputs a current in proportion to the input signal voltage. In response to a...

20060166638 - High frequency receiving circuit provided with controller for turning on and off power supply to local oscillator: A receiving circuit for receiving a high frequency signal is provided which includes a mixer, a local oscillator, a switch circuit, and a controller. The switch circuit switches over between first and second cases. The controller controls in the first case to turn on power supply to the local oscillator,...

20060166639 - Superheterodyne circuit with band-pass filter for channel selection: A superheterodyne circuit includes at least one reception input, at least one production output wherefrom can be produced a baseband signal and at least one band-pass filter for channel selection interposed in the signal path between the input and the output. The filter is adapted to be connected to elements...

20060166640 - Low power, low noise figure, latch driver circuit: A latch driver circuit is provided as a local oscillator driver for driving a passive mixer of an RF receiver. The driver circuit includes a differential amplifier stage coupled to a supply and a biasing circuit. The amplifier stage is operative to receive and process first and second input signals...

20060166641 - Vooms-virtual office or mobile system: VOOMS-Virtual Office or Mobile System consists of a personal communications gateway device, a pocket-personal computer, and a simulated, wide-view presentation device to communicate with the personal communications gateway device and pocket-personal computer. It works by utilizing several known technologies already in use for accessing the internet and home and office...

20060166644 - Distributed gps traffic information system: An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to use distributed traffic information. A communication device is connected to a center via a wireless connection. The communication device receives global positioning system (GPS) information. The center is communicated with via the communication device using the GPS information to report...

20060166642 - System, device, & method for rule-based configuration: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising: for each of a plurality of service offerings, via a rules interface, receiving a plurality of variables and corresponding values, the received variables and values defining the service offering; and representing the plurality of service offerings as a set of rules, each rule...

20060166643 - System, device, & method for rule-based configuration: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising: via an antecedents user interface, receiving a plurality of customer antecedents, each of the customer antecedents corresponding to one of a plurality of variables associated with one or more rules from a set of rules defining a plurality of service offerings; generating a...

20060166645 - Electronic transaction service in a mobile communication network: A mobile communication terminal wirelessly coupled to at least one mobile communication network comprising a memory for storing user payment information; a first modem for communicating over a first mobile communication network to provide the user payment information to the memory; a second modem for a communicating over a second...

20060166647 - Method and apparatus for obtaining information about the status of a party requesting information about a mobile subscriber: A mobile subscriber can elect to grant permission for the release to a requesting party of information relevant to the mobile subscriber release information. In order to make the decision to provide the information to the requesting party, the mobile subscriber can first determine if the request is being made...

20060166648 - Method and apparatus for providing information in response to a delayed grant of subscriber permission: A grant of permission is operative to release the personal information of a user, such as mobile subscriber of a mobile telephone network, prior to transmitting that information to a requesting party. If the permission grant is delayed, however, the delivery of the mobile subscriber's information can be provided at...

20060166646 - Method and apparatus for providing information in response to the grant of a subscriber's permission: Confirmation of a mobile subscriber's permission to release their personal information is completed prior to transmitting the information to a requesting party. The mobile subscriber can view the requesting party's identity prior to making a decision to release their directory information. In the alternative, the mobile subscriber can contact the...

20060166649 - Method and apparatus for screening and retaining the identity of a party requesting information: A mobile-oriented information system that requires a grant of permission from a mobile subscriber to release information requested by a requesting party while retaining the identity of the requesting party. The identity of the requesting party can be stored in an electronic telephone book or storage area for a mobile...

20060166652 - Apparatus and method for automatically reporting a speakerphone call mode of a portable wireless terminal to a calling partner: Disclosed is a method for automatically reporting a speakerphone call mode of a portable wireless terminal having a speakerphone module to a calling partner. The method includes entering a call mode when a call is initiated; determining whether the speakerphone call mode is turned on after the initiation of the...

20060166650 - Message accessing: A request to retrieve a message, such as a voice mail message or an email message, may be provided by a user a of an electronic device. The message has one of at least two different presentation modes by which it may be revealed to the user at the electronic...

20060166651 - Method for managing duplicated arrival notification message in multimedia messaging service: Disclosed is a method for managing a duplicated MMS arrival notification message. The method includes the steps of receiving, by the MMS proxy server, a download completion notification message transmitted from the receiving mobile terminal and transmitting a duplicated-message deletion message to the receiving mobile terminal in response to the...

20060166653 - Multicast transmission in a cellular network: The invention relates to a mechanism for performing multicast transmission in a cellular network. In order to enable establishment of resources only in cells containing members of the multicast group and to avoid congestion on the uplink channel, a multicast service notification is transmitted to mobile stations, thereby informing members...

20060166654 - Method for providing absence information: Disclosed is a method for providing absence information in a telecommunication system comprising several subscribers, wherein the absence information is produced and captured by means of a first subscriber on a first terminal which is associated with said subscriber. The presence information is then transmitted to a switching node and...

20060166655 - Methods and system for enhanced directory assistance using wireless messaging protocols: Directory assistance provides telephone number look up services to callers based on the business or caller name as listed in a telephone directory. In the prior art, directory assistance provides a value-added service to telephone users and an expense that must be charged back to telephone callers or absorbed by...

20060166656 - Cell or mobile phone, and wireless pda traffic advisory method: Disclosed herein is a method which allows the cell phone operator to download traffic information on the operators cell phone display with a minimum of keystrokes. The cell phone can have a option mode, voice activation or a sequence of keystrokes programmed within the cell or mobile phone to facilitate...

20060166657 - Remote caller id projection device: A data projection apparatus is provided for projecting caller identification data received from a telephone service provider. The apparatus includes a base telephone unit configured to receive the caller identification data from the telephone service provider and to transmit the caller identification data to a remote projection device. The apparatus...

20060166658 - Receiving, recording and forwarding voice messages: A called party phone and method therefor performed within the called party phone includes receiving a call and corresponding caller ID information, connecting to the received call, playing a pre-recorded message to the calling party, terminating the call and, thereafter, forwarding at least one of caller ID information and time...

20060166660 - Cell-phone operation giving increased full service in manual/select mode: In the manual/select mode of scanning, if the manually-selected network is not available, the phone performs a general search, and settles on a suitable alternative network. The phone is programmed to provide full call service on that found network. Upon returning home, the phone automatically switches back to home/auto scanning...

20060166659 - Mobile telephone device: The present invention relates to a mobile telephone device (30) including a single transceiver (33) for connecting the telephone device to a mobile telephone network and a controller (58) coupled to the transceiver, the controller operative to place the mobile telephone device in either a telephone condition thereby allowing a...

20060166662 - Mobile terminal for performing call and method therefor: A method for performing a call is disclosed. When a user attempts a call at a certain phone number of another party but ends in a call unavailable state, the user can automatically make a call at another contact of the another party's contacts stored in the phone book of...

20060166661 - Wireless communication device having a telephone number-limited back calling function: A wireless communication device having a number-limited back calling function is disclosed, comprising a receiving module receiving a telephone number corresponding to an in-coming call, a memory storing at least a limited telephone number, a comparison module comparing if the telephone number of the in-coming call is the same as...

20060166663 - System and method for increased wireless communication device performance: One way to deliver increased wireless communication device performance without using a higher performance processor is to offload processor functions in a wireless communications device. In one example a wireless device selects a processor function to be performed for the wireless device and evaluates the selected processor function to determine...

20060166664 - Wireless radio resource management system using a finite state machine: Radio resource management (RRM) components and methods for a wireless telecommunications system utilize Finite State Machines (FSMs), preferably dividing RMM functions on the basis of Real Time (RT) and Non Real Time (NRT) communications and also UpLink (UL) and DownLink (DL) functions. The use of FSMs for RRM functions promotes...

20060166665 - Radio communication system: A mobile station apparatus 101-1 detects and reports a reception quality value of a known signal transmitted from a base station apparatus 102-1. Base station apparatus 102-1 has a quality deficiency signal generation section 1021 that compares the reception quality value with a predetermined threshold value and generates a quality...

20060166666 - Method and apparatus for hiding the identity of a mobile subscriber in response to a permission request: A mobile subscriber can elect to grant permission for the release to a requesting party of information relevant to the mobile subscriber release information. In the alternative, the mobile subscriber can elect to establish a communications path directly with the requesting party. The mobile subscriber can initiate this communications path...

20060166667 - Method and apparatus to track count of broadcast content recipients in a wireless telephone network: A base station (110) in a wireless communications network (100) counts mobile stations (114) receiving broadcast content via multi-user channel. The base station broadcasts (608) a repeating message identifying at least one broadcast content stream and, for each stream, a REGISTER (R) or DO NOT REGISTER (DNR) indicator. Mobile stations...

20060166668 - Method for selecting a service provider for a service, which can be received by a mobile station via a radio access network and which is provided by at least two service providers, and a corresponding selecting device: A method for selecting a service provider for a service, which can be received by a mobile station via a radio access network and which is provided by at least two service providers, as well as to a corresponding selecting device are shown. During a method for selecting a service...

20060166669 - Brokering services between wireless device users and operators: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for brokering a service contract between a user of a mobile communication device and an operator to provide a service over a network. Specifically, the method comprises receiving information on traffic load on a network and a negotiated price of a...

20060166671 - Handoff mechanism for cdma wireless network using dynamically scalable traffic channels: A handoff mechanism for a mobile station and wireless network preferably operating in a ZxEV-DV mode, using scalable traffic channels where Z is a multiple of a 1xEV-DV channel, including a distance-based handoff. The disclosed handoff mechanism can be used in conventional wireless telecommunications systems....

20060166670 - Information disclosure system: An object of the invention is to provide an information release system capable of limiting information release only to a mobile station existing in a specific range area. A mobile station (12) includes an input unit (101) for entering release range information; a position information detection unit (102) for detecting...

20060166672 - System and method for performing network re-entry in a communication system: In a communication system, a mobile station (MS) sends a target base station (BS) a notification indicating that it is to perform a handover from a serving BS to the target BS. The target BS transmits to the MS handover process optimization information indicating a possibility of omitting at least...

20060166673 - Integrating rate or power control with scheduling of reverse link wireless transmissions in a handoff zone: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a wireless transmission in a handoff zone. The method includes receiving a schedule grant selectively from a first base station sector of a multiplicity of base station sectors in an active set of a mobile station and receiving a...

20060166674 - Call re-routing upon cell phone docking: A method and apparatus are provided for call setup in a communication network that comprises at least one mobile station to facilitate the hand-off of a wireless headset from a mobile station that has been docked to a landline base unit that includes a radio front end operable to communicate...

20060166675 - Apparatus and method for automatically converting broadcast channel using gps: An apparatus and method for automatically converting a broadcast channel using a global positioning system is provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a lookup table; a global positioning system module for receiving position signals, and determining a current position; a receiver for receiving a broadcast signal; a...

20060166676 - Apparatus and method for dynamic and scalable bandwidth in a cdma wireless network: A wireless network and base station capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of the wireless network, wherein the base station is configured to transmit information indicating the bandwidth and frequencies supported by that base station....

20060166677 - Balancing load of cells in inter-frequency handover of wireless communications: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for allocating frequency bands associated with a multi-band network across a first and a second cell in a communications system. The method comprises determining a load parameter associated with the first and second cells in the communications system, selecting a target...

20060166679 - Gps enabled cell phone location tracking for security purposes: A wireless terminal enacts a boundary violation notification rule that includes geographic boundary and an action or a mobility violation notification rule that includes a mobility parameter and an action. The wireless terminal determines its location and/or rate of motion by accessing the GPS receiver of the wireless terminal. The...

20060166678 - Profile selection and call forwarding based upon wireless terminal gps location coordinates: A wireless terminal adjusts its profile settings based upon its GPS coordinates. The wireless terminal accesses its GPS receiver to determine its location coordinates, which may include elevation. The wireless terminal then accesses a plurality of location based profile rules, each of which includes location parameters and corresponding profile settings....

20060166680 - Radio communication terminal unit and method of transmitting base station identification number: A cellular phone unit, upon turning from a standby mode to a data communication mode, responds to a user's instruction of location positioning to turn from the data communication mode to the dormant mode, receives again base station identification numbers from several base stations through a paging channel, and designates...

20060166682 - Cell phone relative position indication on displayed map using gps coordinates: A wireless terminal tracks a tracked wireless terminal and displays tracking information to a user. The tracking wireless terminal sends a tracking request for the tracked wireless terminal via a supporting wireless network infrastructure. When the tracking request is valid, the tracking wireless terminal receives a tracking response for the...

20060166681 - Method and apparatus for position sensing: Embodiments of the present invention include one or more wireless transmitting devices and an array of receiver units for receiving wireless communications from the transmitting devices. The transmitter devices and receiver units can be arranged in one, two or three dimensional configurations. Signals are transmitted from the devices for identification...

20060166683 - Method and system for use of the same time slot of the same channel by multiple pairs of devices via a direct link protocol: Disclosed are a method and a system for simultaneous direct link communications among a plurality of devices associated with a wireless network. Each associated device has a radio range, within which it can transmit information or data to other associated devices. Each device creates a list of devices that are...

20060166684 - Gps coordinates downloaded to gps enabled cell phone in response to information request: A wireless terminal transmits an information request regarding a business via a supporting wireless network infrastructure. The wireless terminal receives an information response via the supporting wireless network infrastructure that includes information regarding the business and the GPS coordinates of the business. The wireless terminal determines its location coordinates. The...

20060166685 - Transmitter controlled communication links: A wireless communication system is disclosed herein. The wireless communication system may include transmitter units and a receiver. In one embodiment, each transmitter has an address and logic programmed to perform the steps of receiving a user selection and, responsive to the receiving, repeatedly transmitting a wireless selection signal until...

20060166686 - Method for sharing data using sms: Disclosed is a method for sharing data between mobile terminals and between a server and a mobile terminal using SMS. The server provides a search engine necessary to search for data requested by a mobile terminal and share the requested data. The server also has a group list of mobile...

20060166689 - Apparatus, and associated method, for selectably delaying synchronization of database copies in a radio communication system: Apparatus, and an associated method, for selectably delaying performance of synchronization operations in which database copies are placed in match with one another. A user of a mobile node at which a database copy is maintained selectably actuates an actuator to select delay of performance of the synchronization operations. Once...

20060166687 - Direct cellular communication: The invention relates to radio communication in a mobile station operating on cellular frequency bands, and/or on a frequency band separated from cellular frequency bands, for transmitting and receiving calls outside a cellular network through direct communication between cellular mobile stations. It also relates to a method in a cellular...

20060166688 - Method and system for maintaining uplink synchronization with peer-to-peer communication in wireless communication system: A method is proposed for maintaining uplink synchronization with P2P communication in wireless communication networks, comprising steps of: the wireless communication system overhears the P2P communication between two UEs (user equipments), determines the SS (synchronization shift) information of said UEs according to the overheard information transferred by each UE in...

20060166691 - Method and apparatus for the outer loop of the power control system of a mobile communication system: Method and apparatus for the power control system outer loop of a mobile communications systems in a cellular infrastructure that allows fulfilling a given Quality of Service (QoS) with the minimum power level necessary. This outer loop is in charge of setting the desired signal to interference target ratio SIRtgt...

20060166692 - Mitigating interference to nearby radio systems based on characterization of adjacent channels: A wireless device dynamically controls a power level for each channel in a transmission spectrum. The power level is adjusted based on characteristics of signals received in the adjacent channels which results in the wireless device working at maximum ranges consistent with not causing interference to other users of the...

20060166690 - Transmission power control method and base station device: In order to appropriately control transmit power of a common channel for an MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service) so as not to become excessive, a mobile station 1 transmits a TPC command for an S-CCPCH to a base station through an uplink DPCH1 and a mobile station 2 transmits a TPC...

20060166693 - Method and apparatus for allowing user equipment to determine validity of system information before receiving the same in a network sharing system: A method and apparatus are provided for receiving system information during inter-cell movement of a user equipment (UE) in a network sharing (NS) system. The UE moves from a previous cell to a new cell. After the movement, the UE compares a public land mobile network (PLMN) identity indicating a...

20060166694 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving network sharing information about neighbor cells in a network sharing system: A method and apparatus is provided for signaling network sharing information about neighbor cells in an NS system where a RAN is shared among a plurality of CN operators. In the signaling method, it is determined whether each of neighbor cells of a current cell in which a UE is...

20060166695 - Automatic switching between mobile radios: The present invention relates to a method for switching between a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device of a subscriber. The first and second mobile communication devices have a common telephone number and billing is carried out on the common account. Switching is carried out automatically...

20060166696 - Mobile telephone: A portable telephone is provided with a first memory 1, a second memory 2, a first CPU 3, a second CPU 4, an interface 5, an antenna 6, a battery 7, and a switch 8. When buildings are collapsed and the user of the portable telephone is left under rubble,...

20060166698 - Speaker system, mobile terminal device, and electronic device: A speaker system includes a display panel for displaying an image; a transparent panel provided such that the image displayed in the display panel is viewed through the transparent panel; an electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer having a diaphragm for outputting a sound by vibrating the diaphragm in accordance with an electric signal; and...

20060166697 - Wireless communication device capable of automatically sending a message and method of the same: A wireless communication device capable of sending a message and a method of automatically sending a message are disclosed. The wireless communication device comprises a message inputting interface inputting a message to the device, a setting module setting data corresponding to the message, wherein the data comprises a predetermined time...

20060166699 - Method of discovering multi-mode mobile terminals: whereby said home radio communication network (11) may store a database comprising a mapping between a multi-mode mobile terminal identity, a home network indicator and a foreign network indicator, to facilitate interworking of said home and foreign radio communication networks....

20060166700 - Electronic apparatus with antenna: The invention relates to an electronic apparatus with an antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus comprises an active antenna for receiving a radio frequency signal, a low noise amplifier for receiving the radio frequency signal from the active antenna and outputting a first signal, and a connection part for connecting to...

20060166701 - Method and apparatus for providing downlink delay diversity: A method and apparatus for providing downlink transmit delay diversity (TDD). In accordance with the invention, a BTS includes at least one simplex transceiver (S-TRX) that does not implement downlink TDD and at least one duplex transceiver (D-TRX) that does implement TDD. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the BTS...

20060166702 - Cellular telephone with ear proximity display and lighting control: A cell phone includes illuminated components and a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor detects when the cell phone is coupled to the ear of a user. Therefore, the proximity detector is placed, in part, near the loudspeaker of the cell phone. The proximity sensor controls the illumination of the illuminated...

20060166703 - Gps enabled cell phone with compass mode mapping function: A wireless terminal displays its location and a map segment on a display of the wireless terminal. Operation commences with the wireless terminal accessing its GPS receiver to determine its location coordinates. Based upon its location coordinates, the wireless terminal accesses a map segment. The wireless terminal determines its orientation...

20060166704 - Method for alerting a subscriber of an emergency call request: The present invention provides a method for alerting a communication unit of an emergency call request from an emergency calling unit. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) receives an emergency call request from an emergency calling unit. The MSC determines if a communication unit should be alerted of the emergency call...

20060166705 - Battery management in a modular earpiece microphone combination: A modular wireless headset to support voice communications that includes a wireless microphone, a wireless earpiece, and a tether. Both the wireless microphone and wireless earpiece have receptacles operable to receive the tether and one or both of the wireless microphone and wireless earpiece have portable power supplies operable to...

20060166706 - Combination of high-side and low-side current sensing in system for providing power over communication link: A system for supplying power to a load over a communication link has high-side current sensing circuitry for measuring a high-side current value, low-side current sensing circuitry for measuring a low-side current value, and control circuitry responsive to both the high-side current value and the low-side current value to detect...

20060166707 - Control apparatus for an end key and a portable terminal employing the same: A control apparatus for an end key in a portable terminal employing a keypad that enables a cathode control and the portable terminal incorporating therein the apparatus are provided. The control apparatus comprises a main power supply switch connected to a power supply unit and having at least control port...

20060166708 - Device and method for processing system-related events in a portable terminal: Provided is a device and a method for processing system-related events generated in a portable terminal. The method includes the steps of storing system-related events generated in the portable terminal, confirming specialists set in advance so that the system-related events can be processed by the specialists respectively, calling the confirmed...

20060166709 - Battery powered devices: A method for managing the power consumption of a battery powered radio device, the method comprising performing (104) a radio function according to a first operating mode; monitoring (106) the battery capacity; and, where the battery capacity is less than a pre-determined amount, maintaining (112) the radio function according to...

20060166710 - Input device with user balanced performance and power consumption: Operational characteristics of a wireless input device are modified so as to balance performance and power conservation. Power management algorithms may include an algorithm that improves device performance and increases device power consumption, as well as an algorithm that decreases device power consumption and reduces device performance. An algorithm that...

20060166712 - Apparatus for automatically projecting or retracting lens in response to the display of an electronic device incorporating the apparatus being opened or closed: The present invention is to provide a retractable lens assembly for automatically projecting or retracting its lens in response to a display of an electronic device (e.g., cellular phone or notebook) incorporating a lens assembly being opened or closed, which includes a downwardly extended first projection at one end of...

20060166713 - Electronic device having an adjustable display area: An electronic device includes a flexible display panel having an intermediate extended display section that interconnects a normal display end section fitted in a panel-mounting frame movable along an outer surface of a housing, and a coupling end section disposed in the housing, that extends through a vertical slot in...

20060166711 - Enclosure, particularly a housing for a mobile telephone and method for the producing a housing part: The invention relates to an enclosure, particularly a housing for a mobile telephone, comprised of a first enclosure base body and of a second enclosure base body with a seal made of a sealing material. This seal is joined in a fixed manner to the first enclosure base body and...

20060166716 - Earpiece/microphone (headset) servicing multiple incoming audio streams: The present invention provides a modular wireless headset with which to service multiple incoming audio streams. This modular wireless headset includes a wireless microphone and wireless earpiece. The wireless earpiece may exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with a base unit and render content contained within the exchanged RF signals to...

20060166715 - Integrated and detachable wireless headset element for cellular/mobile/portable phones and audio playback devices: A modular wireless headset having integrated but detachable elements is operable to service a cellular wireless terminal, streamed media or playback device. This modular wireless headset may include a wireless microphone and a wireless earpiece. The wireless earpiece may physically couple to the wireless microphone and a base unit in...

20060166717 - Managing access of modular wireless earpiece/microphone (headset) to public/private servicing base station: This modular wireless headset supports voice communications over a servicing network when paired to a public base unit. This modular wireless headset provides access to servicing networks that is both secure and private. The headset includes a wireless microphone and wireless earpiece. This wireless microphone and earpiece may communicate between...

20060166719 - Mobile device multi-antenna system: Systems for improving radio reception on a mobile device are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the system comprises a headset apparatus having a plurality of antenna elements. In exemplary embodiments, the plurality of antenna elements may be positioned in such a manner as to result in low-correlation between the plurality of...

20060166718 - Pairing modular wireless earpiece/microphone (headset) to a serviced base portion and subsequent access thereto: The present invention provides a modular wireless headset to support voice communications when registered to a base unit. This modular wireless headset includes both a wireless microphone and wireless earpiece. The wireless earpiece may further include a wireless interface, a processing circuit, a speaker, a user interface, a pairing circuit,...

20060166714 - Wireless personal listening device: A wireless personal listening device comprising a transmitter that is connected via wiring or directly built into an electronic device and transmits wirelessly via radio frequency to the receiver that is attached or built into the listening device which reconstructs the radio frequency signal in its originally transmitted form....

20060166720 - Universal wrist worn holder for cellular phones: These leg holders are the flexible materials which holds the object to be carried in place atop the band, in this case (52) a cellular phone. Each leg holder has attached to its inner wall toward center a strip of hook and loop material (30A) left, and (30B) right, matching...

20060166721 - Wireless communications system and method: A MIMO communications device comprises a detector and an antenna, the antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element is operable to receive a signal carried on electromagnetic radiation impinging on the antenna element substantially aligned with a predetermined direction relative to the antenna element, the antenna elements...

20060166722 - Mobile phone back clip device: The utility model provides a mobile phone back clip device comprising a casing and a clip at the back of the casing, the clip is rotatablely connected with the casing, and the back clip device is also provided with a fixing structure for keeping a rotation angle of the casing...

20060160486 - Method and system for converting streaming digital data to fm modulated data: A system (10) for converting streaming digital data to frequency modulated data includes a digital decoder (12) providing content and associated data, a system controller (14) for formatting the associated data into frequency modulated sub-carrier data, and a frequency modulator (20) for modulating (24) the content and combining (25) the...

20060160487 - Attachable near field communication module: Disclosed is a Near Field Communication (NFC) device that is attachable to a portable wireless terminal as an accessory. In the attachable NFC device, a locking unit is connected with a string to a portable wireless terminal for being jointly carried with the portable wireless terminal and an NFC module...

20060160488 - Short-range wireless communication apparatus and cellular phone terminal: There is provided a short-range wireless communication apparatus and a cellular phone terminal that can surely and immediately notify a user of the optimum distance between a contactless IC card reader/writer and a contactless IC card not through an MPU or a CPU and if the contactless IC card function...

20060160489 - Method and system for multiple 60ghz system antennae: In a wireless 60GHz data communication system, one or both of the source and receiver can have multiple antennae, with the antenna providing the best signal strength being dynamically selected. In this way, if a person or other object momentarily crosses between the source and receiver, blocking data communication from...

20060160490 - Reporting communication link information: A method for reporting link information in a communication system including a communication terminal and a plurality of transceivers with each of which the communication terminal can communicate over a respective communication link; the method comprising: the communication terminal determining link information for each of the communication links; and the...

20060160491 - System and method for monitoring communication: A system including at least two distally separated devices that are in wireless communication with each other, wherein at least one of the two devices is provided with a warning mechanism configured to indicate an existing or imminent interruption or disturbance of communication. The inventive system may include a base...

20060160492 - Pll frequency synthesizer architecture for low phase noise and reference spurs: A frequency synthesizer for use in a transceiver generates a relatively high reference frequency with fine frequency resolution and low in-band phase noise by using a digital processor to generate a digital reference signal at a finely-tuned reference frequency. A Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) converts the digital reference signal to an...

20060160493 - Mobile phone device having inbuilt earphone structure: A mobile phone having an inbuilt earphone structure comprises a main body, an earphone and a reel. The main body comprises a space. The earphone has a transmission line and is detachable attaching to the main body by the transmission line. The reel is located in the main body for...

20060160494 - Simple communication apparatus: A communication apparatus features a transmitter unit and a separate receiver unit for communication between the locations thereof. The transmitter unit features a control switch used to select from one of multiple directions. A display on the receiver unit displays one of the directions when selected on the transmitter unit...

20060160495 - Dual payload and adaptive modulation: A wireless broadband communications system that provides higher performance and increased spectral efficiency in point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications. The wireless communications system includes a plurality of transceivers and a plurality of transmit and receive antennas. The system can be configured as a 1:n SIMO system that transmits and receives signals...

20060160496 - Communication apparatus and communication method: Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. In contrast, as modulated signal A, modulated symbols S1(i)...

20060160497 - Signal processing with certain materials: Signal processing electromagnetic signals with specific materials. A processing portion may be composed of a specific material having a particular shape, a certain dielectric constant and a crystal structure that permits efficient propagation of the signals being processed. Such processing is very fast and utilizes little or no power due...

20060160498 - Multi-carrier transmitting apparatus and multi-carrier transmitting method: A coding section 101 turbo-codes transmit data and outputs parity bit data, and systematic bit data for which good quality is required. A modulation section 102 modulates the parity bit data and systematic bit data. A subcarrier allocation section 103 rearranges the transmit data so that systematic bit data is...

20060160499 - Polar modulator and method for modulation of a signal: A modulated carrier signal is produced from a phase modulation signal in a phase locked loop in a polar modulator. This carrier signal is converted via a limiting amplifier to a square-wave signal, which is supplied to an amplifier. At the same time, an amplitude modulation signal at one input...

20060160500 - Vsat block up converter (buc) chip: A Block Up Converter (BUC) chip includes a base board with opposing top and bottom metal layers and having radio frequency (RF) circuits at the top metal layer and ground and signal pads at the bottom metal layer. Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit (MMIC) chips are carried by the base board...

20060160501 - Tunable microwave devices with auto-adjusting matching circuit: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an input port and a dynamic impedance matching network capable of determining a mismatch at the input port and dynamically changing the RF match by using at least one matching element that includes at least one voltage tunable dielectric capacitor....

20060160502 - Feedforward spur cancellation approach using low ip amplifier: A power amplifier circuit (40) that includes an error correction loop (44) having a lower IP3 error correction amplifier (54) than a main power amplifier (46) in a main signal path (48). A first attenuator (52) in the error loop (44) attenuates the RF signal, and provides more attenuation of...

20060160503 - Multi-mode power amplifier module for wireless communication devices: A power amplifier can amplify an input radio frequency signal to produce an output radio frequency signal in response to a bias control signal. A programmable digital control unit produces the bias control signal and to transmit the bias control signal to the power amplifier....

20060160504 - System-in-package wireless communication device comprising prepackaged power amplifier: A substantially rectangular shaped power amplifier module includes a power amplifier for amplifying radio frequency signals, a bias control terminal and a power sensing terminal disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module, an input terminal and a ground terminal disposed on the same side of the power...

20060160505 - System-in-package wireless communication device comprising prepackaged power amplifier: A substantially rectangular shaped power amplifier module includes a power amplifier for amplifying radio frequency signals, a bias control terminal and a power sensing terminal disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module, an input terminal and a ground terminal disposed on the same side of the power...

20060160506 - Methods and apparatus for calibrating and controlling output power levels in a broadband communication system: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for calibrating and controlling output power levels in a broadband communication system. The power level of an intermediate frequency (IF) signal may be varied at a first attenuator. The IF signal from the first attenuator may be frequency converted at a mixer to...

20060160507 - Gps receiver in moblie communications devices: GPS functionality is added to a wireless communication device in an efficient and cost effective manner. Disclosed is a wireless communications device that has a common mixer constructed to be used for a GPS signal and another signal, a common IF filter constructed to be used for a GPS signal...

20060160508 - Method and apparatus for scheduling wireless lan traffic: To conserve energy, components in mobile devices normally have to transition less frequently between “active” and “sleep” modes, and to sleep for longer intervals. In accordance with at least one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is broadly contemplated herein an approach to reduce energy consumption by using...

20060160509 - Information providing method: An information provision apparatus previously stores associated information concerning an on-air program. The apparatus accepts a request for associated information from a client terminal CT which receives a program's broadcast signal. In synchronization with timing of accepting the request, the apparatus reads the associated information and transmits it to the...

20060160510 - Method and apparatus providing calibration technique for rf performance tuning: A method is disclosed for operating a RF receiver of a communications equipment, as is circuitry for implementing the method. The method includes, while operating under the control of a data processor of the communications equipment, generating a calibration signal; injecting the calibration signal into a low noise amplifier (LNA)...

20060160512 - Frequency modification circuitry for use in radio-frequency communication apparatus and associated methods: Frequency modification circuitry may be employed as part of a crystal oscillator circuit to generate a reference signal with adjustable frequency. The frequency modification circuitry may be implemented as part of a crystal oscillator circuit that includes digitally controlled crystal oscillator (“DCXO”) circuitry and a crystal. The frequency modification circuitry...

20060160511 - High speed controller area network receiver having improved emi immunity: A CAN receiver architecture design that provides better immunity against EMI interference than conventional designs is disclosed herein. This CAN receiver includes a voltage divider network connected to a front-end amplifier for dividing down the input signal from a two wire line by a predetermined amount and amplifying the signal...

20060160513 - Multi-band wireless communication device and method: The present invention relates to a wireless communication device, such as a transponder, that has a plurality of antennas for multi-frequency usage. The wireless communication device comprises a control system, communication electronics, memory, and the aforementioned antennas. A wireless communication device having a pole antenna may be used with one...

20060160514 - Millimeter wave-band radio communication method and system: A receiver receives an RF-band modulated signal transmitted from a transmitter, as well as an un-modulated carrier also transmitted from the transmitter and having a phase noise characteristic coherent with that of the modulated signal, and a product of the two components is generated to thereby restore an IF-band transmission...

20060160515 - Method and apparatus for an enhanced rfid tag interrogator: An apparatus for an enhanced receiver for an RFID Tag Interrogator having a current transformer and an antenna, the enhanced receiver comprising: a zero cross detector for receiving an input current waveform from the current transformer and for producing a sampling signal based on the input current waveform; a phase...

20060160516 - Pulse shaping optimizer in uwb receiver: A receiver for receiving a signal is provided. The receiver comprises a pulse shaper that shapes a received signal using a transfer function, the pulse shaper being adapted to determine a set of coefficients for the transfer function based on the received signal. The receiver also comprises a mixer that...

20060160517 - Apparatus and method for using ambient rf power in a portable terminal: An apparatus and method for using ambient RF power in a portable terminal are provided. In the charging apparatus, an antenna array receives RF signals left derelict in the air, a rectifier rectifies the RF signals to DC voltages, and a power storage stores the DC voltages as power....

20060160518 - Harmonic reject receiver architecture and mixer: Receiver architectures and methods of processing harmonic rich input signals employing harmonic suppression mixers are disclosed herein. The disclosed receivers, mixers, and methods enable a receiver to achieve the advantages of switching mixers while greatly reducing the mixer response to the undesired harmonics. A harmonic mixer can include a plurality...

20060160519 - Direct-conversion receiver system and method, especially a gps receiver system with high pass filtering: The invention relates to a direct conversion receiver and a method in a direct conversion receiver for processing received radio signals that are modulated and centered at a carrier frequency, the modulation extending a sideband above and below the carrier frequency. The method comprises the steps of mixing a local...

20060160520 - Radio frequency switch: A switch that selectively changes radio frequency signals includes at least three FETs, which are connected in series. The source electrodes or drain electrodes arranged at an intermediate stage have a width narrower than that of the source electrodes or the drain electrodes arranged at the initial and final stages....

20060160521 - Method for using radiotelephoneterminal as remote control for automatic devices supplying fee-paying services: The invention concerns a method providing a user with the use of a radiotelephone terminal for remotely controlling automatic devices supplying fee-paying services. In particular, the invention concerns a method including a call by the user to a central server, the user dialing, using his terminal, a control number, storing...

20060160522 - Method and system for managing communication in emergency communication system: A method and system for managing communication in an emergency communication network is described. The emergency communication network receives a plurality of radio messages from a plurality of channels. The incoming radio messages sometimes overlap in time. Incoming radio messages can be prioritized and played back on the basis of...

20060160523 - Method and system for providing supervisory control over wireless phone usage: A system for controlling wireless phone usage enables a supervisor to establish user profiles for supervised users of wireless phones across a range of parameters which are stored in a user profile database. Such parameters may include one or more locations at which use of the wireless phone is restricted...

20060160525 - Authentication system for mobile terminal having electronic money function: A user of a mobile phone photographs himself/herself, and sends a password to an authentication server. After the authentication server authenticates the user, the mobile phone stores the photographed image of the user in a memory accessible only by authentication software. When the authentication software detects a billing apparatus at...

20060160524 - Method and apparatus to facilitate the support of communications that require authentication when authentication is absent: A network element (300) having a mobile Internet Protocol call processor (301) is provisioned with at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The first mode of operation causes the processor to require authentication information from an authentication server before supporting a mobile Internet Protocol...

20060160526 - Communication apparatus and method for sounding dual tone multiple frequency sound corresponding to phone numbers: A mobile communication apparatus is provided. The mobile communication apparatus includes an input device, a storage device, a processing device and a sounding device. The storage device stores a plurality of phone numbers and a plurality of dual tone multiple frequency (DTMF) sound data. The processing device is electrically connected...

20060160527 - Methods and devices for broadcasting and accessing a service offer specific to a geographical area in a wireless telecommunications network: Service areas are defined in a wireless telecommunications network, each area being defined by the addresses of fixed stations for accessing the network situated in that area. The access devices to those services obtain the file defining the areas and a file defining the services in the areas from a...

20060160531 - Method for improving communication success rate in simultaneous call trial between subscribers in mobile communication systems: Disclosed is a method for improving a communication success rate in a simultaneous call trial between subscribers in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving by a second subscriber network an LAM message from a first subscriber network when a first subscriber tries a call to a second subscriber;...

20060160528 - Mobile communication device with a transition effect function: A mobile communication device includes a memory for storing a first frame image corresponding to a first menu and a second frame image corresponding to a second menu, a display unit coupled to the memory for displaying frame images, and a control unit coupled to the display unit for controlling...

20060160530 - Silent radio communications: A method and apparatus for providing silent communications allows for a radio user to transmit preprogrammed audio messages to a calling unit. A wireless communication device includes a receiver for receiving a call from a calling unit and a transmitter. A user control coupled to the transmitter when activated causes...

20060160529 - Systems and methods for the automatic customization or configuration of mobile devices: Systems and methods for the automatic or streamlined customization or configuration of mobile devices are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile device is provided with an installation agent that aids in installation of new device applications by fully or partially automating the installation process....

20060160533 - Method and system of network management and service provisioning for mobile broadband wireless networks: A method and system for network management and service provisioning for mobile broadband wireless networks. The method and system employ a network management system (NMS) to manage nodes corresponding to base stations (BS) and mobile subscriber stations (MSS). A service flow database is used to store data relating to pre-provisioned...

20060160532 - Scheme for providing regulatory compliance in performing network selection in a foreign country: In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for providing regulatory compliance in network selection by a user equipment (UE) device that is operable to discover an equivalent home network in a foreign country. Upon receiving a network identity code from a network node, a determination is made if the network...

20060160534 - Transceiver device capable of calibration and calibration method used by the same: A transceiver device capable of calibration, and a calibration method used by the transceiver device. The transceiver device includes a reference transceiver, a plurality of remaining transceivers, and a plurality of transmission calibration paths connecting the remaining transceivers to the reference transceiver for transmission calibration of the remaining transceivers. An...

20060160535 - Method and system for improved monitoring, measurement and analysis of communication networks utilizing dynamically and remotely configurable probes: In a method and system, one or more communication devices within a communication network are provided with a dynamically and remotely configurable probe element, implemented at least partially in software and controllable by the network operator via one or more communication links, capable of monitoring, measuring and capturing user interaction...

20060160536 - Methods and apparatus for transferring service flow context of mobile broadband wireless access networks: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for transferring service flow context are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed....

20060160538 - Method for automatic frequency band selection in multi-band supported mobile station: Disclosed is an automatic frequency band selection method in a multi-band supported mobile station. In the method, the mobile station checks a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC) from system information when international roaming has occurred, selects a frequency band corresponding to the MCC and MNC...

20060160537 - Network selection when multiple networks are available in a coverage area: In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for network selection by a user equipment (UE) device that is operable to discover multiple PLMNs in a location area. Each discovered PLMN is identified and an indicium associated with the PLMN is presented to the user so that the user can select...

20060160539 - Handoff control methods and related devices: Handoff control methods. User equipment measures the strength of a first pilot signal in an active set. The first pilot signal is transmitted from a base station currently providing services to the user equipment. Handoff parameters for handoff are dynamically set according to the strength of the first pilot signal,...

20060160540 - System and method for determining the mobility of nodes in a wireless communication network: A system and method for determining the mobility of a node (102) in a wireless communication network (102). The system and method determine the distance between the node (102) and at least one stationary neighboring node (102, 106, 107) at at least two or more time points, using at least...

20060160541 - Method of gsm cell reselection: Disclosed is a method for cell reselection in a global system for mobile communication, the method including measuring reception powers and reception qualities of signals provided from a current serving cell and neighboring cells; finding a cell corresponding to a predetermined criterion from among the neighboring cells by comparing the...

20060160542 - Method and system for allocating channels in a cellular communication network: A method of channel allocation in a cellular communication network wherein a radio channel is to be selected for establishment of a connection in an environment with potentially interfering signals, the method comprising: establishing a radio channel candidate; processing the radio channel candidate with potentially interfering signals and calculating a...

20060160543 - Method and system for dynamic spectrum allocation and management: An arrangement for dynamic account allocation is achieved by pooling together spectrum and network availability, as well as congestion information, from different service providers in a central database and by the purchase of wholesale volume of network capacity or accounts with predetermined monthly usage. The purchased network capacity is dynamically...

20060160544 - Distance dependent direct mode peer -to-peer communication establishment in a tdd cdma network: A method for establishing P2P (peer-to-peer) communication in wireless communication networks, comprising steps of: determining whether two user equipments (caller and call) are in the same cell, and computing whether the distance between the two user equipments (UEs) meets the requirement for P2P communication according to the registry information and...

20060160545 - Methods and apparatus for identifying asset location in communication networks: The location of unmodified wireless assets in a wireless communication network may be identified using time differences of arrivals of a communication sequence at different network receivers. Time-stamping devices may include correlator circuits in parallel with signal decoders to time-stamp communication sequences. Cellular wireless networks may be frequency-multiplexed to increase...

20060160546 - Methods, systems and computer-readable media for dynamically recognizing and processing service order types in a network management system: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for dynamically recognizing and processing service order types in a network management system. Service type data for a new service order type is registered in a database table while the network management system is operating. Then, a service order is received in the...

20060160548 - Method and system for information feedback based on instant messaging communication: Disclosed herein is an information feedback method and system based on instant messaging relating to telecommunication techniques. An instant messaging system obtains a location of a mobile terminal from a mobile positioning system according to request information of the mobile terminal. An automatic information processing system generates location-based information according...

20060160547 - Time calibration method for mobile phone: A simplified time calibration method for a telecommunication device, such as a mobile phone. The method comprises: (a) having the mobile phone send a short message to itself, (b) recording successively the uncalibrated time of sending and receiving the short message; (c) extracting the calibrated time included in the received...

20060160549 - Wireless base station, wireless base station selection method, multicast signal transmission method, and wireless terminal: One preferred embodiment of the invention provides a wireless base station which provides a multicasting service to simultaneously transmit identical data to a plurality of wireless terminals. A wireless base station is connected to a plurality of wireless terminals and provides a multicasting service for a plurality of wireless terminals....

20060160551 - Frequency band allocation device and method: A frequency band allocation device is disclosed. The frequency band allocation device comprises an RF database (112) for storing frequency category information indicating a dedicated frequency band, a registered frequency band or unlicensed frequency band; a user information database (113) for storing user information; a frequency band selecting unit (1161,...

20060160550 - Uplink interference reduction in wireless communication systems: A wireless communications system has a plurality of uplink and downlink channels available for use. Channels are distributed among different operators who may plan their networks in a non-ideal manner. A terminal uses an uplink channel and a downlink channel selected from those available and performs a method to check...

20060160552 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method: A radio communication apparatus includes a carriage path through which a radio communication medium is carried, a communication antenna provided in the carriage path, and a detector provided on an upstream side of the antenna in a carrying direction of the moving radio communication medium. The detector detects the passing...

20060160554 - Broadband wireless communication system: A wireless communication system and its method of operation are disclosed. The wireless communication system comprises a subscriber system and a base station system. The subscriber system transfers a request for a communication service comprising a voice communication or web browsing. The base station system receives the request and receives...

20060160553 - Uplink communication in gsm/edge system: The invention relates to uplink communication in a GSM/EDGE telecommunication system. In the method according to the invention, at least one wide-band carrier wave in the group of carrier waves is generated in the mobile station by applying linear modulation at a second modulation symbol rate, the second modulation symbol...

20060160556 - Adjusting measurement reports: A method for selecting a communication parameter to be used in a communication system based on inputs including an estimate of communication quality between a first node and a second node, the method comprising selecting the parameter based on the estimate of communication quality and also the age of the...

20060160555 - Controller apparatus, mobile terminal, and communication control method: A controller apparatus is configured to control an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile terminals. The controller apparatus includes a transmission power determining unit configured to determine transmission power of a certain mobile terminal joining in the ad hoc network, based on traffic distribution in the ad...

20060160558 - Method and apparatus for transition of operation mode in a wireless communication system: A method is provided for reducing power consumption of a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system. If a period of time for state transition from a normal mode to a sleep mode or an idle mode expires, the MS transmits a request message for state transition to a...

20060160559 - Reducing idle power consumption in a networked battery operated device: An improved method and system for reducing the power consumption of computing devices capable of communicating over a wireless network allows longer device operation and/or the use of smaller batteries. The wireless computing device supports a low power channel for receiving control signals during idle periods of operation. When the...

20060160557 - Wind-up power control method and apparatus in mobile communications system: A power control method in a mobile communication system, which includes changing an original step size for adjusting a target quality of service (QoS) of a downlink channel to a larger step size when a wind-up power control process is released, and adjusting the target QoS using the changed step...

20060160562 - Automatic deactivation/activation of cellular phones in restricted areas: Means of controlling cell phone features or usage are described. In the first embodiment, transmitter is a low-power Bluetooth, or similar data transmitter, local to the venue or area in which control of, for example, ringer volume is desired. A receiver receives data only when in the venue, and causes...

20060160561 - Communication terminal: A communication terminal capable of efficiently performing download of a file is provided. A communication terminal 1 includes an input detection section 10, a request section 12, a reception section 14, and a recognition section 16. When the input detection section 10 detects an input of an information request number...

20060160560 - Mobile communication device cover and method for its operation: A portable radio communication device has an exchangeable cover. Specifically the invention relates to a system of a mobile phone to provide multiple functionality and user interoperability to a mobile terminal device. The present invention provides a mobile communication device cover comprising a keyboard and a cover processor. The keyboard...

20060160563 - Apparatus and method for efficiently using antennas in a mobile communication terminal having bluetooth and wireless local area network modules: A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module and a Bluetooth module for a mobile communication terminal. A baseband unit for WLAN and Bluetooth, generates a signal indicating whether WLAN and Bluetooth services are in progress. A switch switches the at least two antennas to the Bluetooth module if only the...

20060160564 - Integrated multi-band transceiver for use in mobile communication device: A multi-band communication device configured with a mobile communication device for voice or data communication over a cellular, satellite or other communication network and configured with an auxiliary communication system configured to receive and/or transmit an auxiliary communication signal. The mobile communication device and auxiliary communication system are integrated into...

20060160566 - Mobile branch exchange: A mobile branch exchange (MBX) allows a user of a mobile telephone to exploit the functionality of a private branch exchange (PBX) as if the user were using a PBX-connected wire line telephone in an office setting. A server is placed on corporate premises and the server is configured to...

20060160565 - System and method for private wireless networks: A method and system for private wireless network communications is provided. A private wireless network controller is coupled to a Private Branch Exchange (PBX), a private base transceiver station, and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The private base transceiver station is coupled to a wireless macro network. The private...

20060160567 - Integrated detachable pda and cellular phone: In accordance with the present invention, a system includes a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a cellular phone adapted to be coupled to the PDA so that upon coupling the cellular phone to the PDA the combined cellular phone and PDA forms a single body....

20060160568 - Telephone system enabling operation of a telephone set by way of a portable terminal: In a telephone system which includes a main device and a telephone set connected to the main device and which further includes a portable terminal having a display unit, the portable terminal further has an interface portion for interfacing the display unit with the main device to present, as an...

20060160571 - Cellular docking station: A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an identifier unique to the communications interface. The outgoing communication is...

20060160569 - Cellular phone and portable storage device using the same: A cellular phone is provided. A connector is used for connecting cellular phone physically to a connection port of a computer. A nonvolatile storage device stores data received from the computer. A controller determines whether the cellular phone operates in a storage mode or a phone mode. When the cellular...

20060160570 - Communication network terminal, a terminal accessory device and an assembly containing the terminal and the accessory device: A mobile terminal (MS) and a remote unit (RU) communicate via a short-range wireless interfaces (LR, LR′). Each comprises a memory (ME, ME′) processor (PR, PR′). The complexity of the combination of the mobile terminal and the remote unit is lowered by having a character generator logic (CG) only in...

20060160572 - Radio base station apparatus, radio terminal apparatus, mobile communication system, and reception operation control program: In response to a connection request from a terminal, a base station provides a signal indicating a reception operation adapted to a transmission operation of the base station to the terminal. Based on the indicating signal, the terminal selects and performs the optimum reception operation. The terminal also provides its...

20060160574 - High speed electrical interconnect using an optically distributed carrier signal: Described are a method and a device for high speed transmission of a data signal across an electrical interconnect in an integrated circuit. An optical carrier is modulated with a local oscillator signal at a modulation frequency substantially greater than the data signal to generate an optical local oscillator signal....

20060160575 - Method to reduce modem call establishment time to a telematics unit: A method for recognizing an attempted data connection in a wireless network between a telematics unit and a call center using a modem. During the connection attempt, a determination is made whether frequencies received through the modem are audio frequencies or data frequencies. The connection is abandoned prior to a...

20060160573 - System for determining user preferences: The invention relates to a system for determining user data, particularly user preferences or evaluations. The system comprises a multitude of mobile end apparatuses (1) which may be integrated in a portable apparatus such as a mobile phone or a watch (7) and are carried or worn by members of...

20060160576 - Broadcast reception device: When electronic mail is arrived while digital broadcasting is being viewed in a portable receiving terminal (2), a process for automatically opening the electronic mail, or a process for opening the electronic mail according to an instruction by a user is to be carried out. In addition, when the process...

20060160578 - Method for operating a cellular telecommunications network, and method for operating a personal cellular telecommunications device: For use in a cellular telecommunications network including a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area, capable of transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages over a Point-To-MultiPoint Service (TMPS) functionality, and capable of transmitting Point-To-Point (PTP) messages, streaming of a substantially continuous...

20060160577 - Mobile communication device: A mobile communication device has a main body, a display unit, an input unit. The display unit is pivotally connected with the body unit by a joint, which is located on a rim of the display unit. The input unit has a lower input module and an upper input module....

20060160579 - Ring tone suites: The present invention, generally speaking, provides for a “ring tone suite” in which multiple related ring tones are downloaded together, and different ones of those ring tones may be used to announce successive calls. In one embodiment, the ring tones are “themed,” and have informational and/or entertainment content distinct from...

20060160580 - Extended microphone with lighting device: An extended microphone with a lighting device applied in a radio communication equipment is disclosed. The extended microphone for a radio communication equipment includes a microphone body; an adapter for connecting said extended microphone with said radio communication equipment; an extended line connected between said microphone body and said adapter;...

20060160581 - Echo suppression for compressed speech with only partial transcoding of the uplink user data stream: Disclosed is a method for suppressing (10) echo (z(t)) in uplink data (y(t), 12-16) originating from a terminal (2, 3), said method allowing a delay and a decrease in quality during echo suppression of uplink data originating from a wireless terminal (2, 3). According to the inventive method, original or...

20060160582 - Hinge device for mobile terminal: A hinge device in a mobile terminal having a first housing and a second housing. The hinge device includes: a hinge housing mounted to the second housing; a cam housing received in the hinge housing to be linearly movable and having a stopper protruded outward from the hinge housing; a...

20060160583 - Folding-type portable apparatus: A folding-type portable apparatus includes a body having a center hinge arm, which contains a hinge module, protruding from the upper surface thereof; a folder having a pair of hinge knuckle portions and rotatably coupled to the body by means of the hinge module; and a constraint means positioned on...

20060160584 - Inclined-type mobile communication terminal: An inclined-type mobile communication terminal for opening/closing a main body using a link apparatus is provided. The inclined-type mobile communication terminal includes a first main body, a second main body, a driving unit, and a link unit. The driving unit is fixed to the first main body and provides a...

20060160585 - Mobile wireless device: A mobile phone is provided with an upper housing coupled to a lower housing with free opening/closing via a hinge. Aboard housing recess is formed on the front face of a middle casing of the lower housing and an antenna housing recess is formed on the back face. The board...

20060160586 - Changeable mobile phone leather cover: A changeable mobile phone leather cover is described. The changeable mobile phone leather cover includes a leather front cover, a flexible portion, and a leather back cover. The leather front cover and the leather back cover are made of fixing plates covered by a leather layer. The flexible portion is...

20060154598 - Configuring a radio network for selective broadcast: A method for configuring and operating a radio system employing the ZigBee radio standard is described. The method advantageously enables a group of radio devices which are logically linked to another radio device to respond with low latency to a message. The method comprises a group identifier being generated and...

20060154600 - Mobile telephone with receive only mode: A mobile telephone network is configured to transmit information, such as TV network scheduling, which can be received by receivers “eavesdropping” on the system. A mobile telephone can be configured to receive only, avoiding the battery drain which results from its transceiver needing to periodically handshake with the network transceiver....

20060154599 - Systems, methods, and media for providing wireless electronic messaging: Systems, methods and media for providing a wireless message to a recipient on a wireless device are provided. More particularly, hardware and/or software for providing a wireless message to a recipient on a wireless device when at least a portion of a broadcast message matches at least a portion of...

20060154601 - Apparatus and method for providing automatically generated personalized web content for mobile users: A system is provided for creating a personalized user interface on a mobile platform to deliver personalized information content to a personal electronic device (PED) of a user on-board the mobile platform. The system includes at least one portal operable to communicate with the user's PED and a first database...

20060154602 - Satellite signal receiving system: A satellite signal reception system accurately receives a specific satellite signal without being affected by other set-top boxes when it is connected to a plurality of set-top boxes. The satellite signal reception system minimizes the distortion of a specific signal by set-top boxes connected to other output ports of a...

20060154603 - Method and devices for efficient data transmission link control in mobile multicast communication systems: A method for a data transmission with ARQ protocol using multicast groups such as GSM, GPRS or UMTS in a mobile communication system is described. Data is transmitted in data blocks (PDU) from a transmitter (T) to a plurality of receivers (R1-RM), said data blocks (PDU) being identifiable by an...

20060154604 - Electromagnetic coil array integrated into antiscatter grid: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an antiscatter grid including an electromagnetic coil array integrated with the antiscatter grid. The electromagnetic coil array is registered with the antiscatter grid. The electromagnetic coil array is configured to detect an electromagnetic field at the antiscatter grid. In an embodiment, the electromagnetic...

20060154605 - Changing operation parameter of communication terminal: A system and method for changing an operation parameter of a communication terminal are provided, in which necessary software is transmitted using an SMS/SIP message so that a WLAN phone, such as a WiFi phone, can maintain an optimum operation condition. The system for automatically changing an operation parameter of...

20060154606 - System and method for short-distance wireless communications, and applications thereof: A first portable wireless communication device enters a PICONET and establishes unencrypted communications with a second wireless communication device, the PICONET master. The first portable wireless communication device transmits identification information to the second wireless communication device using a conventional short-distance communications protocol. The second wireless communication device transmits, in...

20060154607 - System and method for estimating the multi-path delays in a signal using a spatially blind antenna array: A method is described that enables a system to estimate the individual times of arrival of multi-path signals components in a received signal while blind to the particular angular response characteristics of an antenna array. Additionally, a system is described that estimate the impulse response of the modulation channel. The...

20060154608 - Noise power estimation method and noise power estimation device: A pilot extract section 14 extracts a pilot signal from received signal. An adder 21 in-phase adds a plurality of correlated values of pilot signals for respective subcarriers. Delay devices 201-1 to 201-6 temporarily maintain one in-phase added value. Multiplier 202-1 to 202-6 multiplies a predetermined coefficient to the in-phase...

20060154609 - Wireless device: The wireless device judges whether information transmitted and received by the user devices is non-realtime system data or realtime system data, acquires a receiving sensitivity of each channel, transmits, to a server, the number of user devices, a notification that the information transmitted and received is the non-realtime system data...

20060154610 - Communications apparatus and method therefor: A method, apparatus and system provides for pacing transmission of a series of stimulus signals from a first wireless communications apparatus and a second wireless communications apparatus by using an opposite transmission direction of a duplexing scheme to that used for transmitting one or more of the series of stimulus...

20060154611 - Distance estimation: A method for estimating the distance between a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter being arranged to transmit a signal as a series of bursts, and the carrier frequency of each burst being set according to a predetermined sequence, the method comprising: forming a first series comprising the measured differences...

20060154613 - Method and circuit for producing and detecting a transmit signal: A method for producing and detecting a transmit signal for frequency-modulating (FM) audio transmission systems, in particular for audio radio transmission systems, includes transmitting a first signal component (useful signal) that comprises audio information, and transmitting a second signal component (additional signal) that contains status information and/or control information, wherein...

20060154612 - Radio communication system and radio communication method: This object is to conclude an agreement for making an insertion interval of a pilot signal variable between radio communication apparatuses and improve a throughput of a communication. A pilot signal insertion interval acquiring unit 3 acquires the insertion interval of the pilot signal (known reference signal) which is optimal...

20060154614 - Device for calculating fsm bits in the umts standard: The invention relates to a device for calculating FSM bits by means of which the signals sent from two antennas of a base station are influenced with reference to their phase difference and/or their amplitudes. The FSM bits are calculated with the aid of two estimated channel impulse responses. The...

20060154615 - Methods and apparatus for tuning in an inductive system: Electronic circuitry supports utilization of a series of pulses of varying width to tune a transducer (e.g., a coil that produces or receives a magnetic field) for transmitting or receiving. For example, a control voltage generator generates a sequence of digital pulses of varying pulse widths to produce respective control...

20060154616 - Method and device for generating a signal by fractional frequency locked loop: A method in accordance with the invention may include a cyclical succession of measurement phases and of correction phases. The correction phase may include a deactivation of a frequency divider and a correction of the control of an oscillator on the basis of the error signal, with the output signal...

20060154617 - electrically tuned resonance circuit using piezo and magnetostrictive materials: An impedance tuning system, especially for a cellular telephone system. The system can be used to match the impedance of an antenna element with that of an output stage of a transmitter driving the antenna element. The system includes a piezo capacitor in parallel with the magnetostrictive inductor to form...

20060154618 - Radio base station apparatus, radio terminal apparatus, mobile communication system, and reception operation control program: In response to a connection request from a terminal, a base station provides a signal indicating a reception operation adapted to a transmission operation of the base station to the terminal. Based on the indicating signal, the terminal selects and performs the optimum reception operation. The terminal also provides its...

20060154619 - Semi-automatic swing device for a mobile terminal: A semi-automatic swing device for a swing-type mobile terminal including a body, and a swing housing slidably mounted to an upper surface of the body, in which the swing housing slides in parallel on the upper surface the body. The semi-automatic swing device includes a base plate, a swing plate...

20060154620 - Information processing apparatus and method: An information processing apparatus for determining whether or not to transmit a predetermined content to a reception apparatus connected to a network, in accordance with a response time taken to respond to a predetermined command, including: reception means receiving a response to a command; measuring means measuring the response time...

20060154621 - Method for transmitting signals in a radio communication system: Signals from a transmitting first radio station are transmitted to a receiving second radio station via at least two intermediate stations. Signaling of the configuration of the emission to the receiving second radio station is carried out between the at least two intermediate stations....

20060154622 - Clipping of transmission signal: A transmitter clips a transmission signal before transmission in order to reduce the strength of at least one peak of the transmission signal exceeding a predetermined threshold. The transmitter includes a clipper having a minimizer, a filter and an adder. The minimizer minimizes of a cost function with respect to...

20060154623 - Wireless telephone with multiple microphones and multiple description transmission: The present invention is directed to a multiple description transmission system that provides redundancy to combat transmission channel impairments. The multiple description transmission system includes a first and second wireless telephone. The first wireless telephone includes the following: an array of microphones, wherein each microphone in the array of microphones...

20060154625 - Direct conversion transmitter system and method with quadrature balancing and low lo feed through: A system and method are provided for communicating a radio frequency (RF) signal. In use, a baseband signal is mixed with a plurality of oscillator signals with different phases in an interleaving manner. The mixed baseband signal is then communicated as an RF signal....

20060154624 - Transmission device, transmission method , and storage medium: Disclosed is a method that preferably performs transmission processing to a time sequence signal of a known pattern as the pre-amble and an OFDM transmitted signal. In data communications, the general practice defines the pre-amble and detects the peaks of the mutual correlation to thereby detect synchronization. The pre-amble here...

20060154626 - Method and apparatus for controlling a transmitter: A transmitter includes a transformer that is configured to transform a baseband signal into an amplitude information signal and a phase information signal. The transmitter includes a ramping control unit configured to generate a power control signal. The transmitter includes a mixer that is configured to combine the amplitude information...

20060154627 - Mbms ptp and ptm channel change: A channel type switching method for MBMS P-t-P channel and P-t-M channel comprises following steps when UE moves to a cell in DRNC and Iur interface exists: DRNC decides to perform switching between common channel and dedicated channel; DRNC notifies SRNC of MBMS channel type and common channel parameters. This...

20060154628 - Receiver of carrier sense multiplexing connection method and interference suppressing method thereof: A broad band packet radio communication system is characterized by the carrier sense multiplexing connection method operated on a harsh frequency arrangement where an occupied band width of a modulation transmission/reception wave and a modulation side lobe are wide and the frequency channel interval is narrow. It is possible to...

20060154629 - Input control system for high frequency receiver: A receiver may receive and process broadcasting signals in digital and analog forms. The receiver may include an amplifying input stage, a digital signal processing stage and an analog signal processing stage. The input stage may receive a broadcast signal. The digital signal processing stage may process a received broadcast...

20060154630 - Method and system for receiving an ultra-wideband signal with a self-adapting number of propagation paths: A method and a system for receiving an ultra-wideband signal with a self-adapting number of propagation paths. The transmitted signal includes, over a symbol time, a series of direct successive modulated pulses which propagate along a direct propagation path and secondary pulses which are associated with each direct pulse and...

20060154631 - Information processing, apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: An information processing apparatus allowing proper communication with a communication partner in accordance with a communication time of the communication partner. A reception control unit receives a random challenge (RC) from a transmission terminal and supplies it to a generation unit. The reception control unit transmits an RC reception message...

20060154632 - Broadband receiver: A broadband receiver exhibiting reduced interference to a frequency counter caused by a local oscillator. The broadband receiver is arranged for detecting a radio signal of strong reception intensity and receiving the radio signal, and in a specific configuration includes: a reception system including an antenna for receiving the radio...

20060154633 - Uplink sinr estimation: An arrangement estimates the uplink SINR of a CDMA channel. It includes means (40) for estimating the signal power using the channelization code of the channel. A selector (28) searches for and selects an idle channelization code that is orthogonal to the channelization code of the channel. This idle code...

20060154634 - Gain controlled external low noise amplifier: A receiver for receiving radio frequency signals from a remote keyless entry system and another system includes a low noise amplifier for amplifying and increasing the range and sensitivity of the receiver, such that the receiver may receive signals at increased distances. A gain of the low noise amplifier is...

20060154635 - Dual receive filter: A pre-processing stage is provided for a receiver of a wireless device. The pre-processing stage includes an amplifier that receives signals of interest and unwanted signals and produces amplified signals of interest and amplified unwanted signals, and a matching network that separates the amplified signals of interest from the amplified...

20060154636 - Tracking filter for tuner: A tuner uses a bank of tracking filters to preselect a channel to be received. Each tracking filter covers a range of frequencies. The tracking filters are tunable in frequency using switched capacitors and are tunable in gain by using switched resistors. The switched resistors can be controlled by an...

20060154637 - Method for estimating a carrier leak, an estimator and modulation system provided with automatic control of a carrier using said system: t

20060154638 - Wideband monolithic tunable high-q notch filter for image rejection in rf application: A notch filter with a high Q factor, which is integrated with a first and a second cascoded LNA, is totally contained on an integrated chip. The notch filter, comprising two Q-enhancement circuits, is coupled to the second differential LNA. The two Q-enhancement circuits are combined to generate sufficient negative...

20060154639 - Direct-conversion receiver system and method with quadrature balancing and dc offset removal: A system and method are provided for direct-conversion of a modulated radio-frequency (RF) signal. After receiving an RF signal, the RF signal is mixed with a plurality of oscillator signals with different phases in an interleaving manner....

20060154640 - Image rejection mixer and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting tuner of low intermediate frequency structure using the same: Disclosed herein are a terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) tuner of a low intermediate frequency (IF) structure which is applied to a mobile communication terminal, such as a mobile phone, and an image rejection mixer applied thereto. In order to improve inter-channel attenuation characteristics, the image rejection mixer locates an...

20060154641 - Active inductors using bipolar silicon transistors: An active inductor includes bipolar transistors T1, T2, T3 and TD (TD being arranged in diode), where T1's emitter is connected to an output port and to T2's collector. T2's base is connected to a first voltage line and between two connected capacitors. T2's emitter is connected to T3's collecter....

20060154642 - Medication & health, environmental, and security monitoring, alert, intervention, information and network system with associated and supporting apparatuses: Systems and apparatuses include devices, biosensors, environmental sensors, security related sensors, networked products, communications processors and components, alert and information components, processors, and software to support: 1) facilitating medication regimen and patient/user health administration, dosage control, tracking, compliance, information inquiry and presentation, reminder and notification; 2) providing monitoring, information, ordering,...

20060154643 - System and method of localization: A system and method for locating a communication device is provided wherein the communication device detects at least one accessible communications network, selects one of the accessible communications networks, and sends an emergency signal over the selected network. The plurality of communications networks may comprise a cellular network, at emergency...

20060154644 - Method and system for providing supervisory control over wireless phone usage: A system for controlling wireless phone usage enables a supervisor to establish user profiles for supervised users of wireless phones across a range of parameters which are stored in a user profile database. Such parameters may include one or more locations at which use of the wireless phone is restricted...

20060154647 - Authentication of mobile station: A method for processing authentication of a mobile station in a mobile communication system comprises determining whether an authentication state is inactivated, and requesting registration. The method also comprises receiving a result message from a network, and activating the authentication state according to the result message. The authentication state may...

20060154645 - Controlling network access: In a method for controlling network access, identity information for authentication is received from a communications device in a network. When the identity information indicates an identity module, the identity module is authentication. The identity module relates to the communications device, and it is associated with a further network. In...

20060154646 - Method and apparatus for generating a unique identifier for a wireless device: A base station receives a first identifier (e.g., pseudo ESN) from the wireless device and assigns an index to the wireless device. The base station generates a second identifier (e.g., a dynamic ESN) for the wireless device based on the first identifier and the index. The second identifier is unique...

20060154648 - Method for moving a rights object between devices and a method and device for using a content object based on the moving method and device: A method for moving a rights object (RO) between devices, a method of using a content object based on the moving method, and devices using the methods are provided. The moving method includes performing authentication between two devices; securing a connection between the devices; and communicating the rights object between...

20060154649 - Transfer of personal data: A system includes a first mobile device, for initiating the transfer of a personal collection of data and/or settings from the first mobile device to a remote server, a server for setting up sessions and storing collections of data and/or settings; and a second mobile device, for initiating the transfer...

20060154650 - Method and system for providing a mobile network notification service: A method for providing a mobile network notification service including receiving a first telephone number associated with a first notification service customer. The method further includes receiving an indication that a first telephone corresponding to the first telephone number has been powered on and is available in a mobile network....

20060154651 - Demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for providing demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device. A provisioning server may be used to receive a provisioning update request from the mobile communication device and in response to the provisioning update request transmit a service update...

20060154652 - Method and system for direct communication between mobile device and application on display: A method and apparatus for reducing the number of manipulations by a user during the data communication between an information device and a mobile device. The communication is performed with a data communication system that includes a mobile device; a display for displaying a position of the mobile device sensed...

20060154653 - System and method of setting up a telephone conference: In a telephone conference unit, any participant to a conference is able to invite an additional participant to the conference by specifying the telephone number of the new participant. A transaction convertor (6), under the control of a service control point (5), sends an invitation message such as a text...

20060154654 - Method and system for the automated answering and holding of a call: In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a method for the automated answering and holding of a call includes receiving an incoming call directed to a first endpoint from a second endpoint. A detection is made that the first endpoint is communicating with a third endpoint on...

20060154655 - Apparatus, and associated method, for demonstrating an operational capability of a radio device: Apparatus, and an associated method, for demonstrating a capability of a mobile station. A demonstration mode is defined at the mobile station. A user of the mobile station selects operation of the mobile station in the demonstration mode and which of the mobile station capabilities to be demonstrated....

20060154657 - Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live entertainment event: A method and system provide interactive participation during shopping activity occurring at a shopping venue. Enjoyment for a plurality of enrolled participants is enhanced. Participants employ wireless interactive devices that present a promotional message and include user input and output interfaces. Participants are queried, and enter answers via the user...

20060154658 - Methods and systems for enabling address book selection and communication with a wireless device: Methods and systems are provided for establishing communication with a wireless device and a recipient telecommunications device in a telecommunications network. In one computer-assisted embodiment, the method includes identifying at least a first address associated with the recipient telecommunications device; and, processing the first address for retrieving at least a...

20060154656 - Phonebook management method in a mobile terminal and the associated terminal: t

20060154659 - Communication system and method for operating such a system: The present invention relates to communication system comprising first and second communication devices (11,12) each capable of communicating with a telecommunications network (10), and both being connectable to each other by a data link (17) for information transfer and to a method for operating the same. The first communication device...

20060154660 - Communication system and method: A remote mobile network part (2, 11, 12) may be on an aircraft, a ship, or in a geographically remote location. It comprises a gateway (6) which communicates with a central gateway (9) via a satellite link. The two gateways (6, 9) together are a base station controller (BSC), the...

20060154661 - Process for determining characteristics of a telephone number: After receiving a telephone number, various characteristics of the telephone number are determined. These include, the type of phone associated with the telephone number, the phone carrier of the telephone number, and geographic characteristics of the telephone number. This can be done, for instance, by analyzing the telephone connection or...

20060154662 - Registering phone numbers of wireless terminals: A wireless network system includes: a plurality of wireless terminals; and wireless network access equipment for storing a plurality of phone numbers assigned to each of the wireless terminals and dynamically assigning the phone numbers and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to each of the wireless terminals. The method of registering...

20060154663 - System and method for controlling idle mode in a broadband wireless access communication system: A method for controlling an idle mode in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system. A mobile station (MS) transmits to a base station (BS) a de-registration request (DREG-REQ) indicating a state transition request to the idle mode. The BS transmits to the MS a de-registration command (DREG-CMD) for commanding...

20060154666 - Portable terminal: When a communication regulation determining block determines that E-mail communication is regulated when an E-mail processing block prepares for communication or initiates communication, information indicative of alternative communicating section using another communication path in which communication is not regulated is displayed on a user interface section. Therefore, it is possible...

20060154664 - Radio communication terminal and control method: A wireless communication terminal, which performs wireless communication with base stations using each of a first communication method and a second communication method and enables to be in an idle state with both methods, having a setting section that sets a suspend time for detecting an incoming call from the...

20060154665 - System and method for call handoff between circuit switched and packet data wireless networks: The hybrid mobile terminal is engaged in an existing call through a serving one of a circuit switched or packet data wireless networks. The mobile terminal places a new call through the target one of the wireless networks, the new call having a predetermined called party identifier. In response to...

20060154667 - Apparatus and method for configuring sectors in a wireless communication system: An apparatus and method is provided for configuring a sector in a multi-antenna mobile communication system. A cell is divided into a plurality of sectors, and a plurality of beams are formed for each of the divided sectors. The formed beams are allocated to the sectors in such a manner...

20060154668 - Overlay micro cell structure for universal mobile telephone system network: A wireless telephony communications system includes at least one macro cell for communicating both voice and data with a mobile communications device across a first wireless link and at least one micro cell for communicating data with the mobile communications device across a second wireless communication link. Each micro cell...

20060154672 - Method for transmitting broadcast channel in a cellular wireless communication system: A method for transmitting to one cell a frame including broadcast channels in a cellular wireless communication system in which a base station supports a plurality of physical channels corresponding to the broadcast channels. The base station generates the frame and transmits the generated frame to a mobile station. The...

20060154669 - Method of providing broadcast service and broadcasting receiver therefor: A method and a broadcasting receiver that provide a broadcast service are provided. The method includes extracting and storing information on channels of at least one neighboring local transmitting station of a service provider adjacent to a current local transmitting station from a digital broadcast signal transmitted through a current...

20060154670 - Mobile communication terminal, mobile communication system, and storage medium: When moving from a public wireless area to a local wireless area, a mobile communication terminal transmits its telephone number to a local wireless service authentication server to inquire whether the mobile communication terminal can receive a local wireless service. The local wireless service authentication server, in response to the...

20060154671 - System and method for allocating a channel quality information channel in a communication system: A method for allocating a channel quality information channel (CQICH) in a communication system is disclosed. After fast switching from a serving anchor base station (BS) to a target anchor BS, a mobile station (MS) detects absence of a CQICH allocated from the target anchor BS. Upon detecting the absence...

20060154673 - Information transmission method for a wireless local network: A communication network includes a plurality of transceivers in spaced-apart locations A transmission from one of the transceivers to a selected receiver destination can be optimized by sending the transmission along optimum quality path segments from transceiver to transceiver. The optimum path segments are determined conveniently by comparing consecutive entries...

20060154674 - Mobile communication device having geographical device setting control and method of operation thereof: A mobile communication device and a method of controlling mobile communication device settings. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a memory unit configured to store device settings, (2) a position indicator coupled to the memory unit and configured to determine a geographical position of the device and (3) a...

20060154675 - Wireless communications device and method for use with telephone network edge node providing privacy: A wireless device connects to one or more network node devices that are in turn connected to one or more wirelines. The wireless device has one or more wireless signal generators supporting one or more of the wireless connections and one or more memories to store an identifier. One or...

20060154677 - Concurrent transfer of packet data and paging in mobile communication terminal: Concurrently transferring/receiving GPRS packet data and paging in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed, in which the terminal transferring/receiving GPRS packet data can receive GPRS paging in a network supporting NMO-2. The terminal can concurrently process a GPRS service and a GSM service in a GPRS network supporting NMO-2 using...

20060154676 - Method, system and communication terminal for utilising a multimedia messaging service format for applications: This invention relates to a method, system and communication terminal for utilising a MMS format for user interfaces for applications such as running animations or audio-recordings, or such as showing screen images guiding an operator through a specific menu sequence....

20060154678 - Radio communication system, radio communication device, and radio communication method: A wireless communication system shown in FIG. 4 relates to a system for performing wireless communication processing between a stationary base station (101) with wireless communication function and display apparatuses (401, 402) with wireless communication function. The base station (101) has a plurality of antennas (501 and 502) each having...

20060154679 - Synchronization method and system for transmitting voice data in a mobile communication system: A method and system for synchronizing transmission/reception timings delayed during transmission/reception of data frames for voice signals in a mobile communication system including a media gateway with a transcoder and a base station controller for exchanging digital voice signals with the media gateway. The media gateway or the base station...

20060154680 - Method for uplink access transmissions in a radio communication system: According to a first aspect, there is provided a method for controlling uplink access transmissions in a radio communication system, wherein a user equipment determines a delay time for transmitting a signal on an uplink access channel, wherein the delay time is randomly determined based upon a probability distribution that...

20060154683 - Communication method and commmunication system: A communication method and a communication system which enable a user to swiftly send a standard voice message or sound to one or more other communication perties during a conversation, and also simultaneously send a voice message to a plurality of other communication parties. A user can swiftly transmit a...

20060154681 - Method and system for controlling talk time for poc user: A method and system for controlling a talk time for a PoC user is provided, capable of freely extending and using the talk time according to whether there is a floor requester or a priority when a talker obtains a floor during PoC communication. The method includes determining whether a...

20060154682 - System and method for changing a talk group of a mobile communication terminal: A system and method for changing a talk group of a mobile communication terminal, which includes a PTT (Push To Talk) server and a mobile communication terminal is described. The PTT server is configured to transmit a message requesting the mobile communication terminal to change a talk group based on...

20060154686 - Adaptive power control for multicast transmissison: The power level of multicast data transmissions in a wireless communications network are controlled. Power level information is provided in a transmitted channel received by a user equipment. The user equipment measures the power level of a received signal. It compares the measured power level to the power level indicated...

20060154685 - Apparatus and method for controlling reverse tx power in a mobile terminal: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling reverse TX power in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a closed-loop power controller for limiting a TX power increase due to a power control bit of an RX signal by using a power-up limit bit and outputting a closed-loop power...

20060154684 - Method and apparatus for adaptive carrier allocation and power control in multi-carrier communication systems: An apparatus and process for allocating carriers in a multi-carrier system is described. In one embodiment, the process comprises determining a location (E, D, C, B, A; FIG. 6) of a subscriber (520) with respect to a base station (510), selecting carriers from a band of carriers to allocate to...

20060154687 - Proximity regulation system for use with a portable cell phone and a method of operation thereof: Proximity regulation systems for use with a portable cell phone, a portable cell phone and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the proximity regulation system includes a location sensing subsystem configured to determine a location of a portable cell phone proximate a user by determining a mode...

20060154689 - Dual-mode keypad for a mobile device: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for implementing a dual-mode keypad for a mobile device. The keypad may operate in a telephony mode and a text-entry mode. The keypad may include a plurality of dual-mode keys that each include an associated telephony character and...

20060154688 - Pen-type mobile telephone: A kind of pen-type mobile telephone. It comprises: housing (1), display (2), button (3, 4, 5), telephone receiver (6), earphone (7), etc. It is characterized in that said pen-type mobile telephone's housing possesses slender rod-form; said display (2) is slender and in longitudinal setting; In said housing (1), also included...

20060154691 - Architecture and protocol for software defined radio system: There is provided apparatus for supporting coexistence between a first wireless communication mode and a second wireless communication mode. The apparatus comprises a hardware module and a software module for implementing at least one set of protocols for both communication modes. The software module includes SDR control for enabling switching...

20060154690 - Hand crank weather channel receiver with cell phone charger: An apparatus comprising a housing. A rechargeable battery source for providing a first source of direct current, a hand-crank dynamo configured to replenish the rechargeable battery source, and a direct current input receptacle configured for receiving a second source of direct current are disposed and held in the housing. An...

20060154692 - Personal digital assistant and data recovery method: A personal digital assistant comprises a loss detector to detect a lost state and a value information retainer for retaining a value assessment index, which are numerical values indicating data values. When a lost state is detected by the loss detector, a data recovery sequence is determined based on the...

20060154694 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof are provided where a modem unit modulates a certain signal and converts and outputs the signal in a digital form, a level controller varies the voltage level of the signal output from the modem unit, a line unit detects the voltage...

20060154693 - Wireless electronic system and method based on cellular phone: The present invention discloses a system and method for multiple-purpose and more effective usage of cellular phone in electronic devices and every day life. In the proposed system are combined modern cellular phones with many electronic devices such as: PC, TV, printers, web cams, hubs, traditional telephones, and so on....

20060154695 - Electronic device mounted on terminal equipment: An IC card used as an electronic device mounted on terminal equipment performs a mutual authentication process for the main body of the terminal equipment. When mutual authentication for the IC card and the main body of the terminal equipment is successfully performed by the mutual authentication process, the IC...

20060154696 - Magnification of currently selected menu item: Method and apparatus with a user interface for controlling the apparatus are provided in which a currently selected menu item is magnified in height relative to other items in the menu so as to distinguish the item. While in addition to providing an appealing way to indicate which item is...

20060154698 - In-vehicle hand-free apparatus: An in-vehicle hand-free apparatus that is for ensuring hand-free talk by a short-range wireless communication system in compliance with the Bluetooth includes a notification unit which notifies the status of the in-vehicle hand-free apparatus. As the in-vehicle hand-free apparatus notifies the status thereof by the notification unit, the user can...

20060154697 - Universal hands-free device for mobile phone with bluetooth: The device relates to the field of mobile telephone connectivity and can be used during telephone communication, for example, while operating a motor vehicle. The universal hands-free device for a mobile phone with BLUETOOTH comprises a main block activating a receiving-transmitting BLUETOOTH module, and a detachable microphone electrically connected to...

20060154699 - Power saving method and apparatus for multimode wireless terminal: A method and apparatus save power in a multimode wireless terminal having plural communication modems for supporting different communication systems. The multimode wireless terminal performs its basic functions of reception and transmission, while only one of the communication modems is turned on and the others are turned off so as...

20060154700 - Input device using transparent keypad: Disclosed is an input device for a portable terminal. The input device includes a transparent keypad which is provided on a rear side thereof with input sections of a plurality of keys, and an input signal processing unit for generating an input signal corresponding to the key selected by a...

20060154701 - Hinge assembly for foldable electronic device: A hinge assembly (100) includes a can (11), an elastic member (20), a shaft (31) and a pin (40). The can has a body (111) and a center cavity (113). The body defines a guiding slit (114) therein, and the guiding slit communicates with the center cavity. The shaft defines...

20060154702 - Three-axial rotation type mobile communication terminal: Disclosed herein is a three-axial rotation type mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal includes a body part, a folder part disposed on the body part in the thickness-wise direction of the body part, and a hinge unit. The hinge unit includes a first hinge part mounted at one corner...

20060154706 - Portable communication device: A portable communication device is disclosed. The portable communication device includes a body housing; a rotatable auxiliary housing which continuously maintains a state in which the auxiliary housing is received so as to be parallel to a bottom surface of the body housing, the auxiliary housing being opposite to the...

20060154703 - Semi-automatic sliding device for sliding-type portable terminal: Disclosed herein is a semi-automatic sliding device for a sliding-type portable terminal that includes a stationary member, a movable member adapted to slide under constraint while facing the stationary member by means of a closing force when out of a predetermined distance and an opening force when within the predetermined...

20060154704 - Slide opening/closing type mobile device: A slide opening/closing type mobile device includes a body section including a guide section that has a pair of long holes and is configured so that an interval between the pair of long holes becomes smaller at first, as it goes from one ends towards the other ends of the...

20060154705 - Slide-type portable terminal provided with game function: A slide-type portable terminal which is convenient to use in a telephone mode, a game mode, and a camera mode is disclosed. The portable terminal includes a body housing; a circumferential portion surrounding the body housing; an opening provided between the body housing and the circumferential portion; an auxiliary rotary...

20060154707 - Non-interfering wireless communication device fastener: A fastening system is disclosed for wireless communication devices that may be worn by a human being. The fastening system may employ a conductive material, for example, which may be used by the wireless communication device for receiving wireless signals, for example. Further, the conductive may be molded or embedded...

20060154708 - Personal portable external cell phone antenna: The present invention is a portable, self contained, dual frequency external antenna configuration for use with a phone, such as a cell phone having an outwardly extending antenna to enhance cell phone operation. The antenna configuration comprises a first antenna tuned to a first cell phone operating frequency and a...

20060154709 - Two-wire transmitter: A two-wire transmitter is connected to two transmission lines which transmit an electric signal regarding a physical quantity detected by a sensor. The two-wire transmitter includes a current control section which controls a transmission current of the electric signal, and a starter circuit which starts at a starting time of...

20060148400 - Device and method to store product information: A device and a method are provided for receiving items of product information over a satellite digital audio radio (SDAR) network and locally storing the information therein. A mobile device is provided that comprises a control section and mobile information storage in electrical communication with the control section. The control...

20060148401 - Method and apparatus for enabling generation of a low error timing reference for a signal received via a repeater: Methods are provided for compensating the electrical path delay imposed on signals traversing a repeater. In some embodiments, the repeater generates an output signal having an undelayed signal component. Detection of the undelayed signal component enables establishment of a low error timing reference. In other embodiments, the repeater superimposes a...

20060148403 - Alternating current power strip with network repeating and management: An alternating current power strip 1 with network repeating and management 23 functionality is hereby disclosed....

20060148402 - Connection authentication in wireless communication network system: In a wireless communication network system of the invention, in response to a request for connection authentication sent from each of multiple wireless communication terminals to a base station to establish a communication link, a link management module receives authentication information of each wireless communication terminal, which is generated corresponding...

20060148405 - Bluetooth audio relay: The present invention discloses a Bluetooth audio relay, which comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB); a Bluetooth chip mounted on the PCB for processing the Bluetooth signals and transforming the Bluetooth signals into digital audio signals; an antenna coupled to the Bluetooth chip for receiving and transmitting the Bluetooth signals,...

20060148404 - Docking of short-range wireless communication tags with mobile terminals: The invention provides for docking short-range wireless communication tags, such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or near Field Communication (NFC) smart cards onto a mobile terminal having a corresponding short-range wireless communication reader device, such as an RFID reader or a NFC reader. Docking of the tag to the mobile...

20060148406 - Dynamic upstream attenuation for ingress noise reduction: A dynamic arrangement for reducing the presence of ingress noise in the upstream signal path of a two-way cable system utilizes a variable attenuation element and amplifier disposed along the upstream signal path. The amplifier includes a bypass switch so that the amplifier may be switched in to or out...

20060148407 - Portable electronic device and battery module thereof: A portable electronic device includes a housing, an aroma unit and a heat source. In this case, the housing has an accommodating part. The aroma unit is placed in the accommodating part. The heat source is adjacent to the aroma unit. The heat source provides thermal energy and the aroma...

20060148409 - Method and circuit arrangement for determing the signal strength in receivers with complex signal processing: In order to provide a method of determining the signal strength in a receiver or transmitter with complex signal processing using the in-phase channel (I channel) and the quadrature channel (Q channel), by means of which it is also possible to reliably determine the signal strength in receivers with a...

20060148410 - Wireless process field device diagnostics: A wireless process device for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system comprising includes a power source configured to power the process device. Diagnostic circuitry is configured to diagnose operation of process device and provides a diagnostic output. Wireless communication circuitry transmits information over a wireless communication link....

20060148411 - Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving channel quality information in a communication system: An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving channel quality information (CQI) in a communication system having a frame including subchannels corresponding to the same frequency reuse factor or different frequency reuse factors. A base station (BS) allocates at least one of the subchannels in the frame to a subscriber station (SS),...

20060148412 - Communication system, base station, and mobile station: A communication system includes mobile stations carrying out transmission at report cycles selected from a group consisting of 0, 1 and other integers without having a relation of a multiple and including a lot of prime numbers....

20060148413 - Communication system, base station, and mobile station: A communication system includes mobile stations carrying out transmission at report cycles selected from a group consisting of 0, 1 and other integers without having a relation of a multiple and including a lot of prime numbers....

20060148408 - System and method for providing services using the same frequency in a wireless communication system: A method for providing a single-frequency network (SFN) service between a base station (BS) and a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system. The BS sets a first segment indicator in a medium access control (MAC) message field before transmission, if a resource allocation scheme corresponds to general data...

20060148414 - Apparatus and method for determining transmit signal parameters using real-time channel measurements: A method and wireless system that is able to adapt forward channel signal parameters to the different channel characteristics in each deployment environment. For example, the base station may update the waveform parameters based upon the real-time channel measurement feedback as received from the subscriber stations....

20060148415 - Communication system and method using transmit diversity: Influencing the transmission of signals from a transmitting device to a receiving device in a communication system comprising at least one transmitting device and at least one receiving device is disclosed. In a receiving station received transmission signals are processed and a feedback signal to be transmitted to a transmitting...

20060148416 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device and wireless communication system: The present invention supplies a stable power supply voltage from small output currents to large output currents, regardless of operation states of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. When an output current of the regulator is small (idle mode), all switches go off. Thereby, power is supplied to a transistor via...

20060148418 - Method and apparatus for alerting a target that it is subject to sensing and restricting access to sensed content associated with the target: A method and apparatus for protecting sensed content and warning a target of sensing is disclosed. A first transceiver, (e.g., a network server), includes a database which defines at least one zone in which sensing a target is not permitted. A second transceiver, (e.g., a cell phone), senses a target...

20060148417 - Telecommunications terminal and telecommunications assembly: A telecommunications terminal comprising a user interface function for a plurality of telecommunications connections, in addition to selection means for inputting telecommunications connection data, call signaling means for signaling incoming calls to one of the telecommunications connections, input means for inputting outgoing messages, output means for outputting incoming messages and...

20060148419 - Digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver for portable computer: Embodiments of a digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver and method for a portable computer can be detachably operated. A digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver for a portable computer can include a case to be attached in a bay of a main body, a main substrate installed in the case and mounted with at least...

20060148420 - Apparatus for wirelessly-coupling a bluetooth-wireless cellular mobile handset to a docking station for connecting a standard telephone set to the cellular network: A Bluetooth-wireless docking station for use with a Bluetooth-enabled cellular mobile handset, which docking station allows mobility to the cellular mobile handset rather than having to be fixed stationarily in the docking station, which docking station couples standard POTS telephone sets, or POTS-like telephone units, connected to in-premises wiring, to...

20060148421 - Method and apparatus for frequency adjustment: A method and an apparatus for shifting a resonance frequency in response to an operating frequency are provided. The present invention retrieves a control signal, from a frequency synthesizer, indicative of a difference between the operating frequency and a predetermined frequency, decodes the control signal to generate a tuning signal...

20060148422 - Portable information apparatus having communications tools, a control system for controlling such portable information apparatus, and an apparatus having such control system: A portable information apparatus 20 having communications tools is provided with a switch 22a for instructing enablement/disenablement of transmission functions of the wireless transmission/reception section 21 of the portable information apparatus 20. The portable information apparatus 20, upon receipt of a transmission prohibition signal from an prohibition signal transmitter 31...

20060148423 - Systems for locating and identifying victims of manmade or natural disasters: Systems for locating and identifying victims of manmade or natural disasters are disclosed. A system includes a transceiver having a transmitter for transmitting a first emergency location signal that contains a first digital identification and a receiver for receiving a second emergency location signal and decoding a second digital identification....

20060148425 - Illuminated interchangeable bezel assembly for a cellular telephone: This invention is a wireless communication device (100) including a first housing (220) with a housing support (250), a second housing (120) positioned about the housing support, or a portion thereof, so that the second housing may rotate around the housing support, and an interchangeable bezel (130) having input keys...

20060148424 - Wireless transmitter receiver set: A wireless transmitter receiver set is disclosed to include a transmitter, which has a signal transmitting module mounted on the inside, a signal firing hole at one end, a connecting portion at the other end, and a control button disposed on the outside for driving the signal transmitting module to...

20060148426 - Mobile communication device capable of changing its user interface: A mobile communication device includes a housing, a circuit board installed inside the housing, a control module installed on the circuit board for controlling the mobile communication device, a first memory module installed on the housing and coupled to the control module on the circuit board, the first memory module...

20060148427 - Communication system and method using transmit diversity: Influencing the transmission of signals from a transmitting device to a receiving device in a communication system comprising at least one transmitting device and at least one receiving device is disclosed. In a receiving station received transmission signals are processed and a feedback signal to be transmitted to a transmitting...

20060148428 - Precoding of contention words in a fixed wireless access system: A fixed wireless access communications system comprises an access point and a plurality of subscriber units. Each subscriber unit (502) contends for access to a communications channel to the access point by transmitting a contention word to the access point during a contention time slot. The contention word is predistorted...

20060148429 - Transmission path simulation method and transmission path simulator: Provided are switch 125 which makes N copies of each of M signals obtained in a transmission system, and thereby forms M×N channel signals, channel processing sections 126-1 to 126-MN which add correlated instantaneous variations and short-term variations corresponding to arrangements of transmission and reception antennas to the M×N channel...

20060148430 - Power management of a transmitter and supporting methods and apparatus: In the present technique for managing power of a transmitter on a mobile station, the transmitter power is checked (124) against a training current threshold that can result in the termination of a training ramp during level training mode of the mobile station. Another transmission current threshold is used for...

20060148431 - Dual-polarization receiver: To provide a dual-polarization receiver in a hot standby transmission scheme using dual polarized wave signal transmission that has high frequency-utilizing-efficiency. A dual-polarization receiver for receiving polarized wave signals whose directions are different from each other has receiving demodulation units of a working system and a backup system for one...

20060148432 - Apparatus and method for processing digital multimedia broadcast (dmb) signals: An apparatus and method for processing DMB signals in a DMB receiver such as a mobile communication terminal are disclosed to simplify the DMB receiver. The apparatus for processing DMB signals received via at least two antennas includes: an antenna switching unit for selecting one of at least two signals...

20060148433 - Method for controlling diversity receivers in a wireless communication device: A method for controlling diversity receivers in a wireless communication device includes the steps of: determining if the wireless communication device is experiencing poor coverage (220), using a first receiver and a second receiver for diversity (230) if the wireless communication device is experiencing poor coverage, and using the second...

20060148434 - Receiver digital-analog converter and tuning circuit: An object of the present invention is to provide a receiver, a digital-analog converter and a tuning circuit in which temperature compensating components can be formed on a semiconductor substrate while reducing component costs. An FM receiver 100 is constituted by including an antenna 1, a high frequency receiving circuit...

20060148435 - Method and apparatus for multichannel signal limiting: A method and apparatus provide multichannel signal limiting to prevent any channel signal within a multichannel signal from exceeding defined limits, while still preserving the gain and/or amplitude relationships among the individual channel signals. A limiter is configured to calculate a limiting factor as the value needed to prevent a...

20060148436 - Signal amplifying apparatus and method: A signal amplifying apparatus and method selectively amplify a received signal according to the strength of the received signal. The signal amplifying apparatus includes a signal receiving unit for outputting a state signal according to a state of a received radio frequency (RF) signal, an amplifying unit for amplifying the...

20060148437 - Circuit and method for reducing mobile station receiver power consumption by dynamically controlling linearity and phase noise parameters: A comparison is made in a number of scenarios of a current channel gain setting for a receiver to a threshold. If the current channel gain setting is less than the threshold, then current within at least a portion of the receiver is decreased. In one scenario, the comparison is...

20060148438 - Dc trimming circuit for radio frequency (rf) down-conversion: The present invention relates generally to communications, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for minimizing DC offset and second-order modulation products (IM2 noise) while demodulating RF signals. The principle of the invention can be applied to differential, down-conversion circuits (50) consisting of two differential mixers (54, 56) in...

20060148440 - Mixer circuit with bypass and mixing modes having constant even order generation and method of operation: A mixer circuit configured to operate in a bypass or mixing mode, and which comprises a mixer core, and a mode select circuit. The mixer core includes first and second switches, each of which has an input, and first and second outputs. The mode select circuit is coupled to the...

20060148439 - Mixer used in direct conversion transceiver and related method: A frequency conversion apparatus for converting an input signal having an input frequency into an output signal having an output frequency. The frequency conversion apparatus includes a first multiplier and a gm stage. The first multiplier multiplies a first local signal having a first frequency with a second local signal...

20060148441 - System and method for improved detection of am signals: A software defined radio detects an amplitude modulated (AM) signal contained within a received signal. This detection involves first receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal that contains the AM signal modulated about a carrier frequency (fc). The RF signal is downconverted using a first local oscillator having a frequency flo....

20060148442 - Battery cover assembly: A battery cover assembly (100) includes a housing (30), fixing assembly (40), cover (10) and button (20). The housing includes a receptacle (33) in a middle portion thereof; and two latch slots (37) defined in a bottom portion thereof The base board (50) is fixed to the housing, and with...

20060148444 - Home network system and method for providing user interfaces: A method for establishing a user interface suitable for plural clients each having a different user interface is provided. In a home network including a service server and at least one client, the client requests a user interface generator from the service server, and a client profile to the service...

20060148443 - Method and system for tracking identification devices: A method of tracking an identification device includes storing data about the identification device in a register, the data to be stored including data relating to a forwarding location to which requests for information about the identification device should be forwarded. The identification device is attached to an item to...

20060148445 - Device for the wireless transmission of a trigger signal: A device for wireless transmission of a deployment signal. The device includes two processors on both the primary side and the secondary side, which exchange data with one another. A high degree of redundancy is thereby achieved. The wireless transmission is preferably carried out as inductive transmission....

20060148447 - Distributed wireless online access system: A method for providing wireless online access comprises: establishing a wireless access signal space wherein a wireless communications link is established between a secondary wireless unit and at least one primary wireless unit, thereby providing a corresponding secondary subscriber with online access by data packet transmission between the primary wireless...

20060148446 - Method and distributed rating system for determining rating data in a charging system: A method and distributed rating system for determining rating data for services and subscribers in a communications network, wherein data associated with a service or subscriber is accessed (101), a rating request, including the accessed data is sent (103) to a distributed rating means (16, 19, 21) for distributed rating....

20060148449 - Anti-theft system for mobile electronic devices: A mobile device (12) is presented that comprises a chargeable supply element (20) for supplying the mobile device with electrical power. The mobile device (12) has means for determining a charge level of the supply element (20) and at least one function unit (16). The mobile device furthermore has an...

20060148448 - Communication systems and methods: A communication system includes a receiver for receiving an audio signal. The audio signal includes an embedded telephone number, and the system includes an output device for outputting the embedded telephone number. In a first embodiment, the output device is a short-range wireless transceiver, such as Bluetooth transceiver. In this...

20060148451 - Wireless communication device and method for making a secure transfer of a communication connection: A wireless communication device and method for making a secure transfer of a communication connection from a direct connection with a cellular network to a connection via a wireless local area network is provided. The device and method are adapted for detecting the presence of the wireless communication device within...

20060148450 - Wireless trust kiosk: In some embodiments, a wireless trust kiosk is presented. In this regard, a trust agent is introduced to receive an out-of-band communication from a known wireless network provider, to use the communication to challenge the identity of a wireless network, and to connect to the wireless network if it is...

20060148453 - Inter-carrier messaging service providing phone number only experience: A phone number only messaging experience is provided in an Inter-Carrier Messaging System service. Subscriber to subscriber digital messages containing user data are routed between carrier's networks using an Inter-Carrier messaging module with appropriate MIN/carrier/carrier routing look-up capabilities. Digital messages containing user data (e.g., short messages, email, digital messages in...

20060148452 - Method for limiting a data storage function in a mobile communication terminal: A method for limiting a data storage function in a mobile communication terminal. When entering an area (such as a secure area) where the data storage function is limited, the mobile communication terminal receives, from a base station located in a secure area, a message indicating that the mobile communication...

20060148455 - Mobile terminal and method for associating photos with telephone numbers in a mobile terminal: A mobile terminal is described, along with a method for associating photos with contact information in a mobile terminal by using a reference field, which facilitates convenient searching of photos and contact information stored in a mobile terminal. According to the method, a person's photos can be immediately viewed while...

20060148454 - System and method to unlock hidden multimedia content: A consumer electronics device comprises an interrogator and a tag is associated with an accessory for the wireless communications device. The tag stores an identifier that identifies hidden multimedia content stored in memory of the wireless communications device. When the consumer electronics device and the accessory are in close proximity...

20060148456 - User-assisted programmable appliance control: A universal remote control interacts with a user to assist in training to one or more appliances. If the appliance is activated by a rolling code activation signal, a sequence of different rolling code activation signals is transmitted until the user indicates a successful rolling code transmission. If the appliance...

20060148459 - Apparatus and method for pre-call notification: A telephony provider apparatus comprising: a pre-call information receiver, for receiving pre-call information transmitted through a first path and associated with a phone call transmitted through a second path; and a network component, associated with the pre-call information receiver, for provisioning the pre-call information to a callee and co-ordinating connection...

20060148457 - Method and apparatus for determination of a reply address in a voice signal: A reply address is determined from within a voice signal. Voice recognition is performed on at least a portion of the received voice signal to identify the reply address. A user is presented with at least one reply address and confirms a reply address to enable a reply communication such...

20060148458 - Time service for telephone calls: According to some embodiments, a destination telephone identifier associated with a destination telephone is determined. For example, a caller might enter a telephone number of the destination telephone. A current local time associated with the destination telephone may then be determined. For example, a local time of day may be...

20060148460 - Method and apparatus for enabling persistent connections with wireless networks: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for establishing a persistent connection between a user device and a service gateway. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining state information in response to a connection request, establishing a connection between the user device and the service gateway using the state information, and maintaining...

20060148461 - Method of carrying out call forwarding realized in dual-mode mobile phone: The present invention is to provide a method of carrying out call forwarding realized in a dual-mode mobile phone having setting options including a setting of a specific incoming call and a setting of a specific call forwarding target number, which comprises the steps of receiving an incoming call by...

20060148462 - Customizable mobile phone using at command: A system and method is provided for downloading and uploading resource files, image files, and/or other files to and from a mobile phone using AT commands. An extended set of AT commands is defined for managing these files. The extended set of AT commands may then be used to directly...

20060148463 - Method for restoring automatically an original setting in a mobile device: A method for restoring automatically an original setting in a mobile device is disclosed in which a monitoring module is included, comprising the steps of memorizing a plurality of initial communication settings by the monitoring module when a SIM card is inserted in the mobile device as a spare copy...

20060148464 - Programmable remote unit for operating a communication device: A method and apparatus for controlling a function of a communication device by a remote unit. The method may comprise receiving a user input identifying a selected function that can be performed by the communication device, and receiving a control signal corresponding to a selected control on the remote unit....

20060148466 - Method and system for operating a mobile communication network: A method of operating a mobile communication network includes defining at least one criterion of inclusion of network objects in at least one group of network objects also referred to as an object zone, constructing at least one object zone from network objects satisfying said at least one criterion and...

20060148465 - System and method for providing an adaptive disablement zone: The invention concerns a method (400) and system (100) for providing an adaptive disablement zone (126). The method can include the steps of establishing (412) at least one disablement zone, selectively disabling (420) any number of wireless communications devices (114) in the disablement zone, designating (424) at least one exempt...

20060148469 - Apparatus and method for reducing electric power consumption in mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption in a mobile communication terminal are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the method, when a mobile communication terminal receives a paging channel in a sleep mode, an expiration time of a predetermined timer is retroacted (advanced) or delayed to a...

20060148468 - In-building radio frequency communications system with automatic failover recovery: An improved in-building radio frequency communications system with automatic failover recovery comprising a primary external antenna and at least one ancillary external antenna, each antenna directed to a primary transmission tower and to at least one ancillary transmission tower, respectively, and a diversity site donor system capable of monitoring the...

20060148467 - Method and system for targeted broadcasting: A system (20) of targeted broadcasting in a cellular communication system during an event can include at least one mobile unit (25) having stored therein scheduling information relating to an event, a designated location for the event, and a designated group channel for monitoring such event. The mobile unit can...

20060148470 - Cross technology roaming solution system and method of use: The present invention relates to a network-based method and system to control and enable seamless roaming across various cellular network types. The system provides dynamic mapping, processing and conversion of messages to enable seamless communication across various cellular network types. Use of roaming enabled services in non-Roaming Enabled Networks is...

20060148472 - Method and apparatus for extending the lower frequency operation of a sampler based vna: Circuitry is provided to drive a step recovery diode (SRD) (8) in a sampler based vector network analyzer (VNA) that allows harmonic samplers (10, 11) to operate over many octaves. The circuit includes a digital pulse generator (FIG. 5) for providing a LO signal. The LO signal is provided over...

20060148473 - Method for assigning an representing data to be used by a remote end: The present invention discloses a method for assigning an representing data to be used by a remote end, by which a near end can assign an representing data to a remote end through a telecommunication network so as to enable the remote end to recognize the near end. The method...

20060148471 - Method for connecting to a wireless network by synchronization and a device thereof: A method for connecting to a wireless network by synchronization and a device thereof overcomes the inconveniences implicit in the method and procedure of connecting to a wireless network by synchronization of the prior art. The device for connecting to a wireless network by synchronization is comprised of: a radio...

20060148474 - Rf choke for cable system: An RF choke for minimizing hum modulation in a coaxial cable system that carries broadband signals along with high amperage 60 Hz AC power signals. The choke contains two conductors wound about a rod core. The first conductor includes two groups of clockwise windings each containing three turns. The second...

20060148476 - Hand-off technique for a wireless network: A technique that relates to use of a known messaging sequence, e.g., ISANSWER messaging in the IS-41 protocol, in a heretofore unknown manner to improve hand-off procedures that may be established between a serving (anchor or intermediate) mobile switching center and a target (or border) mobile switching center is provided....

20060148475 - Inter-network handover in a packet radio system: A method (400) and apparatus (501) facilitate a session handover between a first site and a second site. A wireless communication unit such as a mobile station (102), user equipment (202, 302) can move from one site to another site whereupon new identifiers can be setup for the new site....

20060148477 - Presence services in a wireless communications network: A method of providing presence services in a mobile communications network, the method comprising: receiving a presence update message from a first user of a mobile device, said presence update message including a device activity presence attribute indicating activity of the mobile device; and transmitting the device activity presence attribute...

20060148478 - System and method for transmitting/receiving automatic repeat request reset information in a communication system: A method for transmitting/receiving Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) reset information in a communication system. A mobile station (MS) performs handover to a target base station (BS). Upon detecting the handover of the MS, the target BS transmits ARQ reset information representative of information related to ARQ reset to the MS....

20060148479 - Method for determining a time for performing a vertical hand-off among ip-based heterogeneous wireless access networks: A method for determining an execution time of a VHO between base stations having different wireless interfaces in handoff among IP-based wireless access networks. The method includes: computing an execution time period of the VHO using identification information of the base stations, types of handoff protocols, a method for transferring...

20060148480 - Radio configuration-based handoff parameter adjustment: A method and apparatus facilitate soft handover in a CDMA RAN (100) based on a requested set of soft handover parameters from a plurality of sets of soft handover parameters associated with a corresponding plurality of radio configurations. A mobile station (140) can request a set of soft handover parameters...

20060148481 - Systems and methods for facilitating wireless communication between various components of a distributed system: The present invention provides systems and methods for facilitating communications between various components of distributed system. Specifically, the systems and methods of the present invention provide a wireless network for linking the various components of manufacturing equipment or manufacturing systems to one or more central control devices. Each component of...

20060148484 - Cell planning methods and apparatus, and networks configured based on same: Coverage areas for wireless networks are divided into a plurality of cells that are arranged in rows. Channel frequencies are assigned to cell sectors and associated with respective antenna axes. The antenna axes of adjacent rows are alternatingly rotated, thereby reducing co-channel interference. In an example, an available bandwidth is...

20060148483 - Channel allocation method and apparatus: A method for authenticating terminals in a wireless communication service involves receiving registration requests from terminals requiring access, transmitting to each of the terminals a signalling channel assignment signal allocating a duplex signalling channel uniquely to each terminal, transmitting in the signalling channel an authentication request signal, receiving an authentication...

20060148482 - Coordinating radio resource usage in unlicensed frequency bands: A system and method for coordinating radio resource usage in an unlicensed frequency band (24) is provided. Specifically, under the present invention, a set of spectrum etiquette rules is provided that govern how radio systems (20A-C) operate within unlicensed frequency bands (24). In a typical embodiment, the set of spectrum...

20060148485 - Method and a network element for providing a handover in a communications system: The invention relates to a method for providing a group communication handover in a communications system supporting group communication. In the invention communications terminals are detected that belong to a communications group; a load of the communications group is monitored in a first resource; and if the load exceeds a...

20060148486 - Communication device having function for searching access point of wireless local area network and method thereof: The present invention relates to a communication device that automatically searches for wireless local area network (WLAN) access points, and to a method thereof. The communication device includes a GPS receiving module (12) for receiving position information of the connection device from a GPS satellite; a WLAN module (11) for...

20060148490 - Method and apparatus for dynamically altering the operational characteristics of a wireless phone by monitoring the phone's movement and/or location: A method, apparatus and program product for dynamically altering the behavior of a wireless phone based on the movement and/or location of the phone is provided. The present invention further provides caller-initiated control over the behavior of a wireless phone....

20060148487 - Method for automatically searching wireless lan acces point and terminal for processing the same: Disclosed is a method for automatically searching a wireless LAN AP (access point) in a terminal having a wireless LAN module, a mobile communication module, and a GPS receiving module installed therein. The method comprises: (a) acquiring location information of the wireless LAN AP provided in a service area of...

20060148488 - Method for handling location data: A method, a device and an application for creating a collection of selected geographical positions that have been visited by the device. The mobile terminal has a geographical position system and a memory for containing the collection of selected geographical positions. A current position of interest is obtained or determined...

20060148489 - Position communication method and apparatus: A wireless communication apparatus and network including voice transmission means characterized in that there is included a location position determination means adapted to output data which uniquely characterises a geographic location of the apparatus, and means adapted upon an initiation of a close of a voice transmission from said apparatus...

20060148492 - Position information system and dispatch support system: A position information system (101) obtains position information (latitude and longitude) of a dispatch location from a telephone number/address DB (113) or an address/position information DB (114) based on the sender telephone number of a telephone (103) of a customer or the like requesting the dispatch. A display control portion...

20060148491 - Positioning system and method using mobile internet signal: A positioning system using a mobile Internet signal is disclosed. The positioning system includes access points for transmitting downlink signals for mobile Internet communications, an access terminal for generating positioning information using the downlink signals received from the access points and access point information on the access points, and a...

20060148493 - Paging for broadcast and multicast services: Paging is provided in a communication network, and implemented in a network infrastructure device (101). Multiple flows including a particular flow are assigned to one or more flow groups. Flow groups, including the foregoing flows, are assigned to at least one paging category, wherein the flow groups have a first...

20060148494 - Communication device with intelligent communication management and method therefor: A communication device (100) having intelligent communication management includes a processor (115), a memory (120), and a communications manager application (140). The communication device (100) sequentially initiates communication with a contact either automatically (e.g., based on a preset communication preference) or in response to user input using various communication means...

20060148496 - Method for administrating sms message of mobile phone: A method for administrating SMS message of mobile phone is disclosed, The method comprises the steps of receiving an SMS message;. analyzing the sender ID; determining whether the sender ID matches with the lists set by the user on the guard function; if the sender ID is matched, the receive/instant-delete...

20060148495 - Telecommunications services apparatus and methods: A text message is identified by an SMS router (16) by means of message attributes, such as addressing, address type, message content or signalling fields, as belonging to one of a number of different categories, each category relating to a specific messaging application. The identified messaging application may be executed...

20060148497 - Methods for setting up dispatch calls: In the present technique for dispatch call setups, a determination (608) is made as to whether an unavailable mode to accept dispatch call requests has been enabled in response a dispatch call request identified by a dispatch caller identifier being received (604). If so, another determination (614) is made as...

20060148498 - Estimation of received signal strength: A method for estimating a size of reverse link resources provided by a base-station transceiver system (BTS), including performing respective first, second, and third measurements of first, second, and third signal strengths received at the BTS. The method also includes comparing the first measurement with the second measurement so as...

20060148499 - System for mobile instant messaging service using mobile communication terminal and method thereof: A system for a mobile instant messaging service using a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The system includes a mobile communication terminal provided with an instant messaging function, an instant messaging server providing a mobile instant messaging service by sharing information between a plurality of mobile communication terminals having subscribed...

20060148500 - Processing files from a mobile device: The presently described subject matter allows the user to interactively browse a collection of electronic files, such as a digital photo collection, remotely using a mobile telephone. Files from the collection of electronic files can be directed from the mobile telephone to be sent to a remote display device, where...

20060148503 - Method and apparatus for setting up a dispatch/push-to-talk call: When a user of a subscriber unit (SU) originates a dispatch, or Push-to-Talk (PTT), non-local call with a target SU, a communication system serving the originating SU notifies the originating SU that the call is a non-local call before establishing the call. By notifying the originating SU as to whether...

20060148501 - Method and telecommunication system involving wireless telecommunication between a mobile part and a base station for registering a mobile part: System and method for the registration of a mobile part (MT, OA, HA) in a base station (BS) in a telecommunication system designed for wireless communication between a mobile part (MT, OA, HA) and a base station (BS. The base station and the mobile part are initially placed in an...

20060148502 - Switching a call from a network assisted communication mode to a direct communication mode: A mobile communication device (214) in a communication system (200) initiates a call over the fixed equipment network of the communication system to another mobile communication device (216). If the two mobile communication devices are within sufficient proximity to each other, they may switch to a direct mode of communication....

20060148504 - System, apparatus, and method for enhancing mobile communication terminal push to talk service: Disclosed is a system, apparatus, and method for enhancing a mobile communication terminal PTT service which includes a Voice Message System (VMS) server for storing a voice message sent from a sender's terminal when a recipient's terminal is in a receive-not-ready state; and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy server...

20060148505 - Methods for setting up dispatch calls: In the present technique, a dispatch call setup determines (508) whether an auto-reply as a response to a polite dispatch call request is available. If so, a dispatch call blocked using the available auto-reply is sent (512) as a response to the polite dispatch call request. In response to an...

20060148506 - Adaptive detector for multiple-data-path systems: An adaptive, reduced-complexity soft-output maximum-likelihood detector that is operable to process data by adaptively selecting a processing scheme based on a determination of signal quality. The signal quality is derived as a function of the noise, the modulation format, the channel (the communication environment), the transmit signal power and the...

20060148508 - Apparatus and method for controlling outer loop power: A communication system having multiple channels is disclosed. An apparatus for controlling outer loop power in the communication system having the multiple channels includes a step adjustment unit for re-setting height of a step size for power controlling with reference to a CRC result, when the CRC result is received...

20060148507 - Data transmission in mobile communication system: A transmitter is included in a mobile communication network. The transmitter is included configured to transmit to a receiver a data channel and a first control channel controlling data transmissions on the data channel, transmit, on the first control channel, an indicator indicating that there is data transmission to the...

20060148509 - Outer loop transmit power control using channel-adaptive processing: The present invention is a system and method which controls outer loop transmit power for transmission power of an uplink/downlink communication in a wireless communication system. The system receives a communication from a base station and determines an error rate on the received communication. The system then distinguishes between static...

20060148510 - Cellular phone as universal multimedia storage platform: The present invention discloses a cellular phone as universal multimedia storage platform (UMSP-phone). It comprises a high-speed, short-range wireless communication means for directly and seamlessly transferring data with multimedia devices (without computer or user intervention). UMSP-phone provides great user-convenience, while lowering the storage cost of its associated multimedia devices. It...

20060148513 - Electronic device with flexible shaft: An electronic device with a flexible shaft. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a fixed member, and a flexible shaft. The first body includes a first groove, and the second body includes a second groove. The fixed member is disposed on the first and second grooves,...

20060148511 - Method and apparatus for forwarding messages among multiple radio networks: Techniques to forward unsolicited messages from an (IS-2000) CDMA radio network via an HDR radio network to an access terminal. A session is first established between the access terminal and the HDR radio network. During session establishment or thereafter, the access terminal indicates to the HDR radio network an interest...

20060148512 - Method, apparatus and computer program product providing graphical user interface that facilitates management of multiple simultaneous communication sessions: In one aspect thereof the exemplary embodiments of this invention provide a user interface for a communication terminal. The user interface provides at least one of a first view and a second view that provide a user with a visual representation of, at least, a type of at least one...

20060148514 - Through-the-earth radio: A through-the-earth communication system that includes a digital signal input device; a transmitter operating at a predetermined frequency sufficiently low to effectively penetrate useful distances through-the earth; a data compression circuit that is connected to an encoding processor; an amplifier that receives encoded output from the encoding processor for amplifying...

20060148515 - Hybrid phone and method of acquiring channel in the hybrid phone: Disclosed are a hybrid phone and a method of acquiring channels in the hybrid phone. The hybrid phone having a first communication mode supporting voice/low-rate data communications and a second communication mode supporting high-rate data communication includes a phone control unit having a communication processor controlling voice/data communications according to...

20060148516 - Wireless communication method and system with controlled wtru peer-to-peer communications: A wireless network provides controlled wireless communications with multi-mode wireless WTRUs. The wireless network has at least one base station having a transceiver operating in an infrastructure communication mode with multi mode WTRUs and a controller that transmits control signals via infrastructure communications with a WTRU that control peer-to-peer mode...

20060148518 - Remot control devices: A remote control interface has a Bluetooth transceiver 11 for receiving commands from a Bluetooth enabled device such as a mobile phone 2, an infra-red transmitter 12, and a processor 14 for converting received commands from the phone into transmitted infra-red codes for controlling a TV or the like 10....

20060148517 - Video conference feature for a mobile communication terminal: A handheld mobile communication device operable in a mobile communication network for communicating multimedia data is provided. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the mobile communication device comprises a display screen positioned on a first surface of the mobile communication device in a first orientation for viewing by a user;...

20060148519 - Communication device and method for using speaker as a stud finder: A communication device (102) has a loudspeaker (212) that includes a loudspeaker coil. The loudspeaker is used for playing audio signals and for detecting metal in the vicinity of the loudspeaker. To detect metal the communication device includes a pulse generation circuit (216) for generating pulses that are applied to...

20060148520 - Computer device, method and article of manufacture for utilizing sequenced symbols to enable programmed applications and commands: A computer device, such as a mobile phone or PDA for example, is able to access an application program or command, based upon selection of corresponding sequences of symbols. Such symbols can be polysemous in nature and thus be associated with a plurality of different meanings depending upon other symbols...

20060148523 - Battery for an electronic device and an electronic device using the same: An electronic device includes a body and a battery to supply various components in the body with current. The battery includes a memory having a built-in main memory and a detachable auxiliary memory. The built-in memory and/or the auxiliary memory are, optionally, connected to another device. According to such configuration,...

20060148522 - Customisation of an electronic device: The operation of a mobile electronic device is controlled at least partially in accordance with operating characteristics adopted while the phone is at a first location. The operation of a mobile electronic device is controlled at least partially in accordance with a theme that defines how an electronic device responds...

20060148521 - Method of making an inventory of transponders in a communication station: In a transponder (1) and its integrated circuit (2), there is provided a processcontrolling circuit (14) for controlling an inventory-making process for making inventories in a communication station, which process-controlling circuit (14) contains transmnissionparameter selecting means (31) that select a transmission parameter, preferably a time slot, by using a hash...

20060148525 - Base station antenna system and method for estimating mobile station direction in wireless communication system: Disclosed is an operation method of a base station antenna system, which includes receiving signals from at least two antennas to which a mono-pulse scheme has been applied; operating sum channel weight vectors for increasing a gain of signals incident to a specific direction and difference channel weight vectors for...

20060148524 - Method for configuring a communication network, related network architecture and computer program product therefor: A communication network includes a plurality of antennas and includes among the antennas at least one reconfigurable antenna adapted to serve communication traffic in a respective coverage area, the reconfigurable antenna having a radiation diagram exhibiting a plurality of selectively adjustable gain values for a set of directions, each direction...

20060148528 - Context diary application for a mobile terminal: The invention provides a presentation of contextual information to a digital device in relation to a period of time. As such the invention provides for efficient user access to historical, as well as, current and future or forecasted contextual information. In addition, the present invention provides for current contextual information...

20060148526 - Device for controlling information display in a mobile communication terminal: A state of a mobile station is changed from active state 240 when a variety of information is displayed, to standby state 280 in a case that a manipulation by a user or an event such as an incoming call from a mobile packet communication network or a mobile telephone...

20060148530 - Menu display method for mobile terminal using its current state information: A menu display method for a mobile terminally, which includes logically operating a value of a first register indicating a current state of the mobile terminal and a value of a second register indicating a relevancy of a menu option available on the mobile terminal to the current state of...

20060148529 - Method for processing data in mobile communication terminal: A method is provided for processing data in a mobile communication terminal including a first data memory for storing first data indicating user-stored information and a second data memory for storing second data indicating user-stored information. The method includes creating a first data list corresponding to the first data and...

20060148527 - Mobile graphics device and server: A mobile graphics display device comprises a touch sensitive display screen coupled to a touch screen processor. The touch screen processor is operable to generate first ink data representative of an input drawing action applied to the touch sensitive display screen. The device includes a graphics display and a graphics...

20060148531 - Mobile information terminal equipment and portable electronic apparatus: The objective of the present invention is to have a desired screen displayed with shortened waiting time in using functions for the electronic note, etc., while engaging in telephone talk. Another prime objective of the present invention is to achieve an easy-to-use mobile information terminal equipment which also functions as...

20060148532 - System and method of wireless proximity awareness: The present application provides a system for proximity awareness for mobile data communication on an electronic communication device comprising a client application on an electronic communication device communicating across a wireless network, and an awareness server that includes a plurality of server objects that monitor multiple devices on a wireless...

20060148533 - Motor vehicle mobile phone configuration and communication method: A mobile radio configuration for a motor vehicle has a vehicle-mounted terminal that is firmly installed in the vehicle. The terminal has, or is connected to, a mobile radio module linked with an antenna and a Bluetooth module. The system further includes a radio terminal that is provided with a...

20060148535 - Call setup for a wireless mobile network and supporting method, apparatus, and readable medium: In the present technique of a call setup process, a short data burst packet is sent (106) in response to the target mobile unit being selected (104), which is followed by a call setup function being initiated (108) to establish a communication channel between a originator mobile unit and the...

20060148534 - Method for operating wireless local area network cards in a power-saving mode: A method for a wireless access point for operating WLAN cards in a power-saving mode in a wireless communication system. The method includes: (a) storing data to be transmitted to the WLAN cards in the wireless access point of the wireless communication system; (b) receiving aging times of the WLAN...

20060148536 - Accessory fastening device for mobile unit and adapted accessory: The invention seeks to enable an accessory to be attached in modular and safe manner to a mobile unit while providing a choice between at least two fastener means. An accessory attachment system for a mobile unit in accordance with the invention, in which the accessory has an anchor point...

20060148537 - Method and apparatus for reducing the effect of emi on receiver sensitivity in a camera phone: A mobile communication device (100) includes a camera module (102) which provides an image stream when the camera module is active. The image stream is used to display images on a display (114) to provide a viewfinder function so that a user of the mobile communication device can see to...

20060148538 - Mobile phone with a fastener capable of bidirection movement: A mobile phone comprises: a casing, a battery cover, a fastener, an elastic member and a ring. The casing has a receiving room and an opening connected to the receiving room. The battery cover is disposed on the casing removably. The fastener is movably disposed in the receiving room along...

20060148539 - Mobile telephone handset with pivoting latch: A mobile telephone handset includes an elongated housing having a carabiner latch pivotally attached at a battery door on the rear side of the housing. The carabiner latch includes a hook portion having a spring-biased latch pivotally attached thereto for attaching the latch to a support element, such as a...

20060148542 - Device having pivotable hinges: In one embodiment, a device (100) having a first portion (102) and a second portion (104), the first or second portion being pivotably adjustable in two directions to reveal the other of the first or second portion, has a biaxially pivotable hinge (106) and a disengagable uniaxially pivotable hinge (108)....

20060148541 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal comprises a first housing portion and a second housing portion. At least one flexible strap movably connects the first housing portion to the second housing portion at one end of each housing portion for relative movement of the housing portions along an axis parallel to the ends...

20060148540 - Portable terminal device: There are provided a receiver (106) provided on a surface (101g) of a first housing member (101a) which is opposed to a second housing member (101b) in a closing state, a speaker (107) provided on a surface (101i) of the second housing member (101b) which is opposed to the first...

20060148543 - Flipper phone configuration: A mobile terminal for use in a wireless communication system comprises a housing including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the housing has an opening, an inner surface and an opposed outer surface. A module has an inner major surface and an outer major surface....

20060148544 - Multiple opening and closing type mobile communication terminal: Disclosed herein is a multiple opening and closing type mobile communication terminal that is capable of operating in multiple opening and closing modes, i.e., in a folder-type opening and closing mode and in a slide-type opening and closing mode, thereby solving restrictions of installation spaces where an image display unit...