Telecommunications inventions 05/07

20070123163 - Electronic device system, electronic device, display device, and communication control method of electronic device system: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a detection unit which detects whether the display device is attached to the electronic device; a wireless communication unit capable of simultaneously advancing information communication via wireless communication channel with a plurality of parties containing transmission of video information to the display... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070123164 - Receiver system and method for receiving broadcasting: A receiver system equipped with a first and second reception units for receiving a satellite radio broadcasting prevents a reception unit switching operations by using signal selection data that provides satellite availability for respective operation areas. The satellite radio broadcasting reception quality in each of the respective operation areas is... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070123168 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including, a wireless communication block configured to execute wireless communication with a mate terminal device, an information exchange generation condition storage block configured to record a condition of information exchange with the mate terminal device, an information exchange log storage block configured to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070123167 - Method for accessing a telecommunications service by means of an electronic address: A method is disclosed with which a telecommunication user can access a telecommunications service by means of a telecommunications terminal and an electronic address. The telecommunications user reads an electronic code (100) stored in an RFID element (1) by means of an RFID reader device (2), said electronic code (100)... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070123165 - Methods, systems and devices for assisted discovery in bluetooth enabled devices: Disclosed herein are methods, systems and devices for assisted discovery in Bluetooth enabled devices. The method described herein can include initiating a discovery procedure in a Bluetooth device (202), initiating a service discovery protocol in another Bluetooth device (204), such as a mobile communication device, sending a search request from... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070123166 - System, method and apparatus for pre-pairing bluetooth enabled devices: Disclosed are a method, system and apparatus for injecting a Bluetooth address of a Bluetooth device (202) into a mobile communication device (204) to avoid the discovery process in pairing. The method includes receiving by an intermediary device (21), Bluetooth address data associated with a Bluetooth device (202), converting the... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070123170 - Method and apparatus for interference mitigation for multi-radio systems in wireless networks: A communication network (600) includes a first communication device (102-1) and at least one other communication device (102-3), wherein the first communication device (102-1) and the at least one other communication device (102-3) are proximately located. The communication network further includes a transaction detector (625) coupled between the first communication... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070123169 - Radio interference indicator: The present invention provides a radio interference indicator comprising a controller for processing an instruction and a radio signal receiver coupled to the controller to receive or detect a radio signal. An indicating element is coupled to the controller to indicate the level of the radio signal to allow the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123171 - Communication of audio control signals for wireless audio headphones: A wireless audio headphone communication system has an audio input for receiving an audio signal from an audio source. A wireless transceiver receives and transmits radio frequency communications with a wireless audio headphone, the communications including an audio control signal that conforms to a wireless audio control protocol of a... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20070123173 - Monitoring protection and control system: A monitoring protection and control system is described. It consists of at least one check point having a data carrier that has an identifier and can be queried by a noncontact method, also consisting of a control center for acquisition of the identifier of the queried data carriers, said identifier... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070123172 - Corruption detection of digital hardware configuration: A wireless communication device (101) includes an application processor (345) that performs applications of the device and a baseband processor (327) that handles cellular communication. The baseband processor (327) monitors the application processor (345) for failures and, upon detecting a failure, reverts to a failsafe mode where a user of... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070123174 - Device and method for single connector access to multiple transceivers: Disclosed are communication devices that combine at least two antenna paths to a single RF connector having a single probe port for testing and connecting accessories. Prior to insertion of a probe, the transceivers are coupled to their respective antennas. When the probe is inserted into the probe port, the... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070123175 - High-frequency switch module: A FET switch enables an antenna input/output port connected to an antenna to connect to any of a port connected to a transmission signal input terminal and ports respectively connected to two reception signal output terminals by switching between the ports. After a transmission signal is input through the transmission... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070123176 - Direct conversion rf front-end transceiver and its components: Provided is an RF front-end transceiver having an oscillator for outputting a resonant frequency signal whose frequency is controlled by a frequency control signal provided from a frequency synthesizer or a base band processor; a receive amplifier for amplifying and outputting a receive RF signal; a receive mixer for mixing... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070123177 - Home appliance with radio reception function: A home appliance with a radio reception function is disclosed. The home appliance includes a washing device for washing or drying clothes, and a radio module for providing the radio reception function and outputting a current washing or drying progress state of the washing device in audio form through data... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070123178 - Cover: A cover and a surface are provided. Microorganisms are provided in said cover and surface for providing a appearance to said cover, or surface. In this respect also an ampoule is provided.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070123179 - Sliding type hinge device and personal portable device using the same: There is provided a slide hinge device for guiding a slide of a slide part on a main part. The slide hinge device includes: a slide hinge unit installed in the rear of the slide part, for guiding a slide of the slide part; a fixed hinge unit installed in... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070123180 - Host with an adjustable antenna: A computer host including a casing, an antenna and an antenna holder is provided. More specifically, the antenna holder has an opening perpendicular to one side of the host and is located in the back side of the host and close to the intersection of a top, a side and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070123181 - Antenna system for enabling diversity and mimo: An RF communication system (100) including a first antenna (110) having a first antenna element (112) and a second antenna element (114), and a second antenna (120) having a third antenna element (122) and a fourth antenna element (124). A first transmitter (150) can apply a first signal commonly to... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070123182 - Local oscillator leakage cancellation in radio transmitter: The invention relates to a radio transmitter, including means for up-converting an input signal by mixing the input signal with a local oscillation signal, means for extracting an observation signal from the up-converted signal, means for switching the observation signal between an ON state allowing throughput of the observation signal... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070123183 - Apparatus and method for generating rf without harmonic interference: A transmitter capable of operating according to a first standard that does not interfere with a nearby frequency generator operating according to a second standard. The transmitter comprises an oscillator, a frequency divider, a mixer, and a filter. The oscillator is configured to output a first frequency that is outside... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070123184 - Signal processor for use with a power amplifier in a wireless circuit: A signal processor has an input terminal and an output terminal for use in a wireless transmitter, for generating a radio frequency signal suitable for transmission, either with or without further power amplification. The signal processor separates an input signal into first and second processing paths, the first processing path... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123185 - Utilizing metadata to improve the access of entertainment content: Although current radio receivers support playback of audio from multiple sources, none support easy searching for content across these sources. There is no mechanism for locating specific content independent of the source that it is found on. The invention is to have an entertainment system which utilizes metadata to offer... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070123186 - Radio-frequency receiver: A radio-frequency (RF) receiver includes an input terminal for receiving RF signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, a first tuned filter allowing a signal of a passing frequency in the RF signal in the first frequency band to pass... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070123187 - Integrated low-if terrestrial audio broadcast receiver and associated method: An integrated low-IF (low intermediate frequency) terrestrial broadcast receiver and associated method are disclosed that provide an advantageous and cost-efficient solution. The integrated receiver includes a mixer, local oscillator generation circuitry, low-IF conversion circuitry, and DSP circuitry. And the integrated receiver is particularly suited for small, portable devices and the... Agent: Brian W. Peterman O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders, LLP

20070123188 - Method and system for measuring receiver mixer iq mismatch: Aspects for measuring receiver mixer IQ mismatch in a transceiver are described. The measuring includes providing a training signal for a receiver mixer, the training signal having periodic, uncorrelated I and Q signals. A phase mismatch in the receiver mixer is determined from IQ correlation over a unit period. A... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070123189 - Semiconductor device and operating method thereof: In an organic memory which is included in a radio chip formed from a thin film, data are written to the organic memory by a signal inputted with a wired connection, and the data is read with a signal by radio transmission. A bit line and a word line which... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070123190 - Portable communicator: This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All of them are operated by an input... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070123191 - Human-machine interface for a portable electronic device: A vehicle interface unit (220) provides a voice recognition-based human-machine interface for a portable electronic device (210) such as a portable digital assistant or a laptop computer in a vehicle. The interface unit (220) may be configured to provide run-time implementation of new PDA applications by transferring menu configuration files... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070123207 - Accessory detection to minimize interference with wireless communication: A wireless handheld device includes one or more antennas and a connector configured to couple with one or more external accessories. The handheld device further includes an accessory detector coupled to the connector and configured to detect whether an external accessory coupled to the connector may interfere with wireless communication... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070123203 - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus for transmitting data from a mobile communication terminal includes an audio codec which converts a voice signal into digital voice data, a detection unit which detects a pause in the digital voice data, and a modulator/demodulator which modulates a signal with non-voice data, converts the modulated signal into... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070123192 - Audio device and method: The present invention provides a method of operating a digital audio device, the method comprising: receiving a voice call; receiving another digital audio signal which is not a voice call; mixing the two received signals; transmitting the mixed signal wirelessly to another device.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070123196 - Communication system and alignment method of transcoder: When a terminal is moved to an area covered by a different switching node RNC of a radio access network, degradation of speech quality is prevented by returning a transcoder insertion connection to a transcoder-free-operation connection. When the terminal is moved and the switching node RNC of the radio access... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070123197 - Communication system and alignment method of transcoder: When a terminal is moved to an area covered by a different switching node RNC of a radio access network, degradation of speech quality is prevented by returning a transcoder insertion connection to a transcoder-free-operation connection. When the terminal is moved and the switching node RNC of the radio access... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070123198 - Communication terminal: The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in list form has different patterns. The control circuit 11 associates the cursor patterns with message types. In another... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070123204 - Communication terminal apparatus and computer program: A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating parties and image information that represents the communicating parties; a display unit displaying images, which represent the registered communicating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123199 - Filter arrangement and method for filtering a signal: A filter arrangement comprises a first impedance, a second impedance and a subtractor. The first impedance comprises a first connection connected to an input of the filter arrangement and has a first resonant frequency. The second impedance comprises a first connection likewise connected to the input of the filter arrangement... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070123195 - Method for fast call setup in a mobile communication system: This invention presents a method for fast call setup in a mobile communication system, including the steps of radio resource control (RRC) connection setup, Non-access stratum (NAS) signaling connection setup and NAS signaling interaction, and radio access bearer (RAB) setup. User equipment (UE) sends a RRC CONNECTION REQUEST, which encapsulates... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070123202 - Mobile communication terminal and method of indicating speakerphone mode information thereof: A mobile communication terminal and method of indicating speakerphone mode thereof are disclosed, by which a far-end user can be informed whether a speakerphone mode of the mobile communication terminal is entered. The present invention includes a radio frequency part communicating with a base station, a microphone/speaker inputting a voice... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070123206 - Mobile communication terminal, information providing system, program, and computer readable recording medium: Information that is no longer valid due to the passage of time is not provided to a user. When a stock price information server acquires updated stock price information from a securities market network, a message that instructs that a predetermined application be started up and to which a term... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070123205 - Mobile terminal with a plurality of input units: A mobile communication terminal is provided that includes a body, a first multi-input unit and a second multi-input unit installed at opposite sides of the body, a first inner display screen and a second inner display screen that display predetermined menus and a controller configured to control the first multi-input... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070123193 - Portable terminal apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and image display method: In response to two or more incomings-in-absence, a portable terminal apparatus displays, according to a predetermined order of priority, an image associated with the originator of an incoming-in-absence with the highest priority of the incomings-in-absence on a display screen. Also, in response to an image-canceling instruction, the apparatus cancels an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070123200 - Radio reception system with automatic tuning: A method and apparatus for operating a radio reception system, which comprises a plurality of receivers assigned to a common output device, in which one of the receivers is designated as audio receiver and is tuned to a frequency of a radio transmitter, and outputs a signal received from the... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070123194 - System and method providing connection point and communication profile management: A system and method providing connection point and communication profile management in a communication system. Various aspects of the present invention may provide a communication device (e.g., a multimode wireless communication device) comprising a display. One or more connection points (e.g., wireless access points or devices) may be determined, and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070123201 - Telephony terminal: Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070123208 - System and method for prioritizing emergency communications in a wireless network: Described is a method which includes receiving an association request from a first wireless device to establish an emergency connection via a wireless communications network. A wireless bandwidth availability required to grant the request is analyzed. When the bandwidth is unavailable, a wireless connection between a second wireless device and... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070123210 - Communication terminal, position notification method, and communcation system: A communication terminal which communicates with a communication device includes a position detecting section which detects a current position of the communication terminal, and a control section which automatically notifies the communication device of the current position obtained from the position detecting section, in response to an instruction from the... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070123209 - Mobile station, communication system and telephone communication switching method: A mobile station such as a cellular phone, a communication system, and a telephone communication mode switching method that enable smooth switching between telephone communication using a public telephone line and telephone communication using the Internet shortly are provided. A mobile station control part is provided that determines whether a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123211 - Telephony service in event of link failure between mobile switching center and a home location register or a service control point: A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the event of a failure of a signaling link between the mobile switching center and a home location register and/or a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070123213 - Method for reducing load of traffic plane function: Disclosed is a method for reducing the load of Traffic Plane Function (TPF). According to the obtained indication on whether to perform charging, the TPF determines whether to perform charging operation for the service data flow using appropriate charging rules, if yes, the TPF performs the charging operation for the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070123212 - Pre and post-paid real time billing convergence system: A telecommunications service provider architecture integrates multiple architectures which include prepaid and post-paid processing systems. The convergent enhanced architecture provides performance, scalability, and efficiency consistent with a prepaid architecture and flexibility and configurability consistent with a post-paid system. The convergent architecture provides messaging interfaces between a telecommunications support architecture and... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070123214 - Mobile device system and strategies for determining malicious code activity: A system (300) and mobile wireless radio security method (500) can include a transceiver (320) and a processor (302) coupled to the transceiver. The processor can be programmed to monitor (502) for abnormalities or rare activities from a mobile wireless device when attempting a transmission and to suppress (516) the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070123215 - Method and system for improving client server transmission over fading channel with wireless location and authentication technology via electromagnetic radiation: Wireless personal area network (Zigbee, Bluetooth, UWB) and wireless identification technologies (Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)) are implemented in particular client server functions and communications. Connected with an Authentication Server, a wireless HUB authenticates user identification and provides the user with access to secure data communication with... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070123216 - Method for adapting the security settings of a communication station, communication station and identification module: A method for adapting the security settings of a communication station (12) depending on a security relevant event is disclosed, wherein the communication station (12) comprises a mobile terminal (16) with an identification module (18). In a first step, the security relevant event occurring in said communication station and/or said... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070123217 - Display of secure messages on a mobile communication device: A mobile communications device for the display of an incrementally received message includes a message viewer application for scanning the received portions of the message. On determination that the received portion of the message includes a first displayable portion of the message content, the system signals to a message server... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070123220 - Message broadcasting geo-fencing system and method: A public service message broadcast system and method for managing the submission and transmission of a broadcast agent message to at least one geographically distinct geo-fenced peer public service message broadcast system includes creating a broadcast message record by a broadcast message originator defining the broadcast message and the broadcast... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070123218 - Method and apparatus for telephone routing between ptn and pstn: Disclosed is a method and apparatus applicable to an interface between PSTN and PTN for telephone routing. The interface includes a branch switch, a key system, a network branch switch, and media gateway, etc. The telephone routing method and apparatus of the present invention creates, maintains, and utilizes a call-back... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070123219 - System and method for item identification and purchase: A method and system for handling message-based requests for information about items, and for handling optional message-based purchases of same, includes receiving a request message from a mobile subscriber relating to an item that is of interest to the mobile subscriber, routing the request message for processing, performing one or... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070123221 - Notification management: A method and electronic apparatus is provided for managing at least one notification in an electronic apparatus. The method comprises generating the notification; and attaching to the notification at least one position attribute, which provides a geographical restriction for issuing the notification. The notification is issued when a geographical position... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070123229 - Automated billing and distribution platform for application providers: Integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, including receiving a request from a third-party provider to integrate a network-enabled application with the platform, receiving a set of registration data corresponding to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070123234 - Caller id mobile terminal: Disclosed is a caller ID mobile terminal which allows a user to exactly identify a caller. The user can exactly recognize the caller as voices directly recorded and stored by the user by individual or voices reading nicknames entered in text ring as bell tones, and further the user can... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123232 - Communication terminal, and dial registration method and dial registration program therefor: A communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons simplifies operations needed for registration of destination data such as phone numbers or mail addresses. A communication terminal (e.g., a cellular phone) having one or more one-touch-dial buttons includes a destination-data registration unit (e.g., a phone-directory database) that allows destination data... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070123233 - Communication terminal, and dial registration method and dial registration program therefor: A communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons simplifies operations needed for registration of destination data such as phone numbers or mail addresses. A communication terminal (e.g., a cellular phone) having one or more one-touch-dial buttons includes a destination-data registration unit (e.g., a phone-directory database) that allows destination data... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070123226 - Data service system and access control method: A data service system and a method for access control. The data service system includes a plurality of service servers, through which terminals subscribe relevant services. The system further includes a public access control unit, which is connected to the plurality of service servers, in which the public access control... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070123223 - Enhanced analogue of interactive voice response structures and functions for mobile phones and similar handheld communications devices: An integrated system and method that provides an enhanced analogue of interactive voice response structures and features for mobile phones and similar handheld communications devices, comprised of customized kernel applications, for communicating with central control servers and optional ancillary control servers with pertinent databases, auxiliary coordination applications on network-enabled computers,... Agent: Roberto S. Catalan

20070123224 - Information processing method and system for preventing leakage of information from mobile phone: This invention is to provide a technology for preventing information from being leaked from a mobile phone. For this purpose, this invention includes: receiving a request for data to select a calling destination from a first mobile phone capable of executing voice communication and data communication; identifying calling destination candidates... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070123227 - Light spot control system and method thereof: A light spot control system, using a projection light of a projection device to initiate a control of a mobile communication device, includes an I/O unit and a processing unit. The I/O unit is used to receive the projection light. The processing unit is used to provide a time value... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123225 - Marketing method: A server implements a marketing method. The server may receive a wireless call or message originating at a given facility and return a menu of choices particular to that facility. On receiving a choice selected from said menu, the server may return one or more messages with information particular to... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070123222 - Method and system for invoking push-to-service offerings: The push-to-service request can be invoked by a user depressing a service button (120) on the first communication unit (100) using a push-action. The VRS (220) can handle the voice request and generate a list of service offerings ranked by priority for presentation on the display. The process can include... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070123228 - Mobile communication terminal: When reproducing a multimedia file received by a receiving section, a control section controls a sound reproduction section to reproduce a sound on the basis of sound data. Further, the control section controls a display section to display an image on the basis of image data if the multimedia file... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070123231 - Mobile terminal, system and method for controlling access to an enhanced services system: A mobile terminal having restricted access to an enhanced services system includes a transceiver which transmits and receives wireless signals, a memory which stores a first preferred roaming list (PRL) listing a basic communication system and an enhanced services system, and a second PRL listing the basic communication system but... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070123230 - Telephone which enables timely input and presentation of information: A telephone includes: a reminding unit for, when judging that a user makes a call but fails to convey information to a party, reminding the user to input the information into information acceptance unit; the information acceptance unit for accepting input of the information from the user; a storage unit... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070123235 - Apparatus and method for providing contact number recommendations to users of telephony devices: Method and apparatus for providing information services to telephony devices. In one embodiment, a telephony device transmits a request for telephone numbers related to a provided telephone number. A service provider looks up related telephone numbers and provided the related telephone numbers to the requesting telephony device. The provided telephone... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070123237 - Method for confirming end point location of 911 calls: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising receiving, from a user-operated telecommunications device, a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address. The method can comprise automatically providing a user with a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device. The method can comprise requesting, from the user, verification of the current... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070123236 - Optimized transmission of text sample format description for streaming timed text: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting formatted text from a streaming server 100 to a mobile client 101 using an RTP protocol in a mobile communication system. The formatted text comprises at least one text sample having an associated text sample format description. Further; the present invention... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070123238 - System and method for leveraging a caller id to provide a reverse signaling pathway in a network environment: A method for providing signaling in a network environment is provided that includes receiving, at a mobile station, a new call from a mobility application, the new call including a caller ID segment associated with an existing call for the mobile station. The method further includes evaluating data included in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070123239 - Systems and methods to direct a mobile communications device to a preferred teleconference bridge: A telecommunication system includes a processor, interfaces in communication with the public telephone network and a data network, respectively, and a memory. The memory comprises executable instructions that when executed by the processor direct the system to controllably permit access to a teleconference bridge in response to a communication from... Agent: Robert A. Blaha Smith Frohwein Tempel

20070123240 - Telecommunications interruption and disconnection apparatus and methods: Embodiments of interruption-sound devices for producing an interruption sound signal in a telecommunications transmission signal comprising a signal generating circuit and a processing circuit, in accordance with the present invention. The interruption sound signals are input into the appropriate location of the telecommunications device such that the interruptee perceives characteristic... Agent: Paul J. Fordenbacher Silicon Forest Patent Group

20070123242 - Device and method for selecting an application for a mobile handset: A memory suitable for inserting and removing from a handset, where the memory stores instructions to identify an operating system and firmware of the handset, select an application that is compatible with operating system and the firmware and install the compatible application on the handset.... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20070123241 - Mobile communication terminal: It is presented a method for managing content items of a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the steps of: reading a current time, selecting at least one content item, reading a time of last access of said at least one selected content item, calculating a difference between said current... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070123244 - Declaring terminal provisioning with service guide: Provided are apparatuses and methods in a digital broadcast transmission system for transmitting terminal provisioning as a service or as an access of a service. Terminal provisioning may provide a terminal with, for example, configuration parameters, data, or applications to a terminal or group of terminals. Transmission of terminal provisioning... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070123243 - Remote control: To realize remote control of a shared terminal that can be used in common by users, an information-providing terminal displays code information containing information that can identify the location of installation of the information-providing terminal. Remote-control terminals read the code information displayed on the information-providing terminal and transmit to the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070123245 - Communication system and communication terminal device: In the communication system having a first communication terminal device which performs peer-to-peer communication, and a second communication terminal device which performs communication via a communication network. The first communication terminal device includes: a relay application section which applies for communication relay via the communication network to the second communication... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070123248 - Methods and apparatuses for using mobile gps receivers to synchronize basestations in cellular networks: Methods and apparatuses for establishing time at a first basestation, and synchronizing the first basestation with other basestations in a cellular network. The method may be performed using a mobile (cellular communication) station that includes a satellite position system receiver. One method comprises determining a location of the mobile station,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070123246 - Mobile cellular telecommunications infrastructure based multi-user applications: The present invention is directed toward the use of Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) display messages over a mobile cellular telecommunications infrastructure for supporting a number of multi-user applications including multi-user interactive applications in the case of interactive display messages. Exemplary applications include a consumer survey, a multi-player game, a Content on Demand... Agent: Harold L. Novick The Nath Law Group

20070123247 - Retry limits for connection rescue procedures in telecommunication system: An efficient and safe procedure to limit the number and concentration of attempts to rescue communication connections from dropping is disclosed. One embodiment limits the number of rescues per connection. Another embodiment allows a rescue only if a certain amount of time has passed since the last rescue. Yet another... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070123249 - Field device management: Field device management includes receiving data from a field device. The data describes current settings by which the field device is collecting geographic data. The geographic data includes geodetic data recorded from a GPS or DGPS system within the field device. Configuration instructions can be transmitted to the field device... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070123250 - Method of monitoring performance, performance monitoring system, and network performance monitoring apparatus: A method of monitoring performance of a communications network supporting a plurality of communications devices comprises providing a number of the plurality of the communications terminals with respective software agents to make respective measurements in relation to an attribute of a communications service supported by the communications network. The number... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070123251 - Remote internet telephony device: Remote receipt and placement of Internet Telephony communications emulates traditional POTS telephone service through a combination of software and a specialized cordless telephony device, allowing ringing and answering of inbound calls, dialing of outbound numbers, and signaling of handset status, as well as traditional telephony capabilities such as memory dialing,... Agent: Max Stul Oppenheimer

20070123252 - Systems, methods and computer program products for mobility management in hybrid satellite/terrestrial wireless communications systems: Apparatus, methods and computer program products that support inter-PLMN coordination in registration and handover operations are provided. Hysteresis is introduced in registration of radioterminals in a hybrid terrestrial/satellite mobile communications environment. Inter-PLMN handover techniques are provided, including techniques for coordination of communication of timing information and traffic channel controls.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070123253 - Unified directory and presence system for universal access to telecommunications services: A subscriber profile access management system for a telecommunications service provider or telecommunications operator provides technical solutions to providing a single point of access to telecommunications subscriber profile information. As the products and services offered by the service provider grow, and given the many different access mechanisms through which a... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070123254 - Method for improving channel scanning in portable internet system and apparatus using the same: A channel scanning apparatus in a portable Internet system establishes a radio link with each of neighboring access points without disconnecting a wireless link with a serving access point and collects radio channel state information of each of the respective neighboring access points. That is, apart from a RF signal... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070123255 - Mobile internet system, mobile communication terminal thereof and operation control method thereof: A mobile internet system, mobile communication terminal thereof and method of controlling operation thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the mobile internet system includes a mobile communication terminal configured to execute at least one of a scanning procedure and a ranging procedure. The mobile communication terminal first executes the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123256 - System and method for cordless handset registration: A method and system for registering wireless devices with a base unit that is configured to communicate wirelessly with multiple wireless devices. In one example, the wireless devices are cordless handsets of cordless telephone systems. When placed in a charging cradle, an unregistered handset displays a message indicating that the... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070123261 - Method and apparatus for performing handoff in communications systems: A communication system including a closed loop power control system. Prior to allowing a handoff to a new base station, the subscriber station verifies that its reverse link signal is being received by the destination base station with sufficient energy. The determination is made based on the received reverse link... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070123260 - Method for discovering wireless network for inter-system handover, multi-mode terminal unit and inter-working service server using the method: In a wireless network discovery method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a) a propagation environment information message generated by using signal information received from the heterogeneous wireless networks is transmitted to the common core network, b) a wireless network discovery range generated by using the propagation... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070123257 - Mobile station handover for base stations with adaptive antenna system: Method for transferring service for a mobile station call signal from a first base transceiver station to a second base transceiver station in a wireless mobile telecommunication system, while a call is in progress. The method can include receiving at a base transceiver station an access burst from a mobile... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070123258 - Mobile terminal autonomous handoff for unidirectional mobile communication: A method and a mobile receiver are provided for autonomous handoff at the mobile receiver in support for unidirectional transmission from fixed servers. The mobile receiver selects a broadcast server on which it then receives a designation for a downlink traffic channel which is not paired with an uplink traffic... Agent: Sandra Beauchesne Ericsson Canada Inc.

20070123259 - System and method for executing a seamless handoff in a network environment: A method for providing a handoff in a network environment is provided that includes a mobile station operable to conduct a call. The mobile station is further operable to initiate a call leg autonomously such that a generic transfer function is invoked. The mobile station leverages the generic transfer function... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070123262 - Antenna adaptation to manage the active set to manipulate soft hand-off regions: A method of managing the number of base station engaged in soft hand-off in a mobile communication system. The method involves manipulating a subscriber based directional antenna so as to control the number of base transceiver stations, pilot channels, beacon signals or other signals detected to be used in soft... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070123263 - Distributed multi-beam wireless system: A wireless network has nodes, which can be accessed by wireless terminals via wireless access links, coupled via wireless transit links using multiple directional antenna beams. The nodes are self-organizing and self-adapting as nodes are added and as other changes occur. A new node uses beam scanning to listen for... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20070123264 - Method, system and computer program for planning a telecommunications network: Method for planning a telecommunications network for radio equipment including a plurality of cells distributed on a geographic area, each one of which has a set of elementary territory areas (pixels) adapted to receive a radio signal radiated by a respective fixed radio base station, wherein radio equipment located in... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070123265 - Mobile terminal capable of re-selecting cell in accordance of residual amount of battery and method of operating the same: A mobile terminal and method for re-selecting a cell in accordance with a residual amount of a battery capacity so that the number of times or re-selecting a cell is reduced in accordance with the residual amount of the battery capacity. Information on a plurality of cells having different priorities... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070123267 - Handover in a cellular communication system: A cellular communication system includes first and second base stations and a user equipment. A Radio Network Controller controls a handover of the user equipment between the base stations by either forwarding data of the communication to both the first and second base stations or to only one of the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070123266 - Method for signalling and time reduction during connection release: A method in a communication device of releasing a radio resource control (RRC) connection in a CELL_FACH or CELL_DCH state is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving (202) an RRC connection release message and responding (204) to the RRC connection release message to release the RRC connection without... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070123271 - Cellular phone tracking scope: A cellular phone tracking scope tracks and visually maps the location and movement history of cellular phones in one or more cellular networks in a region of interest. The tracked cellular phones include detection and tracking of the location (latitude/longitude) of those that are not in use. With proper authorization,... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070123273 - Geographical position extension in messaging for a terminal node: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for supporting geographical-based services in a communications system. In an embodiment of the invention, a terminal node (e.g., a wireless terminal) inserts geographical information into a header portion of an IPv6 datagram. The serving network utilizes the geographical information to support a geographical-based... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070123268 - Method for generating triggers based on the position of a terminal in a mobile communication network, related network and computer program product therefor: Triggers for the provision of location based services in a mobile communication network supporting a plurality of mobile terminals over a given territory, are generated by defining a set of target areas within the territory covered by the network, each target area being identified by respective geographic data, transforming the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070123269 - Mobile communication terminal and positional information providing method: An object is to provide a cell phone capable of achieving improvement in efficiency of communication and improvement in user's operability on the occasion of providing location information. A cell phone 10 has a data transmitter 101 for transmitting user data to a content delivery server 30, using a user... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123272 - Mobile communications system and method for controlling transmission power: A mobile communications system, designed to enable the overall amount of power emitted to be kept down, provided with a mobile station location information generating unit for generating location information indicating a present location of a mobile station when transmitting a request for increasing the transmission power from the mobile... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070123270 - Mobile device product locator: Systems, methods, and software are described for identifying a location with a mobile communications device. According to various embodiments of the invention, an electronic image is captured via the mobile communications device. A first set of data identifying the location of the mobile communications device may be received, and the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070123274 - Wireless communications network and method of operation thereof: A wireless communications network (100) comprising a plurality of sites (102-114) each of which is served by a node (116-128), and said nodes (116-128) are connected with other elements of the network infrastructure. The network further comprises a plurality of mobile stations (130-134). At least one of said sites (102)... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070123276 - Secure valet telephone system apparatus and method: The Invention is an apparatus and method of providing a valet telephone service. A dedicated wireless telephone is provided to a subscriber as a benefit of subscription. The dedicated wireless telephone will place calls only to and receive calls only from a service provider central computer. Incoming and outgoing calls... Agent: Robert J. Yarbrough, Attorney At Law

20070123275 - Telecommunication advertising system: An advertising/revenue generation system for use with telecommunication systems. A database can be organized or sorted on parameters relating to telecommunication, such as caller demographics, time and place of a call, and the services of the initially dialed number. Advertisers can submit advertisements to the advertising system. When a caller... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070123281 - Apparatus and method for providing short message service and multimedia messaging service over a wired telephone network: An apparatus and method for providing Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over a wired telephone network are provided. In an Access Point (AP), an access module provides a wireless connection interface for wireless communication with a convergence terminal. A control module controls wireless communication and communications... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070123278 - Message handling in portable electronic device: The present invention is directed towards a method and a device for preparing a message in a portable electronic device such as a cellular phone. The device comprises a message type selection unit (14) providing a set of items of message types (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) that can be... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070123279 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a calling party number to activate a function and/or convey information at a terminating device: A network processes a call that has a calling party number field in a signaling message that is associated therewith. The calling party number field includes a calling party number and command codes that are used to activate a function at a terminating device and/or convey information.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070123280 - System and method for providing mobile device services using sms communications: An enhanced services platform has an interface for receiving a communication from a user requesting a desired data. An automated response module parses the communication and retrieves the desired data. The enhanced services platform arranges the desired data into a response message that is sent to the user, where the... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070123277 - Telecommunications system: A telecommunications system provides a facility for communicating a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a mobile user equipment using a subscriber identity number when the mobile user equipment is communicating via an Internet Protocol network using an Internet Protocol (IP) communication being terminated on the IP network. The system... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070123282 - Low power pulse modulation communication in mesh networks with modular sensors: A modular sensor architecture. A sensor includes multiple planes that are in electrical communication. A power plane provides a power source and a communications module that can be optical and/or electrical in nature. The power source can be upgraded using optical power delivered over an optical fiber. The sensor can... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070123283 - System and method for obscuring unwanted ambient noise and a mobile communications device and central office equipment incorporating the same: A system for, and method of, obscuring ambient noise with a mobile communications device and central office equipment including the system and/or method. In one embodiment, the mobile communications device includes: (1) a background sound generator (2) a mixer coupled to the background sound generator, (3) a user interface coupled... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Agere Systems Inc.

20070123289 - Communications system having pre-defined calling groups: A communications system having a pre-defined calling group with a plurality of members is disclosed. A plurality of personal communication devices (PCDs) each have a system ID and a group ID, and each member of the group is assigned one of the PCDs. The system ID and the group ID... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070123286 - Method and apparatus for providing the status of a wireless communication device in a group network directly to other members in the group network: A method, server, and wireless communication system for directly providing user status information representing status of use of a wireless device to a user of another wireless device, each wireless device being members of a group, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a first wireless device (104), user status... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070123287 - Method and apparatus for providing the status of a wireless communication device in a group network to other members in the group network: A method, server, and wireless communication system for providing user status information representing status of use of a first wireless device to at least a second wireless device, the first device and second device being members of a group, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a server (108) for... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070123285 - Method and system for multiparty calling using a dual mode phone with private call: A method (100) and system (20) for multiparty communication using at least one dual mode communication device includes a dual mode radio (11) having at least a first modem (12) for operation on a first network and a second modem (13) for operation on a second network and a processor... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070123288 - Method of controlling a broadcast call: The invention concerns a method of controlling a broadcast call in a telecommunications network (30) and a broadcast call control system (2). The telecommunications network (30) comprises switching units (214 to 220) for providing telephone connections to subscribers (221 to 230) of the telecommunications network (30). First, a broadcast call... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070123284 - Method of reducing delay: The present invention relates to a method of reducing setup delay for an uplink message from a user terminal (UT) in a delay sensitive service in a radio telecommunications system, such as a push to talk service (PoC), by predicting that delay sensitive data is about to be transmitted, sending,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070123290 - Low power transmission mode: A method for operating a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal is provided for using a low power transmission mode. The method comprises transmitting an access request to a base station; receiving from the base station a request to transmit using a low power transmission mode in response to the... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070123291 - Radio communication system: m

20070123293 - Method and device(s) encoding speech data in radio access network of radio communication system: A device receives from a base station speech data encoded with a first speech codec, transcodes the speech data into a second speech codec and transmits the speech data encoded with the second speech codec toward a base station controller used for controlling the transmission of the speech data.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070123292 - Method and system for acquiring information about neighbor base stations and neighbor relay stations in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system: A method and system for acquiring information about neighbor base stations (BSs) and neighbor relay stations (RSs) in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system are provided. In the method, a serving BS collects information about the neighbor BSs and the neighbor RSs, generates a message including the collected... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070123297 - Method and apparatus for enabling a mobile device to subscribe and acquire services, and the mobile device: Provided is a method for enabling a mobile device to subscribe and acquire services, including the steps of: detecting available services/connections or service/location tags which are selectable by the mobile device within the short-to-medium range from the mobile device; triggering the mobile device to connect to a corresponding service/connection provider... Agent: Driggs, Hogg & Fry Co. L.p.a.

20070123295 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal including a main body having a display mounted thereon, and a keypad assembly including at least first and second keypads configured to be received in a stacked state within the main body. Further, the at least first and second keypads are slidably mounted with respect to each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123294 - Speaker device for portable terminal using antenna mounting space: Disclosed is a speaker device for a portable terminal using an antenna mounting space, which includes at least one speaker module so as to enable sound to resonate in the antenna mounting space. The speaker device includes at least one speaker module integrated with the embedded antenna module, in which... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070123296 - Telecommunication system: A telecommunication system. The telecommunication system comprises a telecommunication apparatus and an audio accessory attached thereto. The audio accessory comprises an accessory interface and an accessory controller. The accessory controller controls operation of the audio accessory according to connection status of the audio interface. The telecommunication apparatus comprises an apparatus... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070123298 - Mobile wireless communications device having buffered clock distribution network for microprocessor and rf circuits: A mobile wireless communications device includes a circuit board carried by a housing. A microprocessor, RF transceiver and circuitry are carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. Clock buffer circuitry is carried by the circuit board and connected to the RF transceiver and circuitry and microprocessor for... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070123301 - Handwriting input device for fax application: A handwriting input device for fax application connected to either the modem of a mobile phone or a built-in radio communication module having a function equivalent to a modem, whereby a user can send the content of a handwriting image to a remote fax machine by firstly writing a digital... Agent: Yuan-heng Wu

20070123300 - Mobile communications terminal providing memo function and method thereof: A mobile communication terminal including a controller configured to activate both a speakerphone function and an additional function on the terminal when a functional key corresponding to the additional function is selected during an existing call, and an input unit configured to input information related to the additional function during... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070123299 - Multiple function handheld device: A method for enabling at least a portion of a multiple function handheld device begins by enabling at least a portion of a digital audio functionality in response to a first mode selection. The method continues by disabling wireless communication fimctionality in response to the first mode selection.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070123304 - Interface and communication protocol for a mobile device with a smart battery: Various embodiments are described herein for a mobile communication device that utilizes a smart battery. The mobile device includes a main processor for controlling the operation of the mobile communication device. The smart battery is coupled to the main processor and provides supply power. The smart battery includes a battery... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070123303 - Mobile device with a smart battery: Various embodiments are described for a mobile communication device having a main processor for controlling the operation of the mobile communication device; a device memory coupled to the main processor for storing a plurality of battery information profiles; and a smart battery coupled to the main processor for providing supply... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070123302 - Portable composite communication terminal for transmitting/receiving and images, and operation method and communication system thereof: A method of operating a portable composite communication terminal the functions as both a portable phone and a camera. The method includes: setting a portable phone mode by turning on the portable composite communication terminal, regulating voltage supporting components of the portable phone mode, and performing a general portable phone... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070123305 - Method for securing a near field communication device of a mobile phone: A security method includes reading an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card and an identity number of a near field communication (NFC) card of the mobile phone; detecting if the IMSI number matches first data stored in memory of the mobile phone, detecting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070123306 - Method for stabilizing bts using e1 trunk board duplexing of bsc: A method for stabilizing a BTS by dualizing an E1 trunk board in a BSC, wherein the method operates the E1 trunk board in a dual mode by establishing at least two E1 interfacing connections between the BTS and the BSC. This is so that the BTS continues to provide... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070123307 - Display of secure messages on a mobile communication device: A mobile communications device for the display of an incrementally received message includes a message viewer application for scanning the received portions of the message. On determination that the received portion of the message includes a first displayable portion of the message content, the system signals to a message server... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070123310 - Function information notifying system and function information notifying method: A user terminal A inquires of a user terminal B for the terminal function information. Upon receiving a request signal from the user terminal A via a communication control section, the user terminal B checks whether the user permits transmission of the terminal function information to the user terminal A,... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070123308 - Method for recognizing location using built-in camera and device thereof: The present invention relates to a location recognition device for recognizing a location by a mobile terminal having a camera and a method thereof. In the above method, the location recognition device photographs a location recognition tag storing location recognition information, and measures a distance to the location recognition tag.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070123309 - Mobile information terminal apparatus and method of controlling the same: A mobile information terminal apparatus including a first case including a display portion, a second case, and a rotary support mechanism for supporting the first case and the second case such that the first case is horizontally rotatable with respect to the second case and the first case takes at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123311 - Method for setting substitute ringback tone of calling party in mobile communications system: Method for setting substitute ringback tone of calling party to be identical with that of called party. A substitute ringback tone playing server 30 in the system checks whether there is a certain key input or key input stream from the calling party requesting of bringing substitute ringback tone of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070123312 - Multi-use acoustic leak path system: The invention concerns a mobile communications unit (100) having at least one transducer (120) that can broadcast audio through a direct port (110), at least one leak port (114) for leak tolerance of the unit, in which the leak port can have a first opening (116) and a multi-use opening... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070123313 - Speakerbox: An electro-acoustic communications unit (20) may include an acoustic driver (22) which, when operated, emits acoustic waves in two directions. A hermetically sealed container (24) attached to the acoustic driver may include a gas other than air. The gas may transport acoustic waves generated by the acoustic driver.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070123314 - Low power mode for a multiple function handheld device: A method begins by monitoring a battery voltage. The method continues by comparing the battery voltage with a threshold voltage. The method continues, when the battery voltage compares unfavorably to the threshold voltage, by establishing the first power state. The method continues by disabling at least a portion of a... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070123316 - Battery pack authentication for a mobile device: Various embodiments are described herein for a mobile communication device that authenticates a smart battery prior to use. The mobile device includes a main processor and a device memory. The device memory stores first and second portions of security information used for authentication. The smart battery includes a battery processor... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070123315 - Method and system for charging a mobile phone with conventional dc batteries: The present invention is an apparatus providing electrical power from conventional DC batteries to a mobile phone. The apparatus includes a main body having at least one battery receptacle. The receptacle includes a positive terminal and an oppositely mounted negative terminal. The spacing between the terminals is at a distance... Agent: Michael L. Diaz, P.C.

20070123322 - Cellular phone apparatus with keyboard: A cellular phone has a three-stage stacked structure including a ten-key case of a lower stage, a full-key case of a middle stage and a display case of an upper stage. When the cellular phone is in call style, the ten-key case is slid in the longitudinal direction to expose... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070123320 - Key input device for portable terminal: A key input device for a portable terminal includes wheel keys capable of rotating in multiple directions and performing a switch function. The key input device including a plurality of keys having at least one wheel keys provided in a main body and rotating in multiple directions, at least one... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070123319 - Portable terminal with dual axis hinge device: A portable terminal includes: a first housing; a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing to open or close the housings. A hinge device interconnects the first and second housings. The hinge device provides first and second hinge axes extending perpendicular to each other, wherein the hinge device limits... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070123317 - Seals for communication devices and method for assembling communication device: A seal (200) in a communication device (100) and a method (600) for assembling the communication device are disclosed. A transducer (402) is positioned on a transducer portion (202) of the seal. The seal comprises an audio port (208) and an audio tunnel (206). A display (106) is positioned on... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070123318 - Slide type mobile terminal: A hand-held mobile terminal for use in a mobile communications network is provided. The terminal comprises a first body comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the top of the first body comprising a user interface for allowing a user to interact with the mobile terminal to input data;... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070123321 - Telephone apparatus: Telephone apparatus in that a front cover 3 and a rear cover 4 are combined with each other to form a main body 2, and various components are provided in the main body 2, The front cover 3 includes a transmitter 5, an operating unit 6, a display unit 7,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070123323 - Wireless headset having improved rf immunity to rf electromagnetic interference produced from a mobile wireless communications device: A wireless headset has improved immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from wireless communications devices. A headset body is adapted to be worn by a user and includes a microphone and earpiece. An antenna receives wireless communication signals and passes them to RF and audio circuitry mounted within the headset... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070123325 - Method for performing digital broadcasting service in a dual-hinge type mobile terminal: Disclosed is a method for performing a digital broadcasting service in a dual-hinge type mobile terminal including a main housing and a folder, in which the folder is closed and opened with respect to the main housing in such a manner that the folder moves closely to or away from... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070123324 - Portable communication terminal: Opening/closing operation is detected at a portable communication terminal that includes an opening/closing mechanism and upon predicting the occurrence of a shock resulting from at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation, the head of a hard disk drive is retracted to a safe position so as... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070117506 - Dual mode dmb terminal capable of simultaneously receiving satellite dmb and terrestrial dmb: A dual mode Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) terminal for simultaneously receiving signals of satellite and terrestrial DMB broadcasting stations includes a satellite DMB receiver for receiving and demodulating the satellite signals, and outputting a satellite MPEG 2-TS, and another receiver for analogously processing terrestrial signals. A classification unit switches the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070117507 - Integrated direct conversion satellite tuner: A direct conversion satellite tuner is fully integrated on a common substrate. The integrated tuner receives an RF signal having a plurality of channels and down-converts a selected channel directly to baseband for further processing. The integrated tuner includes on-chip local oscillator generation, tunable baseband filters, and DC Offset cancellation.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070117508 - Conference presence based music-on-hold suppression system and method: A private branch exchange (PBX) (or network hosted device) is described herein that is capable of obtaining information (e.g., in-a-conference presence state) that indicates a user is participating in a multi-party conference call which is being hosted by an external conference/collaboration bridge and is further capable of disabling a music-on-hold... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070117509 - Satellite communication system: A communication system has a plurality of ground stations and a plurality of satellites located in a first orbit with respect to the earth. The satellites generate a plurality of beams corresponding to a respective plurality of cell. The plurality of beams has widths that vary relative to position in... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070117510 - System for responsive to detection, acoustically signalling desired nearby devices and services on a wireless network: The invention relates to a distributed electronic system having at least one device G1 able to be perceived (2) and at least one device G2 capable of perception (3), which latter has an acoustic output. To enable devices of a type being looked for by a user to be more... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070117511 - Rf receiving apparatus and method for removing leakage component of received signal using local signal: A radio frequency (RF) receiver and receiving method are provided which can remove a leakage component from a received signal by using a local signal. In the RF receiver, a noise removing unit controls a gain and a phase of a local signal LOI according to a phase THETA and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070117512 - Interference-resistant wireless audio system and the method thereof: An interference-resistant method for a wireless audio system capable of transforming an audio signal into an RF signal includes transforming the audio signal into a PCM signal, appending a first control signal to the PCM signal, and modulating the PCM signal with the first control signal into an analog base-band... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070117514 - Directional antenna configuration for tdd repeater: A wireless communication node, such as a repeater, including a frequency translating repeater, a physical layer (PHY) repeater, time divisional duplex repeater (TDD) and the like, is configured with a pair of directional patch antennae and an omni-directional antenna. The patch antennae can be selected depending on the orientation of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070117513 - Wireless communication system, weight control apparatus, and weight vector generation method: Signals received by a plurality of antenna elements are supplied to a beam forming circuit via a distributor. The beam forming circuit weights and combines the signals to output a reception signal corresponding to a beam having a predetermined directionality pattern. A weight used to control weighting and combining is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070117515 - Burst processor method and apparatus: A system and method for processing a wireless burst transmission. A sensor measures the energy of the wireless burst transmission. A first amplifier is in electrical communication with the sensor. A second amplifier is in electronic communication with the sensor. The first amplifier and the second amplifier are initially enabled... Agent: Joseph R. Englander Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070117516 - Method and apparatus for collecting information from a wireless device: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate remotely monitoring and/or controlling a media device that obtains broadcast and/or multicast transmission(s). According to various aspects, systems and methods are described that facilitate remotely controlling media device(s) that operate in connection with broadcast and/or multicast transmission(s) with limited or no reverse link... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070117517 - Method for dynamic frequency selection and system supporting the same in a cognitive radio wireless communication system: Dynamic frequency selection based on CR is provided. A CR BS detects an interference-free and unused frequency band. When sensing a new BS that has great signal strength and requires the frequency band during communications in the frequency band, the CR BS releases the frequency band and dynamically selects another... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070117518 - Adaptive bearer configuration for broadcast/multicast service using received response information: A method and apparatus for providing adaptive bearer configuration for MBMS delivery is disclosed. A first aspect of the present disclosure is a method of operating a wireless infrastructure entity (103) wherein a plurality of common radio resources (303) are allocated for receiving combined responses from a plurality of mobile... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070117519 - Dynamic channel quality measurement procedure implemented in a wireless digital communication system to prioritize the forwarding of downlink data: A wireless digital communication system includes a base station in communication with a plurality of user equipment mobile terminals (UEs). The system prioritizes the forwarding of blocks of downlink data to designated ones of the UEs. The system employs adaptive modulation and coding (AM&C) to achieve improved radio resource utilization... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070117520 - Communication unit: In a communication unit 100, a ground layer section 101 which is a sheet-like conductive material and a power-source layer section 102 which is a sheet-like conductive material are laid out in such a way that their one sides face each other, a voltage is applied in such a way... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070117521 - Method of controlling phase locked loop in mobile station, and mobile station: A method of controlling a phase locked loop in a mobile station and a mobile station of a cellular telecommunications system are provided. The mobile station comprises an integrated phase locked loop for generating output frequencies; a frequency control unit for providing a frequency control word for the phase locked... Agent: Hol