Telecommunications inventions 10/07

20070249283 - System and method for estimation and compensation of radiated feedback coupling in a high gain repeater: A system and method of compensating for the effects of the antenna coupling in on-frequency repeaters, whose input and output signals are the same frequency, are disclosed. The repeater is implemented with internal digitally determined compensation that reduces the effect of the antenna coupling, allowing the forward gain of the... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070249289 - Radio transmission apparatus and control apparatus for events rooms as well as corresponding method: Radio systems for supplying hearing apparatus in events rooms are of a more convenient design. To this end a radio transmission apparatus is provided for transmission of speech signals in an events room. It possesses a receive device for receiving at least one control signal and a switching device for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070249292 - Transceiver: A transceiver capable of processing signals having wavelengths of less than 1 millimeter and/or more than 1 millimeter comprising a mixer/filter circuit coupled to an IF filter where said mixer/filter circuit is positioned within a mixer block to receive incoming signals guided into one or more feed horn openings of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070249291 - Wireless handoffs between multiple networks: The disclosure is directed to an access terminal, and method for selecting an access point for handing off the access terminal. The access terminal may include a processor. The processor may be configured to access a list access points and select one of the access points on the list based... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070249293 - System and method for self calibrating voltage-controlled oscillator: A system and a method for self calibrating a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). In the system, a mode controller generates a control signal for each of an automatic band selection mode, an automatic gain tuning mode, and a phase-locking mode, from a frequency comparison result between a reference clock signal and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070249281 - Method and system for providing broadcast captions: A method and system for providing broadcast captions is disclosed which includes a tuner for receiving a broadcast signal, a decoder for stripping text data relating to the captions from the broadcast signal, and a transmission server for transmitting the captions to the device for display on the device. The... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070249282 - Method and apparatus for delivering multimedia multicast services over wireless communication systems: A method is provided for delivery of Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) over wireless systems. The method optimizes the number of paging messages sent over the air interface in order to enhance the overall system capacity. MBMS active Mobile Station User Equipments (UEs) track their locations to the granularity... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070249284 - Mover, information center, and mobile communication system: A mover such as a vehicle acquires the information, which has been updated by broadcasting/communication during an engine stall or in an unreceivable state, after the engine start or the recovery of reception. The engine stall period and the unreceivable state continuation period of the mover are monitored and are... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070249285 - Receiving system: To realize a receiving system that can excellently receive radio signals before and after a body insertable device, which is a radio signal source, is inserted into a subject, the receiving system has a first receiving antenna (1), a second receiving antenna (2), and a receiving apparatus (3). The first... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070249286 - Automated bonding for wireless devices: A method and apparatus for managing the establishment of a wireless connection between an instrument host and a non-fixed device is provided. The method comprises acquiring the non-fixed medical device address over a fixed wire by replacing the traditional wireless searching mechanism. The method also comprises providing an authentication mechanism... Agent: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. Legal Department

20070249288 - Distance-based security: Various operations may be performed based on distance-related functions associated with two or more devices. For example, one or more distance-based functions may be used to control whether a device is allowed to request another device to perform one or more functions. Similarly, one or more distance-based functions may be... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070249287 - Methods and apparatus for selecting between a plurality of dictionaries: A plurality of report dictionaries, e.g., uplink transmission backlog request report dictionaries, are supported in a wireless communications system. Each report dictionary provides bit mapping definition information corresponding to a set of fixed bit size request reports. Different report dictionaries are structured to accommodate different reporting conditions, needs, and/or requirements.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070249290 - Adaptive pre-distortion: A device may include an amplifier to receive an input signal, amplify the input signal to produce an output signal, and send the output signal to a destination. The device may include a processing module to process feedback information related to the input signal and the output signal to generate... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070249294 - Transmit-receive switch for ultrawideband and method for isolating transmitting and receiving signal thereof: A transmit-receive switch for ultrawideband and a method for isolating transmitting and receiving signal thereof are provided. The transmit-receive switch includes a first switch, a second switch, and an inductor. The first switch has a first end coupled to a signal transmitting end, a second end coupled to a signal... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070249295 - Telephone set, communication adaptor, home appliance control method, and program recording medium: The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection means to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio communication; a control means for generating, upon arrival of an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070249296 - Reduced complexity beam-steered mimo ofdm system: Techniques for transmitting data using channel information for a subset of all subcarriers used for data transmission are described. A transmitter station receives channel information for at least one subcarrier that is a subset of multiple subcarriers used for data transmission. The channel information may include at least one transmit... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070249297 - Transmitter and semiconductor integrated circuit for communication: A transmitter adopting a polar loop system including a phase control loop for controlling the phase of a carrier signal outputted from a transmitting oscillator and an amplitude control loop for controlling the amplitude of a transmitting output signal outputted from a power amplification circuit, and designed to be capable... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070249298 - Communication apparatus based on multi-carrier modulation system: A communication apparatus based on the multi-carrier modulation system may be included in a mobile station or a base station for simultaneous transmission and reception with a simplified structure between the mobile station and base station using in common the same frequency band. A communication apparatus based on a multi-carrier... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070249299 - Systems and methods of rf power transmission, modulation, and amplification, including architectural embodiments of same: Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070249300 - Systems and methods of rf tower transmission, modulation, and amplification, including embodiments for compensating for waveform distortion: Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070249301 - Systems and methods of rf power transmission, modulation, and amplification, including architectural embodiments of same: Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070249302 - Systems and methods of rf power transmission, modulation, and amplification, including architectural embodiments of same: Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070249303 - Low noise cmos transmitter circuit with high range of gain: A CMOS automatic gain control (AGC) circuit that receives an analog control voltage and generates a temperature compensated gain voltage to linearly control the gain of a variable gain circuit operating in the sub-threshold region. A PTAT circuit having a resistor network coupled to a current mirror circuit operating in... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070249304 - Radio frequency power amplifier and method using a controlled supply: A radio frequency power amplifier includes a feedback control system coupled to an input signal and a first feedback signal and configured to provide an output; a controlled supply configured to provide power that is controlled in accordance with a signal; and a radio frequency gain stage powered from the... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles W. Bethards, LLP

20070249305 - Station control method and station using the same: An apparatus is provided, for reducing power consumption in a system operating in a power saving mode, comprising a controller, an oscillator circuit and a voltage regulator. The controller provides a first control signal and a second control signal. The oscillator circuit, connected to the controller, wherein the controller controls... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070249306 - Intermediate-frequency type radio signal receiver: A radio signal receiver includes an input for receiving an input signal having an input carrier frequency modulated by a payload signal to be detected. A frequency converter changes the carrier frequency of the input signal and produce an intermediate signal that is an image of the input signal, and... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070249307 - Client module, multimedia server and methods for use therewith: An encoded signal is modulated to produce a first radio frequency (RF) signal that is transmitted to a client module over a first transceiver channel when a first transceiver module is in a transceive mode. A channel scan is performed when the first transceiver module is in a scan mode.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070249308 - Method and apparatus for uplink coverage improvement: A method and apparatus for an uplink signal processing system that includes converting a plurality of received RF signals which can be grouped by common diversity characteristics into the digital domain, and performing signal processing on the signals to maximize the signal to noise ratio, when the signals common to... Agent: Lawrence G. Kurland, Esq. Bryan Cave LLP

20070249309 - Diversity receiver: A diversity receiver includes first and second reception circuits using a superheterodyne principle. At stationary reception, reception of the audio signals and the data employing a phase diversity reception system is performed such that the signals received by the first reception antenna are supplied to the first reception circuit, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070249310 - Radio frequency power detector: RF power detector employing an envelope amplifier circuit and a current mirror circuit. The output of the current mirror circuit supplies a bias voltage for biasing the output of the envelope amplifier circuit. Furthermore, the output of the envelope amplifier circuit is fed back to the output of the current... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070249311 - Variable attenuation of broadband differential signals using pin diodes: Disclosed herein is a system for the variable attenuation of broadband differential signals. An exemplary system of variable attenuation of broadband differential signals includes attenuation devices arranged such that an attenuation device on the positive side of the differential signal has a corresponding attenuation device on the negative side of... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070249313 - Multi-band antenna: A multi-band antenna is adapted to operate in a first frequency band and a second frequency band which is higher than the first frequency band. A first antenna element is adapted to operate in the first frequency band, and has a first end which is electrically connected to the power... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070249312 - Rf receiver system having switched antenna diversity module: An RF receiver system is provided having a plurality of selectable antennas. The system includes a receiver for receiving RF signals from one of the plurality of antennas at a time. The receiver includes processing circuitry for processing the RF signals and generating a control signal to control selection of... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070249314 - Adjusting parameters associated with transmitter leakage: An apparatus comprises a transmitter, a receiver, an antenna and a signal cancellation circuit. The transmitter is configured to send a transmitter signal associated with a frequency. The receiver is associated with the frequency. The antenna is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The signal cancellation circuit is coupled... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070249315 - Technique for reducing interference to radio operations on a computing device: During a telephony session, a determination is made on a mobile computing device that one or more designated conditions exist by which radio interference generated from the mobile computing device is to be reduced. In response, a power state of a set of one or more components of the mobile... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070249316 - Automatic location-based resource management for network devices: A system and method for automatically managing resource usage of a network device based on device location. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a first module that is coupled to a network device. The first module provides position information associated with the network device. A controller communicates with the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070249318 - Methods and systems for providing wireless communications through a utility pole mounted antenna: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing wireless communications through, for example, a utility pole mounted antenna. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving first data from a wire line network at a transceiver placed at a location on the wire line network. The location may be a place... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070249317 - Methods and systems for providing wireless network communications: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing wireless network communications. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving first data from a wire line network at a transceiver placed at a location on the wire line network. The location may comprise a place where the wire line network is present,... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070249319 - Power distribution communication system employing gateway including wired and wireless communication interfaces: A power distribution communication system includes a plurality of network protectors, a plurality of sensors or devices, a plurality of wirelessly communicating user interfaces, and a gateway. The gateway includes a wired communication network interface structured to communicate with at least one of the network protectors, the sensors or the... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070249320 - System and method for deploying application programs: A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program and for providing the application data to the business sector in accordance with... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070249321 - System for a wireless intelligent services engine: A system that integrates the services offered by providers in the wireless communication industry. The system provides a seamless, efficient and realtime way to connect wireless communication services with other associated services, such as billing and rating engines. Additionally, the system is fully customizable and applicable with general industry standards.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070249322 - Network support for handset data protection: An apparatus in one example has: a telecommunication network operatively coupled to at least one mobile terminal; a handset data transfer module in the at least one mobile terminal; a mobile handset protection application server in the telecommunication network; and an emergency storage location operatively coupled to the mobile handset... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20070249324 - Dynamic authentication in secured wireless networks: Systems and methods for authentication using paired dynamic secrets in secured wireless networks are provided. Each authenticated user is assigned a random secret generated so as to be unique to the user. The secret is associated with a wireless interface belonging to the user, so that no other wireless interface... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070249323 - Simplified dual mode wireless device authentication apparatus and method: Provisioned wireless service (PWS) authentication apparatus and method simplifies determination of PWS authentication state by dual mode access point (DMAP) receiving an identifying credential from supplicant dual mode mobile station (DMMS) within predefined authentication period and comparing with authentication credential. DMMS is provisioned PWS upon authentication. DMAP having multiple BSSID... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070249325 - Temporary messaging address system and method: A messaging system is disclosed. The system includes a communications network including a wireless access point, a messaging server coupled to the communications network, and a mobile device in communication with the communications network via an access point. The mobile device has a mobile ID associated with the device, and... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070249327 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing location-enhanced contact list: A device includes an interface to a communications network; at least one data processor; at least one memory coupled to the at least one data processor, the at least one memory storing a contact list; and a user interface coupled to the at least one data processor. The data processor... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070249328 - Method and apparatus for session negotiation in a mobile communication system and system thereof: Provided is a method and apparatus in a mobile communication system, which can achieve efficient session negotiation when an Access Terminal (AT) and an Access Network Transceiver System (ANTS) of the mobile communication system have different parameters for a session setup therebetween. The method includes selecting a configuration attribute from... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249326 - Method and system for personalizing a call set-up period: A method of personalizing a call set-up of a mobile radio terminal includes acquiring contact information associated with a callable device. The contact information includes call set-up audio data corresponding to audio content selected by a user of the device. The contact information is stored as an entry in a... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070249329 - Method of providing route update messages and paging access terminals: The present invention provides a method for providing route update messages and paging access terminals. One embodiment of the method includes storing information indicative of at least one sector. The sector(s) are determined based on geographic information indicative of a route associated with an access terminal. Another embodiment of the... Agent: Mark W. Sincell Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20070249330 - Method for advertising on digital cellular telephones and reducing costs to the end user: The present invention relates to a method for displaying messages, such as advertisements, consumer promotions, and customer service announcements, on digital wireless communication devices, such as digital cellular telephones, comprising the steps of creating at least one visual advertising message, or other desirable information, in the form of an information... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC

20070249331 - Control of peripheral devices in a short-range wireless communication system: The invention relates to a mechanism for using services provided by a network in an environment including user-operated short-range wireless terminals and short-range wireless peripheral devices, such as wireless storage units, controllable by the user-operated terminals. A wireless peripheral device is informed that a network providing services is to be... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070249336 - Telephone system integrated with an electronic device: A telephone system integrated with an electronic device includes a mobile end and a base end. The mobile end includes a phone unit for generating voice data, a remote control unit for generating a control signal, and a first wireless communication unit coupled to the phone unit and the remote... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070249333 - Apparatus and method for providing poc service in wireless communication system supporting bcast service: an Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing a PoC service in a radio communication system supporting a BCAST service. For the PoC service in the radio communication system supporting the BCAST service, a first terminal joining the PoC service through the BCAST service transmits user data for... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249334 - Decoupling radio resource management from an access gateway: Particular embodiments provide an access gateway that facilitates communication between a plurality of access technologies. The access gateway facilitates data communication with an access terminal through a bearer path. A radio resource manager is configured to provide radio resource management functions for the communications. The radio resource manager is decoupled... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070249335 - Mobile terminal having multimedia reproduction controls: A slider-type mobile terminal has multimedia reproduction controls disposed along one edge of a fixed body that are exposed when the slider body is closed. Alternatively, the multimedia display disposed on the slider body, has a touch screen for displaying the multimedia reproduction controls. Terminal controls are disposed on the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070249332 - Service class control system, service class control device, terminal device, service class control method, and program: There is provided a service class control system and the like for facilitating modification of a service class of a terminal device or disabling unauthorized modification of the service class. A service class management server (1) contains service class data for specifying a range of service provided by the user... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070249337 - Fixed wireless telephone device: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing a fixed wireless telephone service. A fixed wireless device includes a wireless device for establishing wireless connections to a wireless communications network that interfaces with a public switched telephone network. The fixed wireless device includes a connection that provides telephone service for an... Agent: Attention Of D. Kent Stier Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070249339 - Mobile communication system for matching resource amount of core network bearer and resource amount of visited network bearer: A visited policy controlling device decides the amount of a visited network bearer resource that is provided by a visited user plane device for an end-to-end service based on the amount of a bearer service resource requested to be used in the end-to-end service. A home policy controlling device decides... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070249340 - Cellular network resource control method and apparatus: A cellular radio access network comprising a plurality of radio transceivers geographically spaced so that neighbouring transceivers provide overlapping radio coverage for mobile user terminals, and a radio transceiver controller geographically spaced from and coupled to said plurality of radio transceivers, the controller being arranged to control each radio transceiver... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070249338 - Method and apparatus for steering of roaming: A system and method for implementing steering of roaming (SOR) services in wireless networks is disclosed. The SOR platform operates on messages transmitted by a home location register (HLR), intercepting them and denying use of a visited network unless it is the preferred visited network of a home network.... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070249341 - Synchronized, semi-dynamic frequency hopping method for wran and other wireless networks: A method for creating and maintaining semi-dynamic frequency hopping communities. Each community is a set of neighboring cells, such as wireless regional area networks (WRANs) according to IEEE 802.22, that follow a protocol defining coordinated frequency hopping operations, e.g., hopping is performed by community members according to a leader-defined hopping... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070249344 - Base station and communications method: A base station that communicates with a mobile station includes: a storing unit for storing a predetermined number of base station information, each including a base station ID for discriminating a specific base station and parameter information for radio communications set for the specific base station; an acquisition unit for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070249345 - Device, control method of the device, and program for causing computer to execute the control method: A device capable of flexibly changing a protocol for use for event communication in consideration of communication load applied to an event providing apparatus. The device receives an event registration request transmitted from a client apparatus, and based on the received event registration request, notifies a generated event to the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070249343 - Method and system of communications: The present invention relates to cellular mobile radio systems, and more especially it relates to reduction of communications latency. Particularly, it relates to transmissions of (positive or negative) acknowledgments. Queuing or redundancy is reduced by means of signaling comprising information on the positive or negative acknowledgements.... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070249342 - Method, system and application service entity for authenticating user equipment: The embodiments of the present invention provide methods, a system and an application service entity for authenticating User Equipment (UE). The method is applicable to a situation that the UE accesses an application service entity of an Early IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and includes: receiving a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070249346 - Set up for streaming media: A method, microprocessor, computer program product, terminal and network device are configured to include sending, to a first wireless communication terminal, data indicative of first information relating to one or more parameters supported by a second wireless communication terminal for receiving and/or transmitting a media stream, and receiving, at the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070249348 - Apparatus and method of handover for mobile node: Provided are an efficient handover apparatus and method in a mobile node. In the method in which a handover is performed in a mobile node which establishes a data communication through a point of attachment (PoA), the method including receiving information regarding capabilities of a new PoA; determining whether Internet... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070249349 - Apparatus and method of handover for mobile node: Provided are an efficient handover apparatus and method in a mobile node. In the method in which a handover is performed in a mobile node which establishes a data communication through a point of attachment (PoA), the method including receiving information regarding capabilities of a new PoA; determining whether Internet... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070249350 - Apparatus and method for canceling neighbor cell interference in broadband wireless communication system: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for canceling a neighbor cell interference in a broadband wireless communication system.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249347 - Handover or location update for optimization for relay stations in a wireless network: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the optimization of relay station handovers and location update in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a request to handover a plurality of mobile stations from a first base station to a second base station may be sent. An identifier associated with... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC C/o Portfolioip

20070249354 - Method and apparatus for determining reconnection time point for packet service: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a reconnection time point for a packet service according to a handover environment during the packet service. To this end, a multi-mode terminal checks the service quality of a network, and performs reconnection for a packet service by determining a current time... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249352 - System and method for optimizing authentication procedure during inter access system handovers: Disclosed is a method and system of deriving new keys for accessing a new system. The method enables an optimized authentication procedure during handover form an existing system to a new system by using the existing system access keys. The user equipment that is accessing the new system receives a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249353 - System and method for selecting a serving base station according to a drop of a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system: Disclosed are a system and a method for selecting a new serving base station when a drop occurs in a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station, a serving base station communicating with the mobile subscriber station, and a plurality of neighbor... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249351 - Trasmitting/receiving apparatus and method in a mobile communication system: A handover method and apparatus in a communication system are provided. The method includes an MS sending to a serving BS a bandwidth allocating request message for sending a MOB_MSHO-REQ message requesting a handover; activating a timer set to a bandwidth allocation waiting time in relation to the bandwidth allocating... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249355 - System and method for handover to minimize service delay due to ping pong effect in bwa communication system: Disclosed is a method for recognizing by a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) whether a serving Base Station (BS) retains connection information in a mobile communication system including the serving BS for providing a service to the MSS and a target BS adjacent to the serving BS. The method includes the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249356 - Cellular communication network resource release system: The resource release system minimizes the time that the Mobile Switching Centers in a call initiation process commit resources after the call is terminated. This is accomplished by propagating a Call Release message through the cellular network from the Originating Mobile Switching Center to the Serving Mobile Switching Center as... Agent: Lucent Technologies, Inc. C/o Patton Boggs LLP

20070249357 - Method for switching between two telephone services: When two terminals (T1, T2) communicate with each other via a first service via a network, switching from the first telephone service to a second telephone service enables the two terminals (T1, T2) to continue to communicate with each other via the second telephone service. In order to carry out... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070249358 - System and method for frequency re-use in a sectorized cell pattern in a wireless communication system: The present invention relates to a system and method for frequency re-use in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the inventive system and method provides for maximum coverage of a service area with a pattern of cells each having a sectorized hub antenna pattern where only a limited number of... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070249359 - Method and system for resource management in communication networks, related network and computer program product therefor: A method for providing, in a communication network including at least a first and a second set of resources, a service to users of at least a first and a second type. The users of the first type are in a condition to be provided said service only by means... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070249360 - Methods and aparatus related to determining, communicating, and/or using delay information in a wireless communications system: Methods and apparatus related to determining, communicating, and/or using delay information are described. A wireless terminal determines delay information corresponding to queued information that it intends to transmit. The delay information includes a maximum queuing delay indicting a maximum amount of time data to be transmitted has been waiting to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070249361 - Dynamic allocation of radio resources: Radio resources are allocated to communication between a mobile station and a base station. The available set of radio resources may comprise radio resources primarily assigned to a neighboring cell if the 5 mobile station experience an instantaneous low level of co-channel interference from such neighboring cells. The existence of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070249362 - Method and configuring parameters of gprs-type communication devices over a cellular phone network, and corresponding communications system: A method for remotely configuring parameters of GPRS-type communication devices (2, 3) within a communications system in which data are exchanged between said GPRS-type communication devices (2, 3) and a central communications system (1) over a cellular phone network (6). According to the invention, configuration parameters (Pn) are first set... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070249363 - Queuing far/far service requests in wireless network: A technique for coordinating the operation of subscriber units such as in a wireless communications system so that high-probability-of-interference communications do not take place at the same time in adjacent cell sites. A base station becomes aware of expected periods or time slots of high relatively expected interference from remote... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070249365 - Device, method and computer program for connecting a mobile device to a wireless network: A solution for a mobile communications device, for controlling connection to a communications network. The invention involves positioning of the mobile device based on received positioning information signals, and comparison of a determined current position for the device with stored position data. If the determined position matches stored position data,... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070249366 - Method and apparatus for wlan location services: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing location services in a wireless network. According to one implementation of the present invention, the wireless network infrastructure provides high-accuracy location information via location services to wireless clients. In one embodiment, during an advertisement phase, a location server provides a list of available... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20070249364 - Precision level management for location reporting: A mobile device provides its location information to contacts of a user of the mobile device. A contact has a particular precision level assigned thereto from a set of two or more precision levels. The assignment of precision levels to contacts is according to one or more criteria. The mobile... Agent: Integral Intellectual Property Inc.

20070249367 - Information receiving terminal and infomation distibuting system: A distance between positional information added to contents and a current position detected in an information receiving terminal is calculated, and based on the calculated distance, a method for outputting the contents is controlled. Thus, since the method for outputting the contents can be changed by a positional relationship between... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070249369 - System and methods for dialing code initiated mobile search: A system, method and apparatus for delivering Web content to a mobile telephone or related device by using a dialing code is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a user who dials a telephone number, or other dialing code, and subsequently receives content sent to the user's mobile handset. In another... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070249368 - Shared geo-located objects: A method of reviewing geo-coded information at a geographic information system is disclosed. The method may include receiving information identifying a geo-located object from a submitter of the object, receiving information identifying the location of the geo-located object from the submitter, and receiving a request from a user of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070249376 - Information processing device, information processing method, control program for realizing information processing method by computer, and computer readable recording medium with control program recorded thereon: Sending of an electronic mail while associating an information processing device with a mobile information terminal conventionally imposes a troublesome operation on a user. An information processing device (100, 102) of the present invention can communicate with a mobile information terminal (1004) and includes a terminal detection unit (205, 512)... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070249374 - Method for controlling delivery of short messages in wireless network: In a method for controlling the delivery of short text messages or other messages in a wireless network, a source terminal transmits a message to a recipient wireless unit over the network's short messaging service (“SMS”). The message includes a message identifier, a communication identifier of the recipient wireless unit,... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070249379 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for transferring a message service payload between messaging entities: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for transferring a message service payload between messaging entities. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for intelligently processing a message service payload being transmitted between messaging entities. A messaging service message comprising... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070249371 - Call processing system, communicatin server, communication terminal, and call processing method: When a communication terminal calls a communication terminal, a content server acquires, based on a call signal addressed from the communication terminal to the communication terminal, a call-reception end identifier of the communication terminal. The content server then refers, based on the acquired call-reception end identifier, to table data, then... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070249372 - Electronic message exchange over multiple wireless communication networks with a single device: Electronic messages such as pages are exchanged between a user device and a message service using one of multiple wireless communication networks. The wireless communication networks may include mobile and/or fixed wireless networks. The user device registers with the message service through at least one of the wireless communications networks.... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20070249375 - Method and system for phone-number discovery and phone-number authentication for mobile communications devices: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems by which a client application program running on a mobile communications device can determine the telephone number associated with the mobile communications device and communicate the telephone number to a remote computing entity in a secure and verifiable fashion.... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070249373 - Method and system for receiving data on a portable device: Disclosed are a method of and a system for receiving data on a portable device. The method comprises the steps of providing a portable device having a data modem with active and dormant stages, and a short message service (SMS) capability; receiving a pre-defined SMS message and in response thereto,... Agent: Steven Fischman, Esq. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070249377 - Method for creating a peer-to-peer immediate messaging solution without using an instant messaging server: A messaging method in a system including a wireless network, a routing server, and a plurality of mobile stations. A first mobile station has first communications applications and a first PIN and a second mobile station has second communications applications and a second PIN. The method includes sending an invitation... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070249370 - Method of effecting access to services in a telecommunication network: A method of effecting access to services in a telecommunication network is the fact that the service can be accessed from the user's terminal identically and simultaneously with the use of two complementary interfaces: a voice and a text terminal with the use of USSD commands, where the service is... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070249378 - System and method for sms text routing: A system and method enables a user to enter a single address or number into a mobile device and thereby request many types of information based on simple keywords. When the information is requested using a mobile-originated SMS message, the user thereafter receives the requested information by a mobile terminated... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP (037)

20070249380 - Apparatus and method for broadcasting data: Disclose is a synchronized wireless communication network (100) operating in single frequency network mode comprising a first base station (502) broadcasting, on a first channel, broadcast data and a common sequence (508) that is generated from a first channel identifier, and wherein the first base station transmits data on a... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070249381 - Apparatus and method for conversational-style push-to-talk: Methods for providing a conversational-style user experience in a simplex based session over a real-time communication network are presented, the method including: establishing the simplex based session between a first UE and a second UE by the real-time communication network; and while receiving a first media stream from the first... Agent: Kali Law Group, P. C

20070249384 - Communication apparatus and transmission power control method thereof: In a communication apparatus having a transmission-power control function of controlling transmission power, the operation state of the communication apparatus is determined. If the communication apparatus is determined as a data-transmitting side, control is done to validate the transmission-power control function. If the communication apparatus is determined as a data-receiving... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070249382 - Rfic transmit power control: An RFIC transmitter includes a digital transmit processing module, a digital to analog converter, a filter and gain module, an up-conversion module, a power amplifier, and a transmit signal strength module. The transmit signal strength module is coupled to generate a gain adjust signal based on a measure of transmit... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070249383 - Wireless interface and method for enhanced functionality: A portable end device, such as a bar code scanner, may be equipped with auxiliary interfaces. The auxiliary interfaces may be easily added to the end device as a replaceable cover, such as a replaceable battery door. A signal path conducts signals to and from the replaceable cover. One auxiliary... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP Agent For Applicant

20070249386 - Client device characterization of other client device transmissions and reporting of signal qualities to access point(s): A wireless network in a communication infrastructure has a packet switched backbone network and includes a plurality of access points and services at least one client device. The access points communicatively couple to the packet switched backbone network and each include access point processing circuitry and access point wireless transceiver... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070249385 - Information terminal device: To provide an information terminal device contributing to prevention of an operation not intended by a user. A communication management unit (512) of an SVG processing unit (510) displays an image (confirmation image) for requesting a user to perform a confirmation input to confirm whether to be connected to the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070249388 - Systems and methods of rf power transmission, modulation, and amplification, including architectural embodiments of same: Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070249389 - Cellular phone device: A cellular phone device is provided that improves the usability for the user when photographing a self-portrait while protecting an imaging unit from being soiled and damaged, by covering imaging unit with the following structure. That is, the phone device has a first casing, a second casing, and a third... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070249392 - Channel reciprocity matrix determination in a wireless mimo communication system: Operating a wireless MIMO system to determine forward and reverse channel reciprocity matrices relating a first wireless MIMO device and a second wireless MIMO device of the wireless MIMO system includes, during each of a plurality of time intervals, determining a forward composite channel estimates and a reverse composite channel... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070249387 - Method and apparatus for exchanging content over distinct wireless access technologies: An apparatus and method are disclosed for exchanging content over distinct wireless access technologies. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a multimode access network server (MANS) (102) having a controller that manages operations of a communications interface that communicates with multimode communication devices... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070249391 - Method and system for cellular network services and an intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink having intelligent service control with feedback: In an RF communication system, aspects for cellular network and intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink with intelligent service control with feedback may comprise a mobile terminal (MT) generating a request for media comprising a specified quality of service (QoS) to be delivered to the mobile terminal. The request may be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070249390 - Wireless communication components and methods for multiple system communications: A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for communication in a first and a different second type of wireless networks. The WTRU includes respective components configured for wireless communication of user data with the respective first and second type of wireless networks and an upper layer application processing component... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070249393 - Radiocommunications device capable of operating according to two standards: The disclosure relates to a radiocommunications device capable of operating on at least two emission frequency bands and at least two reception frequency bands, comprising first means for carrying out communications according to a first predetermined standard. The device also comprises second means for carrying out communications according to a... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070249397 - Modular input device and portable handset and remote control provided with the same: Disclosed is a modular input device comprising a manipulator movable in random directions, a sensor chip for detecting displacement of the manipulator, an elastic member for returning the displaced manipulator to its originally set position, a direction manipulator operating independently from the manipulator for providing manipulation space for the manipulator... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070249396 - Electronic device: A portable telephone device with incorporated projector 10 starts projection by a projection module 6 when a relative angle θ is set to a projection attitude of 80° and three seconds elapses. If a setting is made for performing vibration correction processing, then a camera unit 200 is commanded to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070249394 - Hinge module for three-step open type portable terminal and portable terminal having the same: Disclosed is a hinge module for a three-step open type portable terminal and a portable terminal having the same, in which a body of the portable terminal is divided into three body sections and semi-automatically slides. The portable terminal includes a hinge module, which couples the upper body to the... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20070249395 - Mobile terminal device: To provide a mobile terminal device which enables a user to view the television broadcast while the television broadcast is being displayed or the television broadcast is start to be displayed even in the case where the remaining amount of battery is small, and which can perform an action which... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070249398 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and non-contact electronic device using the same: Depending on the power supplied to the non-contact electronic device, the voltage suppression characteristic of the regulator function mounted in a power supply circuit is changed. When the power supplied to the non-contact electronic device is small, the voltage change amount of the voltage between antenna terminals for the current... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070249399 - Cryogenic vacuum rf feedthrough device: A cryogenic vacuum rf feedthrough device comprising: 1) a probe for insertion into a particle beam; 2) a coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor and an outer conductor, a dielectric/insulating layer surrounding the inner conductor, the latter being connected to the probe for the transmission of higher mode rf energy... Agent: Auzville Jackson, Jr.

20070249400 - Base station and mobile station in mobile communication system and direction detecting method: A base station communicates with a mobile station in a mobile communication system. The base station includes a directivity control unit that controls transmission of a first antenna beam encoded for identification by using a first code, and a second antenna beam encoded for identification by using a second code... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070249404 - Method and apparatus for adaptive beamforming in an antenna array system for wireless communications: A novel system for performing adaptive beamforming in a slow frequency hopping environment is disclosed. The presence of slow frequency hopping means that conventional mechanisms of using beamforming weights from previous time slots are inapplicable. The inventive system calculates a series of beamforming weights from an estimate of the spatial... Agent: Lawrence G. Kurland, Esq. Bryan Cave LLP

20070249403 - Method and apparatus for wi-fi capacity enhancement: A novel system is disclosed for WLAN applications. The inventive system mitigates the problem of interference by overlaying an omni-directional pattern with a plurality of directional beams, where each beam covers only part of the serving area defined by the omni-directional pattern. After an initial communication from the subscriber stations... Agent: Lawrence G. Kurland, Esq. Bryan Cave LLP

20070249401 - Method for transmitting data in a communication system: A method is provided a method for transmitting data in a MIMO communication system. The method includes receiving feedback information including channel quality information of transmission antennas from terminals; selecting one of a multi-user mode and a single user mode according to the channel quality information; extracting information for the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070249402 - Orthogonal resource reuse with sdma beams: A wireless communication system can implement beamforming across multiple omni-directional antennas to create beams at different spatial directions. The communication system can arrange the beams in sets, with each set arranged to provide substantially complete coverage over a predetermined coverage area. The communication system can arrange the multiple SDMA beam... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070249405 - Reducing the effect of signal interference in null areas caused by overlapping antenna patterns: A wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving wireless communications using at least one beam is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of WTRUs, at least one beam-forming antenna, and at least one radio network controller (RNC). The antenna is capable of beam-forming and beams emanating from the antenna may... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070249406 - Method and system for retrieving information: System and method for receiving information in a communication terminal during a voice conversation session with a remote communication terminal. After initiating the voice conversation between a first and a second communication terminal, audio signals of the voice conversation are passed to a speech recognition engine to identify a keyword... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070249409 - Device and method for inputting keys in a wireless portable terminal: A device and method for inputting keys in a portable terminal, where a key used for performing functions of the portable terminal can be easily input. The device includes a key input unit including keys that have at least two regions on each key wherein data are arranged on each... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070249407 - Mobile terminal for changing position of display unit in horizontal or vertical direction: The present invention discloses a mobile terminal including: a first casing having a key input unit with a plurality of keys; a second casing having a display unit for displaying characters and images; a connecting member having its one end hinge-connected to the first casing to overlap with the first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070249408 - Target/site location acquisition device: There is provided a portable target/site location acquisition device including a grippable housing, a display attached to the housing, an optical sight affixed about the housing to be viewable from the same direction as the display, a display and data controller for effecting display of SVGA data, and a manipulatable... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070249410 - Techniques for tracking communication frequency across communication modalities: In on embodiment, techniques for providing alerts to a user when a communication frequency pattern between a user and a contact has not occurred during a pre-determined amount of time are provided. Communication records between the contact and the user can be analyzed to determine if the communication frequency pattern... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070249411 - No-cable stereo handsfree accessory: A handsfree accessory for a mobile communication device is provided. The handsfree accessory includes first and second earpieces each having a respective audio transducer, a microphone, and a transceiver. The transceiver is operatively coupled to the respective audio transducers and the microphone, and provides for wireless communication between the handsfree... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070249412 - Handset holder for a vehicle: A handset holder for a vehicle is used to hold a handset and an antenna. The fixed stand comprises a base body, a pipework, and an attaching device. The base body has a surface for receiving the handset. The pipework is a hollow structure and one end thereof is connected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070249413 - Portable terminal with sliding module: A portable terminal having a sliding module includes a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing while facing the first housing; and a sliding module interposed between the first and second housings, for connecting the first housing to the second housing so that the first housing linearly... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070243830 - Transceiver for wireless transmission of field device signals: A transceiver for wirelessly transmitting process variables with a radio interface and a field device interface is provided. The transceiver has two operating states. The transceiver is designed to receive a field device signal at the field device interface and relay the field device signal via the radio interface in... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070243834 - Oscillation controlling apparatus, recording medium having program recorded thereon, and channel selecting apparatus: An oscillation controlling apparatus for controlling an oscillation frequency of an oscillation circuit to be a target frequency comprises a variable range dividing unit configured to dividing a variable range of a control signal into a plurality of portions, the control signal increasing or decreasing the oscillation frequency of the... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070243821 - Destributed caching and redistribution system and method in a wireless data network: A distributed caching and redistribution system, method, and mobile client for caching and redistributing data content in a wireless data network. The system enables mobile clients to cache data content that has been distributed by means of broadcast or multicast, and to redistribute the content from the cache to other... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070243822 - Satellite communication system employing a combination of time division multiplexing and non-orthogonal pseudorandom noise codes and time slots: An improved satellite communication system is provided comprising at least one satellite wherein each satellite provides multiple beams, a plurality of UTs, and at least one gateway connected to a PSTN and communicating with said at least one UT or with a constellation, wherein each of the UTs within a... Agent: Karambelas & Associates

20070243823 - Booster: A booster capable of preventing itself from adversely influencing a base station. This booster comprises a plurality of downstream signal amplifying parts (111-1 to 111-4) and a plurality of upstream signal amplifying parts (112-1 to 112-4). A received signal analyzing part (116) analyzes the perch channel information of a signal... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070243824 - Mobile telephone network for communication between two communication sets: The invention relates to a local communication network between a mobile telephone and a fixed-line telephone through a relay antenna and a connection for data transmission, connecting the antenna to a fixed radio-frequency station. The transmission connection is a wireless transmission connection at a radio frequency.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070243828 - Data unit receiver and sender control method: A method is described for controlling a data unit receiver or a data unit sender. The data unit receiver or sender comprise a gap response procedure for responding to gaps in the sequence of data units received at the receiver. A reordering detection procedure S12 is provided for detecting a... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070243829 - Measuring apparatus and area quality measuring method: A measuring apparatus for measuring service quality in an area in a communication system, in which a plurality of base stations use one frequency band for transmitting downlink signals, includes: a receiver configured to receive constant power signals that are the downlink signals transmitted by the base stations through constant... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070243827 - Method and system for retrieving information from wireless sensor nodes: A system supporting data retrieval from a plurality of wireless sensor nodes is defined. The system includes the plurality of wireless sensor nodes and a data retrieval device. The plurality of wireless sensor nodes include a transceiver receiving a first signal and transmitting a second signal. The second signal includes... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070243825 - Method for testing embedded wireless transceiver with minimal interaction between wireless transceiver and host processor during testing: A method for testing a wireless transceiver embedded within a wireless data communication system that also includes a host processor with minimal interaction between the wireless transceiver and the host processor during such testing. The wireless signal interface between the wireless data communication system and external test equipment is used... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070243826 - Testing apparatus and method for a multi-paths simulating system: An innovative testing apparatus and method for a multi-paths simulating system is proposed. The testing apparatus comprises a shielded chamber to avoid the external electromagnetic interference and other unexpected transmission paths. The multi-paths simulating system is utilized by attenuators for simulating a communication effects in a MIMO channel propagation environment.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070243831 - Wireless communication system: A transmitting apparatus forms a plurality of transmission beams by using a plurality of antennas. Transmission beams, the correlation of which is low and the reception quality of which is high, are selected. First data stream is transmitted by using one of the selected transmission beam, and second data stream... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070243832 - Multimode/multiband mobile station and method for operating the same: A multimode/multiband mobile station and a method for operating the same are provided. A transmission module transmits multimode/multiband signals through transmitters. A reception module receives radio signals for different services of the same frequency band among multimode/multiband signals through receivers for the same frequency band, and receives radio signals of... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070243833 - Radio communication apparatus, radio communication method, antenna apparatus and first duplexer: Radio communication apparatus comprising an antenna, a transmitting circuit of outputting a transmitting signal in a first frequency band. A duplexer connected to the antenna and having a single-phase input terminal and a balanced output terminal, conveying the transmitting signal inputted to the single-phase input terminal to the antenna. The... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070243835 - Enhanced push-to-talk button integrating haptic response: A mobile station (100) that includes a push-to-talk (PTT) button (150) and a haptic response system directly connected to the PTT button. The haptic response system can include a positional actuator (170) and a haptic controller (160) operatively coupled to the positional actuator. The haptic response system also can include... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070243836 - Dual output digital exciter: Systems and methods are provided for generating dual outputs in a digital exciter system. A first signal path produces one of a frequency modulated audio signal, a digital information signal, and a signal comprising both frequency modulated audio and digital information. A second signal path produces one of a frequency... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070243837 - Pilot modulation error ratio for evaluation of transmitter performance: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate monitoring transmitter performance in a wireless communication environment. A metric or metrics associated with one or more pilot symbols can be generated and used to evaluate performance. To generate pilot metrics, a signal analyzer can be used to sample the output of a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070243838 - Systems, methods and devices for dual closed loop modulation controller for nonlinear rf amplifier: In accordance with various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, systems, methods and devices are configured to facilitate RF envelope amplitude control. For example, a RF envelope amplitude control system comprises: a RF amplifier, wherein the RF amplifier is associated with a feedback device that is configured to create a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070243839 - Method and system for communications with reduced complexity receivers: The invention provides a new method and system for low complexity, low cost, small component size, and low power communications. The system provides a digital sub-sampling receiver for multiple-antenna wireless receivers, with reduced number of analog RF/IF chains (or one chain) after a fixed number of receive antennas. The system... Agent: Zoran Kostic

20070243840 - Duty-to-voltage amplifier, fm receiver and method for amplifying a peak of a multiplexed signal: A FM receiver comprises an IF filter, a demodulator and a decoder. The IF filter generates an RSSI and a FM modulated signal in response to a FM signal. The demodulator comprises a duty-to-voltage amplifier for amplifying a peak of a MPX signal. The duty-to-voltage amplifier comprises a current source,... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070243841 - Method and system for noise floor calibration and receive signal strength detection: A system for detecting the level of the noise floor due to circuit noise as seen at the ADC for a wireless receiver. The system measures power after digitizing and filtering, and subtracts off any variable gain used in the analog front end to determine differentially the size of the... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20070243842 - System and method for adaptively controlling receiver gain switch points: Accordingly, a system and method are provided for adaptively controlling amplification in a wireless communications device receiver. The method comprises: receiving a signal with a variable signal strength; amplifying the received signal in response to the signal strength, to supply an amplified signal. More specifically, amplifying the received signal in... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070243843 - Automatic gain control circuit: An automatic gain control circuit is disclosed. The automatic gain control circuit receives a radio frequency signal at an input. The input passes the radio frequency signal to a first gain loop having a changeable gain. A low pass filter filters the radio frequency signal. In a second gain loop,... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070243844 - Flexible optical illumination system: A flexible optical illumination system may be used to illuminate components or areas of an electronic device such as mobile and portable communication devices. The flexible lightguide may manipulate and channel light selectively throughout an electronic assembly providing illumination for selective areas or an entire device. The lightguide may further... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070243845 - Hybrid balun apparatus and receiver comprising the same: The present invention relates to a hybrid balun apparatus and a receiver thereof. The hybrid balun apparatus comprises a passive unit, a first active unit, and a second active unit. The passive unit receives an input signal, and outputs an in-phase signal having an identical phase compared to the input... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070243846 - Signal processing circuit and signal processing method: An objective of this invention is to obtain a signal processing circuit and a signal processing method that reduce temperature-induced distortion when inputting a signal to a mixer and changing the frequency of the signal to a desired frequency. If a sensing result from a temperature sensor 133 is lower... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070243847 - Passive subharmonic mixer: Embodiments feature a circuit that includes a first set of differential switches to generate a first mixer output. The first set includes source terminals, a differential input terminal, gate terminals, and first mixer output terminals. For the first set, the source terminals are coupled to the differential input terminal and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070243848 - Rf transceiver with compact stacker mixer design for multiple frequency conversion: A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables received wideband RF signals to be down-converted to baseband frequencies and baseband signals to be up-converted to wideband RF signals prior to transmission without requiring conversion to an intermediate frequency. The circuitry includes a low noise amplifier, automatic frequency control circuitry... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070243849 - High-frequency switching device with reduced harmonics: According to one exemplary embodiment, a low harmonic switching device includes a first switching block including a first multi-gate FET, where the first switching block is coupled to a first input and a shared output of the low harmonic switching device. A first capacitor is coupled between a first gate... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20070243850 - Mobile terminal: In a mobile terminal having an automatic startup mode of a television signal receiving function using a timer, startup is properly controlled in consideration of remaining battery capacity to thereby prevent an occurrence of unexpected lack of battery capacity. In a state where an alarm mode using a television broadcast... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070243851 - Methods and systems for utilizing backscattering techniques in wireless applications: Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for utilizing backscattering techniques in wireless applications. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of wirelessly controlling a device comprising, in a first electronic device, generating a first command, modulating the first command, and transmitting the modulated first command... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20070243852 - Virtual batteries for wireless communication device: The present invention provides virtual batteries for a wireless communication device. Generally speaking, a virtual battery is a logical construct on a wireless communication device that powers a defined set of wireless communication device applications and has a defined power budget from one or more physical batteries on the device.... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20070243853 - System and method of providing information access on a portable device: A system and method of providing information stored in a memory is provided. The system comprises an information repository for storing information and an access module for providing access to the information in response to a predetermined operation performed on a man-machine interface. The method includes the steps of storing... Agent: Brij K. Agarwal Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070243854 - Information processing apparatus, vehicle control system and information processing method: A physical condition of a vehicle occupant is monitored; the vehicle occupant's physical condition information is transmitted to the center by the vehicle when an urgent message is transmitted to the center; and the center determines whether or not an urgent message is to be transmitted to a predetermined urgent... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070243855 - Personal security and tracking system: A signaling system is provided for rendering an alarm for an individual in distress combined with a locating and tracking system to thus alert and direct appropriate personnel to the needs of the individual in distress and to monitor the location of that individual. The system comprises a portable signaling... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070243856 - Prepaid security cellular telecommunications system: A cellular telecommunications system having a security feature which allows only pre-authorized users to complete cellular telephone calls. The system and method recognizes a cellular radiotelephone's pre-programmed and pre-selected telephone number and an automated number identification code (ANI). The pre-selected telephone number is reserved to the pre-paid cellular telecommunications system.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070243857 - Pre-paid wireless interactive voice response system: A wireless communications system providing interactive voice response is disclosed. The system is menu-driven, and can accept information and requests from customers. In response to one type of request, the system can provide the customer with information regarding their current rate plan and features. In system also includes provisions that... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070243858 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for integrated notification of missed calls across multiple phone types: Methods, systems, and computer program products for integrated notification of missed calls across multiple phone types are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method may include detecting missed call occurrences between at least one calling party and a plurality of terminals of different types associated with a called subscriber. Further,... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070243859 - Method and apparatus for efficiently transferring data within a telecommunications network: The invention relates to a new and useful method for transferring data within a telecommunications network as well as to a mobile terminal capable of engaging to the network and of carrying out the steps of the method, which advantageously may be applied where, e.g., the data transfer from or... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070243861 - Method and module for software updating of a gateway between a network operator and a local area network: The invention concerns a method for software updating of a system comprising an operator's network and local area networks including respectively terminals equipped with a user interface, and a gateway device connected to the operator's network and setting up, upon request from the user of a terminal, an access channel... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070243860 - Method and system of degital content sharing among users over communications networks , related telecommunications network architecture and computer program product therefor: A method and a system for digital content sharing between individual users in a peer-to-peer fashion, wherein each user is connected to a respective local access network through a transport network. The method and system provide local network storage areas associated with each user arranged for archiving digital contents, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070243862 - System and method for controlling device usage: Mobile device usage may be monitored and restricted by pushing enabling/disabling events from an administrator the device. The events impose a certain set of rules that can “lock” certain features provided by the device, according to permissions and pre-established policies, for a certain period of time. Such restricted periods may... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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