Telecommunications inventions 12/07

20070298708 - Methods and apparatus for efficient data distribution to a group of users: Methods and apparatus for efficient data distribution to a group of users. In an aspect, a method is provided for distributing information. The method includes detecting one or more requests for the information, determining whether the information is to be broadcast, and transmitting the information in a broadcast transmission based... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298710 - Audio interfaces: A device (5) for connecting an audio device to a radio frequency receiver (1) comprises an audio signal input (9), an encoder connected to receive an audio signal from the audio signal input and operable to generate an encoded radio frequency signal from a received audio signal, and an output... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070298711 - Data processing equipment, and data processing program: From data inputted to the terminal, a reproduction data sequence and identifying information defining reproduction timing to reproduce the reproduction data sequence are extracted. According to the identifying information, timing to output the reproduction data sequence to a Digital-to-analog (DA) converter is controlled. A sampling data sequence obtained by converting... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas LLP

20070298712 - Transmit/receive circuit with pin diodes: Structurally simple transmit/receive circuits for hearing devices are to be able to be deployed for higher frequencies as well. It is therefore proposed according to the invention that at least two PIN diodes should be connected in an anti-parallel manner between the receive oscillating circuit and the amplifier connected thereto... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070298714 - Communication system equipped with a shared antenna and expansion card thereof: A communication system equipped with a shared antenna includes an antenna, a first communication module, a second communication module, and a switch unit. The first communication module processes a first communication signal and transmits the first communication signal to the switch unit. The second communication module processes a second communication... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070298713 - Method and system for location determination in cable tv networks: An RFID chip in an HFC tap contains a unique identifier. The identifier is sent to a user device coupled thereto in response to a request. The user device sends the identifier to a central device,such as a CMTS, along with a traffic stream, such as an emergency 911 call.... Agent: Arris International, Inc

20070298718 - Multi-transmission/reception antenna device and multi-transmission/reception method in multi-user and multi-cell environment: The invention relates to a multi-transmission/reception antenna device and a multi-transmission/reception method in a multi-user and multi-cell environment. When a plurality of spatial subchannels having a multi-user and a multi-transmission/reception antenna are allocated to users (that is, user terminals), a user group to be supported and the number of users... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070298717 - System scheduler for mobile terminals: Systems and methods that are adapted to avoid radio frequency interference originating from modules, peripherals and interconnects of a mobile terminal that are generating unintentional radiation (e.g. memory cards, camera flashes, data buses etc.) and coupling to the radios of the same mobile terminal are disclosed. The systems may include... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070298720 - Detection and management of rogue wireless network connections: A method of detecting rogue devices that are coupled to a wired network without generating false negative or false positive alerts is provided. When a wireless monitor detects an observed SSID and/or BSSID, various tests are run to determine whether the observed device is actually coupled to the wired network.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070298721 - System and method for achieving wireless communications with enhanced usage of spectrum through efficient use of overlapping channels: An improved system and method for wireless communications, as well as a method for configuring wireless communication devices for use in such a system, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the system for wireless communications includes a first wireless communication device configured for communication within a first frequency range,... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20070298719 - Virtualization of mobile device user experience: A device virtualization service (DVS) is provided that uses a generalized thick client resident on a mobile device to provide user interface generation support to a myriad of services providing mobile device content. The DVS abstracts device specifics from services to provide device independent user experiences to be described by... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070298722 - Method and system for detecting change in attributes of rf board in base station: A method of controlling operation of a base station involves calibrating an RF board in the base station, by measuring transmission power of the board and then determining a transmission power attenuation based on the measured power and a target transmission power. A variation of the transmission power attenuation is... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070298726 - System for limiting use of a cell phone: The present invention provides a system and method for controlling access to a computer network via wireless connection. Users of the computer network are provided with a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone with wireless Internet connectivity. The wireless device also includes a near field communication (NFC) mechanism,... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070298731 - Multi-band transformer for wireless transmitter: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to wireless transmitters, and also relating to multi-band transformers. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a multi-band transformer configured to receive as an input a signal associated with a first frequency band or a signal associated with a second frequency band. The... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070298709 - Method and apparatus for switching between shared and individual channels to provide broadcast content services in a wireless telephone network: A wireless communications network (100) includes various base stations (110) and subscriber-stations (114). The base stations each provide (602) broadcast content services to subscriber-stations over communication channels of one of the following types: 1) shared channels for use by multiple subscriber-stations, 2) individual channels each dedicated for use by an... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298715 - Resource location through location history: A system and method are disclosed for locating resources available to portable electronic devices which are enabled for short range wireless communications. The system and method include creating and accessing a resource and access location history database accessible via the portable electronic device.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070298716 - Wireless monitoring system and child station therefor: A wireless monitoring system using a base station and a child station, includes the base station including a base-station transmitting and a base-station receiving antenna, and the child station including a child-station receiving antenna, a nonlinear, a smoothing circuit, a first high-frequency band-pass filter, an intermediate-frequency band-pass filter, a demodulator,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070298723 - Method and system for signaling performance requirements of a wireless transmit/receive unit: A method and apparatus for signaling information indicating performance requirements that a WTRU commits to satisfying from the WTRU to permit a more efficient allocation of radio resources and increase network capacity. The WTRU may signal information to the base station that includes performance requirements that the WTRU commits to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070298724 - Transient rf detector and recorder: A portable device for detecting a predefined radio frequency transmission of electromagnetic radiation includes a housing; a controller situated within the housing; memory communicatively connected to the controller; an antenna connected to the controller and configured to receive the radio frequency transmission; and an audio-generating component connected to the controller.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070298725 - Method of controlling idle mode initiation of a mobile station in a broadband wireless access system: A method of controlling entry into an idle mode in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes receiving from a base station (BS) a first message including a first action code, wherein the first action code requests a mobile station (MS) to de-register from the BS... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070298727 - System and method for communication among embedded devices using visual images: A system and method for wireless communication among embedded devices using visual images. More specifically, a signal receiving device uses a visual recording device to locate the signal display screen of a signal transmitting device by employing an alternating image detection method. An image decoder embedded in the signal receiving... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070298728 - Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method: A wireless communication apparatus wherein the data amount of feedback information can be reduced, while a high throughput being maintained. In this apparatus, a CSI (Channel State Information) processing part (38) generates a CSI frame based on an SNR (Signal power to Noise power Ratio) for each of measured subcarriers,... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070298729 - Multi-mode crystal oscillator: In one embodiment of the present invention, two crystal oscillator circuits are coupled in parallel to provide differing performance according to mode. Generally, a first circuit provides low phase noise and high accuracy while a second circuit provides greater phase noise within an acceptable tolerance while consuming significantly less power... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070298730 - Methods of operating electronic devices, and methods of providing electronic devices: Some embodiments include a method disposing an integrated circuit die within a housing, the integrated circuit die having integrated circuitry formed thereon, the integrated circuitry including first transponder circuitry configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals, wherein the integrated circuit die is void of external electrical connections for anything... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070298732 - Polar transmitter using binary phase shift key (bpsk) modulation method: A polar transmitter using a binary phase shift key (BPSK) method includes a data dividing unit which divides input data into an amplitude component and a phase component, a frequency synthesizer which produces an I value of a passband having a phase component of an I signal and a Q... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070298733 - Apparatus and method for calibration of gain and/or phase imbalance and/or dc offset in a communication system: A radio frequency transceiver for off-line transmit and receive calibrations includes: a transmit pre-distortion module configured to receive a transmit calibration signal during a transmit calibration mode, a transmit communication signal during a transmit communication operation mode, and one or more transmit calibration adjustment signals; a transmit channel frequency converter;... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070298734 - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for linear polar transmitters: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a linear polar transmitter. The systems and methods may include generating an input amplitude signal and an input phase signal, where the input amplitude signal and the input phase signal are orthogonal components of an input signal, and where the input amplitude signal... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070298735 - Method and system for controlling transmitter power using variable feedback transmitter parameters: A system (100) and method (300) of feedback transmitter power control can include a transmitter temperature detector such as a thermistor based temperature detector (118), a detector for detecting forward and reflected transmitter power (113 and 115), and a voltage controlled attenuator (120) placed in a radio frequency power control... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070298736 - Rf power amplifier: The RF power amplifier includes first and second amplifiers Q1 and Q2 as final-stage amplification power devices connected in parallel between an input terminal RF_In and an output terminal RF_Out. The amplifiers Q1 and Q2 are formed on one semiconductor chip. The first bias voltage Vg1 of the amplifier Q1... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070298737 - Method for providing satellite radio service in a vehicle: An aspect of the invention provides a method for providing satellite radio service in a vehicle. A satellite radio may be activated before a customer purchases the vehicle. The satellite radio may remain active until it receives a deactivation signal.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070298738 - Method for managing scanning of channels in a wireless network: A method for managing scanning of a plurality of channels in a wireless network is disclosed. The method comprises detecting by a station that a first channel in a plurality of channels is being used for a communication by another station, determining a duration of the communication based upon the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070298739 - Segmented cdma searching: Techniques for segmented CDMA searching are disclosed. In one aspect, a searcher comprises a plurality of storage elements selectable for performing a plurality of segmentable search tasks, each storage element operable for storage of and access to state information for one of the plurality of search tasks. In another aspect,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298740 - Fm radio receiver: An FM radio receiver includes an antenna. A high frequency signal received by the antenna ranges from an FM radio broadcast band to a television broadcast band assigned to higher frequencies. An LPF has an attenuated area corresponding to a television channel at a frequency higher out of two television... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070298741 - Multi radio/multi channel base station for wireless networks: A local area network (LAN) includes a computer processing unit (CPU) located within an aircraft cabin. A plurality of radios is connected to the CPU and to a radio frequency (RF) combiner and splitter. The RF combiner and splitter allows for each of the radios to transmit and receive common... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070298742 - Method and system for providing beamforming feedback in wireless communication systems: Techniques to support beamforming for stations in a wireless network are described. In one aspect, a station may support beamforming with implicit feedback or explicit feedback by having capabilities to transmit and receive sounding frames, respond to training request by sending a sounding frame, and respond to request for explicit... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298744 - Communication network and operating method therefor: A communication network contains several nodes, which are equipped with transmitter/receiver units for wireless communication, including nodes referred to as mobile nodes that are installed on mobile machines. So that decentralized decisions can be made regarding the use of the mobile machines at the sites where the machines are located,... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070298743 - Data communication device for wireless microphone: An RFID based apparatus mounted in each of a wireless microphone and a device includes a transceiver unit including a control panel a controller having a memory for storing data including a set frequency and set parameters, an encoder, a modulator, and an antenna; and a transponder unit including a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070298746 - Information processing apparatus, method, and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: judging means for judging whether a receiving device for receiving a signal amplified by an amplifying circuit which amplifies a supplied signal has a good reception state or not; and control means for changing a power supply voltage of said amplifying circuit... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070298745 - Mixed mode power measurement calibration and reporting in wireless communication networks: A wireless communication user terminal (400) having a receiver for receiving a channel having mixed modulation formats, wherein the terminal measures signal power on a portion of the channel received by the terminal, determines a modulation format on the portion of the channel for which the signal power was measured,... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070298747 - Dual path loop filter for phase lock loop: A dual path loop filter circuit for a phase lock loop is described. The filter circuit allows the filter to be integrated into a phase lock loop IC circuit without using active circuit components that may create additional noise and consume additional power. The filter circuit structure allows for a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298748 - Multiple input multiple output signal receiving apparatus with optimized performance: A MIMO signal receiving apparatus includes a first antenna for receiving a first RF signal; a second antenna for receiving a second RF signal; a superheterodyne receiver for receiving one or all of the first and second RF signals into at least one first analog signal; a direct conversion receiver... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20070298749 - Multipass noise detecting apparatus and fm receiving apparatus: A multipass noise detecting apparatus comprising: a smoothing process unit configured to receive input of a signal corresponding to electric field strength of a received signal and to smooth the signal; a delay process unit configured to delay the signal; an amplifying unit configured to amplify a signal output from... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070298750 - Frequency synthesizer: A frequency synthesizer comprises: a single-tone signal generator which outputs signals of a single frequency; a frequency multiplier which generates one or more intermediate signals having different frequencies based on frequencies of input signals and outputs the same as output signals; a frequency selector; a mixer; and a frequency synthesizer... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070298752 - Receiver and transmitting and receiving system: A receiver coupled with a transmitter, the transmitter having a first mode in which a first signal including a first voltage and a reference voltage is output to at least one signal line and a second mode in which the at least one signal line is maintained at the reference... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070298751 - System and method for monitoring a mobile device: Described is a system and method for monitoring a mobile device. The device comprises a plurality of sensors and a processor. The sensors detect first data including spatial orientation data and motion data of the device, and the processor compares the first data to second data to determine an occurrence... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070298753 - Rechargeable cellular telephone: A cellular telephone utilises a plurality of batteries with each battery having an associated charging circuit. Power is applied to the charging circuit from a charging device which device may be a mechanical rotating member. A control module is associated with each one of the charging circuits and selects the... Agent: John Russell Uren

20070298754 - Conversion of vehicle sound system from installed to portable sound source: Conversion of a vehicle sound system from an installed to a portable sound source. A wireless personal area network receiver may be substituted for the radio and/or media player that is normally found within the vehicle.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070298755 - Method and apparatus for backup communication services: A method and apparatus is disclosed for backup communication services. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a wireless interface having a detection module to detect an interruption in a portion of communication services supplied to a plurality of residences by a central office... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070298756 - Optimized acquisition method: Provided are apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving option information corresponding to a program or service such as within electronic service guide (ESG) information. The option information may include user selectable options or predetermined options and may be described in a corresponding acquisition fragment and/or SDP. Acquisition fragments and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070298759 - Alarm device for mobile phone: An alarm device for a mobile phone includes a receiver for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitter of a mobile phone only if the receiver is located within a predetermined distance from the mobile phone, an alarm unit for generating an alarm signal, a timing circuit for measuring a... Agent: Anna Wu

20070298758 - Method and apparatus for notification of disasters and emergencies: The present invention provides round-the-clock, in-home emergency notification service by employing wide-area wireless broadband servers to send alerts on an as-needed basis to notification terminals comprised of no-frills, battery-operated, in-home units which may be manufactured and packaged in a manner similar to smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C.

20070298757 - Method and system for providing a location-based alert service in wireless communication environment: Disclosed is a method and a system for providing a location-based alert service in a wireless communication environment, wherein, in a case where a specific user is located in a certain zone using a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication network, the number of location inquiries is minimized using... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070298760 - Transmission of service relative access information when identifying an access device terminal of a telecommunications network: An access data transmission independent of access data to a terminal and a terminal access data transmission to a service device are carried out by means of a transmission method (BRAS-ID/DSLAM-ID/ATM-VC-ID, Network-ID, Country Code-ID etc.). Said invention is characterised in that when identifying (1a, 1b) a terminal (terminal/DSL-modem/client) with respect... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070298761 - Method and system for locating a wireless device in a wireless communication network: A method and system for locating a Wireless electronic device (200) in a wireless communication network (100) is provided. The method includes sending a ranging code (504) by the wireless electronic device to a predefined number of base stations. The method further includes replicating (506) the ranging-code by the predefined... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070298762 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling data transmission based on power cost: Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for controlling data transmission based on power cost. A power cost per unit data associated with successfully sending data from a wireless mobile device to a remote endpoint in a communications network is determined. The determined power cost per unit data is... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070298763 - Mobile device notification with options: Notifying users of mobile communication devices, which may include providing options for response to notifications. A component of a communication service provider system receives an indication of a notification for a user of a mobile communication device. The notification may be received from a source internal or external to the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070298764 - Mobile device notification with options: Notifying users of mobile communication devices, which may include providing options for response to notifications. A component of a communication service provider system receives an indication of a notification for a user of a mobile communication device. The notification may be received from a source internal or external to the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070298765 - Public services access point (psap) designation of preferred emergency call routing method via internet or public switched telephone network (pstn): The use of the VoIP emergency network for routing wireless E911 calls to a designated PSAP. In this embodiment, a mobile positioning center (MPC) assigns an ESRK per existing prior art, but uses the invention to route the call to the PSAP via the VoIP server and an ESGW. This... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070298767 - Automatic security action invocation for mobile communications device: A mobile communications device, method and computer program product for providing security on a mobile communications device are described. In accordance with one example embodiment, the mobile communications device comprises: a processor; a communications subsystem connected to the processor operable to exchange signals with a wireless network and with the... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070298766 - Dual platform location-relevant service: A location-relevant service system provides location-relevant information to, or performs location-relevant service for, a first mobile unit based on the location of a second mobile unit. In one instance, the first mobile unit is fixed on a vehicle, while the second mobile unit can be provided as a cellular phone.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070298769 - Method and device for accessing files stored in a mobile terminal device supporting an internet protocol: A method and device for accessing files stored in a mobile terminal device supporting a wireless application protocol (WAP), wherein the mobile terminal executes a wireless markup language (WML) script received from a service provider via WAP for accessing the files of said terminal.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070298768 - Method and system for initiating poc session including different answer modes according to media types: Disclosed is a method and system for initiating a Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) session between PoC clients supporting various types of media. A PoC client performing Open Mobile Alliance-type multimedia communication service supports a plurality of media types and makes it possible to independently and more conveniently initiate a session... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298770 - Method and apparatus for managing multimedia messages: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for managing multimedia messages. If receiving a request to set a retrieval reminder for a specific multimedia message from an MS, an MMS relay/server sets a reminder time for the specific multimedia message to a reminder time included in the request to set... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298771 - Method and device for routing communications in cellular communications network: A method and devices are provided for routing a request to establish a communication session via a communication address associated with a private network, wherein the request is routed via a public cellular network, and for establishing that communication session. The method comprises the steps of: establishing a pre-defined list... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070298772 - System and method for an interactive security system for a home: A system and method for displaying video in a residence. An indication of an alert is received as communicated from a security system of a residence. The indication of the alert is communicated to a cellular telephone. A selection of a television communicated from the cellular telephone is received. The... Agent: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

20070298773 - Parameter setting/storing method: Parameters necessary for browsing of content are stored in storage means while associating the parameters with location information of the content. When location information identical with location information of requested content has been stored in the storage means, parameters that have been stored in the storage means while being associated... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070298774 - Phone service feature for convenient identification of callback number: A method and computer program product for providing callback telephone numbers with a telephone message calls for prompting for selection of callback numbers and corresponding events (such as time) for transitioning from one callback number to the next. The teachings provide for use of aspects of existing communications infrastructure such... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20070298775 - Dynamic mobile station configuration in wireless communications systems and methods therefor: A cellular communications network including a base station subsystem (110) including a base station controller communicably coupled to a plurality of base stations (112), a user accessible mobile wireless communications device configuration control server (140) coupled to the base station subsystem (110), an network broadcast transmitting assisting base station (130),... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070298776 - Systems and methods for enhancing the provisioning and functionality of wireless instruments: A system and method for enhancing the provisioning and functionality of wireless or portable devices, and more particularly a charging device configured to bi-directionally communicate to a database through the Internet or a private network to configure, update, and provision a wireless portable device while charging the portable or wireless... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070298777 - Method and system for providing virtual messenger service: Provided are a method and a system for providing a virtual messenger service between a mobile communication terminal and a computer. The method includes executing a virtual messenger program for controlling a function of a mobile communication terminal, and receiving a telephone directory provided within the mobile communication terminal; displaying... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298778 - Efficient acknowledgement messaging in wireless communications: Techniques and systems for efficient acknowledgement for control signaling messages in wireless networks such as OFDM/OFDMA systems.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070298781 - Method and apparatus for handling status report after handover in a wireless communications system: To reduce overhead in transmission of a wireless communications system upon handover from a source base station to a target base station, a request received by a transmitter for retransmitting a packet that has been confirmed before is neglected. Requests received by a receiver from the target base station for... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070298779 - Platform for enterprise wireless network management applications: A framework for wireless network management applications in an enterprise environment using existing general purpose computing devices is presented. At least one of the devices is configured with a wireless adapter and is used as an AirMonitor to monitor one or more wireless networks. Other devices are configured as LandMonitors... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070298780 - System and method of performing cell measurements in a telecommunications system: A method of performing cell measurements in a telecommunications system. The method includes the steps of receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) operating within the telecommunications system and served by a serving cell, storing the received signal in a buffer, and determining a first portion of the signal... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070298782 - Method of testing a cellular network system: In a method of testing a cellular network system in which setting up a communication link between two subscribers starts with a negotiation phase comprising the two steps of one of the subscribers sending a request (21) for a connection with the other subscriber to a network management and of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298785 - Character input device and method for mobile terminal: Provided is a character input method and device for a mobile terminal. The device includes a touch sensor, a memory, and a controller. The touch sensor senses a user's touch, and generates a sensing signal. The memory stores at least one character mapping table for storing a mapping relationship between... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298784 - Information processing device: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing device including: a display unit configured to display a plurality of setting informations of a setting of function indicated by indication information displayed on a standby screen; a key unit configured to accept a selection of one... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070298783 - Wireless communication device: The present invention presents a wireless communication device comprises: a CPU for dealing with the process of the wireless communication device, an RF switch coupled to the CPU for wireless application, at least one wireless transceiver coupled to the RF switch for transmitting and receiving wireless signals, a GPIO (General... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298786 - In-flight transceiver and locator system: Military systems in particular face two specific problems: field casualties typically increase as unit visibility decreases and it is often difficult for ground stations and/or headquarters to maintain control and visibility of geographically dispersed assets. The system provides satellite communications such as two-way messaging, Voice over Packet, and global positioning... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070298787 - Usage notification for a mobile device: A communication is received via a telecommunications network. A determination is made concerning whether a monetary surcharge is associated with the communication, and a notification is transmitted concerning the determination.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070298788 - Profile modification for roaming in a communications environment: The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methods for roaming in a wireless communications environment. A method for roaming between networks is provided in one aspect. This includes receiving a request for network access at a visited network and receiving a profile from a home network in response to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298790 - Cellular network acquisition method and apparatus: A method of network acquisition for a cellular radio communications device arranged for operation in accordance with a plurality of radio technologies and comprising searching to identify a suitable cell on one radio technology. Subsequent to identifying a suitable cell on the one radio technology, cells on another of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070298789 - Method and apparatus for seamlessly switching reception between multimedia streams in a wireless communication system: Techniques to seamlessly switch reception between multimedia programs are described. For “continued decoding”, a wireless device continues to receive, decode, decompress, and (optionally) display a current program, even after a new program has been selected, until overhead information needed to decode the new program is received. After receiving the overhead... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070298791 - Method and apparatus for event confirmation using personal area network: A method and a system for confirming an event using a short-range wireless communications network are disclosed. The mechanism includes various steps including monitoring the event, verifying the event, and performing a function when the event is verified. In one embodiment, a series of events are initially entered in a... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070298792 - Mobile radio terminal device: A control means extracts address book data including telephone numbers associated with preset subjects to display the names in the address book in a list onto a display unit, receives designation of an outgoing call destination from the list by a user through an operation unit, and makes an outgoing... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070298793 - Correlation mechanism to communicate in a dual-plane architecture: A system and method is disclosed that correlates the MSISDN of a target mobile by performing an out of band request using a IMSI. The correlation between the MSISDN and the IMSI of IMEI is cashed at a database for retrieval. The correlation of the MSISDN allows the position of... Agent: Mark C. Comtois Duane Morris LLP

20070298795 - Home network name displaying methods and apparatus for multiple home networks: Home network name displaying methods and apparatus for multiple home networks are disclosed. A mobile station scans to receive a plurality of Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC) pairs corresponding to a plurality of communication networks within a coverage area. The mobile station selects and registers with... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20070298797 - Method and apparatus for cdma timer-based registration on a mobile device: A method and apparatus for improved timer based registration for a mobile device with a network, the network having a standard slot cycle time for interrupts, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the mobile device, a system parameter message from the network, the message having a value indicating... Agent: Moffat & Co

20070298794 - Method and system for registering user equipment with communication network: The present invention is related to registering a user equipment (UE) with a communication network. The present invention comprises registering a UE with a communication network by transmitting a registration request message to the communication network and receiving a registration response message from the communication network, wherein the registration response... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070298796 - Radio network controller and radio communications method: A radio network controller can set up a connection with a mobile station located in a specific cell under control of the radio network controller. The radio network controller includes a connection setup request transmitter configured to transmit a connection setup request for request to set up the connection to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070298801 - Apparatus and method for reselecting a public land mobile network in a mobile communication terminal: Provided are an apparatus and a method for reselecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes requesting the updating of location registration to a target PLMN after storing current system information, determining whether a Subscriber Identify Module (SIM) card is valid when it... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298802 - Handover method and base station for a radio communication network: o

20070298800 - Arrangement and method for radio network relocation: An arrangement and method for radio network relocation of a mobile terminal (114) from a first base station controller (122) to a second base station controller (122′) by anchoring at least some SGSN functions with respect to the first base station controller; and relocating at least some RNC functions from... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070298798 - Method and system of radio communications: The present invention relates to communications. More especially it relates to handover of connections. Particularly it relates to soft handover of connections between cells or sectors providing optimized performance in hand over boundary or region balancing various coverage ranges.... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070298803 - Radio network system, radio base station and handover control method used for the same: The present invention provides a radio network system including a mobile station that leads in determining whether handover can be executed or not, wherein the handover is for switching a handover origin radio base station to a handover destination radio base station, wherein the handover destination radio base station reserves... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070298799 - Transmitter, a cellular communication system and method of transmitting radio signals therefor: A transmitter (100) for transmitting radio signals to a receiver comprises a data generator (101) which generates a plurality of groups of information data. A radio condition processor (107) determines a radio environment characteristic, such as a propagation channel path loss or an interference level. A subset processor (103) generates... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070298804 - Method and system for mobile communications: When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and a random number. If the temporary user... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070298805 - Method and system for analysis and visualization of a wireless communications network: A system and method for analysis of a wireless communications network is disclosed. A map of a physical environment integrating communications hardware for implementing a wireless communications network is defined. Client service requirements and regions for the wireless communications network are defined. Mesh point constraints and mesh linkage constraints for... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070298807 - Method and system using overlapping frequency bands in a hybrid frequency reuse plan: The wireless coverage of a wireless telecommunications network is divided into a plurality of cells, and each cell is further divided into an alpha sector, a beta sector, and a gamma sector. The alpha sectors are provided with a first frequency assignment that includes a first frequency band and a... Agent: Sprint

20070298806 - Methods and apparatus for location based services in wireless networks: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for location based services provided through wireless networks. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070298809 - Apparatus and method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus and method include a BS for allocating downlink resources periodically to predetermined MSs, for generating resource allocation messages with resource allocation information for the MSs, and for transmitting control information including the resource allocation... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20070298808 - Managing wireless backhaul communications: A wireless communication system is disclosed where a hub base station has an associated scheduler. Remotely located subscriber stations such as customer premises equipment devices each have their own associated scheduler in the vicinity of each device. The hub base station scheduler is responsible for scheduling communications in a first... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070298810 - Selective 40 mhz operation in 2.4 ghz band: Methods and apparatuses enable selective operation in an extended bandwidth channel of a wireless communication band. For example, a client station can be selectively authorized to operate on a 40 MHz channel in a 2.4 GHz band. The client station or an access point or both can determine whether interference... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070298811 - System for predicting bandwidth capacity: A system predicts bandwidth capacity for a plurality of nodes of a wireless network. The system includes a primary node of the plurality of nodes. The primary node collects signal measurements. The primary node selects a history of measurement values from the signal measurements. The primary node calculates a slope... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

20070298814 - Position recognition method and system: A position recognition method and system include transmitting a first transmit signal and a second transmit signal via a first transmit antenna and a second transmit antenna of a transmitter at intervals; receiving the first transmit signal and the second transmit signal via an receive antenna of a receiver; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070298812 - System and method for naming a location based on user-specific information: A system for naming a location includes a mobile communication device equipped with a position locator system that is configured to identify a location of the device, a first data store for storing general information that is managed by or for an entity other than the user and that is... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070298813 - System and method for providing a descriptor for a location to a recipient: A method for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient includes receiving geographical position data of the location from a user and using the geographical position data to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location. Each region is associated with a descriptor. The recipient's level... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070298815 - Position display system: In a position display system, position-related information related with real positions of respective information processing terminals are obtained; the position-related information is transmitted to a server; real positions of the respective information processing terminals based on the position-related information are stored; past real positions satisfying the condition of being before... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070298816 - Image storing apparatus and method for portable terminal: An image storing system and method for a portable terminal is provided, wherein the image storing method includes identifying, in response to a store request of a photographed still or moving image, a country code of a country in which the portable terminal is currently located, setting a file naming... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070298817 - Apparatus, and associated method, for supporting sms messaging by way of an ip network: Apparatus, and an associated method, for communicating short message service content to a short message service center. The address of an IP-SM-GW (Internet Protocol-Short Message-Gateway) defined in the 3GPP TS 23.204 is provided to user equipment and used to address an SIP request that contains encapsulated SMS content. The address... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070298818 - Template based messaging: A portable electronic device (300) having a message service application (303) for rapidly completing asynchronous messages is provided. The message service application (303) is configured to present partially completed message service messages (601) on a display (307) of the portable electronic device (300) to a user. The partially completed message... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20070298820 - File downloading apparatus and method for mobile communication system: A mobile terminal and method for controlling downloading of data re discussed. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a signal processor to process a received signal; a download status checker to check a download status of the data, and to generate download status information of the data based... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298819 - Mobile originated interactive menus via short messaging services: Two-way interactive short message system with personalized messaging menus that provide WAP like services at less cost than CSD. Mobile Originated Interactive Menus are implemented as a feature of a Short Message Service Center (SMSC). Each option guides either to the next menu level, or to a final action to... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070298821 - System for boolean network configuration of a wireless network: A system automatically and dynamically forms clusters from a plurality of boolean network nodes of a mobile wireless network. A primary node of the plurality of boolean network nodes detects adjacent nodes of the plurality of boolean network nodes. The primary node randomly selects a boolean state for the primary... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

20070298822 - Resource allocation in communication networks: A method of adapting resource allocation parameters to reach one or more quality targets with improved accuracy is proposed. New information measurements based on the so-called mutual information, preferably at block-level, are introduced. The MI-based information measurements of a previous transmission, the channel prediction of a subsequent transmission and one... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070298823 - Determining latency associated with push-to-talk communications: A method of determining at least an estimate of media latency for push-to-talk communications includes determining a first time associated with transmitting a first packet from a push-to-talk transceiver device. In a disclosed example, the same device receives a second packet that corresponds to the first packet and includes an... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070298824 - Allocating power when simultaneously sending multiple messages: A base station receives multiple first signals from multiple mobile terminals over a first radio channel (e.g., a RACH, a CPCH, etc.). Multiple acknowledgement signals are generated for transmission over an acquisition indication channel (AICH) during a same access time slot. Each acknowledgement signal is responsive to one of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070298825 - Base station device, mobile station device, and transmission rate control method: There are provided a base station device, a mobile station device, and a transmission rate control method capable of appropriately controlling the transmission rate. In the base station device (100), an upstream scheduling unit (150) calculates a desired transmission power reduction ratio of a mobile station device whose transmission power... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070298826 - Radio apparatus, transmission control method and transmission control program: A radio apparatus, a transmission control method and a transmission control program are provided in which both of adaptive array processing and adaptive modulation are supported and a transmission directivity control scheme can be selected according to a modulation scheme. The radio apparatus includes a modulation unit modulating transmission data... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070298828 - Flexible key plate: A device includes a front cover with a cutout, a rear cover connected to the front cover, and a substrate including a key pad provided within the front cover and the rear cover. The key pad is substantially aligned with the cutout of the front cover. The device also includes... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070298827 - Mobile radio terminal having speaker port selection and method: A mobile radio terminal having a housing with a loud speaker opening and an ear speaker opening and a speaker selection member coupled to and movable relative to the housing. The speaker selection member has a first audio port and a second audio port spaced such that the loud speaker... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070298829 - Cellular phone: A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phone can achieve improved operability... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298830 - Cellular phone: A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phone can achieve improved operability... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298831 - Cellular phone: A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phone can achieve improved operability... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298832 - Cellular phone: A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phone can achieve improved operability... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298834 - Method and system for bluetooth and fm radio communication: Frequency conversion methods and systems for Bluetooth and FM radio communication are provided. FM data may be received and/or transmitted via the FM radio and Bluetooth data may be received and/or transmitted via the Bluetooth radio. With an integration of frequency conversion for Bluetooth and FM, both systems can operate... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070298833 - Method and system for frequency conversion for bluetooth and fm: Methods and systems frequency conversion for Bluetooth and FM radio are provided. FM data may be received and/or transmitted via the FM radio and Bluetooth data may be received and/or transmitted via the Bluetooth radio. With an integration of frequency conversion for Bluetooth and FM, both systems may operate from... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070298835 - Method and system for managing communications for a multi-mode communications device: The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for managing communications for a multi-mode communications device (130). The method can include the steps of establishing (210) communications with at least a first wireless network (110) and advising (216) the first wireless network of the multi-mode nature of the multi-mode... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070298836 - Method and apparatus for power saving in wirelless systems: A method is provided for carrying out a power saving procedure in a wireless subscriber terminal which is operative to receive at least two different services, each of which is characterized by one or more characteristics related to traffic demands associated with that service. The method comprises the following steps:... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070298837 - System and method for coexistence in wireless networks: Described is a system which includes a computing arrangement and an access point. The computing arrangement may include a first radio transceiver operating in accordance with a first communication protocol using a frequency band and a second radio transceiver operating in accordance with a second communication protocol using the frequency... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070298838 - Apparatus and method for improving reception in a system with multiple transmitters and receivers operating on a single antenna: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving multiple frequencies on a single antenna is provided. The apparatus includes a first transmitter configured to transmit signals on a first frequency to an antenna, and at least one receiver configured to receive signals on a second frequency from the antenna. The apparatus also... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070298839 - Camera-equipped cellular telephone: Cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities characterized in that the cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities includes a shooting section for shooting a picture, a reclosable lens cover for protecting the shooting lens of the shooting section, detecting means for detecting opening/closing of the lens cover, a memory for storing... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070298840 - Personal media player apparatus and method: A compact portable, self-contained digital media player is provided whose content is stored on a dedicated, removable SD card. The content is playable in a high fidelity format. The content to is write protected which results in a significant degree of copyright protection. The compactness of the player enables binding... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070298841 - Approach for module configuration management for an integrated telecommunication platform: An approach for module configuration management for an integrated telecommunication platform including the following steps: (a) the configuration management module sends the start instruction to the functional module and the digital signal processing module to start them respectively, and make the connection between the successfully started modules and the already... Agent: Eric Chan

20070298843 - Mobile terminal and method for displaying standby screen according to analysis result of user's behavior: A mobile terminal includes an input unit for receiving a command input by a user; a location information generator for generating location information on the mobile terminal; a time counter; a storage unit having a command processing information table and a standby screen display information table; and a control unit... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298844 - Cellular phone: A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phone can achieve improved operability... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298842 - Message display terminal, gateway server, program for message display terminal, and program for gateway server: A message display terminal for displaying content existing on a network comprises reception means which receives an HTTP response message, a first display area for displaying a message body, a second display area for displaying other information, and display control means which lets the second display area display advertisement data.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070298845 - Monolithic optical read-out circuit: A circuit and method are given, to realize a loudness control for mobile phone earpieces and speakers with the help of a proximity sensor, which is realized as an infrared photo-electric guard circuit, where only very few external parts are needed. As a novelty here, the necessary photo sensors are... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20070298847 - Device for selective power management for a hand held host: A hand held radio host includes circuitry for selectively providing power to radiating transceiver elements and non-radiating application elements according to a plurality of power modes of operation to achieve desired effects and in a way that saves power and extends battery life. In one embodiment of the invention, the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070298846 - Wireless power transmission: Disclosed is a system for power transmission. The system includes a receiver having a receiver antenna. An RF power transmitter includes a transmitter antenna. The RF power transmitter transmits RF power. The RF power includes multiple polarization components. The receiver converts the RF power to direct current. Also disclosed is... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz Attorney At Law

20070298848 - Method of pausing keep-alive messages and roaming for virtual private networks on handheld devices to save battery power: Provided is a method for maintaining a connection between a mobile device and a server over a wireless network in a manner that conserves the power supply of the mobile device. The claimed subject matter addresses the transmission of regular “keep-alive” packets to refresh a network address translation (NAT) server... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20070298849 - Keypad touch user interface method and a mobile terminal using the same: A user interface method and a mobile terminal is disclosed. If a finger touches and moves in a specific direction on a keypad having a touch sensor, a touch is detected by the touch sensor and a type of touch direction is identified by a control unit according to the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070298851 - Light emitting device: The invention provides a light emitting device which is capable of displaying on both sides, has a small volume, and is capable of being used as a module. A light emitting element represented by an EL element and the like is used in a pixel portion, and two pixel portions... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070298850 - Mobile communication terminal: [Means for Settlement] A folding-type mobile communication terminal including a thin operation case 1 with an operation panel being formed, a thin display case 2 with a display panel being formed, and a movable connector 3 to connect the operation case 1 and the display case 2, in which transition... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070293144 - Distributed metrics collection: Distributed metrics collection systems and methods can be used to help bind together a large organization by implementing both formal and informal information flows. Hierarchical reporting and tasking are formal information flows. Gossip is an informal information flow. Users use a set of modules to configure distributed metrics collection. Management... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070293143 - Method of rf technology selection for group or broadcast service subscribers: The present invention relates to a method and a system for dynamically reducing a number of RF technologies being used for processing at least one broadcast service for a plurality of mobile stations in a wireless communication network. The method comprises determining an RF technology being used by each mobile... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070293146 - Satellite navigation converstion device: A satellite navigation conversion device having a portable player is disclosed. The satellite navigation conversion device comprises a microprocessor for controlling and processing signals of a external module in the satellite navigation conversion device, a satellite navigation module for receiving and transmitting position signals, a wired transmission interface for receiving/storing... Agent: C. S. Consultant Co.

20070293149 - Portable handheld satellite phone conversion module: A mobile communication device for communication and data collection and transfer utilizing a satellite phone system including a module which replaces the battery of a satellite phone and includes an embedded micro-processor, a camera, a GPS unit, a mass storage device, a display screen and communication ports. The module is... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070293151 - System and method for installed base data maintenance: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for tracking devices. The method for tracking devices comprises carrying a reading device to passively receive identification data from a transmitter without action on the part of the user. Additionally, the method comprises providing the identification... Agent: John M. Rariden Fletcher Yoder

20070293155 - Chipset for mobile wallet system: The invention presents a chipset for a mobile wallet system in a communication terminal having a SIM socket and a RFID antenna. The chipset includes a wallet module and a controller module. The wallet module has a contactless interface port coupled to the RFID antenna and a wallet memory for... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070293154 - Data exchange systems and methods employing rf data transmission: A data exchange system that exchanges data with a host device comprising controller and a host housing comprises at least one button assembly and a button reader system. The at least one button assembly comprises an encoder for storing data, a button coil, and a switch. Closing the switch forms... Agent: Schacht Law Office, Inc.

20070293153 - Method for signaling quality of range estimates in uwb devices: A method signals a quality of range estimates in a UWB network. For each range estimate, a confidence level of a range estimate is signaled, a confidence interval for the range estimate is signaled, and a confidence interval scaling factor for the confidence interval is signaled.... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070293157 - Mobile assisted timing alignment: Timing alignment of User Equipment (UE) in a communications system is maintained by measuring an environmental condition of the UE, and determining a present magnitude of change metric representing a present magnitude of change of the environmental condition relative to a baseline value. The present magnitude of change metric is... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070293158 - Test apparatus and method for a wireless transceiver: An apparatus and method are described that provide efficient testing of an integrated circuit wireless transceiver. A digital to analog converter and suitable connection and control logic are integrated on the chip to allow testing of the internal parts of the transceiver by selecting one of a number of predefined... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070293159 - Apparatus and method for reducing background noise: An apparatus including an audio input module and an activation device configured to activate the audio input module when the audio input module is in a mute mode and deactivate the audio input module when the activation device is deactivated.... Agent: Perman & Green

20070293160 - Digital routing switch matrix for digitized radio-frequency signals: Routing and distribution of radio-frequency (RF) signals is commonly achieved in the analog domain. However, improved performance and simplified circuit architectures may be obtained by first digitizing the RF signal, and then carrying out all routing in the digital domain. A new generation of scalable digital switches has been developed,... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070293163 - Programmable transmitter architecture for non-constant and constant envelope modulation: Transmitter architectures designed to accommodate both constant and non-constant of envelope modulation schemes and capable of providing local oscillator carrier frequencies within any one of numerous desired frequency bands, thus allowing compliance with many different communication standards. One example of a programmable frequency synthesizer includes a plurality of transmitter components... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070293162 - Synchronization method for discontinuous transmissions in a communications network: A method of providing assistance for synchronization of a radio link in a communications network comprising at least a first network element, the method comprising the steps: making a decision to connect a user equipment to the first network element via a first radio link to transmit a signal discontinuously... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070293142 - Secure contactless communication device and method: m

20070293145 - Content distribution system, method for distributiong content and computer program thereof: In a content distribution system, when distributing content to a plurality of user equipment, a multicasting channel is assigned between the user equipment and the distribution system, content being multicasted using this multicasting channel. If a user equipment fails to receive distributed content, the radio network controller allocates an individual... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070293147 - Multi-equalization method and apparatus: A method and apparatus is disclosed for performing a multi-equalization of a transmitted signal on a channel having varying characteristics comprising equalizing the transmitted signal using a plurality of setting defining a plurality of equalizing functions to provide a corresponding plurality of symbol signal, synchronizing each of the plurality of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070293148 - Portable video communication device with multi-illumination source: A portable device for video communication includes a control unit, a display coupled to the central control unit, respectively; a converter coupled to the central control unit; a vocal I/O unit coupled to the converter; an image capture module coupled to the control unit; a video communication module coupled to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070293150 - Compact antenna system for polarization sensitive null steering and direction-finding: A compact, non-phased-array, electronically reconfigurable antenna (ERA) system with at least two operational modes has a first operational objective that is polarization-sensitive null steering (PSNS) and a second operational objective that is direction-finding (DF). The system can rapidly switch between two operational states. In the first state, the system behaves... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070293152 - Device, method and measurement and sender unit for performing a measurement on a rotating part of rotating machinery: A device and a method for performing a measurement on a rotating part (11) of rotating machinery includes a measurement device (1), which is mounted at the rotating part (11), for measuring at least one parameter of the rotating part (11), a sender (2) for receiving measuring data from the... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20070293156 - Managing congestion in an electrical power transmission network: A method and system are disclosed for managing congestion in an electrical transmission network. The electrical transmission network includes Power Flow Control Devices (PFDs) that adjust the transmission capability of the electrical transmission network. The method includes determination of a reference generation schedule followed by setting up of an objective... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070293161 - Apparatus connecting at least one transmitter unit to transceiver antenna: A transceiver duplex filter has a transmit filter that supplies a transmission signal from at least one transmitter unit to a transceiver antenna. When connected to two transmitter units, two one-way attenuators, each of which is provided with an input and an output, are allocated to respective transmitter units. The... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070293164 - Multi-connection, non-simultaneous frequency diversity in radio communication systems: A radio communication system includes a remote device radio, and a base station radio operable to communicate with the remote device radio at a first channel and at a second channel using non-simultaneous frequency diversity. The base station is operable to communicate with a device other than the remote device... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070293165 - Multi-connection, non-simultaneous frequency diversity in radio communication systems: A radio communication system includes a remote device radio, and a base station radio operable to communicate with the remote device radio at a first channel and at a second channel using non-simultaneous frequency diversity. The base station is operable to communicate with a device other than the remote device... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070293166 - Protective device and system for a mobile computing device: Described is a protective device and system for a mobile computing device. The system comprises a rigid cage and a protective boot. The rigid cage is shaped to protect an attachment point of a mobile device receiving a removable connector. The rigid cage is shaped to receive the attachment point... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070293167 - Audio correlation system for high definition radio blending: A system that blends a hybrid radio signal may provide reduced audio content skipping and may determine an audio correlation between analog and digital signal components in the hybrid radio signal before blending from the analog signal component to the digital signal component. The system may reduce volume level transitions... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070293168 - Radio receiver system having two receiving antennas and two receivers connected thereto: A radio receiver system, having two receiving antennas, two receivers, and a transformer transmitter, which is provided for the purpose of supplying radio signals of both antennas to each of the receivers, the transformer transmitter having a first winding and a second winding, wherein the two receiving antennas are connected... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070293169 - Method for controlling advertising content in an automobile: A method for controlling advertising content in an automobile provides a sponsor of a digital radio system with the ability to provide occupants of an automobile with advertisements of the sponsor while eliminating other advertisements, including those of competitors. Sponsor advertisements can be transmitted to the digital radio receiver when... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070293170 - Assessment of idle portions of multidimensional radio spectrum access: A system capable of quantifying idle radio spectrum access across a geographic region. Geo-referenced locations within the geographic region are selected to form a geo-referenced set of observation locations. The system independently integrates geo-referenced coverage areas for one or more wireless devices within the geographic region to form an assessment... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070293171 - Indicating a variable control channel structure for transmissions in a cellular system: A method and an apparatus for wireless communication between a receiver and a transmitter in a cellular system are provided. The method comprises associating a channel of known structure at the transmitter with the transmission of a first control channel to indicate a variable structure of the first control channel... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070293173 - Method and apparatus for data framing in a wireless communications system: To reduce overhead in a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) header, when a plurality of package data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data units (PDU) are multiplexed into a radio link control (RLC) PDU, a first PDCP sequence number (SN) of a first PDCP PDU of the plurality... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070293172 - Reference signals for downlink beamforming validation in wireless multicarrier mimo channel: Dedicated pilot signals are transmitted from a transmitting device to a receiving device through a multicarrier MIMO channel in addition to data signals and common pilot signals. The dedicated pilot signals may be used by the receiving device to validate whether a predetermined beamforming matrix (i.e., a beamforming matrix identified... Agent: The Law Offices Of John C. Scott, LLC C/o Intellevate

20070293174 - Narrow-band detections of a received signal: The frequency of an RF signal to be transmitted is modulated at the transmitting unit, and the modulation information is used by the receiving unit to filter out any unwanted noise. The modulation information may be used to retrieve associated filter coefficients that are used by the receiver to filter... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070293175 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: The voltage on the most sensitive noise sensing line that is thin and long inside in terms of layout and is near the power supply line or the ground line is captured by use of the system clock. A layout fixing logic constituted by a flip-flop is provided, and only... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070293176 - Estimation of cinr and rssi in a wireless communication system: A method for selecting at least one operating parameter of a communication system (100). The method can include determining a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) for a communication signal (330). An intermediate value (D) for the communication signal can be determined based on, at least in part, a received value... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070293177 - Radio frequency signal receiver with adequate automatic gain control: The invention provides a radio frequency signal receiver with adequate gain control path to control the gain of a mixer and/or a channel selection filter, comprising a low noise amplifier for receiving and amplifying a radio frequency signal, a local oscillator (LO) for providing a LO signal, a mixer for... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070293178 - Antenna control: Modulation of a DC voltage to communicate from an antenna controller to a configurable antenna is disclosed. The DC voltage may communicate to both data and power circuits within the configurable antenna. The antenna controller and configurable antenna may be coupled by two electrical conductors over which both the modulated... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070293179 - Analog/digital broadcast signal receiver: A comparator for comparing an AFC output an analog demodulation circuit with a predetermined reference voltage Vref, an OR gate to which two inputs including an output of the comparator and a channel select signal are input, and a switch for connecting a crystal oscillator of a digital demodulation circuit... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070293180 - Dc offset correction for direct conversion receivers: A direct current (DC) offset correction system for a direct conversion receiver and corresponding receiver and methods facilitate reduction of DC offsets in such receivers. One method includes calibrating a DC offset correction system in a closed loop configuration over each of a plurality of gain settings to provide a... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Bethards, LLP

20070293181 - Noise suppression method, noise suppression method program, recording medium recording noise suppression method program, and noise suppression apparatus: An apparatus for suppressing noise of a video signal. The apparatus includes: a difference-signal generation section generating a difference signal being a field or frame difference between the input and the output video signals; a noise compensation-signal generation section generating a noise compensation signal; a noise-compensation signal subtraction section; and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070293182 - Apparatus, system, and method for down converting and up converting electromagnetic signals: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting and up-converting an electromagnetic signal. In embodiments, the invention operates by receiving an electromagnetic signal and recursively operating on approximate half cycles of a carrier signal. The recursive operations can be performed at a sub-harmonic rate of the carrier signal. The invention accumulates the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070293183 - Multimedia device integration system: A multimedia device integration system is provided. One or more after-market audio or video devices, such as a CD player, CD changer, digital media device, satellite receiver, DAB receiver, video device, digital camera, cellular telephone, portable navigation device, or any other device or combinations thereof, is integrated for use with... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070293185 - Communication system with improved medium access control sub-layer: A communication system which has a plurality of mobile terminals and a base station, each of the mobile terminals and/or base station comprising a medium access control sub-layer, upper layers of the medium access control sub-layer, and a lower layer of the medium access control sub-layer, wherein the medium access... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070293184 - Method and device for ensuring the operating state of a mobile electronic terminal device: The present invention provides a method and a device for ensuring the operating state of a mobile electronic terminal device in connection with hot-swapping of a removable storage medium, wherein the mobile electronic terminal device comprises an interface for connecting with a removable storage medium and containing a directory of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070293188 - Method and system for an audio speaker with proximity sensing: Aspects of a method and system for an audio speaker with proximity sensing are presented. Aspects of a system for audio signal processing may include a proximity detector that enables adjustment of audio volume of a speaker in a wireless communication system based on detection of a location of at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070293187 - Method and system for enabling location based wireless communication services: A method and system for enabling location based wireless communication services. The method comprises evaluating a predefined criterion corresponding to a mobile station. The method further comprises either allowing a wireless communication service to the mobile station, if the predefined criterion evaluates to true or denying the wireless communication service... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070293189 - Navigation device, navigation-device-control method, program of navigation-device-control method, and recording medium recording program of navigation-device-control method: A navigation device that transmits data on a user's voice to a communication party, the voice data being acquired by a microphone, receives data on the communication party's voice, and offers the communication-party-voice data to the user is provided. The navigation device includes a voice-data-generation unit that generates guide-voice data,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070293190 - Remote control system and remote control method: There is provided a remote control system which changes the functions corresponding to a specific operation unit provided for a controlling apparatus in accordance with distance, thereby improving the convenience for a user. The remote control system includes a controlled apparatus such as a TV set and a controlling apparatus... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070293186 - Systems and methods for a personal safety device: Embodiments include systems and methods for summoning help and locating a person, comprising transmitting information over a wireless network in response to a user action; wherein the information includes the geographic location of the user.... Agent: Borson Law Group, PC

20070293191 - Pre-paid security mechanism in a post-pay telecommunications system: The present invention provides a method and system for real-time charging including the following capabilities: calculation and storage of real time usage information on a per subscriber or group basis; real-time criteria evaluation of configurable thresholds; real-time threshold notification to the subscriber/account owner; and subscriber/account owner interaction capability to restrict... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20070293193 - Improved short range connectivity usability by using contact information: Disclosed is a system, method and computer application for local communication between electronic equipment in a user-friendly manner. In one aspect of the invention, a mobile telephone initiates a search for electronic equipment having a predetermined modality and within communication range of the mobile telephone. Electronic equipment capable of responding... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070293194 - Method for providing remote mobile device access and control: Provided is a remote mobile device access and control method, and particularly a generic approach for providing remote mobile device access and control. To this end, there is provided a method for a user to access and control his/her mobile device at a remote location by using a remote mobile... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070293192 - Identification of a terminal to a server: A chip card in a terminal such as a mobile radiotelephone is identified by a first identifier with a server including for example the nominal locating recorder in a cellular radiotelephone network, without the first identifier being transmitted in a clear form or substituted by a provisional identifier. An anonymous... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070293195 - Message sender controllable messaging system: The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a method for its operation and control. The mobile phone is capable of receiving the message sent by other mobile phones through a message transmission system. The method comprises: receiving the message from another mobile phone, wherein the received message comprises... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070293197 - Address privacy in short-range wireless communication: A security enhancing system for creating temporary identification information used to mask actual identification in a wireless communication device. The temporary identification information conforms to a standard usable by at least one wireless communication medium, and may be used by other devices in communicating with the wireless communication device, however,... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070293196 - Method and system for indicating reception of an incoming call by a wireless device: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for indicating to a wireless device user that an incoming call has been received by the wireless device. In one exemplary embodiment, a method and system for indicating reception of an incoming call by a wireless device is described in which... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070293199 - Call intercept methods, such as for customer self-support on a mobile device: A method for intercepting calls from a remote or mobile device for customer self-support detects when users or subscribers dial one or more predetermined numbers. If the number corresponds to one of the predetermined numbers (such as a customer support number), the phone may intercept the call and display a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070293200 - Call intercept methods, such as for customer self-support on a mobile device: A method for intercepting calls from a remote or mobile device for customer self-support detects when users or subscribers dial one or more predetermined numbers. If the number corresponds to one of the predetermined numbers (such as a customer support number), the phone may intercept the call and display a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070293198 - System and method for targeted advertising: A method and system for targeting advertising content to a user of a telecommunication system is provided. Information related to users of a particular service offered by the telecommunication system is gathered and used to create a user profile for each user, which is stored by an advertising system. The... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP

20070293201 - Wireless customer segmentation and marketing process: A method is provided in which subscribers of a communication system who travel outside their home areas can receive marketing and/or advertising information while their cellular phones are idle but activated. The content or subject matter of the promotional information depends on the current location of the subscriber and the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070293202 - Secure mobile information management system and method: Information or items that otherwise might be carried in a person's wallet or purse may be managed and stored on a mobile phone. Embodiments include a software application loaded on a mobile phone and an Internet website through which certain information can be transmitted to the phone by the user,... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20070293203 - Mobile communication system, wireless control station, wireless base station,mobile station, and mobile communication method: It is an objective of the present invention to suppress an influence on a downlink and to appropriately control a transmission rate of uplink user data. A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes: a transmission section for transmitting to a mobile station an exclusive channel for notifying... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070293206 - Cell phone communication management: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that enhance an ongoing cell phone communication. A separate computing device determines that a communication is in progress on a cell phone. Information is retrieved from a data store that is related to a party participating in the communication. The information is displayed on... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070293204 - Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system: In a wireless picturephone system and device, a method is shown for alerting a message recipient of a picture or video message transmitted from a message center. The alert in one embodiment includes a stored sound or textual data such as a name or other useful information associated with data... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20070293205 - Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems: A method is shown in which a wireless picture phone receives updated contact data from a computer utilizing a wireless connection.... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20070293207 - System and method for dynamic phone book and network content links in a mobile device: Systems and methods are presented for enabling improved communication between one or more communication devices such as mobile wireless devices. The present disclosure provides updatable dynamic, or active, phone book capabilities that provide a user with both contact information as well as dynamic network (web) content that can be updated... Agent: Ibrahim M. Hallaj, Ph.d. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070293209 - Systems for remotely maintaining inventory: A radio frequency identification device includes an integrated circuit including a receiver, a transmitter, and a microprocessor. The receiver and transmitter together define an active transponder. The integrated circuit is preferably a monolithic single die integrated circuit including the receiver, the transmitter, and the microprocessor. Because the device includes an... Agent: Wells, St. John, Roberts Gregory & Matkin P.s.

20070293208 - Wireles switching control system for building automation, lighting, security and appliances: The present disclosure discloses an expandable wireless control system for and a method of managing and controlling building automation, lighting system, security system and electrical appliances. This system, based on a concept of modular mailboxes intercommunicating wirelessly by radio frequency and infrared frequency, can be used in new homes and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070293211 - Method for informing of an incoming call and related wireless communication device thereof: A method for informing of an incoming call includes: (a) sending a message from a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device; (b) setting a notification of incoming calls from the first wireless communication device in the second wireless communication device according to the message; and (c)... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070293210 - Secure communication network user mobility apparatus and methods: Secure communication network user mobility apparatus and methods are disclosed. A mobile user that is locally connected to a first communication network in which a service is provided, but is associated with an independently controlled second secure communication network, may be authenticated for access to the service by the second... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.

20070293212 - System and methods for using online community identities of users to establish mobile communication sessions: A system is disclosed that provides functionality for two users to establish multi-modal communication services including voice, messaging, and instance messaging on mobile devices using one or more online community identities. Based on the online identity and profile of a first user of on an online community, a second user... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070293213 - Method and telecommunications system for controlling paging flow in a network for cellular communications: A method of controlling paging flow in a network for cellular communications is described, which comprises the steps of: at a control node, receiving a request for paging a mobile station; determining a location area in which the paging shall be performed; checking whether the number of paging transactions which... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070293214 - Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (ofdma) communications over satellite links: Methods for controlling orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communications over satellite links. The methods include estimating a differential delay in a satellite spotbeam between a mean propagation delay in the spotbeam and a propagation delay between a user terminal in the spotbeam and a satellite, estimating an overlap between... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070293216 - Method and system for providing pln service to inbound roamers in a vpmn using a standalone approach when no roaming relationship exists between hpmn and vpmn: The present invention provides a method for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network roaming in a visited network. The method includes receiving at a service node, a registration message by the subscriber to register with the visited network that has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070293215 - Using serving area identification in a mixed access network environment: A system and method to arbitrate between SUP and CoPL LCS technology in a mized access network environment. The method includes signaling the serving network to obtain information prior to selecting a location determination session. The information is then indexed to a database to determine the location determination session desired.... Agent: Mark C. Comtois Duane Morris LLP

20070293217 - Listen mode for wireless devices: Camping on a cell of a wireless network is disclosed. One or more available cells are determined for a wireless device. One or more available networks are determined based at least in part on the one or more available cells. A network is selected based at least in part on... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070293218 - Collision avoidance for traffic in a wireless network: Techniques for avoiding collision of traffic in a wireless network are described. A station detects for synchronization of its traffic with traffic of other stations. The station may detect for synchronization based on, e.g., percentage of first transmission failures, counters indicative of statistics of transmitted frames, and/or other information. The... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070293219 - Modulation of a carrier radio signal by a mobile terminal in a wireless telecommunications network: A method is provided of transmitting information from a mobile terminal in a wireless telecommunications network. The method involves sending a radio signal from a first base station to a second base station. The mobile terminal modulates the radio signal so as to include the information into the radio signal.... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j219

20070293220 - System, method and handset for sharing a call in a voip system: An embodiment generally relates a method of joining a call. The method includes establishing the call between an internal mobile terminal (MT), an external MT, and a network access point (NAP). The call comprises a connection between the internal MT and the NAP and a second connection between the NAP... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP

20070293221 - Communication system with improved medium access control sub-layer: A communication system which has a plurality of mobile terminals and a base station, each of the mobile terminals and/or base station comprising a medium access control sub-layer, upper layers of the medium access control sub-layer, and a lower layer of the medium access control sub-layer, wherein the medium access... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070293223 - Communication apparatus and method of controlling same: When a communication apparatus is operating as a control station on a network, control is exercised so as to handover the control station when it is recognized that the status of the power supply of another communication apparatus participating in this network is indicative of commercial power. Recognition is performed... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070293227 - Method and apparatus for handling downlink data upon handover in a wireless communications system: To handle downlink data upon handover of a user equipment from a source base station to a target base station in a wireless communications system, the source base station forwards a plurality of radio link control (RLC) service data units (SDUs) or RLC protocol data units (PDUs) that have not... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070293226 - Mobile communications system and method for transmitting data when handover occurs: Upon handover, the data incompletely received by a source base station is retransmitted by a mobile station to a target base station, and then reversely transferred from the target base station to the source base station. By virtue of this reverse transfer control, the need to transfer all the received... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070293225 - Reduction of handover latencies in a wireless communication system: Systems and methods for reduction of handover latencies in wireless communication systems are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a wireless mobile communication device that includes a wireless transceiver including a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal synchronized for reception by a first cellular node, and processing logic that... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070293224 - Methods and system for performing handover in a wireless communication system: A method and system for performing handover in a third generation (3G) long term evolution (LTE) system are disclosed. A source evolved Node-B (eNode-B) makes a handover decision based on measurements and sends a handover request to a target eNode-B. The target eNode-B sends a handover response to the source... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070293222 - Mobile communications with unlicensed-radio access networks: An unlicensed-radio access network is proposed for communication with a mobile terminal and packet service nodes in a core network portion of a mobile telecommunications network. The access network comprises local base stations each defining a mini-cell and adapted to communicate with mobile terminals over an unlicensed-radio interface and an... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070293231 - Apparatus and method for data communication in wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for periodically allocating uplink resources in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. Base Station (BS) includes a resource allocator for allocating periodic uplink (UL) resources to a terminal, a control information generator for generating a resource allocation message for the terminal using resource allocation information... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20070293230 - Communication system, method for the same and mobile station and base station used for the same: The present invention enables a high load to a mobile station and an uplink overhead to be reduced when a CQI measurement of a PRB needed for scheduling or adaptive modulation is informed of. At a base station, a set of PRBs (an active set) for which the measurements of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070293229 - System and method for a fractional loading scheme for broadcast/multicast traffic: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for a fractional loading scheme for broadcast/multicast traffic. In one example, the method includes determining a fractional loading factor for a portion of a wireless network and selecting wireless network resources from a resource pool allocated to single-cell broadcast traffic based... Agent: Timothy F. Bliss

20070293228 - System for wireless channel assignment: A system for wireless channel assignment is disclosed, applying different assignment strategies to a plurality of nominated cells belonging to a Base Station Controller, particularly in A-interface link sharing. Channel assignment strategy information for the nominated cells is obtained, and communicated via communication messages. Channels are allocated for nominated cells... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20070293232 - Wireless communication failure monitoring system and monitoring device: A wireless communication failure monitoring system, having: a terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving data wirelessly; a wireless transmitting and receiving device that has a sensor for measuring an element that changes a communication environment in a wireless transmission channel between the terminal device and the wireless transmitting and... Agent: Snider & Associates

20070293233 - Method for measuring channel quality and base station in mobile communications system: A channel quality measurement method that accomplishes efficient channel quality measurement for each mobile station is presented. In a frequency band including a plurality of frequency blocks, a base station measures the channel quality of each of a plurality of mobile stations. With respect to each mobile station, when a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070293234 - Method for transmitting common control information in a wireless mobile communication system: A method for transmitting common control information in a wireless mobile communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting common control information by a first Base Station (BS) to a second BS and broadcasting by the second BS the common control information received from the first BS. Accordingly, transmission of... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20070293235 - Congestion control method for wireless communication system and base station control apparatus: If a wireless resource congestion occurs, the wireless resources of the entire system are used efficiently to reduce a disconnection of communication with a congested sector and a state in which a new call cannot be originated nor terminated. A base station control apparatus compares the wireless resource usage amount... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070293236 - system and method for cabling: Disclosed is a system for cabling including a component network comprising a server that includes a server wireless detector and at least one server LED associated with at least one server port, and at least one satellite device, each of the at least one satellite devices including a satellite wireless... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20070293242 - Communication device location specifying system and location specifying device: A communication device location specifying system has a plurality of wireless communication devices, a location specifying device that specifies locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices, and a plurality of access points that are wirelessly connected to the plurality of wireless communication devices and relay the exchange of data... Agent: Snider & Associates

20070293241 - Communication system, operation control method, and location management server: A communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention is a communication system including a location management server for managing the location of a mobile station, a base station for deciding an exchange which accommodates the mobile station via the base station in response to a location... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070293237 - Device positioning with delegated location determination: A wireless communication system and method for determination of the location of a location-incapable device of a decentralized wireless communication network. Upon receipt of location determination information, relevant to the location of the location-incapable device in the network and sufficient to perform a calculation of the location of the location-incapable... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070293238 - Location-based operations and messaging: Systems and methods for using location information to determine a medium to use for communications to a user of a mobile device are provided. The user's mobile device provides location information to in intermediate computing device. That location information is accessed and used to determine, from a plurality of media,... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070293240 - Wireless user based notification system: A group of wireless device users are notified of an event. A location data determination algorithm is provided to a wireless device, where the algorithm determines a frequency at which the device interacts with network elements to determine its location. The location data is stored in a notification server and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070293239 - Optimizing location services performance by combining user plane and control plane architectures: A system and method is disclosed that determines the position of a mobile device using information obtained by employing a first location determination protocol (or modality) to control the efficient or advantageous invocation of a second location determination protocol (or modality). The system utilizes information readily available from the Control... Agent: Mark C. Comtois Duane Morris LLP

20070293243 - Flexible a-gps locator: A Global Positioning System (GPS) system comprises a tracking device, a base station, and a mobile station. The tracking device has a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites and generating position information. The base station complies with Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) standard... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20070293244 - Apparatus and method for updating location of idle-mode mobile station in a broadband wireless access communication system: An apparatus and method for updating the location of an idle-mode MS in a communication system are provided, in which the MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a BS, receives a ranging response message from the BS, determines from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070293245 - Conservation of paging resources in a mobile switching center: A method in one example comprises the steps of receiving a call intended for a designated cellular subscriber unit at a serving MSC, determining that the designated cellular subscriber unit, during a recent prior use of the serving MSC, responded to an Intersystem Page (ISPAGE) message from a border MSC,... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20070293246 - Method and apparatus for improved control of intelligent network-based user features: A method and apparatus for improved control of intelligent network-based user features is provided. In this regard, the invention relates to a system and method useful for managing a user profile of a virtual private network system, such as an eVPN system, through manipulation of a mobile device, e.g. a... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20070293250 - Dmb data-based short messaging system and method for a digital broadcast-enabled mobile phone: A Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) based short messaging system and method are provided for a digital broadcast-enabled mobile phone. A short messaging method for a mobile phone supporting digital broadcast service and a short message service includes receiving a broadcast stream; capturing a broadcast image from the broadcast stream; extracting... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070293254 - Method and apparatus for uplink data handling upon handover in a wireless communications system: To handle uplink data upon handover of a user equipment from a source base station to a target base station in a wireless communications system, the source base station forwards a message to the target base station. The message indicates values of missing sequence numbers and a sequence number of... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070293253 - Mobile terminal, mail notification method and mail notification program: The invention relates to a mobile terminal that sends content of emails only to a terminal having a telephone number which has been set on the mobile terminal by the owner. One or more telephone numbers to which content of emails is to be sent are stored in the storage... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070293247 - Platform for managing mobile domains and keyword-activated applications: A mobile domain platform for subscribers (e.g. businesses, institutions, advertising agencies, partners, providers, individuals, and enterprises) to offer a text message based campaign to new or potential customers (users). A subscriber can create a mobile domain by selecting and registering at least one available keyword with a mobile domain platform... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20070293251 - Message generating arrangement: A message generating arrangement determines whether a first communication terminal of a communication system can participate, by means of packet-switching network elements of the communication system, in a communication link in which a second communication terminal of the communication system is participating by means of circuit-switching network elements of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070293249 - Method and system for implementing multimedia broadcast/multicast service: A method and a system for implementing MBMS. According to embodiments of the present invention, the MBMS are born on different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers; each multimedia broadcast multicast bearers corresponds to a multimedia broadcast multicast area; an association relationship between the different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers of MBMS of... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070293248 - Method for composing messages in a mobile terminal: A wireless terminal includes memory for storing a plurality of backgrounds, and a display for displaying data visible to a user. The terminal further includes a user interface configured to receive user selection of a background from the plurality of backgrounds, receive user selection of background color for which the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070293252 - Time setting method and apparatus for use in a mobile communication terminal: Disclosed is a time setting method and apparatus for use in a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communicates terminal transmits a short message to a short message service center (SMSC). When receiving a short message service (SMS) status report message indicating if a destination side has received the short message,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070293255 - Received communication signal processing methods and components for wireless communication equipment: A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) and methods are used in a wireless communication system to process sampled received signals to establish and/or maintain wireless communications. A selectively controllable coherent accumulation unit produces power delay profiles (PDPs). A selectively controllable post processing unit passes threshold qualified magnitude approximation values and... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070293256 - Efficient doppler compensation method and receiver for orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (ofdm) systems: A receiver and method of enhancing transmitted data signals in a wireless communications system includes wirelessly transmitting and receiving a data signal over a wireless channel in the communications system; providing known channel parameters corresponding to the wireless channel; expressing the data signal as an input data vector; replacing indexes... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070293257 - Mobile communication method, base station and wireless line control station: It is an object of the present invention, in a mobile communication system using the Enhanced Uplink, to maximize a capacity of a radio resource for use in a circuit switching channel, and to provide a data communication as a best effort service using an available radio resource. The present... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070293258 - System for coupling a multiplicity of rf data collection terminals with host computer means: Improved apparatus for a radio communication system having a multiplicity of mobile transceiver units selectively in communication with a plurality of base transceiver units which communicate with one or two host computers for storage and manipulation of data collected by bar code scanners or other collection means associated with the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070293259 - System and method to dynamically manage a talk group signaling type: A transmission capability of a mobile station that requests to be affiliated with a talk group is received. It is then determined whether to alter a current transmission mode of the talk group based at least in part upon the transmission capability of the mobile station, the current transmission mode... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070293260 - Method and apparatus for uplink power control in a frequency division multiple access communication system: A communication system optimizes cell edge performance and spectral efficiency by determining an adaptive power control parameter based on system performance metrics measured by a serving Node B and further measured by, and reported to the serving Node B by, neighboring Node B's. The adaptive power control parameter is then... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070293262 - Apparatus and method for searching for base station of radio communication network: A radio communication apparatus for searching for a base station of a radio communication network is provided. The radio communication apparatus is configured to join a network including a plurality of base stations forming service coverage of radio communication. The radio communication apparatus includes an antenna and a radio circuit... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070293261 - Dual purpose mobile device usingultra wide band communications: A mobile phone, such as a personal cellular telephone, includes a pointer movement mechanism and a UWB transmitter. The pointer movement mechanism detects instructions issued by a user to move a graphical pointer or cursor. The UWB transmitter transmits signals that implement those instructions to a UWB receiver coupled to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070293263 - Method and apparatus for providing multi-system cellular communications: A method and apparatus of communicating with a plurality of cellular communication networks employing different communication protocols using a single mobile endpoint device, e.g., a cellular phone, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user cellular phone is provided with a communication protocol conversion or switching module that is adapted for... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070293264 - Provisioning a user device for multiple services: Systems and methods for provisioning an electronic device for multiple services are disclosed herein. An exemplary embodiment, among others, of a provisioning method includes receiving a first request to procure a user device capable of operating under a plurality of service plans. The method also includes receiving a second request... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070293265 - System, device, method, and computer program product for annotating media files: A system, device, method, and computer program product are provided for allowing a user of the device to more easily annotate data files and/or images received by or created by the electronic device or system. For example, according to one embodiment, when a user takes a digital picture using a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070293266 - Multimedia data communication method and system: The present invention provides a multimedia processing system for communicating data among a baseband module, an image sensor module, and at least one display module in a wireless mobile phone. The multimedia processing system further comprises a serial baseband interface, an image sensor interface, and a display interface for transmitting... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070293267 - Multi-function wireless transmission device: A multi-function wireless transmission device has a casing, a circuit board assembled inside said casing, and at least two connectors electrically connecting with said circuit board. The circuit board includes a wireless transmission chip and circuits for the read-write of media storage devices, i.e. flash cards, the circuits connecting with... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070293268 - Base station, video distribution system, and distribution control method: There are a step in which, when the video data distribution request is received from the mobile station, the base station determines whether the requested video data can be distributed or not, on the basis of the wireless transmission capacity required for distributing the requested video data and the wireless... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070293269 - Antenna unit and radio base station therewith: A radio base station apparatus provided with an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements for calibrating a phase difference among the array antenna elements. The base station has a probe signal adding unit which divides one probe signal and adds the divided probe signals to each receive signals... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070293270 - Voice acceptance of incoming call without voice recognition: A communication device and method is described in which ambient sound is monitored and a threshold sound level is set. Acceptance of a call may be actuated by voice input that exceeds the ambient sound threshold. The detection of a sound peak will trigger a communication connection and initiate the... Agent: Perman & Green

20070293273 - Display button: A mobile device is provided that includes a main display screen and at least one button that includes a secondary display screen. The disclosure also provides a method for providing information on a mobile device. The method includes providing a keypad on the mobile device including a display screen on... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070293272 - System and method for processing a voice mail: Described is a system and method for processing a voice mail. The method comprises receiving a voice mail, converting the voice mail into a text message using a predefined speech-to-text conversion algorithm and transmitting the text message to a wireless computing device.... Agent: Timothy M. Salmon

20070293271 - System that augments the functionality of a wireless device through an external graphical user interface on a detached external display: This invention relates to the Design and Concept for a system that augments the functionality of a wireless data device by extending the functionality of said device via a graphical and/or textual user interface on a detached display which interacts with said device via wireless communication. The system enables the... Agent: Leslie-anne Streeter

20070293274 - Mobile telecommunications terminal: A mobile telecommunications terminal facilitates clarity and convenient operation. The mobile telecommunications terminal includes an operator interface which has a display device. Operating functions of the mobile telecommunications terminal may be represented on the display device and may be selected for activation in an object-oriented fashion.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070293275 - Registering actionable alerts: Described are methods and systems, including computer program products, for registering, configuring, and invoking actionable alerts. For example, an alert action is determined based on an alert. The alert is sent to a device based on an alert logic and the alert action is sent to the device based on... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070293276 - Information terminal: The information terminal is provided with: reproducing means 11 for reproducing content data; sensing means 12 for sensing an event occurred while the content data is reproduced; and modulating means 20D for modulating said content data; in which when the sensing means senses 12 the occurrence of the event, the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070293277 - Device cradle equipped with moving plug: A device holder (1) for portable electronic devices, in particular for telephone devices (18), to be connected to a hands-free- speaker device on board of motor vehicles, with electric contact members on the receiving side (2″) of the device holder (1) to be connected to corresponding contact members of the... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070293278 - Circuit and operating method for integrated interface of pda and wireless communication system: A battery charging method for a device that has a PDA, a wireless communication system, and a power system having a battery and is charged via an external charging cable. The device further has an external charging circuit for charging the battery. The wireless communication system has an internal charging... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070293279 - Configurable wireless computer communication attenuation device: Systems, methodologies, and other embodiments associated with reconfiguring a wireless computer communication device by processing an output signal provided by the device are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an attenuation circuit configured to attenuate a computer communication signal generated by the wireless computer communication device to a desired level.... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20070293280 - Curved rotator syle form factor for electronic devices: Disclosed are rotator style form factor electronic devices. In one embodiment, the rotator style form factor of an electronic device (102) includes a first housing module (104) which may be a keypad (110) and microphone (115) module with a first surface or face (316) having a non-zero first curvature (314)... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070293282 - Metal cover assembly: A cover assembly comprises an outer metal frame and an inner metal frame in a nested configuration. A window plate is trapped between these two frames such that the frames do not take away much of the window area. The two metal frames can be fixed in place by spot... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070293285 - Portable terminal with hinge stopper: A portable terminal is equipped with a first housing, a second housing and a hinge device, the second housing being coupled to one end of the first housing and rotating about a hinge axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the first housing, the hinge device rotatably coupling the first... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070293281 - Seal for portable electronic device housing with flex circuit: The invention is directed to a portable electronic device and includes a portable electronic device housing (110) where the housing has at least one orifice (120) to an internal portion (130) of the housing. The electronic device also includes a flex circuit (140) projecting from the orifice, a seal (150)... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070293284 - Sliding-type electronic device with a semi-automatic opening and closing mechanism: An electronic device includes a first module having a rack, and a second module. A slot is positioned on the second module for containing the rack. The second module includes a gear module engaged with the rack in a slidable manner relative to the rack so as to drive the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070293283 - Mobile device: A mobile device, comprising a first casing (3) on which electronic devices are mounted, a second casing (1) on which electronic devices including a display part is mounted, and a hinge (11) rotatably connecting the first casing to the second casing in the stacked state of the front surface of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070293286 - Sliding module for mobile phone: A sliding module for a mobile phone including a first housing and a second housing, the second housing being slidably connected with the first housing, is disclosed. The sliding module allows the second housing to be slid in multiple directions. The sliding module includes a first member fixed to the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070293287 - Earphone device capable of communicating with mobile communication apparatus: The invention provides an earphone device. The earphone device according the invention includes a housing, a transmitting/receiving unit, a processor, and a plurality of sensors. The processor is electrically connected to the transmitting/receiving unit and is disposed in the housing. The transmitting/receiving unit is disposed in the housing and is... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070293288 - Protective apparatus for a portable device: The invention provided a protective apparatus for accommodating a portable device and accessories of the portable device. The protective apparatus includes a holder for accommodating the portable device; a retractile member for allowing cable portions of the accessory to be coiled therearound; and a clasp or a receptacle for receiving... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070287376 - Techniques for setting and indicating presence for a device: Techniques are provided for specifying a presence setting selection and for displaying a presence indicator status of a user with respect to a device associated with the user. The presence setting selection includes providing an input selection component on a surface of a first component of the device. A presence... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070287382 - Method and apparatus for improving noise power estimate in a wcdma network: Method and apparatus for improving a noise power estimate in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network are disclosed and may include calculating a total noise power estimate for a downlink channel based on a plurality of control channel bits from a plurality of different types of control channels. The plurality of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070287383 - Wireless communication apparatus and temperature compensation method and apparatus thereof: A wireless communication apparatus and a temperature compensation method thereof are provided. The method includes: providing a working power to the wireless communication apparatus; detecting a temperature of the wireless communication apparatus; deciding a function of working power versus wireless output power according the temperature; and adjusting the working power... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070287384 - Wireless device with directional antennas for use in millimeter-wave peer-to-peer networks and methods for adaptive beam steering: Embodiments of wireless device and method for communicating in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a wireless device establishes a link using a directional antenna in an initially selected direction with another wireless device. If the link in the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070287385 - Estimation of angular parameters of a signal at an antenna array: A method and an antenna array system are provided for estimating parameters of radio signals impinging on antenna arrays, for estimating angular parameters, for estimating angular distribution types, and for selecting types of antenna array processing. Models of angular distribution types are used to populate look-up tables. Correlation magnitudes and... Agent: Sandra Beauchesne Ericsson Canada Inc.

20070287391 - Angular keyboard for a handheld mobile communication device: Wireless handheld mobile communication device including a housing with a display above a keyboard exposed for user actuation. A length of the device is greater than the width. Each key of a right-hand keyfield has a longitudinal axis oriented at a left-to-right inclined angle while each key of a left-hand... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070287377 - Autoscan system for determining translation between satellite and cable frequencies: A translation table is provided for a set top box in order to convert satellite frequencies of a Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV) system to corresponding cable frequencies of a CATV distribution system. During an autoscan operation, the translation table is automatically populated with satellite frequencies and their associated cable... Agent: Zenith Electronics Corporation

20070287378 - Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live entertainment event: The present invention relates to a method for providing interactive audience participation at live entertainment events. The method includes providing audience members with an interactive device that presents a promotional message and includes a user interface, broadcasting audio programming to the audience member through the interactive device, querying the audience... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff & Associates, LLC

20070287379 - Mobile terminal apparatus: A portable terminal apparatus 1 of the present invention corresponds to a portable terminal apparatus 1 capable of receiving broadcast, which is provided with a television broadcast receiving unit 7 for receiving a broadcast electromagnetic wave transmitted from a broadcasting station; an electric field strength detecting unit 12 for detecting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070287380 - Wireless hybrid headset: The present invention provides a wireless electronic device for audio signal procession and transmission. In one embodiment, the wireless electronic device comprises a primary unit being worn on one ear of a user, wherein the primary unit comprises a main electrical circuitry for receiving, processing, and transmitting audio signals, wherein... Agent: Lawrence Y.d. Ho & Associates Pte Ltd

20070287381 - Bluetooth fast connection mode for wireless peripheral device: A wireless interface device services communications between a wirelessly enabled host and at least one user input device. The wireless interface device includes a wireless interface unit, a processing unit, an input/output unit, and a power management unit. The wireless interface unit wirelessly interfaces with the wirelessly enabled host using... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070287387 - Apparatus, method and system for device management of mobile communication terminal: An apparatus, method and system for device management of a mobile communication terminal are provided. Various errors which may occur in the mobile communication terminal are monitored by the mobile communication terminal and are corrected remotely. In the method, the mobile communication terminal receives DiagMon policies from a DM server... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20070287386 - Distance-based association: Various operations may be performed based on a distance-related function associated with two or more devices. For example, an association procedure for two or more devices may be based on one or more determined distances. Similarly, presence management may be based on one or more determined distances. A distance-related function... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070287388 - Method for adjusting the output power for a radio link which uses two different channels, and corresponding radio station: First of all, data (D) of the link is transmitted via a first channel (CH1), while the quality of the data transmission is adjusted by correspondingly varying output power (P). Data (D) of the link is then transmitted via a second channel (CH2), wherein the output power (P) is initially... Agent: Mark J Henry Staas & Halsey LLP

20070287389 - Wireless communication device: A device utilizing an alternative power source to provide wireless internet and wireless network access.... Agent: Keisling Pieper & Scott PLC Bank Of America Plaza

20070287390 - Untethered access point mesh system and method: A technique for implementing an untethered access point (UAP) mesh involves enabling AP-local switching at one or more UAPs of the mesh. A system constructed according to the technique may include a wireless switch; an access point (AP) wire-coupled to the wireless switch; and a UAP mesh, wirelessly coupled to... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070287392 - Mobility handling: The invention relates to an improved mobility handling within a radio access network (3) of an MBMS-joined mobile terminal (7) in a state in which the location of the mobile terminal is stored only at cell group (e.g. URA) level, e.g. a URA_PCH state. A context information transfer is performed... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070287393 - System and method for providing a transmitter for polar modulation and power amplifier linearization: A transmitter circuit is disclosed for use in a multi-frequency wireless communication system. The transmitter circuit includes an input modulation unit, a phase modulation system, and an amplitude modulation system. The input modulation unit receives at least one signal that is representative of information to be modulated. The phase modulation... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070287394 - Video baby monitor system with battery back-up: A video baby monitor system has a child unit with a back-up battery, a video camera, a microphone, and a transmitter configured to transmit video signals representing video images sent from the camera and audio signals representing sounds sent from the microphone. A parent unit having a receiver for receiving... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070287395 - Method and signal intelligence collection system that reduces output data overflow in real-time: Systems and methods of collecting intelligence provide an intelligence system having a front-end, a post-processing stage and a direction-finding stage. The front-end may generate digital data based on received RF signals, where the post-processing stage may process the digital data. The direction finding stage is able to prevent the post-processing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070287396 - Upgrading device and method using bootloader in wireless sensor networks: This invention provides an upgrading device using bootloader in wireless sensor networks which is installed at a wireless sensor. The wireless sensor is connected to a host terminal, which is characterized by comprising: a hardware initialization device for initializing the condition of the hardware while the sensor is on or... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070287397 - Device and method for generating an adjustable chaotic signal: A device and method for generating an adjustable chaotic signal are provided. The chaotic signal generation device includes a plurality of triangle pulse train generators which generate a plurality of triangle waves having different frequency cycles, an adder which adds the triangle waves output from the triangle pulse train generators... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070287398 - Radio receiver and method for detecting carrier waves: An object of the present invention is to provide a radio receiver and a method for detecting carrier waves which make it possible to detect carrier waves for an IBOC type hybrid broadcast reliably. A radio receiver for receiving carrier waves for hybrid broadcasts which are arranged so as to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070287399 - Method for performing bluetooth communication in wireless terminal: Provided is a method for performing a Bluetooth communication in a wireless terminal. The method includes steps of in a Bluetooth performance optimization mode of the wireless terminal, designating an orientation or direction in which the wireless terminal is to be positioned corresponding to a Bluetooth device to communicate with... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070287400 - Gain control method and apparatus in receiver of wireless communication system: Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling a gain of a receiver in a wireless communication system. The method of controlling a gain of a received signal in a receiver using a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and a Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA) includes respectively generating first gain control signals... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287401 - Frequency offset correction in receivers having non-ideal synthesizer channel spacing: In a receiver of a transmission system in which the data transmission rate is not an integer multiple of the spacing between transmission channels, a single oscillator is used to generate both the system clock used to process the data signal as well as the mixing signal used to downconvert... Agent: Mendelsohn And Associates, P.C.

20070287402 - Adaptive wireless receiver: An adaptive wireless receiver and method thereof is disclosed in the present invention. The receiver includes an antenna, a bandpass filter, a front-end unit and a demodulator. Elements inside the front-end unit can be reused when the receiver operates in a zero intermediate frequency (ZIF) mode and in a low... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20070287403 - Radio-receiver front-end and a method for frequency converting an input signal: An N-phase radio receiver front-end for converting an input signal having a first frequency to output signals having a second frequency, and a method for converting an input signal in an N-phase radio receiver front-end. An input port of the N-phase radio receiver front-end is directly connected to an input... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070287404 - Apparatus and method for exploiting reverse short channel effects in transistor devices: A method of implementing a transistor circuit comprises coupling first and second transistors in parallel, wherein the first transistor has a channel length corresponding to a peak in the transistor's voltage threshold curve arising from reverse short channel effects, and the second transistor has a longer channel length and, therefore,... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070287405 - Method and device for providing broadband over power line communications: A transmit and receive circuit for use in power line communication devices is provided. One embodiment of the circuit includes a receive channel with a first delay circuit coupled to a first switch having an open configuration and a closed configuration a first switch. The circuit also may include a... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20070287406 - Data communication over a power line: Data signals are communicated between a power line and a computer, wherein the power line provides power to the computer via a distribution transformer and the computer is in communication with a wireless communication path. A first data signal is communicated with the power line. A conversion is made between... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20070287408 - Multimedia data communication method and system: The present invention discloses a multimedia processing system for communicating data among a baseband module, an image sensor module, and at least one display module in a wireless mobile phone. The multimedia processing system further comprises a serial baseband interface, an image sensor interface, and a display interface which transmits... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070287407 - Universal radio module: A universal radio module for cellular communications devices is provided. The module can be plugged into any appropriately configured host device to supply the host device with cellular communication capability. The module can comprise three logical module-to-host interfaces—a voice interface, a data interface, and a management interface. The module may... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070287409 - Automatic routing of in-vehicle emergency calls to automatic crash notification services and to public safety answering points: A system and method automatically routes in-vehicle emergency calls to an automatic crash notification (ACN) call center using information provided by the calling mobile device in the call set up message. An operator at the ACN call center is presented with an identification of a public safety answering point (PSAP)... Agent: Michelle A. Zarinelli C/o West Corporation

20070287411 - Method for providing location value of target terminal in location information providing system: A method for providing a location value of a Target (SET) in a location information providing system is provided, wherein an Home Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (H-SLP) also checks a period for a positioning and it transmits a positioning start inducing message to the Target SET if... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20070287410 - Position location system and method for mobile terminal: A position location system and method for a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system are provided. The position location method for a mobile communication system in which a calling mobile terminal communicates with a called mobile terminal through at least one network, includes obtaining, at the network, position data... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070287412 - Method for handling deferred location request: A method for handling a Deferred Location Request, including: a Location Service (LCS) Client initiating a Deferred Location Request for a target UE to a Requesting-Gateway Mobile Location Center (R-GMLC), the R-GMLC forwarding the Deferred Location Request to a Home-GMLC (H-GMLC), the H-GMLC assigning a Reference Number for the Deferred... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070287413 - Method and system for mobile billing and content delivery: A method of billing is provided for mobile content purchased by a customer, the method comprising the step of generating a text message with a notification relating to a purchase by a customer of mobile content. The text message includes a web link linking the text message to a receipt... Agent: Neal Marcus, Esq.

20070287414 - Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through modification of consumer behavior encouraged by cell-based pricing advantages: Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts from a standard charge rate under certain cell-specific utilization conditions, analyzing the shaping rules and utilization statistics of a cell upon... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20070287416 - Apparatus and method for displaying discount data in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and a method for displaying discount data in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes determining whether displaying discount data is set; and when the displaying of the discount data is set, checking discount data provided by a billing system of a subscriber recorded on a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287415 - Remote service system for a vehicle: A control unit of a remote service terminal, for which a contract for using services is still valid, compares data of a vehicle inspection certificate with data in a user database to detect if an owner of a vehicle has changed. When the owner has changed, the control unit notifies... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070287418 - Establishing data communications: An information handling system (IHS) includes a transceiver for receiving a wireless transmission communication packet, a physical channel for communication, a filter to block data and a processor to receive unblocked data to obtain a parameter from the wireless communication packet unblocked to determine a frequency hopping sequence and an... Agent: Andrea E. Tran Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20070287417 - Mobile network security system: A method for providing security in a mobile data network including a serving node, serving mobile stations and undergoing data communications with a gateway node, the data communications transferring data contained in data packets encapsulated in a tunnel by the serving node and the gateway node, each data packet including... Agent: Mark M Friedman C/o Polkinghorn

20070287420 - Method and system for discovering communication devices: Methods and systems for communicating information within a network are disclosed. The method may include receiving at a first wireless handheld communication device (WHCD), a communication signal from an intermediate communication device comprising at least one identifier (ID) of at least a second WHCD authorized to communicate with the intermediate... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070287421 - Method and system for providing continuity of service with an existing communication network: Methods and systems for communicating information within a network are disclosed. The method may include accessing by a first wireless handheld communication device (WHCD), a list of authorized devices maintained at a second WHCD when the first WHCD is within operating range of the second WHCD. The first WHCD may... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070287424 - Authentication method for establishing connection between devices: An authentication method for establishing a connection between devices that want to communicate data in a communication environment using communication specification such as Bluetooth is provided. In the authentication method, it is determined whether the authentication procedure for establishing a connection between devices that want to communicate data is performed... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC

20070287422 - Communication system and method for providing a mobile communications service: The invention relates to a communication system and a method for providing a mobile telecommunication service. A communication network transmits messages on the basis of at least one internet protocol. A network connection computer connects an access network for mobile computers and the communication network. The access network is equipped... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070287419 - Method for implementing access restriction of mobile networks: The present invention discloses a method for implementing access restriction of mobile networks. The method includes the following steps: a Mobile Station (MS) inquiring a list of forbidden Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) and access technology identifiers, which is saved by itself, when selecting a PLMN network; the MS determining... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070287423 - User equipment, communication equipment, authentication system, authentication method, authentication program and recording medium: Equipment to prevent spoofing in an authentication technique that uses a portable terminal and the like, includes an authentication unit for performing personal authentication of the user, a communication unit for communicating with a register, and an authentication control unit for permitting the authentication unit to execute the personal authentication... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070287425 - Resending a message to a message center based on a signal strength: In an embodiment, a message is sent from a source telephone to a message center if a message indication is received by the source telephone in response to a call from the source telephone directed to a target telephone. The message indication indicates that the target telephone does not answer... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070287426 - Securely sending notification of a new incoming e-mail message by way of a public network: A system notifies a computing device of an incoming message. In the system, a message server is coupled to a data communications network for receiving the incoming message, and a communications system is coupled to the message server so that the message server can communicate to the communications system that... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20070287432 - Apparatus and method for managing messages in mobile communication terminal: Provided are an apparatus and method for managing messages in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes the steps of displaying a message list including check boxes to check whether to delete each listed message in a select/delete mode, displaying detailed contents of a highlighted message from the message list... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287434 - Apparatus, method, and medium for expanding number of input channels: Provided are an apparatus, method, and medium for expanding the number of input channels, more particularly, an apparatus and method for expanding the number of input channels, which can expand the number of input channels using a limited number of input code values. The apparatus includes a first input unit,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070287433 - Device detection in mobile networks: An application (1, 10, 20) in a mobile network, receives an EIR trigger (MAP CHECK_IMEI). The application generates a signature derived from a device identifier (IMEI) and a subscriber identifier (e.g. IMSI), the signature not having a semantic meaning as it is pseudo-randomly generated. The application (1, 10, 20) checks... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070287431 - Instant footballer: A widget adapted to constantly display on an electronic device having a screen, a grid having yard markers which represent the yard markers on a football field, a football which appears on the grid, means to move the football along the grid to represent the line of scrimmage of an... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20070287429 - Mobile communication terminal and a method for managing messages: In response to a message display request, a terminal generates and displays a message box containing a predetermined number of messages. All the messages of the message box are linked to each other according to an authoring date forming a loop of messages. When displaying the messages of the message... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070287427 - Providing a call waiting distinctive ringback feature in wireless networks: Wireless networks and methods are disclosed that provide call waiting distinctive ringback. A wireless network of the invention comprises a switching system and a subscriber database. The switching system receives a registration request from a mobile device of a subscriber, transmits a registration message to the subscriber database, and receives... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070287428 - Lawful intercept service: A system and method is provided for monitoring the activities and/or locations of wireless units in a wireless network independent of location-based service preferences of those wireless units. That is, a system and method is provided that allows an authorized requester override location-based service preferences (e.g., privacy settings) that may... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070287430 - System and method for event communication correlation: A system, method, and apparatus method for receiving one or more communications from a remote terminal, transmitted via a telephone exchange, the communications comprising telemetry data and voice data; selecting a call center from a plurality of call centers to receive a communication from the remote terminal, wherein selecting the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070287435 - Multichannel scanning apparatus and method for dual dmb-enabled mobile phone: A multichannel scanning apparatus and method for a DMB-enabled mobile phone that are capable of simultaneously displaying multiple images received through different service channels of satellite and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting systems is provided. A multichannel scanning method of the present invention includes determining functionalities of first and second broadcast... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287436 - System and method for social interaction: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service and Multimedia Message Service to allow Mobile Subscribers to use their Wireless Devices to become aware of, join, and subsequently fully participate in Dynamic Social Group (e.g., a collection of people who dynamically come... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070287437 - Advertising technique: An advertising technique includes communicating messages to a mobile device that are rendered on the mobile device for the purpose of advertisement. The advertisement is rendered based on the occurrence of an advertisement event, such as an inbound telephone call, the elapse of time, entering a pre-defined geographic area, or... Agent: Newman & Newman, Attorneys At Law, LLP

20070287438 - Dynamic mobile call forwarding by local area service discovery: A mobile communication device as described herein is configured to support a wireless service discovery routine within a wireless local area. The service discovery routine identifies compatible devices in the vicinity of the mobile device, where the compatible devices represent potential forward-to devices for purposes of call forwarding for the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070287439 - System for using at least one mobile terminal in a motor vehicle using an updating device: A system for using at least one mobile terminal in a motor vehicle, such as a passenger automobile or a two-wheeled vehicle in particular, having the at least one mobile terminal and a communication interface between the motor vehicle and the mobile terminal is provided. A software version transmission device... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070287440 - System and method for maintaining system information in a mobile telecommunications system: System information data transfer within a mobile telecommunication system to ensure that a piece of user equipment always has the most up to date information. Data is sent to the user equipment and includes information indicating a time of change of the active system information. The user equipment can use... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070287441 - Apparatus and method for recommending the spot or the azit in the regional community system based on mobile blog through the mobile terminal: Disclosed is a location-based community service provision system for setting a plurality of main arenas by dividing a geographical area in a regional unit, setting and storing one or more virtual spatial locations, the one or more virtual spatial locations being a projection of real spatial public locations, as spots... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070287443 - Method for managing a communication system extending over at least one cell for wireless communication between mobile units with direct wireless communication possibilities limited to and/or extending over a cell synchronized to a base station: A method manages a communication system extending over at least one cell for wireless communication between mobile unites with direct wireless communication possibilities limited to and/or extending over a cell synchronized to a base station such that two identification numbers, used for managing the communication system with the given direct... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070287442 - Method for managing resources in a communication system and equipment for carrying out said method: A base station (2a,2b,2c) which can communicate with radio terminals on common and dedicated channels according to specific speeds, is provided with a band-pass which is available according to the use of the common and dedicated channels in order to receive data from a radio terminal on a high-speed uplink... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070287444 - Other-cell interference-based uplink control: A method and corresponding equipment for use by a mobile station and/or a radio access network, for altering one or more characteristics of transmissions of the mobile station to a base transceiver station of the radio access network in respect to power and/or modulation and/or coding of the transmissions, based... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070287445 - Architecture for location independent, automated integration testing and quality assurance of next generation ims services: A tool is provided that allows engineers to perform call-based, network, and scenario testing at a customer site from a remote location. This tool not only improves the accuracy of testing, but also nearly eliminates the need for mobility engineers to spend time and money traveling to customer sites.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20070287446 - Methods and systems for monitoring a network: Method and systems for monitoring a network.... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl 429

20070287447 - A wireless headset communication system for aircraft and method therefor: A system for converting an existing aircraft communication system to a wireless communication system has a wireless headset for transmitting and receiving communication signals. At least one aircraft transceiver having a connector to plug the transceiver to a headphone jack in the existing aircraft communication system is provided. The transceiver... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070287448 - Method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal: A method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal is provided. The method includes transmitting by a previous H-SLP a report message informing that a target terminal is in a roaming state during the triggered location service to an H-SLP of the target terminal or the target terminal.... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20070287449 - Method for transmitting common control information in a wireless mobile communication system: A method for transmitting common control information from a Base Station (BS) to an Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system is provided, in which the BS generates a MAP Information Element (IE) using common control information to be transmitted to the MS, the common control information being... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287450 - Provisioned configuration for automatic wireless connection: Systems and methods for provisioned configuration of wireless devices to allow access to restricted wireless networks are provided. Using an open wireless or wired network, a user of a wireless device may be authenticated. A configuration application, which includes the parameters and policies of the provisioned configuration, is generated, transferred... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070287451 - Fast channel switching method and apparatus for digital broadcast receiver: A fast channel switching method and apparatus for a digital broadcast receiver having a single tuner are disclosed. The fast channel switching method includes setting an ongoing service channel and at least one standby service channel, buffering broadcast data received through the ongoing and standby service channels, outputting the buffered... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070287456 - Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method and computer program: Disclosed herein is a communication system wherein, non-periodical communications of data are carried out between an information transmitting terminal and one or more information receiving terminals, the information transmitting terminal periodically broadcasts network control information to the information receiving terminals, each of the information receiving terminals receives the network control... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070287453 - Method for delivering customized multimedia greeting to calling party in communication network: In a communication network, a user establishes a profile, which is stored on the network. The profile includes a default multimedia greeting and additional greetings, each associated with one or more communication identifiers listed in the profile, e.g., the identifiers are mobile phone numbers of persons who may contact the... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070287457 - Method for introducing a limited service to a mobile subscriber from a neighboring cell: A method for introducing a limited service to a mobile subscriber from a neighboring base station comprises the steps of saving a list of operators in the mobile subscriber, detecting signal strengths of a plurality of base stations, and transmitting a request for the limited service to a first base... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070287455 - Method of registering a network, and mobile station and communication system using the same: A method of registering a network is applied to a mobile station. The mobile station has a first network module and a second network module. The first network module is for accessing a first network having a third network module. The second and third network modules are for accessing a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070287452 - Roaming mobile subscriber registration in a distributed mobile architecture: A method of registering a mobile subscriber within a network including distributed mobile architecture nodes is disclosed. The method includes receiving a registration request from a mobile subscriber at a first distributed mobile architecture node within the network and storing an identifier of the first distributed mobile architecture node and... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070287454 - Method, system and device for processing registration exception in user registration procedure: A method for processing a registration exception in a user registration procedure is provided to solve the problem that network devices are unable to determine subsequent handling procedures when a registration exception occurs in a registration, where it is impossible to distinguish the initial registration and the re-registration according to... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070287458 - System for providing for a revenue generator to bid exclusively on mobile search traffic: A system is described for providing for a revenue generator to bid exclusively on mobile search traffic. The system may include a processor, a memory and an interface. The memory may store a plurality of bids, a keyword, a mobile search request and a mobile advertisement associated with a revenue... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070287461 - Method of determining cell reselection in mobile communication terminal and apparatus therefor: A method of determining cell reselection in a mobile communication terminal and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes receiving system information to calculate a threshold value in consideration of channel quality, a cell reselection weight value, and a cell reselection reference value; and determining whether to perform cell... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287460 - Method of performing communication according to control information in a wireless communication system: A method of communicating with a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes performing handover by a mobile station (MS) from a first cell to a second cell, and measuring signal strengths of neighboring cells by the MS after moving to the second cell... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070287459 - System and method of supporting packet-switched handover: A system and method of supporting packet-switched handover of a mobile station (MS) from a GERAN/UTRAN cell to a Generic Access Network (GAN) cell within a GAN. If the MS is within coverage of the GAN cell, the MS registers within the GAN triggering initiation of the packet-switched handover from... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070287462 - Handoff selection for wireless communication systems: Techniques for selecting serving sectors and performing handoff for a terminal on the forward and reverse links are described. The terminal may obtain pilot measurements for pilots transmitted on the forward link and may update an active set based on the pilot measurements. The terminal may send a transmission (e.g.,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070287463 - Telecommunications services apparatus and method for modifying the routing of mobile terminated short messages (sms): A flag in a home location register of a telephone network is used to control availability of processing features, such as text message SMS processing features, to the message recipient, providing functionality similar to “class of service” in a normal telephone exchange. Mobile terminated sort messages (SMS-MT) are always routed... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070287464 - Frequency channel assigning system, base station, control station, inter-system common control apparatus, frequency channel assigning method and control method: This invention relates to a frequency channel assignment system which enables adaptive overlapping use of the same frequency band in a plurality of radio communications systems. The frequency channel assignment system includes radio communications systems 1 and 2 which use a common frequency band, and controllers 31 and 141. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070287466 - Call management over reduced bandwidth: A status proxy server having a full bandwidth connection with a media server and wireless connection with a mobile end user device, receives SIP or similar protocol structured data; maintains a status indicator representative of the received structured data; and communicating at time intervals an update of the status indicator... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070287465 - Method and system for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system: A method and system for transmitting and receiving data to prevent Adjacent Channel Interference (ACI) in a Cognitive Radio (CR) communication system are provided, in which a second system using a second frequency band measures a first channel interference that a first frequency band used by a first system causes... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287467 - Qos support for voip and streaming services: In one embodiment, techniques provide quality of service (QoS) for services using a gateway. The techniques include receiving one or more control signaling messages from a subscriber station at the gateway. The gateway is in a signaling path for the subscriber station where the subscriber station communicates through a wireless... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070287468 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel quality information in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving CQI in a wireless communication system are provided, in which when a UE transitions from a continuous reception state to a DRX state, CQI report resources are reallocated to the UE according to a CQI report resource reallocation rule agreed between the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287469 - Spectrum utilization in a radio system: The invention relates to sharing a radio spectrum between a first radio system and a second radio system which co-exist so that the radio spectrum is shared at least locally. A radio access point of the first radio system is provided with information on the co-existing second radio system and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070287471 - Establishing a collaborative domain among communication terminals responsive to authentication: A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals can include having a communication terminal authenticate one or more other communication terminals based on personal information, which can be stored on a removable memory card in the other terminals, and/or based on the geographic location of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070287470 - Method and system for enabling access to emergency services via a handheld communication device: A first handheld communication device may generate a wireless emergency signal and communicate it to a second handheld communication device. The wireless emergency signal may consist of location and identification information of the first handheld communication device. The wireless emergency signal may be generated as a result of a user... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070287472 - Mobility signaling delegation: Systems and methods are described which delegate reachability testing for mobility signaling in communication networks. A mobile node transmits a mobility signaling package to other network nodes, which can use the information contained therein to perform the delegated reachability testing.... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20070287473 - Platform and applications for wireless location and other complex services: A network services architecture is disclosed that allows complex services, such as wireless location services, to be more easily integrated into a telecommunications network. In particular, location based services utilizing a wireless location gateway can be more easily integrated into the network. Additionally, disclosed are techniques for facilitating the handling... Agent: Dennis Dupray

20070287474 - Method and system for location based communication service: A system and method for location based communication includes an access network for communication and a first access terminal configured to determine and report a position of the first access terminal. A location services server receives and stores the position report, compares the position of the first access terminal to... Agent: Francissen Patent Law, P.C.

20070287475 - Automatic position registering method in a mobile phone: Disclosed is an automatic position registering method in a mobile phone for minimizing a load of a server related to a position information by enabling the position information to be transmitted to LBS (Location Based Service) server if a predetermined given condition is satisfied after the position information of mobile... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20070287476 - Method and apparatus for radio connection setup in a mobile communication system: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for radio connection setup in a mobile communication system. In the method, a UE reports mobility information to a network, and the network performs according to the mobility information of the UE. Therefore, it is possible to reduce complexity of the UE and... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287483 - Apparatus and method for managing messages in mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method are disclosed that use a thread function to group and manage messages. A method of transmitting a message includes generating a thread ID for supporting a thread function, generating a message including the thread ID, and transmitting the generated message. A method of receiving a message... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287481 - Apparatus and method for retrieving a multimedia message in a mobile communication terminal: Provided are an apparatus and a method for retrieving multimedia messages in a mobile communication terminal. The method determines whether the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) installed in the mobile communication terminal is altered when a retrieval event for a multimedia message occurs, and notifies a user that the user is... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287480 - Apparatus and method for transmitting multimedia messages in mobile communication system: A method of processing a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed that includes checking in a media file in the MMS message for whether the message can be processed, when an MMS notification message is received; and retransmitting the MMS notification message to another... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287482 - Framework for agile mobile applications: A framework for enabling the usage of mobile devices in a remote sensing and reporting role are provided herein. Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for enabling the usage of mobile devices in a remote sensing and reporting role. Embodiments of the present invention use existing mobile... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070287479 - Method and apparatus for writing messages in mobile communication terminal: Provided is a method and apparatus of writing a message in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes checking whether a button input has been made during an idle state. A number string for a dialing according to the button input and a character string for writing the message on... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287477 - Mobile device with shakeable snow rendering: Systems and methods render graphics on a mobile device by accepting a request for a first multimedia file (video or picture); rendering the first multimedia file; accepting a request for a second multimedia file; transitioning the first multimedia file into the second multimedia file; and rendering the second multimedia file.... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070287484 - System and method for in-transit sms language translation: A system and method for facilitating electronic communication between people who speak different languages. An SMS message including content in a first language is received at a network node. It is then determined whether the content in a first language is received at a network node. It is then determined... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070287478 - System and method for transferring character between portable communication devices: A system and a method are provided to execute a bi-directional character transfer between portable communication devices to share information and functions thereof. After one of first and second devices is recognized in the other device, a character stored in the first device is transferred to the second device. Then... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287485 - System and method of message transport selection: A method and system of message transport selection for a communication device configured for communication over a plurality of message transports are provided. A determination is made as to whether any of the plurality of message transports is available for sending an outgoing message from the communication device. One of... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070287486 - Content reproduction system, content reproduction apparatus and content reproduction method: In a content reproduction system including a plurality of content reproduction apparatuses, at least one of the plurality of content reproduction apparatuses may include a reproducing unit configured to reproduce content by reading out content data recorded in a recording medium, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the content... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070287487 - Feedback of channel quality information: Methods and apparatus are presented for improving the feedback of channel information to a serving base station, which allows a reduction in the reverse link load while allowing the base station to improve the forward link data throughput. Over a channel quality indicator channel, a carrier-to-interference (C/I) symbol is transmitted... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070287488 - Systems and methods to connect buyers and sellers: Methods and apparatuses to provide services to people who wish to make connections for real time communication, such as live telephone conversation, chat, video conferencing, etc. In one embodiment, a method includes: providing a seller with a code to be embedded in a document, the document to be distributed by... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070287489 - Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live entertainment event: The present invention relates to a method for providing interactive audience participation at live entertainment events. The method includes providing audience members with an interactive device that presents a promotional message and includes a user interface, broadcasting audio programming to the audience member through the interactive device, querying the audience... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff & Associates, LLC

20070287490 - Selection of visually displayed audio data for editing: Methods, systems, and computer program products for selection of visually displayed audio data are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. Original audio data is displayed in a plurality of visual forms. A first input is received selecting a region within a first visual representation of the original... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070287491 - Cellphone usage and mode detection and automatic speakerphone toggle: A cellular communication device including a housing having a front section and a rear section complementary to the front section such that the front and rear section align and mate together. A cavity is formed by mating of the front and rear section of the housing. An electronic circuit board... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20070287493 - Devices and systems for improved wireless communication: A communication device for supporting wireless communication between a host system and a target system and methods for manufacturing and using same. In one preferred embodiment, the communication device can include a host adapter and a wireless transceiver. When coupled with a communication port of the host system, the host... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070287494 - Mobile communications terminal having key input error prevention function and method thereof: A mobile communications terminal and a method for preventing an input error of a key input unit are provided. The mobile communications terminal includes a touch sensor unit for sensing a key that is input by touching a keypad region in order to output a key input signal corresponding to... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070287492 - Wireless signal receiving apparatus with clamping device and speaker device: A wireless signal receiving apparatus for receiving a wireless signal is disclosed. The wireless signal receiving apparatus includes a main body and a clamping device. The main body includes a signal processing module installed in a housing of the main body for processing the wireless signal. The clamping device is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070287495 - Image display device and method of controlling the same: An image display device may have a display portion, a signal-processing portion, a power supply portion that supplies power to the display portion and the signal-processing portion, a user interface portion, and a control portion that controls the display portion, the signal-processing portion, and the power supply portion. An operation... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070287497 - Computer compressed myopia eyeglasses lens: Interactive eye glasses comprising a bluetooth design frame, housing two peripheral lenses and a wrist watch that acts as a cell phone. The left and right lens is coupled to the frame. The control circuitry of the wrist watch is electronically coupled to the eye glasses frame, also the digital... Agent: Ray Worthington Douglas

20070287496 - External storage device: An external storage device includes a case, a storage unit, a communication interface, a main control chip, a touch pad, a touch pad controller, a voice controller and a speaker. The storage unit is mounted in the case. The communication interface is used to communicate with a computer. The main... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070287498 - Method and apparatus for multimedia communications with different user terminals: Multimedia communications with cross-layer optimization in multimedia communications with different user terminals. Various optimization for the delivery of multimedia content across different channels are provided concurrently to a plurality of user terminals.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070287499 - System for transmitting two-way radio communications via computer networks: A circuit for connecting radio frequency transceivers and cellular radio systems to a computer for improving the efficiency and distance of two-way radio communications devices. A device for connecting radio frequency transceivers and cellular radio systems to a computer for improving the efficiency and distance of two-way radio communications devices.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070287502 - Antenna assembly: An antenna assembly includes a plurality of wireless signal transceivers and at least one positioning plate. Each of the wireless signal transceivers includes a base fixed on the positioning plate. The positioning plate has an expansion capability for a plurality of bases being fixed thereon, such that a user can... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070287500 - Tuned directional antennas: A technique for improving radio coverage involves using interdependently tuned directional antennas. An example according to the technique is a substrate including two antennas, a transceiver, and a connector. Another example system according to the technique is a wireless access point (AP) including a processor, memory, a communication port, and... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070287501 - Wireless base station device: A wireless base station device includes a wireless unit for performing wireless communications with a mobile station; a reception memory unit for storing therein reception spectrum spread data as reception data; a baseband reception unit for processing and decoding the reception data stored in the reception memory unit; a common... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070287504 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a first body including a display for displaying information, and a second body including a receiving part for receiving the first body. The receiving part has a part of the surface cut out to enable the display to display information while... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070287505 - Apparatus and method for display control in a mobile communication terminal: Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling an image in a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus includes a display for displaying an enlarged image; and a controller for, when an input for enlarging an image is detected, enlarging the image in a position in which the input for... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070287506 - Mode selection mechanism and method for mobile terminal using virtual mode selection dial: A mode selection mechanism and method for a mobile terminal using a virtual mode selection dial presented on a display screen are provided. A mobile terminal having a virtual mode selection dial presented on a display includes a virtual mode selection unit for selecting one of operation modes provided by... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070287503 - Transparent conductive antenna for a portable communication device: The present invention relates to a portable communication device and an antenna unit. The device includes a display having a display surface, a transparent non-conductive display window covering the display surface of the display, and an antenna having at least one antenna element, wherein the antenna element is provided as... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070287507 - System and method for automatically toggling the alert of a wireless device: A system and method for communicating with a wireless device to automatically toggle the alert. The control station automatically transmits at least one signal to the wireless device, which instructs the wireless device to use a silent alert. The control station can also include a database for storing identifiers of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070287508 - Contactless energy transmission converter: The present invention is an efficient method of transferring energy wirelessly and an apparatus which efficiently transfers energy wirelessly. A high transmission frequency is modulated by a lower frequency in order to reduce the intensity of the resulting electromagnetic interference. The present invention creates a high magnetic flux density by... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070287509 - Mobile communication terminal driven by power received from secondary battery, charge mode switching method and charge mode switching program executed in mobile communication terminal: A mobile phone includes an external power supply terminal receiving power from the external power supply, a secondary battery charging at least part of the received power and supplying the charged power to a load, a radio circuit receiving power from the secondary battery and allowing transmission power to be... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070287511 - Device architecture using separate applications and communications modules: A wireless communications device comprising an applications module and a communications module. The communications module and the applications module may be physically connected or they may be wirelessly connected through a short-range wireless technology such as Bluetooth, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Certified Wireless USB, Infrared, or similar technology. In some instances the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070287510 - Efficient radio environment condition recognition: User equipment (UE) in a cellular telecommunications system is operated such that the UE begins operating in a power saving state when a first set of predefined criteria have been satisfied, and leaves the power saving state when a second set of predefined criteria have been satisfied. Determining satisfaction of... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070287513 - Detection apparatus and image forming apparatus: A detection apparatus includes a casing, a movable member moving from a position outside the casing to a position inside the casing upon contact of a detection object, a radio communication device disposed on the movable member and configured for radio communication with a sending and receiving unit via radio... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070287512 - Layered mobile device: A portable or mobile device includes a top layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer that are slidably suspended from one another. The top layer can move between a retracted position in which a first keypad on the middle layer is covered and to a first extended position in... Agent: Perman & Green

20070287514 - Protective apparatus for a portable device: The invention provided a protective apparatus for a portable device and accessories of the portable device. The protective apparatus includes a sleeve housing for accommodating the portable device, a cable retainer for coiling at least part of a cable portion of the accessory of the portable device, and a receptacle... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070287515 - Wireless communications devices with self-cleaning displays: Radiotelephones, having self-cleaning display screens are provided. A radiotelephone includes a first housing portion having a display screen located thereon. A second housing portion is movably connected to the first housing portion, and the first and second housing portions are movable relative to one another between a closed position and... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070287516 - Directional wireless communication systems: A wireless communication system based on a directional speaker is disclosed. The system can include an interface unit and a base unit. The audio signals from the speaker can be generated by transforming ultrasonic signals in air. This allows the production of directional audio signals even when the aperture of... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20070281604 - Digital satellite receiver and method for switching among multiple receiver antennas using diversity circuitry: A receiver for receiving and processing digital satellite radio signals includes multiple antenna modules for receiving digital satellite radio signals, multiple processing circuits for converting digital satellite radio signals to low-IF or 0-IF signals, diversity circuitry for selecting from among multiple low-IF or 0-IF signals, and additional processing circuitry for... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070281605 - Method and system for moving and playing content from home-based system to mobile system: A system and method for playing back digital satellite audio and video signals includes storing a file on a storage device associated with the satellite receiver 54. The file is communicated to a file playback device such as a mobile receiver 28 from the storage device. The file is played... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070281607 - Community networking using networked audio devices: A computing system for gathering media status information and other information about contacts in a user's contact list includes a server, a user device, and one or more contacts (or contact devices). The user device communicates with the server and requests media status information regarding the contacts. Media status information... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070281606 - Systems and methods for acquiring songs or products associated with radio broadcasts: A system for acquiring songs or products associated with radio broadcasts comprises means for indicating a selection of a product identified by metadata, the metadata included in a received radio broadcast. Also included is means for communicating to a computing device, triggered by said indicating a selection, the metadata identifying... Agent: Jeremiah J. Baunach

20070281608 - Extended wireless communication system and method: An extended wireless communication system allows a subscriber station which has an unacceptable (weak or inoperative) wireless link to a base transmitter station to communicate with the network via a wire connection to a second subscriber station which has a strong wireless link to the network. A first subscriber station... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070281609 - Method for handover between atc and satellite component of an integrated mss/atc system: A communications system comprising a first transceiver and a second transceiver, which system employs a device that measures power over a frequency band from sources other than those monitoring downlink radiation received at a radio terminal from the satellite, and a controller that receives these power measurements to determine on... Agent: K&a Associates

20070281610 - Method and system for providing call-backs from a mobile receiving device: A system and method for providing call-back in a mobile satellite system 10 includes generating a call-back signal at a mobile satellite receiving device 28 and wirelessly communicating the call-back signal to a head end 20. Various methods, including wireless, cellular and WiFi networks may be used to communicate the... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070281611 - System and method for providing an improved terrestrial subsystem for use in mobile satellite systems: A system or method is disclosed which employs filters on a satellite whose bandwidth is varied by ground command to restrict interference experienced by a satellite as an auxiliary terrestrial component (ATC) system is increased to a multiplicity of cities and markets. Thus there is provided a novel method and... Agent: K&a Associates

20070281612 - Methods and systems for satellite communications employing ground-based beam forming with spatially distributed hybrid matrix amplifiers: A satellite communications system includes a satellite configured to communicate with terminals, a station configured to communicate signals intended for the terminals to the satellite via a plurality of feeder links and a beamformer including an input multi-port hybrid matrix (MPHM) and a complementary output MPHM in a signal path... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070281616 - Communications integration apparatus to integrate different network structures: A communication integration apparatus has a portable integration device, a personal computer, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) adapter and a cellular phone. The portable integration device provides capabilities including inputting messages, displaying messages, communicating like a phone and delivering and receiving data and commands in bluetooth protocols. The personal... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070281617 - Efficient operation for co-located wlan and bluetooth: Techniques to enable efficient operation of co-located WLAN and Bluetooth devices are described. A station (e.g., a cellular phone or a laptop computer) determines the activity of a Bluetooth device and ascertains idle periods of the Bluetooth device. The station communicates with an access point in a WLAN during the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070281615 - Enhanced wireless network security using gps: A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The automatic restriction of access to... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070281614 - Method and apparatus for dual mode communications: A first communication device configured for communications with a second communications device, and related system and method of operation, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the first device includes a first transceiver allowing the first device to send and receive electromagnetic communication signals, and a second transceiver allowing the... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070281618 - Transmitter-receiver for short-range wireless transmission: The present invention provides a transmitter-receiver for short-range wireless transmission, which comprises a frequency scan signal receiving section that searches a vacant channel frequency by frequency scanning of a receiving wave, and a signal transmitting section that transmits a transmitting wave using the searched vacant channel frequency. The frequency scan... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070281619 - Multimedia device: A multimedia device comprises a host, which comprises a connection unit, a control unit for controlling connection of the connection unit to an external mobile electronic device to charge the connected mobile electronic device and to transmit multimedia music from the connected mobile electronic device to a FM channel of... Agent: Power 7 Technology., Ltd

20070281620 - Device, system and method of noise identification and cancellation: Some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of noise identification and cancellation. For example, an apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: a characterizer to estimate a non-linear mutual relation between: a characteristic of an incoming interference signal, and an estimated portion of noise... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070281621 - Method for managing eventual interferences during an information exchange between two wireless devices belonging for example to a multi-carriers based uwb communication system, and corresponding device: A device belonging to a wireless communication system and adapted to exchange information with another device of the system within a main band of frequencies includes N different antennas having respectively different antenna characteristics, with N being greater than one. A controllable selector selects one of the antennas. A detector... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070281623 - Method and system for mobile device performance monitoring: A method for monitoring performance of a mobile device involves intercepting a first monitoring request from a monitoring management host, where the first monitoring request is associated with the mobile device, enabling a monitoring agent associated with the mobile device, establishing a thin listener associated with the monitoring agent, transmitting... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070281622 - System and method for increasing area density of terrestrial broadcast stations: The area density of broadcast stations having respective service areas and broadcasting on the same channel is increased without exceeding a specified level of co-channel interference within the service areas by a method in which the field strength of the signal transmitted by the first broadcast station is monitored, and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070281627 - Media-assisted application for a computing device: Described is a media-assisted application for a computing device. The device comprises an audio output arrangement, a display screen, a memory and a processor. The display screen displays a plurality of data fields. The memory stores a plurality of audio files. At least one of the audio files is associated... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070281626 - Vehicle telematics satellite data transceiver utilizing fm radio circuitry: A transceiver for transmitting and receiving satellite RF signals is provided. The transceiver includes RF front-end receiver circuitry capable of receiving FM radio broadcast RF signals and converting the FM radio broadcast RF signals to an intermediate frequency. The RF front-end receiver circuitry is configured to receive RF signals at... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070281629 - Systems, methods and apparatuses for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (cmos) antenna switches using switched resonators: Systems and methods may be provided for a CMOS RF antenna switch. The systems and methods for the CMOS RF antenna switch may include an antenna that is operative to transmit and receive signals over at least one radio frequency (RF) band, and a transmit switch coupled to the antenna,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070281630 - Apparatus for vocal communication over computer networks: The invention proposes an apparatus for vocal communication over computer networks comprising a speaker, a microphone, and network connection. It should be noted that the apparatus has a USB connector, an audio connector, as well as a microphone connector, and its connection to the computer is not through a single... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070281603 - Method for automobile safe wireless communications: A method and system for preventing an operator of a vehicle from using a handheld wireless communication device without a hands-free communication device associated therewith when the vehicle is in motion.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070281613 - Apparatus and method for supporting relay service in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system: An apparatus and method for configuring a subframe to support a relay service in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system are provided. The apparatus includes at least one of a BS-MS link subframe, a primary RS-MS link subframe, and a BS-secondary RS link subframe are configured in a first period... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070281624 - Method and apparatus for channel feedback: A method for communicating channel estimates on a plurality of subcarriers between a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device determines a channel estimates on a plurality of subcarriers and then encodes the channel estimates into at least one encoded channel waveform. Then the transmitting device transmits the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070281625 - Communication apparatus and method: A communication apparatus comprises a communication path capable of conveying communication signals, a communication device adapted to receive or generate VHF or LTHF communication signals, and a near field antenna associated with the communication device. The near field antenna is provided sufficiently near to the communication path to couple VHF... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070281628 - Radio communication equipment and method used in said equipment: The present invention relates to a radio communication equipment comprising a first antenna 1, a first RF unit 2 for wireless communication, the first RF unit 2 being connectable to said first antenna 1, wherein a first frequency band is used by said first RF unit 2 for reception of... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070281631 - Arrangement for transmitting signals via an antenna feed line in a mobile radio subscriber station: The invention relates to an arrangement for transmitting signals via an antenna feed line in a mobile subscriber station, particularly in a vehicle, such as, for example, a road motor vehicle, whereby the arrangement has an antenna feed line and a signal amplifier to amplify the signals. It is proposed... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr. 86 The Commons At Valley Forge East

20070281632 - Angular domain signal processing techniques: A system of the present application includes a first wireless communication device including a number of first device antenna elements, first device processing circuitry, and a first device transmitter to provide a wireless transmission of transmitter vectors corresponding to spatial filters. Also included is a second communication device with a... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070281633 - Method and apparatus for distributed space-time coding in wireless radio networks: A method and apparatus is diclosed herein for performing distributed space-time coding. In one embodiment, the distributed space-time coding is used for downlink communications in wireless radio networks. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing information-bearing sequence at two or more base stations in a group of base stations; and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070281634 - Method and device for wireless communications on multiple frequency bands: Described is a method and device for wireless communications on multiple frequency bands. The device comprises a communications arrangement and a processor. The communications arrangement receives radio frequency (RF) maps from a plurality of wireless communication devices. The RF maps are indicative of wireless activity in respective environments of the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070281635 - Rf transmitter with variably biased rf power amplifier and method therefor: An RF transmitter (30) includes an RF power amplifier (32) for which the power input bias voltage (40) and signal input bias voltage (80) are controlled within feedback loops. A peak detector (44) generates a lowered-spectrum, peak-tracking signal (34) that follows the largest amplitude peaks of a wide bandwidth communication... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20070281636 - Apparatus and method for transmitting data in multi-input multi-output system: Provided is a transmitter for a multi-input multi-output system including: a memory for storing a modulation system and power allocation coefficient for each antenna; a modulating unit for modulating data to be transmitted using the modulation system for each antenna stored in the memory when the data to be transmitted... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070281637 - Transmission modulation apparatus: A transmission modulation apparatus capable of dealing with characteristic variations of a high-frequency power amplifier without always forming an amplitude loop. Transmission modulation apparatus 100 is configured with level detector 140 that receives input of a level detection control signal and detects the output signal of high-frequency power amplifier 130,... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070281638 - Radar detection circuit for a wlan transceiver: A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables detection of radar signals to enable the radio transceiver to halt communications in overlapping communication bands to avoid interference with the radar transmitting the radar pulses. The radio transceiver is operable to evaluate a number of most and second most common... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070281639 - Computing environments: A system can include an enclosure having an exterior surface and an interior region that is characterized by a width and a length that is longer than the width; a plurality of trays mounted in racks that line a majority of each side of the length of the interior region... Agent: Fish & Richarson P.C.

20070281640 - Method for designing a digital reception filter and corresponding receiving device: The invention relates to a method for designing a digital reception filter for a main signal. According to the invention, such a method includes the steps of: modelling at least one channel for transmission of at least one signal interfering with said main signal, so as to obtain an interfering... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070281641 - Method and system for controlling sleep mode to save power in a wireless mesh network: A method and system for eliminating inefficiency caused by active-sleep mode switching in power saving through a sleep mode in a wireless mesh network are provided. The sleep mode is controlled using a virtual Transmission Opportunity (vTXOP) according to TXOP information of a one-hop neighbor node. The sleep mode control... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070281643 - Radio communication system and overhang station apparatus: Delay time in a signal transmitted between nodes in daisy chain connection is accurately compensated. A TRX amplifier measures phase difference between a UL frame received from a downstream chain, and a UL frame to be sent out to an upstream chain, and reports the phase difference to a base... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070281642 - Signal acquisition for wireless communication systems: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate signal acquisition in a wireless communication system on one or more frequency carriers corresponding to a portion of the deployed bandwidth in a wireless communication environment. By communicating using carriers that include only a portion of the total system bandwidth, channels used for... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070281644 - Radio device: A mobile device for receiving supplementary information transmitted with a radio station signal, said mobile device comprising: means for scanning a spectrum of frequencies; means for detecting a plurality of radio stations broadcast within said spectrum of frequencies; means for decoding, for each of a plurality of detected radio stations,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070281645 - Remote programmable reference: Remote programmable reference systems and methods are described. A remote programmable reference system maintains a set of parameters from which a reference signal can be generated to transmit the reference signal to a system platform. In an embodiment, a parameters update can be received from which a modified reference signal... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070281646 - Variable capacitance device and portable phone: A variable capacitance device has a piezoelectric driving part, a movable electrode, a fixed electrode, a dielectric film and a driving control unit. The piezoelectric driving part has a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode disposed on a top surface of the piezoelectric film, a lower electrode disposed on an undersurface... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070281647 - Receiver for use in wireless communications and method of operation of the receiver: A wireless receiver (100) for receiving and demodulating a frequency modulated RF (radio frequency) signal by a direct conversion procedure, including channels (110, 112) for producing in-phase and quadrature components of a received RF signal, and a processor (123, 133) for periodically estimating an error in at least one of... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070281648 - Method for controlling audio signals to an fm transmitter and a loudspeaker of a hands-free adapter: A method (200) for controlling audio signals to an FM transmitter and a loudspeaker of a hands-free adapter first sends a first audio signal to the loudspeaker (242) and measures and records a loudspeaker audible artifact such as echo return loss (244) and/or echo tail length (246). Next, the hands-free... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070281649 - Signal reception time period detector: A signal reception time period detector is disclosed. The signal reception time period detector includes a signal separation portion configured to decompose into signal components a received signal composed of plural signals which are overlapped at least partially in a period during which the received signal is transmitted, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281650 - File delivery session handling: In receiving a file delivery session in which field descriptor tables (FDTs) identify Transport Objects (TOs) transmitted along with the FDTs, a receiver determines whether the files of the session have been received using a number of timers. A fragment wait timer t1 is started for each new TO declared... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070281651 - Communication semiconductor integrated circuit device and wireless communication system: The invention provides a communication semiconductor integrated circuit device (RF IC) capable of pulling in the frequency of a PLL circuit to a desired set frequency at high speed even in the case where a frequency settable range of the PLL circuit is wide without providing a current source other... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070281652 - Transmitter circuits and apparatus of wireless application: In conventional polar-loop transmitter circuits, using two feedback circuits intended to control the amplitude in an open loop and phase of a power output in closed loop, respectively, during transmission, causes current consumption to increase during delivery of a small power output. Therefore, a complex table has to be prepared... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070281653 - Multimode receiver control method and apparatus: Various embodiments of the present invention adjust an operating mode of a configurable receiver based at least in part on a selected communication service to be provided and an available signal quality. A control unit receives data related to one or more selected communication services to be provided. The control... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070281654 - Method and apparatus for selecting antenna for ranging detection in orthogonal frequency division multiple access system: A method of selecting an antenna for ranging detection in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system, the method including: receiving at least one ranging symbol from the antenna; and determining whether to select the antenna, by correlation computing the received ranging symbol in a time domain.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070281655 - Dc offset compensation method and dc offset compensation device: A DC offset component that occurs in a quadrature modulation system, and that is contained in a modulated transmit signal, is compensated for with good accuracy. In a DC offset compensation method according to the present invention, a DC offset correction value obtained from the transmit signal is weighted in... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070281656 - Mixer circuits and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for improving the spectral purity of mixer circuits. In one embodiment the present invention includes a mixer circuit comprising a first transistor having a gate, a source and a drain, a second transistor having a gate, a source and a drain,... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group P.C.

20070281657 - Microradio design, manufacturing method and applications for the use of microradios: A microradio (10) is provided with a hysteretic switch (16) to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle beling long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase range with coherent operation. Various multi-frequency techniques are used... Agent: Bae Systems

20070281658 - Asynchronous power management methods and systems for wireless networks: Asynchronous power management methods and systems for a first station and a second station in a wireless network. The second station dynamically tunes a SRI (Schedule Repetition Interval) value according to residual power status, quality-of-service requirements, or other considerations. The SRI value is an odd prime number. Once the SRI... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070281659 - Multimedia device: A multimedia device is composed of a machinery and a loose positioning seat. The machinery is provided with a control unit, a display unit, and a connection unit, and the control unit is electronically connected with the display unit and the connection unit, to provide for a selection of FM... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070281660 - Handset with docking headset: A system is provided that includes a base unit that is operable to transmit data wirelessly. The system includes two or more headsets each operable for wireless communication. At least one of the headsets is operable for wirelessly communicating with the base unit. The headsets are coupleable to the base... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070281662 - Location service providing system and method for providing triggered location request service: Disclosed are a location service providing system and a method for providing a triggered location request service. An H-SLP sets a priority order of a plurality of positioning methods which a target terminal supports according to a set priority order set condition and transmits priority order information according to respective... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070281661 - Method for determining if a mobile unit is transient: The present invention provides a method for determining if a mobile unit is transient. An MSC receives a location event including a cell site and a time from a mobile unit. The MSC compares the time of the location event with the time of a previous location event for the... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20070281663 - Optimal selection of communications common carrier plans: In an allocation of subscribers to one or more wireless carrier rate plans, a number of wireless voice and/or data carrier rate plans is selected and each subscriber's historical wireless time usage for each of a number of foregone time intervals is determined. For each combination of subscriber and rate... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070281664 - Portable wireless terminal and its security system: The present invention relates to a portable wireless terminal, and in particular, a portable wireless terminal such as a cellular phone, etc., and its security system that can reliably prevent, by remote control, improper use of the portable wireless terminal by a third party when it is lost or stolen.... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070281666 - Information processing apparatus: In an information processing apparatus, a state determining unit determines a current state of a digital cellular phone with a camera based on a detection signal output from magnetic sensors and generates a state detection instruction signal indicating the state detection result. A switching control unit generates a switching control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281665 - Method for requesting, generating and distributing service-specific traffic encryption key in wireless portable internet system, apparatus for the same, and protocol configuration method for the same: Disclosed are a method for requesting, generating and distributing a service-specific traffic encryption key in a wireless portable Internet system, an apparatus for the same, and a protocol configuration method for the same. In the present invention, a subscriber station sends a Key Request message for requesting a service-specific traffic... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070281668 - Dialing assistant that includes an interface with a geographic display: Apparatus for assisting a caller with the placement of a call from a telephone device to a called party in a foreign country. The apparatus being operable to display a geographic map; prompt the caller to select the foreign country from the geographic map; generate, responsive to selection of the... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20070281667 - Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files;... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070281669 - Method and system using in-band approach for providing value added services without using prefix: The present invention proposes a method for providing value added services. The method includes intercepting a voice circuit, associated with a call from a subscriber to a recipient, at an Interceptor unit, while the voice circuit is connected to a switch. The subscriber calls a recipient's number without any prefix.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070281670 - Set initiated area event triggered positioning method in mobile communication system: A SET-initiated area event triggered positioning method in a session-based service system is disclosed. The method is variously performed according to a proxy mode or a non-proxy mode, and further according to which SLP (SUPL location platform) has a positioning procedure.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070281671 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same: Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at... Agent: Jeffrey D. Mullen

20070281672 - Reducing latency in push to talk services: A method of processing user speech data for transmission to a participant or participants in a Push to talk Over Cellular (PoC) session over a cellular telephone network. The method comprises, detecting an initial period of silence in the initial talk burst of the session, and removing that period of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070281673 - Network based archiving of user-specific information in a communication system: User-specific information (e.g., call log information, contact information, etc.) normally stored within a mobile user device associated with a user is also maintained at one or more network storage locations within a communication system. The information may thereafter be easily transferred from the network storage location(s) to a new user... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070281674 - Reservation of mobile station communication resources: A method (300) for allocating mobile station resources. The method can include receiving a message (120) over a wireless communications network (110) from an authorized user requesting reservation of communication resources on the mobile station (105), and automatically reserving the mobile station communication resources in accordance with the request. Receiving... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070281677 - Messaging with proprietary attributes: Methods, computer readable media, and system embodiments are provided for messaging with proprietary attributes. A method embodiment includes storing a particular proprietary attribute for a mobile service feature in a datastore of a telecommunications system. The method includes receiving a configuration for a mobile service from a service provider to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070281676 - Multi model address book: A wireless communication device (102) includes a multi-mode transceiver (204) that is operable to communicate with a plurality of communication networks. The device (102) also includes a memory (216) for storing: an electronic address book (226) that includes a plurality of identifiers (302), each identifier (302) identifying a call destination... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070281675 - Pivoting, multi-configuration mobile device: A mobile device 1, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 610 includes a keypad portion 2, 102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 614, a display portion 4, 104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 616, at least one input device 8-25, 31-43, 108-125, 127-129, 131-148, 208-225, 231-245, 308-325, 327, 331-345, 410-424, 508, 510-524, 531-544,... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070281678 - Method and apparatus for storing activation data in a cellular telephone: A method and apparatus for programming a cellular telephone with activation parameters. A cellular telephone to be programmed is connected to a computer via a communications interface. A user input device is provided to allow a user to provide programming information, including a cellular telephone type, to the computer. A... Agent: S. H. Dworetsky At&t Bell Laboratories.

20070281679 - Method and system for remotely operating and viewing a wireless telephone device: A method, system, and program product enable a user of one wireless telephone device to remotely view or operate another wireless telephone device. The method includes a first wireless device that receives a remote control command from a second wireless device, wherein the remote control command requests authorization for the... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070281680 - Method and system for extending services to cellular devices: A system is provide for extending services to cellular devices. The system includes a wireless gateway having a client side with an intelligent client agent and a server side with an intelligent server agent, a wireless device having a first mode operable in a cellular system and a second mode... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070281682 - Method and system for extending services to cellular devices: A system is provide for extending services to cellular devices. The system includes a wireless gateway having a client side with an intelligent client agent and a server side with an intelligent server agent, a wireless device having a first mode operable in a cellular system and a second mode... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20070281681 - Apparatus and method providing push to talk over cellular (poc) dynamic service options: An apparatus and method for providing dynamic Push To over Cellular,PoC, service options in a wireless communication network. Service options and terminal capabilities for PoC Clients (11, 15) are stored in the network, preferably in a PoC Server (13). A PoC Client (11) uses a SIP PUBLISH message (17) to... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070281683 - Method and system to compensate for failed network access using disparate access technologies: A wireless communication system (100) or method (300) to compensate for failed network access using disparate access technologies can include an access point controller (109) for a first wireless access technology (such as wireless local area network) coupled to a wide area base receiver (106) for a second wireless access... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070281684 - Adaptive testing of system acquisition and roaming characteristics for cdma wireless communication systems: The present invention discloses an automated testing solution for PRL's, System Acquisition algorithm, and CDMA device performance. A testing plan loads a specific PRL into a test device, reads and categorizes the entries in the PRL file, and then uses the information to set the parameters on the emulation hardware... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070281685 - Mobile universal communication gateway: Systems and methods for a mobile universal communication gateway are provided. The mobile universal communication gateway can bridge a mobile station located in a personal area network with one or more wide area networks. The mobile universal communication gateway can select one or more backhaul communication links to the one... Agent: Sprint Nextel Corporation

20070281686 - System, apparatus and method coping with mobile switching node failure: A system, an apparatus and a method for coping with mobile switching node failure are disclosed. The method includes: an HLR (Home Location Register) detects that a first MSC (Mobile Switching Center) is not able to operate; the requesting party of a terminating service submits a request to the HLR... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070281687 - Method and system for providing pln service to inbound roamers in a vpmn using a sponsor network when no roaming relationship exists between hpmn and vpmn: The present invention provides a method for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network roaming in a visited network, even when the visited network has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with the home network. The method includes detecting at a switching unit associated with the visited network,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070281688 - Wireless communication system: A wireless communication system capable of eliminating interference accompanying uplink transmission at the time of diversity handover, thereby improving the quality of wireless communication. An uplink quality measurer measures an uplink quality representing the quality of uplink data, and a transmission decision unit compares the measured uplink quality with a... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070281690 - Displaying and tagging places of interest on location-aware mobile communication devices in a local area network: Embodiments of a location-based social network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of location-aware mobile communication devices over a wireless network. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device operated by a user within an area, displays... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070281689 - Displaying the location of individuals on an interactive map display on a mobile communication device: Embodiments of a location-based social network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of mobile communication devices over a wireless network. Each mobile device is a location-aware mobile communication device. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070281692 - Location-specific delivery of promotional content to mobile consumer device: A device for presenting content to a user comprises a connection for receiving content over a wireless communications network associated with a content provider and a display or other user interface means for presenting the content to the user. The wireless communications network can be an 802.11-based communications network. The... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070281693 - Method for transmitting channel quality indicators in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system, a base station, a user terminal and a network therefor: The invention concerns a method for transmitting channel quality indicators in reports of channel quality of a group of subcarriers that is subdivided into at least one subgroup of subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system from a user terminal (T1-T4) to a base station (BS1-BS8), whereby a channel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070281691 - Method and system for device discovery: The system and method have a device management server side application and a device management client side application and databases. The method is characterized by the combined steps of detecting a new device active in the mobile network, detecting information of handset capabilities of the device, downloading of update information... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20070281694 - Selection of a preferred foreign wireless network: Systems and methods are disclosed for selecting a preferred foreign wireless network from a plurality foreign wireless networks. One embodiment of the invention comprises a home wireless network that includes an HLR and a managed roaming system coupled between the HLR and a plurality of foreign wireless networks. The managed... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070281700 - Base station and wireless communication method: An aspect of the invention provides a base station including: a communication unit configured to communicate with a wireless terminal; a determination unit that determines whether or not the wireless terminal is in a cell edge which is a first communication area to be overlapped with other communication area based... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070281699 - Inter-access handover with access specific policy control functions: A system and method are provided to exchange information relating to mobility management during an inter-access handover. The system and method exchange information when an inter-access handover occurs during an ongoing policy and/or charging controlled session. The system and method offer a seamless inter-access handover without any interruptions or delays.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070281698 - Mobile handoff functionality using asynchronous channel in a communication system: A apparatus and method for using an asynchronous channel for mobile handoff in a communication system includes a first step of operating a mobile unit on a forward link channel and a reverse link channel, wherein the forward and reverse link channels are different. A next step includes dropping the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070281695 - Efficient rise over thermal (rot) control during soft handover: The invention relates to a method for communicating information relating to the scheduling of uplink data transmissions for a mobile terminal transmitting data on the uplink to a plurality of base stations during soft handover of the mobile terminal in a mobile communication system. Further at least one base station... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070281696 - Handover between a cellular network and an unlicensed-radio access network using a single identifier for all the access points: In cellular mobile networks handover between base stations of adjacent cells requires the identity, address and frequency of all adjacent cells to be known to other elements of the network. Conventional networks can be extended by the addition of unlicensed-radio access networks. These include an access network controller (303) preferably... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070281697 - Method of packet switched handover: A method of packet switched handover in a mobile communication system comprising a terminal, a source node and a destination node comprises negotiating protocol parameters for the destination node on behalf of a new network entity, by communicating with an old network entity whilst the terminal is still connected to... Agent: Staas & Halsey

20070281701 - Dynamic service binding providing transparent switching of information services having defined coverage regions: It is determined whether a location of a mobile device is within a coverage region of a first information service. Communications for the first information service ate redirected to a second information service when the location of the mobile device is not within a coverage region of the first information... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070281702 - System and method for performing soft handover in broadband wireless access communication system: Disclosed is a system and method for performing soft handover in a broadband wireless access communication system. An anchor base station transmits first information including channel assignment information of an active non-anchor base station when it is determined that a mobile station is to perform the soft handover, and when... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070281705 - Airborne emergency cell phone router: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture enable routing a communication from a cell phone associated with a service provider in which the cell phone is located in a predetermined area in which the service provider does not have an operational base station or in which routing assistance is required. A... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070281704 - Call delivery to a dual mode wireless device: Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide call delivery to a dual mode wireless device served by a wireless data network (e.g., WiFi/IMS network) and a wireless voice network (e.g., cellular network). A call control function in the wireless data network is adapted to receive a call to the... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070281703 - Location-based telecommunications redundancy protocol: A protocol for location-based telecommunications redundancy, operable at a data-communications topology juncture having at least two telecommunications media thereat, and the protocol includes the steps of: (1) On the occurrence of a call-processing request from a caller to a recipient—e.g. using a last known present location of the recipient's mobile... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20070281707 - Management of distributed location servers: In one embodiment, a method includes storing, in a data store, a physical network model of a network environment, the network environment comprising one or more central controllers and one or more access points each operative to associate with a central controller, the physical network model comprising one or more... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20070281706 - Method and system for radio coverage planning with local double grid approach: A method for planning a radiocommunications network includes computing cell coverage in turn including dividing a region around a radio base station into a number of large environment pixels, for each large environment pixel, computing a first quantity indicative of the coverage within the large environment pixel, dividing each large... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070281709 - Mobile communications network slot cycle: The slot cycle index is currently negotiated by a mobile handset and a base station. However, if the slot cycle index could be selected dynamically a mobile handset that operates more efficiently for the user would result. Talk time could be maximized when the battery, or other mobile power source... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070281708 - System; arrangements and method allowing for balancing of load between two groups of dedicated uplink channels: A method and a system for balancing load between at least two groups of dedicated uplink channels in a telecommunication network serving a plurality of user equipments (18), wherein scheduling requests received from the user equipments (18) and scheduling grants issued to said user equipments (18) are measured. Thereafter, a... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070281710 - Method and apparatus of dynamic spectrum allocation in coexisting heterogeneous wireless networks: Embodiments of this disclosure include a method and apparatus of dynamic spectrum allocation in coexisting heterogeneous wireless networks. A Mobile Station (MS) detects its own serving Access Point (AP) and a coexisting AP (cAP) of the serving AP, sends to the serving AP a service request message carrying a bandwidth... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070281711 - Wireless load balancing across bands: A technique for wireless load balancing involves providing a wireless infrastructure that creates a target band option and helps push clients toward that band. An example of a method according to the technique involves, by way of example but not limitation, responding only to probe requests on a first band... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070281712 - Method of locating a cellular terminal: A method of locating and tracking a cellular terminal (1) is described. The method comprises the detection of one or more handover events that take place when the cellular terminal (1) moves between transmission regions (3) of a cellular terminal network provider. Information regarding the handover events is recorded within... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070281713 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same: Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at... Agent: Jeffrey D. Mullen

20070281714 - Tag location, client location, and coverage hole location in a wireless network: Determining the location of a radio tag or client station of a wireless network, and the location of coverage holes by receiving from a plurality of wireless stations of the wireless network path loss information of the path loss of one or more location frames received at the respective wireless... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20070281715 - Paging control method, paging control apparatus, and radio access network: In a radio access network in which a radio network controller is subjected to load distribution by a plurality of controllers, one of the controllers is set as a page controller that processes a paging message transmitted from a core network to the radio access network. When the paging control... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070281716 - Message transmission system for users of location-aware mobile communication devices in a local area network: Embodiments of a location-based social network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of mobile communication devices over a wireless network. Each mobile device is a location-aware mobile communication device. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070281719 - Method for direct marketing to mobile communication devices: The method relates to a method for direct marketing to mobile communication devices, such as mobile telephones, while the sender can send free text messages to a receiver who receives both the text message and a commercial message. The commercial message is selected based on the location of the receiver,... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20070281717 - Systems and methods for broadcasting and multicasting short message service messages: A method for broadcasting a short message service (SMS) payload is disclosed. The SMS payload is sent to a home network. The SMS payload is encapsulated in a session initiation protocol (SIP) message. The SIP message is sent to a target user equipment (UE). A SIP response is received from... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070281720 - Wireless subscriber station for short range ad-hoc data communicaton: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique for short-range ad-hoc mode communication. An ad-hoc mode is configured for a first mobile station (MS) operating in an ad-hoc network under a broadband wireless standard. An ad-hoc mode communication is acquired having a simplified communication protocol of the broadband wireless... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070281718 - Method for preventing the delivery of short message service message spam:

20070281721 - Methods and apparatuses of initiating communication in wireless networks: Aspects include methods and apparatuses for communicating in an ultra-wideband network. For example, some aspects include a method of wireless communications. The method may include receiving information identifying at least one resource of a second electronic device, transmitting resource information of the electronic device, comparing the resource information of the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070281723 - Floor control templates for use in push-to-talk applications: A processor-implemented method of operation for managing a push-to-talk (PTT) session involving a plurality of participants includes applying a first floor control algorithm at a PTT server. The first floor control algorithm being selected from a plurality of algorithms that arbitrate among talk requests received from the participants. The method... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20070281724 - Group communication server: It is an object of the present invention to ensure readily communication between subgroups with reduced trouble to the user in the group communication in terms of subgroup formation and so on. A group communication server according to an embodiment of the present invention provides terminals with an intercommunication function... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281722 - One-to-many communication service using composite broadcast/multicast flows in a wireless network: Methods and systems for providing one-to-many communication services (e.g., push-to-talk (PTT)) using composite broadcast/multicast flows in a wireless network are disclosed. A permanent broadcast/multicast control flow is used to provide session control information (e.g., announcements for replacing the traditional paging and connection setup) and OAM messages to the subscribers of... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070281725 - Device and method for silent push-to-talk call pacing: A portable communication device is equipped with silent push-to-talk (PTT) call pacing. The portable communication device includes a tactile alert generator, a controller for the tactile alert generator, and a PTT processor in operative communication with the controller for the tactile alert generator. The PTT processor encodes a received PTT... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070281728 - Method and apparatus for path imbalance reduction in networks using high speed data packet access (hsdpa): A method and apparatus are disclosed whereby noise is introduced at one or more base stations in non-HSDPA cells into the uplink signal from one or more user devices. As a result, the apparent quality of the uplink channel in those cells will appear to be lower than the actual... Agent: Law Office Of Jeffrey M. Weinick, LLC

20070281727 - Mobile device power control for dual transfer mode (dtm): A system and method of redistributing power output by a portable mobile communications device while operating in dual transfer mode (DTM) is disclosed. The device determines if more than one uplink slot is active and if DTM is active. If so, power can be separately regulated for packet switched and... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070281726 - Feedback control for multicast or broadcast services: The invention relates to a method for controlling the transmission of feedback of mobile terminals receiving via an air interface of a mobile communication system a multicast or broadcast service transmitted or forwarded by a feedback control entity and to a mobile terminal, the feedback control entity using this method.... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070281729 - Method and system for adjusting downlink outer loop power to control target sir: A wireless communication system and method for controlling transmission power to maintain a received signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) as close as possible to a target SIR. A received quality is maintained as close as possible to a target quality based on block error rate (BLER). When a target BLER is converted... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070281731 - Adaptive functionality for wireless communications devices: One or more features of varying complexity are available with a wireless communications device. A controller in the device determines a user's skill level at operating one or more of the features, and selectively activates the features appropriate for the skill level. The controller also activates a tutorial associated with... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070281732 - Method and system for securing a hands-free headset portion of a communication system: The method and system for securing the communication system; including a first portion for computing/communicating with outside devices, a second devise for communicating with the first portion, a third portion for coupling said first and second portions and a fourth portion for securing said second portion from accidental activation. Said... Agent: Peter M. Fox

20070281733 - Handheld wireless communication device with chamfer keys: A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages. The device is hand cradleable with a body configured to be held in one hand by an operator during text entry. A display is located on a front face of the body and upon which information is displayed... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070281734 - Method, system and apparatus for handset screen analysis: A system, method and apparatus for acquiring and analyzing images from handset displays.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070281730 - Mobile terminal and mobile terminal control method: The present invention aims at offering a mobile terminal capable of obtaining information related to the purpose of the caller who made a communication request in an emergency or business situation while the connection to the communication request destination is not established. If determining that establishment of a communication connection... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070281735 - Remote communication device for wireless system: A remote communication apparatus having a wireless communication function for intermediating a call of a registered cellular phone decreases a connection area for the wireless communication function under an instruction from a user of the cellular phone, and issues a temporary registration number for a non-registered cellular phone for accommodating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070281736 - Apparatus for sharing cdma scheme and japanese cdma scheme in communication system: Provided is an apparatus for sharing specific functions in a portable terminal capable of selectively using one of a CDMA communication system and a JCDMA communication system. The portable terminal includes a first switch unit and a second switch unit. The first switch unit selectively separates one of a CDMA... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070281737 - Data transmission for mobile wireless communication devices: A method and apparatus to transmit data between a communication network and a mobile station just before prior to the mobile station switching from a fast data rate mode, such as digital mode, to a slow data rate mode, such as analog mode. The mobile station requests or the communication... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070281739 - Cellular phone terminal with visible light transmitter/receiver: Near-distance interconnection of cellular phone terminals, which can easily correct axis misalignment. In two cellular phone terminals (130, 140), a visible light receiver (131) and a visible light emitter (132), and a visible light receiver (141) and a visible light emitter (142) are respectively provided side by side and oriented... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070281738 - Communications terminal comprising a multidirectional camera: The invention relates to a communication terminal comprising a multi-directional image acquisition system (1″), said image acquisition system (1″) consisting of: image capture means (3″), at least one optical lens (2″) and reflection means (4″) which provide the image to the image capture means (3″). According to the invention, the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070281740 - Information terminal device provided with turning function carrying camera: An information terminal apparatus with a camera having a rotating function in accordance with the invention comprises: a camera unit including a cylindrical member 62 having a shaft portion 62C at one end thereof and for accommodating a camera therein, and an annular member 72 which is fitted over the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070281744 - Audio output device selection for a portable electronic device: A portable electronic device can detect whether an output unit of an accessory is connected to the body of a user and determines audio output units to which its application will transmit audio signal. The portable electronic device comprises an interface connected to the accessory, an application handling unit and... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070281741 - Data communication system: A data communication system comprises a radio frequency module, a baseband module, a memory unit, a parallel/serial module, a multimedia module, an image sensor module and a display module. The parallel/serial module performs digital signal processing and converts parallel bus data into serial bus data, and vice versa. The present... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070281742 - Method and apparatus for facilitating discretionary control of a user interface: A device (300) having a user interface (303) is provided with an automatic discretionary capability of determining use of a wireless message. The wireless message may contain user interface preference information that is initially sourced by an end user platform. The device uses the automatic discretionary capability to determine whether... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070281743 - Radio transmission scheduling according to multiradio control in a radio modem: A system for managing the simultaneous operation of a plurality of radio modems in a single wireless communication device (WCD). The multiradio control may be integrated into the WCD as a subsystem responsible for scheduling wireless communications by temporarily enabling or disabling the plurality of radio modems within the device.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070281745 - Personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel: A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network. Each personal communication system includes a PDA device mounted on a PASS control console, a video camera mounted on the PDA device,... Agent: Rick Comoglio Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel

20070281746 - Radio communication method, transmitter, and receiver: Of the antenna group composed of multiple ones of the transmission antennas and multiple ones of the reception antennas, the present method selects an antenna group which satisfies a first criterion relating to communication quality. Out of combinations of transmission antennas and reception antennas included in the selected antenna group,... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070281747 - Keyboard for mobile device: A keyboard for a mobile device 400 having a processor 618 for interpreting signals comprises a plurality of keys 410-424 and corresponding indicia including keys associated with alphabetic characters corresponding to an array of letters A-Z. The keys 410-419 that are associated with alphabetic characters number fewer than twenty-six and... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070281748 - Method & apparatus for unlocking a mobile phone keypad: A mobile communications device includes a keypad, microphone, speaker and a communications application. The communications devices keypad can be changed from a disabled state, or a state in which depressing keys on the keypad have no effect on the functionality of the communications device, to an enabled state. A user... Agent: Robert C Schuler

20070281749 - Electronic imaging device: An electronic imaging device comprising: a user input unit; a display unit comprising a display, mounted for pivotal movement, relative to the user input unit, about a first fixed axis; and an imaging unit for rotation about a second axis.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070281751 - Method and apparatus for enabling a user to interrupt the supply of a service to the user: A module for transferring a warning signal emitted by a communications device to a user of a media broadcasting device. In an embodiment, the module includes: a receiver for receiving the warning signal; a connection for interposing the module between the media broadcasting device and a head-phone; and a switch... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070281750 - Mobile device with themed multimedia effects: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for providing mobile devices having themed multimedia effects. One embodiment comprises a method in receiving a plurality of multimedia effects associated with a theme at a mobile device, receiving mobile device information comprising call log information, power source level, and signal... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070281752 - Case for spectacles: A case for receiving a pair of spectacles formed integrally with at least an earpiece, a microphone, a rechargeable power source and a radio communication circuit. The case includes a charging circuit for recharging the power source of the spectacles.... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070281753 - User interface and communication system for a motor vehicle and associated operating method: A user interface 4 for a communication system 2 in a motor vehicle 1 which, in a restricted operating mode, restricts a functionality of a radio interface 3 for wireless connection to a radio communication network and to a communication system 2 for a motor vehicle 1 with a radio... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070281754 - Balancing current drawn from multiple power supply inputs using multiple-input inductors: Novel techniques for balancing current drawn from multiple power supply inputs. A multiple-input inductor is coupled between the power supply inputs and the switching circuits associated with the respective power supply inputs for balancing voltages applied to each of the switching circuits.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070281755 - Controlling switching circuits to balance power or current drawn from multiple power supply inputs: Novel techniques for balancing power or current drawn from multiple power supply inputs by controlling switching circuits associated with the respective power supply inputs. Each switching circuit may be controlled so as to limit current in its transformer or inductor in each switching cycle to a peak or average current... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070281756 - Battery charger antenna, method and device incorporating the same: A method for providing battery charge current to a portable electronic device having a rechargeable battery. The method includes the steps of providing a power adaptor which connects to a power supply and converts power from the power supply into a battery charge current; providing a cable operative to deliver... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070281757 - Receiving device, integrated circuit, program, and receiving method: A receiving device performs reception in a service period of a broadcast signal and switches to a power saving mode in a non-service period. The service period is composed of a first period during which an application data table of an MPE-FEC frame is transmitted and a second period, following... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070281758 - Sensor node, base station, and sensor network system: This invention achieves lower electric power consumption of a sensor node for carrying out an intermittent operation, in a sensor net system. A time when the sensor node transmits a signal to a base station is estimated. Then, in accordance with the estimation, a table for storing a signal transmitted... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070281759 - Processing a reply in the mobile communication terminal: Disclosed are a mobile communication terminal and a method for processing a reply in the mobile communication terminal that can send a previously designated text message through a simple exterior key operation when a call, a message or a mail is received.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070281761 - Mobile terminal and method for changing an operational mode using speech recognition: Disclosed is a mobile terminal, which includes a microphone path switching unit for switching a microphone signal path used to input audio information from a microphone; an interrupt generator for storing audio information and for generating an interrupt signal if the audio information from the microphone path switching unit and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070281760 - Wireless, batteryless, audio communications device: A wireless, batteryless microphone includes an antenna and passive circuitry to backscatter a carrier wave signal modulated with audio information from a sound transducer. A wireless, batteryless speaker or headphone includes an antenna and passive circuitry to drive a sound transducer based on a received modulated carrier wave. A headset... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070281762 - Signal routing to a communication accessory based on device activation: A communication accessory (110) that includes at least a first sensor (130) that indicates whether the communication accessory is being worn by a user. The communication accessory also can include a communications adapter (210) that communicates a signal (235) which indicates to a communication device (120) whether the communication accessory... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070281763 - Antenna for radiocommunication terminal: The invention relates to a radiocommunication terminal consisting of a housing comprising two shells, namely: a rear shell (20) and a front shell (30). The rear shell (20) covers an antenna space that is dedicated to a patch antenna (10) and a storage space that is dedicated to an energy-storing... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP