Telecommunications inventions 04/08

20080096483 - Power saving circuits for time division multiple access amplifiers: A method and system for conserving power consumption within a network amplifier. The system includes a first communication device for receiving a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) signal. The TDMA signal includes both broadcasting timeslots and non-broadcasting timeslots. A power amplifier amplifies the TDMA signal to generate an amplified TDMA... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080096484 - Short range wireless communications using fm band communication links and related systems: An apparatus includes a transceiver that is adapted to communicate over a wireless communication link with a wireless device using FM band signals having a range of less than approximately fifty feet.... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20080096485 - Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method: When a native application and a downloaded application installed on a mobile equipment are simultaneously executed by multitask and when these applications try to use short-range wireless communication simultaneously, the short-range wireless communication may be unavailable because of restrictions on communication resources. An object of the invention is to provide... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096486 - Wireless printing using a mobile computing device: A method and system for using a mobile computing device to wirelessly print data includes establishing a first wireless link with a printer system and establishing a second wireless link with a central computer system. User account data is transmitted to the central computer system via the second wireless link... Agent: Patrick R. Scanlon Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

20080096489 - Frequency response correction for a receiver having a frequency translation device: A method of correcting the frequency response of an RF receiver having a frequency translation device and a fixed IF frequency section uses calibration data representing frequency responses over a wide frequency range for multiple center frequencies. The calibration data are based upon a multi-dimensional model for the frequency translation... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20080096490 - Semiconductor integrated circuit for rf communications: An AFC-control D/A converter which controls a reference frequency oscillator is a voltage-potentiometer-type D/A converter containing three voltage followers. At least in the latter-stage voltage follower, an NMOS differential input circuit, a CMOS output circuit, and a bias circuit are supplied with an external power voltage. However, PMOS differential input... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080096492 - Multi-band antenna unit of mobile terminal: Disclosed is a multi-band antenna unit of a mobile terminal that includes an antenna, switch, sensor, first matching circuit, second matching circuit, diplexer, first signal processing unit, and second signal processing unit. The antenna is movably installed between first and second contacts, and transmits and receives first and second signals... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096493 - Communication device for rock climbing and the like: A communication device for rock climbers and the like is provided. The communication device comprises an outer casing and a plastic insert mounted within the outer casing. Communication electronics are mounted within the plastic insert. An earbud is connected to the communication electronics and seatable in an opening in the... Agent: Emery L. Tracy

20080096487 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method: According to one embodiment, a radio communication apparatus with an antenna to be used for connecting to base stations comprises a radio communication unit which performing radio communications with the base stations through the antenna, a position information acquiring unit which acquires position information relating to a current position of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080096488 - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system: For data transmission/reception in a communication system, a transmitter precodes data to be transmitted via at least two antennas, with use of at least one precoding matrix of a predetermined rank, and transmits the precoded data to a receiver. A receiver receives a signal which is precoded with a precoding... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096491 - Wireless transceiver and method of operating the same: A transceiver 400 is provided in an ultrawide bandwidth device, which includes an antenna 110, a transmitter circuit 145, and a receiver circuit 165. A transmitter amplifier 440 is provided between the antenna 110 and the transmitter circuit 145, and is configured to have an operational transmitter output impedance when... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080096494 - Method and apparatus for using an electromagnetically shielded enclosure for exchanging secure data: A method and apparatus to use a shielded enclosure for exchanging secure data. One embodiment comprises an enclosure formed of electromagnetically shielding material that prevents an electromagnetic field from entering an interior of the enclosure or emitting from the interior of the enclosure, the enclosure sized to house a mobile... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080096495 - Collaborated physiological data testing instrument module in mobile communication device: The human physiological data testing instrument module is minimized and digitalized and then collaborated in the mobile communication device in the way of external connection, internally built-in, or insertion so as to treat the acquired data to display on, store in, or deliver an alarm signal from the mobile communication... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080096496 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data in mobile telecommunication system: A method and an apparatus for using an Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) scheme together with a method of controlling a transmitting power to increase a data transfer rate. The method of transmitting data in a transmitter including a plurality of antennas, includes receiving a Received Signal Strength (RSS) from... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096497 - Adaptive predistortion for a transmit system: Systems, methods, and devices relating to the provision of deliberate predistortion to an input signal to compensate for distortions introduced by an amplifier subsystem. An input signal is received by a signal processing system which includes a predistortion subsystem. The input signal is decomposed and the fragments are then predistorted... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080096498 - Multi-octave differential upconverter: An apparatus in one example comprises a differential amplifier and a differential mixer. The differential amplifier is configured to receive a multi-octave differential input signal and output an amplified multi-octave differential output signal. The differential amplifier is also configured to substantially reduce second order harmonic distortion of the amplified multi-octave... Agent: Patti, Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080096499 - Circuit for contractless device having active and passive send modes: In a circuit (2) for a communication partner appliance (1) designed for contactless communication having two activatable send modes (ABM, PBM), which send modes (ABM, PBM) differ from one another with regard to their energy requirement, a determination stage (15) is provided, which is designed to determine first energy source... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080096500 - Method for calibrating automatic gain control in wireless devices: Disclosed herein is an iterative process for calibrating an AGC in a wireless system, wherein the iterative process comprises transmitting a calibration signal, receiving the calibration signal, decoding the calibration signal to produce a measurement, storing the measurement and changing an AGC gain setting.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080096501 - Methods and apparatus for improved scanning of a radio frequency (rf) band for wlans in an unknown regulatory domain: Methods and apparatus for use in scanning a radio frequency (RF) band for wireless local area networks (WLANs) while regulatory information for the RF band is deemed unknown are disclosed. A mobile communication device includes one or more processors and a wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processors.... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080096502 - Radio preset key assignment method and apparatus: A system and method for assigning received channels to preset tuning keys of a receiver. A series of preset keys are sequentially labeled and one preset key, such as the preset key marked “0,” is a pre-defined preset key. An elongated pressing of the pre-defined key causes the currently tuned... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080096505 - mobile device solution that provides enhanced user control for outgoing data handling: The present solution can include a configurable interface for controlling data sent from a mobile device. This interface can include multiple, configurable options that permit a mobile device user to control how often outgoing data is sent from the device. These options can include: a push on schedule option, a... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080096504 - Maintenance of subscriber history for service support applications in an ip-based telecommunications system: A facility for maintaining a subscriber history pertaining to the use of a mobile device with an IP-based telecommunications service offered by a service provider. When a connection request is made by a mobile device to access an IP-based telecommunications service, one or more identifiers associated with the requesting mobile... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080096506 - Method and apparatus for secure voice communication: A method and apparatus for secure voice communication are provided. More particularly, the present techniques are directed to the introduction of voice security for mobile-to-mobile calls. The coding and decoding is accomplished by handset vocoders, in lieu of coding and decoding accomplished by the network. In this regard, when voice... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20080096503 - System and method for dynamically reconfiguring associations between a remote site and a zone controller in a communication system: A system and method for dynamically re-associating remote sites among multiple zone controller. The system includes multiple zones, each having one or more zone controllers associated with multiple remote sites via a network. Upon a failure, loss of service, or other preset event, a remote site obtains a list of... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080096507 - System, apparatus and method for creating service accounts and configuring devices for use therewith: Systems and methods for facilitating creation of service provider accounts and configuration of devices associated therewith. Device parameters are transmitted from a device. In response, a service activation server provides a list of available service providers for that device, where the list is derived using the device parameters to identify... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20080096508 - Low intermediate frequency (if) radio receiver circuits: This invention relates to apparatus and methods for radio receivers, in particular low (IF) frequency receivers. Embodiments of the invention are particularly suitable for digital audio broadcast receivers. A low-IF radio receiver circuit, the circuit comprising: an rf input for a received rf signal; a first local oscillator having a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080096509 - Low complexity diversity receiver: A diversity receiver and methods of diversity combining are described herein. Diversity combining can be implemented in the front-end signal path of a receiver, without the need to digitally demodulate the baseband signals. Each diversity path is downconverted using a common LO. A portion of each downconverted diversity path is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080096510 - Mobile communication terminal and reception diversity interrupting method: When the diversity reception is cut, communications with the base station are continued. When it is judged by the judgment section of the mobile communication terminal that a predetermined disconnection requirement for disconnecting diversity reception is satisfied, the gain control section of the digital baseband circuitry 20 reduces the gain... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096511 - Method and apparatus for minimizing noise on a power supply line of a mobile radio: An apparatus and method are provided for minimizing noise on a power supply line (105) of a mobile radio, such as generated in a vehicular environment. An adaptive power supply conditioner (100) detects unwanted noise on the vehicle's power supply line (105) and via the use of an adaptive noise... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080096512 - Techniques for adaptive interference cancellation: Techniques to perform adaptive interference cancellation are described. A first apparatus may include a timing recovery module to produce a timing recovery command signal, an interference canceller to receive an interference reference signal and produce an interference canceller signal, and an interpolator to couple to the timing recovery module and... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080096513 - Low if receiver of rejecting image signal and image signal rejection method: Provided are an image signal rejection method capable of avoiding demodulation of an image signal along with a real signal in a radio frequency (RF) signal and a low IF receiver of rejecting an image signal by using the method. The low IF receiver of rejecting an image signal includes... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080096514 - Controlling the bandwidth of an analog filter: A digital tuning system (250) for changing a cutoff frequency of an analog filter (132) includes digital synthesizers (292 and 294) for producing a two-tone calibration signal (196) applied to an input of the filter after a quality factor of the filter is increased. The filter includes at least one... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20080096515 - Mobile communication terminal with equalizer function: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal which is provided with an equalizer function of audio equipment to adjust a timbre of transmitting/received speech sounds so as to satisfy a great number of users having various individualities and tastes simultaneously. The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes an... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080096516 - Multi-band low noise amplifier and multi-band radio frequency receiver including the same: A multi-band low noise amplifier (LNA) includes multiple low noise amplifying circuits configured to selectively operate in corresponding frequency bands. The low noise amplifying circuits include corresponding amplifying units and degenerating units. The degenerating units include first inductors, which are arranged in loop patterns isolated from each other on a... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080096517 - Intelligent device integration using rfid technology: A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include receiving a notification, from a communication system, of an incoming communication directed to a first communication address. An intended recipient of the communication can be identified according to the first communication address, wherein the intended recipient is... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080096518 - Overriding telecommunication quiet zone defaults for emergency contact list communications: The present invention discloses a solution that establishes an emergency contact list, which includes at least one contact. The emergency contact list can be associated with a mobile device capable of wireless communications. The mobile device can be placed within a quiet zone that restricts wireless communications capabilities of the... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080096520 - Method and apparatus for improved handling of paging requests from neighboring switches: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for improved, or optimized, handling of paging requests to a border switch from neighboring switches. More particularly, a technique is provided to reduce the adverse impact of paging requests on border switches while maintaining a high paging success rate. Data representing probabilities... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20080096519 - Tracking a group of mobile terminals: A method performed by a mobile terminal may include setting a tracking parameter for a group of mobile terminals, transmitting text and position information messages of each of the mobile terminals, and displaying the messages based on priority. The method may further include automatically generating messages relating to the position... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080096521 - Emergency phone with single button activation: An emergency-use-only cellular phone provides for contacting and establishing full-duplex voice communication with emergency personnel at either a public emergency response service or a private roadside assistance service. The phone automatically places a cellular call to the public emergency response service with a single press of a first activation button,... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080096522 - Communication terminal for data communications: A communication terminal generates a notification at the completion of data reception according to the amount of data received or a time period for receiving data. A communication system has a communication terminal and a content data server storing data. On request from the communication terminal, the content data server... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080096523 - An arrangement, a node and a method relating to handling of lost/discarded data packets: The present invention relates to an arrangement, for allowing compensation of lost, discarded or unsent traffic on the downlink in a communication system supporting communication of packet data and classification of mobile traffic allowing application of different charging schemes for different types of traffic. It comprises a packet data node... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080096524 - Method for providing a multi-member mobile telecommunications service plan: A method of providing a mobile telecommunications Service Plan to a multi-member user group is provided. The Service Plan provides a predefined total resource allotment which is shared by the group once each billing cycle. The Service Plan enables a member to define separate resource allowances for each group member.... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20080096525 - Multi-standard prepaid communication services: Calls to or from a prepaid subscriber of a wireless communication network are identified as being associated with prepaid services, and a prepaid identifier is associated with the call. The prepaid identifier and other call information such as call origin or destination is routed to a prepaid services management system... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080096526 - Apparatus and a security node for use in determining security attacks: Apparatus including functionality configured to monitor said apparatus for security attacks; and a reporter configured to send data to a security node, wherein the data sent to said security node is dependent on a security level of said apparatus.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080096530 - Method for calculating start value for security for user equipment in a wireless communications system and related apparatus: In order to enhance data link security, the present invention provides a method of calculating a start value for security for a user equipment, or UE, in a wireless communications system. The method includes selecting ciphering sequence numbers, denoted by COUNT-Cs, and integrity sequence numbers, denoted by COUNT-Is, of radio... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20080096528 - Cellular docketing station: A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an identifier unique to the communications interface. The outgoing communication is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080096529 - Location-based security rules: Location based security rules are provided for preventing unauthorized access to a device, application, system, content, and/or network, etc. The location-based security rules enable a user, computing device, system, etc. to access the requested item or information when the user provides proper identification information. The proper identification information is based... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20080096527 - Method and apparatus for supporting positioning of roaming mobile stations: Techniques to support positioning of roaming mobile stations are described. A roaming mobile station communicates with a visited network and has a data connection to a home network. The mobile station sends a request for positioning assistance to a home position determining entity (H-PDE) in the home network. The H-PDE... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080096532 - Emotional state integrated messaging: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for emotional state integrated messaging. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for emotional state message integration can be provided. The method can include receiving a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080096531 - Event notification systems and related methods: Methods for notifying a user via a wireless communications device regarding the occurrence of an event are provided in which a request is received from a user for notification upon the occurrence of the event. At least one information source is monitored for the occurrence of the event. Once this... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080096534 - Mobile terminal and method for managing message thereof: A mobile terminal and method of managing a reply message are discussed. According to an embodiment, the terminal includes a storage unit that stores information regarding a multimedia message with an image file attached thereto, when the multimedia message is transmitted; and a controller that controls the storage unit such... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096533 - Virtual assistant with real-time emotions: A modular digital assistant that detects user emotion and modifies its behavior accordingly. The desired emotion is produced in a first module and a transforming module then converts the emotion into the desired output medium. The degree or subtleness of the emotion can be varied. Where the emotion is not... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080096535 - System and method for copying ring back tone transfer sound: Disclosed is a method for setting up a substituted ring back tone (RBT) provided from a predetermined communication provider, and more particularly, a method and system for recognizing a first substituted RBT of a first subscriber and setting up the first substituted RBT as a substituted RBT of a second... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, P.C.

20080096536 - Mobile terminal apparatus, method of controlling transmission and reception of request, and computer product: Upon receiving a selection of a name of a member of a desired reception destination by an input through a button operation, the caller's mobile terminal apparatus transmits a hiding-number outgoing-call request including a caller's phone number and a phone-number hiding flag to a receiver's phone number. The receiver's mobile... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080096540 - Method and apparatus for setting configurations of uplink transport channel in a wireless communications system: A method for a user equipment setting configurations of an uplink transport channel in a wireless communications system includes receiving an uplink transport channel message, and setting configurations of an enhanced dedicated transport channel (E-DCH) according to the uplink transport channel message when an uplink transport channel of the user... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096538 - Apparatus and method for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal: Provided is an apparatus for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal including an information detecting unit for detecting deletion time information from the received text message; a time checking unit for checking whether the deletion time arrives; and a deleting unit for deleting the received text... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096539 - Consumer configuration mobile communication solution: Consumer configurable mobile communications solution enabling policy-enforcement services allowing authorized users to define, manage and enforce restrictions for voice, data, and mobile Web services of a secondary mobile device.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080096537 - Operating a mobile device: The invention relates to a system and associated software for operating a mobile device. The system comprises an external control system and a mobile device being controlled by the external control system. The external control system provides the mobile device with functional modules which comprise software and which are installed... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080096541 - Notification system, and method for remotely turning on cellular phone being in power-off state and cellular phone thereof: In a notification system for communicating between a sender cellular phone possessed by a sending person and a receiver cellular phone possessed by a receiving person, the sender cellular phone, which is possessed by the sending person who wants to communicate with the receiving person, is allowed to transmit an... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080096542 - Apparatus and method for coordinated sensing of wireless devices in a communication system: A first base station is associated with a first quiet period, and a second base station is associated with a second quiet period. The quiet periods are coordinated so that an amount of overlap between the quiet periods is acceptable. For example, the quiet periods could be coordinated so that... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080096543 - Cdma probe for self-testing base station receivers: An access probe existing and generated within a base station to simulate a mobile terminal for the purpose of testing base station receive functionality within a communications system. The access probe data is injected at baseband rather than at RF to eliminate the need for analog/RF circuitry. The access probe... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080096546 - Collaborative beam forming of base transceiver stations for reducing interference in a wireless multi-cell network: A method of signal transmission and reception for a cellular wireless network includes steps of detecting signal strength of signals transmitted or received between a mobile station and a plurality of base transceiver stations; selecting a plurality of candidate serving base transceiver stations based on the detected signal strength; selecting... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080096545 - Peer-to-peer cellular network: A network for cellular communication comprising a plurality of cellular receiver/transmitters, each one of which having a position, P, associated therewith and including a receiver for receiving a radio broadcast message in route to a destination, D, over a free frequency using time division multiple access (TDMA), and a transmitter... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20080096544 - Systems and methods for file sharing through mobile devices: Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to the sending and receiving of multimedia files between two devices while connected through a voice call. These devices are free to send any type of file through a direct connection without the need to hang up and call back just to see... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC Matters For Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

20080096547 - Method and system for implementing mobile switch center dual homing: A method for implementing Mobile Switch Center (MSC) dual homing includes: dividing a first physical MSC Server into a plurality of virtual MSC Servers; establishing a dual homing relation between a first virtual MSC Server of the plurality of virtual MSC Servers and a second physical MSC Server; switching by... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080096548 - Apparatus, and associated method, by which to store specific network identifiers at a wireless device: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating selection of a I-WLAN, or other network, by a wireless device. An electronic storage element is provided. A listing of specific network identifiers is stored at the electronic storage element. And, a listing indicia identifier is also stored at the electronic storage element.... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080096550 - Automatic replacement of a mobile sub-scriber identity code: The invention allows replacing a mobile subscriber identity code automatically. A record is kept of mobile subscriber identity code utilizing network elements. A notification about a replaced mobile subscriber identity code is received. In response, the mobile subscriber identity code utilizing network elements are updated in regards to the replaced... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080096551 - Cell phone apparatus having wireless mouse function: A cell phone apparatus includes a plurality of computers each having a first wireless transmission device, and a cell phone having a second wireless transmission device connected to the first wireless transmission device of each of the computers. The cell phone has a back face provided with a sensor exposed... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080096549 - Mobile communication terminal: A method for personalizing a mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal including software for generating a software generated character, the method including displaying a plurality of character options; detecting a user input indicating a selection of one of the plurality of character options, the selection representing a selected option... Agent: Perman & Green

20080096552 - Apparatus and method for vertical handover in broadband wireless communication system: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a vertical handover in a multi-network wireless communication system. In a method for a vertical handover of a user terminal in a wireless communication system, a vertical handover control module selects a target network for a vertical handover using information about neighboring... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080096553 - Mobile communication network: The description generally provides for systems, methods, and computer readable media for creating a unified wireline/wireless communication network. Data is received that includes a signaling portion and a media portion. The signaling portion is separated into a first set of data and a second set of data. The first set... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080096554 - Apparatus and method for scanning frequency in mobile terminal: Provided is an apparatus and method for scanning a frequency in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a frequency scanner that detects an available frequency in such a manner that a Last-used frequency Band (LB) in which a last frequency used is included is first scanned when a frequency-scanning event... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096557 - Efficient and dynamic identification of allocations in a wireless packet communication system: An apparatus, such as a base station which may be an evolved Node-B, includes a wireless transmitter configurable to conduct communications with a plurality of user equipment located in a cell; and a user equipment identification module configurable to define a number of bits (m) of a cell-specific user equipment... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080096555 - Registration of a mobiel station in a communication network: Initial registration of a registration support system in a communication network requires complex signaling procedures, if the MSISDN remains unchanged for all mobile phones. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention an improved registration of a mobile station with PABX functionality in a communication network may be provided,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080096556 - Wireless base station and mobile station: A mobile station used in a mobile communication system which accepts location registrations from mobile stations in order to perform mobile station location management, the mobile station being comprising a detection means which detects that it is in an overlap region of hierarchical location registration areas; and a delay means... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080096558 - Apparatus for registering media independent handover and method using the same: A method and apparatus for registering a Media Independent Handover (MIH) is provided. An MIH registration method includes transmitting, by a serving network, an MIH registration request of the serving network to at least one candidate network when an MIH registration request is received from a mobile terminal, the at... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080096559 - Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station: Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station are described. A plurality of communication networks are identified by scanning a coverage area within which the mobile station is operating. A plurality of network identifiers corresponding to the plurality of communication networks are then... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080096564 - Apparatus and methof for determining handover time in broadband wireless communication system: The present invention relates to a handover in a broadband wireless communication system. In the broadband wireless communication system, a mobile station includes: a measuring unit for measuring a strength of a signal received from a serving Base Station (BS) or a neighboring BS; a determining unit for determining a... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080096561 - Method for handover in a mobile wireless system: A mobile station operating in a wireless network system comprising a plurality of base stations is disclosed. A communication unit receives the messages from a first base station of the wireless network system to which the mobile station is currently connected. A signal detection unit detects a first averaged signal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080096562 - Method for performing handovers in a communication system: The invention relates to a method wherein a transport layer association is established. Thereafter, a handover condition is detected in the first mobile node, which obtains a second address. The second address is updated to a first name server node. A query message is sent to a second name server... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080096560 - System and method for ensuring handoffs across heterogeneous networks: This invention provides a system, method and apparatus for facilitating handoffs from a first communication network to a second communication network, the first communication network and second communication network being heterogeneous with respect to each other. The system, method and apparatus may further include a contextual information server, which stores... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080096563 - Procedure for non synchronized radio access (nsra) resource assignment: A procedure for RACH initial access in a mobile terminal is provided such that necessary information is conveyed the for the initial access procedure with less overhead. The method allow an accurate choice of the uplink transport format by allowing the mobile terminal to determine by itself whether a certain... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080096565 - Methods and circuits for roaming between different networks: The present invention takes the advantage of the wireless local area network (WLAN) resources in hotspots for voice and data connections and enables seamless handover between wireless wide area network (WWAN) and WLAN and vice versa, thus achieving cost savings for the end users and WWAN resources savings for the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080096566 - Determination of cell rf parameters based on measurements by user equipments: Techniques for using measurements made by UEs to improve network performance are described. In one aspect, RF parameters of cells may be determined by taking into account mobility of the UEs. Mobility information for the UEs may be determined based on measurement report messages (MRMs) sent by these UEs for... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080096567 - Handover method: The invention provides a method of handing over user equipment from a source cell to a target cell in a cellular communications network. The cellular communications system comprises a plurality of control units. The method comprises the steps of receiving a message indicating if the operation of the radio link... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080096568 - Mobile station and method of performing handover based on information of movement between cells: A mobile station and a method are provided for determining to perform a handover based on information of movement between cells. Signals transmitted from a serving base station and a neighboring station may be scanned at a periodic interval, the power of the transmitted signals may be measured, and the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080096569 - Sfn and signaling mechanisms for softer handoff groups: Softer handoff groups are provided utilizing fractional frequency reuse set, which can be managed by a single master sector that is part of the group. The group can based on handoff rules that can include a group indication by an access point or a group request by an access terminal.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080096570 - Route optimization of media channel in mobile wireless network: An exemplary embodiment of a method is implemented in a wireless network and is advantageous in that an undesired interim media channel link which would have been used in prior art systems is identified during call setup and avoided. In response to a call request in the wireless network for... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080096573 - Apparatus and method for enhanced adaptive channel selection and subframe allocation in a communication system: A first base station is adjacent to one or more second base stations, and the second base stations are adjacent to one or more third base stations. One or more frequency channels or subframes used by the third base stations are identified by the second base stations, which notify the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080096572 - Method for background scan in a mobile wireless system: A method is disclosed, operating a mobile station in a wireless network system comprising a plurality of base stations allocated in N channels. Data packets are received at a time interval p from a first base station of the wireless network system to which the mobile station is currently connected.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080096571 - Method, apparatus, network element and software product for shared channel allocation based on occurrence of hybrid automatic repeat request retransmissions: The invention provides a method or system where the network element (NE) sends an allocation to the user equipment (UE) based on whether a HARQ retransmission is expected. For example, if a HARQ retransmission is expected, then the UE can reduce the information contained in the allocation so as to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080096574 - Dyanmic power amplifier backoff: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate mitigating effect of non-linear distortion from a power amplifier on a spectral mask margin. Power limit indications can be analyzed in scheduling mobile devices. Mobile devices with power limits can be scheduled on inner subbands. Other mobile devices can employ remaining portions of... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080096575 - Load balancing: A technique for associating clients with APs in an advantageous manner may involve local balancing of clients across APs. This may involve providing instructions to APs to disable client association. Alternatively, this technique may involve load balancing across controllers.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080096576 - Methods of power overload control in communcation systems: Methods of providing power overload control in a communication system having a least one base station serving one or more users of at least one cell are described which may avoid an overload condition in the system. In one aspect, a target signal-to-interference ratio (SIRtarget) may be controlled for inner... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080096577 - Method of locating mobile communicating objects within a communications network, comprising the transmission of location identifiers by repeaters and server updates: The invention relates to a mobile communicating object (A) belonging to a communications network and comprising processing invention, when a communication has been established with another communicating object (S) belonging to the network, the aforementioned processing means generate a repeater (Fi) at each site (Hi) through which they pass. Moreover,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080096580 - Wlan network information caching: A WLAN client device maintains a history of profile-location associations. An association links a profile stored in the client device with a location in the vicinity of which the client device was connected to a wireless local area network matching the profile. While in a vicinity of a certain location,... Agent: Integral Intellectual Property Inc.

20080096579 - Apparatus and method for locating mobile terminals: A beacon device is disclosed for transmitting a proximity indication signal. When a mobile terminal is in proximity to the beacon device the mobile device receives the proximity indication signal and transmits a signal indicative thereof to the network with which it is registered in order to receive discounted calls... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080096578 - System and method for estimating cell center position for cell id based positioning: Systems and methods for estimating a cell center location in a wireless communication system having an interface to a satellite positioning system (“SPS”) such as for example, a Geosynchronous Positioning System (“GPS”). The wireless communication system provides service to mobile stations within a cell, each mobile station includes a SPS... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080096581 - Method of providing neighbor information and method of generating neighbor location information: Provided are a method of providing neighbor information and a method of generating neighbor location information. The method of providing neighbor information includes a base station broadcasting a neighbor advertisement message; and the base station transmitting a neighbor information message to a relay station connected to the base station.... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080096582 - Apparatus and method for mapping a location of wireless base stations in a mobile communication system: An apparatus used in a first mobile communication system with a plurality of wireless base stations, the first mobile communication system operated by a first provider, the apparatus including an acquiring unit, a location detecting unit configured to detect a present location of the apparatus, a storing unit configured to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096583 - Gps enabled cell phone with common interest alerts: A “seeking” wireless terminal determines its location coordinates via access of its GPS receiver. The seeking wireless terminal then sends a seeking request via a supporting wireless network infrastructure. The seeking request includes at least one interest item entered by a user of the seeking wireless terminal and also the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080096584 - Inter-packet-node paging between communication networks: A system and method is disclosed to provide inter-packet-node paging between communication networks. The networks recognize whether inter-network paging is supported therebetween and advertise overlapping codes between networks having adjacent location areas. When the mobile station moves from the first network to the second network, the first network determines whether... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080096585 - Methods and apparatus for terminating use of quick paging channel based on high capacity power source usage: In one illustrative example, a method of monitoring for pages in a wireless communication network by a mobile communication device adapted to operate with a battery power source includes the steps of repeatedly monitoring a quick paging channel of the wireless network for quick pages and, if a quick page... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080096586 - Internet protocol based multimedia system (ims): The present invention relates to an Internet protocol based multimedia system characterized by combining means for location information with media components during information exchange between a communication center and peripheral units, and a procedure for information exchange using the components of such an Internet protocol based multimedia system.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20080096589 - Method, system and apparatus for automatic notification to a plurality of communication nodes: A mobile communication device operable to automatically send a notification of a status change within a messaging session. The device includes a processor operable to execute a real-time messaging application on the mobile communication device, an input module operable to receive a session status change instruction from a user and... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080096593 - Short message composition method: A short message composition method for a mobile terminal is provided for easily referring to a received message while writing a reply message. The message composition method includes opening a reply message composition window in response to a command for writing a reply message in response to a received message,... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080096590 - Short message service network plug-in: An apparatus for use with communication devices, the communication devices being configured to send and receive SMS messages, the apparatus includes a memory configured to store information indicative of the communication devices that are configured to process an SMS message of a first type, a processor configured to receive an... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20080096591 - Systems and methods for providing communications services using assigned codes: A communications service (and components thereof) have one or more communication addresses (e.g. short codes, telephone numbers, IM names/domains, IP addresses, etc.) for receiving text-based messages, a service platform for carry out a number of communication services, and a database of registered subscribers. Subscribers access the database preferably through a... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080096592 - Systems and methods for providing communications services using assigned codes: According to another aspect of the invention, unique codes are associated with content items stored (or referred to) by subscribers of the system. Such content items can be voicemail messages, audio status messages, and/or media content. A unique code is conveyed to other individuals as desired. The individual enters the... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080096588 - Telecommunication system: An apparatus and methodology are provided that initiates voice calls in response to receipt of text-based messages having a plurality of diverse messaging formats. Each text-based message encapsulates text conforming to a predefined syntax that includes at least one target text field representing a participant of a voice call. A... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080096587 - Telephone for sending voice and text messages: A Communications apparatus, comprising a memory for storing message data comprising a plurality of predefined message blocks, a data processor in data communication with the memory, and a program executable by the data processor to retrieve any of the predefined message blocks and to control the apparatus to transmit a... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080096594 - User generated dynamic mobile service: A method of operating a mobile service comprising the steps of receiving a first request via the World Wide Web or WAP to create said mobile service, said first request comprising instructions to modify a mobile service template, creating said mobile service from said instructions and said template, receiving a... Agent: Mathew J. Temmerman

20080096595 - Handheld electronic device and associated method providing availability data in a messaging environment: An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which enhanced information regarding an “availability” of a user of a handheld electronic device is provided to another electronic device in a messaging environment. Such availability data provides step-wise indications of the relative availabilities of one or more... Agent: David C. Jenkins Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20080096596 - Apparatus and method for optimising a spread spectrum cellular communication system: An optimisation apparatus (100) for optimising a spread spectrum cellular communication system comprises a measurement report processor (101) which collects measurement reports from remote units of the spread spectrum cellular communication system. The measurement report processor (101) is connected to a path loss processor (103) which determines relative path loss... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080096597 - Providing push-to-talk communications in a telecommunications network: Techniques for implementing a push-to-talk feature in a mobile telecommunications environment (100) involve receiving an indication to activate a push-to-talk service for a first mobile device (130(2)) and identifying a group of mobile devices (130) associated with the push to-talk service for the first mobile device in response to the... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20080096598 - 2-channel display system comprising micro electro mechanical systems: The 2-channel display system with micro electromechanical systems (MEMS, e.g. DMDs from Texas Instruments) simultaneously generates a right and a left image in two discrete modulation channels, which differ by the polarization of their light beams. More specifically, the invention relates to the chirality (handedness) of MEMS and the geometric... Agent: Dr. Bernhard Rudolf Bausenwein

20080096599 - Enhancement of signalling in a \"push to talk\" type communication session by insertion of a visiting card: e

20080096600 - Voice hub processing: Systems and methods are provided for routing voice communications to groups in a voice communication system using a voice hub system. The voice hub system allows a user to group communication devices into one or more logical networks and/or unit task organizations. The user can then select one or more... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080096601 - Rechargeable battery facilitated customer-premises equipment: A Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE) device includes a power supply for generating a first power at a first voltage level; a rechargeable battery for generating a second power at a second voltage level; and a power amplifier coupled to the power supply and the rechargeable battery for receiving the first power... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080096602 - System and method for fast dynamic link adaptation: The present invention discloses a method and system for enabling efficient reduction of TFCs in the TFCS to achieve desired transmission, while remaining within desired power and data requirements. Upon the UE transmission power requirement exceeding the maximum or allowable transmission power the MAC shall be informed for subsequent TFC... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080096603 - Method for sharing information between handheld communication devices and handheld communication device therefore: The present invention relates to a method and an electronic equipment for a communication system enabling information sharing, wherein desired information contents are transmitted by few user operations. Electronic equipment comprises a information processing means (16) for processing information according to the operation of the user, a detecting means (15)... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080096604 - Mobile telephone device: A mobile telephone device capable of acquiring a high sensitivity over a wide band without being obstructed by the antenna when in use and while being held by the hand of a user. In this device, a variable tuning circuit (106) and a band switching circuit (107) are connected with... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080096605 - Discovery and delivery of rich media content to a personalized mobile media box: Content is provided to a mobile device by selecting or defining content criteria at a content provisioning system platform, obtaining the content associated with such selections or definitions, converting the content into an appropriate format, and then making the content available for download to the mobile devices. The content can... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080096606 - Apparatus for detachably installing a smart card in a portable terminal: An apparatus for detachably installing a smart card, such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, in a portable terminal is provided. The apparatus includes an opening on the portable terminal, a sliding member slidably coupled to the terminal to move in and out of the opening, and a cover... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080096608 - Method for loading and managing an application on mobile equipment: A method for loading and managing a software application in a mobile equipment intended to receive digital data of mobile television services broadcasted via a unidirectional mobile network comprising system software stored in a memory and at least one security module. The application is associated with broadcasted mobile television services... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080096607 - Packet service attaching apparatus and method in mobile communication terminal: Packet service attaching apparatus and method of a mobile communication terminal are provided. The packet service attaching apparatus includes a communication part for transmitting an Attach Request message to access a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), receiving an Attach Accept message or an Attach Reject message, and transmitting and receiving... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096609 - Temperature sensing and transmission apparatus and protocol for mobile phone: A temperature sensing and transmission apparatus and protocol for mobile phones is introduced in present invention. Phone users can transmit and receive temperature information via the phone network's data channel, in addition to the voice and video data that are commonly seen today. The added dimension of temperature information facilitates... Agent: Law Offices Of J.f. Lee

20080096610 - Text input method and mobile terminal therefor: A method for inputting text in a mobile terminal having a touch screen is provided. When detecting a touch-down, the mobile terminal displays a character of the touch-down point and nearby characters in an enlarged size and indicates the character of the touch-down point in the enlarged display. When a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096611 - Screen changing method in mobile terminal: A mobile terminal including a function key configured to select at least one of a first list of menu items and a second list of menu items, a selecting key configured to select a function from at least one of the first menu list and the second menu list, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096612 - Thumbwheel and switch for a mobile electronic device and methods thereof: A mobile electronic device has a thumbwheel subassembly having measurable rotatable and depressible input movements, for example, rolling the thumbwheel up, rolling the thumbwheel down and pushing the thumbwheel inwards. Pushing the thumbwheel with a measurable component of downward force may result in inadvertent rolling of the thumbwheel down. Software... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080096613 - In-vehicle hands free device: An in-vehicle hands free device includes: a voice line coupling element for coupling with an external communication network through a voice line; a communication element for providing a communication link with a cell phone, wherein the communication element receives a reception signal from the network through the cell phone; and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080096614 - Device, system, and method for fast network entry for wireless devices in idle mode: A method, apparatus and system for, in a first wireless device, storing network resources in local memory for a second wireless device while the second wireless device is in an idle mode of operation, receiving a request from the second wireless device to exit the idle mode of operation, retrieving... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080096617 - Locking device for internal battery pack cover of mobile phone: Provided is a locking device for an internal battery pack cover of a mobile phone, which is mounted on a lower case frame of a main body of the mobile phone, and which includes a locking member formed on the lower case frame; and a locking module coupled to the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080096615 - Mobile device interface platform: A mobile device interface platform. The platform is configured to latitudinally receive any of a variety of mobile device sizes and shapes while being integrally associated with a stationary apparatus that is to communicate with the mobile device. Where wireless mobile devices are accommodated by the platform, the latitudinal reception... Agent: William F. Ryann

20080096616 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal is provided that includes a housing having an opening formed therein, a cover disposed in the opening of the housing, the cover including at least one light transmission opening, an input switch located beneath the opening of the housing and the at least one light transmission opening,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096618 - Mobile phone with bidirectional swiveling display: Taught is a mobile phone with a bidirectional swiveling display, comprising a display, a main portion and a rotating portion having a body and a second axis. The body comprises a hole horizontally disposed therein and a first axis perpendicular to the hole. The first axis is rotatably inserted in... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080096619 - Sliding type mobile terminal: A sliding mechanism is provided to couple slidably a first housing having on its surface a vertically long liquid crystal display part long in the vertical direction to a second housing having on its surface an operating part. This slide mechanism includes a rail part which is mounted on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096620 - Mobile terminal and case for mobile terminal: A case of a mobile terminal includes a user input unit, a controller for manipulating an input signal, an interface for transmitting the manipulated input signal and protects a mobile terminal. As the case of the mobile terminal provides an additional user input, this allows a user to control each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090514 - Method and system for processing gps and satellite digital radio signals using a shared lna: A system for amplifying GPS and satellite digital radio signals is provided. The system includes a GPS antenna configured to receive signals transmitted by a GPS satellite, and a satellite digital radio antenna configured to receive satellite digital radio signals. The system also includes an amplifier that is electrically coupled... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080090515 - Interference prevention for receiver system incorporating rds-tmc receiver and fm modulator: A method and apparatus prevents interference between a radio signal from RDS-TMC service provider for receiving traffic and travel data by an RDS-TMC receiver and a radio signal for transmitting audio, text, or image data from an FM modulator. The method includes the steps of starting an operation of the... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20080090517 - Method and apparatus for optimal redundancy version (rv) selection for umts hsdpa transmissions: A method and apparatus for identifying optimal redundancy version (RV) sequences for HSDPA transmissions based on extensive search. In a first embodiment of the present invention, in HSDPA QPSK mode, the transmitter retransmits according to the RV sequence [0 7 3 4 1 6 5 2] and in HSDPA 16QAM... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080090518 - Communication device and communication method of underwater vehicle: The present invention provides a communication device and a communication method of an underwater vehicle, which use an electromagnetic field (electromagnetic wave), having a higher propagation speed than that of an acoustic wave, for communication between an underwater vehicle and a mother vessel or the like so as to allow... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080090519 - Method and system for identifying radio frequency identification (rfid) tag location using a switchable coil: Aspects of a method and system for identifying a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag location using a switchable coil are presented. Aspects of the systems may include one or more processors that enable selection of an inductor coil from a plurality of inductor coils. The selection of the inductor coil... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080090520 - Apparatus and methods for communication mobility management using near-field communications: A system for managing mobile communications includes a dual-mode mobile terminal that has a first mobile transceiver configured to perform near-field communication operations and a second mobile transceiver configured to perform short-range communication operations. The system also includes a first network transceiver in a local-area-network (LAN) configured to transmit access... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080090524 - Audio delivery system and method for mobile phone: A wireless audio delivery system and method are disclosed for distributing an audio signal to a plurality of headsets through short range wireless communication channels. An audio delivery method for a short range wireless communication network including a master device and a plurality of slave devices includes selecting, at the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080090523 - Container unit, message switching equipment, routing method, routing directory, and system for monitoring containers: The invention includes a message switching equipment for transmitting messages between container units placed in containers and a monitoring server. The message switching equipment comprises at least a container unit 201, a gateway unit 202 providing communication links 203, and a message handler 204 which is coupled to the monitoring... Agent: Saltamar Innovations

20080090522 - Display apparatus and display method: A DSRC in-vehicle communication apparatus (1) operates as a base station based on the DSRC communication standard when a base station function section (3) is selected by an operation function selection section (2), and operates as a mobile station based on the DSRC communication standard when a mobile station function... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080090521 - Ultra wideband coupling mechanism and method for mobile terminal: An Ultra Wideband (UWB) coupling mechanism and method for a mobile terminal are provided. The UWB coupling mechanism includes a main unit having a first short range communication unit, a memory for storing data received or to be transmitted through the first short range communication unit, a radio frequency unit... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090525 - Method of controlling printer using bluetooth function of mobile terminal: A method of controlling a printer using a Bluetooth function of a mobile terminal is provided, including forming, when printing is to be performed, a Bluetooth communication link between the mobile terminal and a headset and forming a communication link between the headset and the printer; selecting data to be... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090512 - Method of managing the restriction of incoming services: Systems and methods of managing restrictions on communications devices, including receiving a request from a mobile device to access a communication network. The request may contain key or other access control information. Systems and methods may include transmitting a data content that is tailored to (1) defeat automated processing or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080090513 - Apparatus and methods of selective collection and selective presentation of content: Disclosed are apparatus and methods operable to distribute targeted content. Additionally, disclosed are corresponding apparatus and methods operable to selectively choose and cache selected ones from among the distributed targeted content, and to further choose ones from among the cached content to present on a device. In some aspects, selective... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080090516 - System for processing radio frequency signals: A reconfigurable system for the analogue processing of radio frequency signals in a satellite communications system, comprises means for receiving a signal within a pre-selected first intermediate frequency and agile filter means comprising a variable mixer stage and at least one variable filter, adapted to select one or more first... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080090526 - Mobile communication system, mobile communication method, and mobile station suitably used for the same: The object of the present invention is provide a mobile communication system which can reduce power consumption of a mobile station without increasing the number of times the data signals which are to be received by the mobile station are retransmitted. The base station 10 comprises a signal transmitter 11... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080090527 - Device and method for selectively controlling the utility of an integrated circuit device: A radio frequency controller device is provided that enables the utility of an integrated circuit (IC) device using an RF communication. The radio frequency controller device has a switch that is set to a defined state responsive to the RF communication. More particularly, conditional logic circuitry uses the RF communication... Agent: William J. Kolegraff Kestrel Wireless, Inc.

20080090528 - Method and apparatus for sending data and control information in a wireless communication system: Techniques for sending control information in a communication system are described. In an aspect, control information may be sent in a first frequency location (e.g., a first set of subcarriers) if data is not being sent and in a second frequency location (e.g., a second set of subcarriers) if data... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080090529 - Wireless communication system with transmit diversity designs: An apparatus for enabling a base station to transmit radio frequency signals with a transmit diversity technique comprises a first antenna implemented in the base station; and a second antenna implemented in the base station, and placed apart from the first antenna by a predetermined distance. The first antenna utilizes... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080090530 - Transmitter ic with saw-based oscillator: A transmitter IC provided with a SAW-based oscillator with an external SAW device. The transmitter IC comprises an oscillating circuit. The oscillating circuit comprises an inverter stage, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a resistor. The inverter stage has input and output terminals respectively coupled to two ends of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090531 - Vector modulator calibration system: A vector modulator calibration system (“VMCS”) for obtaining a calibrated modulated output signal while minimizing spurious output signals from a vector modulator is shown. The VMCS may include a power sensor in signal communication with the vector modulator and a digitizer in signal communication with the power sensor.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080090532 - Radio front end: A radio front end utilizes at least one band pass filter to pass only the appropriate frequency band. Once the desired frequency band has been isolated it is converted to a digital format in an analog to digital converter and a digital signal processing device interprets the signal.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080090533 - Method and system for compensating for using a transmitter to calibrate a receiver for channel equalization: Aspects of a method and system for compensating for using a transmitter to calibrate a receiver for channel equalization are provided. Various embodiments of the invention may be applicable wireless devices in TDM systems, Bluetooth, and/or WLAN applications, for example. Transmit tones may be generated by a transmitter PLL and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080090534 - Method and device for activating a media player: A method and device for activating a media player enables efficient and convenient access to media files. The method includes determining that a wireless communication device (100) is not operatively coupled to a network. An operative coupling of a speaker system (205) to the wireless communication device (100) is detected.... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080090535 - Amplifier circuit and receiving device: Disclosed herein is an amplifier circuit formed by multiple transistor stages and having an input terminal for a signal and an inverted output terminal configured to output an inverted signal after amplification, wherein a feedback resistance and a feedback capacitor for input impedance matching are connected in series with each... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080090536 - Receiving apparatus, receiving method, and program: A receiving apparatus includes: a demodulating unit which demodulates an IF signal obtained by subjecting a received RF signal to frequency conversion; a detecting unit which detects a carrier wave frequency error contained in the IF signal; a frequency control unit which sets an initial value of a frequency in... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080090537 - Display control for cellular phone: A control system for a mobile device comprises an audio input that generates an audio input signal. An audio amplifier amplifies the audio input signal using a gain. An adaptive gain control (AGC) module receives the audio input signal and adjusts the gain of the audio input signal. A comparing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080090538 - Automatic gain control apparatus: An arbitrary threshold value (Ei0) is established which defines a boundary as to activating an RF-AGC circuit (21) if the value of the field intensity (Ei) of a received signal is greater than what value while the value of the field intensity of a signal at a desired frequency being... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080090539 - Fuzzy logic control of an rf power amplifier for automatic self-tuning: Fuzzy logic is utilized to control an RF amplifier and associated tuner for continuous self-optimization and automatic load matching to at least double the battery life of a battery-powered transmitter.... Agent: Bae Systems

20080090540 - Method and system for utilizing a frequency modulation (fm) antenna for near field communication (nfc) and radio frequency identification (rfid): Aspects of a method and system for utilizing a frequency modulation (FM) antenna for near field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) are presented. Aspects of a system for utilizing an FM antenna for NFC and RFID may include a tuning control block that enables configuration of at least... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080090541 - System and method for dc correction in wireless receivers: A system and method for minimizing a DC component of a received signal are disclosed. As one example, a system for minimizing a DC component of a signal in a wireless receiver is disclosed, which includes a programmable filter operable to filter the signal with at least one of a... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080090542 - Method for interference-free frequency change in a receiving system with a plurality of parallel operated recevers: A method is presented for changing a frequency of a first local oscillator in a receiving system, which has a first receiver with the first local oscillator and a first frequency control element and a second receiver with a second local oscillator and a second frequency control element. The method... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080090543 - Receiver ic with saw-based oscillator: A receiver IC provided with a SAW-based oscillator with an external SAW device. The receiver IC comprises an oscillating circuit. The oscillating circuit comprises an inverter stage, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a resistor. The inverter stage has input and output terminals respectively coupled to two ends of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090544 - Module for exchanging information by carrier currents and method for managing the operation of said module: The module for exchanging information by carrier-currents (22, 24) for controlling an electrical member (12, 14) includes first receiver means (34A, 36A) for receiving an information-conveying signal. The first receiver means (34A, 36A) may take on two states, respectively an activated state and a deactivated state. The module (22, 24)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080090545 - Signal processing unit: A signal processing unit of the present invention includes: input terminal (21) to which an input signal is input; high-pass filter (23) for cutting off the DC component of the input signal; output terminal (22) for outputting a signal output from high-pass filter (23) as an output signal; determination element... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080090546 - Enhanced e911 network access for a call center using session initiation protocol (sip) messaging: A switched emergency call (e.g., a 911 call, an alarm company call) forwarded by a telematics call center is converted into a session initiation protocol (SIP) packetized phone call at the call center, and routed over an IP network, for presentation to an emergency services gateway, which connects to a... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20080090547 - Apparatus and method for establishing a priority call: Apparatus, and an associated method, for a fixed wireless access communication system, by which to initiate a call to an emergency dispatch center, or other priority call to a priority location. When communication resources are initially unavailable to permit establishment of the call, normal call set-up procedures are emulated at... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080090548 - Method for tracking mobile communication terminal: Disclosed is a method for tracking a mobile communication terminal. The method includes configuring a mobile tracking feature; creating mobile tracking information when there is a difference between Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card information stored in a SIM card currently being inserted into the mobile communication terminal and SIM card... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090549 - Method of checking amount of transmitted data: During a connection between a network infrastructure and user equipment a first indication of the amount of data transmitted over the connection is maintained in the network infrastructure and a second indication of the amount data transmitted is maintained in the user equipment. A checking procedure is triggered in response... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080090550 - Communication system and method including communication billing options: A system and method for a communication apparatus to provide advanced features such as dual mode capability, billing options for communication charges (for instance reverse billing), and definable accessible controls. In one embodiment, a subscriber apparatus (for instance a wireless communication apparatus) including pager (such as page phone) or radiotelephone... Agent: Law Office Of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation

20080090551 - Rule-based system and method for managing the provisioning of user applications on limited-resource and/or wireless devices: A system and a method for charging for directed provisioning and using of dynamic content to limited resource devices, through an integrated platform which handles all aspects of aggregation and management of such dynamic content. The integrated platform features a billing system for performing billing actions. The billing system of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080090552 - Media file provision: The present invention is directed towards solving the problem of providing additional information to a user of a telecommunication device (100,42) during setting up of a telecommunication connection, by presenting a media file to the first end user in depence of signal information directed towards the first end user. A... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080090553 - Dynamic video messaging: A video messaging service is compatible with multiple transport technologies (such as 2G and 3G networks), and operable to render an integrated video message having voice and corresponding video in a matter consistent with the capabilities of the recipient device. The video messaging service receives a voice (audio) and identifies... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080090554 - Method and system for providing travel services: A method and system for providing travel services are disclosed. The method and system include a database of travel information from which information can be selectively obtained based on the traveler's circumstances. The method and system also include a system for providing counseling services and an emergency kit containing food,... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080090555 - Managing faults and filters in providing foreign services: The disclosure provides a system and method for managing fault in providing foreign services. In some embodiments, a method includes providing services foreign to each of a plurality of communication devices. The services are provided by core networks. Services native to each of the plurality of communication devices is substantially... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080090556 - System and method to provide combinational services to anonymous callers: A system and method in which a notification is received of a call from a first device to a second device in a first domain. A context is created for the first type of call. A notification is received of initiation of a call from the second device to the... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080090557 - Position/location based service network architecture: In a cellular communications network, text messages, unique for a certain group of base stations (2) at each instant, are broadcast to mobile terminals (6). The mobile terminals (6) include the text message or a text derived based on at least the text message as a part of a position... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080090558 - Mobile device system and mobile device: A mobile device system and a communication device which can flexibly respond to the living environment to prevent misplacement are provided. In each mobile device, outside a specified area which is registered in advance, when a combination of other mobile devices detected as being located within a predetermined range of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080090559 - Time-dependent information management system and method for mobile phone: A time-dependent information management system and method for a mobile phone that enable the management of time-related information in consideration of a change of time zone are provided. The method includes registering an event planned to occur at a first local time based on a first time zone together with... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090560 - Method and apparatus for accessing a service: An access unit (107) detects a service access (201) suitable for group operation and in response transmits (203) a group formation request to a plurality of applications. The applications decide whether to join the group (205) and the access unit (107) receives a group join indication from the applications deciding... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080090561 - Mobile communication system and mobile terminal: A mobile communication system comprise: a reception unit receiving data from a mobile terminal having a phone call function via a common channel being a communication channel through which a plurality of mobile terminals receive data; a storage unit storing data received by the reception unit and an identifier of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080090563 - Method and apparatus for optimal utilization of a radio channel based on cognition model data: Classes of cognition models which may include: 1) Radio Environment models, 2) Mobility models and 3) Application/User Context models are utilized in a wireless communications network. Radio Environment models represent the physical aspects of the radio environment, such as shadowing losses, multi-path propagation, interference and noise levels, etc. Mobility models... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080090562 - System and method for providing advertising using a communication network: A system includes a cellular communication network having a media file storage system and a base-station in communication with each other. A first cellular communication device is in communication with the media file storage system through the base-station. A media file is stored with the media file storage system. The... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20080090565 - Wireless communication modules for audio systems: A removable wireless communication module includes a connector configured to removably connect to an external port of a host device. The connector includes a power supply input connecting element to receive electrical power from the host device, at least one audio connecting element to receive audio signals from the host... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080090564 - Wireless phone module and method: A module includes a transceiver, display and I/O interface. The module can be coupled to a case such that the I/O interface can download data from a memory in the case, including a GUI, graphics, etc. Calls can then be blocked based on the relationship of the caller and the... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080090566 - Apparatus and method for providing call-processing service in gsm/gprs mobile terminal: Provided is an apparatus and method for providing a call-processing service in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a circuit processor that provides a Circuit Service (CS), a packet processor that provides a Packet Service (PS), a period measuring unit that measures a delayed paging period in which a call-processing... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090567 - Aircraft cabin personal telephone microcell: An on-board base station, comprising an interface device on board an aircraft that interfaces with a separate wireless device of a user inside the aircraft and with a wireless bearer system, an RF detector that detects RF emissions of the separate wireless device, a controller coupled to the RF detector,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080090568 - Apparatus and method for managing tool kit menu of portable terminal in roaming condition: Provided are an apparatus and method for managing a tool kit menu of a portable terminal in a roaming condition. The method includes updating, by a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) tool kit module, location information based on broadcast information from the roaming network, creating, by the SIM tool kit module,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090569 - Method and apparatus for performing signal processing in an ip multimedia subsystem network: A method and apparatus for performing signal processing in an IMS network is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an S-CSCF having a controller element that receives an incoming call initiated by a first terminal device directed to a second terminal device,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080090572 - Increasing a secret bit generation rate in wireless communication: A technique is applied to increase secret bit generation rate for a wireless communication. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) measures channel impulse responses (CIRs) on downlink and generates secret bits based on the CIRs. Each of the network entities also measures a CIR on uplink between itself and the WTRU.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080090570 - Method and system for signaling the state of supplementary services: The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device that is capable of accessing different types of networks such as a circuit-switched network and a packet-switched network. When supplementary services are invoked involving the device, a protocol is used that signals between the device and a central server that maintains... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080090571 - Network element and method for making handover: The invention relates to a network element (BSC) for assisting a handover process from a first access network (RAN) to a second access network (GANC), said network element being configured to receive information on neighbouring cells of every transmitter (BTS/Node B/Access point); divide the cells into at least two groups,... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080090573 - Method and apparatus for performing handover of user equipment (ue) during discontinuous reception (drx) operation in mobile communication system: A method and apparatus for increasing the success rate of a handover of a connected mode UE while minimizing the power consumption of the UE during DRX operation in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting a cell change report to the serving base... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090574 - Method and system for managing radio resources for soft handoff in an ofdma-based communication system: A method and system is disclosed for managing resource within a predetermined soft handoff group in an OFDM based telecommunications system. Logical radio resources are separated into at least one set to support the soft handoff group and at least one set for supporting normal communication traffic. At least one... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080090575 - Wimax access point network with backhaul technology: A WiMAX network and communication method, the network including a plurality of WiMAX nodes deployed in micro or pico cells for providing access service to a plurality of mobile subscribers, a plurality of these nodes being arranged in a cluster, one of the nodes in each cluster being a feeder... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20080090576 - Apparatus and method for reallocating segments in broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and a method for reallocating segments in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. An average density for all cells in system and an average minimal inter-cell distance R are computed. A circle is determined having a radius kR and a center at a corresponding cell by increasing... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090577 - Apparatus and method for idcell allocation in a broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and a method for allocating IDcells in a wireless communication system are provided, in which an initial IDcell allocation is performed by allocating entire sectors to elements of an N×M IDcell matrix, a sector pair with the highest proximity is selected for each IDcell in the initial allocation,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090580 - Apparatus and method for allocating segments in broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for allocations segments in a broadband wireless communication system is provided. Sector pairs are generated with respect to all sectors existing in different cells and the generated sector pairs are sorted according to priority based on a proximity. A sector pair having a top priority among... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090578 - System for cellular communications and its units: Inventions relate to a field of radio communications and may be used for a creation of systems for cellular communications. The achieved technical result—an extension of a coverage area of a communication network. A system for cellular communication comprises a switch subsystem, a base station subsystem which are interconnected with... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080090579 - Transmission rate control method, mobile station, and radio network controller: A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of user data transmitted by a mobile station via an uplink, include: notifying, at a radio network controller, a maximum allowable transmission rate of the user data to the mobile station, when the mobile station starts communications or when a... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080090582 - Automatic wireless communication coverage system: This invention uses multi-tier indexing methods to organize the wireless communication industry standard Radio Resource Management (RRM) parameters, compression techniques to compress the indexed RRM parameters, model the RRM parameters to identify the relationships between the parameters, simulate the model by eliminating predefined non-influential parameters, to conclude the signal-noise-ratio values... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080090581 - Methods of rf sensing control and dynamic frequency selection control for cognitive radio based dynamic spectrum access network systems-cognitive dynamic frequency hopping: This invention relates to cognitive radio based wireless communications of dynamic spectrum access networks, and more particularly to a method of addressing radio frequency sensing control and dynamic frequency selection control. A method called Cognitive Dynamic Frequency Hopping that is based on the selective Simultaneous Sensing and Data Transmissions is... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080090583 - Resource allocation, scheduling, and signaling for grouping real time services: The present invention is a method and apparatus for resource allocation signaling for grouping user real time services. Uplink signaling for voice activity reporting of each user's transition between an active state and an inactive voice state is sent from a wireless transmit/receive unit to a Node B. Radio resource... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080090584 - Method and apparatus for allocating radio resources in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for allocating radio resources in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a Base Station (BS) transmits information indicating current allocated resources to a Mobile Station (MS) in every predetermined periods, defines a virtual resource space with current unallocated resources, when the MS requests resource... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090585 - Wireless communication systems: A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system is provided. In the wireless communication system, subscriber stations are each operable to communicate with a base station and the base station is capable of performing simultaneous communications with a number of subscriber stations by allocating an available capacity among the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080090587 - Method for mobile to inform base station of additional gps capabilities: In a method of configuring a mobile communication between a position determination entity and a mobile device, an indication that the mobile device has an ability to perform a positioning system search simultaneously with a communication is sent to the position determination entity. A preferred response quality indicator is set... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq. Bockhop & Associates, LLC

20080090586 - Network initiated ussd in mixed networks: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate sending a network initiated USSD message via a mixed network to user equipment. An application server component can communicate to user equipment. A location component can aggregate location data associated with the user equipment, wherein the location component can utilize... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

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20080090590 - System and method for creating multimedia rendezvous points for mobile devices: Systems and methods create multimedia rendezvous points for mobile devices. The mobile devices access digital media and/or a rendezvous identification (RID) for a rendezvous point of the digital media via a server and/or a networks. The mobile devices connect to the rendezvous point via the RID of the digital media... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20080090589 - Location caching with expiration based on location: A system for locating a device in a wireless network that caches a known location and sets an expiration time based on the location. The system correlates the location with known places, such as movie theaters, restaurants, etc. to set the expiration time. For example, if a device was known... Agent: Powell Goldstein, LLP

20080090591 - computer-implemented method to perform location-based searching: A computer implemented method that facilitates conveyance of content is provided. A search query and physical location information are received from a cellular telephone. The query is executed. Search results are filtered as a function of the physical location information. The filtered search results are transmitted to the cellular telephone.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080090592 - Mobile terminal, communication terminal, location notifying system using them, and location notifying method: The level of detail of position information about one's own location is expressed in terms of a disclosure level when announcing one's own location so as to prevent the supply of more information about oneself to the other party than is necessary. A mobile terminal 10 determines, based on a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090593 - Method and related apparatus for enhancing paging efficiency in a wireless communications system: A method for enhancing paging efficiency in a wireless communications system includes a user equipment of the wireless communications system receiving a service provided by a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service dedicated cell, and a network of the wireless communications system outputting a paging message for paging the user equipment in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090594 - Dual event slotted paging: A novel and improved method and system for paging a cellular telephone or other wireless terminal using two paging channels that reduces standby mode power consumption described. In one embodiment of the invention, a minimally encoded quick paging channel is established over which short, quick page messages are transmitted during... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080090595 - Near field communication for profile change in switching network acess: Disclosed is a system and method that utilizes near field communications (NFC) for establishing and/or controlling the routing of communications in a fixed mobile convergence environment. Electronic equipment is provided with an NFC adapter and a storage element (e.g., memory, disk drive, etc.) that has user's identity specific information (e.g.,... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080090596 - Mobile communication terminal and method: A method for providing convenient switching between modes of character input on a communication terminal in connection with currency input. The method includes in a first mode of input, receiving at least one alphanumerical input character, recognizing at least one alphanumerical input character from a set of predetermined currency identifiers,... Agent: Perman & Green

20080090598 - Next generation social networking and content rating system and method: A system and method are described herein that leverages an IP (and in particular IMS) mobile network and a fixed network to provide a next generation social networking experience to the users of mobile terminals.... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20080090597 - Short message formatting for information exchange: An apparatus including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor including computer readable instructions configured to cause the processor to send a short message service (SMS) message, wherein the SMS message includes an SMS header portion, a transmission protocol user data (TP-UD) portion including a first field followed by... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20080090599 - Location specific broadcast system and receiver: A broadcast system for consolidating and broadcasting the information from a broadcast server to the specific location and a communication receiver configured to receive broadcast message, determine the location of the communication receiver, and output the message to the communication device when the communication receiver is within the location specified... Agent: Vittal Prabhu

20080090600 - Unsuitable cell exclusion in wireless communication systems: A method for performing initial cell search in wireless communication system wherein unsuitable cells includes searching stored frequencies exhaustively and initial frequencies non-exhaustively. Initial frequencies may be searched exhaustively in certain circumstances. When performing exhaustive initial cell searches, primary synchronization codes that lead to unsuitable cells are excluded from subsequent... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080090601 - System and method of providing private dispatch calling between users in distinct geographical areas: A dispatch communications system is disclosed that facilitates dispatch communications respectively between subscriber units residing within a first geographical area, subscriber units residing within a second geographical area, and subscriber units residing respectively in the first and second geographical areas. The dispatch communications system includes a first intra-area dispatch communications... Agent: Sprint Nextel Corporation

20080090602 - Power control of network part transmitter in radio system: An apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium in various embodiments includes a transmitter that establishes a radio connection that sends signals to a user equipment using a required transmission power; a receiver that receives a signal sent by the user equipment over the radio connection, the signal comprising at least one... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080090604 - Performance or power-optimized code/data storage for nonvolatile memories: A wireless device incorporates a nonvolatile memory that dynamically controls a swapping or mapping of bit pairs for a selected memory region to optimize programming times.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080090603 - Circuit for processing an output signal of a communication stage: In a circuit (2, 3) for processing at least one output signal (C1, C2, C3) of a communication stage, which at least one output signal (C1, C2, C3) of a communication stage can be generated by means of a communication stage, there are provided signal-mixing means (5), which signal-mixing means... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080090605 - Call control method for dual-mode mobile terminals and a dual-mode mobile terminal using the same: A dual-mode mobile terminal, which can access synchronous and asynchronous mobile communication systems, includes a key input panel and a controller. The key input panel includes a call switching key for switching between calls from the two systems and a call end key for ending calls from the two systems.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090606 - Method for selecting receiver mode of mobile terminal with two receivers: Provided is a method for selecting a receiver mode of a mobile terminal having two receivers and that can receive a signal using either or both of the two receivers depending on a channel environment. A method for selecting a receiver mode of a wireless communication terminal having at least... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090607 - Mobile communication terminal and method thereof: A method for amending data for an apparatus in a camera mode including a keypad, a display and a camera, as well as an apparatus and a computer-readable medium thereof. First, a camera mode is entered. Next, the keypad configuration is switched to a camera mode keypad configuration. Next, image... Agent: Perman & Green

20080090608 - Mobile communication terminal for mp3: A mobile communication terminal for Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 (MP3). The mobile communication terminal is provided with a plurality of keys and at least one MP3-dedicated key.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090609 - Method and apparatus for managing memos: A method and apparatus for managing memos is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a terminal device having User Interface (UI) element that presents a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements each associated with one among a plurality of GUI categories,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080090610 - Portable electronic device: The present invention discloses a portable electronic device which includes: a memory module, an integrated chip, and an output module. The integrated chip includes a demodulator, an error correction module, a plurality of decoders, and an image processing module, which are capable of sharing the memory module and respectively performing... Agent: Tung & Associates Suite 120

20080090612 - Method of authenticating devices for communication over short range air interfaces: The present invention provides methods involving a first device, at least one second device, and a core network in a wireless communication system. One embodiment of the method includes establishing a first secure wireless connection over a first air interface between the first device and the at least one second... Agent: Mark W. Sincell Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20080090611 - System and method for information handling system modular wireless integration: Wireless functionality is provided to desktop information handling systems by a module sized to fit as a storage drive bay component, such as a flexbay. The wireless functionality includes wireless personal area networking that supports peripherals, such as Ultra-Wideband or Bluetooth devices, or local area networking. An antenna for wireless... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080090613 - Negotiated wireless peripheral security systems: Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in mobile network communication systems. A mobile unit such as a smart phone is preferably equipped with a wireless local area network connection and a wireless wide area network connection. The local area network connection is used to establish a position-dependent... Agent: Eric M. Dowling Interlink 731

20080090614 - Subscriber identity module unlocking service portal: An improved method and system for removing operating restrictions associated with a predetermined subscriber identity module (SIM) from a wireless device. A user is allowed to securely log onto a Web site that contains support information on subscription plans, billing, termination, penalties, and device-to-SIM unlocking. After satisfying any outstanding contract... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080090615 - Mobile communications terminal using multi-functional socket and method thereof: A mobile communications terminal using a multi-functional socket and a method thereof, the mobile communications device comprising a connector capable of connecting the mobile communications device to at least one external device for establishing an electrical connection between the at least one external device and the mobile communications device; a... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080090616 - Display control for cellular phone: A control system for a mobile device comprises at least one touch sensor that generates a resistance signal based on a sensed resistance. A comparing module generates a first signal when the resistance signal is less than a threshold. A timing module determines a duration of the first signal. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080090617 - Display control for cellular phone: A control system for a mobile device comprises a proximity sensing module that generates a proximity signal based on a sensed proximity of the mobile device to an external object. A comparing module generates a first signal when the proximity signal is less than a threshold. A timing module determines... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080090619 - Method for displaying an idle screen in a portable terminal and a portable terminal employing the same: A portable terminal and a method for displaying an idle screen of the portable terminal are provided. The terminal includes a Radio Frequency (RF) unit for receiving signal from an external, a memory for storing a plurality of image elements comprising an idle screen image (IDLE_Img), a key input unit... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080090618 - Mobile terminal and output controlling method thereof: A mobile terminal including a main body having a wireless communication module, a first display module disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display first information, a first input unit disposed on the front surface of the main body and configured to input first information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090620 - Display device and electronic device: A display device capable of displaying on both screens and switching between vertical and horizontal display, and a driving method thereof. Each pixel comprises a first region including a first light emitting element, and a second region including a second light emitting element. The first region has a bottom emission... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080090621 - Portable apparatus: The present invention is aimed at obtaining a portable terminal capable of display of high luminance with low power consumption and is configured to be provided with an LED display panel having a plurality of light-emitting diodes matrix-arranged in a display window formed on the surface of a casing accommodating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080090622 - Charging cradle for a headset device and an earphone cover for the headset device: Disclosed is a charging cradle for a headset device, which includes a housing with a surface providing a mounting depression, and a cover with a transparent surface pivotably connected to the housing so as to open and close the mounting depression. The headset device is mounted in the mounting depression... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090623 - Power saving method for mobile terminal: Provided is a power saving method for a mobile terminal, of a WiBro communication system, particularly for a standby mode. A power saving method for a mobile terminal having a modem for communicating with a base station and a host for controlling the modem, includes starting, at the mobile terminal,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080090624 - Microphone: A microphone includes a case, a circuit board, a plate, a cover/button element and an elastic element. The circuit board is disposed in the case and includes a transducer for receiving and converting sound waves into electric signals and a switch operable for turning on and off the circuit board.... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080090625 - Microphone microchip device with internal noise suppression: A microphone microchip for a voice communication device. The microchip receives and processes an audio signal from a microphone. The microchip incorporates an RF filter that substantially attenuates noise signals at RF frequencies, while passing audio signals, substantially unattenuated. The filter is inserted between ports through which RF carrier signal... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080090626 - Communication device with multiple detachable communication modules: A wireless communication device has a docking cavity, a short-range transceiver, and a long-range transceiver for long-range wireless communication with a wireless network. A wireless communication module includes a speaker and a microphone, and a short-range transceiver for short-range wireless communication with the device's short-range transceiver. The module is configured... Agent: David B. Cochran, Esq. Jones Day

20080090627 - Mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal is provided. The mobile communication terminal includes a first body, a second body slidably moveable between a first position and a second position, a plate located between the first body and the second body, the plate being connected to one of the first body and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080085675 - Mobile device and server capable of supporting adhoc questionnaires: A questionnaire network in which a mobile device is used by user to create questionnaires and send it to other recipients. The questionnaire is created by user of mobile device using audio inputs for a questionnaire preamble and question preambles. A server in the network incorporates other generic portions of... Agent: Bindu Rama Rao

20080085676 - Wireless multi-channel video/audio apparatus: A wireless multi-channel video/audio apparatus has a wireless transmitter to be connected to a video/audio player and multiple sound outputting devices with built-in wireless receivers. The video/audio player outputs an audio signal to the wireless transmitters to be encoded and wirelessly transmitted to the sound outputting devices for generating stereo... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, Llc

20080085678 - Mobile child monitoring system and methods of use: A mobile monitoring system having a master or receive unit and one or more transmit or slave units is described. The system allows a person freedom of movement while being able to track through a wireless receive unit(s) persons or animals wearing or carrying a mobile transmitter. The system provides... Agent: Szegien P. Chow

20080085681 - Method and device for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, receiving device for receiving signals in a wireless communication system, with a special frame structure: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, in which signals are transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, said signals being transmitted in consecutive frames, each frame having a preamble section comprising preamble information, at least one of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080085682 - Mobile device sharing pictures, streaming media and calls locally with other devices: Using a local sharing client, a first mobile device shares incoming calls, streaming media, pictures, etc. locally (without employing a cellular wireless network) with a second device. The second device may also have a similar client and be able to share locally with the first mobile device.... Agent: Bindu Rama Rao

20080085677 - Wireless communication systems, methods, and data structure: A wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device may include a first station and a second station. The first station is coupled with the second station. The first and second stations are within a first cluster. The stations within the first cluster are configured to operate cooperatively to... Agent: Akin Gump LLP - Silicon Valley

20080085679 - Wireless portable radio vehicle communication system: A communications system for a vehicle user is provided. The system comprises a portable receiver which the vehicle user can easily carry on his or her person. The portable receiver is capable of receiving coded transmissions from a vehicle-mounted transmitter which is capable of activating a function in a portable... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080085680 - Method and apparatus for performing discontinuous reception operation by connected mode user equipment in a mobile communication system: A method for performing a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation by a connected mode User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The method includes waking up at a wake-up timing, and determining whether an incoming data indication is received from a Node B; reestablishing uplink synchronization upon receipt of the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080085684 - Output power correction module for amplifiers in transmitters: According to an exemplary embodiment, a transmitter system includes a power amplifier receiving a supply voltage and a supply current from a power control/current detection circuit, where the power amplifier drives a load impedance. The transmitter system further includes a power correction module configured to sample the supply current and... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080085683 - Method and apparatus for transient frequency distortion compensation: Transient distortion is compensated for by multiplying an exponentially-decaying phase shift onto the distorted waveform. The exponentially decaying phase shift waveform is patterned after the transient which typically takes the form of an exponential and occurs upon introduction of power to a circuit or circuit component. A digital circuit produces... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080085685 - Methods and apparatus for power measurement in a communication system: Methods and apparatus for power measurement in a communication system. In an aspect, a method is provided for power measurement. The method includes selecting between a signal decoding mode and a power measurement mode, decoding an input signal if the signal decoding mode is selected, and calculating a power measurement... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080085686 - Auditory display of vehicular environment: An example apparatus for providing an audible signal representative of an environment comprises a sensor system, and an audio system providing an audible signal to a person. The audible signal has one or more audible signal variables from which the person can determine, for example, the location and relative velocity... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.c.

20080085691 - Airborne pico cell security system: Security is provided in a wireless communication system in a moving vehicle, e.g. an aircraft, by requiring user input of one or more security codes for validation before the system permits communication. One code, a security access code (SAC), corresponds to the vehicle travel segment (e.g. flight) and is given... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080085690 - Method and apparatus of passive scanning: A wireless communication system that include an association that include an access point and two or more stations. A station in unassociated mode that seeks to join the association performs a periodically passive scanning in a predetermined point of time for a predetermined period of time. The predetermined point of... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080085687 - Method and system for assigning call waiting priorities to phone numbers: A method for enabling a mobile phone to control the automatic activation/deactivation of the call waiting feature in real time through the use of customized pre-set user preferences. The mobile phone contains a database with multiple records for people and/or businesses known to the user. Within each record, the user... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080085688 - Method and system for data retrieval using push to talk: A method (50) and system (10) of retrieving data using a push-to-talk connection includes the wireless communication unit (12), a user interface (14) allowing a user to selectively choose at least one link (16) from the user interface, and a processor (18) coupled to the user interface. The processor can... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080085689 - Mode changing of a mobile communications device and vehicle settings when the mobile communications device is in proximity to a vehicle: A driver of a vehicle is identified and a command is sent to a mobile communications device that is associated with the identified driver and that is in proximity of the vehicle to force the mobile communications device to change modes such as to enter a hands-free or other suitable... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080085692 - Radio frequency coverage map generation in wireless networks: In one embodiment, a method for generating a radio-frequency coverage map. The method includes receiving coverage map data comprising a plurality of locations within a region, and an identification of a location in the plurality of locations corresponding to a radio transceiver, wherein the locations within the region are represented... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080085693 - Reference signal generation for multiple communication systems: Techniques for generating reference signals for multiple communication systems are described. An apparatus comprises a reference oscillator, a frequency control unit, and a plurality of frequency synthesizers. The reference oscillator generates a main reference signal and may be a crystal oscillator or some other type of oscillator. The frequency control... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080085694 - High linearity tunable bandpass filter: A tunable bandpass filter (10) is provided. An RF signal is provided at an input of the tunable bandpass filter, and a level shifted control signal (V1, V2) inputted to the tunable bandpass filter (10) switches a first arrangement and a second arrangement of one or more tuning portions (15,... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby Pc

20080085695 - Emergency alert and delivery framework for broadcast systems: Provided are apparatuses and methods for efficient and timely broadcasting of emergency information over any system by at least one transport protocol supported within each system, e.g., in DVB-H it is carried as an IP stream or as filecast, and within other DVB systems, can be supported as audio, video,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080085696 - Emergency communication system utilizing available radio frequencies and telephone lines: An emergency communication system includes a combined transmitter and receiver device (transceiver) that transmits information from a residential or business location to an emergency response system, which in turn sends signals and communications to the transceiver via radio frequency (RF) signals. The transceiver performs certain functions in response and according... Agent: Roetzel & Andress

20080085697 - Value information output method, and mobile communication terminal: The user of a mobile communication terminal uses a valuta management application 31 to manage value information, and sets a threshold value to a valuta display control unit 32. Thereafter, when the user performs deduction of “valuta”, the valuta display control unit 32 makes a decision as to whether or... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080085698 - Device with unique identifier capability for purchasing wireless communication service: A wireless device usable for prepaid wireless service is provided with the capability of requesting and receiving an identifier uniquely identifying an account associated with the wireless device. The identifier can be displayed by the wireless device. When payment to the account is desired, the identifier may be displayed and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080085699 - Sensing rf environment to determine geographic location of cellular base station: Determining a geographic location of a cellular base station is disclosed. In some embodiments, a set of measurement data that includes for each of a plurality of signals received at the base station a corresponding measurement data is determined. The set of measurement data is used to determine the geographic... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080085700 - Event update management system: The growth and expansion of the Internet has encouraged companies as well as consumers to use the Internet for all kinds of purpose ranging from advertising to e-commerce to online shopping to blogging and news dissemination. The Internet is currently the fastest media to spread information. With the advent of... Agent: Arora, Varun

20080085701 - Cellular communication system, communication unit and method for broadcast communication: A wireless serving communication unit comprises a signal processor, for receiving and processing a signal to be broadcast, and a number of transmitters operably coupled to the signal processor, for transmitting the broadcast signal in a plurality of sectorised cells to a wireless subscriber communication unit. The wireless serving communication... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080085702 - Routing apparatus and method for multi-hop cellular systems: A routing method in a multi-hop cellular system, the method including: maintaining a signal strength in each node included in the multi-hop cellular system; receiving, in at least one neighbor node, a route-request message broadcasted by a source node; dropping or re-broadcasting, by the at least one neighbor node, the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080085703 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing user equipment self-terminating reporting technique: An apparatus includes a radio frequency transceiver and a channel quality indicator module connected with the transceiver. The channel quality indicator module is configurable to determine at least one characteristic of a channel received through the transceiver and to prepare a channel quality indicator report comprised of a plurality of... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080085704 - Method for testing a navigation receiver:

20080085705 - Download and display of system tags in wireless communication systems: Techniques for downloading and displaying system tags by wireless terminals based on roaming status. A tag includes texts and/or graphics. The system tags include home system tags and roaming system tags, which include group tags and specific tags. A home system tag is associated with one or multiple home systems,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080085706 - Mobile device system and mobile device: The invention provides a mobile device system and a mobile device that can flexibly respond to situations where the user carries a different combination of mobile devices on different days, and can prevent the mobile devices from being misplaced. The mobile device system includes three or more mobile devices, wherein... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080085707 - Dynamic carrier selection: Systems, methods, computer software for providing access to wireless communication services are provided. The invention, in one embodiment, can involve storing a network address on a mobile device and sending a request for network operator data from the mobile device to a mobile virtual network operator server associated with the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080085710 - Gap scheduling method based on minimum gap patterns in long term evolution system: The method herein concerns Long Term Evolution (LTE) whereby the measurement Gap Scheduling is decided between the UE and the E-UTRA network. The measurement Gap Scheduling will be required whenever the UE is measuring an Inter Layer LTE cell or an Inter RAT cell. The minimum Gap pattern based system... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080085709 - Handover apparatus and method using relay node in cellular system: Handover apparatus and method using a Relay Node (RN) in a cellular system are provided. The handover method includes receiving, at an RN, broadcast control information of a serving Base Station (BS) and a neighbor BS; network-encoding and broadcasting, at the RN, the received broadcast control information; receiving and storing,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080085708 - Mobile communication system and handover control method: When a base station receives a report of signal power of a common pilot channel of each cell received at a mobile station, the base station converts the received signal power in the report on the basis of the transmission power of the common pilot channel of each of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080085711 - Method of triggering a handover of a mobile station in a discontinuous coverage network: There is provided a method of triggering a handover of a mobile station in a discontinuous coverage radio network, wherein the method comprises the steps: transferring at a point in time a data volume via a first transfer zone of the discontinuous coverage radio network to a cache storage of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080085712 - Vertical handover method for overlay communication system: A vertical handover method in a heterogeneous overlay network communication system is provided. A vertical handover method for an overlay communication system including a plurality of base stations each serving at least one communication network technology to a mobile terminal includes determining whether a mobile terminal is located in a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080085713 - Routing and settlement of mobile calls: A method of routing and settling a mobile call includes the steps of routing, by an originating carrier switch, signaling set-up messages for a mobile call to an operator switch. The mobile call is associated with one of a plurality of mobile carriers within a region. The operator switch receives... Agent: Alfred W. Froebrich, Esq. Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080085714 - Systems and methods for determining potential locations for new cellular transmitter sites: This technology herein relates to methods and systems for determining cellular and other radio transmitter mappings based upon calculated and actual values. Cellular and other radio transmitter mappings are calculated based upon factors including transmitter locations, projected signal strength maps, and signal strength measurements. This technique can be used to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080085716 - Method and device for controlling wireless resource assignment: A method for controlling radio resource assignment in a radio communication system obtains a radio communication variable broadcast from a base station to a terminal, and then assigns dynamically multiple carriers to a plurality of sub-channels based on the obtained radio communication variable.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080085715 - Ta update in adaptive antenna systems: A method and a system is disclosed for improving transmission of timing advance messages to a mobile station, in a network employing adaptive antenna systems. In a typical embodiment each TA-message is dedicated to one mobile and sent in the adaptive antenna beam that covers the area where the desired... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080085717 - Method and apparatus for managing resources at a wireless device: Techniques for managing resources at a wireless device are described. In one aspect, the wireless device controls applications based on resource demands and available resources. Processing demands by the applications may be monitored, and at least one of the applications may be controlled based on the processing demands and a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080085718 - Allocation of control channel for radio resource assignment in wireless communication systems: A wireless communication device for receiving a frame (200) corresponding to a transmission time interval, the frame having a control channel (210) including at least two control channel elements (212, 214) and an embedded bit sequence, the location of which indicates a portion of the control channel used for radio... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080085719 - Apparatus and method for uplink scheduling on shared channels: A network controller or base station (502), allocates resources and indicates a minimum priority level below which, mobile stations may not transmit data via messaging (503). Messaging (503) may be a scheduling message in some embodiments. The network controller or base station (502) also communicates a data timer setting for... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080085722 - Sensing rf environment to detect change in geographic location of cellular base station: Using radio frequency sensing to detecting that a cellular base station has been moved to a new geographic location is disclosed. A determination is made that a sensed radio frequency environment does not match a stored baseline. It is concluded, based at least in part on the determination that a... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080085720 - Sensing rf environment to manage mobile network resources: Using radio frequency sensing to manage a mobile network resource is disclosed. A radio frequency environment is sensed to detect one or more base transceiver stations. A resource assignment, such as a frequency or channel assignment, is determined based at least in part on the sensed radio frequency environment.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080085721 - Sensing rf environment to synchronize network elements: Providing a frequency reference to a mobile telecommunications base station is disclosed. A radio frequency signal that includes a periodic component having a known frequency is received. A frequency reference is derived from the received radio signal, based at least in part on the periodic component. The frequency reference is... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080085723 - Load balancing apparatus and method in wireless network hotspots: Disclosed is a load balancing apparatus and method in wireless network hotspots, which comprises a resource allocation module and a load balancer. The resources reallocation module establishes the resources module and the relationship between access points (APs) and STAs in the wireless network hotspots, and seeks possible load balance shift... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080085724 - Data retrieval method for location based services on a wireless device: An embodiment provides a method for communicating location-based information between an application server and a mobile device in response to an information query, the mobile device and the application server communicating via a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: initially transmitting a subset of the location-based information to... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080085726 - Diversified tracking-positioning system and its operation method: A diversified tracking-positioning system and its operation method refer specially to a tracking-positioning system of a strategic alliance of satellite and telecommunication vendors. The tracking-positioning system combines primarily the satellite vendor with the telecommunication vendor, and further obtains a geographic position of a locked-on person through configuring a SIM card... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080085725 - Uma/gan integration within a legacy location based system: In one embodiment, techniques for authorizing a mobile device are provided. A registration request is received for the mobile device. The registration request may include location identifier information. For example, a cell ID may be provided. Static location information is then determined based on the location identifier information. The static... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, Pc

20080085727 - System and method for determining mobile device position information: A mobile device positioning system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the positioning system uses a plurality of independent communication beacons to triangulate mobile device locations. In one embodiment, mobile devices broadcast their location to other mobile devices which use the mobile device broadcasts to triangulate their location.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080085729 - Email system providing account provisioning based upon device-supported markup language and related methods: An email communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications devices each supporting at least one markup language from among a plurality of different markup languages, and an electronic mail (email) server. The email server may include an account provisioning module for determining the at least one markup language... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080085728 - Short message service (sms) data transfer: Exemplary methods and systems for facilitating SMS data transfer services in mobile devices are described. An exemplary method includes sending a first SMS message to a device with a payload of the first SMS message including machine-readable information. Next, a second SMS message may be received from the device with... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080085730 - System and method for message monitoring and identification: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, and IP Multimedia Subsystem to yield an infrastructure that supports a range of mechanisms (including, for example, linguistic, statistical, heuristic, etc.) for the authoritative identification of the true author of a... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080085731 - Method and apparatus for providing mobile device information through a computing device: Methods and apparatuses for a service system capable of providing, to a computing device, mobile device information received from a mobile device, the mobile device being associated with a user of the computing device, are described herein. In one embodiment, the mobile device, service system, and computing device may each... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080085732 - Communication terminal apparatus, server, and radio communication system: A communication terminal apparatus, server, and radio communication system are provided that implement communication in a specific area subject to radio signal restrictions. The server 200 is equipped with a control section 201, a terminal control section 202, a database RAM section 203, a signal conversion control section 204, an... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080085733 - Antenna device: An antenna device includes: a transmitting unit which is connected to a control unit of an in-vehicle device mounted at a vehicle; and a transmission antenna connected to the transmitting unit. The transmitting unit operates the transmission antenna based on a binary signal and a carrier signal from the control... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080085734 - Method and device for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting signal in wireless terminal: A method and device for receiving a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) signal in a wireless terminal where an external antenna is detachable from the wireless terminal, an internal antenna is embedded in the wireless terminal, a switch connects one of the external antenna and the internal antenna to a DMB... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080085735 - Method for utilizing a mobile communication device to search an object and related mobile communication system: A method for utilizing a mobile communication device to search an object includes: (a) attaching a receiver on an object; (b) building wireless connection of the mobile communication device and the receiver; (c) setting object information corresponding to the object in the mobile communication device and generating a first wireless... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080085736 - Radio control device: A tablet type computer for radio communication with other radio devices using two or more antennas in which, when sending radio waves, a radio communication control unit switches the antennas so that sending of radio signals is made using the antenna disposed at a position farthest from the operator or... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080085737 - Mobile telecommunication handset and method for recognizing one or more cards using one socket: The present invention is related to a mobile telecommunication handset for recognizing at least one card capable of facilitating a telecommunication service with a network. The mobile telecommunication handset includes a socket for inserting the at least one card, wherein one card can be inserted into the socket at a... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080085738 - Adaptive multiple-antenna systems with omni-directional and sector-directional antenna modes: In a communication device compatible with either a SISO or MIMO access point, a set of antennas is configured as either sector-directional or omni-directional, depending upon whether the communication channel is characterized by the communication device as either strongly line of sight, or strongly scattering, respectively. In some embodiments, for... Agent: Seth Kalson C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080085739 - Adaptive array wireless communication apparatus, reception level display method, reception level adjusting method, reception level display program and reception level adjusting program: In an adaptive array terminal, at least one of two antennas (ANT#1, ANT#2) is a movable antenna. A display unit (6) of the terminal displays reception levels of, or level difference between, the two antennas. Thus, it becomes possible for a user to adjust an angle of the antenna such... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080085740 - Method for displaying information in mobile communication terminal using bluetooth: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for displaying information in a mobile communication terminal using Bluetooth, and more particularly, a method for displaying information about each device to identify the device when searching for devices currently available for Bluetooth communication. The method includes checking whether a content information displaying function... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080085741 - Method for providing an alert signal: A method for providing an alert signal in an electronic device, such as a mobile phone, comprises the steps of: presenting graphics on a display of the device, including information or images; detecting an event in the device, such as an incoming call or a status change of a parameter... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080085743 - Input sensitive user interface: A device may include a thermo-sensitive, tactile-responsive user interface that may be used in activating and/or deactivating a key lock function to control operation of the user interface.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.l.p.

20080085742 - Mobile communication terminal: d

20080085744 - Cellular phone vehicle stereo interface cable: The present invention provides a modular cellular phone/vehicle stereo interface cable operable to support voice communication when connected to a cellular device and a unidirectional microphone arranged within the cable while wirelessly transfer the incoming voice signal of a remote caller to a vehicle stereo system to provide a hands... Agent: Romeo A. Duarte

20080085745 - In-vehicle handsfree apparatus: If a cellular phone with which a communication link is established is compliant with PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile), an in-vehicle navigation apparatus with a handsfree function stores and arranges, in a work memory device, phone book data transmitted automatically from the cellular phone. Thus, the newest phone book data... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080085746 - System and method for transferring telephone calls between mobile and cordless modes: A multimode handset and method that includes a first communications path adapted to communicate using a mobile telephone communications protocol, a second communications path adapted to communicate using a local, cordless communications protocol, and a processing unit in communication with the first and second communications paths and configured to switch... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080085747 - Mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a body, a PCB unit provided in a portion of the body for prescribed parts to be mounted, an antenna unit provided in another portion of the body, wherein a feeding point of the antenna unit is apart from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080085748 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal including a terminal case made of a metal material, input keys disposed in through holes formed on the terminal case, and an input pad disposed within the terminal case, to which a signal is input according to a touch operation of the input keys.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080081551 - Radio frequency identification apparatus, system and method adapted for self-jammer cancellation: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a radio frequency identification transceiver adapted for self jammer suppression. The transceiver may further comprise a phase shifter and variable attenuator/variable amplifier adjusted to minimize the power injected into a receive chain by the self jammer. In an embodiment of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080081555 - Unified communication repeater: A unified communication repeater for wireless communication repeats signals between a network and communication terminals via a wireless line. The unified communication repeater precisely and stably prevents oscillation generation during bidirectional signal repeating, and minimizes radiation patterns serving as signal interference between a receiver antenna and a transmitter antenna for... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080081556 - System and method for observing a satellite using a satellite in retrograde orbit: A satellite and an arrangement for placing the satellite in a retrograde orbit, i.e. inclined at approximately 180° to the equator. Multiple satellites may be used and the orbits thereof may be circular or elliptical. The invention is well-suited for an illustrative satellite inspection application. In this embodiment, the system... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20080081558 - Handover for audio and video playback devices: Playback of a media work is handed over from a source playback device to a target playback device while the source playback device is in a play mode. The target playback device continues playback of the media work at a current location in the media work being played. Handover of... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080081559 - Flash drive that configures generic bluetooth controller of the drive to be compatible with multiple bluetooth peripheral devices: A portable flash memory drive includes a Bluetooth controller with only a subset of the layers of a Bluetooth stack necessary for operation. This enables usage of a generic Bluetooth controller in the flash drive. Specific configuration for profiles and other aspects of Bluetooth communication are handled by upper layers... Agent: Winston & Strawn, LLP

20080081561 - Information processing apparatus and radio connection method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a discrimination unit which, upon receiving a connection request from a device corresponding to the identification information stored in a memory unit, reads an information of the mode of connection corresponding to the device and discriminates whether the connection request matches... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080081560 - System and method for streaming identical data over severl bluetooth links: Method for streaming data over a plurality of data links formed between a Bluetooth® master device and a plurality of Bluetooth® slave devices includes constructing a vendor specific command host controller interface (HCI) packet, sending the vendor specific command HCI packet to a host controller of the Bluetooth® master device,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080081565 - Method and apparatus for providing estimation of communication parameters: An approach is provided for jointly determining a frequency offset estimate and a channel estimate using a parallel Schmidt-Kalman filter. A signal from a mobile terminal is received. A joint determination is made of a frequency offset estimate and a channel estimate of the received signal using a parallel Schmidt-Kalman... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080081564 - Method for adaptively controlling and coordinating other cell interference: Disclosed is a method, and system thereof, for controlling other-cell interference by adjusting a transmit power parameter for mobile stations in neighboring cells in order to create, within a serving cell, a low interference zone associated with a set of sub-carriers which may be used by edge mobile stations within... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20080081566 - Method and system for antenna architecture for multi-antenna ofd based systems: Certain aspects of a method and system for an antenna architecture for multi-antenna orthogonal frequency division (OFD) based systems are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include communicating data in a radio frequency (RF) system comprising a plurality of antennas, via at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081567 - Method and system for ofdm based mimo system with enhanced diversity: Certain aspects of a method and system for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system having enhanced diversity are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include selecting a group of antennas from a plurality of antennas within a radio frequency (RF) system. Data may be communicated via... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081568 - Transmitter and receiver circuit: A transmitter and receiver circuit includes antennas for receiving high-frequency signals; a local oscillator for generating local oscillation signals; mixers connected to respective antennas for converting the frequency of the high-frequency signals from corresponding antennas in response to the high-frequency signals input from the local oscillator; and a switch for... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080081569 - Mobile-phone: A mobile-phone includes a receiving unit configured to receive a television broadcasting signal, a display unit configured to display a television picture based on the television broadcasting signal and to display incoming call information showing a content of an incoming call, a sound output unit configured to output a television... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080081552 - Detecting and thwarting content signals originating from theatrical performances: A system and method of detecting and thwarting the use of unauthorized imaging systems at theatrical performances. Sensors are deployed at a theatrical event to detect a focusing signal and/or the RF signal of an unauthorized imaging device. De-focusing signals are used to disrupt the auto focus system of imaging... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080081553 - Extended radio base station system having braodcast wave retransmitting function: A broadcast wave retransmission system is provided at a low cost, in an extended radio base station system having a master base station for mobile communications and an extended radio base station that is connected to the master base station via a communication line and that has a radio transmitting/receiving... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080081554 - Method and apparatus for automatic repeat request in a multi-hop broadband wireless communication system: A retransmission method and apparatus in a multi-hop broadband wireless communication system are provided, in which if there is a failed data block among data blocks received from a source node, a Relay Station (RS) transmits a feedback message requesting retransmission of the failed data block to the source node,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081557 - Intra-premises wireless broadband service using lumped and distributed wireless radiation from cable source input: A premises, connected to receive broadband service(s) and also connected to a cable system, is provided with a broadband interface which connects to in-premises cabling which is coupled to consumer receivers such as a television sets, PDAs, laptops. Connected to the broadband interface is an adjunct device which channels broadband,... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080081563 - Information providing apparatus, information receiver, information providing program, information receiving program and wireless communication apparatus: The present invention has a cash register 1 and a Bluetooth portable terminal 2 which conduct short-range wireless communication to each other. The cash register 1 decreases transmission power during periods when a search request processing and a connection request processing for the Bluetooth portable terminal 2 are conducted, thereby... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080081562 - Mobile device system and mobile device: Even when a user carries a different combination of mobile devices on different days, these mobile devices can be flexibly handled as a group. A mobile device system includes a plurality of mobile devices, to each of which unique identification information is assigned. Each mobile device includes a communication unit... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080081570 - Apparatus and method for selecting antennas and nodes mimo communication system: An apparatus and method for selecting antennas and nodes in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a reception unit which detects a communication initiation signal from among a plurality of received signals, a first combination unit which calculates communication capacity based on the communication initiation... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080081572 - Method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system: A method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system is provided. The method may include adjusting the supply voltage of pre-driver for a power amplifier, which may be used for amplifying a RF signal, in proportion to the envelope of the baseband of the RF signal. The... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081571 - Probability optimized power amplifier module and transmitter: A power amplifier module includes a transmit power probability module and a power amplifier circuit. The transmit power probability module is coupled to determine a transmit power level probability. The power amplifier circuit is coupled to amplify an outbound radio frequency (RF) signal at a power level in accordance with... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080081573 - Gain controlled and multi-band processing receiver: Provided is a receiver capable of automatically controlling a gain of the receiver and receiving three or more band signals. A gain controlled receiver includes a low noise amplifier, a first variable gain control amplifier, a frequency mixer, a filter, a second variable gain control amplifier, and a gain control... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080081579 - Apparatus and method for merging wireless data into an established process control system: A method and system of communicating between a wireless network and a process control system communicatively coupled to a server via a process control system interface, such as OPC or a proprietary API. The wireless network may be a mesh network and the server may be a mesh server. The... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080081580 - Connection manager with selective support determination based on problem diagnosis: A method for managing a mobile device including a plurality of communication interfaces is provided. Technical support contact information is stored associated with each of the communication interfaces and a plurality of communication services supported by the communication interfaces. A connectivity problem with the mobile device is identified. A potential... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080081574 - Embedded antenna: An embedded antenna used in mobile phone includes a lower and a higher frequency portions connecting with the lower frequency portion via a first connecting portion. The lower frequency portion is a bended structure in planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) shape. The higher frequency portion is a loop antenna working... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080081578 - Method and system for compensating for antenna pulling: Methods and systems for wireless communication are disclosed herein and may include sampling a portion of a transmitted wireless signal which gets coupled to receiver circuitry in a receive chain during transmission via an antenna. The DC level corresponding to the sampled portion of the transmitted wireless signal may be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081577 - Method and system for utilizing diplexer/duplexer for wcdma operation as a filter for supporting gsm-based operation: Aspects of a method and system for utilizing a diplexer/duplexer for WCDMA operation as a filter for supporting GSM-based operation are provided. A receiver portion of a wireless device may receive WCDMA signals and GSM signals via at least one duplexer or diplexer. The duplexers may enable bandpass filtering of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081576 - Multi-antenna configurations with one or more embedded antennae: Multiple-antenna configurations with at least one embedded antenna. At least one cable in a group of antenna cables functions as an embedded antenna by being configured with some or all of a second of coaxial cable shielding being removed. Multiple embedded antennae may be provided in a multiple-antenna configuration.... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080081575 - Re-quantization in downlink receiver bit rate processor: A bit rate processor in a wireless system includes a front end processor to process physical channel data and to generate encoded transport channel data, a transport channel buffer to hold the encoded transport channel data, and a back end processor to process the encoded transport channel data from the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080081581 - Method and system for dynamically tuning and calibrating an antenna using an on-chip digitally controlled array of capacitors: Methods and systems for dynamically tuning and calibrating an antenna using on-chip digitally controlled array of capacitors are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include dynamically tuning a mobile terminal antenna (MTA) using on-chip arrays of capacitive devices. The tuning may be, for example, to compensate for center frequency drift... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081582 - Method and system for dynamically tuning and calibrating an antenna using antenna hopping: Methods and systems for dynamically tuning and calibrating an antenna using antenna hopping are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include dynamically tuning a mobile terminal antenna, to antenna hop to a plurality of different center frequencies to receive RF signals. The antenna hopping may be slow antenna hopping (SAH)... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081583 - System and method for determining a resonant frequency in a communications device: A communications device including communications circuitry, tunable filter circuitry including a node configured to pass a signal between an antenna and the communication circuitry, and control circuitry configured to cause energy in the tunable filter circuitry to be adjusted for a time period and configured to determine a resonant frequency... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Silabs Matters

20080081584 - Automatic volume control for amplitude modulated signals: In one aspect, the present invention includes an automatic volume control (AVC) circuit to receive a demodulated signal and provide an output signal at a substantially constant volume. The circuit may be implemented in hardware, software, and/or firmware to perform digital demodulation, programmable amplification, and high pass filtering to provide... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080081585 - Method and apparatus for user quality management for wireless networks: The present invention provides for monitoring quality of service on a receiver unit in a wireless communication system by configuring one or more monitors on the receiver unit according to a configuration file and using the monitors to collect event data relating to the activities of the receiver unit using... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080081586 - Managing system clocks to reduce rfi: A method according to one embodiment identifying the frequency range of at least one active channel of at least one wireless communication RF band; identifying the frequency range of at least one clock harmonic; identifying an overlap, in whole or in part, between the frequency range of the at least... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Portfolio Ip

20080081588 - Method and system for blocker attenuation using multiple receive antennas: Methods and systems for blocker attenuation using multiple receive antennas are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include receiving wideband signals multi-antenna receiver. The receiver may process received signals that may comprise blocking signals received via the multiple antennas. The blocker received by a first antenna may be suppressed, at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081587 - Method and system for reusing antennas in a multi-antenna system: Certain aspects of a method and system for reusing antennas in a multi-antenna system are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include suppressing a blocking signal received via at least one of a plurality of receiving antennas that is unused within a wideband diversity radio frequency (RF) receiver comprising a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081589 - System for creating a programmable tuning voltage: A system for generating a tuning voltage including a processor, a tank circuit, and a feedback loop. The processor creates a tuning voltage that is provided to the tank circuit. A feedback loop optimizes tuning performance by adjusting the tuning voltage based on radio signal strength.... Agent: Visteon

20080081590 - Bypassable low noise amplifier topology with multi-tap transformer: An amplifier is disclosed that contains a transistor (BJT), a switch (MOSFET), and a transformer. The collector of the BJT is connected to an end of the transformer while the base of the BJT is connected to a point between the ends of the transformer through the MOSFET. When the... Agent: Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione Freescale

20080081591 - Semi-automatic swing device for swing-type portable terminal: A semi-automatic swing device for a swing-type portable terminal. The semi-automatic swing device includes a first member; a second member for semi-automatically performing first and second swing operations along a desired trajectory on the first member, while facing the first member; guide means having a first guide portion formed in... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081592 - System and method for authenticating an element in a network environment: A method for authenticating an element in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request for one or more triplets. One or more of the triplets may be associated with an authentication communications protocol that may be executed in order to facilitate a communication session. The method further... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080081593 - System and method for providing service in a communication system: A system and method for providing a service in a communication system are provided, in which upon receipt of a request for provisioning of the service with a requested QoS class from an MS, a service server transmits a QoS information request message to an interface server and, upon receipt... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081596 - Information processing apparatus, wireless networking adapter and e-mail notification method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display device, a wireless networking adapter including a function of making an inquiry whether an e-mail transmitted to a predetermined address is newly received to a mail server, and a notification unit configured to notify a newly received e-mail via... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080081595 - Method for downloading a message in a mobile terminal, method for forwarding message, and mobile terminal for performing the same: A mobile terminal and a method for downloading a message in a mobile terminal, the method includes receiving a notification message comprising information indicating whether a media file included in a transmitted message is modified, and selectively requesting downloading of the transmitted message to the mobile terminal, if the media... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080081594 - Event information display apparatus and method for mobile communication terminal: Disclosed is an event information display apparatus and method for a mobile terminal, which collects information of sent/received/missed call events, sent/received message events, schedule events, alarm events, wake-up call events, memo events, D-day events, etc. that are recorded in a mobile terminal, and then displays the collected event information as... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080081597 - Connection manager with prompter for service subscription: A method for establishing connectivity for a mobile device including a plurality of communication interfaces is provided. Connectivity patterns associated with the mobile device are monitored. It is identified that a current communication configuration of the mobile device is insufficient for providing connectivity to the mobile device based on the... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080081598 - Method and apparatus for wireless transmit/receive unit operation in dedicated multimedia broadcast multicast services cells: A method for transmitting multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) in an MBMS dedicated cell. The method includes a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receiving a broadcast channel (BCH), wherein the BCH includes cell information.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080081599 - Directory assistance with advertisement selection by human, machine or a combination of human and machine: The current invention is a system for providing telephone directory assistance service in which a telephone user calls to the system and the system will, based on the requested number or type of service, hear a recorded advertisement. The advertisements are selected by an operator, a machine, or a combination... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080081601 - Dissemination of real estate information through text messaging: A system and method having a first software module of a server recoreded on a computer-readable medium programmed to receive a request for information from a user. The user sends a text message to a short code, where the information depends on a generic assigned identification associated with real estate... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20080081600 - Method of setting ending time of application of mobile communication terminal, method of ending application of mobile communication terminal, and mobile communication terminal for performing the same: A method of setting an ending time of an application of a mobile communication terminal, a method of ending an application of a mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same are provided. The method of ending an application of a mobile communication terminal includes performing... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080081602 - Remote monitoring method and system using mobile telephony: A remote monitoring method is to be implemented using mobile telephone service equipment including a mobile telecommunications switching office and a plurality of base stations operably associated with the mobile telecommunications switching office. The remote monitoring method includes: enabling the mobile telecommunications switching office to receive a monitoring request from... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080081604 - System for establishing and managing multimedia poc session for performing multimedia call service, method thereof, and user equipment therefor: Provided are a system for establishing and managing a Push To Talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) session between PoC clients supporting various media types, a method thereof, and a User Equipment (UE) therefor. When a PoC client performing an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) PoC multimedia call service supports a plurality... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081603 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving broadcast channel in cellular wireless communication system supporting scalable bandwidth: A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving broadcast channels carrying downlink system information in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based cellular wireless communication system supporting a scalable bandwidth. The method includes mapping first primary broadcast channel (P1-BCH) symbols including basic system information to a middle band centered at a center frequency... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081606 - Connection manager with branded connection notification: A method for establishing connectivity for a mobile device including a plurality of communication interfaces is provided. Provider identification information associated with a plurality of providers of connectivity services is stored. A connection is established between the mobile device and a remote network using one of the communication interfaces. A... Agent: Scott F. Diring Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20080081605 - Connection manager with location learning: A method for configuring a mobile device including a plurality of communication interfaces is provided. A first network configuration identifying communication networks accessible through the communication interfaces of the mobile device is identified. The first network configuration is compared to a plurality of previously encountered network configurations. A location of... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080081610 - Desktop phone with interchangeable wireless handset: Systems, methods, and devices for providing an external wireless interface for use with a desktop telephone are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a telephone is provided which may include a universal connector operable to removably connect to any of a plurality of external radio transceivers.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20080081611 - Method and apparatus for sharing cellular account subscription among multiple devices: A method and a system for sharing a subscriber identity module (“SIM”) card by multiple devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a SIM card, a handset device, a digital processing device, and a wireless modem. A handset device coupled, in one embodiment, is a cellular phone and... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080081612 - Method and apparatus for updating standard time in mobile communication terminal: A method and apparatus for updating a regional reference time of a mobile communication terminal by a regional standard time difference according to a Network Identity and Time Zone (NITZ) information change in an asynchronous transfer mode-based mobile communication system are provided. The method of updating a regional reference time... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080081609 - Method and system for associating a user profile to a sim card: A method (10) and system (200) for associating a user profile (39) to SIM card (38) can include a processor (202) that is controlled under an operating system allowing multiple profiles. The processor extract (12) subscriber identity information from the SIM card when the SIM card is coupled to the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080081607 - Method for managing calls in a communication network: A method for managing calls of at least one communication device in a communication network (100) is described. The method includes detecting (304) a condition in the communication network (100). The method further includes altering (306) one or more control parameters for existing calls of the at least one communication... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080081608 - Near field communication enabled diagnostic device: A portable consumer electronic device includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface, and a controller. The controller collects and stores diagnostic data associated with a communication function of the portable consumer electronic device in memory. When the NFC interface establishes an NFC link with an external NFC-capable device, the NFC... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080081614 - Local wireless communication module combined with antenna and mobile terminal having the same: A mobile terminal having a local wireless communication module combined with an antenna is disclosed that eliminates the inconvenience of carrying a data cable for connecting of a mobile terminal to a computer and enabling easy connection of the mobile terminal to a computer whenever necessary. A local wireless communication... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081613 - Sending quick paging messages and regular paging messages in a wireless communications system: Sending quick paging or regular paging messages is disclosed. The format of the quick paging or regular paging message is compressed in a systematic way without losing any information. Additional bits can be embedded in and extracted from the comparison between each pair of remaining partial numbers that are not... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080081615 - Communication system, communication terminal and controller: A communication system of the invention includes a communication terminal correctable to first and second communication networks, and a controller for controlling service provision to the communication terminal according to which one of the first and second communication networks the communication terminal is connected to. The communication terminal includes: a... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080081616 - Acquisition techniques for wireless communications systems: Techniques involving the acquisition of wireless communications systems are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may store a list of one or more preferred wireless communications systems. Upon identifying a first accessible wireless communications system that is absent from the list, the device may acquire this system. However, after this acquisition,... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080081617 - Method and apparatus for providing virtual mobile phone number: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for providing a virtual mobile phone number, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for requesting routing information, such as an actual phone number from a home location register storing the actual phone number corresponding to a virtual phone... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20080081619 - Mobile device system and mobile device: A plurality of mobile devices interoperate without configuration operation. A mobile device system including a plurality of mobile devices is provided. Each mobile device is operable in one of an independent-operation mode in which the mobile device operates with priority over the other mobile devices and a dependent mode in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080081618 - Method and apparatus for scanning in wireless computing devices: A method and system for scanning in a wireless device having a wireless network interface card (NIC) is presented. The system has a scanning history table for storing scanning results and a scanning engine that adjusts the scanning period based upon a history of scanning results and commands the NIC... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080081620 - Apparatus, and associated method, for estimating the location of a gan-capable mobile station: Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing a location estimate of a GAN (Generic Access Network) mobile station. Data is collected pertaining to the location of the network at which the mobile station is connected in communication connectivity. The data is stored at a database that is subsequently accessible. And,... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20080081621 - Method and device for implementing wap browse service: A method and a device for implementing WAP browse service are disclosed in the present invention. The method for implementing WAP browse service is as follows. A network receives a WAP browse request from a mobile terminal. The network performs converting and processing operation on information to be returned to... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080081622 - Data-capable network prioritization with reject code handling: Reject code handling is utilized for a more time-efficient selection of data-capable networks. One illustrative method for use in selecting a wireless communication network for communications involves the steps of causing a request for data connectivity to be transmitted through a first wireless network; reattempting the request for data connectivity... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080081625 - Heterogeneous access service network (asn)-gateway in an asn in a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (wimax) communication network: A heterogeneous Access Service Network-Gateway (ASN-GW) in an ASN in a WiMAX communication network. The heterogeneous ASN-GW includes a radio resource module and a handover module. The radio resource module provides Radio Resource Management (RRM) to a set of BTSs in the ASN. A BTS operates in one of the... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC

20080081624 - Inter-network handover optimization for terminals using advanced receivers: A method and apparatus adapted to adjust threshold values for initiating HO measurements based on terminal or user equipment (UE) performance. The threshold values for initiating the HO measurements and for executing the HO may be determined by the network. Prior to determining whether to proceed with these procedures, the... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080081623 - Priority handoff based on battery charge level: A method (400) for allocating handoff of mobile stations (105, 110) to a first network node (115). The method can include receiving a handoff request for a first mobile station. Handoff of the first mobile station can be granted in response to determining that the first mobile station has an... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080081626 - Resource allocating apparatus and method in multihop relay wireless communication system: An apparatus and a method for mitigating interference of a neighbor cell in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. The method includes constituting a subframe for a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell over a first frequency band of the frame, and constituting a subframe for... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080081627 - Automated reconnection of interrupted voice call session: Techniques are disclosed for automatically reconnecting an interrupted voice call session. For example, a method for use in a communication system switch for managing a call session between a first device and second device includes the following steps. The first device and the second device are connected, via the communication... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080081628 - Systems and methods for determining granularity level of information about buffer status: A method for controlling communication overhead from a user equipment to a base station. The base station determines a granularity level of an amount of information about a buffer status of a user equipment buffer. The base station makes the determination based on at least one variable parameter. The determined... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080081629 - Control of schedulation: The invention relates to a mobile terminal, for instance. The terminal includes a processing unit for receiving operations relating to at least two communication processes of different radio communication systems, wherein each communication process includes a critical operation and one or more pre-requisite operations, and wherein a scheduling window defining... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080081630 - Method and system for configuring a frequency modulation (fm) antenna to receive digital video broadcasting handheld (dvb-h) signals: Aspects of a method and system for configuring a frequency modulation (FM) antenna to receive digital video broadcasting handheld (DVB-H) signals are presented. Aspects of the system may include at least one circuit that enables configuration of a length for an antenna based on a wavelength of selected signals to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081631 - Method and system for integrating an nfc antenna and a bt/wlan antenna: Methods and systems for integrating a near field communication (NFC) antenna and a Bluetooth/WLAN/ZigBee antenna are disclosed and may include configuring a first antenna that communicates at least a first RF protocol signal so that the first antenna functions as a ground plane for a second antenna when communicating at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081632 - Methods and apparatus for defining, storing, and identifying key performance indicators associated with an rf network: A system for assessing the state of an RF network includes a plurality of wireless devices coupled to the network and having one or more associated antennae, the wireless devices configured to process data received from a plurality of RF elements within range of the antennae. An RF switch is... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080081633 - User equipment frequency allocation methods and apparatus: In an embodiment, a wireless communication system (100, FIG. 1) includes one or more nodes (102-108) and one or more user equipments (UE) (130-134). A node may service a cell (110-116). A UE may be classified (802, FIG. 8) into a cell-edge UE group when the UE is within in... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (fs)

20080081634 - Method, device, system and software product for adaptive feedback rate with packet-based connection: A method, mobile device, network device, system, and software are devised for storing a received specification of one or more thresholds regarding when to provide uplink feedback. The mobile device receives a multimedia broadcast multicast service via high speed downlink packet access over a high speed physical downlink shared channel,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080081636 - Access control system, method, and arrangement in a wireless communication network: A system, method, and arrangement for controlling access to a wireless communication network. When a User Equipment (UE) is denied access to the network through a first access point, the UE stores the Location Area Identity (LAI) utilized at the first access point on a list of forbidden LAIs in... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080081635 - Apparatus and method in a cellular network: A node (5) for use in a cellular network (4) to control the transmission of data from a radio base station (3) in the cellular network to a mobile terminal (1), is proposed, said node (5) comprising memory (7) for storing a channel quality value reported by the mobile terminal,... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080081637 - Communication control method, radio base station, and radio control station: A communication control method for a mobile communication system having a plurality of mobile stations, a radio base station, and a radio control station comprises a measurement step, an evaluation step, and a control step. In the measurement step, a plurality of congestion parameters related to factors generating congestion is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080081638 - Method for locating a mobile unit of a distressed user: The present invention provides a method for tracking multiple mobile units based upon the initial location of a distressed mobile unit. A distressed mobile unit is one, for example, belonging to someone who has been kidnapped or had their vehicle carjacked. An MSC receives a request to locate a distressed... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20080081639 - Method for locating a mobile unit using the last registered mobile switching center: The present invention provides a method for locating a mobile unit. A home Mobile Switching Center (MSC) receives a request for the location of a mobile unit. The home MSC determines a visited MSC that is the last MSC accessed by the mobile unit. The home MSC sends a message... Agent: Lucent Technologies, Inc. Docket Administrator

20080081640 - Methods and apparatus for providing media on mobile devices: Techniques and mechanisms are provided for sending targeted content and data to mobile devices. Location information associated with a device is determined. In some instances, the location information is manually entered. In other instances, the location information is determined automatically from characteristics associated with the device. Location information can be... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080081641 - Method and system for a consumer traffic monitoring and notification system: Actively providing consumer traffic monitoring and notification. The present invention determines a user's location, based on the location of the user's cellular phone. The present invention may determine specific destinations that the user often travels to and routes that the user takes between destinations. The present invention may inform the... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080081642 - Method and apparatus for estimating signal quality bitmap for cells: Provided is a method and apparatus for estimating a signal quality bitmap for cells. Maps for a popular frequency are assumed as a benchmark bitmap and maps for other frequencies are constructed based on the benchmark bitmap, thereby remarkably reducing cost imposed by map generation and broadcasting.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081643 - Mobile device system and mobile device: Even when the user carries a different combination of mobile devices on different days, the system can flexibly respond to those situations and misplacement of a mobile device can be prevented. Each mobile device includes a communication unit for communicating with other mobile devices, a GPS receiver for acquiring current... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080081644 - Method and system for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system: A method and system for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system are provided, in which upon generation of IM service data to be transmitted to a second MS, a first MS requests paging to a second MS to an IM server, the IM server transmits a paging message to the... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080081645 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving paging information in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving paging information in a wireless communication system having a system bandwidth being an integer multiple of a minimum reception bandwidth of a User Equipment (UE), in which a system band is divided into frequency bands having a bandwidth equal to the minimum reception bandwidth... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081646 - 911 data messaging: A short messaging system (SMS) emergency services 911 system (SMS E911). Excess non-voice capacity is used to establish a Short Message Service (SMS) capability for generating an emergency 911 “equivalent” call, together with location information required by emergency services and to meet Federal 911 requirements. 911 requests for emergency assistance... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20080081647 - Control method and system in a communication system: A control method in a communication system. In the control method, a Base Station (BS) detects a service type of data to be transmitted to a Mobile Station (MS), and broadcasts to the MS a message including service information corresponding to the detected service type. The MS recognizes a service... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081648 - Apparatus and method for minimizing number of transcodings in multi-network multi-codec environment: Provided is a method and apparatus for minimizing the number of transcodings between network devices in a multi-network multi-codec environment. The method includes: creating a received codec list by receiving a transmit codec comprised in a call setting message from a transmission device and the number of transcodings of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080081649 - Mobile device system and mobile device: A mobile device system includes a plurality of mobile devices, each to which unique identification information is assigned, wherein each mobile device includes a location-information acquisition unit, a communication unit, and a group registration unit. The communication unit links location information acquired by the location-information acquisition unit of the mobile... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080081650 - Multi-carrier transmission system: A first communication apparatus stores at least one frequency band influencing a reduction in transmission rate of a communication apparatus being present on an adjacent line adjacent to a communication line and including a range which is higher than an operation frequency band used by the communication apparatus in a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080081651 - Communication control method, radio communication system, base station, and mobile station: In a radio communication system that performs HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request), a mobile station returns the HARQ process state of the mobile station to the free state by the reception of ACK. In this state, the mobile station, upon receiving from the scheduling base station an SA (scheduling assignment)... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080081652 - Method and system for wireless access to a network by an isolated user: Wireless access to a network 2 by an isolated user 1 includes the isolated user 1 transmitting a wireless signal intended to produce interference at nodes included in a group 3, 4 and 9 of nodes, that have access to the network 2. Upon the interference being detected by a... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20080081653 - Dynamic creation of a communication group that includes contacts identified in one or more contact levels: A method (500) for dynamically creating a communication group. The method can include identifying a first contact (100) and automatically identifying a plurality of contacts (110, 120, 130, 140, 150) within a number (N) of levels removed from the first contact. The first contact can be included as one of... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080081654 - Transmission power normalization: Embodiments of transmission power normalization are presented herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080081655 - Combined open loop/closed loop (cqi-based) uplink transmit power control with interference mitigation for e-utra: A combined open loop and closed loop (channel quality indicator (CQI)-based) transmit power control (TPC) scheme with interference mitigation for a long term evolution (LTE) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The transmit power of the WTRU is derived based on a target signal-to-interference noise ratio (SINR) and a pathloss... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080081658 - Antenna module for mobile phone: An antenna module of mobile phone has an antenna, a feed-in terminal and a grounding terminal. The antenna includes an antenna body for receiving and radiating electromagnetic waves, a feed-in portion and a grounding portion. The feed-in portion forms a first bump array with adhesive on a surface thereon. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080081656 - Mobile communication device and method for controlling component activation based on sensed motion: A mobile communication device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment comprises a transceiver, a motion sensor, and logic. The transceiver is configured to communicate wireless signals. The logic is configured to perform a comparison of data from the motion sensor to data indicative of an expected flight path of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080081657 - Portable wireless apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, a portable wireless apparatus comprises a first housing and a second housing. The first housing comprises a first board having a first feeding portion; and a first antenna element connected to the first feeding portion and provided on a side of a first... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080081659 - Method and apparatus for saving power of multi standby mobile terminal: A method and apparatus for saving power of a multi standby mobile terminal are provided that can reduce power consumption by limiting an unnecessary operation in a communication mode that does not perform a communication service in the multi standby mobile terminal. The method of saving power of a multi... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081660 - Device and system for enabling families to share in long haul truckers' travels: A portable hand-held device (20) has a camera (102) for use by a professional truck driver while on the road to allow pictures taken to be transmitted via a transceiver of the device through a cellular telephone network to an Internet site that is linked with the telephone network and... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080081661 - Directory assistance with data processing station: The current invention is a system for providing directory assistance service in which a user sends a request to the system and the system will, based on the request, return advertisements, which may be in a visible or audible form. The advertisements are selected from a databank, which may include... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080081662 - Method and system for initiating a communication from an arbitrary document: A document is requested using a browser of a computing device. The document is parsed, prior to rendering the document, for any contact data. Each contact data on the document is replaced with an activatable link that will allow a user to activate the link on the computing device to... Agent: Perman & Green

20080081664 - Method of providing a mobile multimedia hub: A method is provided for expanding the input and output capabilities of a mobile communications device. If a received signal should be immediately outputted, then a user of the mobile communications device selects an open interface output port for the received signal prior to receiving the signal. Upon reception, the... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080081665 - Mobile phone: A mobile phone for performing communication with respect to a plurality of data communication services has a setting storage part, and the setting storage part stores priority associated with the plurality of data communication services. When packet communication is started, a QoS control part controls a transmission part and a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080081666 - Production of visual codes for pairing electronic equipment: The invention is intended for the technological field of data communication between electronic equipment (1-4) forming part of a system of electronic equipment (10). The invention more specifically relates to a method and a system to facilitate, using an identifier having the form of a visual code, the transmission of... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080081663 - System for managing radio modems: A system for managing the operation of a plurality of radio modems contained within the same WCD. One or more of the plurality of radio modems may be a dual-mode radio modem enabled to communicate using at least two separate radio protocols concurrently. The operation of the one or more... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080081667 - Methods of configuring a generic bluetooth controller of a flash drive to be compatible with multiple bluetooth peripheral devices: A portable flash memory drive includes a Bluetooth controller with only a subset of the layers of a Bluetooth stack necessary for operation. This enables usage of a generic Bluetooth controller in the flash drive. Specific configuration for profiles and other aspects of Bluetooth communication are handled by upper layers... Agent: Winston & Strawn, LLP

20080081668 - Mobile communication terminal and terminal control method: An object of the present invention is to surely and readily prevent unauthorized use of a noncontact IC function incorporated in a mobile communication terminal, even in a state in which no signal can be sent through mobile communication to the mobile communication terminal. A mobile communication terminal 10 has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080081669 - Method and device for optimizing codebook for quantized precoder by using steepest descent algorithm: In a method for optimizing a codebook including a quantized channel between a base station transmitter and a portable terminal: a) select the codebook to be optimized; b) a steepest descent algorithm is applied to respective codewords of the codebook selected in a), wherein the codewords are transformed so that... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080081671 - Mobile assisted downlink beamforming with antenna weight feedback: A subscriber unit (104) with multiple receive antennas (160, 162) and a single transmit antenna (160) derives beamforming weights to be used at a base station (102) with multiple transmitting antennas (602, 604, 606, and 608). The downlink beamforming weights are derived at the subscriber unit (104) from a prior... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080081670 - Multiple frequency antenna array for use with an rf transmitter or transceiver: A multiple frequency antenna array includes a first antenna circuit and a second antenna circuit. The first antenna circuit has a first radiation pattern and is tuned to a first carrier frequency. The first antenna circuit transmits a first representation of a radio frequency (RF) signal at the first carrier... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080081672 - Mobile communication terminal apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal apparatus including: a communication unit configured to perform a predetermined communication; a storage unit configured to store a first state of an application program before being initialized and a second state of the application program after... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080081673 - Terminal and display method used in the terminal: Provided is a terminal and a display method used in the terminal capable of analyzing images that are mainly selected by a user from among images to be displayed by the terminal and firstly displaying the selected images, although the terminal needs to display more images than the maximum number... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080081674 - System and method for controlling an enunciator on an electronic device: The invention relates to a system and method for controlling the output level of an enunciator on a portable electronic device. In the system, an enunciator management system for an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: an enunciator having a first enunciation level and a lower, second enunciation level;... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080081676 - Power management system for a field device on a wireless network: A field device includes a power control module, a network interface module that communicates over a wireless network, and a device interface module for operating transducers, such as a sensor or an actuator. The power control module controls distribution of electrical power so that the network interface module receives electrical... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080081675 - System and method for cooperative scanning: A communication network (100) includes a plurality of communication devices (102, 104) communicating over multiple systems or channels and also communicating over a short range link, such as a personal area Network (PAN) link (106). The plurality of communication devices (102, 104) utilize pre-stored scan lists (156, 166) and cooperative... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080081677 - Mobile phone capable of injecting/ejecting sim card: A mobile phone capable of injecting/ejecting a SIM card includes a main body and a SIM card connector. The main body includes a housing, a display screen, a plurality of keypads, a circuit module, and an antenna. The housing has a SIM slot. The SIM card connector is mounted in... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080081678 - Mobile terminal and swivel assembly coupled thereto: A mobile terminal including a first body, a second body, and a swivel assembly to couple the first and second bodies to each other so as to rotate and slide the first and second bodies with respect to each other. Here, one of the first and second bodies includes a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080081679 - Waterproof structure: A waterproof structure for a casing has a first casing, a second casing to be put together with the first casing, and a waterproof member formed of an elastic material to prevent water from penetrating between the first casing and the second casing. The second casing has a recess. The... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane