Telecommunications inventions 12/08

20080318517 - Universal electronic device with hands-free module and/or with gps navigation system and bluetooth module, especially for automobile vehicles: A universal electronic device with a hands-free module and/or a GPS navigation system and a Bluetooth module, especially for automobile vehicles with a hands-free module, a GPS navigation system and a Bluetooth module; the device provided with a casing (2) comprising a base (4) and a tiltable part (6), connected... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080318518 - Wireless audio distribution system with range based slow muting: A wireless audio distribution system includes a wireless headset for receiving a serial, digital bitstream including control data interspersed with digital data related to the audio channels, a manual audio channel selector switch; a manual volume adjustment control, an error detector and a muting circuit selectively reducing the volume level... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080318520 - Apparatus and method for transmission and reception in multiple input multiple output system with replay station: A multiple antenna system for using a relay station with multiple antennas is provided. The system includes a base station for determining encoded data processing procedure based on first and second channel state information, determining a relaying procedure of the relay station, and sending the relaying procedure to the relay... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080318519 - Wireless network system and relay node: A wireless network system includes a fixed node, a relay node, and a moving body. The fixed node includes a radio communication section for transmitting/receiving information. The relay node includes a radio communication section for transmitting/receiving the information, an information recording section for storing the information received from the fixed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080318521 - Conformal repeater unit: A signal repeater for receiving and re-transmitting signals from environmental transducers and the like, and for mechanically and electrically cooperating with existing electrically powered fixtures. More particularly, the present invention includes a housing unit for mechanically and electrically coupling to the powered fixture, a transceiver unit, and a first power... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080318522 - Spurious-free flexible frequency converter and a satellite communication repeater architecture: s

20080318524 - Millimeter wave near field communication device: A device includes a processing module, a millimeter wave (MMW) oscillation module, a MMW beamforming module, and a plurality of amplifiers. The processing module determines activation of the device and thereafter modulates data to produce modulated data, determines a beamforming setting, and establishes a transmit power setting. The MMW oscillation... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318523 - Rectifier circuit and radio communication device: A rectifier circuit includes a bias circuit that outputs a first direct-current voltage and a second direct-current voltage; a first MOS transistor that has a gate and a source; and a second MOS transistor that has a gate, a source, and a drain connected to the source of the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080318526 - Arrangement of devices comprising at least one transmitter and method for improving the receiving field strength: An arrangement of devices which may be worn on the body of a person comprising a first device for transmitting signals to at least one second device via electromagnetic fields or waves, with the first device comprising a transmitter for transmitting such signals and an antenna connected to this transmitter,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080318525 - Communication terminal and communication method for exchanging contents: Opportunity of enjoying video and music is enlarged. A content reproducing device is used in a contents exchange system including a plurality of contents reproducing devices. The content reproducing device includes a short range communication unit, a memory, a control unit, and a speaker. The short range communication unit communicates... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080318527 - Transmission and reception bandwidth setting method, mobile terminal, and base station in radio communication system defining a plurality of signal bandwidths: In a radio communication system defining a plurality of bandwidths, mobile terminals of kinds respectively corresponding to the plurality of bandwidths are accommodated in the system, and a minimum transmission bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths is set as a transmission bandwidth of a downlink common channel. Or, every mobile... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080318528 - Low par zero auto-correlation zone sequences for code sequence modulation: In one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, a method includes: randomly selecting a set of sequences with each sequence having sequence elements, each sequence element having a frequency selected from constellation points on a unit circle in a complex plane, where the selected set of sequences is a candidate set of sequences;... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080318529 - Interactive radio advertising and social networking: A portable device is used to capture, in real time, data sufficient to identify an item, such as a product or service promoted, or a music track played, on a broadcast medium such as radio or television. The capture device can be a standalone implementation, or an application program executable... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080318530 - Sir estimation techniques: The estimated power levels that are used to estimate a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) are filtered so as to minimize the mean-square error (MSE) of the estimated power estimates. First order infinite impulse response (IIR) filters are used to filter both the signal power estimates and the noise power estimates. Optionally,... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080318531 - Method for controlling allocating resources in a mobile radio communication network, corresponding transmitter and receiver: e

20080318532 - Synchronization detection: A transmitter for transmitting a synchronization signal for establishing synchronization, and a receiver for establishing the synchronization by detecting the synchronization signal are included, and the receiver tries to detect the synchronization signal sequentially at a frequency in which the probability that an effective frequency exists is higher to a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080318533 - Transceiver with adjustable antenna assembly: An RF transceiver section includes an adjustable antenna assembly, a low noise amplifier module, a down conversion module, an up conversion module, and a power amplifier. The adjustable antenna assembly is configured to provide a receive antenna structure and a transmit antenna structure. The receive antenna structure receives an inbound... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318534 - Two-step channel selection for wireless transmitter front-ends: A reconfigurable multimode transmitter is disclosed, operating in accordance with a two-step channel selection. The first step provides for a fine channel selection and upconversion of a desired channel to either positive or negative IF. The second step is a coarse channel selection and upconversion of a desired channel to... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080318535 - Method and apparatus for selecting a communication mode based on engery sources in a hybrid power supply: A method and apparatus that transmits data transmission in a wireless communication device having a power supply that includes a plurality of power sources is disclosed. The method may include determining an amount of data to be transferred, determining at least one available communication mode, determining a power state of... Agent: Prass LLP

20080318536 - Simplified high frequency tuner and tuning method: A disclosed method tunes a signal from a channelized spectrum having a predetermined channel spacing. A signal of interest having a predetermined maximum bandwidth is mixed with a local oscillator signal, which has a frequency that is an integer multiple of the channel spacing or one-half of a channel spacing... Agent: Jon E. Kappes Law Offices Of Steven G. Lisa, Ltd.

20080318537 - device and method for receiving and processing rf signals, a method for providing digital calibration values for such a device and a receiver incorporating the device: A device for receiving a RF signal over multiple channels, a receiver incorporating the device, a method of providing digital calibration values for a digitally-tunable resonant circuit of the device, and a method of processing an RF signal. In one embodiment the device includes: (1) a low-noise amplifier having a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080318538 - Simplified high frequency tuner and tuning method: A disclosed method tunes a signal from a channelized spectrum having a predetermined channel spacing. A signal of interest having a predetermined maximum bandwidth is mixed with a local oscillator signal, which has a frequency that is an integer multiple of the channel spacing or one-half of a channel spacing... Agent: Jon E. Kappes Law Offices Of Steven G. Lisa, Ltd.

20080318539 - Automatic gain control circuit for volume control and corresponding method for volume control: There is provided an automatic gain control circuit for volume control receiving at least one audio signal input via either a wired connection or a wireless connection. The circuit includes an output signal regulator receiving a first portion of the at least one audio signal input, with the regulator being... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20080318540 - Receiving apparatus: The present invention is intended to be able to ensure detecting whether an open-circuit occurs to a feeder within short time with simple configuration. A receiving apparatus 2 according to the present invention receives image information transmitted from a capsule endoscope 3 through a coaxial cable and a receiving antenna... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080318541 - Receiving apparatus: In order to restore synchronization quickly in the case where synchronization with a transmission signal is not established, when a synchronization signal is not received by an antenna selected in advance in a receiving apparatus (2), a selection controller (C2) continuously switches between antennas (6a to 6h), repeats an antenna... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080318542 - Dual receive filter: A stage is provided for a receiver of a wireless device. The stage comprises a matching network that separates amplified signals of interest received from an amplifier from amplified unwanted signals received from the amplifier in conjunction with additional downstream filters. The stage also comprises a signal path that comprises... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080318543 - Baseband signal processing method, baseband signal processing circuit, and receiver: A baseband signal processing method includes reducing a frequency of an intermediate-frequency signal using a first oscillation signal, the intermediate-frequency signal being a signal that has been converted by an RF circuit that converts a received signal into the intermediate-frequency signal using a local oscillation signal, mixing the reduced signal... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080318544 - Frequency mixer: A mixer for mixing first and second input signals having first and second frequencies respectively. A voltage-to-current converter is coupled with an input for converting a first input signal into a current signal. A multiplier circuit is coupled with the voltage-to-current converter for multiplying the current signal with a second... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080318545 - Conditional call treatment for prepaid calls: A method and system for processing a prepaid call in a mobile telecommunications network is provided. A default call processing parameter for processing a call can control the processing of the call when communications between the Mobile Switching Center and the Service Control Point fails. The value of the default... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20080318547 - Communications network: A distributed communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of user devices, wherein each node comprises: a communications device for establishing bi-directional wireless communication with at least one user device, a communications device for establishing bi-directional communication with at least one other node; and a data processor... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080318546 - Security activation in wireless communications networks: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate security activation within a specified security activation time. Thus, where handover occurs or is initiated within the activation time, security keys can be activated in such a way as to not be substantially affected by the handover. In one example, a handover time... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318552 - Authentication loading control and information recapture in a umts network: An authentication loading control feature enables a service provider to control the number of authentication procedures or percentage of time that authentication procedures are performed by a network element adapted to perform authentication procedures (e.g., a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) of a UMTS network); and an information recapture feature... Agent: Alcatel-lucent Docket Administrator

20080318550 - Device activation and access: Remote access management for a mobile device includes an activation process where a digitally signed activation record is created by a remote activation service and provided to the mobile device. The activation record is used to determine an activation state for the mobile device. Upon activation, a security process running... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080318551 - Method and apparatus for provisioning and authentication/registration for femtocell user on ims core network: A method for provisioning, registering and authenticating a mobile phone on a basestation is provided. The method includes receiving an addition request for the addition of a mobile station to a basestation authorization record via an interface. The method continues with creating an entry for the mobile station, where the... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20080318548 - Method of and system for strong authentication and defense against man-in-the-middle attacks: A man-in-the-middle attack resistant method of and system for controlling access of a user to a restricted item receives a request from a user of a first device for access to a restricted item. The system determines the physical location of the first device. The system provides a token to... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080318549 - System and method enabling a wireless device to communicate with a second party without revealing the identity of the wireless device to a third party: A method and apparatus for enabling anonymous communications from a first Bluetooth device to a second Bluetooth device is disclosed wherein a temporary identification number associated with the first Bluetooth device is obtained and used in transmissions from the first Bluetooth device to the second Bluetooth device. A temporary identification... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080318554 - Messaging system for managing communications resources: Embodiments of the invention provide a messaging system for use by the telecommunications network to transmit a message to a remote party, where the remote party is identified by means of a telephone calling identifier associated with a call setup request for a telecommunications session received from a user of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080318555 - Messaging system for managing communications resources: Embodiments of the invention provide a messaging system for use by the telecommunications network to transmit a message to a remote party, where the remote party is identified by means of a telephone calling identifier associated with a call setup request for a telecommunications session received from a user of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080318553 - System and method for receiving emails in instantly via a mobile phone: A system and method for receiving an Email via a mobile phone includes storing a table wherein an Email address for a user is associated with a mobile phone number for the user within a server of an Email processing device; looking up the mobile phone number for the user,... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080318557 - Broadcast of time signal over general purpose wireless network: A transmitting device wirelessly broadcasts a time signal over a general purpose wireless network. A receiving device wirelessly receives the time signal without having established a connection with the transmitting device. The receiving device sets a lock thereof based on the time signal. The general purpose wireless network can be... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080318556 - Ip based lawful interception on legacy equipment: A system and method for lawful intercept of call content receives subscriber information as a lawful intercept target and issues commands to initiate bridge endpoints in a lawful intercept media router (LIR) for transmitting RTP data. The LIR receives the bridge endpoint commands and provides duplicates of RTP data packets... Agent: Utstarcom, Inc. C/o Laura Weiss, Paralegal

20080318558 - System and method for the signaling of session characteristics in a communication session: A system and method for specifying requirements for the consumption of an MBMS user service. This system and method is forward-compatible and allows for legacy terminals to detect if a new feature, introduced in later releases, is required for the consumption of the service. If a required feature is not... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080318559 - System and method of mobile device advertising: The invention consists of a method of advertising on mobile devices, comprising the steps of: a) collecting registration information from a user, the registration information including demographic, geographic and chronological information about the user; b) creating an advertising block containing one or more advertisements based on the user's demographic and... Agent: Lang Michener

20080318560 - Device method and system for handling incoming calls: According to some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a communication device including a call handling unit adapted to handle a given incoming call (i.e. voice calls, video calls, sms, etc.) based on a device operation profile (e.g. general, meeting, silent, outdoor, etc.) and based on an exception... Agent: Naomi Assia Law Offices C/o LandonIPInc.

20080318561 - Apparatus, system and method for automated communication forwarding: An apparatus is provided for forwarding communications automatically. The apparatus includes a processing element that receives data from a local connection point or a network element regarding the presence of a device at or near the local connection point or other location. The device is associated with a first communications... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080318563 - System and method for user profiling from gathering user data through interaction with a wireless communication device: A system, method, and wireless communication device that profiles a user thereof, or a user at a second wireless communication device in communication therewith. The wireless communication device gathers user data for a user thereof, or from a user at a second wireless communication device, and either directly generates, or... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318562 - System and methods for monitoring the context associated with a mobile communication device: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080318564 - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for implementing remote control processes: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing remote control processes is provided. The method includes receiving a request to execute an operation on a target device via selection of a function key on a remote control device. The function key is associated with the operation and the target... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20080318566 - Effective system information reception method: Disclosed is the method for informing, by a wireless communication system, to a terminal about information required for reception when the terminal is connected to the wireless communication system, in which a base station updates system information according to a preset period, and the terminal efficiently receives or checks any... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080318565 - Method and apparatus for assisting a radio communication transfer in a cellular radio communication system: The invention proposes a method for allowing radio communication transitions between packet and circuit switched modes in a cellular radio communication system comprising a core network, a first radio access network supporting a first mode among packet and circuit switched modes and a second radio access network supporting a second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080318568 - Method and apparatus for determining home agent attached by mobile node: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining home agent(s) attached by mobile node(s) and the method includes: transmitting, by an application service node, a request for inquiring home agent(s) attached by mobile node(s) to a home agent of a mobile node home network; and determining the... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080318567 - Method and system for synchronization in communication system: A method for uplink synchronization of a first transceiver and a second transceiver in a multi-user cellular communication system having communication resources divided into communication channels. The method includes the following steps. A first signature sequence is transmitted from the second transceiver to the first transceiver, where the signature sequence... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080318569 - Call delivery system to reach displaced wireless users after a regional disaster: An apparatus and method are provided for a call delivery system capable of reaching displaced wireless users after a natural disaster. A calling party may call a publicized general reach number, e.g., 800 number, to contact a wireless user. The home mobile switching center (MSC) of the wireless user may... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080318570 - Method and apparatus for interfacing among mobile terminal, base station and core network in mobile telecommunications system: A method, apparatus and a computer readable record media storing instructions for executing the same method for interfacing among a hybrid type synchronous or asynchronous terminal to a core network in a next generation mobile telecommunications system. The hybrid type synchronous or asynchronous radio network determines the operating type of... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080318571 - Method and system to assign mobile stations to an unlicensed mobile access network controller in an unlicensed radio access network: The present invention provides a method and architecture on how mobile stations (MS 132) are provisioned about information of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC 142). The UNC (142) in accordance with the present invention provides three different logical roles (i.e., provisioning (300), default (302) and serving (304)).... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080318576 - Handover between wireless cellular network and private network in wireless communications: Techniques and systems for performing handover of a mobile station between a cellular wireless network and a private cell or private network.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080318575 - Method and apparatus for handoff between source and target access systems: Systems and methods for switching among heterogeneous networks and inter-working between a source access system and a target access system. An inter-system handoff control component can facilitate setting an IP tunneling by the mobile unit, wherein IP addresses for inter-working security gateway and Radio Access Network of the target access... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318577 - Method and apparatus for supporting inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology handover: A method and apparatus for supporting inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) handover are disclosed. A network provides measurement gap parameters for configuring a measurement gap to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU then performs a measurement based on the measurement gap parameters. Such measurement includes inter-frequency frequency division... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080318573 - Method for handover procedure of user terminal on radio interfaces, a base station and a network therefor: The invention concerns a method for a handover procedure of a user terminal (UE) on radio interfaces from a source base station (SBS) to a target base station (TBS) whereby the target base station (TBS) sends out user data to the user terminal (UE) before reception of a message indicating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080318574 - Methods for handing over calls between communication networks using dissimilar air interfaces: A call in progress in a first communication network is handed over to a second communication network which uses a different air interface. To facilitate the handover, the present serving base station commands the mobile communication device to take measurements of surrounding cells of the second communication network. The measurements... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080318572 - System and method for network handover: The invention provides for a telecommunications system and related method of handover from a first radio access technology to a second radio access technology for a mobile radio communications device within a mobile radio communications network, and including determining a timing advance value associated with the second radio access technology,... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080318578 - Cellular communication system, apparatus and method for handover: A method for handover of a wireless subscriber communication unit from a first base station to a second base station in a wireless network is described. The method comprises at the wireless subscriber communication unit receiving a handover command message from the first base station. At the first base station,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080318579 - Techniques for resource block mapping in a wireless communication system: A technique of operating a wireless communication device includes creating a resource block map by associating respective subscriber station identifications, corresponding to respective subscriber stations, with one or more resource blocks. The respective subscriber station identifications and the resource block map are transmitted, from a serving base station, in one... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080318580 - Method and apparatus for power management in handover between heterogeneous networks: A method for power management in handover between heterogeneous networks comprising: an MIH layer obtains power information and provides it for an MIH user layer; the MIH user layer determines the handover policy according to the power information. In various embodiments of the disclosure, the MIH layer triggers an event... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080318581 - Method for allocating electronic serial number for mobile station: A method of allocating a mobile station unique number and method of configuring a public long code mask (PLCM) using the same ar disclosed, which are suitable for a normal operation between the mobile station and the system. The present invention includes the steps of re-allocating a manufacturer code of... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080318583 - Method for creating a cellular telephone infrastructure: The Demographic Index (DI) was created for wireless communication network design, however has relevance in other marketing based applications. The DI combines a series of demographic census records into a single weighted index value that can be used to evaluate geographic importance in designing a wireless network.... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080318582 - Radio control device, mobile station, and mobile communication method: A radio network controller 30 includes a selection decision unit 31 for deciding whether or not the selection of cells to be used by mobile stations after data reception is to be performed, and a mobile station controller 32 for instructing the mobile stations to select cells to use after... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080318585 - System and method for cell planning in a wireless communication network: A cellular network having a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of cells. Each cell is configured to provide communication services to the plurality of mobile stations using at least two overlapping channels. Each cell includes a base station configured to provide communication services using at least four channels,... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080318584 - Virtual multiple antenna (vmat): The present invention relates to a communication unit, network and method for communication within a communication network, the unit comprising a transceiver portion, a processing unit and at least one interface arrangement for communication with at least one peripheral device. The unit further comprises an arrangement for transceiving at least... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080318586 - Communications system, communications apparatus, communications terminal and communications method: According to a communications method according to the present invention, data is transmitted from a base station to two or more terminals via a common channel, and transmission power, with which the data is transmitted from the base station to the two or more terminals, is controlled according to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080318587 - Cellular communication system, a base station and a method of resource allocation: A cellular communication system (100) comprises a network controller (113) having a first resource allocator (117) for allocating codes to a first set of calls in a cell. The network controller (113) is coupled to a base station (109) which comprises a second resource allocator (119) for allocating codes to... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080318588 - Resource scheduling in a cellular system: The invention relates to a method for scheduling resources for uplink transmissions in a radio access network comprising access points which own pre-assigned resources. The invention also relates to an access point (5-7), a user terminal (1-4) and an access point controller 8. Characteristic features of the invention are that... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080318590 - Method and system for controlling admission in mobile communication networks, related network and computer program product therefor: A method for controlling admission of calls to a mobile communication network having cells associated with at least one determined threshold level of operation suitable for managing cell shrinking phenomena. The method includes the operation of detecting call requests from a cell edge affected by such cell shrinking phenomena, variably... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080318589 - Transmission optimization in a wireless base station system based on load-sharing: A signal transmission method in a wireless base station system is provided, comprising: in the downlink direction, the wireless network control device transmits downlink data frames of the cell to the base station to which their channel processing relates for processing; the first base station receives corresponding downlink wireless signals... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080318592 - Delivering telephony communications to devices proximate to a recipient after automatically determining the recipient's location: The present invention discloses a communication method and system, which can include a step of repetitively conveying presence information to a service provider to continuously update a current location of a person identified within the presence information. A communication attempt directed towards the person can be detected. A communication device... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080318591 - Monitoring the movement of mobile communication devices: A system records the movement of people carrying mobile devices within a specific area. A plurality of receivers distributed throughout the specified area monitor the area for wireless communication from a mobile device. Mobile devices are identified by way of a unique identifier, e.g. IMSI, IMEI, MAC address, or similar... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080318595 - Position location system using multiple position location techniques: A position location system includes a first position location sub-system, a second position location sub-system, and processing circuitry. The first position location sub-system determines first position location information regarding an object using a first position location technique. The second position location sub-system determines second position location information regarding the object,... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318594 - Pre-location method and system for assisting satellite radio navigation systems: The invention relates to a satellite radio navigation terminal using services of a cellular communication network, wherein the pre-location consists in locating the terminal in at least one network cell and the inventive method consists in forming a database (24) compiling location information items of the network cells transmitted by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080318593 - Sharing and tracking real-time location for mobile users: In one embodiment, an apparatus can include: a receiver configured to receive location-related data, and to provide real-time location information therefrom; and a processor configured to receive the real-time location information, and to provide an extension in a packet header of a media stream, wherein the header extension comprises the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080318596 - Method and apparatus for determining the position of a base station in a cellular communication network: Techniques for performing positioning in a cellular network are described. In one design, a first base station (e.g., a home base station) determines its position based on position information for at least one user equipment (UE) within radio coverage of the first base station and a second base station. The... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318598 - Cell-phone-based vehicle locator and \"path back\" navigator: A hand-held, portable navigation system and method are integrated within a cellular telephone enclosure, resulting in a simplified architecture with fewer buttons to press and items to carry. The apparatus uses a cellular telephone having a microphone, a keypad, GPS receiver, a display, a memory, an earphone, a wireless transceiver,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080318597 - Intensity-based maps: The claimed subject matter relates to a first architecture that can create an intensity map based upon intensity scores, and to a second architecture that can provide intensity scores and can request and receive the intensity map. Intensity scores can relate to an approval or a level of satisfaction of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080318599 - Network controller messaging for paging in an unlicensed wireless communication system: An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080318603 - Method and system for multimedia messaging service (mms) rating and billing: The advances disclosed herewith delimit an improved method and system for smoothly rating and billing Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Implemented as part of a computer program product, the solution seeking the protection of Letters Patent, represents a comprehensive real-time solution for rating incoming and outgoing MMS messages which, with a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080318602 - Method for mobile and pervasive output: Pervasive output capability is provided so that an information apparatus can pervasively output digital content to an output device regardless of the processing power, display screen size and memory space of the information apparatus. This allows small mobile devices with limited display, processing power, and memory to be able to... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20080318604 - Prepaid short messaging: A prepaid messaging solution which uses open networking standards (e.g., TCP/IP) and which supports pre-payment of enhanced Internet messaging services. The disclosed prepaid architectures and methods accurately determine if a subscriber has sufficient account balance to deliver a complete short message, prior to delivery of the message. The short message... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20080318600 - System and method for enhanced message routing: Coincident with the evolution, maturation, etc. of (e.g., Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc.) wireless messaging ecosystems an infrastructure that provides, in new and creative ways, enhanced message routing capabilities. The dynamic, flexible, and extensible nature of the enhanced message routing capabilities support, among other things,... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080318601 - System and method for optimizing network communication in response to network conditions: A system and method for facilitating communications between a mobile device and a network application are provided. A mobile device transmits a request for data change information that includes a time out interval. The network application receives the request and measures a time elapsed since the receipt of the data... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080318606 - Wireless transmission method, and wireless transmitter and wireless receiver: A wireless transmitter controls the number of transmission beams to be formed for transmitting a data stream depending on the number of data streams to be transmitted, and a wireless receiver selectively receives any one or more of the transmission beam from the transmission beams. In this manner, by changing... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20080318605 - Zero power radio: A receiver has a first (12) and a second radio system (14). The first radio system (12) is a zero-power system and the second radio system (14) can either be in an active-state or in an off-state. The first radio system (12) is designed to bring the second radio system... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080318607 - Combined contention and scheduling based uplink for s3g: A communications system comprises a terminal, and network resources. The terminal is operable to transmit substantially simultaneously a data portion and a data transfer request for that data portion to the network resources.... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080318608 - Method and device for assigning reference signal sequences in mobile communications system: A reference signal sequence assignment method and device are provided by which the influence of inter-cell interference can be reduced and the number of usable cyclic shifted sequences per sector can be increased. In a mobile communications system with a structure including multiple cells each including multiple sectors, a sequence... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080318609 - Portable terminal and method for determining a frequency assignment: Provided is a broadband wireless access communication system, and in particular, a portable terminal and method for determining a FA in a portable Internet system. A method for determining a FA to be used for wireless communication in a portable terminal includes the steps of: (a) checking whether a signal... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080318610 - System and method for sharing media in a group communication among wireless communication devices: A system, method, and wireless communication device for sharing media in a group communication among a plurality of wireless communications devices, such as among a Push-to-Talk (PTT) group. A wireless communication device that is a member of the communication group can send group-directed media, such as graphics, multimedia and applications,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318611 - Communication system, apparatus and method of operating a communication system: A radio communication system comprises a first radio station (100) and one or more second radio stations (200). When transmitting a signal, the second radio station (200) employs power ramping to increase its transmit power up to a maximum value in a sequence of power steps. The first radio station... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080318612 - Method and apparatus for limiting peer-to-peer communication interference: Peer-to-peer communication between user terminals in a licensed spectrum is enabled by a method comprising the following steps: —communicating directly, peer-to-peer, between the first and the second mobile terminal, and —disconnecting the peer-to-peer communication in dependence of control signals received or not received from the base station. Thus, according to... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080318614 - Mobile station and transmission power control method in mobile station: To provide a mobile station and a transmission power control method in the mobile station, which are capable of improving the power saving characteristic associated with the transmission power control in the mobile station under a condition in which the transmit diversity is applied. The transmission power of feedback information... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080318615 - Radio base station and control method thereof: To provide a radio base station and a control method thereof wherein a simple way is used to relax the load concentration of a power control and also relax the control delay. A radio base station and a control method thereof wherein a frame generating part inserts a dummy TPC... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080318613 - System and apparatus for interference suppression using macrodiversity in mobile wireless networks: In a wireless network, plural downlink signals from plural base stations are transmitted to a terminal. The plural downlink signals all carry the same information to the terminal. The terminal provides feedback on the downlink channels. The feedback provides information on the taps of the channels. The amount of information... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080318617 - Appearance adaptable keypad for a handheld communication device: A handheld communication device configurable between a telephone mode and an email mode is described. The handheld communication device has a body with a front face at which a user input is located. The user input includes an appearance-adaptable keypad configurable between a telephone keypad when the device is in... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP (rim)

20080318616 - Flexible lifestyle portable communications device: A method may include receiving a call at a portable communication device, entering a first mode when the call is directed to a first device identifier associated with the portable communication device; and entering a second mode when the call is directed to a second device identifier associated with the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080318619 - Ic with mmw transceiver communications: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a processing module and main memory. The processing module includes a processing core and a first processing module millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver coupled to the processing core. The main memory includes memory and a first memory MMW transceiver coupled to the memory. At least one... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318618 - Mobile communication device and method of controlling the same: The present invention relates to mobile communication devices and a method of controlling the same. The mobile communication device includes a plurality of keys for entering different commands in first and second operating modes, memory for storing key mapping information in which commands corresponding to respective inputs of the plurality... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080318622 - Handheld intelligent mobile and fixed wireless device: A handheld intelligent mobile and fixed wireless device includes a central processing unit (CPU), and an image module, a wireless transceiver module, a vector signal sensing module, a global positioning system (GPS) module and a short-distance wireless communication module, all of which are connected to the CPU. The CPU integrates... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080318621 - Method for gsm and cdma dual-mode mobile phone to control two gsm subscriber identification modules: A method for a GSM/CDMA dual-mode mobile phone to control two GSM subscriber identification modules is provided. Without changing hardware of the GSM/CDMA dual-mode mobile phone, the method use a GSM control module to operate a first GSM subscriber identification module, or a CDMA UART driver module and a SIM/UIM... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080318620 - Multi-mode modulator: A multi-mode modulator includes a first data path to process in-phase signals in a quadrature modulation mode, a second data path to process quadrature signals during the quadrature modulation mode, and a first multiplexer to selectively switch polar amplitude data onto one of the first and second data paths in... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080318623 - High-frequency module: A high-frequency module contains a GaAs switch (GaAsSW) as an FET switch for selectively connecting one of RF input-output terminals (RF1 to RF4) to an antenna input-output terminal (ANT) to be connected to an antenna. A GSM transmission signal input terminal (Tx12) is connected to the RF input-output terminal (RF1)... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080318625 - Mobile communication device with gaming mode and methods for use therewith: A mobile communication device includes a sensor for generating gaming data in response to the actions of a user. A wireless telephony transceiver sends the gaming data to a game device in a gaming mode of operation and transceives wireless telephony data with a wireless telephony network in a telephony... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318626 - Multi-mode mobile communication device with motion sensor and methods for use therewith: A mobile communication device includes a motion sensor for generating motion signals in response to motion of the mobile communication device. A motion data generation module generates motion data based on the motion signals. At least one transceiver sends the motion data to a game device in a gaming mode... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318624 - Personal virtual assistant: A personal virtual assistant is provided. The personal virtual assistant includes a medical device and remote station that is connectable via a wireless network to a server containing a control processor and rules engine. The medical device is used to provide physiological information to the remote station. The remote station... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318627 - Portable communication terminal: In the upper enclosure, a CPU for application and a memory for application as well as an application device are mounted. In the lower enclosure, a CPU for communication and a memory for communication as well as a transmission/reception circuit are mounted. In such a configuration, the data transfer for... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080318628 - Method of controlling a pda phone and pda phone using the same: A method for controlling a PDA (personal digital assistant) phone is provided. A first interface configuration file and a second interface configuration file are provided. An interface selection command is received, designating the first or second interface configuration file. A first boot procedure is performed. The first or second interface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080318629 - Detection, identification and operation of pheripherals connected via an audio/video-plug to an electronic device: An electronic device including a jack arranged to receive a peripheral device A/V plug, the A/V plug providing an end-terminal for a peripheral device to be connected to the jack, wherein the device is arranged to detect insertion of the A/V plug, and upon detection of insertion, discriminate the functionality... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080318630 - Graceful coexistence for multiple communication protocols: Techniques for graceful coexistence of modules supporting multiple communication protocols are described. Graceful coexistence may be achieved by giving priority to a communication protocol having high priority data to send or receive. In one design, the priority of data to send via a wireless channel by a first module for... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080318631 - Base station and component configuration for versatile installation options: A wireless communication base station assembly includes at least one base band unit (40) having one primary circuit board (100) with circuitry for a control function (102), a timing function (104), a line interface function (106) and a radio interface function (108). The electronics and circuitry for each of these... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C./alcatel-lucent

20080318632 - Transceiver with selective beamforming antenna array: A multiple mode RF transmitter a baseband section, a transmitter section, and a configurable antenna circuit. The transmitter section is couple to convert a first outbound symbol stream into first outbound RF beamforming signals in accordance with a first beamforming setting and convert a second outbound symbol stream into second... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080318633 - Expendable screen and mobile phone using the same and display controlling method therefor: An expandable screen is for displaying display information according to a display mode command. The expandable screen includes a main screen, an extension screen, and a display controller. The extension screen pivotally connected to the main screen via a hinge. The display controller is for receiving the displaying information and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080318636 - Mobile communication terminal with improved interface function and method for improving interface function: Disclosed is method for improving an interface function in a wristwatch-type mobile communication terminal, including an arrangement of placing sub-display units on opposite watch band portions with reference to a main display unit. A captured image of a content displayed on the main display unit is adapted to be displayed... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080318635 - Mobile terminal and keypad control method: A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to display a keypad in a second display region and data input from at least the keypad in a first display region, and a controller configured to determine if the keypad displayed in its current form is to be displayed in a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080318637 - Reduced keyboard character selection system and method: A system and method of selecting a character for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is displayed. A backspace key is... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP (rim)

20080318634 - Wireless communication apparatus and method for replacing background color of display for same: A wireless communication apparatus includes a communication module, a display, and a color control module. The communication module is for sending a message to a base station, and receiving a switch command from the base station. The display is for displaying an image. The color control module is for being... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080318638 - Call alerting using different ring signals according to a play list: The invention concerns a method of using ring signal files in a portable communication device, such a portable communication device as well as a computer program product for performing the method. The portable communication device (10) comprises a radio communication unit (30) for receiving ring signal files (RSF1, RSF2) and... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20080318640 - Voice input-output device and communication device: A voice input-output device includes a voice input section and a voice output section. The voice input section includes a microphone unit, the microphone unit including a housing that has an inner space, a partition member that is provided in the housing and divides the inner space into a first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080318639 - Wireless headset switching system: Switching signals between a mobile communications device and a wireless headset can include setting a switch in a first position; connecting, through the switch, signals received from a mobile communications device to a wireless adapter for transmission to a wireless headset; and repositioning the switch, in response to input, to... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080318641 - Electronic device for reducing audio noise caused from unbalanced ground and mobile communication device thereof: An electronic device includes a first circuit board having a first audio source and a first reference grounding end, a second circuit board having a second audio source and a second reference grounding end, a flexible board cable, a grounding wiring, a selection unit, and a receiver. The flexible board... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080318642 - Communication apparatus and communication method: A communication apparatus includes: a battery; a battery level detecting unit which detects a remaining battery level of the battery; a transmitting unit which transmits data; a wait time setting unit which determines an upper limit value from a minimum upper limit value to a maximum upper limit value for... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20080318643 - Method of reducing power consumption in a ue when the ue is in idle mode: A method is described for determining the rate of performing neighbor cell measurements by a User Equipment (UE) in an idle mode, which is based on the RANK information of the serving cell and neighbor cells. The RANK information is available with the UE. Comparison of the RANK of the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080318644 - Rf test access for testing antenna in mobile communication device: A housing for a mobile communication device includes a housing member that encloses the mobile communication device. An opening is positioned in the housing member for accepting a battery. A door is positioned over the opening in the housing member, with an access port defined through the housing member positioned... Agent: Lorri W. Cooper, Esq.

20080318645 - Excessive rotation preventing structure for rotation supporting mechanism and portable terminal: An excessive rotation preventing structure for a rotation supporting mechanism, which has no torque loss while ensuring thinness in a height direction, is provided. A portable terminal is also provided. The excessive rotation preventing structure is provided with a rotation stopping means. At the time of rotating and stopping a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080318646 - Mobile phones: Mobile phones are provided. A mobile phone comprises a housing, a battery cover, a joining member, and a slider. The battery cover is detachably connected to the housing for covering a battery of the mobile phone. The joining member is movably disposed on the housing and detachably joined with the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080318647 - Slide mechanism and electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus, comprising a lid member including a display section; an intermediate member including said lid member connected thereto, that is configured to slide in a first direction, and including a second operation section which is exposed in an interlocking relationship with the sliding movement of said lid member;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080311845 - Methods and apparatus for interoperable satellite radio receivers: Methods and apparatus are presented to allow one receiver architecture to be used for the reception of two different SDARS signals, such as, for example, one signal from XM Satellite Radio, the other signal from Sirius Satellite Radio. The methods and apparatus presented utilize common receiver functions to process each... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080311844 - Multiple input receiver in satellite communication system: Satellite communication systems and methods are disclosed that provide local and regional data to a subscriber terminal utilizing a single receiver. Regional data may be transmitted over a wide beam and the local data may be transmitted over one of a plurality of localized spot beams such as, for example,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP Viasat, Inc (client #017018)

20080311843 - Satellite radio advertisement system and method: A satellite radio system includes a satellite receiver receiving audio programming and an advertising packet including a plurality of visual advertisements. The satellite radio system further includes a computer controlling the display of the visual advertisements on the display as the audio programming is being played over a speaker. The... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080311846 - Systems and methods for delivering a stored message to a subscriber: A method for delivering a stored message to a satellite radio receiver is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request to retrieve the message, receiving the message, encoding the message for satellite transmission, and transmitting the message for delivery to the satellite radio receiver.... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080311847 - Method and system for managing delivery of communications: Method and system for managing delivery of communications such as advertisements to mobile telephone subscribers where delivery to subscribers is temporarily prevented or blocked at the request of the subscribers. In particular, a subscriber can temporarily suspend delivery of advertisements when they are roaming.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080311848 - Configuration of a repeater: Methods and systems are provided to configure a frequency repeater. The frequency repeater is configured with an identity of a service provider and receives a message that defines a set of frequencies to be repeated, the frequencies are associated with a service provider that matches the preconfigured identity. A digital... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080311849 - Communication system and communication apparatus: A communication system includes a transmitter including a transmitting circuit to generate radio frequency signals for transmitting data and an electrical field coupling antenna to transmit the radio frequency signals as an electrostatic field or an inductive electrical field; and a receiver including an electrical field coupling antenna and a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080311850 - Rectifier circuit and rfid tag: A rectifier circuit includes a first MOS transistor; a first capacitor connected between a gate and a source of the first MOS transistor; a first switching circuit for supplying a bias voltage to the first capacitor in response to a control signal; a second MOS transistor whose drain is connected... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080311851 - Method and system for 60 ghz location determination and coordination of wlan/wpan/gps multimode devices: Within a local region, information may be communicated between two or more wireless multimode communication devices (WMCD) comprising 60 GHz band and lower frequency band wireless interfaces, wherein spatial relationships between devices may vary. The 60 GHz interface may handle location determination operations and data transfers. The lower frequency band... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080311852 - Multiple communication link coordination for shared data transmissions: An integrated circuit radio transceiver and associated method comprises a multi-mode device operable to support personal area network communications as well as traditional wireless local area network communications and to synchronize communications therein. In one embodiment, a direct link comprising direct packet transfers without beaconing is performed between the multi-mode... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080311853 - Information processing apparatus: In a mobile telephone device applicable as an information processing apparatus, a protocol layer control unit controls a protocol layer used when a wireless communication is performed with a head set. A command queue puts an execution of a command to the protocol layer in a standby state. A request... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080311855 - Intelligent connectivity framework for the simultaneous use of multiple interfaces: A system and method comprising a framework configured to enable wireless devices to intelligently and simultaneously use multiple wireless interfaces of the wireless devices.... Agent: Watchstone P+d, PLC

20080311854 - Radio communications system, mobile radio terminal and radio comunications method: In sequence S3, a mobile station measures a transmission path quality. In sequence S4, the mobile station decodes resource blocks allocated by a base station and executes CRC decision based on CRC bits. In sequence S6, the base station selects a transmission format on the basis of CQI received from... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080311856 - Method and apparatus for power control of an air interface transmission: An apparatus (101) performs power control for an air interface transmission between a receiver (105) and a transmitter (103). The apparatus (101) comprises a power control processor (113) which operates a power control loop for the air interface transmission in response to an error parameter. A discarded data processor (117)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080311857 - Receiver, transmitter, communication system, method for controlling receiver, and communication method: A receiver establishes a communication between the receiver and a transmitter that transmits data by a directional wireless communication. While a connection request command which is information for requesting a connection is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver at a predetermined period, a packet group corresponding to the connection... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080311858 - Diversity transmission using a single power amplifier: Diversity radio transmission is accomplished with excellent performance using multiple antennas receiving a transmission signal from a single power amplifier. A data signal to be transmitted is provided to a first antenna, and a phase-shifted version of the data signal is applied a second antenna. The relative phase shift between... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080311859 - Wireless communication apparatus: Channel estimation in a MIMO communications system comprises performing a decomposition of an initial channel matrix estimate associated with a first subcarrier of a plurality thereof defined in the channel to identify eigenvectors associated with that subcarrier of the received signal, and defining a first beamforming transformation to be applied... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080311860 - Transceiver: The transmitter of the transceiver includes: a transmitter-side mixers of a transmitter-side modulator; a transmitter-side voltage-controlled oscillator; and a transmitter-side divider. The divider having a dividing factor of a non-integral number is supplied with an oscillating output of the oscillator. A pair of non-quadrature local signals having a phase difference... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080311861 - Transponder, verfahren zum betrieb eines transponders: e

20080311862 - Integrated galvanic isolator using wireless transmission: An embodiment of a wireless galvanic isolator device is formed by a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and a wireless coupling structure, arranged between the transmitter circuit and the receiver circuit. The wireless coupling structure is formed by a pair of antennas each arranged on an own die and integrated... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080311863 - Radio communication device and radio communication method: A radio communication device capable of lightening the influence of a frequency selective fading in the wide-band transmission of a single carrier thereby to prevent deterioration of error rate characteristics. In this device, an FFT unit (13) subjects a modulated signal inputted from a modulation unit (12) to a Fourier... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080311864 - Determining the current value of transmission power of a radio telecommunication device: A radio telecommunication device able to determine the current value of the transmission power comprises: a capturing unit to measure at least one operating condition of an amplifier influencing the value of the transmission power corresponding to a given gain setting value, and a determining module (46) adapted to establish... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080311865 - Transmission scheduling control of average transmit signal power: A method and apparatus for a method of transmitting information is disclosed. The method includes analyzing information to be transmitted. Transmit time durations are set based upon the information to be transmitted. A transmit signal power level is determined based on the transmit time durations, and a predetermined average transmit... Agent: Tzero Patent Dept.

20080311866 - Reconfiguration in radio communication systems: A radio communication system (100) transmits performance requirement notifications defining performance requirements for the operation of a radio equipment (101). The performance requirements are received from a regulation body responsible for certifying the operation of the communication system (100). The reconfigurable radio equipment (101) comprises a reconfigurable radio element (303)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080311867 - Mos resistance controlling device, mos attenuator and radio transmitter: A MOS resistance controlling device includes: a plurality of MOS transistors having a first MOS transistor to N-th (the integer N is larger than 1) MOS transistor being serially connected, the source of the first MOS transistor being set to a first reference potential, the drain the N-th MOS transistor... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080311868 - Air coil rf transponder and method of making same: An RF air coil transponder includes a rotatable carrier, such as a rigid reel. A coil is wound about the reel and at least one field influencing body for influencing the electric and/or the magnetic field within the coil is supported by the reel. The rigidity of the reel enables... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080311869 - Broadcast information receiving terminal: In the broadcast information receiving terminal which reproduces a TV number or the like, an at-reception-recovery-time processing preprogramming control section (3) determines, when a reception of a desired broadcast program which was determined as unreceivable has been recovered, whether or not to notify the user that the reception of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080311870 - Position determination using received broadcast signals: A radio device that is capable of positioning itself within a broadcast radio system includes a receiver operable to receive a plurality of broadcast radio signals, each broadcast from a respective one of a plurality of broadcast radio signal sources. The radio device further includes processing circuitry operable to determine... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080311871 - System for determining total isotropic sensitivity (tis) using target received signal strength indicator (rssi) value and related methods: A test method is for determining total isotropic sensitivity (TIS) of a mobile wireless communications device using an RF source controllable to a plurality of source values having a relatively small uncertainty associated therewith. The mobile wireless communications device may includes an antenna and a RF receiver coupled to the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080311872 - Broadcast signal receiving apparatus: An LNA (2) is directly connected to a loop antenna (1), and a variable BPF (3), the passed frequency band of which is adapted to be variable, is connected in a stage following the LNA (2). In this way, the variable BPF (3) is used to configure a variable tuning... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080311873 - Method and system for sfbc/stbc in a communication diversity system using angle feedback: Aspects of a system for STBC/SFBC in a communication system using angle feedback may include a receiver, which enables reception of signals via a plurality of receiving antennas. The receiver may enable computation of a rotation factor value based on the received signals and utilization of the computed rotation factor... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080311874 - Antenna diversity device: In an antenna diversity device, at least one of the receive bands of the diversity antennas is frequency converted on the antenna side in such a way that the receive bands in the frequency spectrum are next to one another. This enables the diversity signals to be transmitted via a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080311875 - Reducing interference between device components: Systems and methods that are adapted to avoid radio frequency interference, electromagnetic interference, and/or electromechanical interference originating from modules, peripherals and interconnects of an electronic device, such as a mobile terminal, that are generating unintentional radiation (e.g. memory cards, camera flashes, data buses etc.) and coupling to the radios of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080311876 - Signal receiver for wideband wireless communication: A signal receiver for use in a 60 GHz wireless area network, in which the received RF signal band (100) is converted to a plurality of intermediate frequency (IF) sub-bands (104) and then processing (LPF, AGC, ADC) in the analogue domain of the sub-bands (104) is performed in parallel. As... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080311877 - Determination of wire metric for delivery of power to a powered device over communication cabling: A method of powering from a power sourcing equipment to a powered device over communication cabling, the method comprising: determining the effective resistance between a power sourcing equipment and a powered device; determining the length of communication cabling between the power sourcing equipment and the powered device; calculating a metric... Agent: Microsemi Corp - Amsg Ltd.

20080311878 - Alarm system with two-way voice: Techniques are described for establishing a two-way voice communication session with an alarm system. The alarm system may establish a two-way voice communication session with an operator associated with a monitoring service that provides monitoring services for alarm events detected by the alarm system. The alarm system also may establish... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080311879 - Alarm system with two-way voice: Techniques are described for establishing a two-way voice communication session with an alarm system. The alarm system may establish a two-way voice communication session with an operator associated with a monitoring service that provides monitoring services for alarm events detected by the alarm system. The alarm system also may establish... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080311880 - Checkinsafe.com: An integrated method and system for entry, storage and timed forwarding of user-controlled, event specific, content is described herein. User securely accesses the system through a computing device, enters and stores event information. User's event information is stored in a remote, secure computer server device. User sets a timer within... Agent: James E. Copley Iii

20080311881 - Emergency call services for wireless network roaming: A method and apparatus for emergency call services for wireless network roaming. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for an emergency telephone call from a mobile device, the mobile device communication over the Internet, the mobile device roaming in a visited wireless network when the emergency call... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080311882 - Multi-hazard alarm system using selectable power-level transmission and localization: A personal alarm system includes a monitoring base station and one or more remote sensing units in two-way radio communication. An electronic handshake between the base station and each remote unit is used to assure system reliability. The remote units transmit at selectable power levels. In the absence of an... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080311884 - Billing in a packet data network: p

20080311883 - Charging mechanisms for ip multimedia services: A method of reserving credit for a mobile subscriber in respect of an IP multimedia service. The method comprises, following initial registration of the subscriber to the IP Multimedia service but prior to invocation of an IP Multimedia service, using the early session establishment procedure to reserve a credit amount... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080311885 - Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through delaying of service completion according to geographical-based pricing advantages: Changes in user behavior of usage of wireless services from a mobile device are encouraged in order to effect shaping of traffic and utilization patterns among a plurality of cells within a rate plan region, wherein a discount indicator disposed in said mobile device is provided to notify a user... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20080311886 - Server for communicating with multi-mode devices using multi-mode applications: Multi-mode communication devices capable of multiple wireless and/or wired network communication modes can be configured to communicate for backend services (e.g. Web Services, database, events) via a network gateway to operate in response to available modes. For example, for some activities, the devices are configured to communicate in any available... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080311887 - Network support for voice mail preemption: An apparatus in one example has: a mobile terminal operatively coupled to a mobile switching center; a subscriber database operatively coupled to the mobile switching center; a first terminal operatively coupled to the mobile switching center; a voice mail system operatively coupled to the mobile switching center; and a voice... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080311890 - Ims network support for remote video recording and access: A method in one example has: registering remotely controlled devices and terminals of subscribers with at least one remote service server in an IMS network, the remotely controlled devices having respective IMS clients, and the terminals of the subscribers having respective IMS clients; and allowing the terminals of the subscribers... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080311892 - Method for transmitting and receiving a mbms service in mobile communication system: A method for transmitting and receiving a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service in a mobile communication system. The mobile communication system transmits the same service in different streams by having first bearer information and a second bearer information for the same service. The mobile terminal effectively receives the MBMS service by receiving... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080311889 - Portable communication device and method for sharing a user personality: A portable communication device is equipped with a personality profile application that facilitates creation and sharing of a user personality profile that is based on user activities and user preferences involving the portable communication device. The personality profile may be shared with third parties, thereby allowing a third party to... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080311891 - Techniques for lawful interception in wireless networks: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver operable in a wireless network, wherein the transceiver is configured to enable wireless interception by a predetermined third party without the knowledge of a user of said transceiver.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080311888 - Techniques for providing multimedia communication services to a subscriber: A technique for providing multimedia communication services to a subscriber includes receiving a communication query for the subscriber, the communication query having an associated requested communication mode. The technique also includes servicing the communication query for the subscriber using the requested communication mode when the requested communication mode corresponds to... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080311895 - Colorful ring back tone copying method: The present invention relates to a Colorful Ring Back Tone (CRBT) copying method, the method comprises: a calling mobile terminal initiating a call to a called mobile terminal and receiving a Ring Back Tone (RBT) sent by the CRBT service center; the mobile communication network authenticating it after receiving a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080311894 - Method and apparatus for presenting and controlling information for managing an event: The invention includes a method and apparatus for displaying and controlling information for managing an event. A method according to one embodiment includes displaying accountability information associated with a unit deployed to the event where the accountability information is indicative of accountability of the unit with respect to at least... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080311893 - Method and apparatus for regulating gambling applications at a mobile device: Methods and apparatus for controlling access to an online gambling activity are disclosed. In response to an access request from a mobile terminal, a game server sends a location request comprising an identifier associated with the mobile terminal to a location service and selectively initiates an online gambling activity based... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080311896 - Method and system for a mobile multi-service interface device: A mobile communication interface (MCI) device may enable utilizing a plurality of communication interfaces to enable connectivity to a plurality of available networks, user interface devices, resources, and/or communication devices; and to support a plurality of users of the MCI device. The communication interfaces may be wired and/or wireless; and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080311897 - Network context based policy management: A method (200) of providing communication services, which can include receiving at least one network context (126) associated with a first communications network (114) with which a subscriber unit (102) has become affiliated, and identifying at least one communication policy (140) correlating to the network context. The method also can... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080311898 - Network support for swimming pool monitoring and control: An apparatus in one example has: a controllable system having a plurality of controllable parameters; a plurality of sensors for respectively detecting the plurality of controllable parameters, the sensors providing respective sensor data indicative of the plurality of controllable parameter; a control center that is operatively coupled to the controllable... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080311899 - Mobile communication network subscriber information management system, subscriber information management method, communication control device, communication terminal device, and communication control method: By adding a public identifier for designating a PAN configured by a communication terminal owned by a user to subscriber information managed in a mobile communication network, it is possible to manage a plurality of communication terminals as a group. The mobile communication network 2 includes a communication control device... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080311900 - Cell selection: To determine a cell for usage in wireless communication, a signal-to-noise ratio or a signal-to-power ratio can be used in selecting an appropriate cell. However, cell selection can also configure to take both signal-to-noise ratio and signal-to-power ratio into account. Multiple available cells can be analyzed and a highest ranking... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080311901 - Method and apparatus for evaluating the performance of a radiomobile transmission system: A method for evaluating the performance of a radiomobile system including a core network, includes the steps of generating a signal through a first device and transmitting the signal to a second device through the core network, wherein the transmission step includes emulating a radio access network interposed between the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080311902 - Technique for providing broadcast services in a cellular network: A technique for providing broadcast services to a subscriber station includes determining (904) when a first broadcast frame that is to be transmitted on a broadcast channel includes broadcast information that is to be received by the subscriber station. Next, cellular information that is included within a first cellular frame... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080311903 - Techniques for managing dual-channel wireless devices: Techniques for managing dual-channel wireless devices are described. A dual-channel wireless device may comprise a first transceiver operative to communicate control information over a data channel using a packet-switched network. The dual-channel wireless device may further comprise an enhanced call module communicatively coupled to the first transceiver, the enhanced call... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080311904 - Communication network with relaying of radio signals by relay terminals: A radiocommunication network includes at least one communication station (GW) adapted to exchange data by radio with radiocommunication terminals (T1-T5). This network is adapted to use a data transmission method wherein, each time a source radiocommunication terminal (T1) wishes to transmit data to its communication station (GW), the identifier of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080311905 - Call routing in a mobile communication system: A method and a system for handling a mobile terminating call in a mobile communications network, wherein interrogation (112) by a first Mobile Switching Centre (101) towards a Home Location Register (202) for routing said call is intercepted by an Intercepting Means (104). The Intercepting Means (104) determines that routing... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080311907 - Identifying communications between telecommunications networks: A telecommunications system is disclosed including a host telecommunications network (A) having a radio access network (6) and a virtual telecommunications network (C) with which a telecommunications device (3) is registered and operable to communicate with a telecommunications device (3) using the radio access network (6) of the host telecommunications... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080311908 - Method and apparatus for zonecode-based registration in active state in wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for ZoneCode-based registration is described. A list of RegistrationZoneCodes is stored, wherein the list of RegistrationZoneCodes is associated with subnets visited by the access terminal. It is determined if a protocol cache information is keyed by a (Subnet, RegistrationZoneCode) pair. The cached information is deleted when... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin LLP

20080311906 - Mobile communication network and method and apparatus for authenticating mobile node in the mobile communication network: A method and apparatus for performing device authentication and user authentication in a mobile communication network are provided. A connection is established between an MS and an SRNC that controls communications of the MS through a BS. The SRNC receives a D-MSK for device authentication of the MS from an... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080311909 - Handoff of a mobile station from a first to a second type of wireless network: Methods and apparatus for moving or transferring a mobile station from one type of wireless network to another type of wireless network are described herein. The methods may include employing a source radio access technology (RAT) device, a target RAT device, and a cross wireless network type inter-RAT server to... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080311911 - Handover trigger for an inter-access-gateway interface: An apparatus and method are provided in which multiple options are configured to deliver a base-station ID (BSID), which acts as a trigger for an initiation of a handover at an access gateway level. The handover triggers may be based on a proactive handover between at least one mobile station... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080311913 - Method for mobility management in a system architecture supporting mobility between different access systems: when a User Equipment UE leaves the coverage of a first one of said access systems where it is in a Non Radio Connected state as seen from Radio Access Network RAN, but seen in Connected State from CN-level MM entity, for the coverage of a second one of said... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080311914 - Methods and apparatus for neighbor discovery of base stations in a communication system: An automated neighbor discovery by a base station with the assistance of an access terminal are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving a first message from an access terminal based on detecting an identification signal by the access terminal from the first base station in a communication system. Determination whether... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080311910 - Mobile station and handover control method: A mobile station includes a handover controller. When the mobile station simultaneously communicates with a plurality of radio base stations by using first channels and communicates only with a certain one of the plurality of radio base stations by using a second communication channel, and even when the radio quality... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080311916 - Network controller messaging for ciphering in an unlicensed wireless communication system: An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080311915 - System and method for performing handover in a wireless communication system: A system and method for performing a handover in a wireless communication system are provided. In the system and method an MS receives a mobile neighbor advertisement message including PDR information about a serving BS and neighbor BSs from the serving BS, selects candidate BSs based on a location of... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080311912 - System selection based on application requirements and preferences: Techniques for performing system selection based on requirements and preferences of applications are described. A terminal maintains a policy table containing applications supported by the terminal, priorities of the applications, radio technologies that can be used for each application, and priorities of the radio technologies for each application. The terminal... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080311917 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying a serving home subscriber server (hss) in a communications network: Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining a serving home subscriber server (HSS) in a communications network are described. One method includes obtaining a subscriber identifier from a query message. An exceptions-based data structure contained in a database is accessed to locate a database entry associated with the subscriber... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080311918 - Usf coding: Systems and methods are provided for transmitting and receiving an uplink state flag (USF) in a cellular network. A base station may transmit the USF to plurality of mobile stations that share the same frequency channel, and each mobile station can use the USF to determine whether that mobile station... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080311919 - Use of the physical uplink control channel in a 3rd generation partnership project communication system: In a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, communication system a base station comprises a scheduler allocating communication resource of at least one of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel, PUSCH, and a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel, PDSCH to a User Equipment (UE). The scheduling may either be a dynamic scheduling wherein... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080311921 - Communication resource signaling: A method for communication resource signaling including determining whether an event has taken place which indicates that communication resources being allocated to a communication terminal for a communication service are currently not needed by the communication terminal for the communication service; and sending a signaling message, if the event has... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080311923 - Fast radio bearer establishment in a mobile communication system: The invention relates to methods for establishing a radio bearer between a network element terminating radio resource control protocol and a mobile terminal. The invention provides RNC for establishing a radio bearer between the RNC and a mobile terminal, especially adapted mobile terminals and a system comprising the network element... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080311922 - Method for transmitting data and transmitter: A method for transmitting data includes using a plurality of time slots of a physical channel for transmission of the data, the plurality of time slots being grouped into at least a first time slot group and a second time slot group, transmitting data items of the data being associated... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080311920 - Methods and apparatus for balancing modulation in cellular communications over noisy channels: Methods and apparatus for balancing multi-symbol modulation schemes in cellular communications are provided. The modulation schemes include a plurality of modulation symbols, each of which codes a predefined bit group, which includes one or more bits. The bit groups define different bit positions for bits within the bit groups. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080311925 - Base station, mobile communication system and channel assignment method: A base station communicates with plural terminals with using plural frequency channels having different bandwidths. The base station includes: a carrier-sensing unit that carrier-senses the plurality of frequency channels; a first calculating unit that estimates whether the frequency channels are used or not, and calculates first priorities of respective frequency... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080311924 - Method for allocating communication resources and radiocommunication system therefor: b

20080311926 - Network signaling for point-to-multipoint service over single frequency network mode: The present invention relates to communicating between a network and a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system. The invention includes receiving a message from the network for announcing a service. The message includes an attribute for identifying whether the service is to be received according to a specific mode.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080311928 - Application for automatic tracking of mobile devices for computer network processor systems: A method and system is provided for tracking mobile devices combining packet processing technology with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. A central network system comprising a packet processing subsystem receives transmitted GPS location data from a mobile device transmitting GPS location data, wherein the packet processing subsystem uses a table... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080311927 - System, an arrangement and a method for providing core network nodes with mobile station related information: The present invention relates to a system for providing a core network node with location related information about one or more mobile user stations accessing the core network over an access network. It comprises a number of radio access network nodes (RNC; BSC) a number of first network nodes or... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080311929 - Scheduling tasks dynamically depending on the location of a mobile user: Systems, methods, and computer program products for automatically scheduling and rescheduling tasks based on predictable, observable, or measurable events, and on conditions occurring in the vicinity of the user's location. A plurality of tasks are defined by the user. Events or conditions depending on the user's location and affecting the... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wsm) C/o Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20080311930 - Method and apparatus for implementation of ad hoc mesh network: By using current positions or predictions of future positions of mobile wireless communication devices, the performance of an ad hoc mesh network is improved. Current positions and predictions of future positions can be used to determine when to set up communication channels between devices. Current and future positions can be... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20080311931 - Location support in wireless networks: Various embodiments of the invention determine and/or enhance the location of a wireless mobile station in a WiMAX network, and provide that location to a requesting device. Some embodiments produce more that one determination of the location, using different sources for the information, and combine the different determinations to produce... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080311933 - Apparatus and method for operating an idle mode in a wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for operating an idle mode in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting, by a Mobile Station (MS) to a Base Station (BS), a RaNGing REQuest (RNG-REQ) message for changing a paging cycle while operating the idle mode; transmitting, by the BS to the MS,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080311932 - Method and apparatus for improving drx operation in a wireless communications system: In order to avoid system malfunction, the present invention provides a method for improving Discontinuous Downlinik Reception (DRX) operation for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system. The method includes stopping a timer when the UE allocated with a dedicated HS-DSCH Radio Network Temporary Identifier (H-RNTI) moves from... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080311935 - Method and system for using subjects in instant messaging sessions on a mobile device: A system and method are provided that incorporate subjects or subject lines into instant messaging sessions or conversations on a mobile device. During an instant messaging session, the user is provided with an option to specify a subject for at least the current portion of the session or for the... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20080311934 - Mobile contextual sms advertising: A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards employing a social SMS question and response interaction to identify and provide an advertisement to questioner, along with the response. In one embodiment, the questioner may register for discounts to the SMS server in return for receiving advertisements. As the questioner... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080311936 - System and method for enhanced uaprofile management: Given the growing number of Wireless Devices, and the increasingly varied characteristics (including for example screen size, color depth support, audio and video support, etc.) that Wireless Device vendors or manufacturers provide within their Wireless Devices, an infrastructure that various entities (such as for example Content Providers, Service Providers, etc.)... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080311937 - Wap push over cell broadcast: A system provides push services and information to mobile stations via broadcast messages. The broadcast messages are made on predetermined cell broadcast channels, which are associated with an inbox on the mobile stations. Contained within the messages are Uniform Resource Locators (URL) that, when accessed, provide multimedia and other rich... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP (037-a)

20080311938 - Tone based congnitive radio for opportunistic communications: Within both the licensed and unlicensed wireless spectrum, benefits are obtained in allowing devices to form and communicate based upon opportunistic spectrum availability. At present such ad-hoc networks are established using either directly existing Media Access Control protocols or proposing modifications to them. According to the invention, there is provided... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20080311939 - Acknowledgment aided space domain user scheduling for multi-user mimo: An apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a plurality of data sequences, where individual ones of the plurality of data sequences correspond to individual ones of a plurality of user equipment; a transmitter configured for operation with a plurality of antennas and further configured to simultaneously transmit the modulated... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080311940 - Alternate radio channel selection adapted per user patterns: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for selecting alternate channels for broadcast radio channels, and for tracking alternate channel selections, are provided. Some radio systems provide alternate frequencies for tuned radio frequencies to use when the tuned radio frequency signal is no longer receivable. In aspects of the present invention, historical information... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20080311943 - Audience response and communication system and method: A method and system for interacting with and between audience members located in the same or different locations is described including a central computer, at least one base station connected to the central computer, and a plurality of keypad units arranged to wirelessly transmit and receive signals from the base... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080311942 - Method and apparatus for allocating and acquiring ack/nack resources in a mobile communication system: A method for allocating resources for transmission of an uplink Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative ACK (NACK) used for indicating success/failure in reception of downlink transmission data by a base station in a mobile communication system. The resource allocation method includes determining a mapping rule between control channel elements constituting a downlink control... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080311941 - Method and devices for bandwidth allocation in a wireless communications system: A method is provided by the present invention for allocating channel resources in a wireless network. The method comprises: a) transmitting at least one message which comprises information that would allow association of at least one service flow for conveying data from/to a subscriber terminal, with at least one group... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080311944 - Method and system for 60 ghz antenna adaptation and user coordination based on base station beacons: Information may be communicated between two or more wireless devices via adaptive or steered antennas or antenna systems and 60 GHz signals. The adaptive or steered antennas or antenna systems may be initialized based upon location information determined from a beacon signal and/or a reference system. The beacon signal may... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080311945 - Automatically switching a tdma radio affiliated with a fdma site to a tdma site: A method and system for dynamically triggering re-connection of a TDMA-capable radio to a TDMA-based talk group via a TDMA site. The dynamic re-connection is triggered by the group call controller when an initial request for connection to the TDMA-based talk group is made through an FDMA site by the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080311946 - System and method for dynamically providing control plane capacity: A system and method for dynamically provisioning control plane signaling capacity for each base site in a communication system. Each base site is configured to monitor at least one criteria, such as a control plane traffic throughput level, of at least one control channel. If the criteria indicate that that... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080311947 - Method of and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a mobile telephony system: s

20080311948 - Method of regulating the transmission power of a master station and a slave station for implementation of the method: A slave station and a method of regulating the transmission power a master station are described, which permit an estimate of the signal/interference ratio in a transmission system without sending a pilot sequence, the transmission power being regulated as a function of an estimate of the signal/interference ratio. In a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080311949 - Determining a transmission window for transmission bursts of broadcast service: In an embodiment, a method, apparatus and system are provided for determining a transmission window for transmission bursts of broadcast service. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a link-terminating element configured to receive a multimedia broadcast and multimedia multicast service message from a network control element. The apparatus also includes... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080311950 - Device for communicating in multiple modes using multi-mode applications: Multi-mode communication devices capable of wLAN and WAN wireless network communication modes and/or wired modes can be configured to communicate for backend services (e.g. Web Services, database, events) via a network gateway to operate in response to available modes. For example, for some activities (e.g. notification messages), the devices may... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080311951 - Methods and apparatus for supplying alternative contact information in a communication system: A technique for supplying alternative contact information when a communication attempt is unsuccessful is described. The technique comprises receiving an inquiry that includes an indication of an unsuccessful communication attempt and an identifier or address for the target of the failed communication attempt. Next, it is determined whether the identifier... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080311952 - Local broadcast channel selection control for mobile handset: A mobile handset and method therefor automatically limit user selection of local broadcast channels to those that are active. Location-related information sourced by an external node, such as RNSS position information from RNSS satellites or a cellular identification value sourced by a network access node, and received on the handset... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20080311953 - Mobile communication device with combinative body function detecting modules: A mobile communication device with combinative body function-detecting modules mainly comprises a body function-detecting module to be combined with the mobile communication device, so that the body function-detecting module may monitor or detect the signals of the body function and the signals, as received, may be displayed, stored, announced or... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080311954 - Communication device wirelessly connecting fm/am radio and audio device: A communication device includes a Bluetooth module, an audio interface, a FM/AM radio wave module, and a microphone. The Bluetooth module receives a first audio signal. The audio interface receives a second audio signal. The first audio signal and the second audio signal are selectively sent out through the FM/AM... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080311955 - Device-adaptive connection establishing method and system for a mobile terminal: A device-adaptive connection establishing method and system for a mobile terminal that is capable of identifying an external device based on a variation of signals exchanged between the mobile terminal and the external device and establishing an electrical connection adaptive to the external device is provided. A device-adaptive connection establishing... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080311956 - Field programing of a mobile station with subscriber identification and related information: Apparatuses and methods for field programming a private security key into a mobile station are described herein. The methods may include a server initially accepting in a wireless network a connection from a mobile station that is without a factory programmed subscriber identification module (SIM). The server may then collaborate... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080311957 - Establishing wireless links via orientation: A system for establishing a wireless link from a wireless communication device (WCD) to at least one target device. The process of both identifying the target device and establishing a link to this device may incorporate the orientation and/or movement of the WCD into the procedure in lieu of the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080311959 - Network device with display module: In a network device with a display module, the display module is installed on a surface of a casing of the network device for displaying the status of the network device and the status of a network connection completely without requiring another external electronic device. After the network device has... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080311958 - Twist electronic device and methods therefor: Disclosed is an electronic device including a first and second housing. Each housing may include at least one display that may be on a front face or a rear face of the housing. A hinge may couple the first housing and the second housing and may be configured to allow... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080311960 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal including a terminal body having an earpiece mounting portion, and an earpiece detachably mounted at the earpiece mounting portion. The earpiece includes an earpiece body configured to communicate with the terminal body, and a speaker portion configured to output sound transmitted from the earpiece body, the speaker... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080311961 - Network call management in case of low battery condition of mobile communications terminals: In a mobile communications system which includes a mobile communications network and a battery-powered mobile communications terminal, a method including: receiving, at a mobile communications network apparatus subsystem, a notification of a low battery charge condition from the battery-powered mobile communications terminal, and having the mobile communications network apparatus subsystem... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080311964 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: an outer case formed of a thin metal plate and having a front plate and side plates surrounding the front plate, the side plate having a protrusion formed by bending an edge of the side plates inward of the outer case to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080311963 - Extensible mobile electronic device: The present invention provides an extensible mobile electronic device with a housing, having a first housing element comprising a first front surface and a first rear surface and a second housing element, comprising a second front surface and a second rear surface. Said first housing element, and said second housing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080311965 - Radiation-protective enclosure of cellular phone: A radio frequency (RF) radiation-protective enclosure for a cellular phone is disclosed. The RF radiation-protective enclosure includes a substrate and a reflection layer. The substrate includes an inner surface. The reflection layer is formed on the inner surface of the substrate. The surface of the reflection layer is formed with... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080311962 - Wireless terminals with integrated high speed serial communication hinges: The disclosure describes wireless terminals with first and second members held together by a hinge assembly with high-speed serial communication serial data transmission paths that extend through the hinge assembly.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080311966 - Miniature wireless earring headset: A battery-powered miniature wireless headset is worn as a single earring or as a pair of earrings. The headset communicates with a phone or other host over a bidirectional wireless communication link allowing hands-free operation. The wireless earring headset is comprised of an electronics module (18), a speaker assembly (17),... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20080311967 - Fiber optic earpiece to reduce radiation transmitted to a cell phone user: An earpiece using optical fiber shields the human brain from radio frequency radiation generated by wireless phones and similar radio devices. The disclosed device and method prevents unwanted exposure to potentially harmful radiation and provides an enhanced communication path between a cell phone and ear-piece.... Agent: Steven A. Nielsen Allman & Nielsen, P.c

20080305735 - Mobile telephone jamming system for automobiles: A mobile telephone jamming system for automobiles includes circuitry for jamming mobile telephone communications and a mechanism for an authorized person to selectively turn off the jamming. It may also include one or more switches or sensors, such as the ignition switch, a speed sensor, or an on-off switch to... Agent: BatemanIPLaw Group

20080305736 - Systems and methods of utilizing multiple satellite transponders for data distribution: Systems and method for providing digital data signals in conjunction with multiple satellite transponders are described. An uplink apparatus is configured to divide and recombine the digital data signal to generate a composite signal. The composite signal is then provided to a satellite and retransmitted by a plurality of satellite... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080305737 - Methods and apparatuses of providing multimedia content to a mobile device: Embodiments include systems and methods of accessing data items, including, for example, data items receivable over a broadcast network. One embodiment includes a method of accessing broadcast data items that includes receiving, on a mobile device over a broadcast wireless network, data identifying a plurality of data items available for... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080305738 - System displaying received content on a portable wireless media device: A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented in accordance with the WiFi protocol, which allows connectivity to the Internet by... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080305739 - System, method and terminal for multimedia broadcast/multicast service data transmission: The present invention relates to a system, a method and a terminal for multimedia broadcast/multicast service data transmission. The system includes: a radio network controller (RNC), a service general packet radio service supporting node (SGSN), gateway general packet radio service supporting node (GGSN), a broadcast/multicast service center, an UE type... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20080305740 - Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method and wireless communication system: The objective of the present invention is to suppress an increase in the power consumption for the relaying of signals. A relay station unit 150 is a relay station unit that has as a function the relaying of a signal, and includes: a wireless receiving unit 15; a relay determination... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080305742 - Interface for pda and computing device: An interface between PDAs and computing devices, such as a PC or an in-vehicle system permits a user to use the better user interface of the computing device to access and control the operation of the PDA.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080305741 - Method for automatically pairing between mobile device having a hinge portion and a coupleable hardware accessory: A system securely forming a short distance wireless network has a first device for generating a first signal including an identification symbol; and a second device for receiving the first signal over a wired data connection or proximity based wireless connection between the first and the second devices. The second... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080305745 - Method and apparatus for supporting uplink transmission of channel quality and coding information in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes transmitting feedback over an aggregate of predefined control channel elements (CCEs) wherein the feedback is one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI) or a rank index.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080305746 - User hand detection for wireless devices: A method for determining whether a wireless device is being held comprising: activating a vibration motor in the wireless device to vibrate the wireless device for a predetermined period; receiving at least one acceleration measurement from an accelerometer in the wireless device during the predetermined period; and comparing the at... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080305743 - Wireless communication path management methods and systems: Methods and systems for managing wireless communication paths are provided. At wireless communication equipment which is connected to a communication device, a wireless communication path to a remote communication device is monitored. Based on results of the monitoring, a determination is made as to whether the wireless communication path should... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20080305744 - Wireless station and method in a wireless station for initiating resource measurements: The present invention relates to a method and a wireless station for initiating radio resource measurements. A wireless station identifies a need for radio resource measurements by a second wireless station despite there is no association between the wireless station and the second wireless station allowing direct radio communication between... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080305747 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for measuring service quality via mobile handsets: Methods, systems and computer-readable media are provided for measuring service quality of wireless communications systems, including automatically detecting, reporting and assessing problems in wireless communications systems. The location measurement capability of a wireless terminal is leveraged to note the position of the wireless terminal when measuring service quality and when... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20080305748 - Method and system for transmitting and receiving data over a communication channel between two transceiver stations: Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data over a communication channel between two transceiver stations are disclosed. A first decision is made during an initialization process, wherein the first decision comprises selecting a first subset of communication parameters. A second decision is made during the initialization process wherein the... Agent: Coats & Bennett/infineon Technologies

20080305749 - Digitally controlled antenna tuning circuit for radio frequency receivers: A novel digitally controlled antenna tuning circuit that enables the implementation of low cost, wideband tuning circuits for antennas in receive applications. The invention is operative to switch a plurality of tuning elements into and out of a main receive signal path. Each individual tuning element is switched into or... Agent: Zaretsky Patent Group PC

20080305750 - Miniature sub-resonant multi-band vhf-uhf antenna: A novel antenna system for receiving transmissions in the VHF and UHF frequency bands particularly suitable as a miniaturized antenna for UHF reception, such as of digital video broadcasting transmissions. The antenna system utilizes a combination of three techniques including (1) the use of dialect loading using a high dielectric... Agent: Zaretsky Patent Group PC

20080305751 - Poc communication system, method for the transmitting poc signalling and/or poc data, and a server device therefor: The invention relates to a server device (S4) for connecting an independent non-PoC-compatible subscriber station (T2, T3) of a communication network (PSTN; ISDN; GSM) for pseudo PoC communication to a PoC communication system (IMS). Said server device comprises a first interface (II) as a PoC interface for creating a PoC... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080305752 - Method and apparatus for sinusoidal audio coding and method and apparatus for sinusoidal audio decoding: A method and apparatus for sinusoidal audio coding and decoding are provided. The method for sinusoidal audio coding includes performing sinusoidal analysis on an input signal and extracting sinusoids of a current frame; tracking and coding a continuation mode sinusoid of the current frame by using a sinusoid of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080305753 - Transmission device: A transmission device is provided. The transmission device is operable to transmit data between a rotor and a stator. The transmission device includes at least two pairs of transmission units with one transmission unit embodied as a transmitter and one as a receiver.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080305754 - Systems and methods for over-the-air testing of wireless systems: Embodiments include systems and methods for over-the-air testing of wireless systems. Embodiments comprise separated anechoic chambers containing wireless devices. The anechoic chambers are connected by propagation path corridors.... Agent: Patrick Stellitano

20080305755 - Channel searching method and apparatus: A method of identifying an available channel of a plurality of frequency channels defined in a radio frequency spectrum for use by a transmitting station, wherein scanning for an available channel in a frequency spectrum is performed by a scanning method in which a bidirectional search is performed away from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080305756 - Power control circuit, semiconductor device and transceiver circuit using the same: There is provided a power control circuit having a stable high-speed operation, and a semiconductor device and a transceiver circuit using it. The power control circuit controls the gain of an amplifier so that power outputted from the amplifier reaches a desired value according to a digital control signal. The... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080305757 - Broadcast receiver for and method of providing broadcast channel information: A broadcast receiver for and a method of providing broadcast channel information in which a broadcast search list is dynamically created and provided to a user, the broadcast receiver including: a tuner unit to tune a broadcast channel from a plurality of broadcast channels and to output a digital broadcast... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080305758 - Wireless computer mouse receiver: A wireless computer mouse receiver (1) having an exterior body (2) of sufficient predetermined vertical height to improve line-of-sight reception from a wireless mouse (5). Preferably the exterior body (2) would replicate the original World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks on Sep. 11, 2001 with a north tower... Agent: Edward M. Livingston, Pa

20080305759 - Mixer circuit: The invention relates to a mixer circuit 31 comprising a down-conversion mixing component 33 arranged for down-converting an input radio frequency signal Irf+, Irf−. In order to improve such a mixer circuit, it is proposed that it comprises in addition an active mixer load circuit 34 connected to output terminals... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080305760 - Envelope detector for am radio: A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated (AM) signal may include a first and a second detector for detecting the maximum and minimum envelope values, respectively, of the received AM signal and an equalizer for periodically equalizing the maximum and minimum envelope values. A method for receiving an AM signal... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080305761 - Modular system for connecting multiple customer premises voice and data communications devices to a t1 data line: An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably receiving a bank controller unit (BCU), power service unit (PSU), and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080305762 - System for managing an aircraft-oriented emergency services call in an airborne wireless cellular network: The Aircraft Emergency Services Call Management System enables the unique identification of each passenger wireless device in use in an aircraft and the corresponding identification of the passenger associated with the passenger wireless device. This passenger wireless device registration data is stored as database entries in a ground-based Automatic Location... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080305763 - Methods and apparatus for use in processing disconnected emergency calls and other communications involving mobile communication devices and the remote monitoring thereof: Methods and apparatus for use in processing disconnected emergency calls and other communications involving mobile communication devices, as well as the remote monitoring of such mobile communication devices, are disclosed. In one illustrative example, an emergency call with a public safety answering point entity is established by a mobile communication... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080305764 - System for managing a scope of communications of a communication device: A system for managing a scope of communications of a communication device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, communication device having a controller element to receive one or more entries in a contact book of a second communication device, and limit... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080305765 - Chat and voice service: A chat service is free when used by an authenticated user of a mobile phone service. If a non-authenticated user attempts to use the chat service, the non-authenticated user may be allowed to access a subset of the chat system's user functions, the non-authenticated user may be allowed to access... Agent: Newman & Newman, Attorneys At Law, LLP

20080305766 - Communication device and method for setting a security configuration for a communication device: After a successful determination of an application environment for the communication device, a security configuration is selected from a number of stored security configurations and the communication device configured according to the selected security configuration.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080305767 - Communication system, mobile station, switch apparatus, and communication method: A communication system according to the present invention includes: a mobile station 10; an access point located on a radio access system; and a switch apparatus 30 connected to the radio access system, wherein a secured connection between a mobile station 10 and the access point 20 has been already... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080305768 - Validating user identity by cooperation between core network and access controller: An identifier, required by a radio access network controller in order to support resource allocation associated with a predetermined condition, is sent from a core network to the radio access network controller independently of the predetermined condition. The identifier is thus available to the radio access network controller for verification... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080305769 - Device method & system for facilitating mobile transactions: Disclosed is a method and system for facilitating secure transactions via mobile devices such as cell-phones, smart-phones, person digital assistants (“PDA”) and the like. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a system and method for authenticating a user via multi-factor authentication. According to further embodiments... Agent: Professional Patent Solutions

20080305772 - Home base station: Systems and methodologies are described that effectuate establishment of an IPSec tunnel for utilization in a wireless communication environment. IPSec establishment procedures on home base stations can be used to establish IPSec tunnels between home base stations situated on open access sectors of wireless communication environments and packet data interworking... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080305771 - Mobile terminal, and program and method for preventing unauthorized use of mobile terminal: In a mobile terminal having a security function, both convenience and security protection are realized so as to prevent a user from feeling bothersome. A mobile phone has an operation control unit which sets the operation of various functions of the mobile terminal to be unusable at any timing. When... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080305770 - Portable information terminal, security method, and program storage medium: A mobile phone, when it is stolen or lost, autonomously detecting and protecting by itself the data held inside, wherein a security managing unit performs a predetermined security operation based on the above detection results wherein when it judges there is “no user presence reaction” by a user presence monitoring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080305774 - Method and system for extending the use and/or application of messaging systems: A method for extending the use and/or application of messaging systems is disclosed. The method includes embedding non-standard data within a first portion of a header of a message, transmitting the message via the messaging system, and identifying the embedded non-standard data in the first portion of the header of... Agent: Leason Ellis LLP

20080305773 - Method for delivering multimedia files: A technique for delivering a multimedia data file, such as an MMS, from an originator having an originator server associated therewith to a recipient having a recipient server associated therewith is provided. The technique comprises establishing a communication path from the originator to the recipient via the originator server and... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080305775 - System and method for determining mobile device capabilities: Methodologies and system functionality are provided to determine mobile device capabilities and/or configuration setting and user abilities and/or inclinations as a precursor to or as part of the management, delivery and/or assessment of the efficacy of promotional material. The determination of the mobile device capabilities and/or configuration settings and user... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080305776 - System and method for wirelessly provisioning a mobile communication device: Systems and methods for wirelessly provisioning a mobile communication device are provided. To provision the mobile communication device to operate with an electronic messaging system, a provisioning request message may be generated at the mobile communication device. The provisioning request message may include a wireless identification for identifying the mobile... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080305781 - Cognitive scheduler: A system for targeting communications devices with content from service providers, third party content providers, sponsors, promotional partners and advertisers. The invention matches the content with communications device users using customer profiles or device usage profiles and transmits the content to communications devices over a wireless network, via the internet,... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080305780 - Management of mobile device communication sessions to reduce user distraction: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080305777 - Method and apparatus for tracking version of digital content: A system and method for live data versioning is provided.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080305778 - System and method for determining mobile device capabilities: Methodologies and system functionality are provided to determine mobile device capabilities and/or configuration setting and user abilities and/or inclinations as a precursor to or as part of the management, delivery and/or assessment of the efficacy of promotional material. The determination of the mobile device capabilities and/or configuration settings and user... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080305779 - System and methods for monitoring the context associated with a mobile communication device: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080305782 - Telecommunication call support for mobile devices with presence features: A system and method for achieving or assisting dynamic transfer of call support information across a network including at least a wireless portion coupled to a wireless communication device. The call support information providing the wireless communication device with updated caller identification and status or presence information by way of... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080305783 - Conference presentation system: The invention provides a conference presentation system consisting of a portable presentation controller and a main body. The portable presentation controller can be connected to or disconnected from the main body. Since the portable presentation controller itself has a wireless communication function, the conference presentation system of the invention can... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080305785 - Information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: an input acceptance unit configured to accept an input of an incoming call condition for causing another information processing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus; a transmission unit configured to transmit information about the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080305784 - Method for configuring a mobile terminal, configurable mobile terminal and mobile radio network therefor: A method for configuring a mobile terminal wherein a basic configuration for use of the mobile terminal in differently organized communication networks is set up in the mobile terminal. The basic configuration for use of the mobile terminal in a particular communication network of the communication networks is modified by... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080305786 - Managing mobile station wi-fi communications: Managing wireless fidelity communications for a mobile station includes automatically activating and deactivating wireless fidelity communication capability on the mobile station. Whenever wireless fidelity communications are not active, the wireless fidelity capability is turned off until at least one of a plurality of preselected triggering events occurs. If at least... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C./alcatel-lucent

20080305787 - System, vehicle unit and cellular phone for vehicular short range wireless communication: An administration management system for managing vehicles includes plural vehicle units and plural cellular phones respectively having common codes for correspondence between vehicle units and cellular phones. When the common code matches, the vehicle unit and the cellular phone perform an automatic connection procedure and administration management information acquired by... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080305788 - Pseudo-random sequence mapping in wireless communications: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate scrambling of downlink reference signals utilizing a pseudo-random sequence (PRS) corresponding to a primary synchronization code (PSC) and secondary synchronization code (SSC) combination. Utilization of the combination allows for orthogonal sequencing to be removed from the scrambling. This can be beneficial, for example,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080305789 - Off prl wireless acquisition system: The invention relates generally to a system for providing an roaming carrier list to a remote wireless device such as a vehicle communications package (VCP), while largely overcoming several shortcomings of prior techniques. A more intelligent Off PRL Wireless System is proposed that will scan all wireless bands including opposite... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080305790 - Mobile communication terminal and radio communication system: A mobile communications terminal divides a plurality of multipath signals associated with radio signals transmitted from a plurality of base stations 5 using an S—CCPCH into groups by base station, i.e., by transmit source, maximum-radio-combines a plurality of multipath signals associated with each same base station 5 which is a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080305794 - Call session control server assignment method and call session control server assignment system: The present invention provides a call session control server assignment method and system for equalizing loads of a plurality of call session control servers (S-CSCF servers). For this end, the HSS server 40 is provided with an S-CSCF selection table 41A that stores priority information indicating the order of priority... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080305795 - Information provision system: A system includes: a user-operated terminal operated by a user holding a mobile communication terminal; and an information notification apparatus capable of communicating with the mobile communication terminal, wherein the user-operated terminal includes: spot identification information acquisition means for acquiring spot identification information; and spot registration requesting means for requesting... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080305793 - Method and apparatus for exchanging user equipment and network controller capabilities in a communication system: Some embodiments provide a method of registering a user equipment (UE) in a communication system that includes a licensed wireless communication system and a generic access network (GAN) that has a generic access network controller (GANC). The method sends a register request message from the UE to the GANC that... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080305792 - Method and apparatus for performing network based service access control for femtocells: Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system that includes a Femtocell access point (FAP) and a network controller that can communicatively couple the FAP to the first wireless communication system. In some embodiments, the network controller... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080305791 - Peer-to-peer wide area communications system: A method (200, 300) for supporting telecommunications over a wide area network. The method can include receiving a first message from a first communications site (110), the first message communicated through a logical port (174) at the communications site and maintaining the logical port open for at least a minimum... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080305798 - Handover method in a wireless mobile communication system and a system therefor: A handover method of a mobile station in a wireless mobile communication system and a system therefore are provided. The mobile station transmits a handover indication message to a serving base station, receives a ranging response message that comprises authentication information required for the mobile station to authenticate a target... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080305796 - Method for performing inter-technology handovers utilizing tunnels: The present invention provides a method for performing inter-technology handovers of a communication unit between a first Radio Access Network (RAN) and a second RAN. The communication unit includes a single transceiver. An inter-RAN tunnel is established between the first RAN and the second RAN. When the communication unit determines... Agent: Alcatel-lucent Docket Administrator

20080305797 - Rrc messages and procedures: A method for radio resource control (RRC) messaging. The messaging includes transmitting a RRC message upon partial completion of message transmission. The RRC message further comprises an information element (IE) that represents a failed or partially failed condition.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080305799 - Heterogeneous network handover-support mechanism: Methods and mechanisms enhance heterogeneous media independent handover (MIH) between different link layer technologies. Embodiments include using an MIH proxy entity, MIH capable network controller, and an MIH server. Enhancements are made to the query phase, preparation phase, execution phase and completion phase by including required information in MIH messages.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080305800 - Communication system, methods of managing a communication system and mobile user equipment: t

20080305801 - Method and apparatus to allow hand-off from a macrocell to a femtocell: A method for hand-off of a CDMA access mobile from a macrocell to a femtocell is disclosed. The method includes tracking each femtocell which mobile stations have allowed access incorporating a mobile station identification for each of the mobile stations. The method continues with storing the mobile station identification for... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20080305803 - Mobile virtual network operator (mvno) provisioning and voicemail routing by a mobile virtual network enabler (mvne): According to various embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) telephone number provisioning and voicemail routing by a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes: provisioning a telephone number (TN) and its associated mobile subscriber identification (MSID)... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20080305802 - System and method for augmenting wireless coverage for communication devices: A system and method for augmenting wireless coverage for communication devices is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box (STB) having a multimedia subsystem, a cellular transceiver, and a controller element. The controller element can be used to manage the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080305805 - Method and apparatus for performing spatial-division multiple access: A method and apparatus for performing spatial-division multiple access within a communication system is provided herein. During operation, nodes will return null subspace information along with their channel subspace information. The null subspace is similar to the channel subspace except that the null subspace information directs a base station to... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080305804 - Method and apparatus for uplink timing synchronization with ranging signal in mobile communication system: When a base station of a time division duplex based mobile communication system receives an initial ranging request signal from a subscriber station, the base station generates initial ranging information including delay time information to the subscriber station, and receives uplink data delayed and transmitted using a delay time from... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080305806 - Context associating aspects: One aspect relates to associating an at least one identifiable person and/or identifiable communication device with an at least one context at least partially by specifying an at least one context designated destination that designates the at least one identifiable person and/or identifiable communication device based at least partially on... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080305809 - Control of communication signal transmission based on transceiver proximity estimation: Radio transceivers 5 in a communication system periodically broadcast signal pulses 6 to enable a radio transceiver 5 to determine their proximity. Each radio transceiver 5 has a clock 16 for maintaining a time synchronised by a synchronisation means 17 via the Global Positioning System (GPS). Each radio transceiver 5... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080305807 - Mobile communications terminal, service area calculation apparatus and method of calculating service area: A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080305808 - System and methods for monitoring the geospatial context associated with a mobile communication device: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080305810 - Method and apparatus for providing a service using location information in a mobile communication terminal: A method and apparatus for providing a service using location information in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes identifying service area information and operation information allocated to each corresponding area information from a Subscriber Identification Mobile (SIM) card, transmitting operation information allocated to area information representing a... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080305811 - Storing access network information for an ims user in a subscriber profile: IMS networks and methods are disclosed for storing information on the access network of a user in a subscriber profile for the user. When a communication device of a user attempts to register with an IMS network, a P-CSCF receives a register request message from the communication device, and identifies... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080305816 - Method and mobile communication system with a security function for short messaging: The present invention relates to a communication system. The communication system includes a handheld communication device, a primary communication module, and a secondary communication apparatus. The primary communication module is configured for communicating with the secondary communication apparatus within a predetermined coverage area. When receiving a short message signal, the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080305812 - Method and related device for making memorandum in mobile communications device: A method for making a memorandum in a mobile communications device includes displaying a label on a screen of the mobile communications device, displaying a note in the label according to a first user instruction, and attaching a multimedia data corresponding to the note according to a second user instruction.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080305814 - Mobile communication device and method for deleting short message service messages: A mobile communication device includes a receiver, a detector, an analyzer, and a deleting module. The receiver is used for receiving short message service messages, and storing the short message service messages in a message record. The detector is used for detecting an occupying space of the short message service... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080305813 - Mobile device capable of sharing sms messages, email screen display locally with other devices: Using a local sharing client, a first mobile device shares incoming calls, email, SMS messages, pictures, screen display, 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

20080305815 - System and method for enhanced communications via small data rate communication systems: A system and method for interacting with an interactive communication system include processing a profile associated with an interactive communication system; generating a user interface based on the processing of the profile to solicit a user response correlating to a response required by the interactive communication system; receiving the user... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080305817 - Radio communication system capable of maintaining communication performed between master station and slave station belonging to such master station even when interference signal is detected: A radio communication system includes one master station which performs transmission without being controlled by another radio station and which is configured to independently set a channel for use in a radio communication, and at least one slave station which belongs to the one master station and whose radio communication... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080305818 - Adaptive transmission device using limited feedback information in a mobile communication system, and a method thereof: The present invention relates to an adaptive transmitting device using limited feedback information in a mobile communication system, and a method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the base station transmits a pilot signal to the terminal, the terminal generates channel information by using the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080305819 - Allocating radio resources in mobile communications system: Allocating radio resources in a mobile communication system, comprises transmitting first information to a network, wherein the first information is utilized by the network to allocate radio resources to a mobile terminal for allowing communication between the mobile terminal and the network, and receiving second information from the network, wherein... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080305820 - Method and apparatus for arbitrating one or more media streams within a single poc session: A method of managing a Push-To-Talk over Cellular communication session includes establishing, with a first user equipment, a Session Initiation Protocol Push-To-Talk session that includes a Session Initiation Protocol Push-To-Talk server and at least one second user equipment. The method also includes designating, with the first user equipment, either the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080305821 - Method and system for dividing single poc group session: A method and system for dividing a signal push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) group session are provided. The method includes requesting, at a PoC client, session division to a participating PoC function (PF) of a PoC server that manages a PoC session to which the PoC client belongs; requesting, at the PF of... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080305824 - Apparatus and method for computing maximum power reduction for a umts signal: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling transmit power with an estimated value of cubic metric (CM) and/or peak-to-average ratio (PAR). Preferably, the method is applied in determining a value for Maximum Power Reduction (MPR) for computing maximum-MPR or minimum-MPR, by estimating CM and/or PAR from signal parameters. The... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080305823 - Base station device and wireless communication method: A base station device enabling prevention of an increase of the power consumption of a terminal and reduction of interference caused in neighboring cells. The base station device (100) has a specific reception dynamic range. A reception level information acquiring section (154) acquires reception level information on received signals from... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080305822 - Methods and apparatus for random access in multi-carrier communication systems: Methods and apparatus in a multi-carrier cellular wireless network (303, 304, 305, 320) with random access improve receiving reliability and reduce interference of uplink signals of a random access, while improving the detection performance of a base station receiver (310, 320) by employing specifically configured ranging signals.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080305825 - Method and apparatus for providing capability and core network information to support interworking between 3gpp and non-3gpp networks: A method and apparatus for providing capability information and core network information to support interworking between a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network and a non-3GPP network are disclosed. A user equipment (UE) sends UE capability information pertaining to the non-3GPP network such as IEEE 802.11 interworking wireless local area... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080305829 - Apparatus for capturing, converting, and transmitting a visual image signal via a digital transmission system: An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. In its most comprehensive form, the... Agent: Moore Landrey

20080305826 - Communication device: It is equipped with information inquiry means which inquires for service utilization information regarding user's utilization of network on the occasion of receiving a multimedia transmission service by communication server through network, circuit switch communication means and packet switch communication means which communicate with communication server accounting situation monitor means... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080305828 - Dual-focus lens and electronic device having the same: A dual-focus lens includes a stop and at least two lenses. One of the lenses is relatively close to the stop, and formed with a first transmission area and a second transmission area. When the at least two lenses are fixed without shifting any lens, an image beam reflected from... Agent: Raymond Sun

20080305827 - System and method for obtaining product information through a cellular telephone: A mobile communication device scans a barcode of a product and comprises a scanner, a processing module, and a receiving module. The scanner scans the barcode. The processing module is in communication with the scanner, and sends a coded information received from the scanner to an information provider. The receiving... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080305831 - Multi mode mobile computing device: A multi mode mobile computing device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a communication processor configured to facilitate wireless voice and data communication when the device is in a communication mode and an application processor configured to execute at least one computing application when the device is... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080305830 - Pda arrangement having multi-keypad, multi-card and synchronously copying multi-card: A PDA arrangement includes a PDA station and a PDA device detachably mounted thereto. The PDA station includes a first casing and a second casing pivotally connecting thereto edge-to-edge, wherein the first casing includes a first PDA-functional keypad and a computer-functional keypad on inner and outer sides thereof, wherein the... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20080305832 - Sharing profile mode: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates data transmission related to a mobile device utilizing a sharing profile. An interface component can receive a portion of data associated with a mobile device. A distribution component can transmit the portion of data to an entity based... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080305833 - Sd switch box in a cellular handset: A cellular handset, including a cellular base band modem, including a UART interface, and an SD host interface, a NAND flash memory, a NAND controller coupled with the NAND flash memory, a host device including a host controller, wherein the electronic host device supports an SD connection, and a convergence... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20080305835 - Cellular basestation: A method of managing registration requests from unauthorized user equipments in a cellular communications network includes monitoring such further registration requests and maintaining a count of the total number of registration requests from said user equipment. Based on the counted number of unsuccessful registration requests, different mechanisms can be used... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080305834 - Method and apparatus for providing local multimedia content at a mobile wireless base station using a satellite receiver: An enhanced Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) includes a satellite receiver for use in receiving video and/or data signals. Since most video services (and many data services) are updated relatively infrequently, and since most such services require that the majority of traffic be sent from the core to the client (as... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 2f-190

20080305836 - Mobile terminal and method of generating key signal therein: A mobile terminal and method of generating a key signal therein are disclosed, by which the key signal can be generated in a manner of adjusting touch sensitivity. The present invention includes a touchpad for a key signal input, a controller generating a key signal corresponding to a touched position... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080305837 - Mobile communication apparatus: The present invention discloses a mobile communication apparatus that includes a first casing and a second casing. The first casing has an opening and an operating interface disposed around the opening of a side of the first casing. The second casing has two display screens disposed separately on two corresponding... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080305838 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal in provided. The mobile terminal includes a housing having at least one manipulation part, a signal display unit located in the housing, the signal display unit being configured to selectively display one of at least two inputable signal sets, the selectively displayed inputable signal set being visible... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080305839 - Selective power management for a hand held host: A hand held radio host includes circuitry for selectively providing power to radiating transceiver elements and non-radiating application elements according to a plurality of power modes of operation to achieve desired effects and in a way that saves power and extends battery life. In one embodiment of the invention, the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080305840 - Clip for wireless devices: A clip for wireless devices includes a first branch arm and a second branch arm. One end of the first branch arm is connected with one end of the second branch arm. The first branch arm has a through hole and a restricting hole. The second branch arm has a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080299893 - Device for displaying digital broadcasting channel and method thereof: A device for displaying a broadcasting channel set individually by users and a method thereof are disclosed. The method includes entering a broadcasting reception mode, extracting a facial image from an image input through a camera, searching for an image corresponding to the extracted facial image from at least one... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080299894 - Mobile communication device: A mobile communication device configured to communicate by radio with a base station connected to a network is provided. The mobile communication device has a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcasting, a monitor configured to monitor condition of receiving broadcasting and a controller connected to the broadcast receiver and the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080299895 - Systems and methods for providing information to exhibition visitors: In one embodiment, a system and a method for providing information to exhibition visitors pertain to a visitor of an exhibition transmitting with a mobile device a code associated with the exhibition, a server computer receiving the code from the mobile device and identifying a link to downloadable content associated... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080299896 - Short range booster with multiple antennas: Systems, methods and techniques for operating a wireless repeater with multiple antennas are presented. Signals from a wireless communication device are received by a wireless repeater on at least two branch channels associated with at least two repeater receiver antennas. Path or space diversity is resolved from the signals, and... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080299898 - Rf repeater: A radio frequency repeater is provided. A donor antenna transmits a signal to and receives a signal from a base station. A service antenna transmits a signal to and receives a signal from a mobile station. A repeater filters and amplifies a signal between the two antennas. A polarization variation... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080299897 - Variable gain antenna for cellular repeater: A cellular repeater and method of operating a cellular repeater are disclosed. The cellular repeater includes a variable-gain donor antenna adapted to communicate with a base station and a variable-gain server antenna adapted to communicate with a mobile device. A signal from a selected base station selected from one or... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080299899 - Rf to ip bridge system and method of use: A two component highly portable and lightweight system for extending the transmission capabilities of Land Mobile Radio systems into areas lacking coverage due to structures, depth below the earth's surface, or varying terrain or other dead zones lacking coverage. The system utilizes the Radio over IP protocol to transfer two-way... Agent: William D. Breneman, Esq. Breneman & Georges

20080299900 - Method and system for limiting the functionality of a mobile electronic device: Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for limiting the functionality of a mobile electronic device. In one embodiment, a position determining component disposed within the mobile electronic device is used to determine the speed of the mobile electronic device. It is then determined that the speed... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20080299901 - Method of transmitting content between apparatuses and content transmission apparatus: A method of obtaining identification information, and based on the obtained identification, wirelessly transmitting content between apparatuses, and a content transmission apparatus are provided. The method obtains the identification information on a content reception apparatus or a content backup apparatus by using an affordance function of a content transmission apparatus... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080299902 - Multi-channel receiver and method of reducing interference of the same: A multi-channel receiver capable of minimizing an interference effect occurring among mounted receivers and a method of reducing interference of the multi-channel receiver capable of minimizing the interference effect occurring among the mounted receivers are provided. The multi-channel receiver includes an antenna, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080299903 - Terminal exchanging method and terminal exchanging apparatus using the method: Among a plurality of radio terminal apparatuses, an FMC control apparatus interchanges telephone a telephone number allocated to a first radio terminal apparatus, whose battery is being recharged, with that allocated to a third radio terminal apparatus. Although a radio terminal apparatus is being recharged, a user can perform communication... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080299904 - Wireless communication system: A wireless communication system comprises a first communication module including a transmitter configured to generate a modulated magnetic field and a second communication module including a receiver. The receiver of the second communication module includes a solid magnetic field sensor configured to sense the magnetic field. Information is transferred from... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

20080299907 - Communication apparatus, communication method, and program: A communication apparatus capable of fully exhibiting capabilities that are inherently possessed by the communication apparatus for performing near field communication, a communication method for use therewith, and a program for use therewith an initiator performs near field communication with a target in accordance with are provided. For example, for... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080299906 - Emulating playing apparatus of simulating games: An emulating playing apparatus of simulating games includes a simulating musical instrument, and a receiving member. The simulating musical instrument has controlling keys set thereon and includes a first battery, a first MCU, a first wireless module, and a first antenna. Signals are produced by the controlling keys and transmitted... Agent: Eric Chan

20080299905 - System with incoming call display indication and the method for using the same: A method for noticing an incoming call of a mobile phone includes the step of coupling the mobile phone to a system. Thereafter, a message of the incoming call is sent to the system. Next, the message is transformed into displaying information by the system. Also, the displaying information is... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080299908 - Communication terminal: To enable an appropriate steaming transfer of audio data in an environment where a plurality of profiles can be operated. In a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, a short distance wireless communication unit receives a remote controller command transmitted from a head set which is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080299909 - Communication apparatus and method for controlling the same: An apparatus includes a storage unit to store communication parameters and a configuration processing identifier allocated to the communication parameters and an acquisition unit to acquire a configuration processing identifier from another apparatus. The apparatus determines whether to use communication parameters stored in the storage unit or acquire communication parameters... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080299910 - Method and system for measuring cross technology wireless coverage: A method of measuring wireless cross technology wireless coverage. The method includes initiating a call from a wireless device using a given wireless technology; in response to the initiating, receiving a plurality of data for the given wireless technology; in response to the receiving, analyzing the plurality of data; repeating... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080299911 - Method and apparatus for quality of service signaling and configuration: A method implemented in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) for signaling Quality of Service (QoS) information. The method includes the WTRU transmitting a first scalar value indicative of a first plurality of QoS parameters, and the WTRU receiving a second scalar value indicative of a second plurality of QoS... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080299912 - Method and structure in support of the formation of substantially co-linear wireless device pairings and mitigation of interference effects in a digital multi-media communication environment: A method and structure that supports the formation of co-linear device pairs and mitigation of undesired interference in a digital multi-media communication environment. Compass orientation information of co-located devices within range of one another in a wireless communication environment is used to determine whether sufficiently co-linear device pairing opportunities exist... Agent: Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080299914 - Electronic component for communication device and semiconductor device for switching transmission and reception: There are provided a transmission/reception switching circuit which is small in insertion loss and harmonic distortion and allows an increase in the output power of a power amplifier and an electronic component for communication on which the transmission/reception switching circuit is mounted. As an element composing a transmission/reception switching circuit... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080299913 - On chip mos transmit / receive switch: On-chip MOS circuitry couples a communication path between an output stage amplifier and an output port and disables a circuit path between an input amplifier and the output port by creating a high impedance circuit during transmit operations. Alternatively, the circuitry opens the transmit circuit path with an isolated MOSFET... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080299915 - Radio unit for field devices used in automation technology: A radio unit RU for field devices used in automation technology can be detachably connected to a field device. Via the radio unit RU, a radio connection to a service unit SU is possible over a radio network. The radio unit RU reads an identifier of the field device F1... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080299916 - Low noise rf driver: A low noise RF driver circuit including at least two series-coupled driver stages which receive a frequency modulated signal and an amplitude modulated signal that is applied to the supply voltage input of the driver stages, and provide a combined output signal. The RF driver circuit can be implemented in... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080299917 - Closed-loop multiple-input-multiple-output scheme for wireless communication based on hierarchical feedback: The present invention provides methods implemented in a base station having a plurality of antennas and one or more user terminals. One embodiment of the method includes receiving feedback from at least one user in response to transmitting a first frame to said at least one user. The first frame... Agent: Mark W. Sincell Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20080299918 - Cognitive radio terminal: A cognitive telecommunication terminal designed to coexist with a primary telecommunication system using a set (B) of transmission frequencies comprising a plurality of spatially distributed transmitters, each transmitter being suitable for transmitting within a coverage area in a plurality of frequency bands in said set allocated to the transmitter. The... Agent: Thelen LLP

20080299919 - Signal enhancement in rf transmitters employing non-linear filtering: A communications transmitter having a main transmit chain for main signal features and one or more auxiliary transmit chains for auxiliary signal enhancements. In one embodiment, a communications signal is produced by digitally processing a representation of a desired signal so as to limit a trajectory of a signal represented... Agent: Patent Law Professionals

20080299920 - Transmission device: In a transmission device including an RF power amplifier with less number of terminals for monitoring an input/output signal of the RF power amplifier, there are provided with an input signal detector detecting the input signal; an output signal detector detecting the output signal; a first power amplifier switch switching... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20080299921 - On-chip directional coupler for rf transmitter output power measurement: An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor include circuitry for generating and power amplifying an outgoing RF signal to produce a power amplified outgoing signal, conducting the power amplified outgoing signal down a transmission path that is disposed substantially parallel to a directional coupler formed on a metallization layer... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080299922 - Method and apparatus for providing a cartesian training waveform: One provides (401, 402) both an in-phase signal component (501) and a quadrature signal component (601) wherein the latter has a non-zero portion. These two signal components are then combined (403) to provide a Cartesian training waveform that can be used when training a linear amplifier that uses Cartesian feedback... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080299923 - Wireless subscriber communication unit and method of power control with back-off thererfore: A wireless subscriber communication unit comprises a transmitter having a power amplifier and a feedback power control loop having a power control function arranged to set an output power level of the power amplifier. The power control function is arranged to perform a back-off of the output power prior to... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080299924 - Information processor and control method thereof: According to one embodiment, An information processor includes a main unit, a display unit configured to be connected to the main unit so as to be rotated, an antenna configured to be built into the display unit, a detection unit configured to detect a state of the display unit, a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080299925 - Method and system for processing channels in a fm communication system: A method and system for processing channels in a FM communication system are provided. The FM communication system using the method or program may include adjusting a tuning frequency of a FM receiver for scanning and detecting an FM channel based on one or more of knowledge of location of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080299926 - Radio receiver for hybrid broadcast systems: An example radio receiver and a method is provided for controlling a radio receiver having two tuners, and receiving a hybrid signal containing digital and analog broadcast signal components. According to the example method, a selection is made in the radio receiver to operate between at least the following operating... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20080299927 - Signal strength indication methods for use in wireless communication devices: Embodiments include signal strength indication methods for use in wireless communication devices. In an embodiment, a method includes producing a default received signal strength indicator (RSSI) using default RSSI determination parameters. The method also includes determining that a received signal strength is inadequate, and producing an alternate RSSI, in response,... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (mot)

20080299928 - Receiving apparatus, program and receiving method: A receiving apparatus includes a receiving portion to receive a radio signal generated based on one baseband signal of a baseband signal having a prescribed frequency band and a baseband signal having a partial frequency band being a part of the prescribed frequency band, a signal processing portion to generate... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080299929 - Increasing sensitivity of radio receiver: A direct-conversion radio receiver is provided. The receiver includes a first measurement unit configured to measure a signal level of a received signal at an input of the receiver. The receiver also includes a gain controller configured to stepwise adjust at least a front-end gain and a baseband gain of... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080299930 - Ic with multi-mode antenna coupling matrix: An integrated circuit includes a first RF section, a second RF section, a baseband section, and an antenna coupling matrix. The antenna coupling matrix is coupled to: in a first mode, couple the first RF section to a first antenna structure and couple the second RF section to a second... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080299931 - System, apparatus, and method for multi-band ofdm systems with receiver antenna selection per sub-band: The present invention provides a system (300-400), apparatus (300-400), and method for an energy-based antenna selection technique in which the antenna that observes the largest SNR averaged over all carriers per sub-band (405) is selected for space-time coded MB-OFDM systems. Due to the frequency-selective nature of the system, different sub-band... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080299932 - Arrangements for narrow band interference detection: A method is disclosed for mitigating narrowband interference within a system for wideband communications. The method can include separating a wideband signal into a plurality of sub bands, detecting energy levels in the sub-bands, and activating a control signal if the energy levels of the sub-bands differ by a predetermined... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080299933 - Flicker noise reduction: Systems, devices, and methods are described for reducing flicker noise in a wireless multimode receiver. A radio frequency signal may be tuned to a frequency offset from baseband, the tuning generating flicker noise. The tuned signal and flicker noise may be digitized. The digitized signal and flicker noise may be... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080299934 - Communication module having a biomodulator: A communication module having a biomodulator is disclosed. The present invention includes a communication module and a biomodulator, wherein the communication module includes an electronic component assembly, which includes a plurality of electrical components capable of forming a communication device. The biomodulator formed on a side of the communication module... Agent: G. Link Co, Ltd.

20080299935 - Ic with saw-less rf front-end: An IC includes an RF front end, a down conversion module, an up conversion module, and a local oscillation generating module. The RF front end includes a receive section, a transmit section, and an interference reduction module. The receive section receives an inbound RF signal within a receive frequency band... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080299936 - Method and device for the analog processing of a radio signal for a radio frequency receiver: A device processes a received radio signal. Circuitry formulates voltage samples of the radio signal. Analog processing of those samples is performed. Then, digital processing is performed on the output of the analog processing. The circuitry for formulating voltage samples is configured to ensure a processing of the samples prior... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20080299937 - Sampling filter: The present invention aims at providing a sampling filter capable of changing a filtering characteristic without use of a complicate waveform as a control signal. A sampling filter 100 has a control section 140, a plurality of integrators, and a plurality of switches. An input current is accumulated in a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080299938 - Mobile batttery management system: A mobile battery management system comprising receiving a battery management parameter by a client from a server over a communication path, detecting a battery control mode with the battery management parameter in the client, and operating the client based on the battery control mode and the battery management parameter.... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20080299939 - Emergency beacon for cell phone or the like: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in an emergency situation, if a cell phone or a similar device is unable to communicate with a cell tower or other base station, the cell phone or similar device may enter into a beacon mode and transmit a beacon signal. The... Agent: Cool Patent, P.C. C/o Intellevate

20080299940 - Interoperability and collaboration system with emergency interception monitoring: Methods and apparatus for automatically connecting an emergency caller with appropriate responders within an interoperability and collaboration system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes obtaining a request for a response, and identifying a first location from which the request originated. The request is obtained from... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20080299941 - Portable device emergency beacon: In one embodiment, an apparatus can include: (i) a location receiver configured to receive position signals, and to derive location information therefrom; (ii) one or more recognition modules configured to receive usage-related inputs, and to provide a pattern therefrom; and (iii) a processor configured to receive the pattern, and to... Agent: Michael C. Stephens, Jr.

20080299942 - System and method for communicating location information: A system and method for communicating location information are provided. The method includes transmitting location information from the radio unit based on a first sample rate when the radio unit is operating in a normal tracking mode. The method further includes storing location information in the radio unit based on... Agent: Brian C. Oakes Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080299943 - Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for determining a charge for informational material: Provided is an apparatus for determining a charge to an entity associated with informational material disseminated to at least one mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a processing unit that may be configured to obtain respective location data of the mobile terminal during and subsequent to rendering of the informational material... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080299944 - Charging element capacity control in an ims network: Systems and methods are disclosed that allow an equipment vendor to monitor and detect overloads of IMS charging element equipment (e.g., the CCF or CDF) relative to certain vendor-specified thresholds and, responsive to detecting overloads, vendors may take action to exercise capacity control and/or collect revenue for the overload conditions.... Agent: Alcatel-lucent Docket Administrator - Room 2f-190

20080299945 - Method for a mobile communication device to select a charging scheme: A method for a mobile communication device to select a charging scheme is disclosed. The method can be implemented by a mobile communication device connecting to one of a plurality of foreign networks. The mobile communication device builds a connection with a home network through the connected foreign network. The... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080299946 - Mobile based identification in security and asset management systems: This invention relates to using consumer devices, such as mobile telephones, to identify, authenticate, locate and contact users of security and asset management systems. Such consumer devices can be used not only with the security systems but also for other uses. A device is initially registered with the security system.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080299947 - Addressable dispatchers in distributed computing: A method and apparatus for dispatching messages in a distributed computing system. A dispatcher receives a message. The dispatcher examines the message to determine whether the message is addressed to the dispatcher. If the message is addressed to the dispatcher, the dispatcher performs an action based on the message. If... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080299948 - Presence over existing cellular and land-line telephone networks: Presence information is received and processed at a base station from one or more wireless headsets or wireless telephones. The base station is coupled to a PSTN network or cellular network. The base station outputs a plurality of caller selectable options associated with the plurality of presence information to a... Agent: Plantronics, Inc.IPDepartment/legal

20080299949 - Response message transmitter and response message transmitting method in cellular mobile telephone apparatus and recording medium recording program for executing the method: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080299950 - Method and apparatus for providing voice mailbox function in poc service: A method of providing a voice mailbox function in a PoC service, including: if the voice mailbox of at least one called user is to be connected in response to receiving a session establishment request from a calling user, determining whether the session corresponding to the session establishment request is... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080299954 - Management of mobile device communication sessions to reduce user distraction: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080299952 - Method for linking internet-based forums and web logs to a push to talk platform: The invention relates to a method for linking Internet-based forums and web logs to a push to talk platform, especially methods for adapting PoC to the environment of Internet forums by means of a novel PoC log storage platform and a novel interface from the PoC platform to the PoC... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080299955 - Method of providing a service on a downlink shared channel: A method of receiving a service from a network in a mobile communication system in accordance with the present invention comprises receiving static scheduling information from a network, the static scheduling information including information on radio resources associated with combining reception, receiving dynamic scheduling information from the network, the dynamic... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080299953 - Mobile web system providing interchangable service with a mobile device: The present invention deals with a ‘mobile web system’ that provides access to a mobile service addressing secured communication/interaction among a group of friends, between an individual and a plurality of friends groups, etc. The sender of communications sends a query (audio or textual for example) or a questionnaire to... Agent: Bindu Rama Rao

20080299951 - Resource aggregation in an opportunistic network: A wireless opportunistic network that can facilitate resource aggregation by way of interconnected devices is disclosed. In accordance with this opportunistic network, a mobile device can effectively ‘dock’ into the network thereby enabling resources to be shared between devices within the network. In this manner, the docked mobile device can... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080299956 - Digital data compression in a cellular phone: Video clips are stored and converted on a website into different formats which are compatible with different cellular phones. The source for the video can be sources such as DVDs, other cellular phones, or broadcast television. The system can automatically store profiles from multiple different phones and automatically carry out... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20080299957 - System and method for using location information to execute an action: Provided are methods for executing an action in response to a request for a service using location information in conjunction with service-specific parameters. A user may request a provider of a specified service (e.g., taxi, plumber, pharmacist, etc.). In evaluating the request, providers may be evaluated based on the location... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080299958 - System and method for managing mobile-terminated (mt) calls in ims network environment using alternative signaling: In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for managing delivery of a Mobile-Terminated (MT) call via an IMS network, wherein the MT call is originated by a calling party towards a User Equipment (UE) device that is CS-attached. An IMS-capable network node is operable to associate the received call information... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080299959 - Management of mobile device communication sessions to reduce user distraction: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080299960 - System and method for managing message transmissions on a mobile device: A system and method for managing message transmissions. The messaging system includes at least one messaging application capable of transmitting messages; and a message transmission manager coupled to the at least one messaging application. The message transmission manager is configured to allow a user to select one or more transmission... Agent: Loeb & Loeb, LLP

20080299961 - Remote/radio communication device: The invention describes a radio communication arrangement to be used especially in leisure facilities and to operate especially according to the ZigBee standard. In the area of motor vans, caravans, mobile homes or boats, secondary facilities, such as air conditioners, venting windows and lighting systems can be controlled with the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080299963 - Method and apparatus for vocoder rate control by a mobile terminal: A mobile terminal in a wireless communication network detects congestion and lowers its vocoder source rate in response, to help alleviate the congestion. The mobile terminal may detect the congestion in a variety of ways. The mobile terminal may monitor bandwidth allocation in the network, such as by inspecting the... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080299962 - Providing extended range modes as part of the 802.11n standard: An extended range preamble is disclosed, for transmission between extended range 802.11n devices. The extended range preamble consists of a high-throughput signal field, in which a modulation coding scheme rate and payload length are specified by the transmitting device. The extended range preamble also includes an expanded preamble, which is... Agent: Carrie A. Boone, P.C.

20080299964 - Transmission/reception channel matching apparatus for mobile communication terminal and mobile phone test equipment: Disclosed herein is a transmission/reception channel matching apparatus for a mobile communication terminal and a mobile phone test equipment. The transmission/reception channel matching apparatus includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a Dual In-line Package (DIP) switch, and a fastening casing. The PCB includes mobile communication terminal-side terminals to be electrically... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080299965 - Airborne onboard base transceiver station for mobile communication: The invention refers to a base station, BTS, (BTS) and a method for a BTS, for a cellular communication system comprising a user equipment, UE, (UE) onboard an aircraft (1) being at a predetermined altitude and a terrestrial network. The invention is characterised in that the base station (BTS) is... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080299966 - Communication device, wireless communication device, and control method: A communication device that includes an authentication unit that authenticates a wireless communication device depending on whether a predetermined authentication condition is satisfied, and a relay unit that relays communication performed by the wireless communication device when the authentication unit successfully authenticates the wireless communication device, comprising: an information transmission... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080299967 - Optimized camel triggering for prepaid calling: A method and system for streamlining the call processing for a prepaid call in a mobile telecommunications network is provided. A trigger detection point (TDP) for processing an originating call placed by a prepaid wireless subscriber, which may be called “O-Answer,” is defined in a mobile user's subscription information stored... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP (037-a)

20080299968 - Mobile station and communication system selection method: The present invention provides a mobile station which can perform communication using a specific communication system such as HSDPA and HSUPA, with priority, and a communication system selection method thereof. The mobile station for performing communication using a specific communication system includes: a transmission/reception unit for receiving broadcast information from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080299970 - Consumer registration via mobile device: Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods to receive a transmission that is associated with an identification number and includes a number associated with a land line, determine a physical address based on the number associated with the land line, confirm the physical address that was determined, and associate the physical... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080299969 - Method and system for deregistering out-of-coverage range devices in a wireless local area network: A method for deregistering wireless devices from a registration server for a wireless local area network, comprising: sending an initial registration request message from a wireless device to the registration server, the initial registration request message including an initial expiration interval; measuring radio signal strength at the wireless device; and,... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080299971 - Providing supplemental content to an ims user during registration: IMS networks and methods are disclosed for providing supplemental content to a user of a communication device during registration. When a communication device attempts to register with an IMS network, the IMS network receives a register request message from the communication device, and processes the register request message to register... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080299974 - Handover processing method and system for multi-mode mobile station: The present invention relates to efficient handover processing for a multi-mode mobile station supporting a licensed wireless system and unlicensed wireless system. A handover processing method using unlicensed mobile access (UMA) includes: checking, upon recognition of necessity of handover, neighbor cell information from a licensed wireless system; determining possibility of... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080299973 - Method and apparatus for supporting a controlled handover in a wireless network: Various embodiments are described to reduce latency delays and/or adverse impacts to real-time applications when a remote unit (101) is unable to handover to any of the network nodes offered as handover candidates by the serving network node (121). In response to receiving a first message that includes an indication... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080299972 - Method for synchronising a radio communication system, corresponding base station and terminal: r

20080299975 - Method of reselecting a cell by a mobile terminal in idle mode in a cellular telecommunication network: A method of reselecting a cell by a mobile terminal in idle mode in a cellular telecommunication network in which the network sends to the terminal a list containing information with regard to the UMTS cells to be identified, and in which the mobile terminal periodically performs a series of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080299976 - Network controller messaging for channel activation in an unlicensed wireless communication system: An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080299977 - Network controller messaging for release in an unlicensed wireless communication system: An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080299978 - Extending rf coverage areas for cellular telephones using base stations with ultra-wide band signaling: An exemplary method provides cellular communications for handsets capable of communications using a conventional RF communication mode and a second ultra-wide band RF communication mode. An RF voice communication link is established between the handset and a base station using the conventional communication mode. A decrease in signal strength of... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080299979 - Handoff method and apparatus for terminal based on efficient set management in communication system: A handoff method and apparatus for a terminal based on efficient set management. A pilot search rate for base stations of a neighbor set is increased, thereby preventing a failure to perform a necessary idle handoff or a failure to receive a paging message for a call connection. A terminal... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080299980 - System and method for managing mobile-terminated (mt) calls in ims network environment using alternative signaling: In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for managing delivery of a Mobile-Terminated (MT) call via an IMS network, wherein the MT call is originated by a calling party towards a User Equipment (UE) device that is CS-attached. An IMS-capable network node is operable to associate the received call information... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080299983 - Apparatus and method for measuring carrier-to-interference-and-noise ratio using downlink preamble: Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring a carrier-to-interference-and-noise ratio (CINR) using a downlink preamble in a digital communication system. More particularly, provided are an apparatus and method that measure CINRs using preambles of received signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of cells or sectors and perform handover and... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080299984 - Base station, radio communication system and pilot pattern decision method: o

20080299982 - Method and apparatus for managing cells of multi-mode portable terminal: An apparatus and method are disclosed, which adjusts the number of neighbor cells managed by a multi-mode portable terminal according to the system environment. The method includes measuring the network environment periodically and adaptively changing the number of neighbor cells of a licensed wireless system according to the measured network... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080299981 - Method of coordinated wireless downlink transmission: To reduce intercell interference, a method of coherently coordinated downlink transmission in a wireless network involves coordinating transmissions from a plurality of base stations to a plurality of wireless units, for coherent, reinforced reception of the transmitted signals at the wireless units. Thus, transmissions from the base stations are coordinated... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080299985 - Downlink traffic channel resoure allocation method and data transmission method for multi-carrier hsdpa: The present invention discloses a method of allocating downlink traffic channel resources for multi-carrier HSDPA, and the method includes: first of all, selecting a carrier with the optimum channel condition; determining whether the carrier meets the resource allocation demand of a downlink traffic channel, if yes, allocating resources that meet... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080299986 - Device and method for controlling overload: An overload control device and a method thereof in a radio network controller are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention includes i) a load measuring unit, measuring a load of a radio network controller every predetermined time, ii) an overload determining unit, determining whether an overload is generated by... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080299987 - Coexistence management for cooperative transceiving in a shared spectrum: A wireless interface circuit transceives packetized data between a host module and a first external device using a frequency spectrum, wherein the packetized data is formatted in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol and wherein the packetized data includes a request from the first external device to use at... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080299989 - Centralized location broker: A centralized location system includes a location update application programming interface (API) to receive varying types of location inputs for a user from at least one location-providing application. A memory stores a location of the user and the location inputs, wherein the location update API periodically updates in the memory... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080299988 - System and method for establishing peer-to-peer bandwidth sharing ad hoc networks: Systems and methods for establishing peer-to-peer bandwidth sharing ad hoc networks. A method includes: determining a first location and a second location of data; instructing a first device to download a first portion of the data from the first location; instructing a second device to download a second portion of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080299990 - Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (lta) platforms: Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air (LTA) free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. The new systems and methods relate to rise rate control, geo-location from a LTA platform including landed payload and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080299991 - Method for locating a mobile unit: The present invention provides a method of locating a mobile unit. The method may include storing, at a location outside of a mobile unit, information indicative of a last known location of the mobile unit and the associated time stamp. The method may also include transmitting, from a mobile unit,... Agent: Mark W. Sincell Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20080299993 - Computationally-efficient estimation of the location of a wireless terminal based on pattern matching: A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080299992 - Methods and apparatus for determining femto base station location: A system and method for determining the location of a re-deployable base station is disclosed. The disclosed system and method allow for accurate determination of the location of a re-deployable base station, such as a femto base station (FBS), using position information obtained from a mobile station (MS) that is... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080299995 - Location estimation of wireless terminals through pattern matching of signal-strength differentials: A method of estimating the location of a wireless terminal is disclosed that is ideally suited for use with legacy systems. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on the observation that the signal strength of a signal from a transmitter is different at some locations, and, therefore,... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080299994 - System and method for location determination for mobile clients: A first position (104) of the mobile client is determined at least in part by utilizing first signals received from at least one first signal source. The first signal source operates in a first location determination system (114). A second position (106) of at least one second signal source (120)... Agent: Motorola/fetf

20080299996 - Method and apparatus for managing downlink discontinuous reception operation in a wireless communications system: A method for managing downlink discontinuous reception associated with paging for a user equipment of a wireless communications system is provided in order to avoid system malfunction due to inappropriate use of configuration. The method includes initiating a radio resource control, hereinafter called RRC, connection establishment procedure to request a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080299998 - Apparatus and method for providing information for multimedia messaging service in portable terminal: An apparatus and method for providing information for multimedia messaging service (MMS) in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving an MMS message having free of charge reply information; and displaying the free of charge reply information on the display unit. Periodically, the portable terminal reminds a user... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080300000 - Methods and apparatus for delivering a message to two or more associated wireless communication devices: Methods and apparatus for use in delivering a message, such as a Short Message Service (SMS) message, simultaneously to two or more associated wireless communication devices are described. In one illustrative example, a request to deliver an SMS message to a first wireless communication device identified by a first address... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080299999 - System and method for generating multimedia messages in a mobile device: A system and method for generating multimedia messaging on a mobile device. The system includes a multimedia tool, and a user interface associated with the multimedia tool. The user interface is configured to permit a user to select a plurality of media objects and identify an order in which the... Agent: Loeb & Loeb, LLP

20080299997 - System and method for sharing images using an upload menu: There is disclosed a system and method for uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera. In an embodiment, the method comprises: upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera, automatically initiating an image upload module; configuring the... Agent: Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP

20080300001 - Wireless indicator assisted method for locating library items: A method where a library user is guided to the searched item by providing directions towards the searched item. The directions may be provided by an online map or by a hand held device. An electronic device is mounted on the searched item that receives signals via a wireless network... Agent: Areeb Ahmed Siddiqui

20080300002 - Wireless transmission in noisy rf environment: A method of wireless transmission by a base unit, including repeating for a plurality of transmission cycles the acts of scanning a plurality of frequencies to determine frequencies having low noise levels, by the base unit, selecting, by the base unit, uplink channels, responsive to the determined frequencies having low... Agent: Robert G. Lev Lev Intellectual Property Consulting

20080300003 - Aligning radio base station node transmission timing on multiple transmit paths: A radio base station node (20) of a telecommunications network comprises a baseband transmitter (22) and plural radio frequency (RF) paths (24) between the baseband transmitter (22) and an antenna system (30). A measurement entity (32) is provided, preferably near the antenna system (30), for making a measurement or comparison... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080300004 - Interference-improved uplink data rates for a group of mobile stations transmitting to a base station: A base station maximizes a uplink data transmission rate from multiple mobiles treated by the base station as a virtual single uplink transmitter. The base station identifies a set of mobile stations as a candidate transmitting set and determines a transmit power allowable from the mobile stations in the candidate... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080300005 - Multiple access wireless communication system using transmitter-receivers supported by remote software-configured signal processing devices: The invention relates to a method and system for multiple access wireless communication system using transmitter-receivers supported by remote, software-configured, signal processing devices. An illustrative embodiment of the downlink transmission system includes a method and for receiving signals from the internet, PSTN, or other networks and assigning the signal to... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080300007 - Dual mode mobile communication terminal and method of selecting mode therein: A dual mode mobile communication terminal and a method of selecting a mode therein that can minimize a call cost are provided. The method of selecting a mode in a dual mode mobile communication terminal into which at least two cards are inserted includes: requesting mode selection; selecting a card... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080300008 - Dual mode mobile terminal and method for providing communication mode: A dual mode (dual standby) mobile terminal and a method for providing communication mode configuration interface for a dual mode mobile terminal that is capable of facilitating mode switching manipulation is provided. A method for providing a communication mode configuration interface for a multi-mode mobile terminal having at least two... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080300006 - Multi-mode ic with multiple processing cores: An integrated circuit (IC) includes an RF section, a DSP, and a plurality of processors. The RF section and the DSP process an inbound RF signal to produce inbound data and process outbound data to produce an outbound RF signal. In addition, the DSP converts an outbound analog audio signal... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080300009 - Database for antenna system matching for wireless communications in portable information handling systems: Systems and method are disclosed for internal matching and configuration of radio frequency communication modules and antenna systems within a portable information handling system to help alleviate contentions among wireless communication technologies. A database stores operational information associated with wireless communication radio modules and antenna systems. A central control and... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080300011 - Methods and systems responsive to features sensed from imagery or other data: A device, such as a cell phone, uses an image sensor to capture image data. The phone can respond to detection of particular imagery feature (e.g., watermarked imagery, barcodes, image fingerprints, etc.) by presenting distinctive graphics on a display screen. Such graphics may be positioned within the display, and affine-warped,... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080300014 - Methods of operating a synergetic tandem pocket device: A method of operating a communications system including a mobile phone and a media playback device is disclosed. When the mobile phone is uncoupled from the media playback device, voice telephony services are provided by the mobile phone using an onboard RF transceiver of the mobile phone. When the media... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080300012 - Mobile phone and method for executing functions thereof: Provided is a mobile phone which converts an input first word to a second word, displays the second word, extracts voice data corresponding to the second word and outputs the extracted voice data and a method of converting a word and outputting the converted word as a voice in the... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080300010 - Portable video communication system: A method and device for adapting a display image on a hand-held portable wireless display and digital capture device. The device includes a camera for capturing a digital video and/or still image of a user, means for adjusting the captured digital image in response to poor image capture angle of... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080300015 - Print controller for a mobile telephone handset: Provided is a print controller for a mobile telephone handset. The controller includes a printer central processor configured to control operation of an integral printing assembly of the handset. An image sensor is arranged in signal communication with the central processor and is configured for capturing images. The controller also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080300013 - Synergetic tandem pocket device: A videophone device including two units 30, 34 is disclosed. When decoupled from each other, the first unit is a mobile phone 34 (for example, a cellular phone or a VOIP phone) that provides voice telephony services, and the second unit 30 is a video playback device (for example, an... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080300016 - Aural feedback apparatus for user controls: A device having a processing unit with a processor and controls disposed on the device. The controls are operable for controlling the processing unit and operation of the device. The controls include at least a first button with capacitive sensing. The first button is operable to generate a first indication... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080300017 - Broadcast reception method and apparatus: A digital broadcast reception method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) including a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The SIM stores files associated with a digital broadcast service and a mobile equipment for executing a broadcast application using the files. The method and apparatus eliminates previously required cumbersome user manipulation... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080300019 - Cellular phone: According to one embodiment, the cellular phone includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a network connection section, a NVRAM, and a UIM control unit. The CPU controls the operation of the cellular phone according to a program stored in the ROM. The CPU loads a replacement information registration program... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080300018 - Mobile phone: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile phone including: a first timer configured to output a first time out signal representing that a first processing is to be executed by starting a system when a first given time period has elapsed; a starting unit configured... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080300020 - Wireless communication system, sim card, mobile communication terminal, and data guaranteeing method: The loss of data stored in a secure memory card, such as a SIM card, due to the physical destruction thereof is prevented. A host unit performs card authentication of a memory card, and transmits update data for the memory card by security communication to update data when the result... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080300021 - Automatic fuse architecture: An automatic fuse architecture is described. An incoming signal is received and detected to determine whether the signal exceeds a threshold value.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080300022 - Method and apparatus for parameter configuration for antenna line device: A parameter configuration method and apparatus for an antenna line device (ALD), in which the global identification information of antenna ports of a master station device, and corresponding relationships between the identification information of ALDs and configuration parameter information are preset; and in the case that the device type of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080300023 - Mobile communication terminal and method of displaying information using the same: A mobile communication terminal including an input unit, a display unit, a receiving unit configured to receive a signal including at least one interactive function, a memory configured to store at least one symbol indicating a type of the at least one interactive function, and a control unit configured to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080300024 - System and method for a remote wireless ringer: A system and method for extending alerts for a wireless device. A wireless ringer and a wireless device are linked through a wireless connection. User input selecting an alert for the wireless ringer is received. The wireless ringer is alerted in response to receiving an incoming communication on the wireless... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080300025 - Method and system to configure audio processing paths for voice recognition: A system (100) and method (400) for configuring audio processing paths and subsequent data transmission method and link for voice recognition is provided. The system can include a headset (110) to determine a voice request type of a voice signal, configure an audio processing path of the voice signal in... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080300026 - Method and system for harnessing processor power of mobile devices: A system for utilizing the processing power of a mobile device. It is determined whether an energy source within the mobile device is recharging. In response to determining that the energy source within the mobile device is recharging, it is determined whether the mobile device is sending or receiving transmissions.... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080300027 - Systems and techniques for reducing power consumption in a mobile computing device: Various embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for reducing power consumption in a mobile computing device. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may be arranged to determine a user environment based on detected antenna impedance or detected current. After the user environment is determined, the mobile... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080300028 - Folding type portable wireless unit: In a folding type portable wireless unit, gain deteriorates sharply upon closure, in the case where an upper case is oscillated directly at the time of opening and used as an antenna in order to attain a wide band and a high gain. The folding type portable wireless unit comprises... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080300029 - Inductive flexible circuit for communication device: A communication device (100) is described herein. The device can include a first substrate (135) that can contribute to an electrical length of the communication device, a second substrate (140) that can contribute to the electrical length of the communication device and an inductive flexible circuit (145) that can be... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080300030 - Liftable cover structure with input unit: A liftable cover structure with an input unit comprising an electronic device body and a cover provided with a pivoting part and a loader, wherein the pivoting part is pivoted on the electronic device body, while the loader forms a concave on a side of the cover. The input unit... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080300031 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal comprising first and second bodies, and a hinge unit configured to fold or unfold the first and second bodies in a rotational manner.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch