Telecommunications inventions

20090264064 - Method and system for service announcement using mbms multicast bearer: There is provided a method for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) announcement to provide a service announcement document in a broadcast multicast service center (BM-SC) of a MBMS system, including the steps of: generating a service announcement document; searching a service announcement area; setting a session for providing the service... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090264065 - Circuit for compensating passband flatness, apparatus and method for compensating passband flatness: Disclosed is an apparatus for compensating passband flatness according to the present invention. The apparatus for compensating passband flatness for a mobile communication repeater to compensate passband flatness of band passed input signals comprises: a circuit for compensating passband flatness that includes a varactor diode formed to be connected to... Agent: Hosoon Lee

20090264066 - Circular polarized repeater and transmission method thereof: A circular polarized repeater includes a circular polarized receiving antenna for receiving a circular polarized signal, an amplifying circuit electrically connected to the circular polarized receiving antenna which is provided for amplifying the received signal, a circular polarized emitting antenna connected to the amplifying circuit for outputting the amplified signal.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090264068 - Communication apparatus, communication method, program and communication system: There is provided a communication apparatus including a plurality of communication units for making communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, a detecting unit for detecting an approach between a communication party capable of communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling and any one of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090264067 - Inductive antenna coupling: This invention pertains to the connection between a radio frequency circuit and its antenna. Miniaturization of radio frequency integrated circuits has made attaching these circuits to their antennas increasingly difficult and costly. This invention uses magnetic coupling, as performed in transformers, between circuits and antennas as a practical solution to... Agent: Kourosh Pahlavan

20090264069 - Wireless communication apparatus, power supply method, program, and wireless communication system: The present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus including: a communication processing unit that transmits and receives a radio signal; a wireless power transmitting unit that supplies power wirelessly to an apparatus located within a power supplyable range; a location data obtaining unit that obtains location data of a power... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090264075 - Bluetooth communication through a single virtual port: A system that provides for Bluetooth communications from a first Bluetooth enabled device to a second Bluetooth enabled device is provided. The system comprising a Bluetooth manager that provides a graphical user interface, an Outgoing Port Driver that shares configurational information with and is started by the Bluetooth manager, a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090264072 - Communication device and volume adjusting method for audio device: An exemplary communication device is capable of adjusting a sound volume on an audio device. The communication device includes an input module, a communication unit, a signal generator, and a wireless transmitter. The input module is configured for receiving a first input. The communication unit is configured for receiving a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090264070 - Data communications between short-range enabled wireless devices over networks and proximity marketing to such devices: A method for allowing short-ranged communication devices to communicate with each other using the Internet. Cell servers are provided in a first and second zones linked to the Internet and adapted for transmitting voice and other digital data over the Internet such as using VoIP. The method includes registering users... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090264074 - Integrated multimode radio and components thereof: An integrated multimode radio includes a multimode receiver and a multimode transmitter. The multimode receiver includes a shared receiver front-end, a receiver multiplexor, and a plurality of receiver IF stages. The multimode transmitter includes a shared transmitter front-end, a transmitter multiplexor, and a plurality of transmitter IF stages.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090264071 - Multifunctional portable electronic device: The invention discloses a multifunctional portable electronic device (100) which includes a main body (10) and a remote controller (20). The main body (10) includes a receiving module (11) and a warning module (13) electro-connecting with the receiving module (11). The receiving module (11) is electronically connected within the main... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090264073 - Neckpad communications system for a helmet: A neckpad communications system for a helmet includes a neckpad body that includes coupling members for detachably coupling the neckpad body to a surface of the helmet. The system includes a communications unit having a first part that is disposed within and covered by the neckpad body and is configured... Agent: Leason Ellis LLP

20090264077 - Methods and apparatus for uplink and downlink inter-cell interference coordination: A method for inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) by a home evolved NodeB (HeNB) is described. A portion of bandwidth is reserved for a user equipment (UE). Notification of the reserved portion of bandwidth is sent to at least one potentially interfering evolved NodeB (eNB). A data exchange is performed with... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090264076 - Transmitter for communications system: An rf signal transmitter for transmitting rf signals through a plurality of antennas is described, which comprises: a transmit section adapted to selectively set, with respect to an input signal, the initial phase of an output to at least one of said antennas depending on a time or frequency region... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090264079 - Determining presence of radio frequency communication device: A RF data communication device operates in at least two states. In a first state, the device transmits a response to an RF transmission if specific data therein represents an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and if specific data therein corresponds to... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090264078 - Mobile device, system, and method for measuring characteristics of the mobile device: A system and a method for measuring characteristics of a mobile device are provided. The mobile device includes an antenna connection pad connected to an antenna, a Radio Frequency (RF) unit connected to the antenna connection pad for transmitting RF signals through the antenna and for receiving RF signals through... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090264080 - Method and apparatus to estimate wireless base station signal quality over the air: The quality of the signal from a base station is measured and adjusted for distortion due to multipath and due to signals from neighboring co-channel base stations. The signal quality is measured conventionally by determining Rho or EVM and then Rho or EVM are adjusted. To adjust the signal the... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090264081 - Communication network system and communication method thereof: Disclosed is a communication network system, which includes a cluster and a base station. The cluster includes plural communication devices installed underwater and a wired connection connecting at least two of the plural communication devices. The base station performs acoustic communication with at least one of the plural communication devices.... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090264082 - Vehicle locator key fob with range and bearing measurement: An apparatus and method of determining bearing and distance measurements between a mobile device and an object using Rf based measurements. The mobile device communicates with a control in the object to determine the relative bearing between the mobile device and the object with respect to magnetic north and, optionally,... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090264083 - Wireless communication system: A wireless communication system is disclosed. The present invention mainly includes a transceiver, a first filter unit, a second filter unit, and a first amplifying unit, wherein the first filter unit is a harmonic oscillation circuit having an inductive component and a capacitive component serially coupled to each other, and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090264084 - Transceiver with isolated receiver: A transceiver includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first radio frequency signal, a switching device connected to the transmitter and configured to receive and transmit the first radio frequency signal to an antenna, a receiver connected to the switching device via an input and configured to receive a second... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20090264085 - Portable terminal device, display method for list of participants used therein, and program for the same: A participant list display method is provided in which, when referring to status and details of a participant with many utterances, it is possible to reduce effort required in page turning or scrolling operations. In step S1 a mobile telephone performs utterance processing for a participant in PTT communication, to... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090264086 - Wireless communication device: A wireless communication device includes an antenna module, a transceiving module, a controlling module, and a switch module. The antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The transceiving module includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The controlling module receives a first control signal and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090264087 - Apparatus and method for beamforming considering interference amount in broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for beamforming in a broadband wireless communication are provided. The apparatus includes a first calculator for determining a degradation factor to indicate a degradation degree of a target signal due to interference cancellation by using a target channel matrix and at least one interfering channel matrix,... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090264088 - Method for mitigating interference: A method for mitigating interference is provided. First, a received signal having a training sequence is received from a transmitter. Then, a Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) of the training sequence in the received signal is calculated, and whether a co-channel interference signal exists in the received signal is determined according to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090264089 - Multi-band lookup table type predistorter: A lookup table type predistorter for reading out distortion compensation data by using a difference signal between a power amplifier input signal and an output signal as a reference signal; wherein N input side variable band signal extractors extract transmitting signals in N frequency bands from the input signal, N... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090264090 - Dc offset calibration in a direct conversion receiver: A direct conversion receiver (200) includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) (213), at least one baseband amplifier (119, 123 and 127), register banks (250 and 251) for storing a plurality of offset data corresponding to at least two LNA gain settings and a plurality of baseband gain settings, a DC... Agent: Fleit, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20090264091 - Method and system for closed loop power control in wireless systems: Aspects of a method and system for closed loop power control in wireless systems are provided. In this regard, an output power of an amplifier may be measured and an indication of the measured power may be compared to a reference signal. The results of the comparison are utilized to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090264092 - Ensuring eas performance in audio signal encoding: An encoding system for encoding a first ancillary code in media data and monitoring for reception of a second ancillary code that has a higher priority than the first ancillary code, such that upon detection of the higher priority ancillary code the encoding system modifies a characteristic and/or characteristics of... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP / Arbitron Inc. (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090264093 - Device, system and method for confidentially communicating a security alert: A device, system and method for confidentially communicating a security alert to a monitoring service or other entity are provided. A mobile device of the present disclosure, e.g., a cellular phone, GSM phone, media player, personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., will enable a user to send a security alert or... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090264095 - Method and apparatus for routing of emergency services for unauthorized user equipment in a home node b system: Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090264094 - Method and system for providing a deployable emergency call service for wireless handsets: Embodiments of systems and methods are presented to provide local citizenry with the ability to initiate emergency calls on their mobile device through a deployable cellular communication resource, such as a switch on wheels. The mobile device may be provisioned with a primary preferred roaming list (PRL) and a secondary... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090264097 - Charging in lte/epc communication networks: Communication networks and methods are disclosed for performing charging in LTE/EPC communication networks. In an LTE/EPC communication network, a PCRF stores charging rules for online and offline charging. To perform charging for a session, LTE network elements that are serving the session request charging rules from the PCRF. The PCRF... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090264096 - Online charging for roaming users in a proxy online charging system of a visited network: Communication networks and methods are disclosed for performing online charging credit control in a visited network when a user is roaming. The visited network which is providing service to a roaming user includes a proxy online charging system (OCS) that communicates with a home OCS in a home network of... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090264101 - Age-based control of content provided via a mobile communication terminal: A method of updating age restriction settings for content on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising requesting authentication data, in response to determining that a first age restriction value associated with a first content on the mobile communication terminal is greater than a first threshold value; and providing the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090264100 - Flexible messaging system for mobile phone users: The present invention is a system and a method for managing messages that are designated to a user's mobile communication device, using at least one internet messaging service. According to some embodiments of the invention, the system may comprise a user's device; at least one database; a managing server; and... Agent: The Law Office Of Michael E. Kondoudis

20090264099 - Method for authentication of at least one mobile radio terminal: The invention describes a method and system for the authorization of at least one mobile radio terminal with an authentication terminal. The at least one mobile radio terminal features an identification number which is stored at the authentication terminal and is assigned at least one name there and the authentication... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090264103 - Personalized multimedia services using a mobile service platform: A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Canavan

20090264098 - System and method for configuring devices for wireless communication: A system and method for configuring devices for wireless communication are disclosed. A method may include transmitting an activation key from an activation broker to a wireless agent. The method may also include transmitting the activation key from the activation broker to a wireless registrar. At least one of the... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090264102 - Virtual mobile and ad/alert management for mobile devices: Disclosed is a Virtual Mobile Management Process that can control any Mobile device by sending the required commands over an TCP/HTTP/HTTPS Connection. The client application on the device captures the snapshot of the device, compresses and encrypts the data and posts on the server. On the server, the xml file... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090264105 - Advertising with mobile messaging: In accordance with one or more aspects of the content-based advertising in mobile messaging, a message is received from a first mobile device, the received message targeting a second mobile device. One or more advertisements to associate with the message are identified based at least in part on content in... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090264104 - Multimedia message service method and system: Disclosed is a multimedia message service method and system for sharing and searching for multimedia messages stored in an MM box. The MMS client has the possibility to associate an access mode (“public”, “restricted”, or “private”) to any multimedia message stored in or uploaded to an MM box. When a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090264106 - Method and device for implementing dynamic groups: A method for implementing dynamic groups includes: receiving a roam notification message of a roaming user, wherein the roam notification message includes location information; finding pal information that matches the location information carried in the roam notification message from an address book of the user; and creating a group according... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090264108 - Answering system and method of a mobile phone: An answering system of a mobile phone is disclosed. The system comprises: a setting module configured for setting an allowable ringing time period and an allowable recording time period for the mobile phone; a calculagraph configured for counting a ringing time when the mobile phone receives an incoming call; a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090264107 - Pre-recorded voice responses for portable telecommunication devices: A portable communication device may be used so that, in place of speaking into the portable communication device during a telephone call, users may initiate playback of pre-recorded messages to the party with whom the user is communicating. In one implementation, a device may receive, during a telephone call between... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090264109 - Method and apparatus for acquiring service guides: A method and apparatus for acquiring service guides (SGs) are provided. The method includes sending an SG request that carries information about a current area and receiving an SG corresponding to the current area. The SG corresponding to the current area of the mobile terminal is differentiated in the SG... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090264110 - Method for content delivery: A method for content delivery is disclosed. The method provides a digital engine accessible by a wireless communication device via an information network, maintains selectable content digitally formatted, receives a user selection of a content file, initiates transmission of the content file to the wireless communication device for storage and... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20090264111 - Podcasting on a mobile phone: m

20090264112 - Method and architecture to deliver pre-customized business card multimedia contents through ims-based plmns for improving the existing calling line identification service: An improved Calling Line Identification (CLI) service is implemented inside a cellular telephony network connected to the IMS platform for delivering IP-based multimedia services to the end users. The new architecture is based on a multimedia CLI-dedicated server (MM-CLI) connected to the IMS and the packet switched (PS) domain of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090264114 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for utilizing spatial information for audio signal enhancement in a distributed network environment: An apparatus for utilizing spatial information for audio signal enhancement in a multiple distributed network may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive representations of a plurality of audio signals including at least one audio signal received at a first device and at least a second audio... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090264113 - Mobile phone that automatically makes conference calls and method for same: The invention provides a method to increase accessibility for automatically making conference calls. First, a group list referring to a plurality of remote phones selected by a user is received with a local mobile phone. The local mobile phone then automatically performs an automatic conference-call procedure by handling all protocols... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090264116 - Communication delivery filter for mobile device: Messages received by a mobile device can be processed in one of at least two modes. In the normal mode, the messages are handled in accordance with the normal settings of the mobile device. In the filtered mode, or “night-time” mode, incoming messages are examined to determine if they are... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20090264115 - Method and system for assigning wireless special number call routing among call answering positions: A method for assigning special number wireless call routing responsibilities among special number call answering positions, each respective special number call answering position having a respective designated special number service area, includes: (a) in no particular order: (1) establishing a plurality of cell sector areas for wireless call service; and... Agent: Michelle A. Zarinelli C/o West Corporation

20090264117 - Method for handling incoming call in screen lock state, communication device and recording medium thereof: A method for handling an incoming call in a screen lock state, a communication device and a recording medium thereof are provided. In the present method, when a communication device in a screen lock state receives an incoming call, the communication device exits the screen lock state and displays an... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090264118 - Optimizing neighbor lists: The present invention relates to a method of generating neighbor lists in a radio communication network comprising user terminals and base stations defining sectored or omnidirectional radio cells, where communication between user terminals and base stations is arranged to take place over radio channels. The method comprises the steps of:... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090264119 - Method and apparatus for functional testing of a base station system: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for function testing of a base station system in a wireless communication system, wherein the base station system comprises at least two antennas and at least two transceivers, and said antennas are intended to cover a target area. Function testing of... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090264120 - Systems and methods for packing/unpacking satellite service links to/from satellite feeder links: Information content is nonidentically mapped between service link carriers and feeder link carriers at a cellular satellite. A reduced number of satellite feeder link carriers compared to the number of satellite service link carriers and/or a reduced total bandwidth of the satellite feeder link carriers compared to the satellite service... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090264121 - Roaming method: f

20090264122 - Method and system for updating home location register in mobile network: Method of registering a mobile subscriber in a mobile network and network unit for a mobile network having a home location register in which data related to a plurality of active mobile subscribers are stored. A first attempt of a mobile subscriber to attach to the mobile network is detected,... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20090264124 - Computing unit with femtocell ap functionality: A computing unit includes a processing module, a baseband processing module, and a RF section. In a femtocell AP mode, the processing module performs at least a portion of a MAC function to facilitate signal conversion between radio interface (RI) signals and PHY AP signals. The baseband processing module converts... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090264125 - Handheld computing unit coordination of femtocell ap functions: A handheld computing unit includes a processing module and a plurality of PHY units. The processing module determines whether a femtocell access point (AP) mode is active. When the femtocell AP mode is active, the processing module determines whether at least one other handheld computing unit is supporting femtocell AP... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090264123 - Serving base station selection using backhaul quality information: Techniques for selecting a serving base station for a terminal by taking into consideration the backhaul quality of candidate base stations are described. In one design, a base station may determine backhaul quality information indicative of its current backhaul quality. The base station may send the backhaul quality information, e.g.,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090264126 - Method and apparatus for support of closed subscriber group services in a home node b system: Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090264127 - Optimized am rlc re-set mechanism: A reset method for an AM RLC entity, the method comprising: receiving a reset PDU that includes a RSN; and if the received reset PDU is not the first received reset PDU after re-establishment of the RLC entity and if the RSN is the same as a RSN included in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090264132 - Intermittent communication system, base station apparatus and mobile station apparatus: In an intermittent communication system where an intermittent communication can be made between a base station and a mobile station, a transmitting unit of the mobile station transmits a request to start a normal communication after stopping an intermittent communication at timing different from the intermittent communication if a handover... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20090264130 - Method and appartus for management of automatic neighbor relation function in wireless networks: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate management of automatic neighbor relation functions in wireless networks. The system can include components and/or devices that ascertain whether or not to add or remove a neighbor relation based on information associated with an operations and management system, wherein the operations and management... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090264131 - Method, system, and device for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in heterogeneous network: A method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network is provided. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) is handed over or switched from a source network to a target network; a network element on a network side determines whether to detach the UE... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090264129 - Radio communication method and terminal device: A radio communication method for performing radio communication between a base station and a terminal, including the steps of: comparing field strength of the base station which transmitted a reconnection instruction and filed strength of an adjacent base station which locates adjacent to the base station, when the terminal in... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090264133 - Terminal distribution control for point-to-multipoint service in wireless communication system: A method for controlling a user equipment (UE) capable of receiving a point-to-multipoint service in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a point-to-multipoint service and performing a cell reselection in response to completion of the receiving of the point-to-multipoint service. The cell reselection is performed among multiple frequencies. The cell... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090264128 - Terminal station, base station, radio communication system, and communication control method: An uplink quality information collecting unit transmits, when there is no uplink data transmission from a terminal station for a predetermined time, dummy data to a base station that is currently connected to the terminal station, and collects uplink-quality information that is generated by transmitting the dummy data to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090264134 - Radio access terminal, base station controller, and handoff control method in radio communication system: In a radio communication system wherein radio frequencies for communicating with a radio terminal are different in radio base stations, a table in which positional information, information on the frequency used for transmission/reception to/from the terminal, and a decision condition in a handoff operation are stored as to each base... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090264135 - System and method of managing communications policy settings in a wireless network: The present invention provides a system and method of modifying policy settings in a network having a plurality of subscriber devices. An embodiment includes a plurality of base stations, each capable of wirelessly transmitting across a geographic region and a server. A cell-phone, capable of roaming between regions, is operable... Agent: Perry + Currier Inc. (for Rim)

20090264137 - System and method of position location transfer: A position location system, apparatus and method are disclosed. A coordinating device identifies a group of wireless devices for position location processing. The number of wireless devices in the group may vary according to the number of coordinates used to define a position within the system. The coordinating device obtains... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090264136 - System and/or method for reducing initial position uncertainty in sps operation: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for reducing an initial position uncertainty of a mobile station. In one example, although claimed subject matter is not so limited, a process to improve an initial position estimate comprises identifying the locations of a serving cell and at... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090264138 - Method and system for transmitting multimedia contents in communication network: Disclosed is a method and system for transmitting multimedia contents in a communication network, wherein multimedia data stored in a subscriber's terminal can be automatically uploaded. The method comprises the steps of (a) transmitting a multimedia data transmission command from a terminal multimedia storage server to a terminal through a... Agent: David A. Einhorn, Esq. Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090264139 - System and method for generating revenue from a classified advertisement wireless messaging service: A system and method for generating revenue from a premium service that involves sending classified interactive advertisement information over current and future generation wireless networks to a portable electronic device request by a user/potential buyer that is paid for by the user. The classified advertisement information is sent as a... Agent: Malin Haley Dimaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.A.

20090264140 - System and method for operating a smart messaging network: A secure computer system and method is disclosed for providing an online platform whereby text messages are smartly shared with the intent to form social networks. The system allows easy and reliable transmission of mass text messages along with exchange of information to and from a myriad of contributory sources.... Agent: PCt Law Group, PLLC

20090264141 - Robust location detection based on identifying codes: Positioning beacons (109-a . . . 109-d; 602-1 . . . 602-K) are shown in a target area (100) of a location detection system (600) with location areas (103-a . . . 103-g) in the target area associated with potential beacon positions (102-a . . . 102-g) and represented by... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090264142 - Intercell interference mitigation: Methods and apparatus are described for mitigating intercell interference in wireless communication systems utilizing substantially the same operating frequency band across multiple neighboring coverage areas. The operating frequency band may be shared across multiple neighboring or otherwise adjacent cells, such as in a frequency reuse one configuration. The wireless communication... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090264143 - Mobile device, mobile communication system and antenna verification method: A mobile device which can reduce an error rate in phase determination in antenna verification and intend to improve a reception performance is obtained. When a more likely phase difference is selected from two predetermined candidate phase differences, based on correlation values between a received signal from a first antenna... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090264144 - Communication apparatus, communication control method, and information display method: In a case where a PTT start notification is received at a communication part 102, a PTT application for executing processing concerning PTT communication is started up, and an instruction for starting the PTT communication is not input to a key input part 103 for a predetermined time, the PTT... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090264145 - Dynamic bias for rf power amplifiers: A radio frequency power amplifier control circuit amplifies a radio frequency input signal to produce an output signal and a current mirror performs a dynamic bias control by maintaining the radio frequency amplifier operating with a linear amplifier gain.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20090264146 - Outer loop power control for wireless communications: An integrated circuit configured for outer loop power control uses data transmitted in temporary dedicated channel allocations. A target metric, preferably, target SIR, is adjusted with differing step up and step down increments to converge on a relatively low steady state level of step up and step down target metric... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20090264148 - Methods and apparatus for a flexible wireless communication and cellular telephone system: A wireless communication system including flexible wireless handsets with modular electronic components selected for operation within multiple systems The units may be configured for removable connection to a variety of cartridges to provide a versatile communication device. A cartridge may be selected for the replacement of one or more existing... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090264147 - Telephone terminal and signal processing method: A telephone terminal (10) includes: an operation unit (11) inputting an operation signal corresponding to an operation of a user; a sound input unit (16) inputting a sound signal corresponding to sound captured from an outside; a signal processing unit (14) converting the sound signal from the sound input unit... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090264149 - Cellular handheld device with fm radio data system receiver: A handheld device includes an FM receiver to receive FM radio signals and a processor that is configured to monitor Radio Data System (RDS) data within FM radio broadcasts and to activate an application when a particular RDS data pattern is received. Methods for recognizing and using the RDS data... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090264150 - Connecting mobile terminals based on sensor data: A method performed by a mobile terminal may include receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors on a mobile terminal, determining when the received sensor data satisfies a rule, transmitting information from the mobile terminal to a network device, where the information includes at least one of an application... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090264151 - Mobile telephone with detachable printing mechanism: A mobile telephone comprises a support structure around which the mobile telephone is constructed; a camera device positioned on the support structure for electronically capturing and processing an image; a detachable printing mechanism; and a receptacle, defined in the support structure, for receiving therein the detachable printing mechanism. The detachable... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090264154 - Handheld computing unit with power management: A handheld computing unit includes a plurality of PHY units, a local wireless interface (LWI), and a processing module. When the unit is in a femtocell AP mode, the processing module performs one or more femtocell AP functions to facilitate conversion of a LWI downstream data into one or more... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090264152 - Rotatable module with two input devices for a mobile communication apparatus: A portable electronic device (1) comprising a first portion (3, 53) including at least one output device (2) for rendering output data and a second portion (4, 54) comprising at least two input devices (10, 11, 20, 30, 40) for manually inputting data into the portable electronic device. The second... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090264153 - Wireless enabled memory module: A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host device providing a compatible memory card controller and interface. Host devices so... Agent: Patentventures - Sckt

20090264155 - Base station with a security sensor: Provided is a security technique using a mobile phone terminal and a compact base station that reduce the disadvantages when the mobile phone terminal is left in the house or office or is left without being carried. A base station of a mobile communication system includes a radio unit that... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090264160 - Electronic device with display and mobile phone: For a shock acting on a housing 11 by falling or the like, since a projection portion 36 having a recess 36a is provided between an inner wall 31 of an accommodation portion 30 and a frame 33, the shock from the inner wall 31 is relieved or absorbed by... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20090264156 - Foldable cellular phone device: The invention relates to a foldable cellular phone device with a cellular phone component, provided with an earpiece, said foldable cellular phone device comprising a housing having a first housing element, having first and second faces; and a second housing element having third and fourth faces, wherein a first user... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090264159 - Method for unlocking screen, mobile electronic device using the same and storage medium thereof: A method for unlocking screen, a mobile electronic device using the same and a storage medium thereof are disclosed. First, at least two signal input areas on a touch screen of the mobile electronic device are defined. When an input signal is detected within at least one signal input areas,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090264157 - Mobile electronic device, method for entering screen lock state and recording medium thereof: A mobile electronic device, a method for entering a screen lock state and a recording medium thereof are provided. In the present method, an input signal is received through a touch panel of the mobile electronic device. Then, a movement track of the input signal is obtained if a starting... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090264158 - User interface and method for persistent viewing of a user selected folder on a mobile device: A mobile device includes a display having a plurality of display modes including a folder view display mode wherein a plurality of folders are viewable. An input device is operable to change the display mode of the display between the folder view display mode and other display modes. A memory... Agent: The Danamraj Law Group, PC/rim Attn: Reba Pieczynski

20090264161 - Method and earpiece for visual operational status indication: An earpiece can include an Ambient Sound Microphone (ASM), an Ear Canal Receiver (ECR), a transceiver, an illumination element, and a processor to provide visual operational mode indication via the illumination element. The operational mode can correspond to an active phone call, an incoming phone call, a terminated phone, a... Agent: Personics Holdings Inc.

20090264162 - Auto-control of radiation power in a portable telecommunication system: A portable telecommunications system (PTS) allows mobility and rapid deployment with minimal on-site configuration. PTS systems exchange multicast packets including location and identification information. A protocol manager sets up these communications channels, manages exchanges between PTS systems, and passes the data to or from internal system nodes. The PTS system... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090264163 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device, and non-contact type ic card and protable information terminal using the semiconductor integrated circuit device: The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a non-contact type IC card and a portable information terminal which uses the semiconductor integrated circuit device. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes antenna terminals LA, LB which are connected to an antenna L1, a power source circuit B5 which... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090264164 - Method for transitioning between multiple reception levels: There is provided a method for enabling a user equipment (UE) to transition between a non-discontinuous reception (Non-DRX) level and at least one discontinuous reception (DRX) level. The UE in a DRX level wakes up periodically to monitor a scheduling channel. The method includes receiving a DRX indicator in a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090264165 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal includes a case, a planar member configured as a part of the case, a touch panel provided on the case in substantially parallel with the planar member and having a predetermined light transmittance, and a sheet detachably attached between the planar member and the touch panel.... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20090264166 - Mobile terminal device: To provide a mobile terminal device that can eliminate influence of static electricity upon signal lines of a signal-line flexible board that is placed through a connecting unit that connects two casings to be able to overlie one another. In the mobile terminal device, one of the casings and the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090264167 - Sliding mechanism and portable electronic device having the same: A sliding mechanism (40) includes a base plate (42), a first sliding plate (44), as second sliding plate (46), and a elastic element (48). The first sliding plate (44) is slidably mounted on the first sliding plate (44) and located adjacent to one side of the base plate (42). The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090264168 - Sliding mechanism and portable electronic device using the same: A sliding mechanism includes a first plate (32) having a sliding slot (322) and a control slot (325) defined therein. The sliding slot and the control slot having a certain angle therebetween and communicating with each other. A second plate (38) is longitudinally slidably connected to the first plate. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090258592 - Radio frequency identification tag and operating method thereof: The invention provides a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag includes a receiving module, a judging module, and a jamming module. The judging module includes a first judging unit and a second judging unit. When a jamming function of the RFID tag is activated, the first judging unit... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090258593 - System and method for radio frequency audio recorder: A user is provided with the ability to request the re-transmission of a content selection that is determined to not be locally stored, while the same content is currently being broadcasted. A system and method for replaying content is provided, where a receiver (e.g., car radio) initially receives a command... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090258594 - Method and system for progressive delivery and synchronization of discrete content in rich media services: A method for authoring and sending from a network element and receiving at a mobile device, rich media, the sending having the steps of checking whether the rich media includes discrete content; if yes, sending a low resolution version of the discrete content with the rich media; and subsequently sending... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090258595 - System and method for managing applications and media content of a wireless communication device: A method for a wireless communication system for providing media objects is described. Channels of media content are collected from at least one media provider. A list of the channels of media content is then stored. Next, the list of the channel of media content is provided to a remote... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090258596 - Dynamically varying link super vision timeout in bluetooth and similarly enabled devices to detect link loss: The present example provides for modification of the link supervision timer allows for an enhanced user experience with wireless devices, by allowing loss of the wireless link to be handled more effectively. The link super vision timer may be changed without modifying the device profile being used. The change in... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20090258597 - Method and apparatus for processing radio signals to identify an active system in a coexisting radio network: The present invention discloses a method of multiple systems sensing for coexisting radio networks, including: performing energy detection and carrier locking; detecting the fundamental frequencies; and identifying the corresponding active systems from the detected fundamental frequencies and the evaluation of the estimated power spectrum density vector or the estimated trispectrum... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090258598 - Method and apparatus for providing a wireless display control unit: A method and apparatus for providing a migratory wireless display control unit are disclosed. For example, the wireless control unit may include a display, one or more functional buttons for selecting a source input interface of a plurality of audio devices, where at least two of the plurality of audio... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P. Nj Office

20090258599 - Method for transmitting low-frequency data in a wireless intercom system: A wireless communication system including a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a first mixing module, a phase-locked loop module, reference oscillator, and a second mixing module. The first mixing module is configured to combine a low-frequency data signal and an audio signal, and to generate a first combined... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090258600 - Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method: w

20090258601 - Transmission method with transmission power control: A transmission method is provided, whereby a first wireless device transmits an RF signal to a second wireless device using desired transmission power. First, the RF signal to be transmitted is provided. First parameters of the first wireless device are detected, as well as the second parameters of the second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090258602 - Multi-path simulation system: A multi-path simulation system (100) includes a signal generator (10) generating a signal, a power divider (24) connected to the signal generator for dividing the signal into N attenuated sub-signals, N delay lines (26) connected to the power divider delaying the N attenuated sub-signals to simulate the delays resulting from... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090258603 - Distributed multi-channel cognitive mac protocol: A method includes sending a message from a first cognitive radio apparatus to at least one second cognitive radio apparatus, the message being sent over a first communication channel and containing an advertisement of at least one second communication channel for use in sending data from the first cognitive radio... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090258604 - Stand alone sensor apparatus for continuous web machines: A stand alone sensor apparatus includes a moveable chassis and, mounted to the chassis, a wireless power receiver, a sensor, and a wireless transceiver. The wireless power receiver receives power wirelessly, converts the wireless power to electrical power, and provides the electrical power to the sensor and the wireless transceiver.... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090258605 - Transmitter and transceiver, in particular for mobile radio, and transmission method: A receiver, in particular for mobile radio, includes a receiver branch with a mixer, downstream of an analog/digital converter. A reference generator generates a reference clock, which is fed to the converters or PLL synthesizers of the mixer by integral multiplication or division. As a result, a particularly energy-saving and... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP For Infineon Technologies Ag

20090258606 - Device of radioelectric signals transmitter and/or receiver type: r

20090258607 - Techniques for enhanced co-existence of co-located radios: Techniques for enhanced co-existence for co-located radios are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a first radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a first link using a first set of communications channels, a second radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a second link using a second set... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC 4500 Brooktree Road

20090258608 - Time-shifting for push to talk voice communication systems: A method for providing on a Push To Talk (PTT) communication network time-shifting capabilities to a user of a PTT communication device. The method involves progressively receiving time-based media at a node on the PTT communication network from a sending device and progressively storing the received time-based media in a... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP / Rebelvox

20090258609 - Radio transmission apparatus and radio transmission method: Data streams stored in buffers are modulated by modulation sections. Multipliers multiply the signals output from the modulation sections by weights output from a weight control section, The signals output from the multipliers are added up by addition sections, subjected to radio transmission processing by transmission radio sections and sent... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090258610 - Apparatus for multiple modulations with a transition mode in a baseband transmitter and method therefor: An apparatus for multiple modulations with a transition mode in a baseband transmitter and method therefor. An apparatus includes a first modulator, a second modulator, and a modulation output device. The first modulator performs a first modulation to produce a first modulated signal. The second modulator performs a second modulation... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090258611 - Polar modulation transmission apparatus and polar modulation transmission method: The polar modulation apparatus of the present invention can control the output power of a transmission signal over a wide range and compensate characteristic degradation reliably upon temperature change. Polar modulation transmission apparatus 100 is provided with: temperature sensor 120; temperature compensation section 1601 that corrects an amplitude signal and... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090258612 - Bandwidth reduction mechanism for polar modulation: A novel and useful apparatus for and method of reducing phase and amplitude modulation bandwidth in polar transmitters. The bandwidth reduction mechanism of the present invention effectively reduces the phase modulation bandwidth of the polar modulation performed in the transmitter by modifying the zero-crossing trajectories in the IQ domain. This... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090258613 - Systems, methods and devices for dual closed loop modulation controller for nonlinear rf amplifier: In accordance with various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, systems, methods and devices are configured to facilitate RF envelope amplitude control. For example, a RF envelope amplitude control system comprises: a RF amplifier, wherein the RF amplifier is associated with a feedback device that is configured to create a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p (usm/viasat)

20090258614 - Impedance measurement in an active radio frequency transmitter: A transmitter and method for determining impedance measurement in an active radio frequency transmitter of an antenna are provided. Voltage and current samples are obtained from a modulating signal delivered to an antenna. The voltage and current samples are converted from analog to digital format, and decimation occurs to reduce... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20090258615 - Compensation of an asymmetric frequency response of a radio: A method and apparatus of compensating for an asymmetric frequency response of a radio are disclosed. One method includes estimating a slope control signal, the slope control signal indicating a slope of a frequency response of an amplifier chain of the radio. A difference between gain at positive frequencies and... Agent: Beceem Communications, Inc.

20090258616 - Multisystem wireless communication apparatus: A wireless communication apparatus capable of being communicated by employing communication systems is provided with: communication units containing a system-A communication unit for performing a communication operation by a wireless signal using a GSM communication system, and a system-B communication unit for performing a communication operation by an wireless signal... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090258617 - Power combiner, amplifier, and transmitter: This power combiner includes a first balun and a second balun. The first balun includes: a first line having a grounded end and an end connected to a positive input of a first differential input signal; a second line having a grounded end and an end connected to a negative... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090258618 - Accessory device for a field transmitter: An accessory device for a field transmitter comprising an enclosure housing an electronic processing unit. Said device comprises a portable supporting body removably couplable with the transmitter and on which there are provided at least one activation unit which can be operated by a user, and an electronic processing circuit... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090258619 - Radio device with virtually infinite simultaneous inputs: A method, system, media, and apparatus are directed to radio recording. Radio stations are simultaneously recorded based on a radio parameter including a processing parameter, a memory usage or allocation, a recording status, or the like. The radio parameter is adapted for an individual station, some radio stations, or all... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20090258620 - Terminal and operating method thereof: A terminal is provided. The terminal comprises a tuner converting a received high-frequency signal, a VSB (vestigial side band) demodulator demodulating the output signal of the tuner into a VSB signal, a DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) demodulator demodulating the output signal of the tuner into a DMB signal, a decoder... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090258622 - Circuit and method for antenna selection in an antenna diversity receiver: An asynchronous receiver system has multiple antennae and an asynchronous receiver circuit with a signal input. The asynchronous receiver circuit receives a wireless signal at the signal input and generates a first quality signal responsive to the received wireless signal. A switch selects one of the antennae for coupling to... Agent: Francissen Patent Law, P.C.

20090258621 - Noise/signal estimation for wireless systems: A method, apparatus, and computer program product, wherein received signal components are determined for a selected group of sub-carriers based on individual noise and signal contributions of the sub-carriers. At least one of noise and a parameter relating to at least one of noise and a signal of a received... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090258625 - Gain partitioning in a receiver: An automatic gain control loop disposed in a receiver is adapted to compensate for varying levels of out of band interference sources by adaptively controlling the gain distribution throughout the receive signal path. One or more intermediate received signal strength indicator (RSSI) detectors are used to determine a corresponding intermediate... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090258624 - Method and apparatus for processing a communication signal in a receiver: A receiver includes a jammer detector configured to detect the presence or the absence of jamming in a communication signal within a gain state. The receiver further includes an amplifier configured to amplify the communication signal in a high linearity receiving mode or a low linearity receiving mode, wherein the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090258623 - Receiver having voltage-to-current and current-to-voltage converters: A receiver (300) comprises an antenna input (301), a filter (302), a voltage-to-current converter (303), a down frequency conversion mixer (304), and a current-to-voltage converter (305). The antenna input operably couples to an antenna. The filter has a filter input that operably couples to the antenna input and can further... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090258626 - Filter circuit and receiving apparatus: A filter circuit includes first capacitors, second capacitors capable of altering a cutoff frequency by being connected in parallel with the first capacitors, first switches for connecting the second capacitors in parallel with the first capacitors, and charging circuits for the second capacitors. The charging circuits include second switches, and... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090258627 - Receiving circuit, use, and method for receiving in a radio network: A receiving circuit, use, and method for receiving in a radio network is provided, wherein switching is performed continuously between a first signal, which is received over a first antenna, and a second signal, which is received over a second antenna, to form an input signal. The input signal is... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090258628 - Time-error and frequency-error correction in a multi-carrier wireless communications system: Methods and apparatus for automatic frequency control in wireless receivers configured to simultaneously receive multiple carrier signals at distinct radio frequencies are disclosed. An exemplary wireless device comprises at least first and second radio front-end circuits configured to receive first and second wireless communication signals transmitted via first and second... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090258629 - Broadband tuner for very wide signal conversion: An agile RF tuner circuit capable of converting a wide portion of RF signal into an IF signal suitable for analog-to-digital conversion. The circuit up converts a received RF signal to a high IF signal and then down converts the high IF signal to a low IF signal. Embodiments of... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090258630 - System and method for intelligent syntax matching: The ubiquitous nature of wireless devices has given rise to among other things an explosive growth in messaging including, among other categories of messaging, Application-to-Peer messaging. It is inevitable that various errors (e.g., misspellings, typographic errors, transpositions, etc.) will occur as a mobile subscriber adds one or more keywords, codes,... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090258631 - Mobility related control signalling authentication in mobile communications system: In a non-limiting and exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for arranging authentication of mobility related signalling messages in a mobile communications system. An authentication code is generated on the basis of a previous authentication code stored in connection with a preceding authentication code generation event. The newly generated authentication... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090258632 - System and method for delivering and enhancing messages in a wireless communication network: A system for delivering and enhancing messages in a wireless communication system includes a message service center and a message enhancing subsystem. The message enhancing subsystem adds information to an acknowledgement message forwarded by the message service center to create an enhanced acknowledgement message and sends the enhanced acknowledgement message... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090258633 - Differentiated message delivery notification: A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE comprises a processor configured to transmit a session initiation protocol (SIP) SUBSCRIBE method request that comprises at least one filter criteria used for selecting specific messages and selecting the information about the messages, where each of the messages is directed to a... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090258634 - Numeric based addressing for enhanced telephony and multimedia services: An end user device includes an application processor, a baseband processor, and a radio transceiver, storage accessible to the application processor, and computer executable instructions, embedded in the storage, for a user agent application. The user agent application includes instructions for transmitting a directory server inquiry in response to entry... Agent: Raman N. Dewan Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090258635 - Outgoing call handling system and method: A cellular system for handling outgoing calls from a mobile station (1) including a network element (8) being capable of recognizing voice commands and names, and has in memory a database of telephone numbers corresponding to an array of names. The mobile station (1) connects to the network element (8)... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Tkhr Attn: Patent Docketing

20090258637 - Method for user identity tracking: The invention has disclosed a method for user identity tracking, and is suitable for wireless Internet. Precisely, mobile phone client end or WAP website sends user access request and parameters; user identity recognition server judges whether the user access request is for the first time; if so, it will distribute... Agent: Yh Chan

20090258636 - Wireless event notification system and methods for use therein: A wireless event notification system that selectively notifies members of events based on their location and/or interests, and devices and method for use therein. The wireless event notification system provides single or multifactor filtering based on one or more of proximity to an event, membership in a subgroup to which... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20090258638 - Mobile terminal using variable menu icons: A method for controlling a mobile terminal includes setting a variable menu icon to represent different functions for first and second operating modes, displaying a plurality of menu icons including the variable menu icon during the first operating mode, and switching the variable menu icon from a function different from... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090258639 - Method, system and device for providing a robust wireless connection: A system and a method for wireless linking in a cellular communication system are disclosed such that a mobile station is maintained in simultaneous communication with at least a first node and a second node for access to the cellular communication system. Information going to and from the first node... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090258640 - Device power detector: A communication device includes a transmitter configured to provide a transmitted output signal, and a power detector configured to receive reference signals from a waveform generator associated with the transmitter, and to receive a portion of the transmitted output signal from the transmitter. The power detector is further configured to... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090258641 - Multi-interface parsable mobile devices (pmd) for energy conservation and services enhancement: A split-able mobile device includes a parsed mobile device (PMD) and a pre-associated peer partner (PPP) that enables communication with networks when the PMD is in the vicinity of the PPP. The PMD locates the PPP and enters into peer mode. In peer mode, the PMD shares a function or... Agent: Wp&d Unit Of Westerman Hattori Daniels & Adrian LLP

20090258642 - Vehicle communication system: A system for wireless device based vehicle communications. The system includes a vehicle electronics bus, at least one or more vehicle electrical systems electrically connected to the vehicle electrical bus, a monitoring and control system electrically connected to the vehicle bus, at least one sensor electrically connected to the monitoring... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090258643 - Method for accessing air traffic control communications: A method for accessing datalink communications for an aircraft is provided. The method comprises providing a pre-selected datalink service provider for aircraft communications, detecting a datalink service provider supplying air traffic control (ATC) communication services, and determining whether the detected datalink service provider is the same as the pre-selected datalink... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090258644 - System, method, and computer-readable medium for user equipment acquisition of an ip-femtocell system: A system, method, and computer readable medium for acquisition of an IP-based femtocell system by a user equipment are provided. A manual femtocell acquisition procedure may be invoked at a user equipment for acquiring access to a femtocell system or network of femtocell systems. The femtocell acquisition routine may be... Agent: Rg & Associates

20090258646 - Call setup procedure in an evolved third generation radio access network: A method and system for call setup in an evolved third generation (3G) radio access network are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends its identity to a core network (CN) for call setup when the WTRU is in an RRC_disconnected state. The CN verifies the identity and sends an... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20090258645 - Plmn frequency search triggered by country code change: A mobile UE initiates a full search of all supported frequencies upon detecting a change in the Mobile Country Code (MCC) transmitted by a PLMN. The change in MCC indicates the user had crossed a political border, and the spectrum allocated for wireless communication may be different. In one embodiment,... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090258648 - Apparatus, and associated method, for providing inner-cell registration of access terminal in a radio communication system: Apparatus, and an associated method, for controlling generation of a registration message by an access terminal to register the access terminal with an access network. A configuration message broadcast by an access network station indicates if the network station is inner-cell-enabled capable and includes a value of a selected threshold,... Agent: Docket Clerk Kelly-krause

20090258647 - Mobile station device, base station device, mobile station device operating frequency band mapping method, location management device, mobile station device location registration method, paging method, and program for executing the same and recording medi: In a method for mapping an operating frequency band of a mobile station device in a mobile communication system, an operating frequency band position at the time of idle mode of respective mobile station devices is arranged so as to be distributed throughout a unique frequency bandwidth of a base... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090258649 - Controlling multi-mode devices: In an example embodiment, a technique for automatically controlling radio interfaces of a multi-mode device. Wireless interfaces are enabled or disabled based on the probability of network availability of the interfaces at a current geographical location.... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090258650 - Apparatus and method for reduction of handover interruption time using estimated handover time negotiation in a broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for reduction of a handover interruption time using an estimated handover time negotiation in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A method for supporting a handover of a mobile station in a serving base station includes receiving a handover pre-notification response message including a residual... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090258651 - Method for reducing uplink traffic load on transport network at basestation during soft handover: The present invention relates to a node and a method thereof for a mobile telecommunication network connectable to a controlling node and wirelessly connectable to mobile terminals. The node is adapted to have an uplink connection to a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is adapted to have a second... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090258652 - Cellular systems with distributed antennas: A communication system providing wireless communication among wireless users through a number of cellular base stations, each including at least transport management equipment and broadband equipment, at least one of which supports at least remote cellular station including RF equipment for communication with users of cellular devices. The system includes... Agent: John R. Ross Trex Enterprises Corp.

20090258653 - Method and system for delivering multicast/broadcast services in a half frequency division duplex wireless communication system: A method and system for delivering MBS in an H-FDD wireless communication system minimizes MBS bandwidth allocation and maintains appropriate balance between two H-FDD mobile device groups. Generally speaking, this is achieved by allocating a downlink bandwidth section for one group of mobile devices (e.g. Group 2) to MBS and... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20090258654 - Resource scheduling in wireless communication systems using beam forming: A basic idea of the invention is to provide multi-user resource scheduling and distribution based on balancing the power resources used for the different narrow beams in order to smooth the interference levels over the whole cell, area and to reduce interference fluctuations. The resource scheduling principle according to the... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090258657 - Demodulation apparatus and receiving apparatus: A portable phone device comprises a telephone unit for base band processing of a receiving signal and audio conversion processing, as well as a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit for receiving signals from at least one GPS satellite, each signal including a spread code. A crystal oscillator generates a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090258656 - Method for exchanging location-relevant information using a mobile device with an interactive map display: A method is disclosed for wirelessly providing easily accessed and comprehended location-relevant information to a mobile device or web browser by displaying a map showing locations of interest. Simply by touching the map, a user can specify locations and regions used for queries and for uploading peer-to-peer information such as... Agent: Russ Weinzimmer

20090258655 - System and method for integrating location information into an internet phone system: A system and a method for integrating the receipt and transmission of location information into VoIP phone systems. The system may include a location device that includes a SATPS receiver and an antenna together with one or more connectors that allow connection of the location device to other devices, such... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20090258658 - Location services based on positioned wireless measurement reports: Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in a wireless signaling environment to provide certain location services. The location services may, for example, be based at least in part on positioning information associated with positioned wireless signaling measurements associated with wireless terminals. The location services may comprise location... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090258659 - Method and apparatus for location based multimedia message service: A multimedia message service method and a server therefor are disclosed. In one embodiment, the server i) allows a broadcast transmitting server to receive a request of transmitting a position-based multimedia message from a content providing server, ii) collects information related to a base station covering an area to which... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090258660 - Location determination using formula: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090258661 - Methods for scheduling a receiving process and communication apparatuses utilizing the same: A communication apparatus is provided. A radio transceiver module receives paging indicators according to a first activation signal. A baseband processing module receives the paging indicators from the radio transceiver module and processes the paging indicators according to a second activation signal. A controller obtains corresponding system frame numbers of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090258662 - Handling attachment content on a mobile device: Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to download a selected attachment document that is associated with a message received on a mobile device. Attachment data corresponding to the selected attachment document can be downloaded according to at least one of a native application attachment content handling option... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090258663 - Method, system and apparatus for paging access terminals: A method for paging access terminals. The method includes: a network entity sends a paging message to a target AN. The paging message carries the information required for calculating the time when the AT wakes to monitor the paging message. The information includes the absolute time that is determined according... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090258664 - Discontinuous reception of bursts for voice calls: A mobile terminal capable of operating in a Discontinuous Transmission mode during an active voice call with a remote party is also capable of operating in a Discontinuous Reception mode during the same active voice call. Particularly, a receiving mobile terminal monitors when the remote party stops transmitting speech during... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090258666 - Method and apparatus for selecting enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination in cell_fach state and idle mode: A method and apparatus for selecting an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) in Cell_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an index to an E-DCH resource in response to the RACH preamble. The... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20090258665 - Uplink modulation and coding scheme selection: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for selecting a modulation and coding scheme. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may receive information representative of a first normalized channel characteristic power associated with a downlink and receiving information representative of... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090258667 - Function unlocking system, function unlocking method, and function unlocking program: There is provided a function unlocking system using highly-convenient face authentication with high accuracy for an information processing terminal. In the function unlocking system, a face authentication section carries out face authentication by using a face image of the user that is obtained by an image pickup section, with key... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090258670 - Dual-mode phone and calling method: A dual-mode phone includes a mobile phone antenna, a mobile phone module, a WLAN antenna, a WLAN module, a processing module, a memory, and a user interface. The processing module sets a communication mode of the dual-mode phone. The memory stores the communication mode and a phone book, wherein the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090258668 - Enterprise location discovery in dual-mode phones: Enterprise location discovery in dual-mode phones. As dual-mode phones move within the enterprise Wi-Fi network, they track which cell tower they are associated with, reporting this information to an enterprise mobility controller. The enterprise mobility controller builds a list of cell tower identifiers which are associated with enterprise Wi-Fi coverage,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090258669 - Impulse ultra-wideband radio communication system: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an impulse ultra-wideband communications system which combines the technique of transmitted reference (TR) with a code-sifted reference scheme that separates the reference and the data pulses with a sequence of codes such as a subset of Walsh codes. The combination of the... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20090258671 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for enabling user control of a fallback capability for circuit switched domain support: An apparatus for enabling user control of a fallback capability for circuit switched domain support may include a processor and a memory. The memory may store executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to receive a service indication for a service related to a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090258672 - Gateway with adaptive air interfaces: A wireless terminal includes a multi-mode radio circuit having a plurality of different transceivers for communicating over a plurality of different wireless standards, wherein a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers requires less power than other transceivers of the plurality of transceivers. The terminal also includes a processor and... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090258677 - Alternate user interfaces for multi tuner radio device: A method, device, system, and media are directed to controlling a multi-tuner radio. A voice command may be received and/or filtered. An operation of the radio may be modified based on the voice command. A gesture input may be received through a gesture pad. Another operation of the multi-tuner radio... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20090258675 - Cellular phone: If a rotational position sensing part senses that a display casing has been rotated from a horizontally long state to a vertically long state, and further if a drive voltage is supplied to a TV broadcast receiving part by a drive voltage supplying part 33, and an incoming call processing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090258676 - Mobile communication device capable of functioning in transmitter disabling state: A mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone, for example, is capable of functioning in a transmitter disabling mode and is set to the transmitter disabling mode in automatic response to a power-on operation and then automatically changed to a transmitter enabling mode provided that a predetermined condition is... Agent: Rohm Co., Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090258673 - Portable electronic apparatus and housing thereof: A portable electronic apparatus comprises one or more protrusion structures on a surface of the portable electronic apparatus. The protrusion structure comprises a plurality of facets, and one or more peaks are formed on the junctions of the facets. The facets are preferably in the form of triangles or quadrangles,... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090258674 - System and method for automatically updating presence information: A system, method and computer program that utilizes motion detection circuitry, calendar information and/or time information to automatically update presence information associated with portable electronic equipment. Aspects of the present invention provide reliable presence information regarding the availability of the user based on motion of the electronic equipment (also referred... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090258679 - Apparatus and method for enhancing transmission speed of a mobile phone: A transmission speed enhancing apparatus of a mobile phone is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processor having a secure digital input/output (SDIO) interface and a GPIO interface, a WiFi module and a secure digital memory A SDIO switcher is configured for disconnecting the SDIO interface with the secure digital memory... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090258678 - System and method for storing and retrieving multimedia messages on low-cost tags in order to facilitate contextual communications: Systems, methods and computer program products for storing and retrieving of multimedia messages onto tags in order to facilitate contextual communications are disclosed. Such tags can be attached or affixed to physical, real-world objects thus allowing multimedia messages associated with the tags to be retrieved with the real-world objects in... Agent: PCt Law Group, PLLC

20090258680 - Picocell base station for wireless telecommunications providing radio coverage lobes, and a method of identifying which subset of the lobes covers a user terminal: A method is provided in a base station having multiple directional antenna elements each providing a corresponding radio coverage lobe to identify which subset of the lobes covers a user terminal. The base station is a picocell base station. A user terminal is positioned within the coverage area of the... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090258681 - Automatic selection of a background image for a display on a mobile telephone: A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090258682 - Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing ambient noise sensitive alerting: Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing ambient noise sensitive alerting. The methods comprise receiving ambient noise, converting the ambient noise to an electrical signal, detecting a parameter of the electrical signal which is indicative of ambient noise, sensing an incoming call or message, and controlling the volume of... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090258683 - System and method for managing applications and media content of a wireless communication device: A wireless communication device for providing channel information is described. The wireless communication device comprises a housing having a first display and a second display, a memory configured to store a plurality of media objects that may be shown by the second display, and a processor coupled to the second... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090253369 - Variable emittance thermochromic material and satellite system: The emittance value is a measure of an amount of energy expelled from a given surface area relative to a black-body reference. Depending on the specific coating a change in the emittance value is actively or passively effected. There are known active variable emittance thermal control coatings. However, such coatings... Agent: Anglehart Et Al.

20090253370 - Wireless network system: A wireless communication device having extremely simple constitution is used, and a low-cost and low power consumption wireless network system with high-quality signals is provided. The wireless network system comprises a plurality of wireless communication devices (101) each comprising a radiating oscillator (1) configured to integrate a transistor into a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253371 - Modular device for turning on the power supply of an electronic item of equipment in a secure manner: The present invention relates to a device making it possible to turn on a sub-assembly of an electrical item of equipment hosted in a bigger system, which, if turned on unchecked, may impair the operation of the other items of equipment of the system. An embodiment includes three make/break switches... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090253372 - Electric field communication apparatus, electric field communication system, and method of controlling electric field communication apparatus: An electric field communication apparatus includes: a plurality of electric field communication antennas for carrying out electric field communication; a detecting unit that detects the electric field communication antenna in connected state where at least electric field communication may be carried out with an electric field communication antenna of another... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253373 - Enhanced sensitivity radio frequency front end circuit: An enhanced sensitivity radio frequency (RF) front end circuit includes a transformer configured to convert a balanced transmit signal to an unbalanced transmit signal and to convert a second filtered receive signal to a balanced receive signal. A switch in a first state receives the unbalanced transmit signal from the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20090253374 - Wireless communication system, wireless communication device, wireless communication method and program: A wireless communication device is provided with a first communication section for performing non-contact communication with another wireless communication device and receiving predetermined setting data from the other wireless communication device, a second communication section capable of establishing a wireless connection with the other wireless communication device, a control section... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253375 - Dual mode funk: The invention relates to the establishment of a radio link using at least two spatial modes (in other words at least horizontal and vertical or right and left circular modes) by means of corresponding antennae or a line link using at least three conductors and the use of at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090253376 - Method, apparatus and computer program for sensing spectrum in a cognitive radio environment: To find frequency slots over which a cognitive radio can send an opportunistic transmission, a wideband spectrum is searched with a lower resolution to identify bandwidth slices having low or no signal levels. The identified bandwidth slices are searched with a higher resolution and candidate frequency slices are selected as... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090253377 - Communication resource sharing via multiple systems: A method begins by monitoring a plurality of channels within a frequency spectrum for transmission patterns. For a given channel of the plurality of channels, the method continues by determining whether a transmission pattern exists and, when the transmission pattern exists, determining at least one likely communication protocol of a... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090253378 - Wireless communication terminal automatically controlling non-communication monitoring timer: The present invention provides with a terminal having a monitoring period changing function for changing the value (monitoring period) of a no-traffic monitoring timer of the terminal by feeding back the information on radio signal conditions, and a no-traffic monitoring function for changing the status of the call of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090253380 - Apparatus and method for beamforming in a multiantenna multiuser communication system: A method for beamforming by a transmission device in a multiantenna multiuser communication system. The method includes grouping codebook indexes included in a codebook into codebook index combinations, and calculating a sum of transmission rate for each of the codebook index combinations; selecting a codebook index combination with a maximum... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090253379 - Wireless data communications using low traffic channels of a frequency spectrum: Provided is a wireless communication device in a communication system that utilizes unused wireless channels for wireless communications. The wireless communication device determines whether a channel within a frequency spectrum is unused. When the channel is unused, the communication device generates a generic signal in accordance with a frequency spectrum... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090253381 - Method and system for greedy user group selection with range reduction for fdd multiuser mimo downlink transmission with finite-rate channel state information feedback: Aspects of a greedy search user group selection scheme with range reduction for FDD multiuser MIMO downlink transmission with finite-rate channel state information feedback are provided. The method may comprise receiving feedback information via a communication channel for a plurality of users in a frequency division duplex system. The system... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090253382 - Enhanced granularity operational parameters adjustment of components and modules in a multi-band, multi-standard communication device: Enhanced granularity operational parameters adjustment of components and modules in a multi-band, multi-standard communication device. For supporting two-way communications, a communication device includes receiver and transmitter modules. Each module includes various components that are configurable and/or programmable based on a protocol and band pair by which the communication device is... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090253383 - System and method for adapting a loop powered field instrument for use in a wireless network: A system and method are disclosed for adapting a loop powered wired field instrument for use in a wireless network of wireless field instruments without changing internal wiring of the loop powered wired field instrument. The invention comprises a wired to wireless adapter apparatus that connects to a wired field... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090253384 - Dual mode radio frequency front end circuit: A dual mode radio frequency (RF) front end circuit includes a first transformer for conversion between a balanced and an unbalanced RF signal and a second transformer for conversion between a balanced and an unbalanced RF signal. A first switch is configured to selectively electrically connect to one of the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20090253385 - System and method for adaptive antenna impedance matching: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatically adjusting antenna impedance match in a wireless transceiver employing phase-amplitude modulation. According to some embodiments of the invention, a wireless transceiver comprises a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit connected to the antenna by a transmit/receive duplexer. An electronically adjustable matching network is... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090253386 - Voltage-controlled oscillator (vco): The present invention relates to a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) and to use of the VCO in a high-temperature sensor transceiver. The VCO has a voltage input and a frequency of oscillation dependent on the voltage input. The VCO includes a transistor providing a gain allowing for a sustained oscillation. The... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090253387 - System and method for wireless communications: A system and method for wirelessly communicating using beamswitching is provided. A communications system includes a high-power signal cable coupled to a signal amplifier, a radio frequency circuit coupled to the high-power signal cable, and a control unit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The high-power signal cable conveys a... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090253388 - Rf adapter for field device with low voltage intrinsic safety clamping: An adapter for coupling to a process control transmitter of the type used to monitor a process variable in an industrial process includes a first connection configured to couple to a first side of a two wire process control loop, a second connection configured to couple to a second side... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090253389 - Efficient power amplifier: A technique for efficient power amplification includes providing multiple baseband signals to an amplifier. The signals may be converted to RF and combined through one or more impedance inverters.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090253390 - Wcdma transmit architecture: Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) transmit architecture. A baseband digital processing module operates cooperatively with an analog signal processing module to effectuate highly adjustable and highly accurate gain adjustment in accordance with transmitter processing within a communication device. The gain adjustment and/or gain control is partitioned between the digital and... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090253391 - Frequency planning for switching devices for multi-band broadcast radios: Systems and methods are disclosed that use multiple DC-DC (direct-current-to-direct-current) regulators and configurable DC-DC regulators with respect to multi-band audio receivers in order to allow for the use of different DC-DC regulator switching clock signals for different audio broadcast bands. The systems and methods disclosed thereby help to alleviate interference... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090253393 - Diversity tuned mobile set-top box: Mobile, diversity tuned set-top boxes. The mobile set-top boxes described herein comprise a housing, a demodulator having a plurality of tuning circuits, and an antenna having antenna elements. Each antenna element inputs modulated signal to the plurality of tuning circuits in a switched manner, and the antenna elements are reticulatable... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090253392 - Method for the optimization of channel scanning function in a telecommunication network for mobile terminals: A telecommunications network for mobile terminals, in particular a wireless LAN network, includes a plurality of network access points defining a network coverage area and each one associated with a respective transmission channel; at least one mobile terminal adapted to move inside the coverage area and configured for performing a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090253394 - 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.

20090253395 - Antenna input tuning circuit: There are provided a variable tuning filter 11 for selecting any of resistance elements by changing over a switch to cause a tuning frequency fF to be variable, and an oscillating circuit 12 constituted in the same manner as the variable tuning filter 11, and an oscillating frequency fL of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090253396 - Wireless communication apparatus: A wireless communication apparatus includes a local oscillator that generates a plurality of LO (Local Oschillation) signals corresponding to frequencies of a plurality of input RF (Radio Frequency) signals, an accumulator that accumulates the plurality of LO signals generated by the local oscillator to generate an accumulated signal, a mixer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253397 - Method and device for reducing undesirable electromagnetic radiation: The present invention is a method and device for reducing exposure to undesirable electromagnetic radiation. The dissipation device uses a varying angle antenna design to capture radiation from an active emission source, such as a cellular telephone when it is transmitting. The device converts the captured radiation into an electric... Agent: Etherton Law Group, LLC

20090253398 - Modulation and upconversion techniques: Techniques are disclosed for producing RF signals from baseband signals. For instance, an apparatus may include an intermediate frequency (IF) signal generation module, and an upconversion module. The IF signal generation module produces an analog IF signal from a digital baseband signal. In turn, the upconversion module generates a radio... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090253400 - Method and system of psap call back of in subscriber: A method and system for re-establishing a connection from a PSAP or 911 call center to a terminal of a 911 caller who has subscribed to IN services, for example, after a terminal of a 911 caller has been disconnected from the PSAP or 911 call center. If the call... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090253401 - Method of receiving a disaster warning message in mobile communication system: Disclosed is a method of receiving a warning message in wireless communication system. A terminal (UE) monitors a physical downlink control channel to receive a specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) that indicates an existence of the warning message, and the terminal receives the warning message through a control logical... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090253399 - Providing temporary callback number for emergency calls: A system, method, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for providing temporary callback number for emergency calls is disclosed. A determination is made as to whether a restriction is imposed on a mobile user for incoming calls. A temporary callback number for the mobile user is generated if the restriction... Agent: Michelle A. Zarinelli C/o West Corporation

20090253403 - Method and apparatus for supporting emergency calls (ecalls): Techniques for supporting eCalls are described. In an aspect, an eCall indicator may be used to indicate an eCall being established. In one design, a terminal may generate a message including an eCall indicator and may send the message to originate an eCall. The eCall indicator may indicate (i) whether... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090253402 - Systems for tracking kidnapped hostage tracking systems, transmitters used in the same, sensor network gateways used in the same, and methods of tracking kidnapped hostage: A system for tracking location of person having signal transmitter includes at least one receiver for receiving unique ID signal transmitted by signal transmitter that transmits ID signal uniquely determined for respective mobile signal transmitter at at least one predetermined period. The receiver receives unique ID signal near circumference of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090253404 - Systems and methods for messaging using a broadband connection: Systems and methods for sending and receiving text, or data, messages between wireless communication devices and wireline-messaging devices utilize a broadband connection to the wireline premises as the signaling channel. A message application server sends messages directly to wireline-messaging devices through a digital network, such as the Internet. Such systems... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20090253405 - Intelligent real time billing for messaging: Traditional systems and methods of billing for text messages for prepaid customers are improved by offering a service provider a series of features relating to intelligent and customized billing. These features include the ability to determine priority of messages sent for certain purposes such as SMS Voting, participating in contests,... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Moazzam Attn: Patent Docketing

20090253406 - System for mitigating the unauthorized use of a device: The invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting the loss, theft or unauthorized use of a device and/or altering the functionality of the device in response. In one embodiment, a device monitors its use, its local environment, and/or its operating context to determine that the device is no... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20090253407 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced voicemail services: A method for operating a mobile device to set a voicemail password directly from the mobile device includes providing the mobile device with a memory for storing a visual voicemail (VVM) application, an interface for receiving user input to the VVM application, and a transceiver for communication with a VVM... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Pk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090253411 - Authentication in a communication network: A mobile wireless terminal, the terminal comprising a generator configured to generate and store a first numerical chain comprising a series of n values using a one-way coding function such that a given value within the chain is easily obtainable from a subsequent value, but the subsequent value is not... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090253408 - Method for mitigating the unauthorized use of a device: The invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting the loss, theft or unauthorized use of a device and/or altering the functionality of the device in response. In one embodiment, a device monitors its use, its local environment, and/or its operating context to determine that the device is no... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20090253410 - Method for mitigating the unauthorized use of a device: The invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting the loss, theft or unauthorized use of a device and/or altering the functionality of the device in response. In one embodiment, a device monitors its use, its local environment, and/or its operating context to determine that the device is no... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20090253409 - Method of authenticating home operator for over-the-air provisioning of a wireless device: A method and apparatus is provided for authentication between a home network and a wireless device during device activation using a registration server as a trusted agent. The wireless device owner subscribes to the services of the home network and the home network registers as the service provider with the... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090253412 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced voicemail services: A method for managing accessibility to a visual voicemail (VVM) service from a mobile device includes detecting that a first SIM has been inserted into a slot interface of the mobile device and establishing a data session with a VVM system to create a first VVM account. The first VVM... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Pk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090253413 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced voicemail services: A method for managing incoming voicemail messages at a visual voicemail (VVM) system can include receiving a new voicemail message for a voicemail account associated with a mobile device, generating a deposit notification message at the VVM system in response to receiving the new voicemail message, sending the notification message... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Pk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090253416 - Method and system for providing user defined bundle in a mobile broadcast system: A method and mobile communication system for providing a user defined bundle in a terminal of a mobile broadcast system are provided. The method includes receiving a service guide from a BroadCAST (BCAST) Service Distribution/Adaptation (BSDA), creating a user defined bundle based on a content or a service desired by... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090253415 - Methods and apparatus for aggregation of guide and frequency map information for multiple frequency networks using upper-level single frequency network: Implementations relate to methods and apparatus for the aggregation of guide and frequency map information for multiple frequency networks (MFNs) using an upper-level single frequency network (SFN). A mobile device can provide a program guide displaying a listing of content scheduled for broadcast by a content server. An upper network... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090253414 - Systems and methods for deployment and sale of advanced calling features: Systems and methods for permitting a user to select applications for trial on the mobile handset for network services and for applications installed on the handset. An example method shows trial and expiration messages to the user and automates the installation and/or deletion of the trial software according to the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090253417 - Information processing system, communication terminal, information processing unit and program: There is provided an information processing system including a service provider unit, a communication terminal and an information processing unit. The communication terminal includes a terminal first communication section, a terminal second communication section to communicate with the information processing unit through a first communication channel, a terminal third communication... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090253418 - System for conference call and corresponding devices, method and program products: The present invention concerns a system for a conference call, which includes: at least one portable audio device (MEM2-MEMn) arranged in an common acoustic space (AS) which device (MEM2-MEMn) is equipped with audio components (LS2-LSn, MIC2-MICn) for inputting and outputting an audible sound and at least one communication module (22);... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090253419 - Method for redirecting text messages and mobile phone calls: The present disclosure is a method or redirecting text messages and mobile phone calls. The method for redirecting communication may receive a communication, detect a recipient's failure to receive communication, request to redirect communication and transfer communication to an alternate recipient.... Agent: Ibm Corporation (accsp) C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090253420 - Methods and systems for providing enhanced global local calling: Advanced call services are provided through the use of a mobile phone-resident application configured to automatically call a local number (i.e., one that will not incur long distance charges) of a SIP gateway upon receipt of a call having a recognized ANI. A calling party calls an automated service, provides... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090253421 - Local network management of femtocells: A system and method of minimizing signal interference within a wireless network is provided, wherein the wireless network includes a controller communicatively coupled to at least one femtocell, and the femtocell is operative to wirelessly transmit and receive data. A portable electronic device is used to collect signal environment data,... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090253422 - Method for reading dynamic system information blocks: In a wireless mobile communications system, a method of controlling or updating system information included in system information blocks (SIBs). The mobile communication system allows the network (i.e., RNC) to trigger the terminal (i.e., UE) to apply new timer values and information values independently of whether the UE has read... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090253423 - Means and method to monitor, collect, save, transmit and evaluate data relating to the use of electronic communication devices to control device use: An electronic communication device, such as a cellphone (including, but not limited to PDA's, I-PODs, BLACKBERRYs, PALMs), is programmed to use GPS, and/or a cell tower triangulation signal, collected data to monitor device motion, or lack of motion, for the purpose of controlling (e.g., stopping, starting, changing, adjusting) use of... Agent: Patricia M. Costanzo Pats Pending

20090253424 - Method and system for automatically configuring access control: A method for automatically configuring an access control point based upon the network resource requirements of an application. The installation of a new application on a mobile device or other user device is accompanied, before, during, or after installation, with the distribution of access control information. An access control point... Agent: Ridout & Maybee LLP

20090253425 - Method and system for reducing the radiation within cells of a cellular network: A system reduces the amount of RF radiation within a cell of a cellular network located in an urban area and servicing users of cellphones. The system includes dedicated access devices, each of which emulates a mini-base station of a cell and connected to a data network via an access... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090253426 - System and method for communication of multi-mode base stations: A system and method for communication of multi-mode base stations is provided. The multi-mode base stations are communicatively coupled to each other through a uniform interface unit that provides a basal physical transmission bearer and a uniform transmission protocol stack, namely uniform logic interface, for transmitting a higher layer application... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090253428 - Communications systems and methods for exchanging messages between users: A communications system exchanges messages between users. A messaging store stores the messages. A messaging server accesses and manages messages of the message store. A plurality of servers interface between the messaging server and different networks of the users. Processes employing dynamic mailboxes and for selectively retrieving messages are also... Agent: Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090253427 - Portable terminal device and a radio communication system management method for the portable terminal device: The portable terminal, in starting the communication with a radio communication system having a different communication regulation in a different country or area, first recognizes the position thereof, acquires the radio communication regulation information varied from one country or area to another, and sets the corresponding regulation information for radio... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090253430 - Base station controller and method for restricting access: In a base station controller for controlling the operation of a base station for executing call control which permits a connection in response to a connecting request from a radio terminal, when a stop instruction of the call control of the base station is received, the number of radio terminals... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090253429 - Scheduling apparatus and method in a distributed antenna system: A scheduling method in a distributed antenna system is provided. Each of a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs), respectively corresponding to each subchannel, are classified as a Single Transmission (ST) MS or a Cooperative Transmission (CT) MS according to a CT criterion. An MS with a maximum channel capacity is... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090253431 - Method, system and device for realizing user identity association: The present invention discloses a method for realizing user identity association, the method comprising: setting an equivalent behavior user identifier in a Home Subscription Server (HSS); associating IMS Public User Identities (IMPUs) with the equivalent behavior through the set equivalent behavior user identifier. The present invention also discloses a system... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090253432 - System and method for generating a blacklist for femtocells: Provided are systems and methods for generating a blacklist for femtocells. According to an embodiment of the application, a mobile device generates and maintains a femtocell blacklist including an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile device. Upon detecting a femtocell, the mobile device determines... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090253434 - Base station and method for reducing transfer delay: A disclosed base station for transferring, to a user terminal, a series of packet data received from a higher-level network, includes a determining unit configured to, when the user terminal is handed over to a handover destination base station due to movement of the user terminal, determine according to a... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20090253433 - Method and a device for transferring a flow of data by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device: d

20090253435 - Method for allocating communication resource in a terrestrial wireless communication system: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for allocating communication resources for communicating data in a terrestrial wireless communication system including a first set of radio transmitters, at least part of said radio transmitters being used by a coordination entity, and the method comprises: sending an inquiry from said... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090253436 - Method and arrangement for determination of the radio coverage in a multicell mobile radio system: A method for determination of a radio coverage and a method for positional determination of a mobile terminal in a multi-cellular mobile radio system in which the actual received field strength for several or all base stations is measured at a number of measuring points in differing locations. The measured... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090253439 - Method and system for carrying out a two way ranging procedure: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a Two Way Ranging, preferably a Symmetrical Double-Sided Two Way Ranging, between a blind node whose position is unknown and to be determined and at least one reference or mobile node whose position is known in order to determine the location... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20090253438 - Mobile station, system and method for use in wireless communications: A mobile station (101) for use in a wireless communication system includes a steerable antenna, means for obtaining location information relating to a current location of the mobile station and a steering controller for controlling a pointing direction of the steerable antenna using the location information and characterised in that... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090253437 - Positioning: A system, comprising: a first low power wireless transceiver; a second low power wireless transceiver configured to transmit a first positioning request to the first low power wireless transceiver over a low power wireless link; a cellular radio transceiver configured, in response to the first low power wireless transceiver receiving... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090253440 - Generic positioning protocol: In an aspect, a generic positioning protocol (GPP) may be used to support satellite-based positioning methods and terrestrial-based positioning methods for different access types. A tenninal may exchange a first GPP message with first information for a positioning method and an access type supported by GPP. The terminal may exchange... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090253441 - Accessing core network services: The present disclosure is directed to system and method for accessing core network services. In some implementations, a method can include receiving a communication from a femtocell identifying status information of a cellular mobile device. Instructions for accessing one or more core-network services are identified based, at least in part,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090253442 - Method and system for selecting time-and location-relevant advertisements: A method and system for selecting relevant advertisements on a mobile device for a user. The advertisements are selected, in part, based on a user's physical location and a local time. Other criteria may also be used, such as past behaviors, user preferences, currently viewed content, and other criteria. Furthermore,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090253443 - Method and apparatus for paging a mobile terminal in a wireless lan: An apparatus and a method for implementing a paging mechanism in a wireless LAN, for example, a wireless LAN according to the Hiperlan 2 Technical Specification, for allowing a base station, or an access point, to page a mobile terminal that is not connected with, or associated with, the access... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090253445 - Intelligent message mediator: An Intelligent Message Mediator (IMM) provides a system and method for the delivery of multiple types of messages, voice mail or otherwise, regardless of format, to subscribers of mobile communication platforms. Advantageously, an IMM is administered through a system that is operable to be retrofitted into existing mobile communication platforms.... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20090253446 - Method and device for providing a communication session: A method and device for providing a communication session with a plurality of users. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) transmitting an initiation message from the first terminal to the second terminal, the initiation message including a first address assigned to the first terminal, (2) dividing a display of... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Lsi Corporation

20090253444 - Method and system for data pushing: The present invention relates to a method and system for data pushing used in pushing data to be pushed from a server to a mobile terminal. The system comprises a server configured to, after learning there are data to be pushed in an information system, search for the phone number... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090253448 - Apparatus and method for automatically controlling interference in broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for automatically controlling interference in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. In the method, a BS receives an interference measurement information signal of one or more adjacent BSs. The BS analyzes the interference measurement information signal of the one or more adjacent BSs to obtain... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090253447 - Message-based approach for improved interference power estimation: A method of operating a base station comprising determining one or more time-frequency resources to be used for interference power estimation, generating a message indicating the one or more time-frequency resources to be used for interference power estimation, and transmitting the message to a subscriber station.... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090253449 - Interference management messaging involving termination of a request for reduction in interference: A set of nodes may communicate in a manner that is asynchronous with respect to the communication between other sets of nodes. To facilitate reservations of resources by different nodes, a node may transmit a message that requests neighboring nodes to limit their interfering transmissions on a given resource and... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090253452 - Mobile communication system, base station device, and interference wave judging method: A base station device (10) for carrying out radio communications with a mobile station device includes: a frequency channel assigning unit (12) for assigning multiple mutually different frequency channels to the mobile station device; a communication quality information acquiring unit (13) for acquiring communication quality information indicating communication quality for... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090253450 - Requested transmission of interference management messages: A set of nodes may communicate in a manner that is asynchronous with respect to the communication between other sets of nodes. To facilitate reservations of resources by different nodes, a node may transmit a message that requests neighboring nodes to limit their interfering transmissions on a given resource and... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090253451 - Robust wireless communication device: A wireless communication device includes a first receiver section and a second receiver section. The first receiver section receives a first probe signal from a first transceiver at time t1. The second receiver section receives a second probe signal from a second transceiver at time t2, wherein the first and... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090253453 - Method and system for controlling transmission power of a downlink signaling channel based on enhanced uplink transmission failure statistics: A method and system for controlling the transmission power of at least one downlink (DL) enhanced uplink (EU) signaling channel such that enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) DL signaling is delivered efficiently and reliably. The system includes at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one Node-B and a radio... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20090253457 - Audio signal processing for certification enhancement in a handheld wireless communications device: A handheld wireless communications device has an adjustable volume setting. The communications device also has an uplink audio processor and a downlink audio processor. One (or both) of the audio processors contains a noise suppressor. The noise suppressor attenuates its output signal in accordance with a delay parameter. The delay... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090253454 - Automatic changing mode of a communication device: A communication device records a current mode, which is an indication of how incoming communications and other alert events are to be processed. We provide a mode stack, which records modes that have been the current mode, with means for determining which one or more mode stack entries constitutes the... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20090253456 - Dual band receiver with control means for preventing signal overloading: A portable dual band receiver (D), intended for equipping a mobile equipment, comprises a first antenna (AN1), a second antenna (AN2), a two-states switching means (SW) connected to the first (AN1) and second (AN2) antennas and arranged to deliver either first signals comprised into a first band when it is... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090253455 - Method for automatically switching operation profiles on a mobile device and system thereof: A method for automatically switching operation profiles on a mobile device includes storing an operation profile database having a plurality of operation profiles; mapping a velocity range to each operation profile to thereby form a velocity and profile table; monitoring a velocity of the mobile device; and switching between the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090253458 - Intra-frequency and inter-frequency measurements in a radio communication system: In a method for wireless communication, a receiver receives a first signal at a first radio frequency and determines the reception level of the first signal. The receiver receives data during a reception level of the first signal at the first radio frequency. The receiver decides, based on the determined... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090253459 - Mobile communication terminal and method of controlling transmission characteristic thereof: A mobile communication terminal includes: a signal transmission section having a predetermined default value for a transmission characteristic; an antenna to be used at least by the signal transmission section; a separate circuit section sharing ground with the signal transmission section and the antenna, and being different from the signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253460 - Integrated circuit board with wireless circuitry: An IC Card comprises a first device, including a first processor and a first memory unit, to communicate with a handset, and a second device. The second device includes a second processor and a second memory unit, to communicate via a wireless communication with an electronic apparatus external to the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090253461 - Base station equipment: A base station equipment determines, based on a specified condition, whether or not a wireless terminal exists in the vicinity thereof, and then if it exists in the vicinity, the base station equipment transmits information indicating that the base station equipment is ready to communicate with the wireless terminal.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090253462 - Scaleable base station architecture: An exemplary base station device includes a plurality of antennas configured to serve a plurality of sectors. A plurality of radios are coupled with the antennas for processing signals communicated on the antennas. One of the radios is coupled with at least one antenna that serves one of the sectors.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C./alcatel-lucent

20090253463 - Mobile terminal and menu control method thereof: A mobile terminal including an input unit configured to receive an input to activate a voice recognition function on the mobile terminal and a memory configured to store multiple domains related to menus and operations of the mobile terminal. It further includes a controller configured to access a specific domain... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090253465 - Mobile communication device with a transition effect function: A mobile communication device includes a memory for storing a first frame image corresponding to a first menu and a second frame image corresponding to a second menu, a display unit coupled to the memory for displaying frame images, and a control unit coupled to the display unit for controlling... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090253464 - Mobile terminal, display method, display mode determining program, and computer-readable storage medium: m

20090253466 - In-vehicle handsfree apparatus: An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus connects a handsfree profile (HFP) with a cellular phone, and then connects a service discovery profile (SDF) with the cellular phone to thereby designate a compliance state of the cellular phone with respect to a phone book access profile (PBAP) as a PBAP compliance flag. Then,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090253467 - In-vehicle handsfree apparatus: While an in-vehicle handsfree apparatus establishes a connection of a handsfree profile (HFP) with a first cellular phone, an audio visual profile (AVP) connection with a second cellular phone is requested. In such a case, the handsfree apparatus once cuts the HFP connection with the first cellular phone, and then... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090253468 - Apparatus for position-dependent control: An apparatus for position-dependent control has a control unit, where the control unit takes the position of the apparatus as a basis for: a) controlling damping and/or echo cancellation for the apparatus, and/or b) switching a summit of the apparatus on or off or to a power saving mode, and/or... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090253469 - Managing demand on a battery of a mobile communications device: A method of managing demand on a battery (26) of a mobile communications device (10) served by a network which defines a requirement relating to the behaviour of the mobile communications device (10), the method comprising assessing the status of the battery (26) and adjusting the behaviour of the mobile... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090253470 - Control of user equipment discontinuous reception setting via mac lcid: The embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, devices, and systems adapted to enable an eNodeB to instruct a user equipment/device (UE) to adjust its current discontinuous reception (DRX) state, cycle level or cycle state, based on one or more reserved bit values of a MAC LCID.... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, PC

20090253472 - Case for a hand held device: A housing assembly for a mobile device includes a cover formed from optically transmissive material, and opaque material formed over a portion of the cover. The opaque material is arranged to define a display portion which is optically transmissive. The housing assembly further includes a frame sized to receive the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090253471 - Portable terminal device and case for the same: The present invention provides a portable terminal device, such as a portable telephone terminal device including a speaker sound hole in a case side and a main display portion in a case front, in which sound pressure of a terminal front direction can be increased. A sound generated from a... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090253473 - Wireless transceiver device and wireless headset: A wireless transceiver device includes a wireless transceiver unit, a signal transformer, an audio amplifier and a power supply device. The wireless transceiver unit is used for receiving and transmitting audio signals. The signal transformer is connected to the wireless transceiver unit and used for transforming the audio signals into... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee