An electronic communication device (100) is configured to automatically create reminders in a reminder application (206) in response to received communications, interruption events, or other occurrences. For example, when an interruption event is detected, a soft key (103,104) is configured with a reminder creation function. Upon actuation of the soft key (103,104) the reminder application (206) automatically creates a reminder by associating a communication type and a device identifier with the reminder. A user is then able to select the reminder from a list. At selection, an actuation application (208) launches an application corresponding to the communication type and initiates a communication with the device identifier.
A method for reducing howling in a half-duplex communication system containing radios is presented. Prior to receiving an audio signal transmitted from a sending radio to receiving radios in the half-duplex communication system, the sending radio emits a talk-permit tone from a speaker. If any receiving radios are sufficiently close to the sending radio, they receive the talk-permit tone on their microphones. In that event, those radios, detect whether the talk-permit tone exceeds a predetermined threshold, and if that result occurs, the volume of each detecting radio speaker is automatically limited to a maximum allowed volume.
A sensor enhanced communication device (200) is provided with a wake mode, a standby mode and sleep mode. The sleep mode is a periodic occurrence within the standby mode which places a cluster of sensors and transducers (202) into a state of arousal in which the sensitivity of the transducers and sensors is increased while the sampling rate is decreased. Incremental learning can occur during the sleep mode as well as basic memory transfers. Since the cluster does not have to re-acquire information upon entering wake mode, the overall power efficiency is improved.
A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting between connection of a mobile communication device to a macro cell or connection of the mobile communication device to one of a plurality of femto cells in a network. The method includes determining a mapping of locations of the femto cells within coverage range of the macro cell, determining whether network considerations indicate the mobile communications device should be connected to the macro cell or to one of the plurality of femto cells, and enabling connection of the mobile communications device to the macro cell or to one of the plurality of femto cells based on the network considerations and the mapping of locations of the femto cells.
A method for managing a packet in a communication system between two or more endpoints, a sender and one or more recipients, comprises receiving a first packet comprising a source identifier that uniquely identifies a sender of the first packet and a current source time assigned to the first packet by the sender, determining a received time for the first packet, retrieving a cached source time assigned by the sender to a second packet that was received prior to receiving the first packet, and determining whether to discard or process the first packet based on the current source time, the received time, and the cached source time. The current source time, the received time, and the cached time, in addition to predetermined parameters such as a maximum age and an anti-replay window allows a recipient to determine whether to process or discard a packet.
A communication device uses its FGU to generate a location signal that can be used by a reference device to calibrate the communication device and to determine the distance of the communication device from the reference device. The communication device: receives, from a reference device, at least one location signal control parameter that defines pulse shape characteristics for a location signal; configures its FGU based on the at least one location signal control parameter; generates a linear first part of a phase-incoherent location signal having the defined pulse shape characteristics by progressively sweeping an output of the FGU over a range of frequencies from a first frequency to a second frequency within a first time period; and transmits at least one iteration of the first part of the location signal.
Granting multiple communication paths for a single talkgroup call for interrupting a transmission or allowing a dispatch operator to listen to multiple units transmitting simultaneously on the same talkgroup call is disclosed. Upon a first unit being keyed, the controller assigns a first communication channel to a call, whereby the first unit begins transmitting using an inbound link of the first communication channel. If a second unit participating in the call is keyed during the call, the controller assigns a second communication channel to the call, and the second unit begins transmitting on the inbound link of the second communication channel. The call information for both transmissions from the first and second units may be simultaneously routed to dispatch consoles monitoring the call. If the controller determines that the first unit should be interrupted, the transmission from the second unit is broadcast by the base sites involved in the call.
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
A method to transmit a broadband multimedia resource locator using a narrowband communication system embeds the broadband multimedia resource locator into a narrowband audio stream and transmits the narrowband audio stream to one or more receiving communication devices over the narrowband communication system. The receiving communication device(s) subsequently extract the broadband multimedia resource locator from the narrowband audio stream and use the broadband multimedia resource locator to access a broadband communication system to retrieve multimedia content.
A method and apparatus for determining whether a device is suitable for operating at an incidence location enables effective deployment of devices in a wireless communication network. The method includes identifying a location of the device in the wireless communication network. Next, a state of charge of a battery of the device is identified based on data received from the device. A preference value of the device is then determined relative to an incidence location in the wireless communication network. The preference value is a function of the state of charge of the device and a distance between the location of the device and the incidence location. Finally, using the preference value, it is determined whether the device is suitable for operating at the incidence location.
A device uses a method for assigning a traffic channel in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving on a control channel a first message that includes a request for a traffic channel having a traffic channel structure; determining a delay in arrival of the first message; comparing the delay in arrival to a threshold value for the traffic channel structure; and when the delay in arrival exceeds the threshold value, assigning an available traffic channel in response to the request, wherein the traffic channel has a delay tolerance that exceeds the delay in arrival.
A method of adaptive beaconing includes operating a node within an ad hoc wireless communication network to calculate a probability P for an interval of time I; transmit a beacon when a uniformly distributed random number is less than the probability P; and wait for the interval of time "I" and repeat the calculate, transmit, and waiting operations when the uniformly distributed random number is greater than the probability P.
A method and device are useful for enabling a trust relationship using an expired public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate. The method includes determining at a relying party a maximum permissible grace period during which the PKI certificate can be conditionally granted a valid status (step 905). Next, at the relying party an uncertainty interval is determined, during which the relying party is unable to detect a revocation of the PKI certificate (step 910). A certificate grace period is then determined at the relying party from a function of the maximum permissible grace period, the uncertainty interval and at least one attribute defined in the PKI certificate (step 915). Using the PKI certificate, a trust relationship is then enabled between the relying party and a certificate holder of the PKI certificate, after determining the grace period and before an expiration of the grace period (step 920).
A method (400) and system (100) for a wireless multi-hopping communication system is provided, wherein the system (100) includes an access point (102), a source node (CR1), and a plurality of nodes. The source node (CR1) is in communication with the access point (102), and configured to transmit a signal on at least one of a plurality of frequencies. The plurality of nodes are in communication with the access point (102) and the source node (CR1), and configured to transmit a signal on at least one of the plurality of frequencies, wherein the source node (CR1) and the plurality of nodes are adapted to determine a routing path utilizing at least one intermediate node (CR2) of the plurality of nodes and a transmitting frequency of the plurality of frequencies while reducing interference to a primary user of the transmitting frequency.
H04W 40/12 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing based on transmission quality or channel quality
H04W 40/20 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing based on geographic position or location
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METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE USING A HIGHEST LEVEL OF A HIERARCHICAL TASK MODEL TO FACILITATE CORRELATING END USER INPUT WITH A CORRESPONDING MEANING
One receives input (101) from a given end user as pertains to a particular task to be executed and automatically accesses (102) a hierarchical task model as corresponds to a particular task to be executed by a given end user to thereby identify one or more presently un-executed agenda elements. One also automatically accesses (103) characterizing information for that given end user. (By one approach, for example, this characterizing information can comprise information regarding the given end user's knowledge.) This information regarding the un-executed agenda elements and the characterizing information are then used (104) to identify a highest hierarchical level within the hierarchical task model as corresponds to the given end user's wherewithal to successfully execute without also needing lower hierarchical level content within the hierarchical task model. This hierarchical level is then used (105) to facilitate correlating the input with a corresponding meaning.
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G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
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METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE USING A HIERARCHICAL TASK MODEL WITH RESPECT TO CORRESPONDING END USERS
One automatically accesses (101) a hierarchical task model as corresponds to a particular task to be executed by a given end user to thereby identify one or more presently un-executed agenda elements. One also automatically accesses (102) characterizing information for that given end user. (By one approach, for example, this characterizing information can comprise information regarding the given end user's knowledge.) This information regarding the un-executed agenda elements and the characterizing information are then used (103) to identify a highest hierarchical level within the hierarchical task model as corresponds to the given end user's wherewithal to successfully execute without also needing lower hierarchical level content within the hierarchical task model. The identified highest hierarchical level within the hierarchical task model is then used (104) to generate a presentation to present to the given end user to thereby facilitate execution of the particular task by the given end user.
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G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
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USER INTERFACE FOR A VEHICLE INSTALLED COMMUNICATION DEVICE
A radio communication device (100) for use in a public safety vehicle is provided with a user interface that combines tactile landmarks in the form of global tactile landmarks and local tactile landmarks along with affordances to orient a user's hand and fingers in conjunction with a sequential task flow interface) for mission critical tasks. Communication device (100) comprises a housing (102) having mission critical controls (116) comprising a pursuit dial (122) mounted on a circular platform (206) with siren controls (124) and light controls (126) grouped on either side of the platform. The mission critical controls (116) are laid out in a manner that provides a sequential user flow across escalating urgency. Ridges (208, 210), chamfered edges (402, 404) and edge reliefs (502) provide further affordances so that a user can intuitively position hand and fingers to locate various controls without having to visually focus on the communication device, thus allowing the user to focus on the current mission.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computerOutput arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
An RF transmitter (100) for transmitting a QAM signal includes a baseband signal generator (101) to produce a baseband modulation signal, a phase shifter (133) to apply a change in phase affecting the baseband signal or a signal derived from it or to mixed with such a signal, a phase shift controller (131) to apply a control signal to control the phase shifter, and an analyzer (126) to analyze the baseband signal to detect low signal periods when a parameter which is a function of amplitude of the signal is not greater than a threshold, the phase shift controller being operable to receive from the analyzer an indication of the low signal periods and to apply the control signal so that the change in phase is applied by the phase shifter only during a selected period when the affected signal has a low power corresponding to a low signal period of the baseband signal.
A system and method for managing call affiliation in a communication system having a plurality of communication units. When a public call announcement is initiated, a broadcast data message is transmitted to the communication units identifying a public announcement talkgroup for the call. Upon receiving the broadcast data message, each of the communication units waits a random amount of time before attempting to affiliate to the public announcement talkgroup. At the same time, each communication unit also monitors other messages on the control channel. Each communication unit joins the public announcement talkgroup upon the first of either (1) receiving an affiliation grant in response to an affiliation request transmitted by the communication unit, or (2) detecting an affiliation grant being transmitted to a different communication unit attempting to affiliate to the same talkgroup.
A node in a wireless communication system announces a channel switch operation to facilitate a smooth transition to other channel. The node detects a requirement to discontinue communications at a first channel and sends a message to a plurality of neighboring nodes in response to detecting the requirement. Generally, the message comprises at least a reason for discontinuation of communications at the first channel and a duration for the channel switch operation after which the node is available for communications at the first channel or an alternate channel. Each of the plurality of neighboring nodes can determine based on the message and the neighborhood conditions a requirement to scan alternate channels to initiate communications with other nodes.
Disclosed are methods, apparatus' and systems for enabling communication over wireless intermittently connected networks. A system includes at least one dispatch center for managing various communications of the intermittently connected network, a plurality of geographically separated nodes and a plurality of mobile terminals. The at least one mobile terminal is configured to provide a communication network to the plurality of geographically separated nodes for the transfer of information among the plurality of geographically separated nodes. The information is at least in part based upon the various communications managed and communicated to at least one mobile terminal by the at least one dispatch center, and comprises one or more of authentication parameters, security credentials, provisioning parameters, routing information, connection setup messages, services, messages, and diagnostics. Authentication between entities is completed, and in turn, provisioning is completed and capabilities and services are established prior to messaging commencing.
A device receives a signal and, prior to demodulating the signal determines whether carrier is present in the received signal based on the correlation depth of the received signal. The device determines (210) a plurality of values for the received signal that indicate the amount of correlation in the received signal and detects the presence of the carrier in the received signal as a function of the plurality of values. The plurality of values can include autocorrelation values and prediction coefficients, wherein the autocorrelation values are estimated based on an autocorrelation function derived for the received signal, and the prediction coefficients are generated using a prediction model that is derived as a function of the autocorrelation values. The prediction coefficients can be summed to generate (224) a decision statistic that is compared (228) to a detection threshold to detect the presence of the carrier.
A block encoder is operable to encode a target region of an image. The encoder encodes blocks from a target region of an image. The encoded blocks are stored in a scan order of the image. The encoded blocks are reordered into a scan order for the target region, and are output as an encoded image bit stream.
A method and apparatus for quieting multiple channels is provided herein. During operation, transmission activity on each channel is analyzed and a best band is identified. Once the band is chosen, a wideband transmitter is utilized to transmit simultaneous reservation messages on consecutive channels simultaneously. Because a wideband transmitter is used to transmit simultaneous reservation messages on multiple consecutive channels, the above procedure quickly quiets multiple channels while minimizing the reservation duration of all channels as a result of quieting the channels.
A method and apparatus for quieting multiple channels on unlicensed spectrum is provided herein. During operation, a cluster head (or centralized controller such as a base station) will listen to determine if channels exist without primary system traffic. A message will then be sent out by the cluster head quieting the channels. All secondary nodes in the cluster will transmit a CTS-to-self if they do not hear any traffic by any primary system node (which may be nodes out of range of the cluster head) on the channels, otherwise they send a NAK on channels not being used by the hidden nodes. If a NAK is received by the cluster head, the process repeats until no NAK has been received. After the primary system is quieted, a poll message is sent by the cluster head to nodes instructing them to send a CTS-to-Self message so that the spectrum is quieted for the period indicated in the message.
To perform a channel inspection (200), a wireless communication device: monitors (202) a common announcement channel (CACH) until detecting that a first set of identified parameters associated with a signal on a first channel matches a second set of known parameters for the first channel; performs (204) an inspection on the first channel to determine whether the signal is of interest; and when the signal is not of interest, marks (206) the first channel to prevent another inspection from being performed on the first channel until after the channel mark is removed. The communication device then leaves (208) the first channel and continues to monitor the CACH for a change in the first set of identified parameters or an indication of an idle first channel, wherein the communication device removes (210) the channel mark on the first channel.
A device detects (206, 222) a first signal on a channel that is one of a plurality of channels arranged in a first order on a list, with each channel being associated with a different site in a multi-site communication system. Upon detecting the first signal, the device attempts to measure and record signal strength of a signal at each channel on the list based on the first order beginning with the detected first signal (208, 210, 214, 216), and selects (221, 218, 220) as a home site the site associated with the channel having the signal with the highest recorded signal strength. The device rearranges (220) the channels on the list into a second order based on the recorded signal strengths with the home site channel at the top. If necessary, the radio attempts to awaken its repeaters one after another based on the second order until a repeater is found to transmit a signal.
A device for use with a frame generating portion that is arranged to receive picture data corresponding to a plurality of pictures and to generate encoded video data for transmission across a transmission channel having an available bandwidth. The frame generating portion can generate a frame for each of the plurality of pictures to create a plurality of frames. The encoded video data is based on the received picture data. The device includes a distortion estimating portion and inclusion determining portion and an extracting portion. The distortion estimating portion can estimate a distortion. The inclusion determining portion can establish an inclusion boundary based on the estimated distortion. The extracting portion can extract a frame from the plurality of frames based on the inclusion boundary.
A technique for a secondary communication system to utilize spectrum designated to another (or primary) communication system is provided. By ranking a plurality of secondary base stations based on base station transmit power, calculated required transmit power and path loss, a set of criteria is developed for selecting a highest ranked secondary base station for operation within a primary's spectrum. The ranking may be adapted based on mobility of the secondary's subscriber; and as such the secondary system communicates within the primary's spectrum using the adaptively ranked base stations. Channel selection may also be ranked. The technique and apparatus allows a cognitive radio (CR) network to operate within an incumbent network's spectrum.
A method and apparatus for external organization (EO) path length (EOPL) validation are provided. A relying party node (RPN) stores a current EO path length constraint (EOPLC) value, and an EOPL counter that maintains a count of an actual external organization path length. The RPN obtains a chain of certificates that link a subject node (SN) to its trust anchor, and processes the certificates in the chain. When a certificate has a lower EOPLC than the current EOPLC value, the RPN replaces the current EOPLC value with the lower EOPLC. When the certificate currently being evaluated includes an enabled EO flag, the RPN increments the EOPL counter by one. The EOPL validation fails when the EOPL counter is greater than the current EOPLC value, and is successful when the last remaining certificate in the chain is processed without having the EOPL counter exceed the current EOPLC value.
A method and apparatus for accounting for responders at a site, includes obtaining a first RFID from a scanning of a responder radio performed in a vicinity of the site; determining, by using the first RFID, a responder identity from a RFID database that associates each one of a plurality of responder identities to a corresponding responder radio RFID; adding at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID to an active responder database for the site; initiating an acknowledgement to the responder radio; obtaining a second RFID as a result of a second scanning; and removing the responder identity from the active responder database when the second RFID matches the first RFID.
G08B 25/10 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using wireless transmission systems
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING FAST GROUP COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS IN A PEER-TO-PEER WIDE AREA NETWORK
A method of operating a peer to facilitate fast group communication between subscribers in a peer-to-peer wide area network is disclosed. In the peer-to-peer wide area network, each of the subscribers are affiliated to a talkgroup, and further registered to at least one peer within the peer-to-peer wide area network. In operation, the peer exchanges messages with other peers to determine that one or more peers listed in a talkgroup topology is still active. When the peer receives a media for a talkgroup from a subscriber affiliated to the talkgroup, the peer duplicates the media for the talkgroup, and unicasts the duplicate media to the one or more peers that are listed as active in the talkgroup topology to enable the one or more peers to deliver the media to the respectively registered subscribers affiliated to the talkgroup.
Method and apparatus are disclosed for synchronizing multimedia in asynchronous networks. In this invention, clock domains are first reduced to separate hardware clock correction circuits at the separate endpoints of an asynchronous network. At each end of the network node, the controllable input device such as a video device is synchronized to the non-controllable output device such as a set top box to prevent unknown or poor-quality alterations by the output device. Output device timestamp packets are regularly sent to the input device, which then adjusts its clock accordingly. The exchange of packets between input devices over the asynchronous network is then subjected to a software-based scheme to effectively synchronize these devices.
A device and method of modifying an image containing a foreground and an original or substitute background are disclosed. Boundary pixels contain only the original background or the original background and the foreground. The original background is replaced by a predetermined or random color or by a color corresponding to the substitute background. The entire boundary pixel can be replaced by the replacement color. Alternatively, the ratio of the foreground to the original background can be estimated from the neighboring pixels and only the original background replaced by the replacement color. Once some or all of the boundary pixels are replaced, the image can be transmitted or otherwise transferred to other devices or viewers. Some or all of the images in a video can be modified.
A method and device for confirming authenticity of a public key infrastructure (PKI) transaction event between a relying node and a subject node in a communication network enables improved network security. According to some embodiments, the method includes establishing at a PKI event logging (PEL) server a process to achieve secure communications with the relying node (step 705). Next, the PEL server processes reported PKI transaction event data received from the relying node (step 710). The reported PKI transaction event data describe the PKI transaction event between the relying node and the subject node. The reported PKI transaction event data are then transmitted from the PEL server to the subject node (step 715). The subject node can thus compare the reported PKI transaction event data with corresponding local PKI transaction event data to confirm the authenticity of the PKI transaction event.
Methods of automatically populating a secure group list in a key variable loader and of providing keys to a secure group are presented. After a user selects a secure group and encryption algorithm using inputs of the loader, the loader provides a group identifier and corresponding key for the group. The group identifier, encryption algorithm, and key are transmitted to a portable communication device over a physical connection between the two while a device identifier of the communication device is transmitted concurrently to the loader. The key variable loader automatically populates a stored list of subscribers of the group with the device identifier. When it is desired to transmit a new key to all of or fewer than all of the subscribers, one of the subscribers is connected with the loader and used to wirelessly transmit a new key to the remaining subscribers.
H04W 12/04 - Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
H04L 9/16 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols using a plurality of keys or algorithms the keys or algorithms being changed during operation
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METHOD OF PROVIDING A MIXED GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSION
A method of providing a mixed group communication session for a mixed group containing protected users and a guest user is provided. The method uses a secure server to assign temporary Identities (IDs) to the protected users. The secure server forms a mixed group session containing desired participants from among the protected users and the guest user. The secure server provides limited group rights to the guest user in the mixed group session. During the mixed group session, the secure server uses the permanent IDs of the protected users towards other protected users and temporary IDs of the permanent users towards the guest user. Also provided is a method for providing a mixed group communication session for a mixed group containing protected users and a guest user, wherein temporary IDs are assigned to protected users and the guest user.
A technique for spectrum sensing management and control for a secondary communication system seeking to utilize another communication system's spectrum is provided (600). Sensor control data is sent from a base station to subscriber units (604). Sensing measurements are taken and sent back to the base station for ranking (608) as sensed feedback information. Comparisons of the sensed feedback information are made to each other and to thresholds aligned with the types of measurements taken (610). An initial ranked channel list is generated (612). Weighting of the initial ranking list and secondary ranking list is followed by re-ranking the channels according to the weighting into a final ranking list (612). The final ranking list is transmitted to the mobile units to enable operation within the other communication system's spectrum within interfering with that system (614). The weighting is based on the type of sensing measurement taken as opposed to the channel.
A main sealing system (500) for use in an electronic device comprises a first half housing (501) and a second half housing (516) such that a sympathetic seal (525) is attached integrally with the first half housing (501). The second half housing (516) comprises an integrally formed compression surface (511) for biasing the sympathetic seal (525) in an outwardly manner to prevent fluid from entering a cavity (618) formed when the first half housing (501) and second half housing (516) are joined to form an enclosure for the electronic device.
The present disclosure provides an efficient and effective method for allocating provisional PUIDs and PGIDs to subscriber units and groups during a failure, such that when the communication system recovers, there is a decrease in or elimination of the number of dropped or missed communications. The present disclosure reserves a range of provisional PUIDs and PGIDs for resource controllers operating in a region of system failure to assign when subscriber units roam into the region of failure in the communication system. The present disclosure addresses creating PUID and PGID ranges for resource controllers to assign to roaming subscriber units in order to allow for assignment of PUIDs and PGIDs during periods of subsystem isolation and site trunking, i.e., when the particular site or subsystem cannot communicate with the rest of the communication system. The present disclosure also addresses recovering from these situations, re-registration, and reallocation of PUIDs and PGIDs.
A method provides for identifying short radar signals in presence of interfering signals from various sources applicable to U-NII devices. The method includes collecting a set of information about received interfering signals until the End-Of-Burst (EOB) condition is identified. When the EOB is identified, the set information about the received train of interfering signals is processed. The algorithm selects the time interval between two pulses as a possible Pulse Repetition Interval (PRI) and checks if the same time interval or a multiple of it can be found between other pulses in the collected set, with some small acceptable error. Pulses matching the criteria are considered as potential radar pulses. When at least one pulse has been identified as a potential radar pulse for a number of times larger than a predefined limit, it is concluded that that pulse has been generated by a radar installation.
Touch sensors with one or more piezoelectric elements and devices containing such touch sensors are presented. The touch sensor contains keys that are independently actuated. Contact with a key provides tactile feedback through the piezoelectric element to the user. Each key provides an individual tactile feedback pattern that is dependent on the particular key contacted as well as the function of the key at the time of contact. Actuation of the key provides a different tactile feedback pattern. The piezoelectric element is bonded directly to a printed circuit board, on which electronic components are also mounted.
A method for indicating availability of outbound RF resources (ORFRs) of peer base stations is provided that uses peer busy indicator (PBI) messages transmitted from one peer base station to other peer base stations.
A method of encrypting a unique cryptographic entity (UCE), where a client device receives a global-key (GK-) encrypted UKD comprising a GK-encrypted UCE and a GK-encrypted unit key number (UKN). The client device verifies that the GK-encrypted UKN is the same as a pre-provisioned value and then decrypts the GK-encrypted UKD using a global key (GK). The client device then re-encrypts the decrypted UKD using a device user key (DUK) to determine a DUK-encrypted UCE and a DUK-encrypted UKN. The DUK-encrypted UKN is verified as not equal to the GK-encrypted UKN. The DUK-encrypted UKN is then appended to the DUK-encrypted UCE to form a DUK-encrypted UKD and stored in a memory.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
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METHOD FOR PROXIMITY DETECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
A method for proximity detection in a wireless communication network. A node attempts to determine the proximity of the closest neighboring node by transmitting a ranging request. Other nodes respond, and the first node to receive and respond to the request will have the shortest response time and thus will be the closest node. Exact ranges can be determined by applying Time-Of-Arrival (TOA) techniques to node response times. To further avoid collisions, one or more frames of the response messages can be same, making the multiple responses appear as multi-path. The group of responders can be narrowed and individual groups probed in a search pattern until the single nearest node is known or range of the nearest node is known. The ranging node may then use ordinary unicast mechanisms to probe this node, or begin scanning the groups again, or interleave the two mechanisms as desired.
H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING LOAD IMPEDANCE OF A DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER
The application discloses a method and apparatus for adjusting internal load impedances, by section, at feed points present on a distributed amplifier's output transmission line. The method includes determining a summing-point load impedance (Zx) at an off-chip output transmission line of the distributed amplifier. The method further includes determining a driving-point load impedance (Zd) at an output of an on-chip power transistor. The driving-point load impedance diverges and disperses over frequency from that summing-point load impedance due to reactance of at least one on-chip component coupled to the output of the on-chip power transistor. The method then includes determining and providing an offset to summing-point load impedance (Zx) based on the driving-point load impedance (Zd) such that the driving-point load impedance (Zd) converges to the summing-point load impedance (Zx) of that distributed amplifier section.
A method for transmitting packets in a wireless communication network includes taking into consideration an antenna mode prior to transmission. The method includes determining a transmit antenna mode for a transmission between the node and at least one other node; when the transmit antenna mode is omni-directional, broadcasting a transmission schedule for the transmission omni-directionally; and when the transmit antenna is beamforming directional, broadcasting a transmission schedule for the transmission directionally on one or more transmitter beams. The method optionally can also take into consideration an antenna mode of a receive antenna between the node.
A method and system for collecting new and undefined context from a device is provided. The method includes sending a context collection request generated at a server (102). The request is received at a device (104). The device (104) will determine the definition of the context to be collected, the requirement for context collection and the condition for collecting the context. The device (104) invokes services on itself or on a secondary device on the basis of the definition and condition specified in the context collection request. The requested context is derived based on response from the invoked services. The collected context will be sent to the server (102) as a context collection response.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
G06F 9/00 - Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
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SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SILANE TREATED INTERFACE
A semiconductor device made on a polymer substrate (10) using graphic arts printing technology uses a printable organic semiconductor. An electrode (14) is situated on the substrate (10), and a dielectric layer (20) is situated over the electrode (14). Another electrode(s) (25, 26) is situated on the dielectric layer (20). The exposed surfaces of the dielectric (20) and the top electrode (25, 26) are treated with a reactive silane to alter the surface of the electrode (25, 26) and the dielectric (20) sufficiently to allow an overlying organic semiconductor layer to have good adhesion to both the electrode (25, 26) and the dielectric (20). In various embodiments, the electrodes (14, 25, 26) may be printed, and the dielectric layer (20) may also be printed.
H01L 51/10 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier - Details of devices
H01L 51/40 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices or of parts thereof
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING OF A BEARER PATH IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
A communication system (100) routes a bearer path of a communication session between an originating Node B (112) and a terminating Node B (e.g., Node B 122) via an X2 interface (116), bypassing an IMS core network (152), while continuing to route the signaling path to an IMS network (150), thereby allowing the IMS network to retain control of the bearer path while avoiding delay, potential for bearer stream data loss and jitter, and additional backhaul capacity requirements that result from routing the bearer path between the originating and terminating Node Bs via the IMS core network. In determining whether the bearer path may bypass the IMS core network, the communication system determines whether IMS core network bearer associated services are required for the communication session such that a bearer path of the call will need to be routed to the IMS core network in order to provide such services.
H04W 36/28 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by agreed or negotiated communication parameters involving a plurality of connections, e.g. multi-call or multi-bearer connections
H04W 40/24 - Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
H04W 80/04 - Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
Disclosed are methods including a new optimization criterion, Maximum Mesh Coverage (MMC) for a channel selection process during the formation of ad hoc networks. By using MMC, the intelligent access point (IAP) will select a channel to connect as many mesh nodes as possible in addition to meeting the interference minimization requirement. During mesh formation, the channel interference information for a node is first scanned by the node and then broadcast in its available channels. An iteration procedure for meshing network formation allows the IAP to gradually obtain the global channel interference information and broadcast the same so that a maximum number of n-hop nodes communicate on the same frequency channel. If a channel change is required to accommodate the channel interference status of candidate nodes, a channel change message will be broadcast to better achieve the large coverage advantage of a multi-hop configuration.
A method and apparatus is provided for communicating a group message packet among wireless communication devices (WCDs) over a wide area communication network that includes a first infrastructure device (ID), a second ID and a third ID. A first communication connection is established between an envoy packet duplicator module (EPDM) that is in communication range of a source wireless communication device (WCD) and a first envoy module implemented at the first ID that is in communication range of a first destination WCD. The EPDM is implemented at the third ID. The source WCD communicates a group message packet from the source WCD to a third envoy module implemented at the third ID, which forwards the group message packet to the EPDM. The EPDM generates a first copy of the group message packet destined for the first destination WCD, and communicates the first copy of the group message packet to the first envoy module.
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
A mechanism for secure communication is provided, wherein a user can get authenticated by solving a captcha on a secure system. The user browser has knowledge of a unique combination between various image objects possible in the captcha and its mapping to various sub-parts of an authentic website public-key. The user solves the captcha, and the browser plugin does the rest of the part of validation of authentic website identity, as well as responding to a challenge of returning the next object.
A method and device for distributing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate path data enables relying nodes to efficiently authenticate other nodes in an autonomous ad-hoc network. The method includes compiling, at a certificate path management unit (CPMU), the PKI certificate path data (step 405). One or more available certificate paths are then determined at the CPMU for at least one relying node (step 410). Next, the PKI certificate path data are distributed by transmitting a certificate path data message from the CPMU to the at least one relying node (step 415). The certificate path data message includes information identifying one or more trusted certification authorities associated with the one or more available certificate paths.
A method for measuring the time of arrival of radio signals within a network comprises receiving the received signals including at least a first pseudorandom code and a second pseudorandom code from at least one other node; identifying a frequency difference between the node and the other node using a phase difference between each of a maximum value of a cross-correlation provided by the first pseudorandom code and the second pseudorandom code; applying the frequency difference to the reception of the received signal; and calculating the time of arrival of the received signal comprising a time, measured with a local clock, when the cross-correlation has achieved the maximum value.
G01S 3/808 - Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using transducers spaced apart and measuring phase or time difference between signals therefrom, i.e. path-difference systems
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
55.
ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION PATHWAYS BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICES IN A GROUP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK
A method and apparatus is provided for establishing communication pathways between infrastructure devices in a wide area communication network prior to transmission of a group message packet by a source wireless communication device (WCD). In one implementation, the infrastructure devices (IDs) can include a home ID of the source WCD, a first ID and a second ID. A home steward module (HSM) of the source WCD generates a distribution list (DL) for communications from the source WCD to a first communication group (CG), and communicates it to an envoy packet duplicator module (EPDM) located at the first ID. The first CG includes, for example, a first destination WCD. A first network socket of the EPDM is communicated from the HSM to a second envoy module (located at the second ID) for the first destination WCD. The HSM maps a second network socket for the second envoy module to an identifier of the first destination WCD, and communicates this mapping to the EPDM. A first communication connection can then be established between the first network socket and the second network socket.
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
A process for forming a laminate with capacitance and the laminate formed thereby. The process includes the steps of providing a substrate and laminating a conductive foil on the substrate wherein the foil has a dielectric. A conductive layer is formed on the dielectric. The conductive foil is treated to electrically isolate a region of conductive foil containing the conductive layer from additional conductive foil. A cathodic conductive couple is made between the conductive layer and a cathode trace and an anodic conductive couple is made between the conductive foil and an anode trace.
H01G 4/40 - Structural combinations of fixed capacitors with other electric elements not covered by this subclass, the structure mainly consisting of a capacitor, e.g. RC combinations
The application discloses a method and apparatus for reducing peak current variation in a radio. The method includes monitoring (202) output power of a power amplifier (106) and determining (204) that the output power of the power amplifier is above a predefined threshold. The method then includes controlling (206) input power of the power amplifier (106) so that the output power is reduced below the predefined threshold. The method further includes isolating the power amplifier (106) from receiving signals reflected from an antenna (112) such that the output power is maintained below the predefined threshold. The method then includes effecting (208) amplification of a radio frequency signal at the maintained output power in the linear region of operation such that the radio frequency signal is amplified with reduced peak current variation.
A device including a battery, a wireless transceiver, and a battery cover. The battery cover is adapted to retain the battery in a desired position. The battery cover is further adapted to act as a first antenna in communication with the wireless transceiver for sending and receiving signals in a first frequency band.
A wireless communication device acquires membership (702) in a predefined group, joins (704) an ad hoc network associated with the predefined group, and joins and participates (706) in a first session established through an infrastructure device for distributing media to the predefined group. If (710) the wireless communication device is a duplicator node for the ad hoc network, then it receives (708) the media from the infrastructure device and distributes (712) the media other nodes of the ad hoc network, otherwise it receives (708) the media from the duplicator node. The infrastructure device identifies the duplicator node for each ad hoc network associated with the predefined group and each member of the predefined group that is not a node of any of the ad hoc networks and distributes the media only to these members of the predefined group.
A method for priority-based admission control in a network, comprises receiving an admission request for transmitting an information flow to a network through a communication channel and determining an admissible region within a range of a channel data rate of a communication channel for an information flow in response to a priority of the information flow. The admissible region is one of a plurality of admissible regions within the channel data rate range that correspond to different ones of a plurality of priorities of information flow, respectively, and each of the plurality of admissible regions within the channel data rate range is useable for transmitting information flow with a respective one of the plurality of priorities.
The present invention is a system for optimizing delivery of a content item (110) from a content distribution network (120) to a display device (130), where the content distribution network (120) includes transcoding resources to convert the content item (110) from a first format to a second format. A computing device receives a request to deliver the content item (110) to the display device (305). The system selects, from the transcoding resources, an optimized transcoding resource (335) based on an evaluation of metadata that describes the content item (310), a preferred technique for transcoding the content item (315), a state of the content distribution network (320), a predicted behavior for the user (325), and metadata that describes the display device (330). The system reserves the selected transcoding resource (340), and delivers the content item (110) to the display device (130) on a media stream that utilizes the selected transcoding resource.
H04W 4/18 - Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
H04W 28/06 - Optimising, e.g. header compression, information sizing
62.
METHOD FOR PEER TO PEER SUBSCRIBER REGISTRATION AND AFFILIATION
A method for subscriber registration and affiliation in a peer to peer wide area network is provided. The peer to peer wide area network includes at least one Subscriber and a plurality of Peers. The method includes: communicating a registration and affiliation message including a Subscriber Registration Affiliation Index from a Subscriber to a Peer of the plurality of Peers; routing a registration and affiliation update message including a Peer Registration Affiliation Index equal to the received Subscriber Registration Affiliation Index from the Peer to other Peers of the plurality of Peers; comparing the received Peer Registration Affiliation Index with one or more other received Peer Registration Affiliation Indexes by each of the plurality of Peers; and selecting by each of the plurality of Peers a Peer Registration Affiliation for the Subscriber corresponding to a highest value Peer Registration Affiliation Index.
The application discloses a method and apparatus for optimizing mobility of a mobile device in the wireless communication system. The method includes receiving (302) a plurality of mobility area descriptors from an external device, and configuring (304) the received plurality of mobility area descriptors in the mobile device. The method then determines (306) a current location of the mobile device (110), and selects (308) a mobility area descriptor among the plurality of mobility area descriptors based on the current location of the mobile device (110). The mobility area descriptor is associated with a geographical area (112) in the communication system. The method then finally optimizes the optimizing (310) the mobility of the mobile device (110) based on the selected mobility area descriptor.
Efficient frequency spectrum sharing between at least one incumbent communication system(s) (102, 104) and at least one cognitive radio (CR) system (106, 108) is provided. The CR unit includes OFDM detection (216) for detecting the presence of OFDM signals which indicate the presence of an incumbent communication system within the shared spectrum. The CR system (106) updates channel occupancy information in response to the detected OFDM signals so as not to interfere with the incumbent communication systems (102, 104).
The application discloses a method and apparatus for advertising a spectrum in a wireless communication system. The method includes obtaining an address of a broker device authorized to negotiate access to the spectrum, and sending an inquiry message to the broker device for negotiating access to at least a portion of the spectrum. The method then includes receiving an agreement message including an advertisement text from the broker device when the first user device agrees to negotiating terms associated with the broker device. The advertisement text includes information related to the portion of the spectrum and the broker device. The method further includes transmitting a packet including the advertisement text to at least one other user device such that the at least one other user device communicates with the broker device for allocation of the portion of the spectrum.
A communication system (100) including a first call processor (101), a second call processor (102) operable to serve as a backup to the first call processor in the event of a failure condition of the first call processor, and a third call processor (103) operable to communicate with the first call processor to establish a call on behalf of a client terminal served by the third call processor, wherein the second call processor is operable to receive from the third call processor status information indicating whether the first call processor is alive and the second call processor is operable to use the status information from the third call processor to deduce whether the first call processor is alive. Also described is a method of operation (200, 300) and a call processor (101, 102) for use in the system (100).
A method, apparatus and system for performing over-the-air calibration routines in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. An antenna array (116) of a transceiver (118), (e.g., transceiver of a base station) (110) comprises a reconfigurable antenna (230 REF) having two switchable configuration states. The antenna exhibits different degrees of electromagnetic coupling to other antennas (230 1,..., 230 M) of the array in a first state than in a second state. The reference antenna (230 REF) is switched to the first state for performing uplink/downlink calibrating transmissions and switched to the second state during uplink and downlink communications or channel sounding calibrating transmissions.
H01Q 3/26 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elementsArrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
A number of uplink transmissions from multiple remote devices (102, 104, 106) is received. The remote devices correspond to a single network node (112), and each of the uplink transmissions corresponds to a request for content. A subset of remote devices whose uplink transmissions correspond to requests for common content is identified and a Quality of Service (QoS) level corresponding to the number of remote devices in the identified subset is determined. The common content is transmitted to the single network node at the determined QoS level.
H04W 72/08 - Wireless resource allocation based on quality criteria
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
A system, method, and information processing system manage a network. At least one contract including one or more components is received at a network that uses a component based architecture. A first operation (422) in the set of operations associated with the contract (114) is mapped to a policy rule event (424) associated with at least one policy rule (116). A second operation (426) in the set of operations associated with the contract (114) is mapped to at least one policy rule condition (428) associated with the policy rule (116). A third operation (430) in the set of operations associated with the contract (116) is mapped to a policy rule action (432) associated with the policy rule (116). A fourth operation (440) in the set of operations associated with the contract (116) is mapped to a policy rule condition (442) associated with the other policy rule (420).
Described are methods and devices for identifying a group that include various methods to determine a group. Also described are devices and methods for attempting communication with a missing member (114) of the group include different manners in which to determine information related to an entry of a group. The described devices and methods may be particularly beneficial at the particular time the certain group members (102, 106, 108) plan to be or are in communication (104) with one another. In this way, in the event that two or more entries (102, 106, 108) of a group planned to be in communication or are in communication (104) in-real time, in accordance with the disclosed devices and methods, the parties (102, 106, 108) may be able to bring one or more other entries (114) of the group into the communication (104) as needed or desired.
H04M 1/2745 - Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
Portable battery operated electronic devices often use a "sleep mode" for energy conservation. A key feature introduced in the IEEE 802 standard ensures power-efficient operation of these battery operated mobile devices. However, the standard fails to define what will trigger a device into the sleep mode while other systems define "waiting time threshold" as a time for which a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) waits before entering into sleep mode which has a constant duration. An embodiment of the present invention uses a unique method (1500) and algorithm for optimizing waiting time threshold (1509) according to traffic arrival pattern for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) data packets. This leads to significant reduction in energy consumption with little increase in average waiting delay and acceptable end- to-end delay for non real time traffic.
Disclosed is a "light weight" protocol used to coordinate shared copies of a data element (106). A central repository (102) holds a master copy of the data element (106). Applications (104a, 104b, 104c) "subscribe" (200) to the data element (106) (or to an aspect (108) of it) by sending a message to the central repository (102). Whenever the data element (106) (or aspect (108)) is changed, applications (104a, 104b, 104c) that have subscribed to the data element (106) (or aspect (108)) are notified (204) of the change. When an application (104a, 104b, 104c) wishes to change the value of a subscribed aspect (108), it sends (210) an update request to the central repository (102). The central repository (102) changes (306) the master copy of the data aspect (108) to the requested value and then informs (306) all subscribed applications (104a, 104b, 104c) of the new data value. If two applications (104a, 104b) both wish to change the value of the same data aspect (108), they send (210) their update requests, and the central repository (102) processes (306) them in the order in which they are received.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
G06F 15/00 - Digital computers in generalData processing equipment in general
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NON-3GPP ACCESS TO 3GPP ACCESS INTER-RAT HANDOVER WITH RESOURCE PREPARATION
A pre-registration phase (800) and a resource preparation phase (900) reduce latency when a user equipment (UE) (210) hands over from a non-3GPP radio access (220) such as WiMAX to an 3GPP radio access network (230) such as E-UTRAN. During a pre-registration phase (800), a Forward Attachment Function (260) receives a pre-attach request message (833) and creates (860) a 3GPP mobility management context for the UE (210) that is valid for E-UTRAN access. During a resource preparation phase (900), the mobility management context is transferred to a mobility management entity (MME) (240) and radio and transport resources are reserved for the UE (210) at the target E-UTRAN cell (230). When a handover is initiated (910) by either the UE or the non-3GPP network, the time-consuming authentication and authorization procedures that are performed during the process of pre- registration can be skipped. Additionally, radio and transport resources have already been assigned to the UE and thus do not have to be set-up when the handover executes.
A wireless communication device (200) and method (300) adapted to prolong the useful life of an energy storage device is disclosed. In its simplest form, it can include: detecting (310) a first threshold of an energy conversion module comprising at least one of a temperature threshold, oxygen threshold, voltage, a current threshold, a power threshold and moisture threshold; sensing (320) a temperature in proximity to a thermal module comprising at least one of a fuel tank, an electronic computing module, and a housing; and generating (330) an air stream based on the detected first threshold (310) and the sensed temperature (320). The device (200) and method (300) can automatically and dynamically manage, for example, temperature, oxygen and/or moisture of an energy storage module, to maintain the energy storage module within desired specifications and tolerances. This can help to prolong the useful life of the energy storage module and its components and help to maintain a maximum recharging capacity.
A method (300, 400) and a communication system (104, 106, 200) for dynamic RF spectrum allocation among a plurality of RF transmitters (108, 110, 112). A message can be received from a first communication system. The message can include a request (130) for available RF spectrum over which to transmit RF signals. The message can indicate a geographic location of a first non-incumbent transmitter (112) associated with the first communication system. Further, for the RF spectrum, a maximum power level can be determined at which the first non-incumbent transmitter may transmit without exceeding a threshold level of interference at least one focal point (134). A RF spectrum list (138) identifying at least the RF spectrum and the determined maximum power level can be communicated to the first communication system.
A device and method of background substitution are disclosed. One or more cameras in a mobile device obtain a depth image. A processor in or external to the device segments the foreground from the background of the image. The original background is removed and a stored background image or video is substituted in place of the original background. The substituted background is altered dependent on the attitude and motion of the device, which is sensed by one or more sensors in the device. A portion of the stored background selected as the substitute background varies in correspondence with the device movement.
An antenna and methods for manufacturing the antenna is provided. The antenna (100) includes an electrically non-conductive substrate (102). The antenna further includes an electrically conductive strip (104). The electrically conductive strip (104) is wound around the electrically non-conductive substrate (102) so as to form an overlap (120) between adjacent turns of the electrically conductive strip (104), without creating a galvanic connection at the overlap.
H01Q 13/24 - Non-resonant leaky-waveguide or transmission-line antennas Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave constituted by a dielectric or ferromagnetic rod or pipe
An antenna and methods for manufacturing the antenna is provided. The antenna (100) includes an electrically non-conductive substrate (102). The antenna further includes an electrically conductive strip (104). The electrically conductive strip (104) is wound around the electrically non-conductive substrate (102) so as to form an overlap (120) between adjacent turns of the electrically conductive strip (104), without creating a galvanic connection at the overlap.
H01Q 13/24 - Non-resonant leaky-waveguide or transmission-line antennas Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave constituted by a dielectric or ferromagnetic rod or pipe
79.
DYNAMIC GROUP PRIORITIZATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
An apparatus and method for dynamic group prioritization in a communication network includes a first step (400) of defining a dynamic list of group participants by an application, such as a dispatch function. A next step (402) includes sending a request to a Group Management Function, wherein the request includes a requested group priority and the list of group participants. A next step (404) includes allocating a unique identifier to the group and assigning a group priority to the group. A next step (406) includes notifying the application, group participants, and network of the unique identifier and the network of the assigned group priority. The assigned priority of the group and its flows can be dynamically altered in real-time while the group is active.
Disclosed are devices and methods of a mobile communication device including receiving data related to an image exhibited on a display device of a digital frame and processing the received data to access at least one communication initiation address. The communication device and the digital frame may establish communication in any number of manners. For example, the communication device may be in the proximity of the digital frame or may touch the frame itself, for example on a touch screen of the digital frame. In any event, the digital frame may include a transceiver to transmit data to the communication device so that at least in part based on data of the digital frame the communication device may automatically or semi-automatically initiate a communication to a communication address associated with the data. Accordingly, a user's desire to place a call telephone based on viewing a photo may be simply initiated.
The disclosed are methods and computing devices configured to engage in Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) conference calls and configured to participate as a moderator of VOIP conference calls allow a moderator or delegate to monitor the mute status of call participants and/or control which participants are muted. In this way, a participant would not be required to necessarily adhere to conference call muting etiquette. For example, in the event that a participant's line is noisy, which may be unknown to the participant, the moderator could mute the line. Other distractions to the conference call as a whole could therefore be controlled as well. The ability to mute determine and/or control the muting of a participant device furthermore enables the moderator to engage rules of conduct and/or adhere to rules of order that may be desirable in particular types of conference calls.
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
H04W 80/04 - Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
H04L 12/66 - Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
82.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER RECOGNITION EMPLOYING MOTION PASSWORDS
A method (300) and apparatus (120) are disclosed that authenticate a user of a mobile device (120) with motion sensors (210). During a learning session (500), the user initializes the mobile device (120) by providing (510) a motion sample. The mobile device (120) extracts (520) motion features that are unique to the user and converts (530, 550) them to parity bits (340) and to a password shadow (370). During a recognition session (300), a motion pattern is gathered (310) from the user moving the mobile device (120) as if it were a virtual pen. The mobile device (120) then uses the stored parity bits (340) to correct (330) small differences between motion patterns exhibited by the same user at different times. The mobile device (120) converts (350) the corrected motion pattern into a motion password that is compared (360) with the stored password shadow (370). A user is authenticated only if the two values coincide. The system erases (420) the generated motion password.
A system and method for interrupting a transmitting device during a call. In the system, calls are transmitted from a first device on a communication channel as a series of channel frames. At predetermined times during the transmission, the transmitting device is configured to drop channel frames, resulting in open channel frame periods where the transmitting device is not transmitting on the communication channel. During these open channel frame periods, the transmitting device is also configured to switch to a receiving mode. Other devices in the system are capable of switching into a transmitting mode during the open channel frame periods and, when applicable, sending an interrupt request on the communication channel to the transmitting device in order to request access to the channel.
A method and system for storing a contact detail in a communication device is provided. The device receives Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) signals from another device during a communication session with the other device. The received DTMF signals correspond to the contact detail entered at the other device. The received DTMF signals are decoded at the device to obtain the contact detail. Thereafter, the decoded contact detail is then stored in a list in the device. The device user may have the option to accept or reject the contact detail and where to store the contact detail.
A method and wireless device (102) dynamically adapt a physical entertainment experience for a user of an entertainment system. At least one communication device (106) associated with an entertainment device (120) is situated in close proximity to the entertainment device (120). At least one user profile (114) is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless device (102) via the at least one communication device (106) to a controller (104) associated with the entertainment device (120). The user profile (114) includes at least a set of preferences associated with at least one sensory effect available at the entertainment device (120). The controller (104) uses the set of preferences to dynamically adapt a behavior of the entertainment device (120) with respect to the at least one sensory effect for at least one user associated with the wireless device (102).
G06Q 50/00 - Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
86.
A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH AN ORIENTATION DETECTOR
A wireless communication device (200) is disclosed. It can include: an electronic device (210) including a display (240); a wearable device (242) including a first orientation detector (244) configured to detect a suitable display viewing orientation; and a controller (220) including a power saving module (290) coupled to the electronic device (210), the controller (220) configured to control the operations of at least the display (240) in response to a suitable orientation detection. Advantageously, the wireless communication device (200) can provides a simple, portable, compact and robust power savings feature that can actuate a display when properly orientated for viewing by a user and not actuate the display when not suitably oriented.
A continuous housing (100) and integral user interface (101) is disclosed. The housing comprising a continuous housing having a cavity (117) to receive an electrical component and to surround the component on a plurality of sides. The housing further comprises, an integral user interface portion incorporated into a continuous housing portion.
A method and apparatus for sharing product information among users of a computer network (108) using productmarks (202). A productmark (202) for a product is created by a user of the network (108) and includes a product identifier (204), an annotation containing user comments, a username that identifies the creator of the productmark (202), and a categorization tag (208) that identifies the user's level of interest in purchasing the product. Productmarks (202) are stored in a database (110) that may be queried using a product identifier (204), a username, a categorization tag (208), or any combination of these to retrieve productmarks (202). A user network device (104) provides access to the database (110) and includes modules for creating (138) and uploading (140) productmarks (202) to the database (110) and for querying and downloading (142) productmarks (202) from the database (110). A peer-to-peer communication session may be formed relating to a particular product or geographical location.
An electronic device and a method for automatically converting text to be displayed on a display screen of an electronic device into a speech signal when ambient light conditions affect viewing of the text. The method is performed by the electronic device and the method includes receiving a command to display text on the display screen and determining if an ambient light signal provided by an ambient light sensor is above a pre-determined viewing threshold. This ambient light signal corresponds to ambient light conditions adjacent the display screen. The method also includes automatically converting the text to a speech signal when the ambient light signal is above the pre-determined viewing threshold. Suitably, there is performed a step of emitting the speech signal in an audible form from a speaker.
A wireless communication device (200) and method (300) adapted to prolong the useful life of an energy storage device is disclosed. In its simplest form, it can include: determining (310) a limit temperature discharge energy rate of an energy storage device; sensing (320) a temperature range threshold in proximity to the energy storage device; and adjusting (330) a discharge energy rate in response to the determined limit temperature discharge energy rate (310) and sensed temperature range threshold (320). The device (200) and method (300) can automatically and dynamically manage current drain of an energy storage device when a certain temperature range threshold is reached, to maintain the energy storage device within desired specifications and tolerances. This can prolong the useful life of the energy storage device and help to maintain a maximum recharging capacity.
An electronic assembly and electronic device used for radio frequency communications. The electronic device has a housing and an antenna feed point at least partially enclosed in the housing. There is at least one circuit board enclosed in the housing; an antenna counterpoise is coupled to the feed point. The counterpoise is enclosed in the housing and the counterpoise includes a foldable metallic patch that is folded around the circuit board such that the circuit board is sandwiched between opposite facing portions of the foldable metallic patch.
A method of forming a protective layer on a substrate (202) such as glass includes depositing a magnesium oxide layer (108, 208) and amorphous oxide material (106, 206) on the substrate (202), either simultaneously or in succession, and at a temperature below 300 degrees Centigrade. The amorphous oxide layer (106, 206) may crystallize in some embodiments when deposited.
B05D 1/36 - Successively applying liquids or other fluent materials, e.g. without intermediate treatment
B05D 1/34 - Applying different liquids or other fluent materials simultaneously
B05D 5/00 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures
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A projection device (100), and method for operating the projection device is provided herein. During operation a projection device will determine a current context, and then associate the context and the display parameters. The association is stored so that the projection device will operate using the display parameters the next time the context is realized.
A method for synchronizing media reproduction across heterogeneous networks is presented. The networks include end-to-end IP broadband and narrowband simulcast networks that contain broadband and narrowband devices associated with a common communications group. A controller in the networks determines delay times for reproduction of a media stream across devices in the networks and establishes the longest delay time. The longest delay time is used to calculate appropriate transmission and reproduction timestamps to permit the devices to reproduce the provided media stream in synchronization. Narrowband base stations repeat the media stream at the time specified by a transmission timestamp, and broadband end devices reproduce the media stream at the time specified by a reproduction timestamp. By synchronizing the presentation time, the devices present the media at substantially the same time and are granted fair rights to communicate with one another.
A method and apparatus for address assignment and node scheduling within an ad-hoc communication system is provided herein. During operation a personal area network coordinator (PANC) (40) will divide a superframe (301) into a plurality of slots, assigning each sub-tree under the PANC's direct child node to each slot for communication with the PANC. Each sub-tree coordinator will be assigned a same logical address by the PANC. As a result, a sub-tree coordinator synchronizes to the PANC node in only one subsuperframe slot assigned by the PANC with different sub-tree coordinators synchronizing to the PANC in different slots.
A method, wireless controller, and information processing system are provided to dynamically allocate spectrum sensing resources. A first input (804) including available sensing session time for performing spectrum sensing with respect to one or more primary systems (102) is received. A second input (806) including a set of communication channels to be monitored in the spectrum sensing session is received. A third input (808) including detection constraints associated with a plurality of available sensing nodes (114) in a secondary network (104) for performing the spectrum sensing is received. Spectrum sensing resources are dynamically allocated (814) among a set of the plurality of available sensing nodes (114) based on the first (804), second (806), and third inputs (808).
A dynamic and distributive aggregation method in which a node determines the frame size of an aggregated frame based on or according to a transmission time of one or more of the received frames. This scheme to aggregate frames is based on the average packet size and average transmission time in the neighborhood. The method enables the aggregated packet size to dynamically change based on the neighborhood conditions. Usage of link rates and fair transmission time assignment enables the high data rate nodes to send more traffic but not to an extent of over-utilizing the channel thus achieving higher throughput efficiencies while maintaining fairness within a high data rate multi-hop wireless communication network.
Each node in a wireless communication network adds information in hello messages wherein the information comprises the number of hello messages received at the node from a plurality of nodes. Also, the nodes are configured to determine the node density based on additional information extracted from the received hello messages. For example, a first node in the wireless communication network receives a hello message from a second node, wherein the hello message comprises additional information indicating at least a number of hello messages received by the second node from a plurality of nodes in the wireless communication network. The first node extracts the additional information from the received hello message and based on the extracted additional information, the first node determines at least one channel performance metric. Based on the at least one channel performance metric the first node determines density of neighboring nodes in the wireless communication network.
An antenna (500) includes a U-shaped radiator portion (506) having a first extending arm (508) and a second extending arm (510) parallel and adjacent the first extending arm and coupled to the first extending arm by a junction portion (512), where the first and second extending arms and the junction portion defining a slot (514). The antenna further includes a ground plane (502) physically coupled only to the first extending arm and a distributed feed element (516) disposed at least partially within the slot and operable to radiate electromagnetic signals within a first frequency range and electrically excite at least portions of the radiator portion at at least a second frequency range having frequencies outside the first frequency range, thereby causing the radiator portion to radiate electromagnetic signals within the second frequency range.
H01Q 5/00 - Arrangements for simultaneous operation of antennas on two or more different wavebands, e.g. dual-band or multi-band arrangements
H01Q 9/42 - Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
H01Q 1/24 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SPURS IN A FRACTIONAL-N SYNTHESIZER
A method and apparatus for reducing in-band spurs in a fractional-N synthesizer (100) includes generating a compensated current signal by a charge pump (108) coupled to a phase detector (106). The compensated current signal includes in-band spurs having frequencies within a frequency bandwidth associated with a loop filter (110). The method then includes selectively dithering the compensated current signal with a sufficient dither level to spread the frequencies of in-band spurs beyond the frequency bandwidth associated with the loop filter (110). The dithered compensated current signal is then passed through the loop filter (110) for filtering the in-band spurs having frequencies beyond the frequency bandwidth. The method then includes generating a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) signal with reduced in-band spurs proportional to the filtered compensated current signal.
H03L 7/089 - Details of the phase-locked loop concerning mainly the frequency- or phase-detection arrangement including the filtering or amplification of its output signal the phase or frequency detector generating up-down pulses
H03L 7/197 - Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop a time difference being used for locking the loop, the counter counting between numbers which are variable in time or the frequency divider dividing by a factor variable in time, e.g. for obtaining fractional frequency division
