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<title>freepatentsonline.com: Telecommunications</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Uplink synchronization detecting method of mobile communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366531.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An uplink synchronization detecting method of a mobile communication system is disclosed. A time period in which a quality of a pilot is measured is divided into multiple accumulation sections, a synchronization detection threshold value is set for each section, and a pilot BER calculated for each section and the synchronization detection threshold value set for each section are compared to judge synchronization detection. Accordingly, when the size of a receiving of an uplink is greater and a pilot quality is good, synchronization detection of the uplink can be quickly made.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Distributed identity server for use in a telecommunication switch]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366521.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A controller for allocating call identity values to call connections associated with a switch, wherein the switch handles call connections between calling devices and called devices on trunk lines associated with the switch. The controller comprises N call application nodes for executing identity server applications that allocate call identity values to the call connections, wherein a first identity server application is executed on a first call application node and is associated with a second identity server applications executed on a second call application node separate from the first call application node. The first and second identity server applications form a load sharing group server application, wherein the load sharing group server application receives a call identity request from a new call process being executed in the switch and selects one of the first and second identity server applications to allocate a call identity value to a new call connection associated with the call identity request according to a load distribution algorithm.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for allocating channels, and base station apparatus and communication system utilizing the channel allocating method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366543.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A demodulator performs a demodulation processing on received signals. A quality detector detects the line quality of a communication line. An application detector detects application information set within the received signal. A storage is a storage medium that stores various pieces of information. A usage rate detector detects a current channel usage rate from a usage rate information unit in the storage. A modulation method and channels determining unit determines a modulation method and the number of channels to be allocated to a terminal apparatus which is a targeted communication party. An instruction unit 64 carries out the scheduling of a plurality of terminal apparatuses based on the modulation method and the number of channels, and sets, within a message to be sent to the terminal apparatus, the information on the determined modulation method and the number of channels. A network interface unit is an interface with a network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transmission power control method and radio control apparatus in mobile packet communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366536.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A downlink user data signal destined for a specific mobile station ( 4 - 1 ) is always transmitted from a single base station while a plurality of base stations ( 3 - 1, 3 - 2, 3 - 3 , . . . ) being switched from one to another. A first downlink signal destined for the mobile station ( 4 - 1 ) is transmitted from one or a plurality of base stations through a first downlink radio channel (downlink A-DPCR). The transmission power of a second downlink radio channel (PDSCH, HS-SCCH) for transmitting a second downlink signal from the base station ( 3 - 1 ) to the mobile station ( 4 - 1 ) is provided with an offset relative to the transmission power of the first downlink radio channel from the base station ( 3 - 1 ) to the mobile station ( 4 - 1 ), thereby linking the transmission power of the second downlink radio channel with the transmission power of the first downlink radio channel. If the number of diversity branches, i.e., the number of base stations ( 3 - 1, 3 - 2 ) simultaneously communicating with the mobile station ( 4 - 1 ) on the first downlink radio channel (downlink A-DPCH) is large, the offset for the transmission power of the second downlink radio channel (PDSCH, HS-SCCH) is increased. If the number of diversity branches is small, the offset for the transmission power of the second downlink radio channel is decreased. In this way, the offset is determined. As a result, in mobile packet communication that transmits user data for a plurality of mobile stations through a single radio channel by temporally multiplexing the data, the reception quality of the second downlink signal transmitted from the specific base station ( 3 - 1 ) on the second downlink radio channel (PDSCH, HS-SCCH) can always properly be maintained.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Systems and methods for managing wireless communications using link space information]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366519.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed are systems and methods which provide for management of wireless communications through the development and use of link space information. Such link space information provides link-centric information with respect to wireless links of a network to thereby provide a view of the network which takes into account phenomena affecting the wireless links. Utilizing such link space information, automated management of various aspects of a wireless network may be provided, including automated provisioning, management, and/or optimization of network links. Network operations may include use of link space information in providing network management applications such as automatic fault management, automatic performance management, operation advisories, and/or the like.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio communication device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366480.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the radio communication device of the present invention, a first carrier transmission modulation wave outputted from a first signal generator  101  is amplified by a first power amplifier  103  and transmitted from a first antenna element  107  through a first duplexer  105 . A second carrier transmission modulation wave outputted from a second signal generator  102  is amplified by a second power amplifier  104  and transmitted from a second antenna element  108  through a second duplexer  106 . Then, transmission modulation waves with the first and second carriers are subjected to spatial power combining after being transmitted from the two antenna elements  107  and  108  that permit diversity reception. As a result, the radio communication device, which uses two or more carriers (carrier waves), can achieve highly efficient power amplification with a small-sized low-cost circuit means.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for routing on hold calls]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366513.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication unit ( 101, 200 ), network switch ( 112, 300 ) and corresponding methods facilitate retrieval, routing, and management of on-hold calls (FIG. 5) within a first communication network ( 103 ) when the unit is operating in a second communication network ( 105 ) that is loosely coupled to the first. The communication unit comprises a transceiver ( 203 ) configured to support an air interface with the first and the second communication network; and a controller ( 209 ) arranged to cooperatively operate with the transceiver to retrieve an on-hold call from the first network via a call leg established to handout on-hold calls to and while the unit is operating in the second network. A user interface ( 211 ) facilitates management, connecting, disconnecting, etc., of the on-hold calls by the communication unit.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Push-to-talk mobile communication terminals]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366535.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mobile communication terminals comprising a processor unit, a microphone, and a sound processing module for processing sounds captured by the microphone. The processor unit is configured to operate the terminal for a push-to-talk communication with at least one other mobile communication terminal via the communication network, and to operate the terminal during said push-to-talk communication in a latency state or in an active state in which sound captured by the microphone is processed by the sound processing module and sent to the at least one other mobile communication terminal. The processor unit is also configured to change from the latency state to the active state in dependence of the sound captured by the microphone.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Remote control system in mobile communication terminal and method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366506.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a remote control system in a mobile communication terminal and method thereof enabling a user to use the mobile communication terminal not only passively but also actively. The present invention includes a first step of receiving a remote control command from a subscriber, a second step of recording the remote control command in a reserved field of the page message, a third step of transmitting the page message to the mobile communication terminal, and a fourth step of having the mobile communication terminal operate in accordance with the remote control command included in the page message. The fourth step includes the steps of verifying a species of the received page message by parsing the received page message, extracting the remote control command by analyzing the reserved field of the page message if the received page message is for controlling the mobile communication terminal remotely, and controlling an operating state of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the extracted remote control command.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for alerting a mobile unit of a missed call upon movement of the mobile unit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366548.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a method for alerting a mobile unit of a missed call. A mobile unit receives a call request. If the mobile unit does not answer the call request and the mobile unit is stationary, the mobile unit waits for the mobile unit to move. Upon movement, the mobile unit notifies, via an audible tone, vibration, or a visual indicator, that the mobile unit had a call while it was stationary.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control system and method for home network system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366498.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A control method and a control system for a home network system in a multi-user environment are disclosed. The control system includes a plurality of slave devices, a user ID receiver receiving user ID data from a user, and a master device coupled to the slave devices for operation control. The master device includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory and the user ID receiver. The memory initially prestores user-specific control settings preset by a plurality of preregistered users and user ID data of the preregistered users. Then, the controller authenticates the user upon receiving the user ID data from the user ID receiver, and it automatically controls operational functions of the slave devices according to the user-specific control settings of the authenticated user, which is extracted from the memory.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for administering a service for a subscriber]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366503.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention prevents the need for a subscriber to input a PIN to book a service with the purpose of managing this service from the subscriber side. This is achieved by using a mobile network terminal for the management. The mobile subscriber reports a subscriber number of a fixed network terminal to the service, in which the subscriber number thus reported is allocated to the mobile network subscriber so that the mobile network subscriber can thereafter use the fixed network terminal for the special service, namely by debiting an account opened by the service.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile terminal, method of controlling the same, and computer program of the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366497.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile telephone ( 1 ), when being folded, is set in a lock state by an opening/closing detection and lock mechanism ( 50 ), and then a control circuit ( 30 ) stops supply of an electric power to a fingerprint authentication unit ( 60 ). In this state, upon detection of an incoming call from an external apparatus, the control circuit ( 30 ) restarts the supply of the electric power to the fingerprint authentication unit ( 60 ), and when a user is authenticated as a legitimate user by the fingerprint authentication unit ( 60 ), instructs the opening/closing detection and lock mechanism ( 50 ) to carry out an unlocking operation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital radio telephone for a digital mobile radio communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/RE40277.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A digital radio telephone comprises a radio portion for receiving a radio signal modulated by an encoded digital signal including control information, for demodulating and outputting the encoded digital signal, a control signal processing portion for decoding the demodulated encoded digital signal to obtain the control information, a telephone number information detecting means for detecting whether the decoded control information includes mate telephone number information, a memory for storing the telephone number information, a time information management means for specifying an incoming time of the telephone number information to output a time information, and a memory management means for recording the telephone number information corresponding to the time information into the memory.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile communication apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366489.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A transceiver suitable for larger scale of integration employs direct conversion reception for reducing the number of filters. Also, the number of VCOs is reduced by utilizing dividers to supply a receiver and a transmitter with locally oscillated signals at an RF band. Dividers each having a fixed division ratio are used for generating locally oscillated signals for the receiver, while a divider having a switchable division ratio are used for generating the locally oscillated signal for the transmitter. In addition, a variable gain amplifier for baseband signal is provided with a DC offset voltage detector and a DC offset canceling circuit for supporting high speed data communications to accomplish fast cancellation of a DC offset by eliminating intervention of a filter within a feedback loop for offset cancellation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cellular radio network reusing frequencies]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366517.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method of arranging a cellular radio network in a geographical area which is already covered by an existing cellular radio network, wherein cell clusters of the cellular radio network to be introduced and using a specific transmission frequency are located in areas determined by connecting at least two cells of the existing cellular radio network using the specific transmission frequency, and wherein the cell clusters are arranged such that they do not overlap with the cells of the existing cellular radio network. The cell clusters of the introduced cellular radio network may be adjusted by reducing the cell size of cell clusters of the introduced cellular radio network, and by introducing new cells into cell clusters of the introduced cellular radio network. The invention allows to reuse frequencies of an existing cellular radio network by an introduced cellular radio network in the same geographical area.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Group call management through receive/transmit synchronization]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366532.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of communicating with a transceiver ( 120 ). In one arrangement, the method of communicating with the transceiver can be performed in a systemless group environment. Synchronization information ( 150 ) can be received from a mobile transceiver ( 110 ) and used to synchronize to the mobile transceiver. The synchronization information can include a timing offset and a frequency offset. Synchronization can be maintained until a predetermined condition is met, for example, a predetermined amount of group inactivity.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Partitioned radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366478.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Radio-frequency (RF) apparatus includes receiver analog circuitry that receives an RF signal and provides at least one digital signal to receiver digital circuitry that functions in cooperation with the receiver analog circuitry. The receiver analog circuitry and the receiver digital circuitry are partitioned so that interference effects between the receiver analog circuitry and the receiver digital circuitry tend to be reduced.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for mobile location detection using handoff information]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366492.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and systems for mobile station location detection. A mobile station measures signal strength of each of a set of signals associated with the mobile station, then determines whether a number of signals in the set is less than a predetermined threshold. Based on the determination, the mobile station calculates a difference in power between a first and second signal associated with the mobile station. Thereafter, power on a channel corresponding to the mobile station is increased for a predetermined number of frames based on the calculation. The location of the mobile station is determined during the power increase.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless network apparatus and system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366537.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for delivering messages to a mobile information terminal]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366505.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile information terminal receives the delivery of a message from a message delivery server that generates messages that indicate identifiers for mobile applications and processing commands executed by the mobile applications. In one embodiment, a mobile service driver receives a message sent from the message delivery server; a push driver control unit receives the message reception notification from the message service driver and notifies message receiving units that have been registered in advance for message notification about the message reception. The message receiving unit notifies relevant mobile applications among the plurality of mobile applications about the received message based on the identifier of the mobile application indicated by the received message, where notification is provided by the push driver control unit.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of checking amount of transmitted data]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366496.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[During a connection between a network infrastructure and user equipment a first indication of the amount of data transmitted over the connection is maintained in the network infrastructure and a second indication of the amount data transmitted is maintained in the user equipment. A checking procedure is triggered in response to encountering a predetermined checking value. The checking procedure utilizes integrity protected signalling. During the checking procedure the first indication is compared with the second indication.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for providing improved border paging in a wireless network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366526.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This technique is applied in the circumstances where an intersystem page message, e.g. an IS-41 ISPAGE2 message, is received in a first border switching module. The intersystem page message may originate from a second border switching module. In this case, the network determines whether the second border switching module is manufactured by a different network provider than the first border switching module. If so, a routine to address inconsistencies in the location area parameter is implemented so that an efficient paging strategy can be invoked.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366529.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a terminal ( 1 ) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications ( 17, 18 ) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications ( 17, 18 ) and means ( 8 ) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for RF power control]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366483.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a system and method for radio frequency (RF) power control that can adjust and transmit the RF power to the transmitting device according to the data rate under which the RF signal is going to transmit.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transmission power control method and controller]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366476.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The object of the present invention to provide a transmission power control method which controls a transmission power of a downlink common channel so that the transmission power is adapted to a radio state of each mobile station, and thereby makes it possible to prevent unnecessary power consumption, reduce interference to other mobile stations, and increase a downlink capacity. The transmission power control method includes (A) acquiring reception quality information of a downlink for a mobile station, (B) measuring a time difference between when an uplink signal is received from the mobile station and when a downlink signal to be transmitted to the mobile station occurs, (C) comparing the measured time difference with a predetermined threshold, and (D) setting a transmission power of a downlink common channel for mobile stations in accordance with the reception quality information, when the time difference is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication resource selection within a multi-band wireless communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366525.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Upon determining ( 11 ) a need to transmit a message (such as a paging message) to a mobile station within a multi-band wireless communications system, the system (via, for example, a mobile switching center) identifies ( 12 ) discrete geographic locations within the system having a likelihood of presently supporting the mobile station and further identifies ( 13 ) a band within the multi-band system that also has a present likelihood of presently supporting the mobile station. This information is then used ( 14 ) (for example, by a base station controller) to identify one or more communication resources to be allocated for use when transmitting the message.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multimode wireless transmitter and a portable wireless device using the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366485.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The circuits of a multimode wireless transmitter are complex and large, and thus difficult to incorporate in a portable wireless device. This problem is solved for a multimode wireless transmitter by enabling the first frequency mode circuit and the second frequency mode circuit to use the same frequency dividers.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Expandable, modular communications apparatus with interchangeable device authentication]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366551.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communications apparatus including a communications device for wide area network communications and position location, as an example, and one or more interchangeable devices capable of interfacing with the communications device through a standard interface, is described. Also described is an apparatus and method for activating and authenticating the communications device/interchangeable device combinations, thereby providing device compatibility and security.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio access point testing method and testing apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366508.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The normality verification and radio characteristics test of a radio communication system are executed. RF-SWs (radio-frequency coaxial switches) change-over the paths of signals which are transmitted to and received from an access terminal function portion included in an access point. RF-SWs connect the access terminal function portion 122 with a desired one of radio analog portions. A test function controller controls the changeover operations of the RF-SWs in accordance with information designated by a maintenance apparatus (OMC). An access point controller controls in accordance with received test soil information, one or more of (1) an antenna failure test in which a voltage surface wave ratio is evaluated on the basis of the transmission power of the access terminal function portion, (2) a receiver failure test in which, after a packet error rate has been adjusted, a reception sensitivity is evaluated based on the transmission power of the access terminal function portion, and (3) a transmitter failure test in which transmission power from any of the radio analog portions is evaluated based on the reception power value of the access terminal function portion.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Extensible satellite communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366125.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A satellite network [ 100 ] includes backbone satellites [ 110 ]. The backbone satellites [ 110 ] act as routers for data units transmitted through network [ 100 ]. The backbone satellites [ 110 ] communicate with one another through inter-satellite links [ 111 ]. The satellite network [ 100 ] may further include user satellites [ 120 ] and ground stations [ 140 ]. The user satellites [ 120 ] may communicate with the backbone satellites [ 110 ] through omni-directional links [ 112].]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technique of detecting the propagation environment of radio wave]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366474.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a detector device  10  of the invention, a wave detection module  20  receives and detects radio wave in a predetermined frequency band, which is used by a target wireless communication device for telecommunication. An extraction module  30  extracts a pattern representing a time-series variation in presence or absence of the detected radio wave. An identification module  40  compares the extracted pattern with inherent patterns of radio wave transmitted from plural devices, which use the radio wave in the predetermined frequency band and include the target wireless communication device, and thereby identifies the propagation environment of the radio wave transmitted from the target wireless communication device. A display module  50  displays a result of the identification by changing lighting statuses of LEDs. When smooth telecommunication of a wireless communication device is interrupted, this arrangement of the invention desirably identifies the reason of the interrupted communication.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Preventing wireless message delivery outside of specified times]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366528.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless messaging system includes a message controller and a delivery controller. The message controller provides a message to be delivered, and the delivery controller handles transmission of the message to a wireless device. To prevent delivery of a message after a desired expiry time or when a delivery window is closed, the message controller sends a cancellation request to the delivery controller. In response to the cancellation request, the delivery controller cancels any previously scheduled delivery attempts, and inhibits scheduling of future delivery attempts, at least temporarily.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Network selection methods and apparatus with home network prioritization in country border regions]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366510.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Network selection methods and apparatus with home network prioritization in country border regions are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a mobile station ( 200 ) is associated with a home communication network ( 402 ) having a home mobile country code (MCC). Being outside of the home network country, however, the mobile station ( 200 ) selects and operates with a non-home communication network ( 406 ) having a visiting MCC. After expiration of a timer, the mobile station ( 200 ) scans to identify a plurality of networks in a coverage area within which the mobile station ( 200 ) is operating. If the home network ( 402 ) having the home MCC is identified as being available, the mobile station ( 200 ) selects and operates with the home network ( 200 ). Otherwise, if the non-home network ( 406 ) having the visiting MCC is identified as being available, the mobile station ( 200 ) selects and operates with the non-home network ( 406 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mote networks having directional antennas]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366544.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mote network having and/or using one or more directional antennas.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Noise cancel circuit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366491.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A raw signal is delayed in a delay circuit ( 1 ) and then supplied to one of the input terminals of a selection circuit ( 8 ). The raw signal is also supplied to another delay circuit ( 2 ) to be delayed. Subsequently, data of this delayed signal is processed by spline interpolation in an interpolation circuit ( 4 ), and the interpolation values are supplied to the other of the input terminals of the selection circuit ( 8 ). Further, a timer ( 7 ) is operated according to an output signal from a noise detection circuit ( 6 ) which detects noise in the raw signal. When noise is detected, the selection circuit ( 8 ) switches to select the output from the interpolation circuit ( 4 ), thereby achieving interpolation of noisy sections.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Program for associating access points with stations using bid techniques]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366504.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitigating interference between wireless systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366471.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two separate radio frequency networks may be operated within interference distance from one another in a way which mitigates the possibility of interference. Using received signal strength indicator data, the nature of the interference may be determined without actually demodulating the interfering signal. The timing of the interfering signal and its characteristic features may be determined. Using that information, together with the probability that any given slot will actually be occupied by an interfering transmission, a statistics package may be developed which gives an indication of the probability of a transmission from the interferer at any given time. That package may be transmitted to other nodes in the same network. When a first node wishes to transmit information to a second node, the first node may analyze the statistics package received from the second node. The first node may thereby make a determination about when to actually initiate the transmission to the second node.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile telephone fitted with a pivotal camera]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366541.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile telephone with a camera, a casing, a display and a keypad for entering manual commands is disclosed. The camera is permanently attached to at least a part of the keypad in a subcomponent of the casing, wherein the subcomponent within a chassis of the casing is designed in such a way that it can be swiveled about at least one axis relative to the display, and the chassis at least partly surrounds the subcomponent.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sports channel]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366546.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a sports channel that includes sports content to a user on a mobile device. Sports content associated with the sports channel is automatically delivered and stored on a mobile electronic device for access by a user. Using the device, users can quickly access the sports information they are interested in without having to type in information to specifically download the content to the device. The sports channel is directed at providing a quicker and less cumbersome way of accessing sports information as compared to having to access a web site or a telephone service. Several different modes for categorically displaying different types of sports information is provided. Some example modes include: a games mode; a standings mode; and a news mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Notification method and device for service providers]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366512.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A customer is alerted to the availability or completion of service by a service provider through communication with a wireless terminal of the customer. The terminal has an assigned identification number and a control channel, and as a first step, the identification number (e.g., telephone number) of the wireless terminal is registered with the service provider. When service for the customer is available or completed, a determination is made of whether the wireless terminal is active. If active, the customer is alerted to the availability or completion of the service, preferably using a preformatted message transmitted to the wireless terminal over the control channel. In one example, the service provider is a restaurant and the customer is alerted to the availability of a table.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for identifying an access point into a wireless network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366509.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for a mobile station to identify to a wireless network agent, an access point into a wireless network. The mobile station obtains an indication of an access point into the wireless network and inserts the indication into a mobile registration message. The access point identifier identifies an access point into the wireless network. Then, the mobile station sends the mobile registration message to the wireless network agent via the access point identified by the access point identifier. The wireless network agent receives the mobile registration message and provides the access point identifier to an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server. The AAA server uses the access point identifier to provide location-based services to the mobile station.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control apparatus for changing a downtilt angle for antennas, in particular for a mobile radio antenna for a base station, as well as an associated mobile radio antenna and a method for changing the downtilt angle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366545.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An improved antenna control apparatus as well as an associated antenna and a method which has been improved in this context are distinguished by the following features: the control apparatus has control electronics, the control apparatus furthermore has an electric motor, an antenna control apparatus can be retrofitted outside the protective cover for the mobile radio antennas, or else as a preferably complete unit underneath this protective cover.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power saving method in a mobile communication terminal]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366131.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A power saving method in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method comprises requesting a change from a first slot cycle index (SCI) used by a mobile communication terminal to a second SCI in a power saving mode; transmitting the second SCI to a base station; and receiving an acknowledgement indicating the adjustment of a slot mode of the base station into a slot mode corresponding to the second SCI.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Systems and methods for adjusting the bias level of a mixer in a transmitter]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366484.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mixer having dynamic biasing, comprises a mixer configured to receive a local oscillator (LO) reference signal and a radio frequency (RF) data signal, and a bias control circuit configured to reduce bias current from the mixer under a low power condition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital carrier-recovery scheme for FM stereo detection]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366488.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and techniques for digital processing of FM signals. Digital processing may include recovering a carrier signal at a second frequency based on a reference signal at a first frequency.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Compound portable computing device with dual portion variable keyboards coupled over a wireless link]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366552.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A compound portable computing device comprising two or more separate portable devices coupled over a wireless link is described. A first portable computing device contains a first portion of a full-size keyboard, such as a standard QWERTY keyboard or foreign language keyboard. A second portable computing device contains a second portion of the full-size keyboard, and the first portion and the second portion together comprise the keys of the full-size keyboard. A network link is established that couples the first portable computing device to the second portable computing device. A partial keyboard map is loaded into memory of the first and second devices. The partial keyboard map loaded into the memory of the first device corresponds to the portion of the keyboard contained in the first device, and the partial keyboard map loaded into the memory of the second device corresponds to the portion of the keyboard contained in the second device. The partial keyboard maps are operable to allow the first and second portable computing devices to operate in conjunction with each other to provide text input using the first and second portions of the full-size keyboard.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Military UHF and commercial Geo-mobile system combination for radio signal relay]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366463.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A radio signal relay device such as satellite is used to cover several relatively small geographical regions with relatively narrow beams as well as a relatively large geographical region with a single beam. This relatively wide beam permits legacy equipment to be used. A transmitting device in a beam transmits a signal to the relay device, which in turn retransmits the signal to a receiving device. The transmitting devices, relay device, and receiving devices synchronize communication by using a particular mode of communication which includes a band of carrier frequencies and a protocol. In addition to communicating like mode signals from a transmitter to a receiver, the relay device may be used in a dual mode communication system to translate signals from the one mode to another. A translator may direct a transmitter to modulate a signal on a different carrier frequency, convert one protocol into another protocol, or both.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for evaluating uplink inter-cell interference]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366507.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Uplink inter-cell interference is evaluated by allocating positions to mobiles in the cell of interest (C 0 ) and in interfering cells, computing a value for inter-cell interference for this position, re-positioning the mobiles, and re-computing the inter-cell interference value, until the calculated inter-cell interference converges on a stable value. At each iteration, the interfering mobiles are allocated a positional distribution within their respective cells which is an image of the distribution used for the mobiles in the cell of interest. Power control is performed only for mobiles in the studied cell, and the assigned distribution of power values is also allocated to the mobiles in the interfering cells. An inter-cell interference evaluation system ( 10 ) includes a mobile-communication-unit positioning module ( 20 ), a path loss computation module ( 30 ), a power control module ( 50 ) and an inter-cell interference computation module ( 70 ), operating under the control of a controller ( 80 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio communication terminal and communication method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366106.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A radio communication terminal, being used in a radio communication systems in which the transmission rate varies depending on radio wave conditions and communication statuses of other users, comprises a reception module which receives packets transmitted by a base station in an idle state of the radio communication terminal, a signal processing module which estimates a transmission rate available in communication based on the packets received by the reception module, and a display module which displays information indicating the transmission rate estimated by the signal processing module.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods for providing access to wireless resources in a trunked radio communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366533.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods are disclosed for providing requested access, network-initiated access and autonomous access to communication resources ( 101 - 105 ) by wireless communication unit(s) ( 112, 114 ), and for controlling the different types of access using access control identifier(s) assigned to the devices. Requested access requires a communication unit to send a call request ( 302 ) to a communication resource controller ( 106 ). The request ( 302 ) includes at least an identification of the communication unit and an access control identifier associated with the communication unit. Network-initiated access comprises a communication resource controller or other fixed network equipment sending a page request ( 502 ) to the communication unit which responds with a page response message ( 504 ) including the identification of the communication unit and an access control identifier. The communication resource controller ( 106 ) determines, based on the access control identifier, whether a communication resource is available to support the request. Autonomous access comprises the communication unit ( 112, 114 ) receiving a service advertisement message ( 402 ) identifying a communication resource and one or more access control identifiers associated with the communication resource. The communication unit determines its eligibility for autonomous access based on the service advertisement message. The service advertisement message may be used to indicate an availability status of communication resources as available for autonomous access or requested access or not available for selected user groups.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Measuring a talking quality of a telephone link in a telecommunications network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366663.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[For measuring the influence of noise on the talking quality of a telephone link in a telecommunications network, a talker speech signal (s(t)) and a degraded speech signal (s′(t)) are fed to an objective measurement device for obtaining an output signal (q) representing an estimated value of the talking quality. The degraded signal includes a returned signal (r(t)) originating from the network during transmission of the talker speech signal over the telephone link. The objective measurement provided by the device is a modified PSQM-like measurement, which is modified to include modelling of masking effects resulting from noise present in the returned signal. Preferably, the modelling includes noise suppression performed on a difference signal (D(t,f)) in a loudness density domain using noise estimation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile terminal and method of obtaining web contents through the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366539.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile terminal having a function of, while a broadcast channel is established, receiving broadcast through the broadcast channel, includes a memory storing an address or addresses of at least one uniform resource locator (URL) relating to the broadcast channel, as a pair with data of the broadcast channel, a judge unit judging whether an address of a uniform resource locator through which access is made to a web content linking to a currently receiving broadcast channel is stored in the memory, and a controller, when the address is judged to be stored in the memory, making access to the web content through the address.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adaptive transmit antenna diversity apparatus and method in a mobile communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366247.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Apparatus and method are disclosed for selecting a transmit antenna diversity scheme according to a variation speed of a fading channel in a mobile communication system. A user equipment (UE) estimates a channel response of a pilot channel by receiving a pilot channel signal from a Node B; estimates a variation speed of a fading channel by using the estimated channel response and determining a transmit antenna diversity scheme suitable to the variation speed of the fading channel; and transmits feedback information including the determined transmit antenna diversity scheme to the Node B, so that the Node B can determine a transmit antenna diversity scheme for a channel signal to be transmitted to the UE based on the transmit antenna diversity scheme information included in the feedback information. In this way, the Node B adaptively applies a transmit antenna diversity according to a channel condition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile station enclosure]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366555.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An enclosure for a mobile station such as a cellular telephone. The enclosure has a front cover and a back cover integrally formed with a living hinge, which may itself function as an end cover. The front and back covers rotate away from each other about the living hinge sufficiently to allow the mobile station internal assembly to be placed between them and, when it is thus disposed, rotate back together into a closed configuration where they can be secured together to prevent accidental opening. An end cover may also be formed by an intermediate cover portion, which may itself be connected to the front and back covers by living hinges.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transmission device, transmission output control method, and radio communications device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366482.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Either linear operating mode or saturation operating mode is set as the operating mode of a high-frequency power amplifier on the basis of an operating mode set signal. The gain of a variable gain amplifier provided in front of the high-frequency power amplifier and values of output voltage and bias current supplied from a supply voltage/bias current control circuit to the high-frequency power amplifier are switched. The gain of the variable gain amplifier in the saturation operating mode is formed so as to be higher by a predetermined value than that in the linear operating mode. Accordingly, the high-frequency power amplifier operates in the designated operating mode, so that the output transmission power range can be widened.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for providing location-based services]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366523.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A resource request that is originated by a short-range wireless communications device originates a request. A location indicator is added to the resource request that identifies a location of the WCD. The location indicator is based on a location of an access point that forwarded the resource request. Then, the resource request is forwarded to a content server.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of setting backup of home location register]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366945.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention discloses a method for backup of Home Location Register (HLR), comprising: configuring a universal HLR as a disaster recovery center HLR which is to backup many HLRs, establishing network connection and loading user data to disaster recovery center through uniform text files; during operating, each active HLR will synchronize the user's data to the disaster recovery center; and a signaling will be forwarded to disaster recovery center to process after active HLR fails. So the present invention can realize service backup compatibility with equipment by different manufacturers, decrease cost, and be realized and managed easily, therefore the present invention has solved problems of characteristic service data backup in different HLRs.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Access point operating with a smart antenna in a WLAN and associated methods]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366464.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An access point operates in an 802.11 wireless communication network communicating with a client station, and includes a smart antenna for generating directional antenna beams and an omni-directional antenna beam. An antenna steering algorithm scans the directional antenna beams and the omni-directional antenna beam for receiving signals from the client station. The signals received via each scanned antenna beam are measured, and one of the antenna beams is selected based upon the measuring for communicating with the client station. The selected antenna beam is preferably a directional antenna beam. Once the directional antenna beam has been selected, there are several usage rules for exchanging data with the client station. The usage rules are directed to an active state of the access point, which includes a data transmission mode and a data reception mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimized high rate space-time codes for wireless communication]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366248.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A space-time coding arrangement for wireless communications is disclosed where the codes are generated through stochastic approximation. The codes can be optimized over a wide range of performance metrics, receiver structures, and channel characteristics.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless communication device interconnectivity]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366466.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication device that is attached or included in an electronic object, such as a portable computer, having its own separate communication system. The separate communication system has an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless communications, and is powered by a power supply included in the object. Since the separate communication system can only communicate when powered, a separate passive wireless communication device is provided for wireless communication that does not require power from the power supply to communicate. The wireless communication device is interfaced with the existing antenna of the separate communication system so that the wireless communication device and separate communication system share a common antenna to reduce cost. The antenna may also be interconnected to a controller associated with the object so that the controller can directly communicate to the wireless communication device.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Redundancy version implementation for an uplink enhanced dedicated channel]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366477.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention describes a method for a redundancy version implementation of an uplink (UL) enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in mobile communication systems by calculating a redundancy version number (RVN) as a function of a connection frame number (CFN), a maximum number of processed HARQs (hybrid automatic repeat requests) N ARQ , and a number of redundancy versions N RV . Instead of signaling a RV parameter outband in UL, the RVN is determined by the network element using simple rules which ensures that the same RVN is never used successively for the same HARQ process, and that all possible RV numbers are used for one HARQ process.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio communication terminal and radio signal receiving method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366263.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When a radio communication terminal including an AGC receiver starts, a set gain of the AGC receiver is switched in a short updating period. At this time, the terminal switches among antennas, and calculates and stores a received power of a received radio signal through each antennal. This calculation is performed a predetermined number of times for each antenna. After that, the terminal compares the calculated received powers of the radio signal through each antenna, and fixedly uses, as a receiving antenna, one of the antennas which receives a signal with the largest power.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication device for transmitting/acquiring a phone number via a link network and method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366527.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication device for transmitting/acquiring a phone number via a link network and method thereof are provided. In an embodiment, two communication devices are linked together via a link network to directly transfer a phone number stored in a communication device to the other via the link network. Further, the communication device receiving the phone number, can make a comparison according to a decision table to determine whether it is a diallable phone number, thereby providing a dial function or an edit confirm option for the received the phone number. In this case, the decision table has multiple identification numbers and their corresponding number counts.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Device, system, method and computer readable medium for identifying and authenticating a cellular device using a short-range radio address]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366901.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device, method, system and computer readable medium allows for using a short-range address, such as a Bluetooth™ address, to identify a cellular device and authenticate cellular messages to the cellular device. In an embodiment of the present invention, a first short-range radio address for a cellular device is stored in a processing device, such as a server coupled to a cellular network. An authentication message is obtained by the processing device. A second short-range radio address is stored in the cellular device. A first message digest is calculated responsive to the authentication message and first short-range radio address. A cellular message, including the authentication message and the first message digest, is transmitted to the cellular device. The cellular device receives the cellular message and calculates a second message digest responsive to the authentication message and the second short-range radio address stored in the cellular device. The cellular device authenticates the cellular message responsive to comparing the first message digest to a second message digest. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, a processing device compares a second digest message from a cellular device and a first digest message calculated by the processing device in order authenticate the cellular message. In still a further embodiment of the present invention, a short-range radio address is used to encrypt and decrypt cellular messages.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for diversity switching control]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366473.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for diversity switching control are generally described herein. According to one embodiment, a diversity control network is introduced which effectively reduces the number of coaxial cables required to interface with N antennas from the conventional N cables, to N/2 thereby providing significant cost saving.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Signal strength measurements in cellular telecommunication systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366475.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile station (MS) and method for estimating received signal strength of a radio signal from a neighboring cell in a cellular radio telecommunication network. The MS measures the received signal strength of the radio signal over a plurality of frames, and calculates an average received signal strength. During an idle frame, the MS receives a synchronization channel (SCH) signal, and determines a channel estimate for the SCH using a known extended training sequence. The extended training sequence is then modified with the channel estimate, and the modified extended training sequence is subtracted from the received SCH signal to obtain a residual signal. The MS calculates a residual energy of the residual signal, and subtracts the residual energy from the average received signal strength of the radio signal to obtain an estimated received signal strength of the radio signal from the neighboring cell.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for improving the quality of a recorded broadcast audio program]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366461.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recordings of broadcast audio content often contain errors (e.g., noise, signal loss, interference, talkover). A method and apparatus are provided for improving the quality of such a recording. Multiple recordings of a broadcast audio program are identified, and are aligned according to some time index of the program, such as the beginning, midpoint or end of one of the recordings. Samples of each recording are taken and compared. If a majority (or plurality) of the samples agree (e.g., they match within an allowable threshold of variance), one of them is used to generate or populate a new recording. If there is no majority (or plurality), one of the samples may be chosen at random, on the basis of which recording has most often been in the majority (or plurality), or on some other basis. Or, the method may be repeated or extended to obtain samples of other recordings.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Announcement service for the visually impaired]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366499.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A visually-impaired person possessing a GPS-equipped cellular phone, or other mobile communications device, who wants to know their location, uses the cellular phone to call a location-announcement service. In response, the service queries the GPS receiver for the person's geographical coordinates, translates the coordinates into user-friendly information that is readily understandable by the person, and announces the user-friendly information to the person via the cellular phone, all without human involvement.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SMS shorthand dictionary service]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366500.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a lookup service for shorthand terms directly from within an application. A lookup pane is provided to the user from which they can lookup a definition for the shorthand term. The lookup pane provides a consistent user interface for looking up shorthand terms from within a suite of applications. After entering a shorthand term, a dictionary of shorthand terms is accessed to determine the definition. If desired, the user can choose to insert the definition of the term directly into a document. The lookup service is provided directly to the user without the user having to open a web page and search for the term.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network scanning by a WLAN terminal operable in a multiple-network WLAN system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366511.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating identification of primary, secondary, and hidden SSID values in a multi-network WLAN system. A determiner embodied at a mobile terminal determines primary SSID values of networks whose beacon signals are delivered to the mobile terminal. And, responsive to the determinations, further determinations are made as to where to send subsequent probe requests to probe for secondary or hidden SSID values associated with the access points from which the beacon signals are broadcast. Thereafter, selection is made of the network with which the mobile terminal shall communicate.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using subnet relations for paging, authentication, association and to activate network interfaces in heterogeneous access networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366524.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for using subnet relations to determine paging areas, for performing authentication and association, and to activate access network interfaces in wireless communication devices in a heterogeneous access network. Paging areas are generated using subnet relations by determining mobility agent servers within a predetermined number of subnet relations from a last active mobility agent server. Authentication and association are also accomplished using subnet relations. Access network interfaces can also be turned on and off based on subnet relations thereby conserving battery power.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Switched combining antenna diversity technique]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366139.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An antenna diversity method and a corresponding communication device are disclosed that may be used in wireless LAN receivers. An AGC (Automatic Gain Control) unit controls a gain when processing signals received from antennae. A periodical switching process is performed between at least two antennae. During this periodical switching process, signals from each of the antennae are received alternately. The gain obtained by processing each received signal by means of the AGC unit is monitored and the obtained gain is compared with a predetermined threshold value. When for one of the at least two antennae the gain is below the predetermined threshold value, the periodical switching process is stopped and the antenna used at the time when stopping the periodical switching process is selected. This technique may provide an improved antenna diversity of low complexity, high performance and a short settling time.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus for scanning radio frequency channels]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366169.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Glitch-free controllable RF power amplifier]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365599.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A power amplifier circuit for amplifying an input RF signal with respect to a specified RF output power includes an input terminal for supplying the input RF signal to be amplified, an output terminal for the RF signal with the output power specified, an amplification path formed between the input terminal and the output terminal having a power amplification circuit for amplifying the RF signal, a bypass formed between the input terminal and the output terminal for the RF signal to bypass the amplification path, a control terminal for controlling the operation of the amplification path and the bypass, such that an RF signal is either passed through the amplification path or the bypass.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Determining chargeable duration at the home agent for a prepaid MIP session]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366136.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Duration based accounting for a packet data service, for example offered as a prepaid mobile IP (MIP) service through a public mobile wireless communication network, uses last detected user activity to determine the end of each session for accounting purposes. The accounting policy or algorithm defines user activity so as to include receipt of signaling related to the MIP session, such as signaling related to a termination by the user or the user's mobile station, in addition to packet data routed for the mobile station. If a session ends due to a network termination, e.g. binding expires or the network disconnects upon prepaid quota exhaustion, then the last user activity used for accounting purposes is the last data packet communication to/from the mobile station or the last received MIP session-related signaling message. For example, if MIP signaling terminates the session, then the session duration runs until receipt of that signaling.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Receiving band switching circuit with reduced signal loss upon switching receiving band]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366487.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A receiving band switching circuit includes a first high frequency circuit through which a first frequency band signal passes, a second high frequency circuit through which a second frequency band signal passes, and a third high frequency circuit that is provided in the back of the first and second high frequency circuits. The third high frequency circuit is constituted by a balanced circuit having balanced input terminals. The first high frequency circuit is coupled to one of the balanced input terminals, and the second high frequency circuit is coupled to the other of the balanced input terminals. When the first frequency band signal outputted from the first high frequency circuit is inputted to the third high frequency circuit, the other of the balanced input terminals is grounded. When the second frequency band signal outputted from the second high frequency circuit is inputted to the third high frequency circuit, one of the balanced input terminals is grounded.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hand-held communication device as pointing device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366540.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hand-held communication device capable of being configured as a pointing device employs a camera assembly for sensing movement of the device with respect to a surface, or movement of a user's finger over the camera assembly, allowing the hand-held communication device to be utilized as a pointing device, such as an optical mouse or a trackball, for controlling functions of a computer system in communication with the hand-held communication device or of the hand-held communication device.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Homodyne RFID receiver and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366465.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An RFID circuit comprises an RF carrier signal source, and a hybrid coupled thereto operable to generate first, second and third phase-shifted RF carrier signals. The circuit further comprises first, second, and third mixers coupled to the hybrid each operable to multiply one of the first, second and third respective carrier signals and a backscattered modulated carrier signal and generate first, second and third baseband signals, respectively. The circuit further comprises first, second, and third delay lines respectively coupled to the first, second, and third mixers and operable to generate first, second and third delayed baseband signals. The circuit further comprises logic coupled to the first, second, and third mixers and the first, second, and third delay lines and operable to detect substantially simultaneous data transitions in at least two of the first, second, and third baseband signals, and generating a reconstructed signal having a data transition in response thereto.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Handheld electronic apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366550.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A handheld electronic apparatus. The handheld electronic apparatus includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, an operating member, a first holding member and a second holding member. The second connecting member is rotatably connected to the first connecting member. The operating member is rotatably connected to the second connecting member. The first holding member is rotatably connected to the first connecting member. The second holding member is rotatably connected to the first connecting member. The first and second holding members relatively rotate between a closed position and an open position. The invention thereby provides convenient use of communication, digital photography, PDA, and video game functions in a single device.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for mobile data update]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366460.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Data is shared between multiple enterprise data sources and mobile clients in a distributed system such that requests from a mobile client for enterprise data are received, the appropriate enterprise data sources that contain the requested data are determined, and the enterprise data is retrieved from the determined enterprise data sources. Data maintained at a mobile client is shared with multiple enterprise data sources. The mobile clients send requests to an application server for synchronization of data records maintained at the mobile client with corresponding data records at the enterprise data sources. The client request includes metadata that identifies enterprise data sources for the requested data records and that specifies a relational correspondence between the requested data. The mobile client data records and the corresponding data records of the enterprise data sources are compared to identify any data conflicts between the two sets of data records. Any identified data conflicts are resolved.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for analyzing wireless communication data]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366493.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In general, a system and method for analyzing wireless communication records and for determining optimal wireless communication service plans is disclosed. A transceiver is configured to receive billing information associated with a subscriber of a telecommunications service under a current rate plan. A storage unit stores the billing information. A processor processes the subscriber related billing information to produce organized data having a predefined format. The processor then analyzes the processed data in relation to a plurality of rate plans of a plurality of telecommunications service providers, and determines at least one proposed rate plan that would save the subscriber telecommunication costs relative to the current rate plan. A report of at least one proposed rate plan is then produced and provided to the subscriber, which enables selection of a best telecommunication service provider.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile using method, system and computer program to access and receive information from multiple servers]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366501.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A server provides a predetermined service for portable terminals (musical piece data of a musical piece to be reproduced at a time of reception of an incoming call) to a portable terminal, and supplies information about the provided service for portable terminals (purchase information) (an ID of the musical piece and the like) to a server. On the basis of the purchase information, the server transmits an electronic mail recommending a service for stationary terminals (a movie using the provided musical piece as a theme song) related to the service for portable terminals provided to a user to the portable terminal. The user can specify the service for stationary terminals to be provided using the electronic mail.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Integrated mobile terminal device and method for controlling external display unit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366549.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An integrated mobile terminal device including an external display unit, a personal digital assistant (PDA) unit and a cellular phone unit combined with one another, and a timer controlled by either the PDA unit or the cellular phone unit for enabling the PDA unit at given time intervals is provided. The cellular phone unit controls the external display unit in an enabled state, directs the PDA unit to control the external display unit when the cellular phone unit is switched off and the cellular phone unit detects the PDA unit to be in an enabled state, and transitions to an off state after activating the timer when the PDA unit is in a disabled state. The PDA unit determines whether the cellular phone unit is in the off state when the PDA unit transitions to the enabled state, and transitions to the disabled state after activating the timer when disabled.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for network operation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7367044.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A network of secure servers, requiring no central entity to administer user identities or access permissions. Each autonomous server hosts a set of user accounts. Users may link to and access the accounts of all other users in the network. Resources in accounts are private, but users may grant each other partial permissions to them. Links and permissions are independent of the location of accounts, and are cryptographically authenticated. Users may migrate their account between servers without loosing accumulated permissions, or breaking links that others have to their account. The ability to grant permissions may be delegated to reflect complex organizational structures. A permission may be configured to unlock data in a multitude of accounts. The system will support applications that require secure information sharing across multiple organizational boundaries, and provides a distributed security model which is feasible to deploy as it is wholly administered by its users.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with public wireless network and wireless communication apparatus, and image communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with wireless communication apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366468.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention provides an image communication apparatus in which an image input unit for entering image and a portable communication unit capable of wireless connection with a public wireless network are constructed in separate manner and are rendered capable of mutual wireless communication.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods and systems for providing short message gateway functionality in a telecommunications network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366530.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A short message gateway may include signal transfer point (STP) functionality, mobile originating short message service center (SMSC) functionality, and short message delivery peer-to-peer (SMPP) gateway functionality. The short message gateway may receive an SS7 message including a short message payload. The short message gateway may formulate an SMPP message including the short message payload and access one or more internal address resolution and/or number portability databases to determine the destination address for the SMPP message. The short message gateway may then forward the SMPP message to its destination.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless security]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366542.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for securing a wireless communication medium are disclosed. The apparatus uses a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card. The method includes determining a SIM card insertion and if so, accessing SIM data and transmitting the SIM data to a base station for comparison with a local copy of authorized user data file; granting mobile unit access to base station if the information matches and otherwise indicating an access failure.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for discontinuously receiving MBMS notification indicator in mobile communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366124.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus and method for receiving an MBMS (Multimedia Multicast/Broadcast Service) notification indicator allows discontinuous reception of an MBMS notification indicator in a mobile communication system. A mobile terminal receives and stores a terminal-specific DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle length and the longest DRX cycle length broadcasted in a cell. The mobile terminal discontinuously receives a notification indicator for a specific MBMS during a terminal-specific DRX cycle length of the longest DRX cycle length by using the stored terminal-specific DRX cycle length and the longest DRX cycle length used in a cell.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio channel assignment method and recording medium of program for controlling radio node]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366135.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a radio channel assignment method where each node in a network assigns radio channels to respective radio links in a decentralized manner without inconsistency.  The radio channel assignment method includes a step of assigning one of a pair of nodes terminating each radio link and the other thereof to an upper side and a lower side (Step S 1 ), and a step that each radio node located to the upper side from at least one of radio links terminating at an own node assigns a frequency slot different from that of an adjacent link to a radio link locating an own node to the upper side (Step S 5 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reduction of near field E-M scattering using high impedance coating materials]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366554.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention selectively uses a high-impedance layer to reduce the effects of E-M scattering at metallic discontinuities. The high-impedance layer can be fabricated using a combination of metallic and resistive materials that are typically used in electro-static discharging (ESD) applications. A thin layer of metal can be deposited on the surface of a dielectric substrate such as polyethylene. This metallic layer can be on an inner, outer, or buried layer of the material. The metallic layer allows the RF induced currents to spread out over a designated surface area. A layer of resistive material can be applied to a similar dielectric layer. The resistive layer provides sufficient attenuation to decrease the RF surface waves and minimize electro-magnetic scattering on the printed circuit board (PCB). Furthermore, since the metallic and resistive materials can be applied in very thin layers, sufficient transparency can be preserved in desired areas such as the mobile phone's display region.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Base station and mobile station in dedicated short range communications system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366467.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A dedicated short range communications system can warn mutual approach between vehicles having mobile stations installed thereon through dedicated short range communications. Each mobile station includes: a data processing unit that performs data processing of radio transmission signals received by and to be sent from its own mobile station; and an other station allocation determination unit that determines, based on a frame control information slot of the received signal, whether a message data slot of the received signal is allocated to another mobile station. Each mobile station further includes: a message data slot allocation request unit that requests, in an activation slot of the radio transmission signal to be sent, the base station to allocate a message data slot to its own mobile station; and a warning command unit that generates a warning command when a message data slot of the received signal is allocated to another mobile station.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Automatic gain control with gain stepping and regulation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366490.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An automatic gain control device and a related method for its operation, using a first-order control loop for adjusting a received communication signal to compensate for variations in received signal power. The device bases its adjustments on a measure of the average received root-mean-square (rms) signal power and, in its preferred form, adjusts a loop gain adaptively to react rapidly to large input signal variations. The loop gain is adjusted based on measurement of the average power of an error signal and on the sign of the error signal power. Optional features include an automatically adjustable power set point.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of handing off a packet switched to a circuit switched call]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366514.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[By obtaining the address of a circuit switching controller in a network with which a mobile station is registered, a packet call controller instructs the circuit switching controller to send notification of when a handoff request is received for a mobile station by the circuit switching controller. The handoff request is for transferring a packet switched call to the circuit switching controller as a circuit switched call. The notification request includes an identifier, which the circuit switching controller uses in notifying the packet call controller of the handoff request. In response to the notification, the packet call controller re-establishes call control and bearer paths between the call endpoints.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mechanically rotatable wireless RF data transmission subscriber station with multi-beam antenna]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366553.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless RF data transmission system subscriber station has a fixed, overhead bracket secured, spindle. An open sided housing is rotatably mounted to the spindle. The housing has a finned heat sink and is interiorly coated with heat absorbing paint. Emissions shielding enclosures secured within the housing house an RF transceiver. An antenna array mounted to an enclosure is operatively connected to the transceiver through the enclosures for communicating RF data signals. An A/D-D/A board is mounted to an enclosure on an opposite side from the array. A radome is secured over a face of the array, sealed to the housing by a carbon impregnated gasket. An electric motor mounted within the housing and operatively engaging the spindle is controlled by antenna aiming logic for aiming the station and its array. An orifice sealed with a waterproof, breathable membrane allows moisture to escape the housing and prevents moisture infiltration.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Device to transmit and receive data for remote control of hearing devices]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366316.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device to transmit and receive data for remote control of hearing devices has a reduced size achieved by the transmitter coils of the transmitter and the receiver coil of the receiver being wound around a common, shared core. Moreover, a protective capacitor that is used to protect the receiver is at the same time used as a correction capacitor to correct the resonant frequency of a reception oscillator circuit.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method of wireless device activity messaging]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366515.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system of reachability indication between a wireless device and at least one push server, the method comprising the steps of: sending device status information from the wireless device to the at least one push server; and receiving the status information at the at least one push server; wherein the at least one push server is enabled to selectively start and stop serving the wireless device on the basis of the status information. The method further comprises sending status information to a packet data serving node that stores a list of push servers associated with a wireless device, and having the packet data serving node forward the status information to the push server. The system and method further includes selectively starting and stopping the serving of the wireless device by the push server during a voice call.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inter-modulation distortion compensation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366470.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An Inter-modulation distortion measurement and correction method which could be applied over a communication channel that is a combination of either or both analog and digital channels. This method is applicable for a communication system between a modem pair.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for handoff to a destination base station by measuring signal strength of carrier signals during at least one CSMA-backoff time]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366138.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless packet communication system that enables a wireless terminal to move from one wireless LAN to another while maintaining packet communication. The wireless terminal detects the electric field strength of a carrier signal from each base station during at least one back-off period, creates move destination information based on a carrier signal having the greatest electric field strength and the IP address of the currently used base station, and transmits the created Information and IP address to a server. The server writes the IP address of the wireless terminal into an edge router connected to a base station at the move destination in accordance with the information and IP address created by the wireless terminal to ensure that the packet data from a remote party is transmitted from the base station at the move destination.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seamless roaming options in an IEEE 802.11 compliant network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366103.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication protocol that provides load balancing and/or test pattern information between devices is described. A first embodiment of the protocol provides such information via a data frame that is transmitted a definitive time after a special DTIM beacon is transmitted. This protocol provides full compliance with IEEE 802.11. The second embodiment of the protocol modifies the 802.11 beacon data structure with additional information elements.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indoor local area network system using ultra wide-band communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366150.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An indoor local area network (LAN) system using an ultra wide-band (UWB) communication system is provided. The indoor LAN system includes at least one remote terminal including a UWB module for converting input digital data to be transmitted into an analog signal of an ultra wide-bandwidth and wirelessly transmitting the converted analog signal via an antenna of the remote terminal. The UWB module receives an analog signal of the ultra wide-bandwidth via the antenna and converts the received analog signal into a digital signal. The indoor LAN system further includes at least one access point for performing USB-based wireless communication with the remote terminal in a corresponding area. The access point is adapted to receive the analog signal of the ultra wide-bandwidth transmitted from the remote terminal and convert the received analog signal into an optical signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for transmitting optimally interleaved data in a MIMO telecommunication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366249.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data including a bit interleaving step for permutating encoded data bits Tb before their transmission in the form of modulation symbols over Nt transmitting antennas. According to the invention, the bit interleaving step involves bit demultiplexing DMXS for extracting bit sequences Bsj (for j=0 to Nt) from the encoded data bits Tb, sequence interleaving SRIS for permutating the bits of each sequence Bsj (for j=0 to Nt), sequence storing and segmenting SQSS for dividing each interleaved sequence Isqj (for j=0 to Nt) into successive segments Psgj, and segment shifting SGS for applying circular shifts to simultaneous different segments Psgj (for j=1 to Nt). The invention enables to ensure that consecutive encoded bits see a maximum number of different communication channel states, and thus favours data diversity.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology for creating a RF radiation-free environment]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366472.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a method of rendering telecommunication devices ineffective, by creating a substantially radio frequency radiation-free environment by providing an interference generating pattern (IGP) adjacent to the environment in a position between the environment and a source of radio frequency radiation signals so as to substantially reduce, or interfere with such signals thus preventing typical operation of the wireless telecommunications devices. The IGP is generally one that is non-conductive and is or includes a diffraction grating. The IGP is positioned adjacent the environment between the environment and a source of radio frequency radiation signals. Preferably, the IGP is provided as a support member configured in the shape of a diffraction grating, and includes a paint or coating of a non-conductive material having a high dielectric constant thereon.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method capable of providing quality of service channel access in a wireless network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366153.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus with capabilities to communicate in a wireless network, comprising a channel access scheme providing access to the wireless network, the access scheme using a modulo N backoff scheme providing a modulo N backoff; and the channel access scheme further providing traffic prioritization.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Controlling multiple modems in a wireless terminal using dynamically varying modem transmit power limits]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366142.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile wireless terminal (MWT) includes multiple wireless modems. The multiple modems have their respective transmit outputs combined together to produce an aggregate transmit output. The multiple modems can concurrently transmit data in a reverse link direction and receive data in a forward link direction. The MWT is constrained to operate under an aggregate transmit power limit. Each of the multiple modems has an individual transmit limit related to the aggregate transmit power limit. An MWT controller adjusts the individual transmit power limits in the multiple modems based on an aggregate transmit power limit of the MWT and respective transmit power estimates from the modems, to cause each individual transmit power limit to track a corresponding individual modem transmit power.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for location tracking]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366522.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network, and a web server coupled to a wired network (e.g., the Internet) that couples to the wireless network. Each of the mobile computing devices are associated with and proximate to an object whose location is being monitored. The web server stores the locations of each of the mobile computing devices or the objects proximate thereto, and enables only authorized users to obtain access the locations via the wired network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Headset]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366298.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A headset ( 1, 10, 30 ) e.g. for use in connection with wireless communication by means of Bluetooth technology in connection with mobile telephones, PSTN telephones and the like, which comprises a housing ( 2, 3, 11, 28 ) with a transducer ( 5, 12, 27 ) in the form of a speaker, as well as a microphone ( 4, 14, 29 ) and an ear hook ( 6, 23, 28 ). In a first embodiment, the housing may be constructed as two shells ( 2, 3 ) which may be opened and closed so that all mechanical parts may be concealed on the housing when the headset ( 1, 10, 30 ) is not in use, thereby ensuring that the various parts are not damaged when the headset is stored in a pocket. The shells ( 2, 3 ) may be interconnected by means of a hinge ( 7, 8 ) which has an axis disposed in the same plane as the surface of the shells. Alternatively, the shells may be arranged such that the axis is disposed in a perpendicular plane relative to the surface of the shells. In a second embodiment, the housing ( 11, 28 ) is formed by a closed housing from which the ear hook ( 23, 31 ) and/or the microphone  13, 26 ) may be moved in or out. The invention provides a headset ( 1, 10, 30 ) which is extremely easy to use, and where all mechanical and electrical parts are well protected when the headset is not used. Furthermore, all embodiments may be provided with a lock which may be mechanical and/or electrical, which ensures that only the right user can use the headset.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for scheduling data packet transmission over a multihop wireless backhaul network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366178.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for scheduling the transmission of data packets over a multihop wireless backhaul network in which delay guarantees through the network may be advantageously ensured. Illustratively, a novel packet scheduling scheme is provided which is advantageously based on an existing scheduling policy for wireline networks and for which a delay guarantee (based on the delay characteristics of the existing scheduling policy) can be advantageously ensured. In one embodiment, an even-odd link activation framework is defined for a given multihop wireless backhaul network, and an associated scheduling policy based on an arbitrary existing scheduling policy for wireline networks is derived and adopted. In such a case, the derived scheduling policy, when applied to the given multihop wireless backhaul network, advantageously ensures a worst-case delay guarantee of approximately twice that of the existing scheduling policy for wireline networks.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diversity receiving radio base station with high reception sensitivity and high time slot utilization efficiency]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366143.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention aims to provide a radio base station that has equivalently high reception sensitivity without increasing the number of antenna elements while keeping the utilization efficiency of time slots high. The radio base station comprises a radio unit  101  and a radio unit  102.  Two time slots, one at each radio unit, are allocated to a mobile station. After a signal transmitted from the mobile station is received and demodulated, a piece of data received by the radio unit  101  is compared with a piece of data received by the radio unit  102  so that one of the pieces of data that has fewer errors is selected.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fast recovery from unusable home server]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366145.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention discloses performing a care of address registration of a mobile node at a home server unit of a home network of the mobile node. The home network comprises a plurality of home server units which are arranged to maintain a binding between a home address of a mobile node and its current care of address from a visited network. According to the present invention, at the mobile node, a first home server unit is selected for registration and a binding update message is sent to the first home server unit. Thereupon, the first home server unit decides whether a binding update is to be rejected. In case the binding update is to be rejected, the first home server unit selects at least one second home server unit, includes information about the at least one second home server unit in a binding acknowledgment message rejecting the binding update and sends the binding acknowledgment message resulting therefrom to the mobile node.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for avoiding interference between two communications systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366128.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for avoiding mutual interference between two communications system is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention provides a system that includes a fixed unit and a portable unit. The fixed unit has a fixed transceiver. The portable unit has a portable transceiver. The fixed transceiver and the portable transceiver are members of a first RF system of the first RF system. The portable transceiver is configured to communicate with the fixed transceiver via a first RF link of the first RF system. The system further includes an additional transceiver. The additional transceiver is configured to communicate with a headset via a second RF link of a second RF system. The system further includes a processor that is coupled to one of the fixed transceiver, the portable transceiver, and the additional transceiver. The processor is configured to avoid interference between the first RF link and the second RF link. The interference can be avoided by coordination between the first RF system and the second RF system. Alternatively, the interference can be avoided using signal or timing information from the second RF system. For example, RSSI obtained by the first RF system can be used to estimate or derive timing information of the second RF system, which can then be used by the first RF system to avoid interference with the second RF system.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hybrid base station transceiver for plural networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366180.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hybrid base station transceiver has an ATM matching unit for connecting a wireless terminal to an ATM-based communication network; an IP matching unit for connecting a wireless terminal to an IP-based communication network; a channel and RF processor for performing physical connection protocol processing and RF transceiving processing with the wireless terminal; and a routing processor for determining which network to which the wireless terminal is to connect to by analyzing a signal of OSI Layer  2  or Layer  3  received from the wireless terminal and for connecting the wireless terminal to the ATM-based or IP-based communication network through the channel and RF processor according to the analysis.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sending method of pay contents, radio terminal and carrier]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366502.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a sending method of pay contents in a communication system which carry out communication through predetermined communication network (e.g., radiotelephone network or the like) using a predetermined first communication scheme (e.g., CDMA scheme or the like). The sending method includes radio terminals which carry out peer-to-peer communication using a predetermined second communication scheme (e.g., infrared communication, communication adhering to Bluetooth standards), and a carrier which carries out communication using the first communication scheme with each of the terminals. When pay contents possessed by a first radio terminal are transferred to a second radio terminal, first, permission of transfer of the pay contents to the second radio terminal is received from a carrier and then, the pay contents are transferred. After the pay contents are transferred to the second radio terminal, the carrier is informed of completion of transfer operation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Base station and transmission power determining method in mobile communications systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366130.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a disclosed mobile communications system wherein packet communication between a base station and its subordinated mobile station is established based on a reservation packet, the packet communication uses controlled transmission power and a radio resource allocated based on reception quality information received from the mobile station. The base station comprises a memory for storing its own cell reception power transmitted from the mobile station based on radio resource allocation status for the mobile station; a neighboring interference calculating unit for calculating neighboring cell interference based on the its own cell reception power and the reception quality information; an interference margin determining unit for establishing neighboring cell interference margin for preparing for neighboring cell interference; and a transmission power determining unit for determining transmission power for each packet transmitted from the mobile station based on the reception quality information and the interference margin.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaker clearance arrangement for a communication device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366314.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is an enclosure for a speaker for a communication device. The enclosure comprises: a surface; a speaker grill located in the surface, the grill having an opening therein providing an air channel to the speaker; and at least one structure located in a first region in the surface and protruding from the surface. The enclosure is shaped such that when the enclosure is placed on a flat surface with the surface facing the flat surface, the structure causes the surface to be canted from the flat surface to expose the speaker grill to ambient air.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cruable U-NII wireless radio with secure, integral antenna connection via SM BIOS in U-NII wireless ready device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366304.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method that utilizes software and hardware mechanisms to meet the FCC requirement for a U-NII antenna to be an integral part of the device in which it operates, while providing wireless ready U-NII devices and CRUable U-NII radios. Enhancements are made to the software BIOS, including the inclusion of a table of approved radio-antenna PCI ID pairs to create an authentication scheme that verifies and authenticates the radio and antenna combination as being an FCC-approved unique coupling during boot-up of the system. The BIOS also comprises an OEM field that stores an encrypted secret key utilized to complete a second check of the radio model placed in the device. During boot up of the device, the PCI ID pairs from the BIOS are compared against the PCI ID of the radio and the secret key is checked against the radio model. Only a system with an approved combination of radio and antenna is allowed to complete the boot process, indicating an FCC approved device-antenna-radio combination under the “integral” requirement.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Executable radio software system and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7367020.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An executable radio software system including a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer. The core framework layer includes isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selectively compilable by a directive to reduce the dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform. Also, the core framework layer includes an embedded distributed parser responsive to the Domain profiles of the applications for more efficiently installing and running an application.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Signal-to-noise estimation in wireless communication devices with receive diversity]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366137.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This disclosure is directed to techniques for estimating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of signals received by a wireless communication device. The techniques take advantage of spatial receive diversity in a wireless communication device to achieve accurate estimates of SNR. In general, a spatial projection wiener filter function can be applied to incoming symbol estimates to support efficient computation of SNR. The estimated SNR can be used to produce power control commands for use in forward power control.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Billing process and system in a telecommunication network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366290.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A billing method and billing system to determine usage fees which are charged to the user of a digital telecommunications network, whereby a usage fee charged for a connection is determined prior to establishing this connection from statistical characteristics of previous connections of the user, is described. Usage fees are determined from a dynamic client profile, derived from one or multiple random variables of previous connections of the user, which is stored in memory and re-derived after each new customer connection. In a simple variant, the client profile contains a value proportional to the average price per connection or to the average duration of a connection of the user. The random variables used to derive the client profile include, for example, the connection duration, the time of day, the day of the week, and/or geographic characteristics of previous connections.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for supporting session signaling and mobility management in a communications system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366152.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile communications system that uses IP packets to transmit data between end nodes, such as mobile devices, is described. In order to facilitate session establishment, maintenance, security, and handoff operations, access nodes through which end nodes communicate with one another include a session signaling server module and a mobility agent module. The session signaling server module may be implemented as a SIP server while the mobility agent module may be implemented using Mobil IP signaling. The mobility agent and SIP server within an access node are identified using a single shared identifier, IP address. The same security method and common secret may be used to provide security with regard to both mobile IP messages and SIP messages. Sessions admission decisions and resource allocation for admitted sessions can also take place internally to the access node of this invention without need for signaling to external elements.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prepaid reservation-based rating system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366495.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process multiple billing events on a single, prepaid subscriber account.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for sharing a downlink dedicated physical channel in a narrow-band time division duplexing system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366117.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for sharing a DL-DPCH in an NB-TDD system. Two time slots at the same position in two subframes forming one radio frame are allocated as a DPCH for two UEs. A Node B arranges data and control information for the UEs in the two time slots and transmits the data and control information to the UEs. The UEs extract the data and control information from the two time slots and acquire the data and control information destined for the individual UEs.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ADC with dynamic range extension]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365664.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ADC circuitry has a first programmable gain amplifier to amplify an analog input, a first analog to digital converter coupled to an output of the first amplifier, a second programmable gain amplifier, to amplify the analog input, a second analog to digital converter coupled to an output of the second amplifier, and a digital circuit for deriving a digital output from the outputs of the first and second converters and a controller for controlling the gains of the first and second amplifiers, according to the outputs of the first and second converters. Such programmable gain pre amplifiers help enable effective dynamic range to be extended without unduly increasing the number of quantisation bits, or the number of components or the power dissipation. It can be used in applications sensitive to size and power, such as DSP based acoustic devices including hearing aids.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hybrid stochastic gradient based digitally controlled oscillator gain K<sub>DCO </sub>estimation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365609.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A novel hybrid stochastic gradient adaptation apparatus and method for calibrating the gain of an RF or non-RF digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). The adaptation algorithm determines a true stochastic gradient between a forcing function and its corresponding system measure to estimate the system parameters being adapted. A momentum term is generated and injected into the adaptation algorithm in order to stabilize the algorithm by adding inertia against any large transient variations in the input data. In the case of adaptation of DCO gain K DCO , the algorithm determines the stochastic gradient between time varying calibration or actual modulation data and the raw phase error accumulated in an all digital phase locked loop (ADPLL). Two filters preprocess the observable data to limit the bandwidth of the computed stochastic gradient providing a trade-off between sensitivity and settling time.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for switching transmit diversity in a wireless network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366140.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A base station for communicating with mobile stations in a coverage area of a wireless network. The base station comprises a first transmit antenna, a second transmit antenna, and an RF transceiver for generating an outgoing RF signal to be transmitted via the first and second transmit antennas to the mobile stations. The base station also comprises a switch coupling the RF transceiver to the first and second transmit antennas. The switch alternately directs the outgoing RF signal to the first transmit antenna during a first portion of a forward channel data frame and directs the outgoing RF signal to the second transmit antenna during a remaining portion of the forward channel data frame.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Intrusion detection system for wireless networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366148.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system (FIG.  2 ) for facilitating detection of intruders into a wireless network, through the use of physical layer anomalies. One or more monitoring stations ( 22, 24, 26 ) can be distributed across the potential intruder's signal transmission region. They process these transmissions and extract attributes of the signals, which can then transmit to one or more fusion stations ( 28 ), which correlate the calculated attributes with stored attributes of signals of known, authorized users of the network, and transmit alert messages in the case that these signal attributes do not match those of known, authorized users. Signal attributes in accordance with the instant invention include the carrier frequency, spurious emissions, and power-on and power-down transients. Also in accordance with the instant invention are methods and systems using both direct and multipath received signal strength, signal-to-noise ratio, and geometric characteristics such as direction/angle of arrival (AOA), time of arrival, position/range, time dispersion, Doppler shift and polarization.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frequency estimation method of MB-OFDM UWB system using time frequency hopping strategy]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366262.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A frequency estimation method of multiband (MB)-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) ultra wide band (UWB) system using an Alt-PHY time frequency (TF) hopping strategy based on IEEE 802. 15. 3a. includes the steps of: a) selecting a predetermined number of frequencies among a plurality of center frequencies based on a predetermined number of OFDM symbols and estimating relative frequency offsets for selected frequencies; b) obtaining an average relative frequency offset by averaging the estimated relative frequency offsets when two or more frequencies are selected at the step a); and c) obtaining real frequency offsets for each of the center frequencies by transforming the obtained average relative frequency offset to the real frequency offsets and compensating a frequency offset caused by a transmitting/receiving local oscillators based on the obtained real frequency offsets.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for merging call components during call reconstruction]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366110.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention is directed to a secondary communication server  216  for assuming control of a communication formerly controlled by a primary communication server  212  in the event of a failure, comprising:
 
     (a) an input operable to (i) receive, from a first communication node  204 a , first communication information, wherein the first communication information is associated with the communication and comprises a first node identifier  236 a  and/or a communication identifier  240 a , the first node identifier  236 a  is associated with a second communication node  204 b , the communication identifier is associated with the communication, and the second communication node  204 b  comprises second communication information associated with the communication and (ii) thereafter receive, from the second communication node  204 b , the second communication information; and (b) a reconstruction agent  228  operable to identify the second communication information based on the first node identifier  236 a  and/or communication identifier  240 a.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for RFID tag wherein memory of RFID tag is partitioned into two sections for reading using wireless interface and writing using bus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366806.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for correlating physical and logical attributes of devices include associating logical-tags (L-tags) and physical-tags (P-tags) with electronic devices. A P-tag includes a P-tag identifier, which can be read by a P-tag reading device, regardless of whether power is applied to the electronic device. In one embodiment, a system includes a P-tag comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag having a non-volatile memory to store physical and logical attribute information; and an electronic device associated with the RFID tag, the electronic device having a processor and a bus, and being communicatively coupled to the RFID tag over the bus, the processor to execute instructions to read information from and write information to the non-volatile memory of the RFID tag.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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