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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLICY-BASED RE-BROADCAST VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVICE A content provider broadcasts content to subscribers through a content distribution system. The content distribution system operator can capture broadcast content in accordance with policies established by the content provider and make the content available subsequent t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129480 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT RF SIGNALS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND METHOD THEREOF An apparatus and method for receiving and processing multiple independent, uncorrelated RF signals is presented. The apparatus includes a Hybrid-Direct Conversion Receiver incorporating front end branches, protocol-specific digital processing branches, an interference d... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING SYNCHRONIZATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and apparatus for synchronizing a communication device in a communication system includes receiving a transmission from another communication device. The transmission comprises a plurality of time slots and a plurality of signaling fields inserted between the t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083266 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING REGISTRATION INFORMATION Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for recovering registration information at a home network when the home network determines that it has experienced a loss of the registration information. The home network communicates a triggering message to at least one visi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082098 | METHODS FOR REDUCING SET UP TIME FOR COMMUNICATIONS AMONG MULTIPLE USER EQUIPMENT IN A LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM Methods for reducing set-up time for communications among multiple user equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system are described. In accordance with one method, an LTE subsystem that includes a eNodeB and a Mobility Management Entity (MME): recei... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069786 | CHANNEL STRUCTURE FOR NON-CONTENTION BASED WINDOWS AND CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS REQUESTS Methods of communicating location information from a subscriber to a repeater are described. The subscriber switches from a working channel to a data revert channel, transmits a request for a periodic or one-time window to transmit an update, and determines from grant i... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054620 | AUTOMATED CONTROLS FOR SENSOR ENABLED USER INTERFACE A mobile unit includes a processor, a memory, and a display. The display shows a user interface including a plurality of commands. Each sensory activated command of the plurality of commands is shown with a respective icon indicative of at least one of a motion and an o... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054163 | POLICY CONFLICT CLASSIFIER In a method for classifying policy conflicts in a managed system, a plurality of separate attributes of a policy rule is identified. The plurality of separate attributes is compared with attributes of previously stored policies rules to determine whether one or more pol... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052924 | Headset with a Pivoting Microphone Arm and Speaker A compact lightweight communication device 100 comprising a wireless headset 102 or wireless earset 104 can be provided for wireless communication, to a mobile phone or other wireless electronic communication device 106. The user friendly com... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ELECTROLYSIS ON BATTERY CONTACTS IN A DUAL-CONTACT BATTERY SYSTEM A dual-contact battery pack comprises a housing, a plurality of battery cells located within the housing, a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts coupled to the housing and to the plurality of battery cells. The dual-contact battery further comprises a firs... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK A method (300, 500) and apparatus (200) that transmits and/or receives positioning reference signals in a wireless communication network using a mixture of cyclic prefix types. The method may include configuring (320) subframes in the wireless commu... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050170 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A keypad assembly (100) provides improved backlighting in a slim-line from factor with a minimal number of LEDs (130). The keypad assembly (100) utilizes side-firing LEDs (130) mounted to a keypad flex (112) which protrude through subs... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AMONGST TWO-WAY RADIOS A method and apparatus for communicating amongst two-way radios is disclosed. The method includes operating a two-way radio 130 in either a trunked mode or conventional mode over an operating frequency and scanning an auxiliary channel by the two-way radio 130... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045012 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK A method and device for transmitting data in a wireless communication network uses both cognitive frequency diversity and antenna diversity. The method includes identifying a bandwidth of one or more potentially interfering frequency sub-bands from one or more potential... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036363 | METHOD FOR KEY IDENTIFICATION USING AN INTERNET SECURITY ASSOCIATION AND KEY MANAGEMENT BASED PROTOCOL An initiating device: generates a message having an ISAKMP-based header that includes a security parameter index (SPI) field; identifies a key in the SPI field of the ISKMP-based header; and sends the message to a responding device. The responding device: receives the m... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A MESSAGE INTENDED FOR DIFFERENT RECIPIENTS A method and apparatus for displaying a message destined for different recipients, wherein the apparatus programs a computer to perform the method, which includes: determining that a message is destined for a first recipient and a second recipient; determining a message... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034938 | REAL TIME TEXT MESSAGING METHOD AND DEVICE Embodiments include communication devices and texting methods performed by communication devices. When the communication device detects that a text session has been initiated with a potential real time text (RTT) destination specified as a destination for text messages ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034897 | REAL TIME TEXT MESSAGING METHOD AND DEVICE Embodiments include communication devices and texting methods performed by communication devices. When the communication device detects that a text session has been initiated with a potential real time text (RTT) destination specified as a destination for text messages ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A PARAMETER FOR LOW BIT RATE STEREO TRANSMISSION A method for estimating a parameter for low bit rate stereo transmission that includes deriving estimate of any time delay between left and right audio channels in a multi-channel signal from a time delay subsystem. A cross-correlation between the left and right audio c... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032928 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT LOCATION USING ACOUSTIC SENSING ELEMENTS Methods and devices are provided for determining location of an input on a surface of a device using an acoustic sensing element. An exemplary method begins by determining an anticipated acoustic response resulting from an output generated by a component of the device a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030723 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING VIDEO A method and apparatus for transmitting video is provided herein. A video representation is segmented into video chunks, with each chunk spanning a different time interval. Each chunk may be divided into two or more sub-chunks. During operation, the client requests a su... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028686 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE OPERATING MODE A portable electronic device including a user interface, a sensor configured to provide an output signal when the device is oriented from resting on a first housing surface portion to resting on a second housing surface portion, and a controller coupled to the user inte... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028626 | POLICY DETERMINATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT PROVIDNG MUTUAL AID IN A VISITED ENTERPRISE OPERATING AREA OF A LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM A Mutual Aid QoS Function (MAQF) performs a method for determining policy for user equipment (UE) providing mutual aid in a mutual aid enterprise operating area of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The method includes: receiving an indication that a UE is assigned to ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMBALANCE-FREE FM DEMODULATION IN DIRECT CONVERSION RADIO RECEIVERS An apparatus and method for demodulating an FM RF signal is presented. An Adaptive Differentiate Cross Multiply (ADCM) system in which the energy estimate of the desired on-channel RF is generated using adaptive filtering. The adaptive filter includes low pass filtering... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027219 | FORMANT AIDED NOISE CANCELLATION USING MULTIPLE MICROPHONES A noise cancellation device includes a plurality of first computation modules, a formant detection module, a direction of arrival module and a beamformer. The plurality of first computation modules receives raw audio data and generates a respective transformed signal as... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAJOR GROUP SCHEDULING IN A FIXED BEAM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An OFDMA communication system is provided that schedules partial usage of subchannels (PUSC) major groups by assigning a beam matrix of a plurality of beam matrices to each major group of multiple PUSC major groups, receiving an uplink signal from each user equipment of... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026947 | LOCATION BASED POLICY FOR USER EQUIPMENT OPERATING IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF A SHARED HOME LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM A method for location based policy for UE operating in different areas of a shared home LTE system includes: responsive to detecting a trigger, determining a first enterprise operating area (EOA) in which the UE is currently located, wherein the first EOA is one of a pl... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026135 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT LOCATION BASED ON DEVICE SUPPORT CONFIGURATION Methods and devices are provided for determining location of an input on a surface of a device using a plurality of acoustic sensing elements. An exemplary method comprises determining a current support configuration of the device, selecting a device acoustic signature ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026124 | TOUCH SCREEN RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF A touch-screen display apparatus, the apparatus may include first and second sheets having opposed major surfaces and a size and shape defined by a periphery. The periphery may be defined by opposed ends and opposed edges. The first and second sheets may each have a con... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026061 | EMBEDDED PRINTED EDGE-BALUN ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF An antenna module having a side-edge balance-to-unbalance (BALUN). The antenna module may include a flexible substrate with one or more layers that may be configured to receive one first and second conductive patterns, the substrate may have opposed first and second end... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026046 | ANTENNA INTEGRATED WITH A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE A radio is presented in which a short-range antenna, along with a speaker, is contained within a non-conductive speaker bracket. The antenna is a PIFA that is bent and extends through the speaker bracket so that the distance between the free end of the PIFA and various ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110283218 | Electronic Event Planner in Communication Device A communication device including a controller coupled to a user interface wherein the controller is configured to recommend an event and a proposed time at which the event occurs based on tentative time and participant information provided to, or obtained by, the commun... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282826 | Destination Planner in Communication Device An electronic device, like a wireless communication device, includes a controller coupled to an interface, wherein the controller is configured to recommend a location or destination based on information about a user of the communication device and based on general dest... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120021708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALARMING IN A POWER SUPPLY MODULATED SYSTEM A communication device is presented that has different processors and a power amplifier. One of the processors receives a signal from a monitor and indicates that an alarm exists to a diagnostics module. The other processor uses the envelope signal of the input signal t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021695 | Method and Apparatus for Improving Efficiency in a Power Supply Modulated System A radio is presented that has a processor, memory, modulator and a power amplifier. An envelope of a signal to be transmitted is used by the processor to control modulation of the voltage of the power amplifier by the modulator between a desired minimum voltage and a de... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HAND OFF OF A COMMUNICATION SESSION ACROSS SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS A communication system (100) permits an inter-network handoff between networks (110, 120) operated by different network service providers, which handoff does not require that the networks interface with each other. A first user terminal (102), engag... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110278759 | Anti-Delamination Feature For Double Injection Mold Parts An effective economical anti-delamination feature 100 and process 102 for double injected molding is provided to mold attractive high quality products 104, such as, but not limited to, grommets 106 for use in electronic communications devices... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120019689 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR GENERATING BEAMFORMED AUDIO SIGNALS WITH STEERABLE NULLS An electronic apparatus is provided having a front side and a rear side oriented in opposite directions along a first axis, and a right-side and a left-side oriented in opposite directions along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. A null control signa... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110276330 | Methods and Devices for Appending an Address List and Determining a Communication Profile Disclosed are methods and electronic communication devices, such as an in-car speaker device, that can receive via a downloading process, a communication address list from another device to the memory of the electronic communication device and can append a predetermined... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN DISPATCH CONSOLE SYSTEMS IN A MULTI-SOURCE ENVIRONMENT A method and system for operational improvements in a dispatch console in a multi-source environment includes receiving (310) a plurality of audio streams simultaneously from a plurality of mobile devices, transcribing received audio streams by the means of speec... | 11/10/2011 |
