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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110040878 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO CHANNEL SWARMS IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK A resource-node of a peer-to-peer (P2P) network adapted to manage the allocation of resources to channel swarms. Resource allocation is based on a distributed algorithm in which resource-nodes of the P2P network occasionally join and leave channel-swarms. Each resource-... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038316 | CONTROL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD A mobile communication system has a mobile terminal, basestations, and a Radio Network Controller (RNC). In the case where drop of a frame occurs during data communication in Iub/Iur (between the basestations and the RNC), the RNC executes retransmission of an EDCH FP f... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038298 | SYSTEM, METHOD, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION A mobile communication system includes a data multiplexer which divides by time a radio frame of a communication channel in a radio layer and multiplexes one of a plurality of pieces of multicast data and a plurality of pieces of broadcast data into the divided radio fr... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110032860 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS A base station in a communication system where mobile stations receive paging announce using a discontinuously received reception frame and the mobile stations receive multicast data as well as the paging announce, in which the mobile stations in idle mode are searched ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029899 | Systems and Methods for Acceleration and Optimization of Web Pages Access by Changing the Order of Resource Loading A method for acceleration of access to a web page. The method comprises receiving a web page responsive to a request by a user; analyzing the received web page for possible acceleration improvements; generating a modified web page of the received web page using at least... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029641 | Systems and Methods Thereto for Acceleration of Web Pages Access Using Next Page Optimization, Caching and Pre-Fetching Techniques A method and system for acceleration of access to a web page using next page optimization, caching and pre-fetching techniques. The method comprises receiving a web page responsive to a request by a user; analyzing the received web page for possible acceleration improve... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026543 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A mobile communication apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein correspondence information correlating area and transmission resource; an area deducing unit that deduces in which area the mobile communication apparatus is located; a selecting unit that sele... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022970 | Apparatus and Method for a Virtual Environment Center and Venues Thereof Various aspects of the invention include the creation of a virtual environment. A peer network is constructed with respect to the virtual business environment enables the interaction between peers as well as customization of portions of the virtual environment by author... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019633 | CONNECTION PROCESSING METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS TERMINAL In a wireless communication system, a wireless base station, if rejecting a connection to a wireless terminal that makes a connection request in accordance with a first connection processing, controls to adopt a second connection processing different from the first conn... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018368 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer, comprising an ultrasonic flange and a magnetostrictive driver, wherein the driver is connected to a contact surface of the ultrasonic flange that faces the same, and wherein the driver and the ultrasonic flange are conn... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013772 | Method and Apparatus for Fast Switching Between Source Multimedia Devices A multimedia sink apparatus and method thereof, for fast switching between a plurality of source multimedia devices. The apparatus comprises a plurality of input ports, each of the plurality of input ports is connected to a source multimedia device through a high bandwi... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009096 | Interactive Display Response System An interactive display response (IDR) system. The IDR system comprises an interactive display server (IDS) for communicating display requests from a call center to a plurality of mobile devices that established a connection with the call center; an interactive display a... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002224 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONGESTION OCCURRENCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Congestion occurrence in a communication network is controlled when performing data transmission based on a first protocol between a first edge node and a second edge node. The first edge node detects a first congestion state identifying a congestion state of the first ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000939 | Spreader Apparatus, For Use With Dispensers An apparatus for use with an edible food dispenser has a nozzle, a spreader surface associated with the nozzle, and a cap for entirely covering the nozzle.... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000441 | PET TOY WITH VENT OPENING A pet toy has an outer wall and a first opening in the outer wall that extends into an interior of the pet toy, a portion of the interior being hollow. At least one second opening is defined in the outer wall and functions as a vent to prevent a pet's tongue from becomi... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331033 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD A wireless communication network system including: a command station for allocating a frequency band, broadcasting a backup station and periodic measurement periods in which a terminal should measure a reception quality, and stopping the allocation of the frequency band... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329377 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A radio communication system whereby one or a consecutive plurality of sub-carrier frequency intervals form sub-carrier groups each of which is assigned to a different user. The radio communication system includes a radio communication apparatus and a terminal configure... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325283 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING RESOURCE NODES IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK FOR DELIVERING TIME-SENSITIVE CONTENT A method for dynamically adjusting resource nodes supplying time-sensitive content to a consumer node in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The method comprises allocating an initial number of resource nodes to provide the time-sensitive content to the consumer node, each of... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323699 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RADIO LINK SETTING METHOD IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A radio communication system, including: a first and second base stations; and a terminal, the first base station includes a first position information acquisition unit which acquires position information of the first base station; a first control unit which generates a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100317358 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND SYNCHRONIZATION TIMING DETECTION METHOD A receiving apparatus includes a synchronization timing detector that detects one of a first sampling timing and a second sampling timing as a synchronization timing of a received digital signal. The first sampling timing being a timing at which a maximum correlation po... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317293 | BROADCAST SERVICE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE When a transmission device transmits a broadcast service signal using a radio signal, the transmission device determines whether there is a moving body that is moving at high speed toward or away from the transmission device, and calculates the amount of Doppler shift o... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313362 | HENNA AND VEGETABLE DYE BASED COMPOSITIONS FOR COLORING OF HUMAN HAIR New, effective and non-toxic compounded henna based hair dyes that are non-toxic, natural and hypoallergenic that provide an alternative to conventional hair color. The products are made using 100% Green Chemistry and do not utilize encapsulation.... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100310294 | NEAR-END OF ROLL DETECTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NEAR-END OF ROLL OF RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTER To improve precision in identifying the amount that remains of a recording medium, an apparatus includes a paper holder that supports an outer circumferential surface of a recording medium that is biased downward in a vertical direction by the weight of the recording me... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100309865 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND BASE STATION DEVICE A base station measures a signal to interference power ratio using a control signal received from a terminal device through wireless communication, and decides an MCS value indicating a combination of a modulation scheme and a channel code rate. The base station include... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306400 | Method for Buffer Management for Video Swarms in a Peer-to-Peer Network A method for loading a buffer of a consumer node operable in a system for streaming multimedia content. The method includes dividing the buffer to sections each section being filled with multimedia data during a different time interval; loading a first section of the bu... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100306383 | CONTROLLING THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES FOR STREAMING OF VIDEO SWARMS IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK A method for controlling the provision of resource nodes for streaming multimedia content of a channel viewed by consumer nodes in a peer-to-peer network. The method comprises initializing the channel with at least an initial number of resource nodes allocated to provid... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304752 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROLLER A communication system includes a first controller which includes a first retransmission request unit to request a mobile station, as a source of a first service connection request, to retransmit the first service connection request addressed to a second controller, whi... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100300198 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL RAIN GAUGE An Omnidirectional rain gauge measures an azimuth and zenith direction of flying rainwater. The Omnidirectional rain gauge includes catchment and measurement units. The catchment unit has a plural conical cylinders having individually different heights, and being overla... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100299691 | System and Method for Personalization of Television Content Provided by a Set-Top Box Based on a User's Context and Uniquifiers A method for personalization of television content comprises determining if input information respective of the television content matches one or more uniquifiers of a user of a set-top box (STB), wherein a uniquifier characterizes a user of a user node that is associat... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100299432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION STREAMS DELIVERED FOR USE BY A USER A method for management of information streams delivered for use by a user of a user device comprises discovering information streams relevant to the user using a plurality of uniquifiers, wherein each uniquifier of the plurality of uniquifier characterizes the user; ad... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100299329 | Apparatus and Methods for Providing Answers to Queries Respective of a User Based on User Uniquifiers A method for providing an answer to an input query respective of a user using a user device comprises collecting data respective of the user by using a plurality of sensors on the user device, wherein the plurality of sensors sense the user activity on the user device; ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100299325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF A CUSTOMIZED WEB PAGE BASED ON USER IDENTIFIERS A system for generating a customized web page comprises an identifier generator and manager (IGM) for generating a plurality of identifiers from data collected respective of usage of information by a user over time and for providing an answer responsive to a query, wher... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296595 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS A communication apparatus includes a plurality of transmitting units that transmit a signal stream from each different antenna; a scheduling unit being configured such that the number of outputs is set so as to not exceed the number of transmitting units capable of tran... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296490 | ERROR RATE CONTROL APPARATUS A wireless communication system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a data signal and a control signal to the same mobile station and a control unit configured to regulate transmission power of the control signal in accordance with a reception status of the ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296399 | WIRELESS BASE TRNSCEIVER STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD A wireless base transceiver station that transmits and receives data to and from an external device via fixed-line communication and transmits and receives data to and from a mobile station via radio communication. The wireless base transceiver station includes a radio ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100278979 | INTERLOCKING EDIBLE SIDELINER FOR CAKE DECORATION, METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAKE SCULPTURE METHOD AND PRODUCT An edible sideliner comprises a sheet of bakeable edible substrate formed into a continuous loop, the bakeable edible substrate having sufficient integrity to be freestanding when formed into a continuous loop so as to receive a bakeable substance within an area bounded... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100278282 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS WITH BIT ARRANGEMENT METHOD A method of transmitting data including controlling generation of bit sequences to adjust an occupation rate occupied with predetermined bits included in a first data block, which is obtained by encoding first data, to be closer to an occupation rate occupied with prede... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100262609 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENTS TO WEB PAGES A method for linking between a multimedia data element (MMDE) and a web page. The method comprises receiving a MMDE from a source; generating a signature representative of the MMDE using a signature generator; matching the generated signature with a plurality of signatu... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253827 | OPTICAL MODULE AND IMAGING DEVICE It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical module which can extract only light components satisfying predetermined conditions, and an imaging device comprising the optical module. The optical module (10) comprises a first plate-like optical el... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100252573 | PERFUME BOTTLE A perfume bottle (1) has a liquid-tight inner casing (3) which is filled with a perfume and is provided with an outlet (4), and a dimensionally stable housing (2) designed in a manner suitable for exchangeably accommodating the inner casing (... | 10/07/2010 |
