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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185763 | Method of and apparatus for informing user about setting state of wake-on-LAN function An apparatus for informing a user about a setting state of a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) function includes a WOL-setting determining module to determine a setting state of a WOL function of an information-processing device, and a WOL-setting display module to inform a user of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185588 | System, apparatus, and method for mobile community service A method and apparatus for a mobile community service are provided. In a method of operating a creator terminal for a mobile community service, the method includes creating a community for a community service by selecting at least one of a plurality of community typ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184612 | Method and apparatus for managing hyper frame number for ciphering/deciphering in mobile communication system A method and an apparatus for managing an HFN for ciphering/deciphering at an RNC of a mobile communication system are provided. In the method, a Timing Adjustment (ToA) value is received from a base station, and a Connection Frame Number (CFN) is corrected. Whether... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184606 | Apparatus and method for monitoring base station signal in communication system having multiple antennas In a signal monitoring apparatus of a base station of a communication system having multiple antennas, a transmitting/receiving unit transmits a plurality of transmit signals by using the multiple antennas or processes a plurality of receive signals received through... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184593 | Call switching system and method of connecting call therein A call switching system having a plurality of mobile terminals, each having individual identification information for connecting a call, and a method of connecting a call therein are provided. The method includes displaying, by a second mobile terminal, when a call ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184165 | Apparatus and method for running dual cameras in a portable terminal An apparatus and method for separating and connecting a main camera and a sub camera in a portable terminal are provided. The portable terminal includes a main camera for receiving a main clock signal from a main chip and transmitting a main camera pixel clock signa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184066 | Computer system and control method thereof A computer system including a display unit to display a display area of the computer system, a wireless communications module to interface with at least one external device, a pointing processing unit to move a pointer indicated on the display unit in correspondence... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176350 | Powering computer system communication unit according to whether program executing and/or webpage accessed is user selected A computer system. The computer system includes a communication unit to receive power to perform communication with an external apparatus; and a controller to check whether at least one program to make the communication unit perform the communication is executing, a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175658 | Power apparatus, wireless communication apparatus having the same, and power supplying method thereof A wireless communication apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication; a converter which converts an input voltage into an output voltage in a switched-mode to supply the output voltage to the wireless communication unit; a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175637 | Method for multi-party call in mobile station A method for a multi-party call in a mobile station is provided. The method includes performing a multi-party call and call-connecting, if a mobile station is selected for call connection from mobile stations connected for the multi-party call, to the selected mobil... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175102 | Neighbor discovery method and apparatus for mobile node in heterogeneous network environment A neighbor discovery method and apparatus for performing network-transparent neighbor discovery in a heterogeneous network environment is provided. A neighbor discovery method for a multi-mode mobile node includes determining a type of a network, with which a mobile... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175045 | Apparatus and method for transmitting uplink feedback data in a broadband wireless mobile communication system An apparatus and a method for transmitting uplink feedback data in a broadband wireless mobile communication are provided. The method comprises dividing tiles used as a feedback channel into a preset number of groups, selecting one group among the preset number of g... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171171 | Data synchronization method and system between devices A data synchronization method for more than three networked devices including at least one client and one server for efficiently synchronizing data among multiple devices supporting a Synchronization Markup Language (SyncML) protocol is provided. The data synchroniz... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170616 | Operation method and apparatus of mobile communication terminal supporting dual mode An operation method and apparatus of a mobile communication terminal supporting a dual mode are provided. The method includes determining if two Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards are inserted, searching for and registering with a cell of a first network s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170605 | Dual mode mobile terminal and data call processing method thereof An improved dual mode mobile terminal and data call processing method of the dual mode mobile terminal is provided for enabling a modem chip that is not associated or embedded with an application to process a data call. A data call processing method for a dual mode ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170147 | Apparatus for cancelling DC offset and method thereof An apparatus and method for canceling a DC offset efficiently removes the DC offset by calculating the DC offset after acquiring synchronization in a terminal receiver used for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system. The apparatus for canceling the DC ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169413 | Method for operating touch input device and portable terminal using the same A method for operating a touch input device and a portable terminal using the touch input device may prevent a malfunction of the touch input device due to an abrupt change of external temperature. The method for operating a touch input device measures a temperature... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166224 | Apparatus and method for docking of mobile device supporting docking station An apparatus and method for docking of a mobile device supporting a docking station are provided. The apparatus includes a connection detector, an undock execution unit, and a hotdock execution unit. The connection detector performs a function for transitioning to a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165582 | Reducing occurrence of user equipment registration expiry during calls Methods, systems, User Equipment (UE), and computer readable medium for reducing the occurrence of UE registration expiry are provided. A method of reducing the occurrence of UE registration expiry during calls includes registering a UE with a network for a registra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165547 | Apparatus and method for acquiring synchronization to support multi-frequency in mobile communication terminal An apparatus and a method for acquiring synchronization to support multi-frequency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency generator, a control signal generator and at least two modems for operating respective Frequency Al... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165533 | Apparatus and method for beamforming based on generalized eigen-analysis in multiple input multiple output wireless communication system An apparatus and method for beamforming in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. A Base Station (BS) includes a calculator for generating relational expressions between beamforming vectors of Mobile Stations (MSs) using ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165250 | Automatic gain control device, signal receiving apparatus, and signal receiving method An apparatus and method of receiving signal are provided. The apparatus includes an amplifier that controls a gain according to a gain control signal and amplifies a received signal to generate an amplified signal, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter that converts ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165245 | Method and apparatus for controlling transmission power in a communication system In a communication system, a mobile terminal compares a first modulation/Forward Error Correction (FEC) rate level, which is a modulation/FEC rate level used in a previously transmitted signal, with a second modulation/FEC rate level, which is a modulation/FEC rate ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165106 | Apparatus and method for detecting a ranging signal in a wireless communication system An apparatus for a base station of a wireless communication network includes a detector to detect an access code received from a mobile station in each of a plurality of time durations and to detect a timing offset of the access code detected in each of the pluralit... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165105 | Apparatus and method for cell searching in wireless communication system An apparatus and method for mapping a cell IDentifier (ID) for cell searching in a transmitter of a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes generating a single type of complex sequences mapped with a cell ID, and transmitting the complex sequ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165069 | Fast uplink ranging system and method in mobile communication system The present invention relates to a fast uplink ranging system and method in a mobile communication system. According to the present invention, a fast uplink ranging system transmits two pairs of ranging codes having the same value at locations spaced by half of FFT ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165055 | Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving time stamp to provide multicast service in communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting a time stamp to provide a multicast service by a base station in a communication system is provided. Upon receipt of a multicast service request from a first terminal, the base station determines whether a second terminal exis... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161302 | Method and apparatus for data transmission in wireless local access network and system therefor An Apparatus, method, and system for transmitting data in a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) in a power management state are provided. The method includes registering a standby state entrance to an Access Point (AP), switching to an active state at a period, det... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161093 | Complex multiplier and twiddle factor generator The present invention relates to a complex multiplier and a twiddle factor generator. The complex multiplier according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a first adder/subtracter that adds the real part of the complex number and a first twiddle factor or su... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160645 | Apparatus and method for supporting SIM card in mobile communication terminal having multiple modems An apparatus and method for supporting a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a mobile communication terminal including a plurality of modems are provided. The apparatus includes the SIM card for storing user information, and the plurality of modems each for pro... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160626 | Apparatus and method for enquiring channel condition information in cognitive radio wireless communication system A method of operating a Data Base (DB) server for storing spectrum condition information on a licensed system in a Cognitive Radio (CR)-based wireless communication system and a CR-based wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining cha... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160174 | Signal detection method and receiver Disclosed is a method of detecting signals at a receiver of a communication system with a multiple input multiple output antenna. With the signal detection method, a square of the distance between a received signal vector and a channel status-considered transmission... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160102 | Method and apparatus for upper level protocol message Upper level protocol message transmitting method and apparatus are provided based on a new management message to be used in a portable Internet system. When a base station receives the upper level protocol message to be broadcast, it includes the same in the managem... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160023 | Apparatus and method for supporting handover in broadband wireless communication system An apparatus and method for supporting a handover from a macro Base Station (BS) to a micro BS in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a user layer for requesting scanning information on micro BSs among neighbor BSs and an M... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159986 | Method for providing multicast broadcast service in communication system In a communication system, a plurality of radio access systems (RASs) respectively receives connection resources from an MBS server for transmitting a multicast broadcast data packet. The MBS server is involved in transmission of the multicast broadcast data packet.... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159340 | Techniques for wireless sensing using device including sensor train A remote wireless network includes a plurality of sensors/transmitters wherein each sensor is uniquely identifiable and lends its unique identity to the transmitter to which it is attached. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159252 | Test handler and method for operating the same for testing semiconductor devices A test handler and method for operating a test handler for testing semiconductor devices are provided. The test handler includes a test tray located on one side of an opening apparatus in which a plurality of inserts are arrayed, wherein each insert comprises at lea... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156526 | Apparatus and method for controlling screen layout in digital broadcast receiver for receiving moving picture content Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for screen display in a digital broadcast receiver for receiving moving picture contents. The method includes: receiving head-end side data including configuration data of lattice-type moving picture contents sent via a broadca... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155694 | Dual standby mode mobile terminal and communication mode control method thereof A dual standby mode mobile terminal having a single smart card slot and communication mode control method thereof is provided for enabling the mobile terminal to operate in dual standby mode with a single smart card. A dual standby mode mobile terminal includes a fi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155686 | Apparatus and method for selecting bandwidth for peer to peer communication in a broadband wireless communication system An apparatus and method for performing Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a first calculator for calculating a maximum Transmit (Tx) power level for each band of a Mobile Station (MS) by... | 04/10/2012 |
