Patents Represented by Attorney Katten Muchin
  • Patent number: 8270333
    Abstract: A data relaying apparatus for relaying data bidirectionally transmitted between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus includes a first symbol string generator configured to generate, in accordance with a first modulation method, a first symbol string from first data transmitted from the second communication apparatus; a second symbol string generator configured to generate, in accordance with a second modulation method, a second symbol string from second data transmitted from the first communication apparatus; and a combining unit configured to combine a first symbol of the first symbol string and a second symbol of the second symbol string by calculating an exclusive OR on the first symbol and the second symbol to generate a third symbol string to be multicasted to the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Jianming Wu, Kazuhisa Obuchi, Tomohiko Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8269728
    Abstract: A media integration device associated with a touch system including a touch screen, comprises a media control module operative to receive media information from a plurality of devices and generate media data associated with each of the plurality of devices. The media control module selects one device from the plurality of devices for displaying media data associated with the one device on the touch screen. A program module is operatively coupled to the media control device and adapted to generate a graphical user interface including a first display on the touch screen for operationally controlling the selected one device from the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Stephen Bolt, James Rempel, Paul A. Auger
  • Patent number: 8266298
    Abstract: One system distributes a request for providing a service using a first communication protocol, from a terminal device to a server selected from among a plurality of servers by a server load balancer in response to the request. A corresponding relation between identification information for identifying a session generated in a distributed server and the server that has generated the session corresponding to the identification information is set in the server load balancer by the service of a second communication protocol as uniqueness assurance information for uniqueness assurance. Thus, when the provision of a service is requested using a second communication protocol by the terminal device, the server load balancer refers to the set uniqueness assurance information and selects the server for providing the service from among the plurality of servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kouichirou Amemiya, Hitoshi Ueno, Masaaki Takase, Kenichi Abiru
  • Patent number: 8265561
    Abstract: A radio communication apparatus having a first antenna and a second antenna, includes an interference estimation unit configured to estimate, using a signal of a second frequency band received by the second antenna, an interference component in the second frequency band contained in a signal of a first frequency band, and an interference removing unit configured to remove, based on information on the interference component estimated by the interference estimation unit, the interference component in the second frequency band contained in the signal of the first frequency band received by the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tadashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8262481
    Abstract: A designer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a game device operated by a designer. The designer terminal includes a stage setting unit that generates design data on a virtual space, in which players play games, according to instructions from the designer, a stage distributing unit that distributes the generated design data to an external unit, a game action data acquiring unit that acquires game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data, and a game action reproducing unit that displays, on the screen of the designer, the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Fumito Ueda
  • Patent number: 8265231
    Abstract: A method for identifying among a plurality of devices, through which a voice communication path is connected, a device transmitting an echo signal onto the voice communication path, includes transmitting a predetermined signal to each of the devices from a predetermined portion on the voice communication path, receiving a response signal for the predetermined signal from each of the devices, measuring a period of time for the predetermined signal to travel from the predetermined portion to each of the devices and for the response signal to travel back to the predetermined portion, monitoring a upstream signal and a downstream signal traveling on the voice communication path, extracting an echo component from the downstream signal to determine an echo delay time, and comparing the period of time and the echo delay time to determine a device which causes the echo signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Otani, Yasuji Ota
  • Patent number: 8264950
    Abstract: A packet forwarding device includes a storage that stores a path selection table in which link numbers of a Work path and a Protection path for each flow number of a transfer packet, a flag that indicates whether the link is made up of a plurality of physical lines, a link aggregation number that identifies an aggregation of the plurality of physical lines, and destination information are set in association with one another, a link status table, a node status table, and an LAG status table, and a path selection processor that selects a path that outputs the packet on the basis of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Koji Hachiya, Tetsuo Ehara, Yasayuki Mitsumori
  • Patent number: 8262172
    Abstract: Derailment control system for railway vehicles that, in addition to detecting and issuing a warning of said derailment, provides control over the brake of the derailed vehicle or vehicles and provides additional emergency braking and/or a warning to the driver's cab, said system having a main unit (1) to which are joined: an inertia sensor or detector (8) designed to detect derailments, an indicator (9) or device responsible for indicating that the derailment control system has been triggered and for keeping the system activated, a stopcock (10) that deactivates the derailment control, and a bottom connection point (11) for testing that makes it possible to simulate a triggering of the system via a threaded eyebolt, facilitating verification of proper operation both during bench testing and when the system is installed on the vehicle (7), and a device (39) situated at the exhaust outlet through which the automatic brake pipe (ABP)(5) is vented when said derailment is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ametsis, Ingenieria y Asesoria Tecnica, S.L.
    Inventor: Miguel Angel Martin Jimenez
  • Patent number: 8259829
    Abstract: Method and device for estimating the time-of-arrival of a received signal y(t), said method comprising the step of: generating a plurality of frequency-domain samples from the received signal y(t); estimating a correlation matrix (Formula I) from said plurality of frequency-domain samples; from said correlation matrix (Formula I), calculating a signal energy distribution with respect to different propagation delays; finding a delay value (Formula II) at which said signal energy distribution exceeds a certain threshold Pth, said delay value representing the time-of-arrival estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fundacio Privada Centre Techologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya
    Inventors: Mónica Navarro Rodero, Montserrat Nájar Martón, Christian Ibars Casas
  • Patent number: 8260300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a handover method in radio communication. A base station apparatus monitors the receiving state of a terminal, detects, based upon the receiving state, whether the terminal is one in which there is a possibility that loss of a call or a decline in quality will occur or one in which loss of a call or a decline in quality has occurred, and hands over the terminal to another base station apparatus having a carrier frequency different from that of the present base station apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ode, Kazuo Kawabata
  • Patent number: 8251817
    Abstract: A game device includes a shape data storage which stores data of an object disposed in a three-dimensional space, a first rendering unit which sets a point of view and a line of sight and renders the object, a viewpoint changing unit which receives a change instruction indicating a change of the point of view or line of sight and changes the point of view or line of sight, and a character controller which moves a character along the outer surface of the object. The character controller allows the character to move between two-dimensional planes of objects rendered in such a manner that the objects are adjacent to each other in the two-dimensional planes generated by the first rendering unit, and the game device further includes a search unit which searches a set of objects lying within a predetermined range of distance in the two-dimensional plane, and changes the point of view or line of sight so that the searched objects can be rendered adjacently to each other in the two-dimensional plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Jun Fujiki, Takanori Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8254865
    Abstract: A communications system includes a multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) architecture for high capacity switched mesh networks. The MIMO architecture has a plurality of radio frequency chains. One of the plurality of radio frequency chains is configured to apply a first frequency offset to a base frequency of an output signal to generate a first transmitting frequency; and another of the plurality of radio frequency chains being configured to apply a second frequency offset to the base frequency to generate a second transmitting frequency. The system uses the carrier frequency offset to lock the clock of the master subsystem to the clock of the slave subsystem, thereby enabling bandwidth expansion to be employed on the MIMO data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BelAir Networks
    Inventors: Colin H. Soul, Roland A. Smith, Stephen G. Rayment
  • Patent number: 8251789
    Abstract: A game apparatus controls a game in which a user-controlled character and an opponent character hit a ball. A serve control unit receives the first input operation from a user and makes the character perform an action of tossing the ball when the character performs a serve. The serve control unit receives the second input operation from the user and makes the character perform an action of the serve. The serve control unit determines a ball power or ball speed in the serve based on the first input operation, and determines a shot type in the serve based on the second input operation. The serve control unit makes the character perform the serve according to the determined ball power or ball speed and the determined shot type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Daisaku Ikejiri, Masashi Muramori
  • Patent number: 8249276
    Abstract: A controller device is provided whereby players can experience realistic sounds. The controller device is connected to the main body of an information processing apparatus, wherein the controller device comprises a first speaker for emitting a sound signal in a low frequency range, and a second speaker for emitting a sound signal in a frequency range that is higher in comparison with the first speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Hamada, Toru Akazawa
  • Patent number: 8246839
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a double-walled chamber for the UV disinfection of liquids, preferably drinking water and/or waste water. It realizes a rectangular and/or square cross-sectional shape of the UV radiation chamber even at higher pressures, whereby the radiation chamber can moreover be provided with a thin-walled configuration and allows an optimal and close arrangement of UV radiators as compared with a round chamber. By applying the inventive idea, the known dead zones at the entrance are completely eliminated and an entrance turbulence is produced which runs simultaneously with the piston flow in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Trojan Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Ueberall
  • Patent number: 8249034
    Abstract: A game device is provided with a processor and an air interface apparatus. In a wireless communication environment such as that of IEEE802.11, a CPU of the air interface apparatus selects, in a search process, an SSID that includes at least in a portion thereof a predetermined pattern. Network information including the selected SSID is retained in a memory unit as a BSS list registering wireless networks that are targets, for connection. The processor refers to the BSS list and determines a wireless network to participate in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Miwa, Kenjiro Komaki, Tetsuo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8249583
    Abstract: The present Invention relates to a method and to a system for identifying and characterizing the impact of network incidents on the telecommunication services offered to users. According to the invention, the system for identifying and characterizing an incident in a service offered to a user of a telecommunications network comprises an unavailability selection module (1), a consolidation module (4), an aggregation module (10), a stabilization module (12) and a notification module (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: TELEFONICA, S.A.
    Inventors: Andrés Cancer Abreu, Carlos Gascon Navarro
  • Patent number: 8250217
    Abstract: A first server detects a condition that requires a service to be invoked, and the detection of this condition triggers it to establish a connection with a second server. The first server relays data relevant to a first communication between first and second terminals and the second server over the established connection. The first server also relays data relevant to a second communication between the first and second terminals and the second server, or between third and fourth terminals and the second server. Alternatively, the second server both receives and returns the data relevant to the first communication from/to the first server over the established connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takaaki Kidachi, Tatuhiro Furuya
  • Patent number: 8250482
    Abstract: A method for relating at least two mathematical objects in a computing apparatus having a graphical user interface is described. The method comprises receiving instructions via the graphical user interface to relate a first mathematical object with a second mathematical object; updating the second mathematical object using data of the first mathematical object; linking the first mathematical object to the second mathematical object; and creating a visual link between the first mathematical object and the second mathematical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Tom Willekes, Kathryn Rounding, Gregory Gordon Forrest
  • Patent number: 8250274
    Abstract: The present invention helps to develop a smaller sized portable terminal without reducing the functions available for the user. A USB device which is detachable from the portable terminal is provided with a USB connector which is inserted into a USB port of the portable terminal, a power source terminal which comes into contact with a power supply terminal of the portable terminal, when the USB connector is inserted into the USB port of the portable terminal, and a screw which is engaged with a screw hole of the portable terminal. When the screw is engaged with the screw hole of the portable terminal, a switch inside the screw hole is pushed down due to a contact with the screw. The portable terminal detects mounting of the USB device by an output from the switch, and initiates power supplying from the power supply terminal of the portable terminal to the power source terminal of the USB device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Enterainment Inc.
    Inventor: Naoya Matsui