Patents Represented by Attorney The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8239574
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sharing a bookmark, which is created by a user, with other users. In a method for sharing a bookmark in a home network, information of a bookmark for sharing in a home network device of a bookmark creator is created. The bookmark or the information of the bookmark is stored in an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) terminal in the home network of the bookmark creator. The bookmark or the information of the bookmark is then transmitted from the IPTV terminal to an IPTV service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ji-Eun Keum, Se-Hee Han, Bo-Sun Jung
  • Patent number: 8238471
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for interference cancellation in a transmitting end of a multi-antenna system are provided. A precode is generated which maximizes a diversity gain of one or more receive antennas using channel information of the receive antennas to be serviced. Transmit powers of the receive antennas are updated by taking into account a power loss and a shaping loss according to a dirty paper coding. Transmit signals are precoded by updating the precode according to the updated transmit powers. The dirty paper coding is performed on the precoded transmit signals to be transmitted to the receive antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Soo Hwang, Yung-Soo Kim, Myeon-Kyun Cho, Eun-Seok Ko, Vahid Tarokh
  • Patent number: 8238572
    Abstract: A speaker device employing a diaphragm structure for providing high quality sound characteristics. In particular, a separate speaker unit is additionally provided so as to improve a resonator characteristic produced at the rear side of an existing speaker. As such, the rear sound arriving at an end of the resonator is dampened by the sound outputted from the additional speaker unit, thereby improving characteristics, such as clearness, total harmonic distortion, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dong-Ik Park, Soon-Youl Kwon
  • Patent number: 8238320
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information in an SC-FDMA system are provided, in which different cyclic shift values are generated for different SC-FDMA symbols in one of a slot and a subframe, a sequence allocated for CDM of control information is cyclically shifted by the cyclic shift values, and a control channel signal including the control information is combined with the cyclically shifted sequences on an SC-FDMA symbol basis and transmitted in the SC-FDMA symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Bum Kim, Joon-Young Cho, Ju-Ho Lee, Ying Yang Li, Yujian Zhang
  • Patent number: 8237255
    Abstract: A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is provided in which at least one built-in Integrated Circuit (IC) package has a plurality of conductive bumps on an IC. The plurality of conductive bumps are for external electrical connection. The IC package is accommodated within a core layer of a multi-layer PCB by a connection member on the IC. The connection member is formed between the conductive bumps and the core layer with contact holes in contact with the conductive bumps. The conductive bumps are electrically connected through conductor layers formed in the contact holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Kim, Shi-Yun Cho, Young-Min Lee, Kyu-Sub Kwak, Youn-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 8233023
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling intra-refreshing in a video telephone communication system are provided. A reception apparatus checks a sequence number and a CRC for received video packet data to detect presence of a packet loss, decodes the received video data to check frame type information, generates a control signal for requesting intra-refreshing in accordance with the checked frame type information and the sequence number, and transmits the generated control signal for requesting intra-refreshing to a transmission apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kyung-Hun Jung
  • Patent number: 8233398
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting frame information in a wireless communication system using a relay scheme. In a method for transmitting frame information from an upper node in the wireless communication system, downlink section information for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service is transmitted to a lower relay station at the request of the lower relay station for an initial connection. After the initial connection, frame information for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service is transmitted to the lower relay station through the downlink section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang-Yoon Oh, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Sung-Jin Lee, Young-Bin Chang, Yeong-Moon Son, Taori Rakesh
  • Patent number: 8229345
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus includes a demultiplexer for separating a multichannel transport stream into a plurality of broadcasting channel data and outputting the broadcasting channel data, a buffer unit, including a plurality of buffers having different capacities that correspond to data bit rates, for storing the broadcasting channel data in the buffers having the corresponding capacities, respectively, according to the data bit rates, a user interface for outputting channel identification information corresponding to the broadcasting channel selected by a user, and a switching device for selecting one of outputs of the plurality of buffers according to the channel identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hoon Yoo
  • Patent number: 8228344
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for setting a display screen is provided. The method includes displaying an indicator; receiving a first input selecting the indicator; displaying at least one indicator image in relation to the indicator; receiving a second input selecting one of the at least one indicator image; setting the selected image as a display image of the indicator; setting a location of the indicator on the display screen; and displaying the display screen according to the set location of the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jin-Gyu Seo
  • Patent number: 8228873
    Abstract: In a method of configuring connection identifier (CID) update information in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system where each service between an mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS) has a unique CID, a registration request message is received from the MS, requesting updating of at least one old CID used for the MS. The CID update information is configured to include a bitmap area indicating whether a service corresponding to the at least one old CID is available, and a new CID area including at least one new CID in correspondence with a predetermined bit value in the bitmap area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-Shin Park, Geun-Hwi Lim, Hong-Sung Chang, Yong Chang
  • Patent number: 8228441
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method capable of receiving digital broadcasting without image discontinuity during channel switching. A digital multimedia broadcasting receiver buffers a previous channel while a new channel is buffered in a deinterleaver, thereby preventing image discontinuity during channel switching. The digital broadcasting receiver receives and deinterleaves broadcast data of a channel to be changed and stores the deinterleaved broadcast data in a buffer when a broadcast channel change is requested. The digital broadcasting receiver outputs and displays broadcast data of an initial channel stored in the buffer and stops output of the broadcast data of the initial channel and outputs the broadcast data of the channel to be changed, when the broadcast data of the channel to be changed are stored in the buffer by a predetermined buffering size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung-Eun Lee, Kyung-Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 8230003
    Abstract: A method for indirectly creating an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) document in an XDMS (XML Document Management Server) by using a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which indicates the position of an XCAP (XML Configuration Access Protocol) document, in an XDM (XML Document Management) system including an XDMC (XDM Client) and an XDMS. The method includes transmitting an XCAP PUT request message, which contains an XCAP URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) and a storage position of an XML document to be created, to a corresponding XDMS by the XDMC; and receiving the XCAP PUT request message by the XDMS, retrieving an XML document corresponding to the XCAP URI contained in the XCAP PUT request message, and storing the XML document in the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Kwon Oh, Wuk Kim
  • Patent number: 8228841
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting and receiving resource allocation information in a communication system are disclosed, in which an Relay Station (RS) receives a resource allocation information message from a Base Station (BS), detects a first resource allocation information from the resource allocation information message, and detects a second resource allocation information intended only for the RS using the first resource allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Ho Jung, Yung-Soo Kim, Cheol-Woo You, Sung-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 8228057
    Abstract: Provided is a swivel portable terminal. The swivel portable terminal is configured to allow first and second magnet detecting units installed at one body of a main body and a swivel body at a predetermined interval therebetween to detect first and second magnets installed at the other body and corresponding to the first and second magnet detecting units. A rotation direction in which the swivel body rotates is determined according to a time difference of a change in a magnet detecting state of the first and second magnet detecting units when the swivel body rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Kim, In-Kook Yoon, Young-Chul Shin, Jae-Woong Jeon
  • Patent number: 8228881
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing location information of a terminal by using an Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). To this end, a location request and a location estimate are transferred between terminals by using messages used in the SIP. In particular, it is possible to receive location information of a counterpart during communication, or transfer the location information of its own to a counterpart, in consideration of the fact that real-time voice service mainly uses the SIP. Moreover, it is possible to request and transmit location information on using multimedia services. Therefore, a terminal or a server using the SIP easily uses location information, so that it is possible to provide new services inter-working with location services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joo-Young Kim, Jae-Kwon Oh, Wuk Kim
  • Patent number: 8227797
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus is provided that is constructed to transmit or block a light of images selectively according to a supply of electric power to a conventional transparent organic light emitting diode. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent organic light emitting diode having a glass substrate, a transparent anode, a hole transport layer, an emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a transparent cathode. The transparent display apparatus includes an insulating layer stacked on the transparent cathode, and first and second transparent ITOs stacked on the insulating layer to deliver electromotive force onto an entire surface and to transmit or block the light of images according to the on/off state of a power source. The transparent display apparatus also includes an electro chromic layer provided between the first and the second transparent ITOs and including transparent and colorless chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ho-Seong Seo
  • Patent number: 8228875
    Abstract: Provided is a handoff processing method including measuring a moving speed of a mobile terminal; measuring a size of a data packet generated in an application layer; measuring quality of a data transmission channel of the mobile terminal; calculating a maximum handoff delay time based on a relation between the moving speed and the data packet's size; estimating a handoff occurrence time point, based on a relation between a variation of the quality of the data transmission channel and the quality of the data transmission channel; and calculating a packet size and a moving speed of the mobile terminal that can minimize a delay due to a handoff occurrence by taking account of a handoff delay time according to the size of the data packet generated in the application layer and a moving speed of the mobile terminal into consideration, and providing the calculated packet size and moving speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Sung-Kee Kim, Yun-Je Oh, Tae-Sung Park, Sung-Jea Ko, Hye-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8228827
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting contention in an RA procedure in a mobile communication system is provided in which an L2/L3 message is received from a UE in uplink resources allocated to the UE by an RA preamble response message that was transmitted for an RA procedure initiated by the UE, a CR message associated the RA procedure is transmitted to the UE, if the L2/L3 message is an initial access message, and predetermined control information is transmitted to the UE on a downlink control channel without transmitting the CR message, if the L2/L3 message is not an initial access message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyeong-In Jeong, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde, Soeng-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 8223971
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for storing a security key in a mobile communication terminal. In the method, the security key is generated randomly. The generated security key is encrypted in a predetermined encryption scheme. The encrypted security key is stored in the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, even if the stored security keys are read by hacking or memory dump, it is impossible to detect the accurate security keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chi-Hun Ahn
  • Patent number: 8224388
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal for displaying supplementary information on a background screen includes a communication unit, a storage unit for storing cumulative transmissions and receptions of calls and messages corresponding to supplementary information, a cumulative number rank determiner for comparing the cumulative transmissions and receptions of calls and messages and determining a cumulative number rank for the phone number, a controller for creating a map consisting of the supplementary information arranged from the highest to the lowest cumulative number rank of the phone number, and a display unit for displaying the supplementary information together with the cumulative number rank. The terminal allows a user to easily visualize supplementary information corresponding to a phone number by display on the background screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Keun Young Kim, Byeong Cheol Hwang, Jin Young Jeon, Yu Ran Kim, Min Young Chang