Patents Represented by Attorney The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8223704
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assigning subchannels of a transmitter in a communication system. The method includes dividing an entire frequency band into m subcarrier groups; mapping each of the m subcarrier groups to a subcarrier group index, wherein a subchannel includes n subcarriers selected from each of the m subcarrier groups corresponding to a subcarrier group index sequence; determining that a first data is needed to transmit in a first timing point; and assigning a first subchannel in the first timing point using a first subcarrier group index sequence. The first subcarrier group index sequence is different from a second subcarrier group index sequence used for assigning a second subchannel in a second timing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: In-Seok Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Sang-Hoon Sung, Jae-Hee Cho, Hoon Huh
  • Patent number: 8224327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a way to solve a problem of an operation error, which may occur in transmitting a Binding Update (BU) or Registration ReQuest (RRQ) message for a mobile node to a home agent due to the fact that a PDSN supports a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP) for the mobile terminal and the corresponding mobile node supports a client mobile IP when there is the mobile node using the client mobile IP in a 3GPP2 mobile communication system supporting the PMIP, thereby enabling efficient communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung-Joo Suh, Beom-Sik Bae, Jung-Soo Jung, Veronica Kondratieva
  • Patent number: 8223734
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting a downlink shared control channel including a control signal necessary for restoring a transmission data signal in a mobile communication system that transmits a data signal using multiple antennas. It is determined whether the transmission data signal is coded with two or more codewords before being transmitted. One of a first element index of a sub-codebook configured only with a one codeword-dedicated precoding in a precoding codebook and a second element index of a sub-codebook configured only with a more-than-two codeword-dedicated precoding is selected, according to the determination result. A control channel is generated by including the selected element index in the precoding information. The generated control channel is mapped to a particular resource block and the mapped control channel is transmitted to a particular reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Kyu Han, Yong-Jun Kwak, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Ju-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8223127
    Abstract: A virtual wheel interface structure of a mobile terminal having a wheel input unit and a character input. A virtual keypad in a wheel shape is displayed on a display unit adjacent to the wheel input unit having a wheel, a selection, and navigation keys. The virtual wheel keypad includes a plurality of virtual keys disposed in the wheel rotation direction. A screen highlight and a cursor are displayed on the display unit. The screen highlight is located at a specific position on the virtual wheel keypad to select a virtual key, and the cursor indicates a character input position. If the wheel key rotates, the virtual wheel keypad rotates correspondingly and the screen highlight is located at a specific virtual key. A character allocated to the virtual key in the screen highlight is input by pressing the selection key or a navigation key, or by rotating the wheel key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Joo Park, Hyang Choi
  • Patent number: 8224318
    Abstract: A location service providing system and method the system includes target SUPL (Secure User Plane for Location) Enabled Terminal (SET) determines and stores a positioning method in an initialization stage of a location service according to a triggered location service request, determines in a location calculation process whether the stored positioning method is available, provides the stored positioning method if it is determined that the stored positioning method is available, and requests for re-determination of a positioning method if it is determined that the stored positioning method is unavailable: and a home-SUPL location platform (H-SLP) which provides the location service using the stored positioning method if the stored positioning method is provided from the target SET or provides the location service by re-determining a positioning method with the target SET if the re-determination of a positioning method is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joo-Young Kim, Wuk Kim
  • Patent number: 8223686
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) signaling in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A communication method of a Base Station (BS) includes transmitting a Fixed Allocation (FA) message containing bitmap index information for all Mobile Stations (MSs) allocated with fixed resources; and transmitting bitmap information indicating whether packets to be transmitted to the MSs are Retransmission (Rtx) packets or new packets. Accordingly, when HARQ is carried out using a fixed resource allocation scheme, a bitmap is used to indicate whether HARQ packets transmitted in a current frame are new packets or Rtx packets. Therefore, a receiving end can be prevented from incorrectly decoding the packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Min-Hee Cho, Jung-Je Son, Nam-Gi Kim, Jae-Hyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 8224878
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for managing content data in an information terminal. Content data information corresponding to content data is stored in a content information database (DB). Whenever an application requests content data information, a content manager provides the application with index information of content data. Then, the application accesses the content information DB and reads content data information corresponding to the provided index information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Byoung-Seoup Moon
  • Patent number: 8224329
    Abstract: Disclosed is method for measuring a home cell in a mobile telecommunications system comprising: a network including a plurality of base stations for defining communications cells; and first and second user equipment for communicating with the network, said plurality of base stations including at least one home base station defining a home cell associated with said first user equipment and not with said second user equipment, said home cell overlapping in coverage with a communications cell usable by both said first and second user equipment, the method including the steps of: acquiring, at the network, position data indicative of the position of the first user equipment; determining whether the first user equipment is close to the home cell by using the acquired position data; sending a cell measurement control message from the network to the first user equipment via a base station specifying measurements of said home cell; performing, at the first user equipment a fine position measurement; determining at th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Patent number: 8225349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a digital broadcast receiver including a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) module for receiving digital broadcastings of multiple channels; an output unit for outputting voice and image signals of the digital broadcastings; and a controller for controlling the DMB module to receive the digital broadcastings while successively and automatically switching the channels at a predetermined time interval, and controlling the digital broadcasting data received in the DMB module to be transmitted to the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Hyeon Yoon, Sun-Hee Chang
  • Patent number: 8225216
    Abstract: An image production system, image production apparatus, and image production method are disclosed, which sort user data received from a mobile communication terminal based on at least one type of the user data; display the sorted user data on a daily record page; produce the images from user data which are selected from the displayed user data and which serve as a source; and play back the produced images on a certain region of the daily record page. All the user data of the mobile communication terminal can be easily checked through the daily record page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung Hun Kim, Young Ho Rhee, Jae Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8222554
    Abstract: A key input apparatus of a portable terminal, which is pushed or slid in various directions so as to make contact with contact pieces is provided. The key input apparatus includes a switch part having a plurality of contact pieces disposed in a circumference of the switch part, the switch part being mounted in a main body of the portable terminal; and a key part being pushed or slid so as to make contact with the contact pieces, the key part corresponding to the switch part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee-Cheul Moon
  • Patent number: 8223877
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting a signal in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system are provided. The method includes filtering each stream of a received signal, acquiring a new search space by acquiring a set of candidates having reliability greater than a threshold with respect to each filtered stream, and detecting a signal for each stream of the new search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: In-Kyu Lee, Jin-Seong Kim, Chae-Man Lim
  • Patent number: 8218957
    Abstract: An image stabilizer is provided, which compensates for an external turbulence caused by hand-shake by moving an imaging unit. The image stabilizer includes a first yoke, a second yoke, and a driving frame interposed between the first yoke and the second yoke and movable in a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, and a rotation direction with respect to an optical axis. The imaging unit is mounted in a center of the driving frame. The image stabilizer also includes a coil plate connected to a surface of the driving frame facing the first yoke and having a plurality of pattern coils arranged at locations corresponding to a plurality of magnets of the second yoke. The image stabilizer further includes a support unit disposed on a surface of the driving frame facing the second yoke and supporting the driving frame in pitch, yaw and roll directions with respect to the second yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-won Lee, Chong-sam Chung, Hae-in Chung
  • Patent number: 8217768
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for allowing a user to dynamically enjoy a video. A difference between image data is computed at every preset unit of time and a vibration corresponding to the computed difference is generated so that the user can sense a motion change of an object within the video. Upon video reproduction, scenes are displayed by applying the lighting effect of a strobe light or the like between the scenes to be reproduced. Upon video reproduction, more enjoyment and various haptic effects can be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ho-Jin Lee, Young-Min Lee, Shi-Yun Cho, Ho-Seong Seo, Youn-Ho Choi, Ji-Hyun Jung
  • Patent number: 8218520
    Abstract: A communication apparatus and method of a mobile communication system using Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). A method of transmitting an uplink acknowledge channel (ACKCH) for a downlink data channel in a mobile communication system using OFDMA includes: determining channel resources for each Control Channel Element (CCE), when a downlink control channel including at least two CCEs is received; generating uplink acknowledgement information by analyzing a received downlink data channel; assigning the at least two CCEs to at least two transmission antennas, respectively; and transmitting the uplink ACKCH including the uplink acknowledgement information through the transmission antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae Chon Yu, Jin Kyu Han, Ju Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8218495
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for circuit mode resource allocation in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system is disclosed. The method includes generating a first resource allocation message which comprises currently used slot bitmap information with respect to a circuit mode region in a frame; allocating resources to one or more terminals with respect to currently unused slots in the circuit mode region according to the currently used slot bitmap information; and generating a second resource allocation message which comprises information relating to the resource allocation. Thus, the effective circuit mode resource allocation can be achieved without holes in the circuit mode, while maintaining backward compatibility with the existing standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Hee Cho, Min-Hee Cho, Hyun-Kyung Kim, Jae-Woo So, Kwan-Hee Roh
  • Patent number: 8218461
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for supporting a relay service in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. The method includes setting Tx/Rx mode switch region information of a Relay Station (RS). A signal is sent to a Mobile Station (MS) traveling in a service coverage during a first interval of a DownLink (DL) subframe according to resource allocation information. The mode switch region information and a signal are sent over a second interval of the DL subframe. Accordingly, the RS can communicate with a Base Station (BS) with accurate synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Bin Chang, Chang-Yoon Oh, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Sung-Jin Lee, Yeong-Moon Son
  • Patent number: 8218616
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system to generate a static or an animated thumbnail for a digital video on a handheld device, in which a first frame of the video is displayed as the static thumbnail and certain periodic frames of the digital video are displayed as the animated thumbnail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shankar Jayaraman, Rajeev Verma
  • Patent number: 8213770
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing digital broadcast data in a digital broadcast receiving terminal. If the digital broadcast receiving terminal enters a weak electric field strength region during reception of digital broadcast data, digital broadcast receiving terminal stops the process of receiving the digital broadcast data so as to check whether digital broadcast receiving terminal re-enters again into the strong electric field strength region. Then, if the digital broadcast receiving terminal re-enters the strong electric field region, the terminal shifts a TS value of a received digital broadcast data frame to the value obtained by adding a frame interval of the digital broadcast data frames to the TS value of the previous data frame that had been completely stored just before the digital broadcast receiving terminal entered the weak electric field strength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Sik Lee, Dong-Jun Kum
  • Patent number: 8214000
    Abstract: Provided is a locking device for an internal battery pack cover of a mobile phone, which is mounted on a lower case frame of a main body of the mobile phone, and which includes a locking member formed on the lower case frame; and a locking module coupled to the cover and rotating around a hinge axis with a sliding movement of a button unit to be mounted within or released from the lock member, thereby causing the cover to be coupled to or detached from the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ki-Ung Hwang, Hong-Bae Kim, Sang-Hyuck Jung