Patents Represented by Attorney The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8274545
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for casting video and audio data to a web during video telephony in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes sending a transmitting request message to a counterpart terminal, if a transmitting request menu is selected in a video telephony mode, sending authentication information to a server, if a transmitting accept message is received from the counterpart terminal, and transmitting video telephony data to the server, if an authentication complete message is received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Woo-Young Choi, Sung-Ik Park, Min-Cheol Kang
  • Patent number: 8274942
    Abstract: A service provision method in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A service request message is transmitted from a first user terminal to a second user terminal for requesting a service. The service request message includes global identifiers (IDs) allocated to the first user terminal and the second user terminal. A service response message is transmitted from the second user terminal to the first user terminal. A service session is established between the first user terminal and the second user terminal, when the service response message is received by the first user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jun Hyung Kim, Jae Yeon Song, Sung Oh Hwang, Sung Jin Park, Se Hee Han, Je Young Maeng
  • Patent number: 8275894
    Abstract: A common location service request/response method between various types of clients and location servers. A location request and a location estimate are delivered between a terminal and a location server using messages defined in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) protocol. In this manner, the terminal and server using the SIP protocol can easily send a request/response for location information, making it possible to provide a new service associated with the location service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Kwon Oh, Wuk Kim, Joo-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 8275849
    Abstract: A wireless network for sharing flexible data between one master and at least two slaves in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hoe-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 8271342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a delivery management system and method using a smart communicator. The delivery management system includes a selling server for selling articles online; a delivery server for managing delivery of articles sold by the selling server; a mailbox which reads information from an information storage attached to an arrived article at a destination under the control of the delivery server; and a home network server which stores ordered article information, determines whether the arrived article is correctly delivered on the basis of a comparison between the ordered article information and the arrived article information read from the information storage, transmits the result of the comparison to a smart communicator, controls follow-up management of the delivery according to a remote control of the smart communicator. Accordingly, it is possible to check the arrival of an article and control follow-up management on the articles delivered correctly or incorrectly using the smart communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Se Jin Kwak
  • Patent number: 8271846
    Abstract: A method for encoding a channel in a communication system using a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) code is provided. The method includes determining a number of parity bits for puncturing; dividing the parity bits at predetermined intervals, and determining a number of puncturing parity bits, which are subjected to puncturing within the predetermined intervals; determining a modulation scheme; determining positions of puncturing parity bits corresponding to the determined number of the puncturing parity bits within the predetermined intervals according to the modulation scheme; repeatedly performing puncturing on puncturing parity bits corresponding to the determined positions at the predetermined intervals; and transmitting remaining bits except for the punctured bits according to the modulation scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Postech Academy Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Seho Myung, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Kyung-Joong Kim, Seok-Ki Ahn, Kyeong-Cheol Yang, Jae-Yoel Kim, Hak-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 8270932
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation of a connected User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are provided. For a packet service, adjusting an active period length according to the requirements of traffic at a reception time provides a DRX operation. Also, the UE enters into a sleep mode after confirming successful reception of packets including retransmission packets and sending an RLC ACK signal for the packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hun Kim, No-Jun Kwak, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Vander Velde
  • Patent number: 8271019
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for storing a phone number in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a memory that stores a call history in which an outgoing call number and an incoming call number are listed; a phonebook manger that detects a recent phone number from the call history, checks how many times the detected recent phone number has been used to make a call, and determines whether to store the recent phone number; and a Micro-Processor Unit (MPU) that controls the phonebook manager to determine whether the recent phone number can be stored when the call is ended, and, if information that indicates the recent phone number can be stored is received from the phonebook manager, stores the recent phone number in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Eun-Ju Song, Jung-Woog Kim
  • Patent number: 8270326
    Abstract: An operating mode transition method and control apparatus for power saving of a mobile station in a wireless communication environment are disclosed. The operating mode transition method includes receiving, in an idle mode, a control message having an indication of ranging from a corresponding base station, transitioning to a sleep mode, upon reception of the control message, and performing a ranging procedure in the sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jong Yol Kim
  • Patent number: 8266549
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying menu items of a hierarchical menu on a screen in such a manner that a function desired by a user can be traced and performed with a minimum number of key inputs. The top-level menu and bottom-level menu of the hierarchical menu can be simultaneously displayed in one screen picture, thereby enabling a user to reach from an upper-level menu to the bottom-level menu or from the bottom-level menu to the top-level menu with a minimum number of key inputs without passing through intermediate-level menus. Further, a certain menu can be displayed in one screen picture along with the one-level upper menu and one-level lower menu thereof or the one-level lower menu thereof so that the user can readily recognize the position of a current menu. Furthermore, the user can access all menus using only direction keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jea-Hun Han
  • Patent number: 8264993
    Abstract: A method and a multimode terminal for minimizing current consumption and simultaneously reducing a handover processing time when a handover occurs between communication networks which provide communication services using different mobile communication technologies. The communication network modems of the multimode terminal are interconnected via a one-to-one communication path, so that a handover target communication network modem is powered on only when handover actually occurs. In this way, by efficiently determining a time point when the handover target communication network modem is powered on, a processing time according to the occurrence of handover can be reduced, and additional current consumption can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jeong-Min Noh, Ho-Joong Kim
  • Patent number: 8265703
    Abstract: A method of running an application in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The method includes, if a predetermined key-value is input on a standby screen, analyzing the key-value to determine which application (or applications) to run; setting a parameter for running the application determined according to the key-value analysis result as the key-value; and running the application using the set parameter. A mobile communication terminal for running an application includes: a key input unit for receiving a predetermined key-value on a standby screen; a controller for if the key-value is input through the key input unit, analyzing the key-value to determine which application to run and setting a parameter for running the application determined according to the key-value analysis result as the key-value; and an application driver for running the application using the parameter set by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Min-Woong Hwang
  • Patent number: 8265119
    Abstract: A frequency allocation method and apparatus using a mirroring-assisted frequency hopping pattern is provided for retransmission in a wireless communication system operating in frequency hopping mode. A frequency allocation method for a wireless communication system operating in frequency hopping mode includes generating a mirroring pattern having a mirroring-assisted frequency hopping interval identical with a data retransmission interval; and allocating different frequency bands for an initial transmission and retransmission by performing frequency hopping according to the mirroring pattern. Preferably, the mirroring-assisted frequency hopping interval is shorter than the data retransmission interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang Min Ro, Youn H. Heo
  • Patent number: 8265012
    Abstract: An adaptive subchannel and bit allocation method in a wireless communication system. A mobile station analyzes channel quality information of a subchannel at a predetermined period and determines a feedback band index with a maximum decision criterion. The mobile station feeds back the determined feedback band index with the maximum decision criterion to a base station. The base station generates band allocation information using the feedback information from the mobile station, and transmits the band allocation information to the mobile station. The mobile station transmits AMC information using the band allocation information received from the base station. The base station estimates a channel using the AMC information transmitted from the mobile station and allocates bits to the allocated band according to the channel estimation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Ho Jung, Jae-Hak Chung, Chan-Soo Hwang, Seung-Hoon Nam
  • Patent number: 8265013
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing an interactive broadcasting service in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system are provided. The method includes receiving content attributes, including a terminal interaction request time index information, and corresponding contents from a content provider; after transmitting the contents to a terminal, sending a burst allocation request message to a Base Station (BS) to allocate an uplink bandwidth to the terminal at the terminal interaction request time; and receiving interactive information from the terminal over the uplink bandwidth allocated to the terminal. The content provider or the service provider can request a response from a plurality of recipients through the MBS service, gather their responses, and reflect the gathered information in the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung Kim, Nae-Hyun Lim, Yong Chang
  • Patent number: 8265601
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in a dual mode terminal which supports a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet network. If an event for transmitting the message occurs in a mode supporting the mobile communication network, it is determined whether the wireless Internet network exists in a current position of the dual mode terminal; if it is determined that the wireless Internet network exists in the current position of the dual mode terminal, the mode supporting the mobile communication network is changed into a mode supporting the wireless internet network; and the message is transmitted through the wireless Internet network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-Hoon Jun
  • Patent number: 8265680
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for power allocation in a mobile communication system are provided. A transmitting method includes allocating a certain fraction of total power to a common control channel; allocating available power corresponding to the remaining fraction of the total power to remaining control channels except for the common control channel among control channels transmitted in a current time slot by considering the remaining control channels; calculating a gain value of each control channel according to power allocated to each control channel; and regulating a gain of each control channel, which is to be transmitted to one or more Access Terminals (ATs), according to the calculated gain value. Therefore, reception throughput of each control channel can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Choi, Sung-Kwon Jo, Jun-Sang Lee
  • Patent number: 8265711
    Abstract: A data processing system and method for an in-vehicle short range wireless communication network are provided. The data processing system and method enable providing audio data of at least one source through different output means, while displaying video data corresponding to the audio data on a single display. The data processing system of the present invention includes a speaker installed within a vehicle; a master terminal mounted onto the vehicle for outputting an audio through the speaker; and a first slave terminal for outputting an audio received from the master terminal through a wireless channel established between the master and first slave terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sang Pil Shim
  • Patent number: 8265045
    Abstract: A method for reducing power consumption in a wireless sensor network is provided. An optimized path destined for a sink node is set using a common channel in which first and second nodes use a CSMA scheme. A first channel is set and transmission/reception slots for packet transmission/reception are allocated in the first channel. A packet is transmitted to the second node through a first transmission slot using a TDMA scheme. When a packet is not received from the second node through a first reception slot within a first set amount of time, the first reception slot is allowed to transition to an inactive state. The first node is one of the sink node, at least one parent node, and at least one child node of the parent node, and the second node is one of child nodes of the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jeong-Sik In, Hyo-Hyun Choi, Eui-Jik Kim
  • Patent number: 8265325
    Abstract: An earphone device for a portable terminal, including a body connected to the terminal; an earphone having a pair of ear speakers, a connection plug, and a cable joining the ear speakers to the connection plug; a fixed member fixedly positioned on the cable; and a coupling member adapted to slide on the cable while surrounding overlapping portions of the cable, which is bent at the fixed member. The cable between the coupling member and the fixed member is used as a strap of the terminal when the ear speakers are mounted on the body. This makes it possible to carry the terminal conveniently and prevents the cable from being tangled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chan-Yeol Park