Patents Assigned to AND Communications
  • Publication number: 20120022925
    Abstract: A method for broadcasting advertisements is used on an electronic device. The electronic device may download the advertisements from a server of an advertiser. When the electronic device is awaked from a sleep state, the advertisements are broadcasted on a display of the electronic device. After the advertisements are broadcasted, the display then displays a window already displayed on the display before the electronic device enters the sleep state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yen-An CHEN, Chiu-Hao CHEN, Chih-Chien CHU
  • Publication number: 20120019557
    Abstract: A device may obtain location information of an AR display device and obtain identifiers associated with objects that are within a field of view of the AR display device based on the location information. In addition, the device may obtain, for each of the objects, AR information based on the identifiers and determine, for each of the objects, a distance of the object from the AR display device. Furthermore, the device may generate, for each of the objects, images of the AR information at a virtual distance from the AR display device, the virtual distance corresponding to the determined distance. The device may display the generated images at the AR display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Pär-Anders Aronsson, Erik Backlund, Andreas Kristensson
  • Publication number: 20120020333
    Abstract: A base station detects that an end-user has turned on an on/off switch on the base station, and in response, the base station transfers a registration request to a service node over an IP network. The service node processes the registration request to register the base station. The base station exchanges wireless telephony signals with a plurality of end-user communication devices, wherein the wireless telephony signals transport end-user communications. The base station and the service node exchange IP packets over the IP network, wherein the IP packets transport the end-user communications. The service node processes the end-user communications to provide a telephony service to the end-user communication devices, but the service node does not provide the telephony service to end-user communication devices through the base station until the base station registration is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Harold W. Johnson, Timothy D. Euler
  • Publication number: 20120023183
    Abstract: A method or system for synchronizing e-mail messages for a user, particularly for POP3 protocols. E-mail messages addressed to the user are received at an e-mail control at a local server, from an external e-mail server. The e-mail control stores each e-mail message in a consolidated e-mail storage at the local server. The e-mail control stores a message identifier for each e-mail message, in a message identifier storage at the local server. It is determined whether an e-mail message in the consolidated e-mail storage has been deleted from the external e-mail server, and if so, then the e-mail message is deleted from the consolidated e-mail storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: j2 Global Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Newman, Sanford Schleicher
  • Publication number: 20120021726
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for receiving system messages for a multi-card mobile terminal comprising: acquiring system messages received by any user identity card of a multi-card mobile terminal from network; and storing the system messages in a buffer, so that each user identity card acquires the system messages from the buffer directly. The invention resolves the problem that a plurality of user identity cards receiving same system messages repeatedly brings about high system cost and decreasing the time for network selection and cell reselection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jie Fu
  • Publication number: 20120020667
    Abstract: A method to transmit and receive significantly larger serial data stream to achieve conformance to the signal interface constraints of a pre-installed transmission system thus minimising bit error rate for both the large serial data streams and the pre-installed streams the method includes the steps of de-serialising an initial incoming signal into M data streams, wherein M>2, each M data stream having a data rate of D/M Gbps, partially serialising and encoding M data streams into K symbol groups where K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, each K symbol group characterized by N concurrent data bits of the N data streams, wherein each N data stream has a data rate of D/(N·K), processing each of the K symbol groups to provide one modulated output signal the K modulated output signals then being transmitted via K channels of an existing wavelength division multiplexing system, so as to enable transmission of significantly large data streams over pre-installed transmission networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: AUSANDA COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Steven Mutabazi, Lee Nguyen Binh
  • Patent number: 8103277
    Abstract: A handover method from a WCDMA network to a CDMA network in a system comprising a mobile communication terminal, a RNC of the WCDMA network and a BSC of the CDMA network comprises: transmitting a measurement control message for commanding cell power measurement on a WCDMA cell and a beacon cell in the RNC into the mobile communication terminal; transmitting a measurement report message into the RNC in the mobile communication terminal after measurement of the cell power on the WCDMA cell and the beacon cell; and determining a handover into a CDMA cell in the RNC depending on the measurement report message when there is no more receivable WCDMA cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Pantech & Curitel Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Wee
  • Patent number: 8102946
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a communication system is described that comprises a soft-output detector configured to receive a transmit signal and output reliability information regarding the received signal. In accordance with such embodiments, the detector comprises a symbol combiner configured to operate in both a repetition mode and a non-repetition mode, wherein repetition mode comprises receiving a plurality of signals for the transmit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ikanos Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien D. Pons, Patrick Duvaut
  • Patent number: 8104058
    Abstract: A channel remapping pre-notification (RPN) message is transmitted in each of multiple frequencies prior to movement of data associated with one or more virtual channels to one or more different frequencies. The RPN message is also sent prior to transmission of a Virtual Channel Table (VCT) reflecting channel movement. If a receiving device is unable to find data associated with a selected channel subsequent to the channel movement, the stored RPN information can be used to identify a new frequency for that selected channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Gilson
  • Patent number: 8102314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a position-finding method for determing the location of a mobile object. The features, for example received field strengths, of a plurality of base stations are measured, and the object position is located from these features, using a reference map. During an initialization process, a reference map is created which comprises a multiplicity of positions and the associated feature-dependent values. During use of the method, a plurality of position-finding processes are carried out, by means of each of which a measured feature-dependent value and from this, a located position of the object, are determined using the predetermined reference map. The predetermined reference map is in each case updated for at least some of the positions found, during which updates, the feature-dependent values are each corrected by a correction term at the support points of the reference map in a predetermined area surrounding an object position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberger, Bruno Betoni Parodi, Joachim Horn, Henning Lenz, Andrei Szabo
  • Patent number: 8103169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secure/non-secure bypass switch, which includes a secure mode signal path, and a non-secure mode signal path, wherein signals are routed through an encryption device connected in the secure mode signal path when no power is supplied to the switch, and the signals are routed through the non-secure path when power is supplied to the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Criticom Critical Communications
    Inventor: Robert Winegard
  • Patent number: 8103251
    Abstract: A system and method for managing information of a communication device include creating a user account, and allocating storage space to store an account profile of a user of the communication device and a contact list. The system and method further include determining if the account profile of the user has been updated, designating at least one contact in the contact list to receive the updated account profile, and sending the updated account profile of the user to the designated contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Te-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 8103248
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for operating mobile communication terminals in a radio network with at least one base station, providing a first radio coverage area, and at least one mobile communication terminal in which at least one locally limited area of activity within the first radio coverage area is communicated to the radio network are provided. The mobile communication terminal's entry into the area of activity is detected. In addition, when entry has been detected, a first message from the radio network prompts the mobile communication terminal to transmit ascertained position finding information using a second message and the radio network initiates detection of the second message with the position-finding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Rumpf
  • Patent number: 8102776
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to generating simulated network traffic. In some embodiments, simulated network traffic may be generated using a specification of a sequence of frames to be transmitted from the network testing device. The specification may specify at least two frames including a first frame and a second frame. The specification may further specify a first interframe gap associated with the first frame and a second interframe gap, having a different length from the first interframe gap, associated with the second frame. In some embodiments, the specification may specify an interframe gap for each frame in the sequence of frames. This information may be used to determine the relative transmit time of each frame to be transmitted. Because the specification identifies an interframe gap for each frame in the sequence, in some embodiments, multi-frame burst network traffic may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Fujikami, William T. Hatley, Jocelyn Kunimitsu
  • Patent number: 8103304
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for determining a presence status associated with a user of a mobile communications device. Heat and motion information is collected by heat detectors and accelerometers within the device. The heat and motion information is referenced to determine whether the information suggests that the user is available via the mobile communications device, and a presence status is assigned based on that determination. Presence status information is communicated to a presence server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Kristen E. Miller, Harry H. Lai
  • Patent number: 8103210
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a short-distance wireless communication unit and a player selection controller. The short-distance wireless communication unit receives, from a partner device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection request to select any one of players. In accordance with the selection request, the player selection controller controls switching to a player requested to be selected. After start of the player switching, when a predetermined time elapses before success or failure of the player switching is determined, the short-distance wireless communication unit transmits, to the partner device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection success response to the selection request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventor: Toshiya Tamura
  • Patent number: 8103303
    Abstract: A method and system for adjusting transmission power of a communication device is provided. The method obtains a transmission power value and a receiving power value of the communication device from a storage system of the communication device, and obtains a power control signal received by the communication device when the call connection between the communication device and a base station via a wireless communication network is established. The method further adjusts the transmission power value according to the power control signal, and calculates a power sum by adding the transmission power value to the receiving power value. In addition, the method modifies the transmission power value according to a difference between the power sum and the receiving power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Xiao-Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 8102897
    Abstract: Direct sequence spread spectrum communications can use composite codes and can operate at a plurality of different chipping rates. The composite codes can be formed using a plurality of component codes, wherein the component codes can be relatively prime and at least one of the nominal lengths of the component codes can include a plurality of prime number multiplicands. The chipping rate and code length can be reduced by dividing a master rate by one or more of the prime number multiplicands. Symbol timing and time division multiple access timing can be tied to epochs of the component codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: L-3 Communications, Corp.
    Inventors: Vaughn L. Mower, Merle L. Keller, Kent R. Bruening
  • Patent number: 8103499
    Abstract: To enter Chinese text, a user enters the corresponding phonetic spelling via telephone style keypad. Some or all keys represent multiple phonetic letters. In disambiguating entered key presses to yield a valid phonetic spelling, a computer divides the key presses into segments, while still preserving key press order. Each segment must correspond to an entry in a dictionary of Chinese characters, character phrases, and/or character components such as radicals or other predetermined stroke groupings. Upon arrival of a new key press that cannot form a valid entry when appended to the current segment, key presses are incrementally reallocated from the previous segment. As for already-resolved segments occurring prior to the previous and current segments, these are left intact. After each shifting attempt, the computer reinterprets key presses of the last two segments, and accepts the new segmentation if the segments form valid dictionary entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Tegic Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny Huang-Yu Lai, Jianchao Wu
  • Patent number: D652802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Valor Communication, Inc.
    Inventor: Mary Dong