Patents Assigned to AND Communications
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH REDUCING DEVICE, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH REDUCING METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120007694
    Abstract: An electromagnetic field strength reducing device includes a high-frequency wave eliminator that eliminates a high frequency component from an electrical signal input from a signal source. An electrical signal line is disposed between the high-frequency wave eliminator and the electrical member so as to convey the electrical signal with the high frequency component eliminated to an electrical member. The device also includes a resonant-frequency regulator connected between the electrical signal line and ground to cause the electrical signal line to be resonant at a frequency used for radio communication. The electromagnetic field strength reducing device may be employed in a portable electronic device with a HAC standard radio frequency communication compliance requirement, and use a corresponding method to eliminate the high frequency component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
    Inventor: Kenichiro KODAMA
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MNEMONIC CONTACT IMAGE ASSOCIATION
    Publication number: 20120008875
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to method and a communication device (100) for associating a contact record pertaining to a remote speaker (220) with a mnemonic image (191) based on attributes of the speaker (220). The method comprises receiving voice data of the speaker (220); in a communication session with a source device (200). A source determination representing the speaker (220) is registered, and then the received voice data is analyzed so that voice data characteristics can be extracted. Based on these voice data characteristics a mnemonic image (191) can be selected, and associated to a contact record in which the source determination is stored. The mnemonic image (191) may be selected among images previously stored in the device, or derived through editing of such images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventor: Joakim MARTENSSON
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120007833
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and control method thereof perform an unlocking operation and several page turning operations for a display of the portable electronic device. Light intensities in several positions of the light sensors are detected in a preset time period. The portable electronic device determines whether the operating mode is a predetermined operating mode and determines whether the portable electronic device is locked by the detected light intensities. The portable electronic device unlocks the portable electronic device upon detecting the portable electronic device is locked. Furthermore, the portable electronic executes at least one page turning operation on the display unit upon detecting the portable electronic device is unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: HSIAO-CHUN LIU, CHAO-YUN YU
  • Secured Broadband Device
    Publication number: 20120008665
    Abstract: Secured broadband devices and methods for providing broadband communication are provided. A broadband device may include a housing, at least one broadband component, and a securing mechanism. The at least one broadband component may be situated within the housing and configured to receive a broadband signal. Additionally, the at least one broadband component may be configured to output at least a portion of the broadband signal for receipt by one or more external devices. The securing mechanism configured to secure the housing to an electrical outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Edgar V. Shrum, JR., Francisco Gonzalez, John Civiletto
  • PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120008272
    Abstract: A portable storage device includes a case, a USB plug, a sliding button, a delete button, a controller and a memory module. The delete button is electrically coupled with the controller. Data stored in the device can be deleted through operation of the delete button without a host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: LI-HOUNG LU, CHING-MIN LIN, HUI-LING CHEN, HSIN-YUNG YANG, YUAN-CHIH KU, TZU-YUAN LIU, YI-EN CHEN, KUAN-LING CHEN
  • Method and Apparatus for Using Dynamic Subchannels in a Communications Network
    Publication number: 20120008640
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for attaining the benefits of both an adjacent subchannel assignments and distributed subchannel assignments. That is, the following is a method and apparatus for providing dynamic subchannel assignments that provide the benefits of both adjacent subchannel assignments and distributed subchannel assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: David BARR
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ROUTE REDUNDANCY ACROSS LAYER 2 DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120008635
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing network route redundancy through Layer 2 devices, such as a loop free Layer 2 network having a plurality of switching devices. A virtual switch is coupled to the loop free Layer 2 network, the virtual switch having two or more switches configured to transition between master and backup modes to provide redundant support for the loop free Layer 2 network, the switches communicating their status through use of a plurality of redundancy control packets. The system also includes means for allowing the redundancy control packets to be flooded through the Layer 2 network. The means may include time-to-live data attached to the redundancy control packet which is decremented only when the packets are transferred through devices which are configured to recognize the protocol used in redundancy control packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Tai-Chin Kuo, Ivy Pei-Shan Hsu, Jordi Moncada-Elias, Rajkumar Jalan, Gurudeep Kamat
  • POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD
    Publication number: 20120009869
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus including a near-field wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of communication terminals, a power transmission unit that sets a plurality of resonance frequencies to transfer power in a non-contact manner to each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a control unit that determines a priority level of each of the communication terminals based on identification information received from the communication terminals and determines an amount of power transmitted at each of the resonance frequencies based on the determined priority levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuya SUZUKI, Kuniharu Suzuki
  • Vehicle Communication System
    Publication number: 20120009878
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system detects the presence of a passenger wearable communication device. The system receives audio signals from multiple sources inside or outside of a vehicle. The system processes the signals before routing the signals to multiple destinations. The destinations may include wearable personal communication devices, front and/or rear speakers, and/or a remote mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Buck, Tim Haulick, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Michael Tropp
  • LOAD-BASED SELECTION OF A FREQUENCY BAND CLASS FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120009966
    Abstract: A wireless communication system provides a wireless communication service over multiple frequency band classes. The system monitors the amount of active mode users and idle mode users in the frequency band classes. The system selects one of the frequency band classes for a wireless communication device based on the amount of active mode users and idle mode users in the frequency band classes. The system provides the wireless communication service to the wireless communication device over the selected one of the frequency band classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Bhagwan Singh Khanka, Anoop Kumar Goyal, Hemanth Balaji Pawar, Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas
  • LED/OLED ARRAY APPROACH TO INTEGRATED DISPLAY, LENSLESS-CAMERA, AND TOUCH-SCREEN USER INTERFACE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSORS
    Publication number: 20120006978
    Abstract: A system for implementing a display which also serves as one or more of a tactile user interface touchscreen, light field sensor, proximate hand gesture sensor, and lensless imaging camera. In an implementation, an OLED array can be used for light sensing as well as light emission functions. In one implementation a single OLED array is used as the only optoelectronic user interface element in the system. In another implementation two OLED arrays are used, each performing and/or optimized from different functions. In another implementation, an LCD and an OLED array are used in various configurations. The resulting arrangements allow for sharing of both optoelectric devices as well as associated electronics and computational processors, and are accordingly advantageous for use in handheld devices such as cellphone, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers, and other such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: AVISTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lester F. Ludwig
  • ENABLING SPEECH WITHIN A MULTIMODAL PROGRAM USING MARKUP
    Publication number: 20120011443
    Abstract: A method for speech enabling an application can include the step of specifying a speech input within a speech-enabled markup. The speech-enabled markup can also specify an application operation that is to be executed responsive to the detection of the speech input. After the speech input has been defined within the speech-enabled markup, the application can be instantiated. The specified speech input can then he detected and the application operation can be responsively executed in accordance with the specified speech-enabled markup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Cross, Leslie R. Wilson, Steven G. Woodward
  • CLASSIFYING TEXT VIA TOPICAL ANALYSIS, FOR APPLICATIONS TO SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20120010875
    Abstract: An assignment device (1) assigns word class information (WKI) to one or more words of text information (ETI). Based on word-class sequence information (WK-AI) formed from this assigned word class information (WKI), actions (A) are executed in order to notify the user of conflicts or to provide the user with background information (HI) relating to words in the text information (TT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Nuance Communications Austria GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Helletzgruber, Kresimir Rajic
  • Mobile apparatus including input sections capable of displaying one or more images
    Patent number: 8094126
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile apparatus including: a plurality of input sections each configured to display at least one image that corresponds to an input value assigned thereto; a plurality of label areas provided correspondingly to the plurality of input sections, each of the label areas labeled with at least one characters associated with the input value that is assigned to a corresponding one of the plurality of input sections; a photosensor configured to measure ambient illuminance; and a display controller configured to control turn-off and turn-on of image-display at the plurality of input sections based on the ambient illuminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications
    Inventors: Takahiko Yasuda, Masanori Katayanagi, Tomonori Sunazuka
  • Computer-implemented voice response method using a dialog state diagram to facilitate operator intervention
    Patent number: 8095371
    Abstract: A voice response system attempts to respond to spoken user input and to provide computer-generated responses. If the system decides it cannot provide valid responses, the current state of user session is determined and forwarded to a human operator for further action. The system maintains a recorded history of the session in the form of a dialog history log. The dialog history and information as to the reliability of past speech recognition efforts is employed in making the current state determination. The system includes formatting rules for controlling the display of information presented to the human operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Horioka, Yoshinori Atake, Yoshinori Tahara
  • Generating music playlist based on facial expression
    Patent number: 8094891
    Abstract: A method may include playing a first song on a device, capturing an image of a user, performing facial expression recognition of the user based on the image, and selecting a second song based on a facial expression of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Markus Mans Folke Andreasson
  • Method and system for adjusting screen resolution
    Patent number: 8094173
    Abstract: A method and system for adjusting a screen resolution of a liquid crystal display module (LCM) of a portable electronic device are provided. The portable electronic device includes a touch panel, and a bay configured to receive and hold a stylus. The method includes receiving input signals received from the touch panel corresponding to user inputs, detecting usage statuses of the user inputs and generating a status notification indicative of the usage statuses of the user inputs; and adjusting the screen resolution of the LCM according to a determined current resolution mode of the LCM and a determined incompatibility of the resolution mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kuan-Hsueh Lee
  • Managing application interactions using distributed modality components
    Patent number: 8095939
    Abstract: A method for managing multimodal interactions can include the step of registering a multitude of modality components with a modality component server, wherein each modality component handles an interface modality for an application. The modality component can be connected to a device. A user interaction can be conveyed from the device to the modality component for processing. Results from the user interaction can be placed on a shared memory are of the modality component server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Akram A. Bou-Ghannam, Gerald M. McCobb
  • Method and apparatus for conveying location of lost or motionless mobile communication devices
    Patent number: 8095150
    Abstract: Movement of a mobile communication device is monitored during any of its powered modes. Upon sensing lack of movement, the location of the device is identified. If no movement has been sensed during a predetermined time period, determination is made as to whether the location of the device has changed. If not, a call is initiated to a remote address to convey the location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Gregory A. Dunko
  • Methods and program products for organizing virtual meetings
    Patent number: 8095409
    Abstract: A method for organizing a virtual meeting includes steps of creating a meeting file, the meeting file including at least a meeting date, a meeting start time, a meeting duration time, and a meeting code. The meeting file is stored on a memory accessible to the network, and at least one attendee is specified. A step of communicating a meeting invitation to the at least one attendee is also performed, with the invitation including at least the meeting date, meeting start time, meeting code, and a meeting entry portal. Methods and systems of the invention may be embodied in computers and computer program products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Insors Integrated Communications
    Inventor: Jon Swanson