Abstract: A device for attaching an article of manufacture, such as a mobile phone, to a lanyard. The device includes a thin bendable sheet of material having an adhesive on at least one side. The sheet of material has an elongated portion having a first section and a second section, and the first section capable of being doubled-over and secured to the second section by the adhesive, so as to engage a clip from the lanyard. The sheet has a pair of opposed spirals extending away from each other and spiraling around toward the elongated portion. The spirals curve, or spiral, at least 180° from a beginning b of the spiral to an ending e of the spiral. The radius of curvature along the length of the spirals continuously decreases in a manner that approximates the shape of a Fibonacci spiral.

Abstract: A system for registering a mobile device located in a network outside a device's home network is described. In some examples, the system receives a message including contents associated with a location of the mobile device, and extracts the contents of the received message. The system matches the extracted contents to one or more rules associated with an adjustment of subscriber data within a registration database for the home network, adjusts the data, and registers the mobile device having the adjusted data.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a positioning apparatus and method. In embodiments of the present invention, a sending module sends auxiliary data information to a terminal, where the auxiliary data information is information required by the terminal to perform measurement on positioning nodes, where the auxiliary data information includes positioning node index numbers of the positioning nodes; a receiving module receives a positioning measurement result sent by the terminal, and provides the positioning measurement result to a positioning module, where the positioning measurement result includes a positioning measurement result corresponding to each positioning node index number, or a positioning measurement result that a reference positioning node index number separately corresponds to other positioning node index numbers; and the positioning module determines a location of the terminal by using the positioning measurement result.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for priority based inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) cell reselection are provided. In the existing algorithm for priority based inter-RAT cell reselection, an inter-RAT cell whose signal strength is above a preset threshold for a given duration is considered as satisfying the cell reselection criteria and may become a candidate for cell reselection. In this case, among those cells whose signal strength is above the preset threshold, a cell that does not have the highest priority may be selected. To address the above problem, the reference time duration for cell reselection may be changed. The enhanced cell reselection algorithm selects a cell having the highest priority among cells whose signal strength is above a preset threshold. Hence, it is possible to prevent repetition of unnecessary cell reselection.

Abstract: Distributed systems, controllers and methods for processing information from a plurality of devices are provided. A distributed system includes a plurality of devices distributed in an environment. Each device has at least a communication capability for interchanging information with others of the devices and/or with a communication system. Each of at least some of the devices has one or more sensors for acquiring sensor data related to the environment proximate to the device. At least one of the communication system or one or more of the devices is configured as a controller configured to: select a subset of devices from among the plurality of devices, receive information based on the acquired sensor data of the selected subset, and combine the received information from the selected subset to determine a characteristic of the environment proximate to one or more of the devices.

Abstract: An apparatus for cell management in a mobile communication system based on a beam forming scheme includes: a storage unit storing a cell management scenario for at least one floating cell inlayed with a fixed cell of a base station and managed by the base station or other base stations; a determination unit determining a processing scheme of the at least one floating cell on the basis of the cell management scenario stored in the storage unit when a service request event is generated within the fixed cell; and a controller processing the at least one floating cell on the basis of the cell management scenario corresponding to the determined processing scheme.

Abstract: Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.

Abstract: A method of providing Point Of Interest (POI) information in an electronic device may include receiving information on an event, analyzing a text included in the information on the event and a location at which the information on the event is received, and controlling a display to display POI information based in part on a result of the analysis. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the method of providing the POI information in the electronic device may be implemented by the electronic device.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for protecting privacy of parties to electronic transactions, such as transactions conducted through a GSM network. An anonymity service provider receives orders directed from its subscriber to a recipient for goods or services, along with information about its subscriber. The anonymity service provider relays the order to the recipient but withholds information about the subscriber, as the subscriber directs. The recipient receives payment for the good or service by way of a voucher from the anonymity service provider.

Abstract: A mobile phone or other mobile device is configured to compute a location code based on Wi-Fi or other wireless networking configuration parameters. The location code is computed as a cryptographic hash of the configuration parameters and is provided to a telecommunications system that supports Wi-Fi or other WLAN voice services. The telecommunications system maintains one or more location tables, each of which indicates multiple location codes and corresponding street addresses. When processing an emergency 9-1-1 call to an emergency response service, the system looks up the street address of the calling mobile device based on the most recently provided location code, and provides the street address to the emergency response service.

Abstract: A mobile device may include a plurality of physical antennas configured to receive and transmit data. The physical antennas may be virtualized to enable efficient access and utilization of the computing resources of the physical antenna. Furthermore, the mobile device may support containerization of application executed by the mobile device. The virtualized physical antennas may be provided to various containers executed by the mobile device. Furthermore, a priority mechanism may be used to manage container access to the physical antennas.

Abstract: A Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) includes a call device (10) with a call button (12), LAN (20), WAN (22), and locator service(s) (26, 42). The PERS further includes a hub or gateway device (30). The call device is programmed to periodically send transmissions to the hub or gateway device using the LAN, recognize based on the transmissions that the call device is no longer in a home geo-fence, and transition to communicating using the WAN in response to recognizing that the call device is no longer in the home geo-fence. The transition also includes turning on the locator service(s). The call button triggers the call device to contact the hub or gateway device using the LAN, or a PERS call center when using the WAN. A speaker (14) and microphone (16) are built into the call device for use when communicating using the WAN.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE). The UE comprises a radio transceiver, a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a customization client application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the customization client determines a group identity (GID) of the UE, reads a customization manifest received by the UE via the radio transceiver, wherein the manifest identifies a plurality of feature customization policies and a plurality of user feature customization override policies, each feature customization policy defines feature customizations that are to be active for the UE, each override policy defines which feature customizations are to be applied mandatorily notwithstanding preexisting user customizations, selects one of the plurality of feature customization policies and one of the override policies from the customization manifest based on the GID of the UE, and customizes the UE according to the selected feature customization policy and the selected override policy.

Abstract: The techniques described herein provide a solution for selecting either one of a distributed network architecture or a centralized network architecture to provide network access to a user. Historical mobility data and contextual mobility data of the user is collected and analyzed to generate a mobility score. The mobility score will be used as a basis to determine whether a distributed network architecture or a centralized network architecture be used for the user to access an external packet data network.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method thereof area provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit configured to communicate with at least one or more external electronic devices as a call reservation target, a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The processor determines a type of a call reservation request from information inputted through a user input requesting a call reservation and controls the communication circuit to perform at least one of transmitting schedule information of the electronic device to the at least one external electronic device and transmitting a request for schedule information of the at least one external electronic device, based on the type of the call reservation request.

Abstract: A communication device for handling a handover comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a handover command via a radio resource control (RRC) connection on a first cell from a first base station (BS); synchronizing to a downlink (DL) of a second cell indicated in the handover command; transmitting a handover complete message to the second cell in response to the handover command without performing a random access (RA) procedure to the second cell, if the handover command indicates no need to perform the RA procedure to the second cell; and determining that the handover is successful, when detecting a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) on a DL channel from the second cell in a first time period.

Abstract: A method of transmitting contents in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes allowing a portable terminal of a transmitter to be connected to a portable terminal of a receiver by a control communication, allowing the portable terminal of the transmitter to select a type of the data transmission communication with the portable terminal of the receiver through the control communication, allowing the portable terminal of the transmitter to transmit setting data corresponding to the selected type of data transmission communication to the portable terminal of the receiver through the control communication, and allowing the portable terminal of the transmitter to be connected to the portable terminal of the receiver by the control communication and to transmit the content which are requested to be transmitted, to the portable terminal of the receiver.

Abstract: Methods for appending additional device, location, and/or presence information to a mobile-originated (MO) short message are taught herein. One such method for appending additional device information includes receiving a MO short message at a message center. The MO short message includes a content request. The message center sends a query to a subscriber directory for device information corresponding to the device of the requesting subscriber. The subscriber directory searches for the device information and generates a response to be sent to the message center, the response including the device information. The subscriber directory sends the response to the message center, which appends the device information to the MO short message. The message center then sends the short message to the destination, for example, a content provider. Methods for appending location and/or presence information are also taught.

Abstract: One or more selectively activated features needed at a device to use a network service may be identified. Authorization information and feature activation key(s) associated with features that the device has been authorized to activate may be obtained at the device. The feature activation key(s) may be used to activate and/or maintain activation of the authorized features that match the selectively activated feature(s) needed to use the network service. An authorization server may obtain a request to activate one or more selectively activated features of a device. The authorization server may verify that the selectively activated feature(s) are authorized to be used at the device based on an authorization agreement obtained at the authorization server. The authorization server may send proof that the device is authorized to use e selectively activated feature(s) and may send feature activation key(s) based on the authorization agreement in response to the request.

Abstract: A circuit includes a controller to determine whether to prohibit entry of an end unit to a base station in a wireless communication network, the controller configured to process a media access control (MAC) management message that includes a timer value, the timer value designating a time period during which entry is prohibited.