Abstract: There are disclosed techniques for handling emergency calls in an electronic device, such as a mobile telephone. For example, in one embodiment, upon receipt of a request at the user-interface of the device to terminate an emergency call, the device first requests confirmation that the call should be terminated. In another embodiment, once the emergency call is terminated, if an incoming call request is subsequently received within a predetermined period of time, the device establishes a voice connection with the incoming caller regardless of whether the device is instructed to establish the voice connection. In another embodiment, once the emergency call is terminated, the device remains operable to receive a subsequent incoming call regardless of whether the device is instructed otherwise.

Abstract: A mobile device operates for communications via a first wireless network with use of a first transceiver. The device performs scanning operations with use of a second transceiver for identifying a set of cell IDs corresponding to a plurality of stations of one or more second wireless networks. The device stores the set of cell IDs in association with an ID of the first wireless network. While operating for communications with use of the second transceiver, the device maintains the first transceiver in a low power state. The device performs scanning operations with use of the second transceiver for identifying a current set of cell IDs, and compares the cell IDs of the current set with cell IDs of the stored set. The device maintains the first transceiver in the low power state or enables its operation based on the comparison.

Abstract: UICC apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example UICC apparatus disclosed herein includes a contact pad having a plurality of electrical contacts positioned or oriented to define a plurality of electrical contact patterns. The plurality of electrical contact patterns defining at least a first electrical contact pattern to communicate with a first input device and a second electrical contact pattern to communicate with a second input device, where the first input device has a dimensional profile that is different than a dimensional profile of the second input device.

Abstract: A method for performing chrono-stratigraphic interpretation of a subterranean formation. The method includes obtaining a seismic volume containing stratigraphic features of the subterranean formation deformed by structural events, performing structural restoration of the seismic volume to generate a restored seismic volume by removing deformation due to the structural events, performing a chrono-stratigraphic interpretation based on the restored seismic volume to generate chrono-stratigraphic objects each associated with a respective relative geologic age, and displaying the chrono-stratigraphic objects in a chrono-stratigraphic space according to the respective relative geologic age of each of the stratigraphic objects.

Abstract: UICC apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example UICC apparatus includes a carrier and a first UICC defined by a first punch-out feature formed in the carrier. The first punch-out feature is configured to remain attached to the carrier when the first UICC is removed from the carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 5-sulfonamido-benzofuran derivatives of general formula: formula (I) in which R represents an alkyl or aryl group and R1 and R2 represent hydrogen or an alkyl or aryl group. According to the invention, the compounds of formula I are prepared by coupling a benzofuran derivative of general formula II, where X represents chlorine, bromine or iodine or a sulfonate group: formula (II) with a sulfonamide derivative of formula R—SO2—NH2, in the presence of a basic agent and of a catalyst system formed from a complex between a palladium compound and a ligand.

Abstract: The disclosure addresses technology for identifying a mobile subscriber integrated services digital network number (MSISDN) of a mobile communication device in an extended enterprise voice network comprising the mobile device, an enterprise server, a private branch exchange (PBX), and a service management platform (SMP). The need to determine an MSISDN is detected. At least one of disable calling line identification restriction at the mobile communication device, and enable calling line identification restriction override at the SMP is implemented. The SMP is contacted from the mobile communication device. The incoming contact is identified at the SMP. The MSISDN is transmitted to the mobile device from the SMP. The transmitted MSISDN is written to the SIM card.

Abstract: A While a mobile device operates for communications in a WWAN, its WLAN transceiver portion may be maintained in a low power state. During the WWAN operation, the mobile device performs one or more scanning operations with use of a WWAN transceiver portion for identifying a current set of cell site identifications corresponding to a currently-serving base station of the WWAN and one or more neighboring base stations. The mobile device compares cell site identifications of the current set with those in a stored set, and identifies if the, number or percentage of matching cell site identifications of the current and stored sets meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the predetermined threshold is met or exceeded, the mobile device exits the WLAN transceiver portion from the low power state and enables its operation for communications.

Abstract: A system for emitting a polychromatic light, has a laser cavity device used to optically pump the laser cavity emit radiation according to at least one excitation wavelength and light guiding mechanism arranged in such a way as to supply a polychromatic light to an outlet in the event of excitation by the radiation in a non-linear interaction regime. In the system, the guiding mechanism is arranged inside a cavity formed by at least two sub-cavities, a first sub-cavity forming the laser cavity and a second sub-cavity comprising the guiding mechanism, the first and second sub-cavities being coupled.

Abstract: There are disclosed techniques for handling emergency calls in an electronic device, such as a mobile telephone. For example, in one embodiment, upon receipt of a request at the user-interface of the device to terminate an emergency call, the device first requests confirmation that the call should be terminated. In another embodiment, once the emergency call is terminated, if an incoming call request is subsequently received within a predetermined period of time, the device establishes a voice connection with the incoming caller regardless of whether the device is instructed to establish the voice connection. In another embodiment, once the emergency call is terminated, the device remains operable to receive a subsequent incoming call regardless of whether the device is instructed otherwise.

Abstract: A laser system having a cavity formed by at least two sub-cavities and a mechanism for optically pumping a first of the at least two sub-cavities. In the system, the optical pumping mechanism is arranged in such away to not reach a laser emission threshold of the first sub-cavity, the first sub-cavity (2) comprising a device for generating a short pulse, a second sub-cavity (3) comprising an external triggering device. The first and second sub-cavities are coupled such that the triggering of the second sub-cavity has at least two such laser systems, to a light emission system with a wide spectral band, comprising such a laser system and a mechanism for generating non-linear optical effects inserted into the second sub-cavity, and to a light generator with a wide spectral band, comprising such a laser generator having at least one laser system provided with a mechanism for generating non-linear optical effects inserted into the second sub-cavity.

Abstract: A method for performing chrono-stratigraphic interpretation of a subterranean formation. The method includes obtaining a seismic volume containing stratigraphic features of the subterranean formation deformed by structural events, performing structural restoration of the seismic volume to generate a restored seismic volume by removing deformation due to the structural events, performing a chrono-stratigraphic interpretation based on the restored seismic volume to generate chrono-stratigraphic objects each associated with a respective relative geologic age, and displaying the chrono-stratigraphic objects in a chrono-stratigraphic space according to the respective relative geologic age of each of the stratigraphic objects.

Abstract: A method for structural dip removal. The method includes converting a seismic volume to a depth domain, extracting seismic dips from the seismic volume in the depth domain along a borehole trajectory, analyzing a borehole using the seismic dips to obtain structural dip data, and in response to determining that the seismic dips and borehole dips obtained from borehole imagery are consistent, generating a three dimensional (“3D”) structural model using the structural dip data. The method further includes performing a structural restoration using the 3D structural model to obtain depositional geometry data, removing structural dip from the borehole imagery using the 3D structural model to obtain sedimentary dip data, and performing a stratigraphic interpretation using the depositional geometry data and the sedimentary dip data.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an optical waveguide serving to propagate an original light signal, the optical waveguide including a non-linear waveguide first core that is suitable for generating leaky modes from the original light signal, the waveguide including at least a second core, the first core being included in the second core, the second core being arranged relative to the first core in such a manner as to confine at least the leaky modes generated by the first core from the original light signal outside the first core. By the above-described waveguide, in particular by the non-linearities of the first core of the waveguide, a light continuum can be generated inside the fiber by collinear phase matching. In addition, by Cerenkov effect, other wavelengths are generated by the wavelengths of the continuum by non-collinear phase matching.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a tool for rewriting hardware design language, HDL, code. The tool is arranged for receiving HDL code (2) expressing a hardware design of a digital circuit. The tool comprises means (4) for generating a representation (6) of the syntax of the received HDL code, said representation containing a plurality of nodes. The tool further comprises means (3) for determining modifications to the representation of the syntax whereby at least one node is added to or removed from the representation and computation means (9) for generating a modified version (10) of the received HDL code taking into account the modifications to the representation of the syntax, whereby the computation means is arranged for determining modifications to the received HDL code from the modifications to the representation of the syntax and for generating the modified version using the received HDL code and the modifications to the received HDL code.

Abstract: A mobile device operates for communications via a WLAN with use of a WLAN transceiver portion. During such operation, the mobile device performs one or more scanning operations with use of a WWAN transceiver portion for identifying a set of cell site identifications corresponding to a plurality of base stations of one or more WWANs available in a coverage region of the WLAN. The set of cell site identifications is stored in association with a WLAN profile of the WLAN. Subsequently, while the mobile device operates for communications in a WWAN, the. WLAN transceiver portion may be maintained in a low power state. During the WWAN operation, the mobile device performs one or more scanning operations with use of the WWAN transceiver portion for identifying a current set of cell site identifications corresponding to the currently-serving base station of the WWAN and one or more neighboring base stations.

Abstract: In a device communicating over a network, a proxy to delay timeout of an application on the device where the proxy is on a communications path between the application and the network, the proxy comprising means for registering a data request from the application to the network; a counter for measuring a predetermined time interval, the time interval selected to prevent timeout at the application; means to send preventative data to the application after the counter has expired but before a response is received; means for modifying a response received from the network to remove preventative data already sent to the application, creating a modified response; and means for forwarding the modified response to the application, wherein the proxy registers that a message has been sent and waits a predetermined interval, and if a response has not been received during that interval sends the preventative data to the application to delay a timeout.

Abstract: A controllable-gain circuit (TI, Rt, TS1, . . . , TS4) provides a first and a second pair of complementary gain-controlled signals (Ip1, Ip3; Ip2, Ip4) in response to an input signal (RFI). In each pair, one gain-controlled signal (Ip1, Ip2) is the input signal amplified with a gain G comprised in a range between a minimum gain Gmin and a maximum gain Gmax. The other gain-controlled signal (Ip3, Ip4) is the input signal amplified with complementary gain Gmax-G. A fixed-gain output circuit (Rfg, Nfg) makes a weighed sum (Ip1*Rfg+Ip3*Rfg) of one and the other gain-controlled signal in the first pair of complementary gain-controlled signals. The respective weighing factors for one and the other gain-controlled signal are substantially similar (Rfg). A controllable-gain output circuit (Rlg, Rhg, Nlg, Nhg) makes a weighed sum (Ip2*Rlg+Ip4*(Rlg+Rhg)) of one and the other gaincontrolled signal in the second pair of complementary gain-controlled signals.