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The present invention provides a method and system for disseminating urgent public announcements over an IP-based network. One or a plurality of Internet- or Intranet-connected servers receive and store data identifying particular geographic locations to current announcements. The servers identify IP addresses of users making URL requests or requests for target applications (an access point by which a network-connectable mobile device is connected to an Internet- or Intranet-connected server), determine a location for each user from the user's IP address (or access point), and determine whether an IP address (or access point) of a user corresponds to a location for which an announcement has been posted. If the user is identified to a location for which a current announcement is available, the announcement is displayed to the user. The announcement may be displayed by redirecting the user to a web page containing the announcement. Alternatively, the announcement may be displayed in a pop-up window or in a banner on a web page requested by said user. A banner displaying such an announcement may incorporate a link to permit the user to click through to a web page containing a more detailed version of the announcement.

A package delivery notification system and method notifies package recipients of a package's arrival. The method-enabling system comprises a package, a package recipient, a package carrier, first and second wireless communications devices, and a recipient setting. The package carrier brings the package and the first wireless communications device to within a delivery distance relative to the recipient setting. The first wireless communications device and the delivery distance enable data transmission to the second wireless communications device located at the recipient setting. The package carrier transmits a package-delivery message to the second communications device, which device receives and displays the package-delivery message for notifying the package recipient of the package's arrival.

A mobile communication apparatus capable of notifying a user of the presence of reproduction waiting information like a short message with proving the user with an impact. A controller of the mobile communication apparatus decides, when a flip is opened, whether the reproduction waiting information is stored in a RAM. If it is stored, the controller displays on a screen a window image including an icon associated with the reproduction waiting information. If there are more than one pieces of the reproduction waiting information, multiple icons are displayed in the window image. One of the icons is selected by placing the cursor on it, so that the reproduction waiting information associated with the icon is replayed in response to the operation of a memory key by the user.

A communication terminal is provided with a transmission control unit for controlling a transmission mode in which a broadcast signal is transmitted a plurality of times, and a reception control unit for controlling a reception mode in which the broadcast signal transmitted from another communication terminal is monitored. The transmission control unit and the reception control unit execute the transmission mode and the reception mode cyclically and alternately. To achieve power saving, time reserved for execution of the transmission mode in a cycle is set to be longer than time reserved for execution of the reception mode in the cycle.

Disclosed is a sound output device for electric vehicle including a sound producing unit 11 for producing a sound, an information acquiring unit 12 for acquiring state information about the state of a vehicle or surroundings information about surroundings of the vehicle, and a control unit 13 for controlling a sound volume and an output direction of the sound produced by the sound producing unit 11 according to the vehicle state information or the surroundings information acquired by the information acquiring unit 12 to output the sound to outside the vehicle. Therefore, the sound output device for electric vehicle makes it easy for pedestrians and passengers each riding on a vehicle, such as a light vehicle or a motorbike, to hear the sound produced thereby, or can prevent neighboring residents from being put into an unpreferable situation.

An information processing apparatus includes: a memory in which an apparatus-unique key is stored, the apparatus-unique key being a key that is unique to the information processing apparatus; an input section that inputs user operation information; a communication section that performs data reception processing; a data processor that executes validity determination processing for the apparatus-unique key; and an output section that outputs a result of the validity determination processing executed by the data processor. The data processor receives, via the communication section, key-validity determination data for determining whether the apparatus-unique key is valid or invalid. The data processor also executes the apparatus-unique-key validity determination processing by using the key-validity determination data in response to a user instruction input via the input section, and outputs a result of the validity determination processing to the output section.

A cowl assembly for an engine nacelle including a first and second cowl door mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position. A latch assembly retains the first and second cowl doors in the closed position by having a latch retained in a latch housing on the first cowl door to engage a keeper retained in a keeper housing on the second cowl door. A pin retains the latch to the latch housing. The pin defines an internal bore. A sensor in the internal bore determines a signal indicative of a load on the pin, wherein the signal is determinative of whether the cowl doors are in the open or closed position. A transmitter conveys the signal to a location remote from the sensor. The signal can also be used to set the pre-load on the latch assembly.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signaling information to transfer Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data using a multi-stream mode in providing an ESG in a digital broadcasting system the method including collecting ESG data to be transmitted, setting a number of IP streams to transmit the ESG data in order to transmit the ESG data in a multi-stream mode, generating partitioning information used for each of the IP streams, the partitioning information including at least one partitioning rule to partition the ESG data into the IP streams and at least one partitioning value for each of the partitioning rule, in which the partitioning rule includes at least one among a service ID, a service genre, an absolute time, a session type, and a profiling type defined by a provider, and the at least one partitioning value includes at least one of a start value and an end value according to the partitioning rule, and transmitting the ESG data, which has been partitioned according to the partitioning information, through the IP streams.

A notification-purpose user state managing apparatus, a notification controlling apparatus, an information notification apparatus, an information notification system and an information notification method capable of reducing an unpleasant feeling and a burden and encouraging a user to recognize information are provided. The information notification system includes a notification-purpose user state managing apparatus including user's internal state assuming means for assuming a user's internal state based on an observable state element and user's notification utility assuming means for assuming utility to a user receiving information when information is notified based on the user's internal state; and a notification controlling apparatus including notification executing means for determining whether or not information is notified based on the utility and notifying information based on the determination. Whether notified information is renotified is determined based on the result of assumption of user's information recognizability, whereby it is not necessarily required to use a specified user's reaction indicating that information has been received, and whether information has been received is assumed, and if it is determined that information has not been received, notified information is renotified, whereby a possibility that the user recognizes information can be increased.

A broadcast receiving apparatus including a display, a storage configured to store priority information corresponding to a current output state of the broadcast receiving apparatus and priority information corresponding to an event, a communicator configured to receive, from an external device, a signal indicating an occurrence of the event at the external device, and a controller configured to, upon the communicator receiving the signal indicating the occurrence of the event at the external device, selectively display a notification message regarding the event on the display, based on the priority information corresponding to the event and the priority information corresponding to the current output state of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

An electronic device (10) provides user message notifications as to messages that were received when the user was not in possession of or in the vicinity of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a communications circuit (46) for receiving an incoming message, and an output device (30, 32, 50) for outputting a message notification associated with the incoming message. A sensor (20) detects a user and generates a detection signal when the user is detected. A controller (41, 42) is configured to receive the detection signal, and configured in response to the detection signal to generate the message notification for outputting by the output device. In one embodiment, a timer (36) counts a predetermined time after receipt of the incoming message. If a user input is not received within the predetermined time, the controller causes the electronic device to enter an away from phone (AFP) mode in which the sensor is activated.

A method of, and a mobile terminal configured for, efficiently displaying an event indication in the form of a pop-up box during idle mode of a mobile terminal is provided. Upon generation of an event, an event pop-up box indicates the occurrence of the event, and the event is displayed with the highest priority. For this purpose, it is determined whether an event pop-up box indicating the occurrence of the event exists. When the event pop-up box already exists, the event pop-up box is updated with information about the event and displayed with the highest priority. When the event pop-up box does not exist, the event pop-up box is generated.

A method for configuring gain factors in a WCDMA telecommunication system is provided in which the gain factor for defining power required for normal reception of uplink data in an environment supporting an uplink service over an E-DCH can be configured using minimal signaling information. First gain factors for first TFs corresponding to a part of a TF set including a plurality of TFs available for an uplink service are received. One of the first TFs is determined as a reference TF for a second TF other than the first TFs in the TF set. Then, a second gain factor for the second TF is calculated using the first gain factor for the determined reference TF. The second gain factor is used for transmitting or receiving uplink data.

An approach notification device of a straddle type vehicle which can effectively notify a rider of an approaching state of an obstacle, the device including an obstacle detection device for detecting an obstacle located around a motorcycle as an vehicle, an approach determination device for detecting an approaching state that the obstacle is located within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, and a winker operation resistance increasing device for increasing operation resistance of a winker manipulator of a winker device provided in the vehicle. When the obstacle is determined to be within the predetermined distance by the approach determination device and the operation of the winker manipulator in the direction of the obstacle is detected, the winker operation resistance increasing device is operated to increase the operation resistance of the winker manipulator and vibrators located in a steering handle and a fuel tank are operated.

A technique is disclosed for automatically prioritizing requests for service of systems. A service request is generated upon detection of an indicator of a potentially serviceable condition in the system. Based upon the service request, a knowledge base is consulted that may contain prioritization scores for particular indicators, conditions, systems, customers and so forth. Service recommendations are then prioritized based upon the information. Similar prioritization among service requests may also be made based upon the information. The prioritizations may be adjusted or new prioritizations may be made based upon other factors, such as downtime experienced or anticipated, customer need, contract provisions, and so forth.