378 results about "Wireless mobile devices" patented technology

Methods and systems for distributing a mobile device application for use in making and receiving payments utilizing a mobile device such as a mobile telephone (cellphone) or wireless connected personal digital assistant (PDA). A downloadable mobile device application, when installed on a compatible mobile device, is operative for communicating with a mobile financial transaction system (MFTS) that facilitates the making and receiving of payments via wireless mobile devices. The downloadable mobile device application is provided via a download system that downloads the application to mobile devices according to download procedures appropriate for a particular type of mobile device. When a payment is made to a payee having a mobile device, system communicates a message to the payee's mobile device that informs that a payment has been made and instructs the payee about the downloadable mobile device application. If the mobile device user / payee downloads and installs the mobile device application on his or her mobile device and provides enrollment information, interaction between the MFTS and the mobile device user / payee is permitted, and payment is provided to the mobile device user as user / payee.

A technique is disclosed for facilitating play of a casino table game at a casino gaming table system which includes a casino gaming table and at least one handheld device. At least a portion of operations or activities relating to the casino game may be performed at a first handheld device. Examples of such operations may include electronically dealing a first card to a first player via the first handheld device, displaying a representation of the first card to the first player via a display at the first handheld device, etc. In at least one embodiment, an association between a selected handheld device and the first player station may be created and used for subsequent game play activities to enable the selected handheld device to be operable to display game play data relating to game play activities associated with the first player station. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the features of a selected handheld device may be enabled / disabled based on the detection of one or more conditions or events. According to specific embodiments, the handheld device may be adapted to provide various functionality for facilitating game play at a casino gaming table. Examples of such functionality may include, for example, allowing a player to select cards for discard / holding; allowing a player to perform wagering activities; retrieving and / or displaying player tracking data; retrieving and / or displaying player account data; displaying game play assistance information; displaying casino layout information; displaying promotional information; etc.

A wireless mobile device is provided for measuring pulse and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2). The device may include a SpO2 sensor, a pulse sensor, and a main controller to receive and process signals from the SpO2 and the Pulse sensors, and to enable reconfiguration of the SpO2 and the Pulse sensors by commands received from a remote server. The device may include a light measurement module to measure pulse parameters, and a light measurement module to measure SpO2 parameters, the light measurement modules including an emitting / receiving unit and an electronic unit.

A network server system includes a download manager that manages the publication, purchase and delivery of digital products from multiple suppliers to wireless services subscribers in multiple domains. Product suppliers can publish and manage their products on the server system via a computer network and make their products available to the subscribers for purchase or licensing. The subscribers in each domain can access the server remotely to purchase rights to download and use the products on associated wireless communication devices. Multiple different implementations of any product can be maintained, where each implementation corresponds to a different set of device capabilities. Each product can also be associated with multiple different provisioning models, each corresponding to a different set of device capabilities.

A technique is disclosed for facilitating play of a casino table game at a casino gaming table system which includes a casino gaming table and at least one handheld device. At least a portion of operations or activities relating to the casino game may be performed at a first handheld device. Examples of such operations may include electronically dealing a first card to a first player via the first handheld device, displaying a representation of the first card to the first player via a display at the first handheld device, etc. In at least one embodiment, an association between a selected handheld device and the first player station may be created and used for subsequent game play activities to enable the selected handheld device to be operable to display game play data relating to game play activities associated with the first player station. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the features of a selected handheld device may be enabled / disabled based on the detection of one or more conditions or events. According to specific embodiments, the handheld device may be adapted to provide various functionality for facilitating game play at a casino gaming table. Examples of such functionality may include, for example, allowing a player to select cards for discard / holding; allowing a player to perform wagering activities; retrieving and / or displaying player tracking data; retrieving and / or displaying player account data; displaying game play assistance information; displaying casino layout information; displaying promotional information; etc.

Enhanced delivery of services are provided through a wireless mobile device and one or more location service channels, preferably at the direction of the user of the mobile device requesting the desired service through common context-based user interfaces. The mobile device communicates with local and remote service providers. The context is determined by accessing information in the user profile, by sensors on the mobile device identifying items of interest, or by identifying the location of the mobile device. An aggregator server maintains a registry of location service channels and manages the access to the channels by the mobile device users and the service providers.

A General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Accessed Extended Mobile Internet Protocol (EMIP) [G-EMIP] network is provided for wireless mobile device access to external packet data networks. Domains are defined to incorporate a subnet of standard GPRS and EMIP network entities accessed through a Domain Router. Packet access at the radio interface is provided using the base station portion of a GPRS network. Wireless link specific processing is relegated to this potion of the G-EMIP network. EMIP is utilized as a backbone network to provide mobility and service management and interconnection to external networks. A GPRS-IP Interworking entity (GII) interworks IP and GPRS protocols between GPRS and IP addressable network entities (i.e., translates messages of each protocol to corresponding messages of the other protocol). Mobility-related functionality is handled at the IP (network) layer. Mobile IP is used to support the macro-mobility and Handoff-Aware Wireless Access Internet Infrastructure (HAWAII) is used to support micro-mobility and paging. The Domain Router provides packet service management and interacts with a Home Location Register / Authentication Center, which provides GRPS registration, authentication and encryption.

A method and apparatus to monitor quality of service (QoS) of wireless mobile devices is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method to monitor QoS performance of one or more services provided to a mobile user. The method includes comparing the performance of at least one service provided to the mobile user against at least one QoS threshold value. In one aspect, the present invention detects and determines responses to services having performance levels that cross at least one associated QoS threshold value. In one aspect, QoS thresholds may be associated with QoS between a mobile device and network. In another aspect, QoS thresholds may be associated with the performance level of mobile device operation services such as hardware and software operations. In one embodiment, when a performance level of a service associated with a mobile device crosses at least one QoS threshold, the affected mobile device process data associated with such service performance. Such processed data may then be provided to a user, network personnel, and third parties, etc. for processing thereof.

A method and system for searching multimedia files from multimedia content sites on the internet and downloading search result to mobile devices. The system and method includes a crawling server for indexing multimedia items, a search server, a data storage server, a download server and a wireless messaging server in data communication with the internet and in wireless communication with SS7 wireless networks, and a wireless mobile device having circuitry for establishing data communications with the wireless application protocol network and a display for displaying information generated by the search server. The methods further include crawling the Internet to index multimedia items; enabling search from both desktop PC and mobile devices to find desired multimedia items; providing options to send search result to mobile devices; downloading search result directly on a mobile device; detecting downloading method from downloading request; delivering notification message to mobile device and invoking the link on the mobile device to initiate download; creating file descriptor for downloading; and downloading the multimedia item to mobile devices.

A method and apparatus are provided to in one aspect update data on a wireless mobile device. Available updates may include both mandatory and discretionary updates, where the mandatory updates are always installed on the wireless mobile device. In another aspect, a method and apparatus for of remotely instructing a wireless mobile device to perform a service is provided. The wireless mobile device receives a ping message that instructs it to retrieve further instruction for performing services actions on the wireless mobile device.

A wireless Mobile Executive Assistant (MEA) in the form of a PDA / Phone having multiple, independently oriented screens configured to provide data, video independently or in combined fashion. Formed in the opposing first and second edges adjacent to a body having main display screen formed thereon are first and second slots, respectively, the first and second slots formed to receive first and second, slidingly engaging ancillary display screens. Each of the first and second display screens provide independent video or data information from the MEA, or video or other data transmission via the MEA, and can accordingly be used to conference simultaneously with three independent parties on three separate screens. The first and second screens each slidingly engage from a stored position fully with their respective first and second slots, wherein the screens are not discernable to the observer, and the MEA has the appearance of an ordinary cellular-type phone; alternatively, the first and second screens may emanate so that the phone has a first screen emanating from one side, and a second screen emanating generally from the opposite side of the unit, with the main screen situated therebetween. In addition to independent transmissions, all three screens can be deployed to form a single wide screen transmission.

The intelligent personalized content delivery system described herein generally includes a wireless mobile device, a mobile network infrastructure, an intelligent personalized content delivery server, and content database. The mobile device transmits the user content request to mobile network infrastructure over the wireless link to the server. Once the requested content is identified, the server obtains the requested content from the content database and generates a response for the wireless mobile device, where the response conveys at least a portion of the requested content or a link to download content. The personalized content delivery server includes an intelligent subsystem that processes the mobile user content request automatically and learning the mobile user content preferences and building an intelligent recommendation database for the mobile user. The recommendation database is used to recommend personalized content and also send targeted advertisements.

Portable wireless mobile device motion capture and analysis system and method configured to display motion capture / analysis data on a mobile device. System obtains data from motion capture elements and analyzes the data. Enables unique displays associated with the user, such as 3D overlays onto images of the user to visually depict the captured motion data. Ratings associated with the captured motion can also be displayed. Predicted ball flight path data can be calculated and displayed. Data shown on a time line can also be displayed to show the relative peaks of velocity for various parts of the user's body. Based on the display of data, the user can determine the equipment that fits the best and immediately purchase the equipment, via the mobile device. Custom equipment may be ordered through an interface on the mobile device from a vendor that can assemble-to-order customer built equipment and ship the equipment. Includes active and passive golf shot count capabilities.

A method and system for location-aware wireless mobile devices including a mobile user network interfaces and protocol. A network-independent location-aware network protocol provides communication with location-aware wireless mobile devices. The protocol is network-independent to support and deliver location-aware services over virtually any wireless or wired network transparently regardless of the protocols being used on a transport network. The protocol is location-aware of current geographic locations of plural wireless mobile devices. Alert information is provided to a location-aware wireless mobile device with the network-independent location-aware network protocol and interfaces. Location-aware wireless mobile devices are located and provided with alert information with the network-independent location-aware network protocol and interfaces. The method, system, interfaces and protocol may help improve usability of mobile devices by allowing the mobile devices to be location-aware.

A method and apparatus for providing emergency notification by a wireless mobile device in response to triggering a sensor. A detection system, which may be located within a vehicle, comprises one or more sensors configured to sense an emergency event and transmit a message via a wireless link regarding the emergency event. For example, the wireless mobile device may be programmed to call a predetermined emergency number such as E911, and transmit data including position and other information from the mobile device to the emergency number in response to the received message.

A system and method for monitoring a vehicle uses a wireless mobile device. The wireless mobile device, such as a cell phone, smart phone, PDA, etc., includes some of the hardware that could be utilized to monitor and analyze data and transmit the data (or summaries, statistics or analyses of the data) to a central server. This can greatly reduce the overall cost of the system. The data can be used to determine an insurance rate or as a speed probe for creating traffic maps, for example.

Methods and systems for distributing a mobile device application for use in making and receiving payments utilizing a mobile device such as a mobile telephone (cellphone) or wireless connected personal digital assistant (PDA). A downloadable mobile device application, when installed on a compatible mobile device, is operative for communicating with a mobile financial transaction system (MFTS) that facilitates the making and receiving of payments via wireless mobile devices. The downloadable mobile device application is provided via a download system that downloads the application to mobile devices according to download procedures appropriate for a particular type of mobile device. When a payment is made to a payee having a mobile device, system communicates a message to the payee's mobile device that informs that a payment has been made and instructs the payee about the downloadable mobile device application. If the mobile device user / payee downloads and installs the mobile device application on his or her mobile device and provides enrollment information, interaction between the MFTS and the mobile device user / payee is permitted, and payment is provided to the mobile device user as user / payee.

A method for printing from a wireless mobile device over a computer network including transmitting to a wide area network (WAN) information a user wishes to print using a wireless mobile device. The transmitted information is received by the WAN and forwarded via the WAN to a printer selected by the user. The printer prints the forwarded information.

A mobile device for capturing motion data of a vehicle when the mobile device is travelling with the vehicle, the mobile device comprising: at least one sensor; a processor; a non-transitory storage medium; and an orientation algorithm comprising a set of computer readable instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium and when executed by the processor configured to allow the mobile device to determine an orientation of the mobile device relative to an orientation of the vehicle; and a transformation algorithm comprising a set of computer readable instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium and when executed by the processor configured to allow the mobile device to transform motion sensor data to remove secondary movement of the mobile device, which corresponds to the relative movement of the mobile device within the vehicle, and retain primary movement of the mobile device, which corresponds to the motion of the vehicle.

A method for operating a wireless mobile device moving through different types of networks includes storing within the wireless mobile device a type of network associated with a respective access node as the wireless mobile device moves through the different types of networks. A type of connectivity available for each access node is stored within the wireless mobile device, as well as location of each access node. The wireless mobile device is operated with a current access node corresponding to one type of network based on a current location of the wireless mobile device. Handoff is initiated by the wireless mobile device from the current access node to another access node corresponding to a different type of network based on movement of the wireless mobile device.

Embodiments of systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for enabling wireless mobile devices to be automatically detected and used as fare media on vehicles in a transit and / or transportation system. Embodiments include detecting a wireless mobile device and utilizing a unique identifier of the wireless mobile device to track a transit user's entry to and exit from a transit vehicle. Embodiments further include causing the wireless mobile device to display a fare payment indicator, allowing the transit user to use the wireless mobile device to show proof of payment if so solicited by a fare inspector. A corresponding fare can be calculated and paid for in a variety of ways.

A system architecture and method are provided that allow a retailer to provide a unique shopping experience to their customers. The customers, who belong to multiple affinity groups and have a purchasing history, are provided coupons via a wireless mobile device at the time they enter a zone on or about a retail location. The customer may use their wireless mobile device to select coupons or incentives for items that they wish to purchase in the store and thereby receive a discount. Retailers and product manufacturers may incentivise customers to purchase their goods at or near the point of product selection.

A wireless mobile device is adapted to access a wireless network and includes a subscriber identification module (SIM) card slot and a magnetic stripe reader module electrically connected to the SIM card slot and thereby to the wireless mobile phone. The magnetic stripe reader module is adapted to receive and read information stored in a magnetic stripe and transmit this information to an entity through the wireless mobile device and the wireless network. The wireless mobile device of this invention is used to conduct financial transactions using a payment card comprising a magnetic stripe. The financial transactions include face-to-face or remote purchases and payment with the payment card through a financial institution.

Techniques for interacting with a client process on a mobile device connected to a network over a wireless link includes receiving a first request at a state machine executing on a first platform connected to the network. The first request is associated with the client process, and is for a service from an application. A first method of the application is invoked with first data in response to the first request. Second data for the client process is received from the application in response to invoking the first method. A first response is based on the second data. The first response is sent for the client process. The method includes managing information about a plurality of requests associated with the client process. The application executes on a second platform connected to the network. Both the first and second platforms are distinct from the mobile device. These techniques free the developers of applications for wireless mobile devices from the responsibility for managing their session state information. This greatly simplifies and accelerates the development of applications.

A system architecture and method are provided that allow a retailer to provide a unique shopping experience to their customers. The customers, who belong to multiple affinity groups and have a purchasing history, are provided coupons via a wireless mobile device at the time they enter a zone on or about a retail location. The customer may use their wireless mobile device to select coupons or incentives for items that they wish to purchase in the store and thereby receive a discount. Retailers and product manufacturers may incentivise customers to purchase their goods at or near the point of product selection.

Embodiments of the present disclosure is directed to the use of spatially diverse multiple antenna structures and associated radio transmitters and receivers in a sensor for accurate proximity detection. In a retail environment, a system based on a network of such (smart) sensors can accurately detect presence and location of a shopper's wireless mobile device as the shopper moves along the shopping aisles carrying the wireless mobile device (e.g. smartphone). Based on the location of the shopper and the duration of the shopper stopping in front of a product shelf in an aisle, embodiments can engage the shopper (through the wireless mobile device) in transaction-oriented interactions using the ‘sense, analyze, and connect’ capability of the various embodiments described herein. Such interactions result in increased revenue for the retailers as well as better understanding of the shopping behavior of the retail shoppers. Such understanding can be embodied in improved analytics.

The present invention provides a system for monitoring blood pressure that preferably includes: 1) a blood-pressure monitor featuring a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information; 2) a mobile device featuring a chipset that includes i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information; and ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and 3) a computer system configured to receive and display the blood-pressure information.

Electronic toll collection for a motorist and / or subscriber having a wireless mobile device that links the device to (a) specific vehicle(s) and billing account(s) with a service provider(s), third party(s) and or toll authority(s). When a motorist having the mobile device in the vehicle approaches and passes a “virtual” toll location(s) and / or “virtual” toll barriers(s) and / or “virtual” toll boundary(s) having a given toll a central server determines whether the motorist and / or subscriber has activated an electronic ETC service associated with the mobile device, and sends a charge transaction from the central server to a service provider(s), third party(s) and / or directly to the toll authority(s) system. After every transaction, a confirmation (which may be SMS or text, vibration, voice, audible alert, email, etc.) is sent to the mobile device and / or subscriber indicating the amount paid and the status of the account.

The smart directional radiation protection system is a design and technique for actively varying, controlling and reducing the intensity of radiation 180 on user 170 facing direction for portable wireless mobile devices like mobile cell phone 100 utilising RF system with tunable metamaterial or tunable EBG antenna system to reduce SAR are disclosed. The system controls the radiation by smart and active dynamic radiation pattern approach to protect the user from radiation. The smart directional radiation protection system consist of (a) a sensor system 130 to determine the change in usage mode, device orientation and proximity of wireless device to user and accordingly generate the trigger signal 230; (b) a processing unit for manipulation of interrupt control signal 140 according to trigger signal and signal quality parameters; (c) An active directional transmit power or radiation controller 120 that works based on control signal; (d) Tunable metamaterial or tunable EBG antenna system 110 coupled with directional transmit power controller 120 that controls the radiation on user 170 facing direction and also restores radiation according to parameters and configuration to reduce SAR and optimise communication.