An apparatus and method for changing an operation mode of a portable terminal includes checking a moving distance of the portable terminal during a predetermined time period using received location information, checking a moving speed of the portable terminal from the checked moving distance and the predetermined time period, and changing the operation mode of the portable terminal to an airplane mode if the checked moving speed is higher than a preset speed.

A traffic control device (TCD) is described for managing control of multiple right of way passages at a traffic intersection. The TCD includes a mobile wireless interface for communicating with an in-vehicle mobile wireless device (IV-MWD) to receive a commuter profile (CP) containing a subscribed switch time interval (SSTI). The TCD determines a set of passage priority values for respective ones of a set of controlled right of way passages. The TCD selects, based upon the set of passage priority values, a highest priority one of the set of controlled right of way passages as a next controlled right of way passage granted passage. The TCD resets a timer duration value associated with a next controlled right of way passage period, executes a right of way passage switch. Thereafter, the TCD maintains a current switch status of the traffic control device for a period corresponding to the timer duration value.

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a detector and a controller. The detector is arranged for detecting motion of the display apparatus to identify an activity of a user of the display apparatus, and accordingly generating an identification result. The controller is coupled to the detector, and is arranged for determining a display resolution of the display apparatus according to the identification result.

A first message is received at a device at a first time. A textual content of the first message is analyzed to determine a language structure of the textual content. The first message is assigned a level based on a feature extracted from the language structure of the textual content. The level of the first message is adjusted to form an adjusted level according to a location-based factor based on a location of the device. The first message is scheduled on the device according to the adjusted level such that the first message becomes available for use on the device at a future time, the future time being after a delay after the first time.

An expansion module (10) for a personal mobile device (100) with a transceiver (1) which is designed to transmit and receive data (D) by means of a first, in particular real-time-enabled, radio standard (F1), a data interface (2) which is designed to forward data (D) which have been received by the transceiver (1) by means of the first radio standard (F1) to the personal mobile device (100) and/or to forward data (D) which have been received by the personal mobile device (100) by means of a second radio standard (F2), which differs from the first radio standard (F1), to the transceiver (1).

Embodiments are directed to notifying a user of a computing device in response to detectable events. A context assessment generates context indicia relating to usage of the computing device based on sensor data and content data of the computing device. An event descriptor assessment produces a master set of event descriptors based on the context indicia and on event descriptor selection criteria, with the event descriptors representing events monitorable by the computing device. An event descriptor relevance assessment is made to produce a smaller active subset of event descriptors containing events to be monitored by the computing device such that in response to detection of any of the events to be monitored a user notification is triggered.

A terminal housing and a terminal are provided. The terminal housing includes: a metal back cover, the metal back cover including an opening and the outer surface of the metal back cover being overlaid with a nonconductive material; a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged on the inner surface of the metal back cover; a plurality of antenna units arranged on the nonconductive material, each of the plurality of antenna units including: a ground portion, the ground portion passing through the nonconductive material and being connected with the outer surface of the metal back cover; and a feed portion, the feed portion being connected with a radio frequency (RF) front-end of the PCB via a shield wire, the shield wire passing through the nonconductive material and entering into the terminal housing via the opening.

Embodiments provide techniques for sending emergency messages from a communication device triggered by an impact event. In accordance with one embodiment, a system is provided that includes a memory to store sensor data and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor to receive inertial sensor data related an impact of a client device from an impact sensor associated with the client device. The sensor data indicates an amount of force applied to the client device with respect to the impact. A triggering event is detected based on the impact of the client device. A mode of the device is activated based on the triggering event. Responsive to detecting the triggering event, a message is generated that indicates a status of user associated with the client device. A message indicating a status of user associated with the device is generated with respect to the triggering event.

A mobile device includes a camera unit, a location unit, a transmitting unit, a self-defense mechanism, and a panic button. The camera unit location unit obtains at least one of image data and audio data, and the location unit obtains location data. The transmitting unit transmits at least one of the image data, the audio data, the location data, and specific information including owner identification information. The panic button is adapted to activate the camera, the location unit, the transmitting unit, and the self-defense mechanism.

A radiocommunication system includes a first plurality of computing devices each including a first interface for entering information associated with creation of a time-sensitive, geocoded event message and for uploading the time-sensitive, geocoded event message. A central server is configured to store and process the uploaded time-sensitive, geocoded event messages received via the Internet from the first plurality of computing devices and to generate local map displays which include icons associated with the time-sensitive, geocoded event messages. A second plurality of wireless computing devices is included in the system, each of which are configured to execute an application that receives and displays one of the local map displays generated by the central server.