Patents Examined by Amar Daglawi
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Patent number: 7796956Abstract: A front-end architecture and processing method for a receiver in a multi-antenna, multi-band radio. Band-dependent components for multiple frequency bands are not duplicated in each receive chain. In one embodiment, a first receive chain includes band-dependent components for the first frequency band only. A second receive chain includes band-dependent components for the second frequency band only. The receive chains may be dedicated to particular antennas, or a switch may be utilized to route signals from different antennas to the different band-dependent components. Each receive chain may include band-independent components, or a single set of band-independent components may be utilized for the different receive chains by multiplexing the output of the band-dependent component sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Ali S. Khayrallah, William J. Croughwell
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Patent number: 7725136Abstract: In a cellular phone applicable as an information processing apparatus of the invention, an audio data transfer control unit controls streaming transfer of encoded audio data to a headset through wireless communication, and a hands-free control unit controls hands-free communication with the headset through wireless communication. Furthermore, a transmitting/receiving unit transmits/receives data to/from the headset in the streaming transfer of the encoded audio to the headset through the wireless communication or in control over hands-free communication with the headset through wireless communication, and a retransmission control unit controls the retransmission of the data to be transmitted to the headset through the transmitting/receiving processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Toshiya Tamura
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Patent number: 7720443Abstract: A system and method are presented for transceiving Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) telephone communications through a common filter. The system includes a tunable ferro-electric bandpass filter (FE BPF), a controller, a low noise amplifier (LNA), and a power amplifier (PA). The FE BPF has a control input to accept tuning voltage signals from the controller and two signal ports. In response to the tuning voltage signals, the FE BPF selects a transmit or receive frequency passband between the signal ports. The FE BPF first signal port is connected to the LNA and the PA and the FE BPF second signal port is connected to an antenna in a wireless device. The LNA and PA are activated and deactivated in response to control signals from the controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.Inventors: Stanley S. Toncich, Craig Lilja
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Patent number: 7702291Abstract: A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables detection of radar signals to enable the radio transceiver to halt communications in overlapping communication bands to avoid interference with the radar transmitting the radar pulses. A method in a radio transceiver includes grouping a plurality of pulse data entries, generating a first list of pulse repetition intervals having pulses with a pulse width within a specified range, counting a number of most and second most common pulse interval values and determining whether a radar signal is present. Generally, the method includes determining a radar is present in one of three different ways, namely, determining whether the number of the most common pulse interval values exceeds a specified value, determining a radar signal is present with an extra pulse and finally, determining a radar is present with a missing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Christopher J. Hansen
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Patent number: 7693491Abstract: Aspects of compensating for transmitter output power may comprise sampling an on-chip transmitter circuit temperature at various time instants and determining a feedback temperature compensation value. At least one digital-to-analog converter may be adjusted by utilizing the feedback temperature compensation value, which may correspond to the sampled temperature. The digital-to-analog converter may be an I-component digital-to-analog converter and/or a Q-component digital-to-analog converter. At least a portion of the on-chip transmitter circuit may be characterized to determine power output dependence of the on-chip transmitter circuit on temperature variation of the on-chip transmitter circuit. Based on this characterization, a feedback temperature compensation value that may correspond to the sampled temperature may be used to adjust the digital-to-analog converter. The feedback temperature compensation value may be, for example, from a lookup table or an algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Michael Meng-An Pan
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Patent number: 7689243Abstract: A user guidance system includes a communication history receiver receiving communication history information of a mobile communication terminal; a traffic information generator receiving resource state information from a base station and generating communication traffic information at the base station; a dissatisfaction calculator calculating a dissatisfaction with a recommended action to a user of the mobile communication terminal, based on the communication history information and the communication traffic information; a recommended action extractor extracting a recommended action for the user to be notified of, based on dissatisfactions with a plurality of recommended actions; and an information transmitter transmitting the recommended action to the mobile communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Shigeru Kaneda, Yoshikazu Akinaga
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Patent number: 7684760Abstract: An apparatus for controlling transmission power of a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus comprises a central processing unit for measuring a power level of a received signal and determining a power amplification mode in response to the measured power level of the received signal and a power preset table, a driver amplifier for amplifying a transmission signal to produce an output signal, the driver amplifier has operating conditions chosen in accordance with the power amplification mode, a voltage converter for outputting a preset voltage value in accordance with the power amplification mode, and a power amplifier for amplifying the output signal of the driver amplifier in response to the outputted preset voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Soon-Hyeok Kwak
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Patent number: 7668508Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for ease of use.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jianyu Roy Zheng, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
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Patent number: 7640039Abstract: In the case where a single user selectively uses plural wireless communication terminals by mounting and demounting a subscriber identification card thereon and therefrom, user convenience in such selective use of the plural terminals can be enhanced by synchronizing user data among those plural terminals. For this purpose, at least updated portion of the data stored in the memory in terminal is uploaded from the first terminal 10a on which SIM card (subscriber information card) 12 is mounted, to a server 50 via a communication network 20, according to a user's request or automatically. After the SIM card 12 demounted from the first terminal is mounted on the second terminal 10b or 10c, data to be downloaded to the second terminal from the server 50 is determined according to the user's request or automatically, and the data is downloaded to the second terminal from the server 50. In the second terminal, thus downloaded data is used to update the contents in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Access Company, Ltd.Inventor: Tomihisa Kamada
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Patent number: 7634293Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a first base station configured to be controlled by a first radio network controller, and provide an address of an extension transmission/reception device to user data received from a first mobile station, and the extension transmission/reception device configured to be controlled by the first radio network controller or a different second radio network controller, and provide an address of a second base station, which is controlled by the second radio network controller, to user data received from the first base station.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Akihiro Maebara, Masayuki Koshino, Mayu Yamada
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Patent number: 7627291Abstract: An integrated circuit operable to wirelessly communicate with other devices by utilizing a radio transceiver and a routing element is disclosed. The routing element is operable to route a signal between various circuit elements and is selectively operable to function as an antenna when coupled with the radio transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: XILINX, Inc.Inventors: Philip B. James-Roxby, Daniel J. Downs
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Patent number: 7620371Abstract: A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables received wideband RF signals to be down-converted to baseband frequencies and baseband signals to be up-converted to wideband RF signals prior to transmission without requiring conversion to an intermediate frequency. The circuitry includes a low noise amplifier, automatic frequency control circuitry for aligning a local oscillation frequency with the frequency of the received RF signals, signal power measuring circuitry for measuring the signal to signal and power ratio and for adjusting frontal and rear amplification stages accordingly, and finally, filtering circuitry to filter high and low frequency interfering signals including DC offset.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Alireza Zolfaghari
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Patent number: 7613429Abstract: The invention aims at providing an NRD guide transceiver not requiring a change-over switch for transmission and reception, a download system being of a simple structure and capable of downloading large-capacity data such as video data and the like in a short time using this transceiver and a download memory used in this system, said NRD guide transceiver comprising a pair of dielectric strips (154, 155) disposed between a pair of conductor plates (152, 153) arranged in parallel with each other at a specified interval, wherein Schottky barrier diodes (156, 157) are connected to the respective ends of both of said pair of dielectric strips, a low pass filter (164) is connected to a signal input terminal and a high pass filter (165) is connected to an IF output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Intelligent Cosmos Research InstituteInventors: Tsukasa Yoneyama, Hirokazu Sawada
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Patent number: 7606602Abstract: A system and method for maximizing the standby time of mobile communication devices that have WiFi or other high energy-consuming network interfaces, by predicting in real time actionable silent periods (ASPs) of the interface and shutting the interface down during these ASPs. Standby times are significantly increased, resulting in longer periods of operation before battery charging is required, while keeping minimal the probabilities of missing incoming data packets when the interface is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignees: Toshiba America Research, Inc., Telcordia Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tao Zhang, Sunil Madhani, Provin Gurung, Eric Van Den Berg
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Patent number: 7596355Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of closed loop MIMO calibration in a wireless communication system, comprising detecting that station calibration is obsolete and requires calibration, determining a range of automatic gain control which the station wants to calibrate and determining a list of transmission power for an Access Point (AP) in communication with the station, initiating by the station the calibration by sending the power list and N channel sounding preambles, where N is the number of transmit antennas at the station; and sending back by the AP a channel matrix and L sets of channel sounding preambles with a different transmission power level for each set, where L is the number of entries in the power list.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2004Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Qinghua Li, Xintian Lin
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Patent number: 7526318Abstract: A mobile station has a subscriber identity card (IC card 18) and operates for periodical detection of the IC card (18). The IC card detection is effected at the timing when a transceiver receives a signal from the base station for detecting an incoming call, if the signal reception is effected within a specified time interval from the previous IC card detection.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Hideaki Asada
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Patent number: 7519383Abstract: A method for estimating and measuring error vector magnitude (EVM) is provided by correlating a transmitter compression level to an EVM.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: LitePoint Corp.Inventor: Christian Olgaard
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Patent number: 7515879Abstract: An RF circuit module, in which a power amplifier and a transceiver are united, with reduced interference between its electronic circuit blocks, downsized and still having high performance, and with a stable performance not dependent on the ground land structure on the motherboard, is provided. The ground plane 110 for at least a last-stage amplifier 11 of the power amplifier 10 where the greatest power is generated in the whole RF circuit block, that is, the source of generating the greatest noise and heat for the RF circuit block, is isolated from the ground plane for at least one circuit portion of the transceiver 9 including an LNA 51, receiver 52, transmitter 30, and VCO 70. These ground planes are connected to a common ground plane 480 through different connection conductors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Hiroshi Okabe, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7505778Abstract: A wireless communication method according to the present invention, in a Bluetooth device connected to multiple piconets and operating in a scatter mode, includes steps of (a) establishing credit values by link for the multiple piconets, and the total sum of the credit values by link as a temporary account value; (b) updating the credit values by link and the temporary account value every slot based on a predetermined manner; (c) performing communications through a link selected based on a comparison result of the credit values by link at each Presence Point(PP); and (d) unevenly redistributing predetermined credit values based on characteristics by link and returning to the step (b) in one of the two cases in which the communications are interrupted with a POLL_NULL sequence and the temporary account value becomes the same as the total number, n, of links.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyun-hyon Tchan, Ki-soo Chang, Doo-seop Eom, Tae-jin Lee, Jong-hun Park, Jong-soo Oh, Yang-ick Joo
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Patent number: 7502594Abstract: A wireless communication system with power regulation feedback for improving the robustness of wireless communication transmissions between a receiver and an active emitter irrespective of the distance separation therebetween. The receiver receives wireless communications and detects a voltage induced therein. A feedback loop provides wireless transmission of power regulation feedback based on the detected voltage. The active emitter generates a power regulated data signal in which at least one of maximum and minimum bit voltage levels of respective logical high and low bits is adjusted based on the induced voltage received via the feedback loop. The RF power level, modulation index, and/or slew rate of a data signal emitted from the active emitter is regulated by adjusting at least one of maximum and minimum bit voltage levels of respective logical high and low bits based on voltage induced in the receiver during a previous communication from the active emitter.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2005Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Codman Neuro Sciences SárlInventors: Alec Ginggen, Rocco Crivelli