Patents Examined by Asfar M. Qureshi
  • Patent number: 9888365
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives a policy containing information on filtering and processing of discovery messages over a wireless interface. The policy may be received from a cellular network or from a network server. The apparatus determines a set of filtering rules and a set of processing rules based on the policy. The apparatus may store the set of filtering rules and the set of processing rules. Upon receiving a discovery message on a device-to-device communication channel, the apparatus applies the set of filtering rules to the discovery message. The device-to-device communication channel may be a wireless communication channel. The apparatus may apply the set of processing rules to the discovery message in response to the discovery message passing the set of filtering rules. The apparatus may rebroadcast the processed discovery message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Vincent Douglas Park
  • Patent number: 9838514
    Abstract: In a radio apparatus that can simultaneously perform audio communication and data communication, the amount of data for data communication that can be transmitted during a single call is increased, and the communication speed of data communication is thereby increased. A transmission unit generates a packet in which an audio frame and a data frame, are consecutively arranged one after another. When receiving a transmission start command from a controller the transmission unit generates a packet in which data of an audio signal is inserted in the audio frame and data for data communication is inserted in the data frame, and when receiving a mode change command from the controller, the transmission unit generates and transmits, during a fixed time period from reception of the command, a packet in which data for data communication is inserted in the audio frame and the data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ICOM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shinichirou Adachi, Keisuke Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 9167610
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to enable IP networking for mobile hosts without requiring changes to be made to the TCP/IP stack in the operating system installed on the mobile hosts. The apparatus is an “intelligent device” that can be installed on or connected to a mobile host, and may comprise a software-only logical module, physical hardware, or a combination of both. To a mobile host, the intelligent device emulates a network interface such as an Ethernet card or a telephone modem. The intelligent device appears to an access network just like any regular IP host connected to the access network through a physical network interface device. The intelligent device handles all mobile networking functions for the mobile host, and may control multiple different physical network interface devices to enable a connection to an access network available to the mobile user at his location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Zhimei Jiang, Byoung-Jo J. Kim, Kin K. Leung, Hui Luo
  • Patent number: 8995299
    Abstract: A method and devices for integrating a cellular radio network with a WiFi network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes selecting, at a base station having a cellular radio subsystem and a WiFi radio subsystem, at least one of a cellular radio network carrier and a WiFi carrier to carry at least one data flow from the base station to a user equipment. The method further includes transmitting, from the base station to a user equipment, a control signal to cause the user equipment to select at least one of a cellular radio subsystem of the user equipment and a WiFi radio subsystem of the user equipment to receive the selected at least one of the cellular radio network carrier and the WiFi carrier. Data from the at least one data flow is transmitted on the at least one selected carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Adrien Joseph Comeau
  • Patent number: 8908654
    Abstract: A code division multiple access (CDMA) user device configured to dynamically allocating at least one wireless communication channel to permit a more efficient allocation of wireless communication channels when providing high speed data service. The CDMA user device is configured to receive data traffic from at least one data buffer in a base station. The CDMA user device is dynamically allocated at least one wireless communication channel based on an urgency factor. The urgency factor indicates the urgency of traffic data to be transmitted from the at least one data buffer in the base station to the CDMA user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Proctor, Jr., Lawrence R. Foore, Thomas E. Gorsuch, Carlo Amalfitano
  • Patent number: 7873076
    Abstract: A fiber channel (FC) signal representing block encoded data is applied to a block decoder, which removes the block encoding from the data. The data is then applied to a simplified data link (SDL) protocol encoder, which maps the data into an SDL protocol packet for transmission over a SONET (Synchronous Optical Network)-based transport medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Hernandez-Valencia, Nevin R. Jones
  • Patent number: 6501737
    Abstract: To address the need for a method to determine an optimal quantity of channel resources to reserve for data services in communication systems that support both data and voice services, the present invention provides two methods. The methods determine a minimum quantity of voice channel resources that are required to provide an acceptable voice quality of service. The methods also determine an additional quantity of data channel resources needed to provide data services. The methods then determine whether encroachment by the voice services onto the data channel resources requires that a number of the data channel resources be reserved for data services exclusively. Finally, if data channel resources need to be reserved, the methods determine a minimum number of data channel resources to reserve to provide an acceptable data quality of service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Stinson S. Mathal, Karen Brailean, Scott Alan Jordan