Patents Examined by Brian O Connor
  • Patent number: 9781608
    Abstract: The invention relates to method for configuring a first wireless network that includes at least one access point. In order to optimize the configuration of the first wireless network, the method comprises a step of configuring at least one parameter of the at least one access point of the first wireless network on the basis of at least a portion of the linking balance of a second wireless network including at least two nodes, the nodes being positioned in a predetermined physical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Renaud Dore, Gilles Straub, Francois Baron, Patrick Fontaine
  • Patent number: 9774416
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal calculates an interference rejection combining reception weight matrix so as to reduce interference with a desired beam by another beam, in which the desired beam is a beam of radio waves transmitted from a desired base station. The mobile communication terminal estimates an interference and noise power expected when the IRC is implemented based on the interference rejection combining reception weight matrix and calculates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio expected when the IRC is implemented based on the interference and noise power. The mobile communication terminal measures or calculates received signal qualities relative to radio waves received from a plurality of base stations, to compensate for the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio or the interference and noise power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohwatari, Yousuke Sano, Yukihiko Okumura
  • Patent number: 9762491
    Abstract: Communication apparatus includes multiple interfaces configured for connection to a packet data network. A memory, coupled to the interfaces, is configured as a shared buffer to contain packets in multiple sets of queues for transmission to the network. Each set of queues receives in the shared buffer a respective allocation having an allocation size that varies over time in response to an amount of space in the shared buffer that is unused at any given time. A controller is configured to apply congestion control to a respective fraction of the packets that are queued for transmission from each set of queues in the shared buffer to the network, such that the respective fraction is set for each set of queues at any given time in response to a relation between a length of the queues in the set and the allocation size of the respective allocation at the given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TLV LTD.
    Inventors: Barak Gafni, Benny Koren, George Elias
  • Patent number: 9749203
    Abstract: A storage unit stores a plurality of packets collected in a wired section. An operation unit classifies the plurality of packets stored in the storage unit for each connection. The operation unit determines packets corresponding to a connection having a period in which a total data amount of packets for each of which a confirmation response packet has not arrived from a destination apparatus among packets transmitted by an information processing apparatus connected to the wired section increases when the connection is started, a round-trip time of each of the packets transmitted by the information processing apparatus not increasing monotonically in the period, to be packets of communication including the wireless section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Sumiyo Okada, Yuji Nomura, Fumiyuki Iizuka, Naoyoshi Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 9742817
    Abstract: In a method for setting up a communication link between a first telephony terminal (PA) and a second telephony terminal (PB) in a communication network which transports data packets, in particular on the Internet, with the aid of at least one signalling Server (SA, SB), in particular with the aid of an SIP Server, the first telephony terminal informs a first signalling Server that a call is intended to be made to the second telephony terminal. The first signalling Server which has been informed or a second signalling Server which has been informed by this first signalling Server recognizes that the call is intended to be made with a particular quality of Service and sets up a communication link between the first telephony terminal and the second telephony terminal, which link corresponds to this quality of Service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Tietsch, Karl Klaghofer, Holger Prange
  • Patent number: 9742924
    Abstract: A method includes establishing a circuit switched call with an automated answering system at a destination, the destination having a communication server associated therewith, transmitting a request to switch to Internet Protocol (IP) communication to the automated answering system, receiving an IP request acknowledgement message from the communication server responsive to transmitting the request to switch to IP communication, and establishing an IP communication session with the communication server responsive to receiving the IP request acknowledgement. Systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Rodrigo Terra Rios, Mostafa Attariani, Ahmed Tayeh, Mathias Jensen, Nabaz Barzangi
  • Patent number: 9743392
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) can receive Downlink Control Information (DCI) from a base station. The DCI can contain a Channel State Information (CSI) request on a physical control channel in a subframe of a first serving cell. The CSI request can direct the UE to perform CSI measurements for at least one aperiodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) of a second serving cell. The UE can ascertain CSI-RS resources in a subframe of the second serving cell based on at least the DCI contents. The UE can determine CSI based on the ascertained CSI-RS resources. The UE can send the determined CSI to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Ajit Nimbalker, Vijay Nangia, Murali Narasimha, Ravikiran Nory
  • Patent number: 9723512
    Abstract: A method of and an application server and user equipment for providing at least one of chat and Voice over Internet Protocol, chat/VoIP, services to the mobile user equipment in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile user equipment comprises a chat/VoIP client for accessing a chat/VoIP service application interfacing the mobile telecommunications network. The chat/VoIP service application interfaces a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP clients for accessing a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP communication environments operated by a plurality of chat/VoIP service providers, for providing chat/VoIP services to the chat/VoIP client of the mobile user equipment. The chat/VoIP client and the chat/VoIP service application may be arranged such that privileged use of the mobile telecommunications network is enabled, providing a session between the user equipment and a communication environment with a predetermined or agreed Quality of Service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Jos den Hartog
  • Patent number: 9712235
    Abstract: A data communication system comprises a wave-front multiplexer configured to wave-front multiplex first electronic signals into second electronic signals. The data communication system further comprises an electronic-to-optical converter configured to convert a third electronic signal carrying information associated with the second electronic signals into a first optical signal; and an optical transferring module configured to split the first optical signal into second optical signals, wherein each of the second optical signals carries the same data as the first optical signal carries. The data communication system further comprises optical-to-electronic converters configured to convert the second optical signals into fourth electronic signals; and wave-front demultiplexers each configured to wave-front demultiplex one of the fourth electronic signals into fifth electronic signals equivalent to the first electronic signals respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Spatial Digital Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald C. D. Chang
  • Patent number: 9713181
    Abstract: A methods and apparatus may be used for accelerated link setup. A method may include a station (STA) acquiring information about an access point of an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 network in advance through a previously connected IEEE 802.11 interface and/or an interface other than the IEEE 802.11 network. The STA may use the acquired information during a link setup procedure between the STA and the access point. The information may include a suggestion for a specific procedure to complete the link setup procedure between the STA and the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Yousif Targali, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Xiaofei Wang, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9712682
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically assigning virtual numbers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for automatically assigning virtual numbers may include receiving, from a first customer device associated with a first identifier, a second identifier associated with a recipient device; establishing a call between the first customer device and the recipient device; assigning a first virtual number associated with the first identifier and the second identifier, wherein the first virtual number is selected to be in a local calling area of the first identifier; and transmitting the first virtual number to the customer for use in making future calls to the recipient device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Vonage America Inc.
    Inventor: Zenon Carlos
  • Patent number: 9706437
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to a support node apparatus configured to support a wireless network system. The support node apparatus can be in the form of a mobility management entity and/or a serving general packet radio service. The example implementations directed herein can provide a network resource identifier and/or a globally unique temporary identifier to an associated user equipment to facilitate the transfer of the user equipment from a source support node apparatus to a target support node apparatus. In example implementations, the target support node apparatus can thereby be directly specified by use of the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AFFIRMED NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
    Inventors: Haibo Qian, Paul Boudreaux, Fred Rink, Michael Brown
  • Patent number: 9706475
    Abstract: A core network node may send an overload indicator capable of distinguishing PLMNs to an access network node when the core network node is overloaded; and the access network node may learn a PLMN over which access control needs to be performed according to the overload indicator received. PLMNs are distinguished in access control according to an actual situation of overload of the network node caused by a PLMN sharing the network, ensuring fairness in access control over terminals of all PLMNs sharing the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Chunxia Zhi, Yun Deng, Baoguo Xie
  • Patent number: 9698995
    Abstract: An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a first hypervisor running on a first host and a second hypervisor running on a second host. The first hypervisor managing a first virtual switch, and the second hypervisor managing a second virtual switch. The information handling system also includes a plurality of virtual machines (VMs), including a first VM, which is part of a first tenant, running on the first host, and a second VM, part of a second tenant, running on the second host. The first virtual switch has a mapping in memory that maps a customer-specific multicast IP address, used by the plurality of VMs to indicate a multicast group that includes VMs on the first and second tenants, to a global multicast IP address used by the first and second hosts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Anoop Ghanwani, Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Mohnish Anumala, Shivakumar Sundaram, Pathangi Janardhanan
  • Patent number: 9699740
    Abstract: A method for communication in a wireless network is provided. The method includes a relay node receiving a data packet and determining whether to transmit the packet without performing error checking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Yongkang Jia, Amin Mobasher
  • Patent number: 9693350
    Abstract: A method and a network node (110, 111) for determining first channel state information in an upcoming time slot for use by a first radio network node (111) when determining a set of radio transmission parameters for a transmission between the first radio network node (111) and a second radio network node (121) are provided. The network node (110, 111) receives (201) second channel state information for said upcoming time slot. Furthermore, the network node (110, 111) determines (207) third channel state information for said upcoming time slot. The second and third channel state information are at least partly non-overlapping with each other. Next, the network node (110, 111) determines (208) the first channel state information, for said upcoming time slot, based on the second channel state information and the third channel state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Henrik Asplund, David Astely, Jonas Froberg Olsson, Kjell Larsson
  • Patent number: 9692609
    Abstract: A local router stores a content distribution map that specifies a plurality of permitted multicast groups. The local router receives communications from user devices on an access-network side of the local router. Those received communications identify multicast groups for which user devices wish to receive data. The local router ascertains if those identified multicast groups are permitted multicast groups specified by the stored content distribution map. For multicast groups ascertained to be permitted multicast groups, the local router sends communications across a network-side interface requesting membership in those multicast groups. The local router may then receive data for those multicast groups and forward that data to user devices. For multicast groups identified in user device communications ascertained not to be permitted multicast groups, the local router sends no communications across the network-side interface requesting membership.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Brian E. Field
  • Patent number: 9686801
    Abstract: The architecture of the high-speed shared service provides a Node B yielding various sets of information that answer a set of basic questions that a data service needs. Many potential measurements the Node B can make are provided to the RNC to enable a resource manager to perform certain functions and which can be used to answer the set of basic questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: James M. Miller
  • Patent number: 9686367
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing predicted likelihood of communication between users are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for providing predicted likelihood of communication between users. The method includes predicting a likelihood that a first user will initiate communication with a second user based on stored information for the first user that indicates the second user, associating the predicted likelihood with status information for the first user, and providing for indicating the status information with the predicted likelihood to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Scenera Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert J. Sundstrom
  • Patent number: 9680709
    Abstract: A method for determining the bandwidth of an incoming frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN), includes the following steps, executed at least by a processor, upon reception of a first plurality of samples representative of a first signal of the frame received at a primary WLAN channel, and of a second plurality of samples of the frame representative of a second signal of the frame received at a secondary WLAN channel: computing at least a correlation of a sample among the first plurality of samples with a sample among the second plurality of samples; if the correlation exceeds a threshold then setting a receiver mode to a first bandwidth otherwise setting a receiver mode to a second bandwidth. A device for setting the bandwidth of a receiver for a wireless local area network and a system integrating such device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: RIVIERAWAVES (RW)
    Inventors: Lisa Meilhac, Cedric Vandeburie