Patents Examined by Mong-Thuy Tran
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Patent number: 10142791Abstract: A method for detecting a context of a mobile device (100) equipped with sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) and a context detection module (109) in which the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) are assigned to at least two groups (110, 120, 30), each of which comprises at least one sensor (111, 121, 122, 131), and each group (110, 120, 130) is allocated a group classifier (116, 126, 136) 10 adapted to detect, in a form of a classification result, currently identified, by means of a given classifier, context of the device (100) based on indications of the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) belonging to the given group, characterized in that with a use of the context detection module, whereas the groups (110, 102, 130) of sensors are ordered hierarchically, and the device context is detected 1 by reading a classification result indicated by the classifier (116, 126, 136) of the currently active group, wherein in case of detection of an identified context in the active group, switching on power supply of the sensors and activatingType: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Binartech Sp. z o.o.Inventor: Pawel Aksamit
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Patent number: 10129384Abstract: A method in which an electronic device that has one or more movement sensors and a computer processor may detect events in a way that is convenient for daily use by a person. A behavior detection mode may be activated when the electronic device is physically attached to the torso of the person wherein the electronic device may be disposed in a special article (e.g. an article of manufacture, article of clothing, etc.) designed to be attached to the torso of the person so that it activates a behavior detection mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Inventors: Erik Wernevi, Joshua Napoli
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Patent number: 10122843Abstract: Systems and methods for providing conversation assistance include receiving from at least one user device of a user, conversation information and determining that the conversation information is associated with a conversation involving the user and a first person that is associated with first conversation assistance information in a non-transitory memory. Body measurement data of the user is retrieved from the at least first user device. A need for conversation assistance in the conversation involving the user and the first person is detected using the body measurement data. First conversation assistance information associated with the first person is retrieved from the non-transitory memory. The first conversation assistance information associated with the first person is provided through the at least one user device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventor: Michael Charles Todasco
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Patent number: 10102539Abstract: A system can determine that a mobile device, located at a physical place of business transmits a first electronic communication for redemption of an electronic offer at the physical place of business. The system can further detect a second electronic communication transmitted from the mobile device, which indicates a first identifier. The first identifier can be associated with a verifier of the electronic offer (e.g., a staff member) at the physical place of business. The system can further determine, based on analysis of the first identifier, a second identifier (e.g., contact data, a telephone number, etc.), that corresponds to the verifier, without providing the second identifier to the mobile device. The system can further electronically transmit, utilizing the second identifier, a third electronic communication that indicates information about the redemption of the electronic offer.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: James F. Kramer, Paul C. Ning
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Patent number: 10091643Abstract: Provided is a method for displaying counterpart-associated information in an electronic device. The method for displaying associated information in an electronic device may include: finding, when a function associated with a specific counterpart is executed, information that is stored so as to be mapped with identification information of the counterpart; and displaying at least of the found information and an item for the found information. The found information may include at least one of communication log information for a video or voice call with the counterpart, schedule or memo information related to the counterpart, voice information collected during a call with the counterpart, and social content information related to the counterpart.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Sangwook Shin, Sungwoon Jang
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Patent number: 10080153Abstract: User Equipment (UE), computer readable media, and methods to modify communication channel measurement timing based on a mobility of the UE are disclosed. The UE may include circuitry configured to determine a plurality of signals from one or more cells, determine a first value for a first performance metric associated with a first cell of the one or more cells, wherein the first value is determined from a first measurement, select the first cell for a first communication based on the first value, determine first location information associated with the UE, determine, following the first measurement and using the first location information, that the UE is stationary, and delay, in response to the determination that the UE is stationary, a second measurement of the first performance metric. In various alternate embodiments, different measurement types may be used for mobility and channel quality determinations. In further embodiments, only measurements for unused channels may be delayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Candy Yiu, Yang Tang, Rui Huang, Yujian Zhang
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Patent number: 10057877Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor configured to operatively connect with the memory and the communication circuit. The processor is configured to send identification information of a base station attached to the electronic device via the communication circuit to a server, receive first base station information about base stations included in a first area on the base station from the server, store the first base station information in the memory, and estimate a location of the electronic device based on properties of a signal received from at least one of the base stations included in the first area or the first base station information.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong Jae Lee, Jai Young Choi, Young Kyoo Kim, Jin Woo Kim
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Patent number: 10057778Abstract: A method of providing a region of radio coverage within a wireless telecommunication network and a wireless telecommunication base station operable to provide that region of radio coverage. The base station comprises: transmission apparatus operable to provide a first region of radio coverage on a first radio frequency and a second region of radio coverage on a second radio frequency. The first region of radio coverage comprises a plurality of angularly spaced primary first radio beams and at least one secondary first radio beam. The base station is arranged to transmit the secondary first radio beam at a vertical tilt angle which differs from a tilt angle associated with the plurality of primary first radio beams. The second region of radio coverage comprises at least a primary second radio beam; that primary second radio beam is arranged to radiate from the base station between adjacent angularly spaced primary first radio beams.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLCInventor: Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10057872Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing subscription utilization information in the memory where the subscription utilization information is indicative of a history of subscription usage by the device and where registration information associated with a group of subscription agreements is stored in the memory, receiving location information from the device processor where the location information indicates a location of the device, and selecting a target subscription agreement from among the group of subscription agreements according to the history of subscription usage and the location information. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventor: Robert Osterwise
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Patent number: 10051434Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for selective crowdsourcing for multi-level positioning, such as positioning in a multi-level structure, for example.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventors: Daniel Chang, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Saket Thukral
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Patent number: 10045326Abstract: The system and method to allow a cellular enabled device that lacks two-way satellite communication to receive incoming calls over a satellite network where the mobile terminating call is initially addressed to the cellular mobile phone number. In one embodiment, the system and method allows the cellular device to appear as a device roaming on a satellite network or sub-network. In another embodiment, the system places a call forward request to a satellite enabled device, where the call forward request is transparent to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Globalstar, Inc.Inventors: Eric Blanchard, Joseph Crowley, Paul A. Monte, Prihamdhani Amran
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Patent number: 10045327Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to monitoring the communications to and from a mobile communication device in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example in accordance with an embodiment, data services on a mobile communication device, such as communications, application use, functionality, operability, and/or presence, may be monitored against rules available from a central data center repository. The rules may be enforced on the mobile communication device through a token device in short range wireless communications with the mobile communication device. Thus, the token device may prevent certain data services of the mobile communication device within a local area to the token device. An alert may be provided to an administrator when unauthorized data services are detected and/or a message may be sent to a third party to prevent the unauthorized activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: EAGENCY, INC.Inventors: Robert A. Lotter, Timothy S. Allard
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Patent number: 10038988Abstract: Methods, servers and systems for directly accessing and modifying charging information maintained within a telecommunications operator's business and operating systems' infrastructure from user equipment. A mobile application server may receive a charging request from a user equipment, identify a relevant charging system based on the received request, send a charging request to the identified charging system for processing, receive a first response message including charging information from the identified charging system, generate a second response message based on the charging information included in the first response message, and send the generated second response message to the user equipment. The received charging request may include various types of information, including information for transferring cost or billing information from a first billing category to a second billing category.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.Inventors: Alan McNamee, Cameron Ross Dunne, Joe Hogan, Bart Lehane, Andrew D'Souza
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Patent number: 10033881Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications, and more specifically, to a charging session management method and apparatus. The present disclosure provides a charging session management method, where when user equipment (UE) is in a state of accessing to a network, there is an internet protocol (IP)-Connectivity access network (CAN) bearer between a Gateway and the UE, where the IP-CAN bearer is used to transmit a data flow of the UE, and a charging session exists between the Gateway and a charging system; and the method includes: when a charging session established for the IP-CAN bearer exists between the Gateway and the charging system, terminating, by the Gateway, the charging session if determining that no data flow is transmitted on the IP-CAN bearer within a time threshold; and establishing, a new charging session for the IP-CAN bearer when detecting that a data flow transmission starts to be transmitted on the IP-CAN bearer.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaoqian Chai
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Patent number: 10031488Abstract: A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor which receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites from the received radio waves; and a processor which sets reception start timing of the radio waves by the radio wave reception processor and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The processor sets the reception start timing so that following reception conditions are satisfied: (i) a total power consumption amount of a power amount necessary for positioning and a power amount according to an obtaining upper limit time from start timing of a positioning operation by the radio wave reception processor to when the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing a present position and the positioning operation is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit power consumption amount, and (ii) the obtaining upper limit time is equal to or more than a predetermined reference time.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Oshita
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Patent number: 10028128Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for mobility management among multiple network slices. One apparatus 300 includes a processor 305 that receives 855 an indication of an attached mobile unit attaching to a secondary network slice of the mobile communication network. The processor 305 also receives 860 a mobility management request from the mobile unit and forwards 865 the mobility management request to the secondary network slice. In various embodiments, the apparatus 300 may include a network interface 330 for communicating over a mobile communication network.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventor: Apostolis Salkintzis
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Patent number: 10028096Abstract: Disclosed embodiments pertain to combining Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurements from partial measurement sessions that result when a single measurement session is interrupted by one or more interruption events including Out of Service (OOS) or Inter-Frequency Handover (IFH) events. In some embodiments, first Time Of Arrival (TOA) measurements of cellular signals during a plurality of discontiguous partial measurement sessions separated by one or more interruption events may be obtained. Second TOA measurements based on a reference time source may be obtained for a plurality of the first TOA measurements from at least two partial measurement sessions. A cell associated with a second TOA measurement may be selected as a reference cell and for each non-reference cell associated with a second TOA measurement, a corresponding RSTD measurement may be obtained relative to the selected reference cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Amit Jain, Harisrinivas Chandrasekar, Borislav Ristic, Dinesh Subramani, Gautam Nirula, Prabhu Kandasamy
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Patent number: 10021569Abstract: An electronic device and theme applying method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a user authentication module configured to acquire user authentication information, a display configured to output a page, a memory configured to store at least one theme data applicable to the page, and a processor configured to apply theme data, corresponding to the acquired user authentication information, to the output page.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Seok Joo, Yu Jeong Jeon, Young Bum Lee, Eun Ha Choi, Ki Tae Lee, Yo Han Lee, In Ji Jin
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Patent number: 10015698Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks and a device for same. A method for a first type base station to perform a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks in a wireless communication system includes receiving a downlink synchronization channel from at least one second type base station; obtaining an identifier (ID) of the second type base station by using the received downlink synchronization channel; and transmitting at least one of a channel number and a bandwidth of a center frequency of the first type base station and the cell ID of the second type base station to a server. The first type base station and the second type base station use different wireless communication methods or wireless access methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngsoo Yuk, Jinsam Kwak, Eunjong Lee, Heejeong Cho
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Patent number: 10009764Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing controlled switching of electronic access control clients (e.g., electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs)) without requiring network access are set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method for swapping of subscriptions and/or profiles for without network supervision that prevents possibly malicious high frequency switching is disclosed. For example, a secure element included in a mobile device can be configured to issue, to a security module included in the mobile device, a request for the security module to carry out an authentication of a user of the mobile device. Upon determining, based on results received from the security module, that the authentication is successful, the secure element can generate one or more credits in accordance with the results, where each credit of the one or more credits can be used to carry out an eSIM management operation within the secure element.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Xiangying Yang, Jerrold Von Hauck