Patents Examined by Rafael Perez-Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 9549374
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes a sensing unit including at least one sensor and a controller analyzing a user's mobile terminal use pattern based on a sensing signal received through the at least one sensor, the controller controlling a power of the at least one sensor based on the use pattern and a remaining power of the mobile terminal. Accordingly, powers of a plurality of sensors can be efficiently controlled based on a user's use pattern and/or a remaining power level. And, a user can activate a specific application and/or view a content with ease in a manner of analyzing a user's use pattern for a mobile terminal and then estimating and providing an application and/or a content necessary for the user based on a result of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gukchan Lim, Jongbeom Kim, Seonghyok Kim, Yiseon Jeong, Junjeong Lee
  • Patent number: 9521594
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for notifying handover failure indication information, comprising: a first base station determines, according to radio link failure (RLF) information in a received radio resource control (RRC) re-establishment request message, the information about a cell in which an RLF happens before a UE initiates an RRC re-establishment, and sends the RLF information to a second base station to which the cell where the RLF happens belongs; and the second base station notifies, according to a notification condition set for the indication information of a too early handover or a handover selecting a wrong target handover cell, the base station initiating a handover of the indication information of a too early handover or a handover selecting a wrong target handover cell, both of which meet the notification condition; or upon determining the handover of the UE to a cell in which an RLF happens is a too early handover or a handover selecting a wrong target handover cell, the second base statio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lifeng Han
  • Patent number: 9503920
    Abstract: A base station has a first wireless communication unit that communicates with mobile stations for offering a first radio communication service to the mobile stations, and a second wireless communication unit that communicates with mobile stations for offering a second radio communication service that is different from the first radio communication service to the mobile stations. At the base station, a communication service continuation restrictor is provided that restricts operation of the base station as to whether or not, when it is detected that either one of the first or the second radio communication service is not executable, another radio communication service should be continued. Whether or not the other communication service should be continued can be set at the communication service continuation restrictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takao Someya, Fumiki Hasegawa, Takefumi Yamada, Hiroki Zukawa, Yutaka Fuke, Toshirou Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9491766
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program for supporting simultaneous multi-use of resources of a backhaul link between a relay base station and another base station of a cellular radio network. The relay base station is configured to forward transmission resources of the backhaul link to at least one communication device located in a cell of the relay base station. The communication device(s) is/are then configured to utilize the resources of the backhaul link for device-to-device connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Tao Peng, Qianxi Lu, Haiming Wang, Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 9479921
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for grouping home eNodeBs (HeNBs) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes grouping a plurality of HeNBs into at least one closed subscriber group (CSG) group, and transmitting an identifier (ID) of a specific CSG group to HeNBs included in the specific CSG group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Jin Sook Ryu, Kyung Min Park, Young Dae Lee, Sung Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 9433009
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for channel selection. As disclosed, a wireless communication system includes a base station that is configured to operate on a plurality of channels, each having a respective level of port-to-port isolation. The system determines a measure of quality of an air interface between the base station and a user equipment device (UE) served by the base station. The system then selects, from the plurality of channels, a channel on which the base station should serve the UE, where the selecting is based at least in part on (i) the determined measure of quality of the air interface between the base station and the UE and (ii) a correlation between the determined measure of quality of the air interface and the respective level of port-to-port isolation of the channel. Upon the selection, the base station serves the UE on the selected channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, John W. Prock, Ryan P. Dreiling, Saravana Velusamy
  • Patent number: 9420602
    Abstract: A radio resources management algorithm, through a process of function evaluation and optimization, determines and assigns resource priority values to wireless resource requests. Resource requests may be arranged within a priority queue in accordance with the priority values. The priority queue may control access to wireless resources that are typically reserved for handing off ongoing calls between cells. The algorithm may supplement or replace an existing CAC algorithm. The algorithm may also determine whether sufficient spare handoff resources are available to fulfill a resource request. If sufficient resources are not available, the disclosed algorithm may implement one or more congestion control mechanism designed to free up handoff resources. If sufficient resources are not available to fulfill a resource request, the resource request may be accepted and arranged in the priority queue if it is of sufficiently high priority, or may be rejected if the request is of low priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Cagatay Buyukkoc, Sreevalsan Vallath
  • Patent number: 9392100
    Abstract: An emergency assistance requesting device that enhances an efficiency of emergency assistance request that includes a user interface that is configured to receive an input, a user interface that is configured to receive an input, a non-transitory storage device that stores emergency request information, geographical location information of the emergency assistance requesting device, information corresponding to plurality of emergency centers, a user profile and history data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Raed H. AlHazme
  • Patent number: 9392457
    Abstract: To activate a pre-provisioned mobile device on a network, an initial data communication for device activation is allowed between the device and an self-activation portal. At this point, the network prevents other more regular communication of the mobile device via the network. The portal automatically collects identification information from the mobile device and collects information from the user to activate the device on a network service account. The portal causes a provisioning system to provision data to network elements to activate device service in the network. After provisioning is complete, a notification is sent to the mobile device; and after device communication is completed a record that controlled routing to the portal before activation is deleted. The mobile device then communicates via the network to obtain data for storage in the device, to complete activation and permit normal operation of the mobile device via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Matthew M. Laden, Elena Krimchansky
  • Patent number: 9380493
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compiling lists of prospective access points for offloading cellular data traffic for a vehicle, and for selecting an access point to establish a non-cellular wireless Internet connection. Vehicular data mobile access involves properties and characteristics different from those of portable user data devices, and thus exhibit different criteria for cellular data offloading. Embodiments of the invention provide vehicle metrics to be used in conjunction with data requirement metrics in compiling the access lists and making the optimum selections based on the vehicle's predicted route. A predictive look-ahead is also provided, for use when predictive routing information is not available or is unreliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kobi Jacob Scheim, Nadav Lavi, Moshe Laifenfeld
  • Patent number: 9338734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for discovering neighbor cells (NC) in a radio cellular network (NTW) comprising cells, each served by a controller (eNB), the method comprising, with respect to a controller (eNB) serving a cell (C): (a): selecting a frequency (f) in a frequency list, each frequency being associated with a priority (Prio), a target value (TV) and a counter (Count), and wherein said frequency (f) is selected in the frequency list according to its priority (Prio); (b): selecting a terminal (UE) located in the cell (C) and connected with the controller (eNB); (c): sending a control message to the selected terminal (UE), said control message comprising a request to perform radio measurements relating to neighbor cells (NC) of the cell (C), for the selected frequency (f); (d): incrementing the counter (Count) associated with the frequency (f); (e): if the counter (Count) is equal to the target value (TV) for the selected frequency (f), then deleting the selected frequency (f) from the fre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Patrick Willemain, Marco Meinero, Frederic Deville
  • Patent number: 9338604
    Abstract: A method and system for verifying a location value reported by an electronic device. The reported location value and spectrum sensing data containing signal strength measurements for each channel of plural channels are received from the electronic device. A predicted RF footprint for the reported location is generated. The predicted RF footprint includes signal strength values for each of the plural channels. Each signal strength value is representative of RF energy that the electronic device ought to detect if the electronic device is actually present in the reported location and each signal strength value is determined as a function of known characteristics of radio devices with known locations. A determination is made as to whether the received signal strength measurements and the predicted RF footprint sufficiently correlate to validate that the electronic device made the signal strength measurements at the reported location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Bridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Stanforth, Jeffrey C. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9319840
    Abstract: A method for estimating the distance (d) of a receiver (102) from a radio transmitter (101) includes the steps of: receiving (602) radio signals (103, 701) irradiated by the transmitter (101), which include components from which at least three tones (1,2,3,4) are extracted, each having a different frequency; measuring (606) a first phase difference (??21) between first two tones (1, 2) of the at least three tones, whose frequencies (f1, f2) have a first spacing, and measuring a second phase difference (??43) between second two tones (3, 4) of the at least three tones, whose frequencies (f3, f4) have a second spacing, wherein one of the first spacing or second spacing is greater than the other; estimating (607, 611, 613) the distance (d) on the basis of the first phase difference (??21) and the second phase difference (??43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SISVEL TECHNOLOGY S.R.L.
    Inventor: Pietro Porzio Giusto
  • Patent number: 9319988
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system to help manage user equipment device (UE) transmission power, specifically in a scenario where the UE was being served by a base station on a first carrier frequency and the UE is then going to communicate with a base station (whether the same or another base station) instead on a second, different carrier frequency. As disclosed, a UE may determine, based on communication by the UE on the first carrier frequency, a baseline initial transmit power for the UE to use for an initial transmission from the UE to a cellular base station on the second carrier frequency. Responsive to the second carrier frequency being different than the first carrier frequency, the UE may adjust the baseline initial transmit power to establish an adjusted initial transmit power. The UE may then engage in the initial transmission using the adjusted baseline initial transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Deveshkumar N. Rai, Saravana Velusamy, Rajil Malhotra, Srini Penugonda
  • Patent number: 9313684
    Abstract: A method for managing power consumption of a radio access network. The method includes: defining a cluster including at least two radio resource units of the radio access network; defining a parameter indicative of a performance of the cluster and of a power consumption of the cluster, the parameter being expressed as a function of traffic throughputs carried by the radio resource units of the cluster; calculating optimum traffic throughputs as values of the traffic throughputs carried by the radio resource units of the cluster which optimize the parameter; and distributing traffic amongst the radio resource units of the cluster such that the radio resource units of the cluster carry the calculated optimum traffic throughputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Barberis, Giorgio Calochira, Marco Caretti, Dario Sabella
  • Patent number: 9313327
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing contact information includes an electronic device detecting 302 a pair of communications by the electronic device related to a contact and parsing 304 at least one of the communications in the pair of communications to determine a time duration for a record for the contact. The method further includes the electronic device setting 306 a time duration element for the record based on the time duration to cause deletion of the record when the time duration has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 9313778
    Abstract: A frequency to be used in a cognitive wireless system is determined appropriately. A DB apparatus manages white spaces (WS) for each frequency, and calculates and reports, to a mobile terminal, WS vectors (distances from a mobile terminal location to an interference area in the four directions, north, south, east and west) for each frequency. The mobile terminal refers to the WS vectors and uses a frequency providing the longest available distance in a direction of movement. The available distance is calculated by interpolation (triangular interpolation, elliptical interpolation, rectangular interpolation) of WS boundaries using various methods. Desirably, the mobile terminal reports a direction of movement to the DB apparatus, and the DB apparatus reports the distance to an interference area only in the two directions near to the direction of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Ihara, Onur Altintas
  • Patent number: 9288840
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a first sensor configured to detect a blowing action on the mobile terminal; a second sensor configured to detect an input action of a user; and a controller configured to execute a prescribed function on the mobile terminal when detecting the input of the user, detecting the blowing action on the mobile terminal, and detecting a release of the input action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Mihyun Park, Hyejin Eum, Saeyoung Ahn, Hongjo Shim, Seonghyok Kim
  • Patent number: 9264483
    Abstract: A communication system capable of enabling one or more communication devices to remotely execute one or more applications includes one or more communication devices that are coupled to a data connection. At least one of the one or more communication devices is operable to communicate a request to establish a communication session over the data connection. The system also includes one or more application servers that are coupled to the data connection. At least one of the one or more application servers is adapted to execute an application to establish the requested communication session with the at least one communication device. The at least one application server resides at a location remote from the at least one communication device. The at least one application server communicates a request for processing service to the at least one communication device. The request for processing service is communicated to the at least one communication device over the data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hammond Development International, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Hammond
  • Patent number: 9264427
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system of transferring any telephone call designated to a first user to the cellular telephone of a second user. The system authenticates an end user's biometric information and then allows the end user to answer an incoming landline telephone call from any location using a cellular phone. Additionally, the reverse situation is true. An authenticated end user can answer an incoming cellular telephone call from any location using an available landline telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erick Simon Amador, Gregory Jensen Boss, Rick Allen Hamilton, Timothy Moffett Waters