Operable On More Than One System Patents (Class 455/552.1)
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Base station, communication terminal, communication method, communication system, and storage medium
Patent number: 10524163Abstract: A base station for offloading communication traffic includes: first means for receiving from a communication terminal a message requesting a connection with a wireless network; and second means for determining whether or not a connection between a base station which has received the message from the communication terminal and the communication terminal is possible based on a terminal attribute identified by the message.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Fujinami -
Patent number: 10512037Abstract: In an wireless communication system, base stations will be set to prioritize serving one type of user equipment device (UE) over another type of UE, and each base station's respective prioritization will be conveyed to UEs to facilitate base station selection. That way, when a UE faces a choice of whether to connect with one base station or another, the UE could determine which base station gives higher priority to the UE's type and could connect with that base station, even if the UE detects stronger coverage of the other base station. And if the UE finds itself in coverage of a base station that gives lower priority to the UE's type than to another UE type, the UE could still connect with that base station unless the UE finds another base station that gives higher priority to the UE's type.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Sanghoon Sung, Yun Sung Kim, Minho Song, Hau Tran
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Patent number: 10511944Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a health engine that monitors and modifies customer-premises equipment (CPE) devices. The health engine can detect patterns in CPE device behavior, identify problems with CPE devices, and adjust CPE device configurations proactively or reactively to address problems or prevent problems. In some implementations, the health engine can instruct a CPE device or gateway to restart, update its software or firmware, notify a user of the CPE device of an unhealthy behavior pattern in a CPE device. The health engine can modify a CPE device prior to a user using the device or when the CPE device is inactive.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Dragos Lazar, Leon Chung-Dai Yen, Omar Hassan
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Patent number: 10505917Abstract: An unmanned vehicle may be utilized to perform various tasks, such as delivering packages and picking up packages for delivery in coordination with a physical access control device. Authentication and authorization processes may be used to grant the unmanned vehicle access to a physical space controlled by a physical access control device. A subsystem of the unmanned vehicle and the physical access control device may both support execution of computer instructions in a protected execution environment. A protected execution environment may be configured to provide an attestation to a remote counterparty, receive a purported attestation associated with the counterparty, verify the purported attestation is authentic using a root of trust in common with the remote counterparty, and perform authentication and authorization routines in connection with access policies of the unmanned vehicle, the physical access control device, or both.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jasmeet Chhabra
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Patent number: 10506204Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for state detection and voice guided setup for a video doorbell unit. A video doorbell unit that does not include a visual display can store prompt data that can be used to generate audio output to guide a user or other entity through a setup process using state detected by one or more state sensors of the video doorbell unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: AT&T Digital Life, Inc.Inventors: Jing Wu, Shankaran Narayanan, John Dyal
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Patent number: 10503303Abstract: An uninterrupted learning uses a touch screen display device when connections to networks are unavailable or unstable. The touch screen display device is equipped with short range and long range communication capabilities in addition of capable being a WiFi hotspot. The touch screen display device incorporates the features of both the adaptive server and the teacher device. The adaptive server feature in the touch screen display device can communicate with a remote server through a local area network and switch to a cellular telecommunication network when the local area network is unavailable. The adaptive server can also act as the WiFi base station and accept connections from nearby student devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Equalearning Corp.Inventor: Shih-Yuan Wang
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Patent number: 10498369Abstract: There is provided a signal distribution network for an antenna arrangement comprising signal interfaces and antenna elements. The signal distribution network comprises a first signal processing module operatively connected between antenna elements and K of the signal interfaces. The signal distribution network comprises a second signal processing module operatively connected between antenna elements and M signal interfaces other than those operatively connected to the first signal processing module. Components of the second signal processing module have lower sampling rate than components of the first signal processing module. The signal distribution network is configured for simultaneous signalling between the antenna elements and the first signal processing module and between the antenna elements and the second signal processing module.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Claes Tidestav, Mikael Coldrey, Virgile Garcia, Sven Petersson
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Patent number: 10484850Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer program for a transportation vehicle for vehicle-to-vehicle data communication by the transportation vehicle. The apparatus for vehicle-to-vehicle data communication by a transportation vehicle includes a first radio interface for the data communication of the transportation vehicle with a further transportation vehicle using a first data communication protocol and with a first transmission capacity; a second radio interface for the data communication of the transportation vehicle with the further transportation vehicle using a second data communication protocol and with a second transmission capacity, wherein the second transmission capacity is greater than the first transmission capacity; and a device for obtaining data messages about a status of transportation vehicles in surroundings of the transportation vehicle via the first radio interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Andreas Kwoczek
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Patent number: 10484085Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are a signal transmission method and device, and a terminal, which can improve the reliability of receiving a signal. The present disclosure is applied to a signal transmission system. The signal transmission system comprises: a first antenna and a global system for mobile communications (GSM) transceiver, wherein the GSM transceiver sends a GSM low-frequency signal to the first antenna, and the first antenna receives a GNSS signal and the GSM low-frequency signal sent by the GSM transceiver. The present disclosure is applicable to receiving a GNSS signal and a GSM low-frequency signal by using one antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Yulong Computer Telecommuncation Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Linfu Xie, Zhenyu Luo
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Patent number: 10484241Abstract: A communication system that includes a base unit and one or more end units that communicate over a primary communication link using a first communication protocol and a secondary communication link using a second protocol. The secondary communication link may be a shorter range communication link than the primary communication link. The secondary communication link may be used to transmit and receive registration information, configuration settings, and status information between the end units and the base unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: HM Electronics, Inc.Inventor: David O'Gwynn
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Patent number: 10476889Abstract: An information interaction method, apparatus and system are provided. A sensitive operation pre-performing message is received from a terminal where a secondary account is located. The sensitive operation pre-performing message may carry a secondary account identifier. Based on the secondary account identifier and a pre-stored association relationship between a primary account identifier and the secondary account identifier, the primary account identifier corresponding to the secondary account identifier may be determined. Based on the determined primary account identifier, a sensitive operation verification request message may be sent to a terminal where the primary account is located. A verification result information may be received from the terminal where the primary account is located.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xiao He, Jiwei Guo, Huankui Chen, Jing Ning
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Patent number: 10461798Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a directivity switching switch unit that switches an end portion of a first sub line, which is connected to an output terminal, and first and second resistor switching switch units that switch first and second termination resistors which are connected to the first sub line. The directivity of coupled output in the first sub line of a first directional coupler is able to be switched and detection accuracy of a high-frequency signal is able to be improved by improving isolation characteristics of the first directional coupler to improve the directivity.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masashi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 10445035Abstract: A terminal device stores, without accepting user input of predetermined connection information, predetermined connection information without acquiring the predetermined connection information from a communication device, connects to the communication device using the stored predetermined connection information, and communicates with the communication device using the predetermined connection information.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Maeda, Eiji Kadota
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Patent number: 10448254Abstract: A system for managing the wireless transmission of data using a configured or fixed frequency, such as the 60 GHz spectrum, within a client-dense environment such as an aircraft. The system includes access points (“ZAPs”) that control a plurality of antennas according to a time-slotted broadcast schedule such that the transmissions from the antennas do not interfere with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES, LLCInventor: Samuel A. Carswell
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Patent number: 10439655Abstract: An example may include access point, comprising: a processing resource; a first radio transceiver; a first radio frequency (RF) sub-band filter on the first radio transceiver; a second radio transceiver; a second RF sub-band filter, complementary to the first RF sub-band filter, on the second radio transceiver; and instructions executable by the processing resource to enable and disable the first RF sub-band filter and the second RF sub-band filter based on a network metric.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Farhan Hasnain, Deven Patel, James Friedmann
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Patent number: 10439265Abstract: A method, apparatus and system with an autonomic, self-healing polymer capable of slowing crack propagation within the polymer and slowing delamination at a material interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Mohamed A. Megahed
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Patent number: 10429985Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch terminal, a near-field communication method and system of the touch terminal. The method includes: a second touch terminal receiving a wireless communication request of establishment of the near-field sent by first touch terminal through the near-field electric field; the second touch terminal sending a interference source peripherals closing signal to a main control chip, and informing the main control chip to close interference source peripherals; the first touch terminal and the second terminal establishing a wireless connection by touching near-field electric field, and exchange data. The disclosure enables to make the communication environment purified and guarantee the quality of communication.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Fang, Siqiu Cheng
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Patent number: 10432263Abstract: Systems and methods which utilize wireless charging to initiate near field communication (NFC) pairing between mobile systems which utilize wireless charging and wireless charging base stations. Wireless signals sent by a mobile system over a wireless charging channel are used to initiate communication between an NFC reader presented in a base station and a passive NFC tag (or an active NFC tag used in a passive mode) present in the mobile system. Such feature allows the mobile system to act as an initiator for NFC communication without requiring the mobile system to be equipped with an NFC reader. A wireless power receiver of a mobile system may communicate with a wireless power transmitter of a base station using backscatter modulation. Commands of a standard wireless charging protocol may be repurposed to send a request for initiation of an NFC session from a mobile system to a base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.Inventor: Marco Pifferi
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Patent number: 10425889Abstract: A communication device may search via a first wireless interface so as to specify one or more candidate access points and send, to a terminal device, an information request for requesting the terminal device to send information for establishing a wireless connection with an experienced access point. The experienced access point is an access point having an experience of establishing a wireless connection with the terminal device. The terminal device stores use information which has been used by the terminal device for establishing the wireless connection with the experienced access point. The communication device may receive a response including a target password included in the use information from the terminal device in response to sending the information request and establish a wireless connection with a target access point among the one or more candidate access points via the first wireless interface by using the target password included in the response.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shun Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10420161Abstract: Disclosed are structures and processes to help enable a wireless communication device (WCD) to support operation in a dual-connectivity scenario, such as where the WCD operates concurrently with 4G and 5G wireless connections over frequency channels in a common frequency band. Downlink low-noise-amplification could be controlled with a split dual-stage arrangement and control communication between modems in the WCD. And uplink maximum-power reduction could be controlled based on an evaluation of the frequency channels used by the respective connections, given knowledge of frequency resources allocated for one of those connections, and with a presumed worst-case-scenario frequency-resource allocation on the other connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Herkole Sava, Mike Witherell, Ankit Muchhala, Zheng Fang
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Patent number: 10396951Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data, a mapper to map the encoded service data, a time interleaver to time interleave the mapped service data, wherein the time interleaving is performed depending on number of physical paths for the service data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Seoyoung Back, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
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Patent number: 10383161Abstract: In various aspects of this disclosure, a communication terminal device may be provided. The communication terminal device may include a cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit. The cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit may be configured to provide a communication according to a cellular wide area radio communication technology. The communication terminal device may further include a circuit. The circuit may be configured to provide a direct communication terminal device to communication terminal device communication bypassing a radio access network according to information received via the radio access network. The communication terminal device may further include a message generator. The message generator may be configured to generate a message to transmit to a base station.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Andreas Schmidt, Maik Bienas
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Patent number: 10382172Abstract: A hybrid orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system including a transmitter and a receiver is disclosed. The transmitter includes a first spread OFDMA subassembly, a first non-spread OFDMA subassembly and a first common subassembly. The first spread OFDMA subassembly spreads input data and maps the spread data to a first group of subcarriers. The first non-spread OFDMA subassembly maps input data to a second group of subcarriers. The first common subassembly transmits the input data mapped to the first and second group of subcarriers using OFDMA. The receiver includes a second spread OFDMA subassembly, a second non-spread OFDMA subassembly and a second common subassembly. The second common subassembly processes received data to recover data mapped to the subcarriers using OFDMA. The second spread OFDMA subassembly recovers the first input data by separating user data in a code domain and the second non-spread OFDMA subassembly recovers the second input data.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yingming Tsai, Guodong Zhang, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan
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Patent number: 10382865Abstract: An angle calculator calculates, based on acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor, a tilt angle of a transceiver with respect to the vertical direction. A selector (i) selects a first audio filter to operate if the tilt angle is less than a threshold angle, or (ii) selects a second audio filter to operate if the tilt angle is equal to or greater than the threshold angle. The second audio filter has a lower cutoff frequency that is higher than the lower cutoff frequency of the first audio filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Icom IncorporatedInventor: Yoshio Sekiyama
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Patent number: 10367836Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormal state of a beacon device in a wireless mesh network and a recording medium storing a computer program for executing the method. The present invention may monitor service traffic for each beacon device, detect a beacon that does not operate normally according to a change in the amount of service traffic, and prevent interference using a state check message, and thus efficiently manage a wireless mesh network. The present invention may also upgrade firmware of the beacon device in the wireless mesh network without stopping networking.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.Inventor: Kichon Kang
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Patent number: 10362604Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to reverse direction duration. A device may establish a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication with one or more station devices. The device may determine a frame to be sent to the one or more station devices, wherein the frame includes at least one of a duration field or a reverse direction indication. The device may cause to send the frame to the one or more station devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Ou Yang, Oren Kedem, Chittabrata Ghosh, Solomon Trainin, Carlos Cordeiro
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Patent number: 10338572Abstract: A network node (200), a wireless device (202) and methods therein, for handling device capabilities. The wireless device (202) sends (2:1) a capability pointer to the network node (200), which capability pointer is associated with a capability configuration of the wireless device (202). The network node (200) then retrieves (2:2) said capability configuration based on the capability pointer from a capability database (204) or the like where a range of predefined capability configurations and associated capability pointers are maintained. The retrieved capability configuration can then be used in radio communication (2:3) with the wireless device (202).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Jose Luis Pradas, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Gunnar Mildh, Johan Rune
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Patent number: 10333870Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing presence-based communications in a controlled environment. In an embodiment, a presence management system monitors communication status information related to communication devices within a controlled facility as well as communication device external to the controlled facility. Communication statuses indicate the availability of users to receive certain types of communications, such as, for example, video conferencing, audio calls, and/or textual messages. In an embodiment, an inmate of the controlled environment can view communication statuses of external individuals. The presence management system informs the inmate of the availability of the external individuals and facilitates communications between the inmates and external individuals.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Global Tel*Link CorporationInventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
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Patent number: 10326192Abstract: An acoustic-wave device with active calibration mechanism is provided. The acoustic-wave device with active calibration mechanism includes at least one acoustic-wave duplexer, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a frequency discriminator and a control circuit. The acoustic-wave duplexer includes a TX filter and an RX filter. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes a calibration resonator and a tunable negative impedance circuit. The TX filter, the RX filter and the calibration resonator are disposed on the same piezoelectric substrate. The frequency discriminator generates a calibration signal according to a frequency deviation of the calibration resonator. The control circuit is connected to the acoustic-wave duplexer and the frequency discriminator. The control circuit adjusts an operating frequency of the TX filter or an operating frequency of the RX filter according to the calibration signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Heng-Chih Lin, Chin-Lung Yang
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Patent number: 10326485Abstract: A receiver and a receiving method of the receiver such that monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented. The receiver includes a zero intermediate frequency channel, performing in-phase/quadrature (IQ) down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a first frequency band using a frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of a first oscillation signal, and a superheterodyne channel, performing down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a second frequency band using the frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the first oscillation signal, where the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band. The zero intermediate frequency channel and the superheterodyne channel use a same oscillation signal or a same frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the oscillation signal, thereby monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhuobiao He, Jianfeng Wu, Zhengxiang Ma
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Patent number: 10326636Abstract: An RF frontend circuit includes an RF transceiver and a frequency synthesizer to perform frequency synthetization in a wide frequency spectrum. The frequency synthesizer generates an LO signal to the RF transceiver. The frequency synthesizer includes a quadrature signal generator to generate a quadrature LO signal based on the LO signal. The quadrature signal generator includes a first transformer. A first primary winding of the first transformer is disposed on a first substrate layer of the IC and a secondary winding of the first transformer is disposed on a second substrate layer of an IC. A second transformer is coupled to the first transformer in series. A second primary winding of the second transformer is disposed on the first substrate layer of the IC and a secondary winding of the second transformer is disposed on the second substrate layer of the IC.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: SPEEDLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Che-Chun Kuo, Taiyun Chi, Thomas Chen
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Patent number: 10321347Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described. A long term evolution (LTE) base station includes a processor and a transceiver, which transmit first LTE data to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using LTE frequencies. The LTE data is at a time defined by LTE transmission time interval (TTI) boundaries. The processor maps an LTE class of second LTE data to an access class associated with IEEE 802.11e access and transmits the second LTE data to the WTRU using an IEEE 802.11 associated frequency. A transmission time of the second LTE data is based on an LTE TTI boundary after sensing that an IEEE 802.11 associated frequency is not busy.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ravikumar V. Pragada, Samian Kaur, Douglas R. Castor, Philip J. Pietraski, Arnab Roy
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Patent number: 10321325Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-network shared frequency spectrum optimization system and method. In the optimization method, a frequency spectrum resource allocated to a first network in a shared frequency spectrum pool comprises a frequency spectrum resource occupied by an OPEN mode base station in a first cell cluster, and a frequency spectrum resource allocated to a second network in the shared frequency spectrum pool comprises a frequency spectrum resource occupied by an OPEN mode base station in a second cell cluster, wherein the frequency spectrum resource occupied by each OPEN mode base station in the first cell cluster and the frequency spectrum resource occupied by each OPEN mode base station in the second cell cluster have the same size. The present invention improves the frequency spectrum efficiency and the base station service quality are improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI RESEARCH CENTER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSInventors: Xubo Gu, Jiang Wang, Jing Xu, Yong Teng, Kari Horneman
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Patent number: 10321289Abstract: A method for transferring at least one service in a device and device thereof are provided. The method includes detecting invoking of an application on the electronic device, in response to the detection, providing access of a radio frequency (RF) transceiver of the device to a first subscriber identity module (SIM), the first SIM being in an active data session, and enabling transfer of at least one service associated with at least one second SIM to the first SIM.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shyjumon Nankandiyil, Anand Asati, Gurmanjeet Singh Sidhu, Inderjeet Singh Bedi, Samrat Bhasin, Gaurav Goel, Amod Ashokchourasia
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Patent number: 10321407Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied, and a control unit configured to control a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied. The operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support. The first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode. The second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Sato, Katsutoshi Itoh, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shinji Takae
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Patent number: 10299235Abstract: A method for performing a device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system by a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a step for detecting a D2D synchronization signal from at least one synchronization source; a step of measuring a D2D reference signal received through the same subframe as that for the detected D2D synchronization signal; and a step of selecting synchronization reference UE from said at least one synchronization source according to whether a prescribed condition is satisfied, wherein said prescribed condition is satisfied if the measured result of the D2D reference signal satisfies a threshold value and an information element of a D2D channel linked with the D2D reference signal satisfying the threshold value is acquired.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Byounghoon Kim
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Patent number: 10299278Abstract: A multi-radio wireless device capable of communicating on several wireless communication protocols (WCP) such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. may select a communication channel for a desired WCPs by measuring both overlapping and non-overlapping channels of another WCP and determining combined congestion metrics (which measure communications of other devices using the particular channels) for those overlapping and non-overlapping channels. Each channel of the desired WCP may be measured using different combined congestion metrics as well as the individual congestion metrics for the potential channels of the desired WCP. The availability of particular channels of the desired WCP may be measured in this way to select a channel of the desired WCP that is most likely to be available and whose potentially interfering traffic (as measured by the congestion metrics) is least likely to interfere with other communications of a device, including other communications on other WCPs.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Milos Jorgovanovic
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Patent number: 10299254Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a general method for accessing a network when a wireless device, e.g., a user equipment, knows about a wireless network because it can e.g. measure on a cell and read its system information, but is unable to access it. The disclosure relates to transmitting uplink control messages relating to data received in a wireless device and in particular it relates a method, performed in a wireless device supporting a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, of transmitting uplink control messages relating to data received in the wireless device. The method comprises receiving a configuration message defining in the first radio access technology, a Physical Fast Control Channel for transmission of uplink control messages relating to data received in the wireless device using the second radio access technology and transmitting uplink control messages relating to data received using the second radio access technology on the Physical Fast Control Channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)Inventors: Bengt Lindoff, Robert Baldemair, Yngve Selen, Anders Wallen, Leif Wilhelmsson
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Patent number: 10282727Abstract: The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Pablo F. Caro, Woo-Ram Lee, George R. Dicker, Christopher D. Adams, Charles Ahn, Craig M. Federighi, Brian Tucker, Giancarlo Yerkes
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Patent number: 10285214Abstract: A communications method of a wearable device, a communications system, and a related device are disclosed, which are applied to a communications technology field. In the communications method of a wearable device, if a second Bluetooth connection between user equipment and the wearable device is disconnected, a first Bluetooth connection between a network connection device and the wearable device is established, so that the network connection device may send, to the wearable device through the first Bluetooth connection, first information sent by the user equipment through a third communication connection to the network connection device. In this way, indirect communication between the user equipment and the wearable device is implemented by using the network connection device, so that the user equipment and the wearable device are not limited by a communication range.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Qinliang Zhang, Yu Zhu
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Patent number: 10278200Abstract: A system and method of minimizing interference and retries in an environment where two or more network protocols utilize the same frequency spectrum is disclosed. A lower-power network controller is co-located with a WIFI controller. The lower-power network controller parses incoming packets as they are received and generates a request signal once it is determined that the incoming packet is destined for this device. This maximizes the likelihood that no WIFI traffic will occur while the incoming packet is being received.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Terry Lee Dickey, Ramin Khoini-Poorfard, Jason Christopher Rock
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Patent number: 10278225Abstract: Systems and methods modify the behavior and operation of an electronic device and also enable a server to intercept and process incoming communications for the electronic device, based on whether the electronic device is communicating with a network via a high data rate mode or a low data rate mode. According to certain aspects, whether the electronic device is communicating with the network via a high data rate mode or a low data rate mode may be determined by calculating a delay index based on the amount of repeated data received by the electronic device. The electronic device may be able to maintain a more consistent connection with the network and improve the experience and satisfaction of users.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLCInventors: Eric Le Roy Krenz, Robert Tristan Love, Istvan Janos Szini
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Patent number: 10278128Abstract: A communication apparatus, comprising: first and second communication units; third communication unit for performing a communication of data, wherein the second communication unit performs a predetermined communication for activating the third communication unit and has a communication speed slower than and a power consumption less than the third communication unit, wherein the first communication unit has a communication range shorter than the third and second communication unit; reception unit for, if a communication with a communication partner apparatus is initiated by the first communication unit, receiving information relating to the communication partner apparatus by the first communication unit; and selection unit for, based on the received information, selecting whether to initiate data communication by the third or second communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Takahashi, Nobuhiro Ikeda
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Patent number: 10277254Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, formatting, by an input formatting block, input streams into plural PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes); encoding, by an encoder, data in the plural PLPs; time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the encoded data in the plural PLPs, wherein the time interleaving includes: cell interleaving, by a cell interleaver, the encoded data by permuting cells in a FEC (Forward Error Correction) block in the plural PLPs; frame mapping, by a framer, the time interleaved data onto at least one signal frame; and waveform modulating, by a waveform block, the mapped data in the at least one signal frame and transmitting, by the waveform block, broadcast signals having the modulated data.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Seoyoung Back, Sungryong Hong
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Patent number: 10264408Abstract: A mobile communication method comprises: a step A of broadcasting, from a specific cell, MBMS service update information indicating a timing of a broadcasting of MBMS service information indicating contents of MBMS data; a step B of broadcasting, from the specific cell, the MBMS service information at the timing indicated by the MBMS service update information; and a step C of receiving, by the mobile terminal existing in the specific cell, the MBMS service information broadcasted from the specific cell at the timing indicated by the MBMS service update information broadcasted from the specific cell.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Henry Chang, Noriyoshi Fukuta
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Patent number: 10264500Abstract: A device to deliver data to a network may be identified. The data to be delivered may be identified. Information associated with a device's probability of travelling to the network may be identified. Based on that information, the data to be delivered may be transferred to the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Graham C. Charters, Bret W. Dixon, Benjamin T. Horwood, Alexander H. Poga, Mark A. Shewell
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Patent number: 10262509Abstract: An electronic computing device includes a processing unit and system memory. The system memory includes instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the electronic computing device to monitor audio from a conversation. One or more keywords are identified from the audio. A context of the conversation is identified from the audio. One or more alerts are displayed on a display screen of the electronic computing device. Each of the one or more alerts corresponds to the context of the conversation. Each of the one or more alerts corresponds to a notification to be communicated to an individual. One of the notifications is obtained. The notification is displayed on the display screen of the electronic computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Kourtney Eidam, Michael T. Duke
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Patent number: 10263642Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, formatting, by an input formatting block, input streams into plural PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes); encoding, by an encoder, data in the plural PLPs; time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the encoded data in the plural PLPs, wherein the time interleaving includes: cell interleaving, by a cell interleaver, the encoded data by permuting cells in a FEC (Forward Error Correction) block in the plural PLPs; frame mapping, by a framer, the time interleaved data onto at least one signal frame; and waveform modulating, by a waveform block, the mapped data in the at least one signal frame and transmitting, by the waveform block, broadcast signals having the modulated data.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Seoyoung Back, Sungryong Hong
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Patent number: 10256851Abstract: Systems and methods related to time-division and frequency-division duplex protocols for wireless applications. In some embodiments, a wireless architecture can include a radio-frequency (RF) path configured to support a first modified time-division duplex (TDD) band operation and a second modified TDD band operation. Such a wireless architecture can allow consolidation of signal paths and/or re-use of components such as filters and duplexers, to advantageously reduce or eliminate some paths and/or components.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: David Richard Pehlke, Joel Richard King
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Patent number: RE47793Abstract: Provided are a method of transmitting a dedicated reference signal (DRS), a method of receiving a DRS, and a feedback method of a terminal. The method of transmitting a DRS includes determining a DRS transmitting resource for at least one terminal which is a target of transmission, and transmitting the DRS using the determined transmission resource and notifying the terminal of information about layer used by the terminal. The method of receiving a DRS includes determining a DRS receiving resource, receiving information about layer used by a terminal from a serving cell base station, and receiving the DRS for the terminal using the determined reception resource and the information about layer. Accordingly, a terminal can find the position and sequence of its DRS. In particular, in the case of multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) or joint scheduling, it is possible to prevent or remove signal interference using the DRS of another terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Young-Jo Ko, Jae Young Ahn, Bangwon Seo