Operable On More Than One System Patents (Class 455/552.1)
  • Patent number: 10250707
    Abstract: A method for selecting an information pushed-to terminal, including determining, by a first terminal, a service type of received service information according to a preset terminal service type table, acquiring, by the first terminal from a terminal status table configured in the first terminal, characteristic information of second terminals connected to the first terminal, and determining working statuses of the second terminals according to the characteristic information, selecting, by the first terminal from the second terminals according to a preset information push rule, the service type of the service information and the working statuses of the second terminals, a target terminal of information push, and sending a prompt message of having received the service information to the target terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingqing Mei, Zhihao Jin
  • Patent number: 10244005
    Abstract: A system and method that allows a mobile device to register for IMS services while the mobile device is roaming in a visited telecommunications network is disclosed. The system receives a request for multiple IMS services from a mobile device while the mobile device is roaming in a foreign network. The system uses an identifier of the foreign network and an associated RAT type to query a policy table containing a list of whitelisted IMS services for the foreign network and associated RAT type. The system processes the requested IMS registrations for services that are whitelisted and does not process requested IMS registrations for services that are not on the whitelist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shujaur Mufti, Rob Piscopo, Shelby Seward, Zeeshan Jahangir
  • Patent number: 10236931
    Abstract: A dual-mode signal transceiver includes a first transmitter circuit, a second transmitter circuit, and a receiver circuit. The first transmitter circuit is configured to operate in a first mode and configured to process a first input signal according to a first oscillating signal, in order to output a first output signal. The second transmitter circuit is configured to operate in a second mode and configured to process a second input signal according to a second oscillating signal, in order to output a second output signal, wherein a frequency of the second oscillating signal is not an integral multiple of a frequency of the first oscillating signal. The receiver circuit is configured to process an external signal associated with one of the first mode and the second mode according to the first oscillating signal, in order to read data associated with the external signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chang Shih, Yu-Che Yang, Kun-Hsun Liao
  • Patent number: 10237735
    Abstract: A multicell access method using beamforming in a wireless communication system is provided. In the method for operating a terminal, an access procedure for accessing a first base station using a first antenna and accessing a second base station using a second antenna is performed. Communication with the first base station is performed using the first antenna. Communication with the second base station is performed using the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Jin Kim, Yung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10230575
    Abstract: An approach is presented for client initiated provisioning. A provisioning manager determines a client-based trigger for requesting a provisioning of a client device to access a network. The provisioning manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the client-based trigger to generate a provisioning request, and then causes, at least in part, transmission of the provisioning request to a provisioning server associated with the network. The provisioning manager receives provisioning information from the provisioning server for processing to gain access to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Paul Oommen, Gabor Bajko
  • Patent number: 10225715
    Abstract: The present image forming apparatus selects an appropriate connection method in accordance with circumstances from a plurality of connection methods when communication with an information processing apparatus is established by short-range wireless communication, and notifies information necessary for performing communication by the selected connection method to the information processing apparatus via short-range wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Morita
  • Patent number: 10212721
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to wireless communications. A described system includes a first radio configured to wirelessly transmit to a first station in accordance with a first wireless communication technology via uplink periods that are scheduled by the first station; a second radio configured to wirelessly communicate with a second station in accordance with a second wireless communication technology; and a controller coupled with the first and second radios, the controller being configured to select for puncturing one or more of the uplink periods based on information about types of data to be transmitted respectively in the uplink periods, puncture, independently of the first station, the one or more selected uplink periods by causing the first radio to terminate transmissions to the first station during the selected uplink period(s), and cause the second radio to receive data from the second station during the selected uplink period(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Ling Chao, Qing Zhao, Leilei Song, Hui-Ling Lou, Yakun Sun
  • Patent number: 10212720
    Abstract: A scheduling method, including: listening to, by a station, a first beacon frame containing a DTIM message used for indicating a beacon interval allocated for each group of stations within a current scheduling period; determining the beacon interval allocated for the station within the current scheduling period according to the DTIM message contained in the first beacon frame; listening to, by the station, within the beacon interval allocated for the station, a second beacon frame containing scheduling information of the current beacon interval used for indicating a time period allocated to each group of stations for data transmission within the current beacon interval; when data transmission is required, transmitting, by the station, data within the time period allocated to the group of the station according to indication of the scheduling information. The present invention improves utilization of time periods, saves time resources and enhances transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Chen Chen, Lina Zhu, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 10212758
    Abstract: A first communication unit communicates with a first communication terminal device by using a first communication scheme. A second communication unit communicates with a second communication terminal device by using a second communication scheme capable of communication over a longer distance than the first communication scheme. A search instruction communicating unit communicates a search instruction to the second communication terminal device via the second communication unit, the search instruction including an identifier identifying a first communication terminal device, and instructing the second communication terminal device to search for the first communication terminal device by using the first communication scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Makinouchi, Hikaru Sueta, Eiiti Hosono
  • Patent number: 10204073
    Abstract: A method and system for configuring a network device according to the identity of a plurality of removable wireless communications devices (RWCDs), the method comprising the steps of: determining the identities of the plurality of RWCDs; determining whether the network device is capable of using the plurality RWCDs; retrieving policy settings from an authorized party or a storage medium of the network device according to the identities of the plurality of RWCDs, determining priority of policy settings; and configuring the network device according to the policy settings. The priority of policy settings are based on the positions of the RWCDs when there are conflict among policy settings. The plurality of RWCDs are plugged to the network device and the network device provides wireless wide area network (WAN) connectivity through the plurality of RWCDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex Wing Hong Chan, Wan Chun Leung, Ho Ming Chan, Patrick Ho Wai Sung
  • Patent number: 10205757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for correlating registrations with subsequent requests for service, e.g., calling or other services or active calls. In one embodiment requests and corresponding registrations are determined through a method of operating a session border controller (SBC) which includes the assignment of a registration instance identifier by the SBC to each registration request, sending a first message including the registration instance identifier to each user device in response to each registration request, and determining if subsequent requests correspond to the registration instance based on the registration instance identifier being included in subsequent requests. In another embodiment, after a SBC switchover, the new SBC forks a mid-dialog request received for a first call to all active registered devices having the same address of record and determines based on the responses which device has an active dialog corresponding to the first call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sonus Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tolga Asveren, Subhransu S. Nayak
  • Patent number: 10205570
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame in a WLAN system. More specifically, a transmission apparatus configures the pilot sequence of a first WLAN system using the pilot sequence of a second WLAN system. The transmission apparatus transmits the pilot sequence of the first WLAN system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsung Park, Jinsoo Choi, Hangyu Cho
  • Patent number: 10205243
    Abstract: A method and a device for combined signal transmission or for combined signal transmission and energy transfer, in particular a portable electronic terminal. The device has at least one coil structure for producing a first electromagnetic field for energy transfer or for signal transmission, wherein the device also has at least one antenna structure for additional signal transmission. The antenna structure has a first partial structure and a second partial structure. The first partial structure is designed and/or is arranged in relation to the second partial structure in such a way that signals in a first frequency range can be received and transmitted by the antenna structure. At least the first partial structure is arranged adjacent to the at least one coil structure in a projection plane oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the coil structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Laird Dabendorf GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Holz, Frank Scholz, Ahmed Al-Mughalles
  • Patent number: 10200866
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for detecting and minimizing harmful network device and application behavior on a cellular network are disclosed. The method and system comprise providing predefined rules of behavior for a deployed device on a cellular network, wherein the deployed device is a device with cellular connectivity deployed with an application; and monitoring network behavior of the deployed device based upon self certification of the application and testing of the deployed device to detect harmful behavior of the deployed device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Cratsenburg, Stephen Blackburn
  • Patent number: 10194376
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method in a radio access controller in a first radio access network for providing access control in a wireless network comprising the first radio access network arranged to operate according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access network arranged to operate according to a second radio access technology. The method comprises the steps of receiving an access request (Si3, Si4) originating from a wireless device, said access request comprising wireless device related information including information related to a global cell identity; assessing (P4) the access request based on the received wireless device related information, a throughput related value for the first radio access technology and a throughput related value for the second radio access technology, and responding (Si5, Si6) to the access request based on the assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Diana Andrei, Rasmus Axén, Elisabeth Hansson, Stefan Johansson
  • Patent number: 10187847
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to performing camping in a wireless communication network. A device in the wireless communication network obtains an operation state of a mobile terminal. Based on the operation state, the device determines a target camping mode from a single camping mode and a multiple camping mode. The single camping mode indicates that a single RAT is used for camping, and the multiple camping mode indicates that a primary RAT and a secondary RAT are used for camping. Then, the device configures the mobile terminal based on the target camping mode. In this way, the possibility that a mobile terminal accesses to a better RAT is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Qingyu Miao, Rui Fan, Jinhua Liu
  • Patent number: 10169024
    Abstract: Systems and methods for application level authentication are provided for use with the low energy Bluetooth device and accessory. This includes receiving accessory credentials from a server, establishing a Bluetooth low energy connection with the accessory, authenticating with the accessory, and lastly transferring data to the accessory. The transferring of the data may be either a bulk transfer, or a data stream. The authenticating may be an application layer authentication between a device and the accessory using a shared secret key and using a hash function. Additional embodiments include methods for over-the-air firmware updates, and device control of a low energy Bluetooth accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventor: Jason Edward Robert Hillyard
  • Patent number: 10165617
    Abstract: A method performed in a wireless device (300) of a cellular communication system is disclosed. The wireless device (300) has a first receiver configuration and a second receiver configuration and is capable of operating in DRX. The method comprises determining (110) a DRX configuration of the wireless device, wherein the DRX configuration indicates a time period during which the wireless device (300) should monitor a control channel. The method further comprises monitoring (120) the control channel during said time period using the first receiver configuration if the DRX configuration is a first DRX configuration or monitoring (130) the control channel during said time period using the second receiver configuration if the DRX configuration is a second DRX configuration. A method in a network node, a wireless device, a network node, computer program products, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Maomao Chen, Muhammad Kazmi
  • Patent number: 10147254
    Abstract: A method for wirelessly charging and unlocking an electric lock includes automatically connecting a portable unlocking device with an electric lock when a distance therebetween is smaller than an activation range. The electric lock compares a first identification information in the portable unlocking device with a first authorized identification information in the electric lock. If not matched, the electric lock is disconnected from the portable unlocking device. If matched, the electric lock transmits a charging request signal to the portable unlocking device to charge a battery in the electric lock. Next, the electric lock outputs an awakening signal to the portable unlocking device to awaken a lock control program in the portable unlocking device. Then, a user of the portable unlocking device instantly inputs a second identification information for comparison with second authorized identification information in the electric lock. If matched, the electric lock is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: I-Ting Shen
  • Patent number: 10129739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data transmission method and a device. In the method, in a case in which a first device is registered with a second device, the first device acquires a data transfer policy; and the first device sends data to the second device according to the data transfer policy, so that efficiency of data sharing and data analysis is improved by means of a DMR function of a network-side node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qi Yu
  • Patent number: 10129740
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a communication unit capable of wireless communication with another wireless communication apparatus, a determination unit for determining whether the communication unit is in proximity to the other wireless communication apparatus, and a control unit for performing, in a case the communication unit is determined to be in proximity to the other wireless communication apparatus, a connection procedure between the communication unit and the other wireless communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Saito, Katsutoshi Itoh, Tomoya Yamaura
  • Patent number: 10116782
    Abstract: A telephone device includes a short-distance wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication of data with a mobile-phone, and a speaker from which audio data is output, in which a music playback function of the mobile-phone can be remotely operated from a place that is a distance away from the mobile-phone, and in which music playback is stopped by switching a radio resource to that for a telephone call and a smooth transition to a telephone call state can take place automatically without performing a playback stopping operation in a case where a mobile-destined call arrival or mobile-originated call-placing takes place while the music playback is in progress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Fukuda, Hideyuki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10117149
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for obtaining a communication service for a mobile terminal, the method including: monitoring at least one parameter representing an operational state of at least one service provided by a first communication network into which the mobile terminal is registered to with a first subscriber identity; in response to a detection that the at least one parameter does not fulfill at least one predetermined condition generating a signal to cause the mobile terminal to switch the first subscriber identity to a second subscriber identity, wherein the second subscriber identity allows the mobile terminal to register to a second communication network as a roaming subscriber. The invention also relates to a mobile terminal, a network node and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TELIA COMPANY AB
    Inventors: Tomi Sarajisto, Jukka Hanninen, Teemu Turu, Markku Heiskanen
  • Patent number: 10117164
    Abstract: A method for reselection of a cell in a wireless network comprises a) detecting that a level of a current serving cell is below a threshold defined for the current serving cell; b) determining the availability of a target cell at a lower or equal priority layer than the current serving cell; c) determining, for at least one available target cell at a lower or equal priority layer than the current serving cell, whether the available target cell has a level above a threshold defined for the available target cell; and d) selecting the available target cell if the determination at c) is affirmative; if the determination at c) is negative, using a hysteresis to select any target cell with a level better than the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Christopher Peter Callender, Harri Aatos Jokinen, Leonardo Provvedi
  • Patent number: 10117091
    Abstract: A method for administering life cycles of communication profiles that are managed by a subscriber identity module (100) embedded in a telecommunications terminal (110) may be performed by the module (100), which is suitable for using at least one process for administering the life cycles of communication profiles. The process uses a set of at least one command and/or of at least one rule. The method includes operations for receiving (B610) a message (M610) issued by the terminal (110) and representative of the capabilities of the terminal (110); selecting or not selecting (B615) the set used by the process as a function of the capabilities of the terminal (110); and if the set is selected, administering at least one life cycle of at least one of the profiles by using the set of at least one command and/or of at least one rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMIA FRANCE
    Inventors: Tomasz Wozniak, Jérôme Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 10111146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, a method and a device for selecting an access network are disclosed. A method by which a terminal selects an access network in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: determining whether a packet service can be performed through a wireless LAN (WLAN) in use when the packet service is set to select a WLAN access network as an access network of the terminal for the packet service according to a predetermined rule while the terminal is using the WLAN; and performing an access network selection operation including a WLAN selection or a WLAN reselection as a candidate on the basis of the result of the determination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Laeyoung Kim, Hyunsook Kim
  • Patent number: 10104543
    Abstract: A wireless access point may be openly accessible to public use. The wireless access point receives an association communication from a computer device to establish a wireless communication link with the wireless access point. The association communication can includes unique information such as vendor specific information associated with a network interface card in the computer device, an IP (Internet Protocol) network address assigned to the computer device, etc. The wireless access point establishes a wireless communication link between the wireless access point and the computer device. The wireless access point utilizes the unique information to verify authenticity of the request to terminate the wireless communication link. In a similar vein, a computer device can receive unique information associated with a wireless access point and use the unique information to verify authenticity of a request by the access point to terminate the wireless communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Don Gunasekara, Harriet DuBois, Kevin Caldwell, Laxman Nallani
  • Patent number: 10091331
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying, with a computer system that has a network interface, one or more primary categories of content from a social networking system that are of primary relevance to a user of a computing device, as compared to one or more secondary categories of content from the social networking system that are of lower importance to the user of the computing device; causing content from the primary categories to be downloaded from the social networking system to the computing device automatically and without user interaction with a social networking application that is arranged to display the downloaded content; and causing content from the secondary categories to be downloaded from the social networking system to the computing device separately from the content from the primary categories, and in response to a defined user interaction with a social networking application that corresponds to the social networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel A. Cohen, Daniel Lehmann, Dmitri Plotnikov
  • Patent number: 10089986
    Abstract: Systems and methods to process and/or present information relating to voice messages for a user that are received from other persons. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving first data associated with prior communications for the user on a mobile device; receiving a voice message for the user; transcribing the voice message using the first data to provide a transcribed message; and sending the transcribed message to the mobile device for display to the user. In one embodiment, links associated with person profiles are also provided for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Patent number: 10091389
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus that operates on electric power supplied from a battery includes a first wireless communication unit that performs a first wireless communication, a second wireless communication unit that performs a second wireless communication that consumes less electric power than the first wireless communication, a battery's state detection unit that detects a state of the battery, and a first control unit that controls the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit. The first control unit determines which one of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication to adopt as a wireless communication that is to be used for communication, on the basis of the state of the battery detected by the battery's state detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Daiki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10085208
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for smart power saving at a user equipment (UE), comprising a first and second transmit chain. According to aspects, the UE may identify one or more subframes in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for uplink (UL) transmissions, determine the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmissions during at least a portion of the identified subframes, and perform envelope tracking (ET) for a scheduled uplink transmission using, at least portions of the first and second transmit chains during the determined at least a portion of the identified subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Ankit Maheshwari, Atul Soni, Akash Kumar
  • Patent number: 10085145
    Abstract: A set of services is from a multimedia network to a multi-mode mobile station that is able to operate over a packet-switched access network and a circuit-switched access network. Packet-switched call control messages are communicated between a node in the multimedia network and the multi-mode mobile station through the packet-switched access network when the multi-mode mobile station is attached to the packet-switched access network, where the packet-switched call control messages communicated through the packet-switched access network are used to provide the set of services. Packet-switched call control messages are communicated between the node in the multimedia network and the multi-mode mobile station through the circuit-switched access network when the multi-mode mobile station is attached to the circuit-switched access network, where the packet-switched call control messages communicated through the circuit-switched access network are used to provide the set of services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Stegall
  • Patent number: 10085193
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for bearer management in a wireless network using virtual bearers. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are also disclosed for managing conflicts between an eNB decision to offload a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to a WLAN and an ANDSF policy. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are also disclosed for minimization of drive tests (MDT) for WLAN or during an offload to WLAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are also disclosed for signaling capabilities of a WTRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Mahmoud Watfa, Li-Hsiang Sun, Guanzhou Wang, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Saad Ahmad, Samian Kaur, Pascal M. Adjakple
  • Patent number: 10080147
    Abstract: A communication terminal is described comprising a determiner configured to determine, for each of a plurality of communication networks, a physical link configuration that is available for the communication terminal that provides a maximum throughput to the communication terminal among a number of physical link configurations that is available for the communication terminal and a controller configured to check, for each of the plurality of communication networks, whether a throughput criterion is met when the communication terminal communicates with the communication network with a physical link configuration that provides less than the maximum throughput and to establish a communication link to one or more of the communication networks based on the result of the checking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Majdi Msallem, Markus Dominik Mueck, Christian Drewes, Ralph Hasholzner
  • Patent number: 10080123
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires first communication information for connecting with an apparatus via a first network and second communication information for connecting with the apparatus via a second network, a determination unit that determines whether communication between an information processing apparatus and the apparatus via the first network based on the first communication information is possible, a connection unit that connects the information processing apparatus with the apparatus via the second network based on the second communication information when the communication via the first network is impossible, and a request unit that transmits a processing request to the apparatus via the first network when the communication via the first network is possible, and transmits the processing request to the apparatus via the second network when the information processing apparatus is connected with the apparatus via the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10064030
    Abstract: A function operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a first electronic device, information relating to a second electronic device; and deactivating at least one of a function or a component of the first electronic device based on the received information. A communication method of an electronic device is also provided. The method includes comparing, by a first electronic device including a first communication module, resource states of the first electronic device and a second electronic device including a second communication module; providing information relating to a state change of the second communication module based on at least the comparison result; and receiving a communication signal for the first electronic device or the second electronic device via the first communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Park, Kwang Sub Son, Dong Il Son, Sung Ho Son, Su Ha Yoon, Sun Kee Lee, Won Suk Choi, Sun Min Hwang, Sung Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 10057008
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Seoyoung Back, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10034183
    Abstract: The described features generally relate to determining dynamic signal quality criteria for an installation of satellite terminals for communications in a satellite communications system. In particular, the signal quality criteria for an installation may be based on an identified position of the satellite terminal to be installed, and in some examples based on the positions and signal characteristics of neighboring satellite terminals that have already been installed. In some examples, a signal quality map may be generated for a service beam coverage area, based on predetermined transmission characteristics and/or measured transmissions from a number of satellite terminals served by a communications satellite. The generated signal quality map may then be used to determine a signal quality threshold for the installation of a satellite terminal being installed for communications in a satellite communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth V. Buer, Clifford K. Burdick, Ian A. Cleary, Ramanamurthy V. Darapu, David H. Irvine, Philip A. Lampe
  • Patent number: 10033590
    Abstract: IoT stations are profiled in an IPv6 protocol environment. Responsive to sending the modified router advertisement instead of the router advertisement to the station, a DHCPv6 solicitation packet is snooped. The DHPv6 solicitation packet is sent from the station to a DHCPv6 server to gather network configuration information stored in the router advertisement withheld by the access point. In turn, the access point examines the DHCPv6 solicitation packet to determine an identity of least one of device and operating system. The identity determination is stored for applying network policies (e.g., network security policies) during transactions with the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: PC Sridhar, Pradeep Mohan, Anil Kaushik
  • Patent number: 10028234
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a transmit antenna gain and a spatial mode of a wireless device (100) are disclosed. The apparatus (100) includes a main receive antenna (112) associated with a first receive signal strength, a diversity receive antenna (114) associated with a second receive signal strength, and a transmit antenna (116). Each of the antennas (112, 114, and 116) is operatively coupled to a controller (102). The controller (102) determines (i) a difference between the first receive signal strength and the second receive signal strength, (ii) a correction factor based on the difference, and (iii) the transmit antenna gain based on the correction factor. In addition, the difference between the first receive signal strength and the second receive signal strength may be used, along with other sensor data (e.g., accelerometer), to estimate the spatial mode (e.g., orientation and hand grip) of the device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John P. Boos, Krishna K. Bellamkonda, Pierre Muratory, Nischal Y. Patel
  • Patent number: 10021514
    Abstract: A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: LOCATOR IP, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven A. Root, Michael R. Root
  • Patent number: 10021646
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi Takahashi, Nobuhiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10020827
    Abstract: The invention relates to an HF module, the filter functionality of which can easily be expanded and which has good electrical properties. For this purpose, the module comprises two filter units with a respective HF filter and a switch having two possible switching states. The two filter units are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Schmidhammer, Thomas Metzger
  • Patent number: 10015779
    Abstract: A mobile station apparatus transmits capability information including at least indicator selected from a plurality of indicators that each define at least a combination of first information associated with an aggregated frequency bandwidth of one or more component carriers and second information associated with the quantity of component carriers included in the one or more component carriers. A base station apparatus includes a controller that allocates to a mobile station apparatus one or a plurality of component carriers to be used for communication based on a radio resource control (RRC) message received from the mobile station apparatus. The RRC message includes mobile station apparatus capability information including at least one indicator selected from the plurality of indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Wahoh Oh
  • Patent number: 10014979
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for starting an extended idle interval in an effort to avoid collisions with transmissions from hidden wireless nodes. One example apparatus generally includes a receiver and a processing system. The receiver is typically configured to receive a multi-user (MU) transmission comprising at least one packet for the apparatus. The processing system is typically configured to determine a checksum of the at least one packet and to start an idle interval associated with the apparatus after receiving the MU transmission if the at least one packet comprises a frame check sequence (FCS) that corresponds to the checksum, wherein the idle interval includes at least enough time for transmission of an acknowledgment (ACK) frame. For certain aspects, the idle interval may comprise an extended interframe space (EIFS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • Patent number: 9980105
    Abstract: A mobile communications device and a method for controlling a mobile communications device including a radio processing circuit and a baseband processing circuit adapted to interact with the radio processing circuit, the mobile communications device configured to: receive a page, obtain message identification information from the page, process the obtained message identification information, and control an ongoing network connection resulting from the processed message identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alok Saxena, Rishav Dev
  • Patent number: 9979429
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a mobile phone case adapted in size and shape to removably fit around the exterior of a mobile phone. The mobile phone case comprises an enhanced grip area and a reduced grip area. The enhanced grip area has increased grip as compared to the reduced grip area. The enhanced grip area comprises substantially all of the area of the outer perimeter of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Catalyst Medium Four, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Timothy Altschul, Michael J. Martin, Beejan Soheili
  • Patent number: 9979797
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are to facilitate the utilization of cloud computing resources by a mobile terminal. From the standpoint of a mobile hub, a request for cloud services is received that has been issued by an application executed by a mobile terminal. An application agent is then created based upon the application that issued the request and a request is caused to be transmitted to a cloud service provider in response to the request for cloud services. A response is then received from the cloud service provider and a response is caused to be provided to the mobile terminal based upon the response from the cloud service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Peng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9974012
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes first communication means for performing a wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a first communication method, second communication means for performing the wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a second communication method that is different from the first communication method, and sending means for sending a request message for requesting, by using the first communication means, a connection parameter for connecting to another communication apparatus via the second communication means, the request message including information about a communication service executable by the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Patent number: 9961596
    Abstract: A method for determining a capability of a user equipment. The user equipment is served by a non-shared network in a first place. The non-shared network is configured to transmit a message to the user equipment, the message including information on at least two PLMN identities. The user equipment is configured to deliver a response message from which it is determined if the response message includes information field reserved for at least one PLMN identity in the transmitted message. On a basis of an existence of the information field in the response message it can be determined that the user equipment supports network sharing. In other case it is determined that the user equipment is not supporting network sharing. A network node and a system implementing at least part of the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TELIA COMPANY AB
    Inventors: Anders Dahlen, Ulf Nilsson