For Compression And Expansion Of Message Signal (i.e., Companding) Patents (Class 455/72)
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Patent number: 11854558Abstract: Devices, systems and methods related to causing an apparatus to generate music information of audio data using a transformer-based neural network model with a multilevel transformer for audio analysis, using a spectral and a temporal transformer, are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Lemon Inc.Inventors: Wei Tsung Lu, Ju-Chiang Wang, Minz Won, Keunwoo Choi, Xuchen Song
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Patent number: 11727473Abstract: A method for purchasing based on social collaboration is provided. The method includes receiving primary customer order information and executing a collaborative pizza ordering application having an order initiation window and collaborative order window associated with at least one menu item order. The order initiation window has a list of at least one contact and at least one communication channel. The collaborative order window has a response summary of the at least one contact. The collaborative pizza ordering application is configured to: receive at least one contact selection input of the list; receive at least one communication channel selection input of the at least one communication channel; display the response summary corresponding to at least one social response from the at least one secondary customer and at least one proposed order; and communicate a social order comprising the at least one secondary customer and the at least one communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Keith Faigin
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Patent number: 11647550Abstract: A participating unit (PU; e.g., radio system, communications node) for a fourth generation (4G) automatic link establishment (ALE) network is disclosed. The PU initiates a link quality analysis (LQA) exchange with a callee PU of the network by transmitting a link request. The caller PU receives in response to the link request a link confirmation including callee-side LQA data for the reception of the link request, performing LQA measurements based on the reception. In response to the link request, the caller PU terminates the LQA exchange by transmitting to the callee PU a link termination including encoded caller-side LQA data, so data from both sides of the exchange is stored by both PUs.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventor: Ho Ting Cheng
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Patent number: 11395353Abstract: A method for 4G Automatic Link Establishment protocol enhancement may include, but is not limited to, determining a first signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value with a called participating unit (called PU) from a first protocol data unit (PDU) including a first number of transmit level control (TLC) blocks transmitted by a calling participating unit (calling PU), determining a second SNR value corresponding to the first SNR value from a lookup table stored on the called PU, determining a third SNR value with the calling PU from a second PDU including a second number of TLC blocks transmitted by the called PU, determining a fourth SNR value corresponding to the third SNR value from a lookup table stored on the calling PU, and determining a fifth SNR value with the called PU from a third PDU including a third number of TLC blocks transmitted by the calling PU.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventor: Ho Ting Cheng
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Method and apparatus for performing dual header compression schemes in wireless communication system
Patent number: 11012888Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of receiving a data unit by a receiver in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: receiving the data unit including a payload; and decompressing a header of the payload based on both a first type header compression algorithm and a second type header compression algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Geumsan Jo, Sunyoung Lee -
Patent number: 10638479Abstract: A method includes determining position information of a main transmission sink having a primary transmission path to a communications device and of at least one mirror transmission sink associated with the main transmission sink by at least one secondary transmission path between the main transmission sink and the communications device, estimating primary channels between the communications device and antennas of an antenna array of the main transmission sink and secondary channels between the communications device and antennas of an antenna array of the at least one mirror transmission sink, the estimating is at least partially based on the position information of the main transmission sink and the at least one mirror transmission sink and position information of the antennas in the antenna arrays, and instructing use of the estimated primary channels and the estimated secondary channels.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arkady Molev Shteiman, Xiao-Feng Qi
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Patent number: 10536204Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for configuring beamforming settings. A method is performed by a wireless radio transceiver device configured to communicate in directional beams. The method comprises obtaining a performance indication requiring configuration of the beamforming settings of the wireless radio transceiver device. The method comprises selecting a similarity measure objective based on what kind of performance indication was obtained. The method comprises determining, based on the similarity measure objective and results from a similarity measure procedure applied to pairs of received signals, an order in which to evaluate the directional beams when configuring the beamforming settings.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Fredrik Athley, Sven Petersson
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Patent number: 10440448Abstract: A broadcast signal transmission processing device according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a header compression processor that generates first packets including first header information in a uncompressed form and second packets including second header information in a compressed form by performing header compression on Internet protocol (IP) packets containing broadcast data; a header information extracting processor that extracts the header information from the first packets and converts the first packets from which the first header information is extracted to third packets including third header information in a compressed form; a signaling data generating processor that generates signaling packets containing information related to the header compression and mapping information between the IP packets and multiple data pipes; and a broadcast signal transmitting processor that transmits a broadcast signal including the multiple data pipes.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Woosuk Kwon, Sejin Oh, Kyoungsoo Moon
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Patent number: 10194456Abstract: A communication device for handling data transmission in an unlicensed band comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving an uplink (UL) grant in the unlicensed band from a network, wherein the UL grant indicates a first plurality of resource blocks for transmitting data; transmitting the data in the first plurality of resource blocks of the unlicensed band to the network according to the UL grant; and transmitting a preamble in a second plurality of resource blocks of the unlicensed band to the network, wherein the preamble indicates the transmission of the data.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: HTC CorporationInventor: Shiang-Rung Ye
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Patent number: 10009279Abstract: There is provided a method of data over a radio interface in a radio communication network based on a protocol layers model, the model comprising an IP layer on which IP packets are handled, wherein before the transmission of a determined IP packet, the method comprises: determining whether the IP packet is compressible under a predetermined condition and. if the IP packet is compressible under the predetermined condition, performing a compression of the IP packet. There are also provided a user equipment (UE) and a node adapted to perform the steps of a method according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITEDInventors: Clara Serrano Solsona, Santiago Tenorio Sanz, Cristina M Ayuso, Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero
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Patent number: 10009665Abstract: A broadcast signal transmitting device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a header compression unit for performing a header compression on internet protocol (IP) packets including broadcast data, so as to configure full header packets and compressed header packets; a full header information extraction unit for extracting full header information from the full header packets; a signaling data generation unit for generating signaling packets including the full header information; and a broadcast signal transmission unit for transmitting the compressed header packets through a first transmission path through which general broadcast data is transmitted, and transmitting the signaling packets through a separate second transmission path which is different from the first transmission path.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Woosuk Kwon, Sejin Oh, Kyoungsoo Moon
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Patent number: 9270311Abstract: Devices and methods capable of addressing filter responses are disclosed. For example, a method for compensating a first low-pass filter and a second low-pass filter is disclosed. The method includes injecting a reference tone fR and a cutoff tone fC into the first low-pass filter, and measuring respective filter responses of the reference tone fR and the cutoff tone fC while changing capacitor codes that control a cutoff frequency of the first low-pass filter until a first capacitor code ICODE is determined that most accurately causes the first low-pass filter to utilize a desired cutoff frequency f0, performing a similar operation for the second low-pass filter until a second capacitor code QCODE is determined, and calibrating for mismatch between the first low-pass filter and the second low-pass filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.Inventors: Srinivas Pinagapany, Sergey Timofeev, Atul Salhotra
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Patent number: 9166631Abstract: According to the present invention, a software-defined radio terminal apparatus is a software-defined radio terminal apparatus which is adaptively constituted based on radio applications, and may comprise a storage unit, a microprocessor, and a baseband accelerator. The microprocessor reads, from the storage unit, a code, including a radio controller layer and a baseband driver layer, and executes the code, wherein the radio controller layer delivers a control command for controlling the baseband accelerator and information to be transmitted, from an upper layer to the baseband accelerator, and delivers the information received from the baseband accelerator to the upper layer, wherein the baseband driver layer provides interface between the radio controller layer and the baseband accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Seung Won Choi, June Kim, Chi Young Ahn
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Patent number: 8996708Abstract: A method of providing content information using a wireless communication device and a navigation device of performing the method are disclosed. The navigation device may comprise a terminal searching unit that searches a wireless communication terminal that may perform near field wireless communication in response to a content information providing request, a terminal authenticating unit that performs terminal authentication on whether the searched wireless communication terminal has been subscribing for a content providing service, and a content information displaying unit that, if it is identified that the wireless communication terminal is a terminal subscribing for the content providing service, receives content information from the wireless communication terminal and displays the content information on a display.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jongwon Kim
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Patent number: 8989920Abstract: Driving condition monitoring system for a vehicle on a travel surface includes stationary mounting structures arranged proximate the travel surface, and sensors located in the mounting structures in a vicinity of the travel surface and apart from the travel surface. The sensors generate information about the travel surface or an environment around the travel surface. An arrangement on the vehicle or associated with the sensors initiates a transmission of the information generated by each sensor to the vehicle when the vehicle is proximate the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Intelligent Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: David S Breed
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Patent number: 8971848Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing UE-based network performance measurements utilizing a process of tracing a UE in a radio telecommunication network. An eNB may receive a trace activation message from a Mobility Management Entity, MME, or a Network Management Entity, wherein the trace activation message includes eNB-specific, and optionally MME-specific, selection conditions for selecting a UE for a trace session. The eNB selects a UE for tracing when the eNB-specific selection conditions are satisfied, and may send the MME-specific selection conditions to the MME for evaluation. When all selection conditions are satisfied, the eNB activates the trace session with the selected UE. The Trace Activation IE utilized in the Trace Start message, the UE Context Setup Request message, and the Handover Request message is extended with additional IEs in order to implement the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventor: András Rácz
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Patent number: 8913961Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to mitigating the detrimental effects of interference to electronic devices from mobile telephones utilizing any form of time-domain multiplexing technology. A wireless transmitter inside the mobile telephone broadcasts a warning transmission which can be received by affected devices. Once the warning transmission is received by an affected device, the device activates a blanking circuit comprising an actuator and a switch or switches. The switches open for the duration of the interference so that the user does not receive undesired output such as: noise through a speaker, noise through a microphone, or other interference with electrical signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Scott Dale Prather, Cameron Kelly Coursey, Herman Chien
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Patent number: 8682244Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8665933Abstract: A data transmitting and receiving device and method are used for saving powers and maintaining the connection quality, stability and continuous link. The method includes the step of gradually adjusting the de-emphasis of the signal transmitted from the data transmitting and receiving device according to the setting value thereof. The method also includes the steps of transmitting training sequence signal with an amplitude and the default de-emphasis by the data transmitting and receiving device to the remote device, receiving the training sequence signal from the remote device, thereby the channel attenuation is estimated using the method, and a better de-emphasis is set up. Then, the data transmitting and receiving device gradually increases the amplitude of the training sequence signal and re-transmits it until the remote device receives the training sequence signal transmitted therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.Inventors: Liang-Wei Huang, Mei-Chao Yeh, Tzu-Han Hsu, Li-Han Liang
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Patent number: 8599878Abstract: Wireless communication apparatuses, header compression methods thereof, and header decompression method thereof are provided. The header compression method enables the transceiver to establish a tunnel for a user equipment, enables the processing unit to receive a first packet, enables the processing unit to generate a second packet comprising an outer header set and the first packet, enables the processing unit to replace the outer header set of the second packet with a replaced header, and enables the transceiver to transmit the second packet by the tunnel according to an identity recorded in the replaced header. The header decompression method decompresses the header compressed by the header compression method.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Institute for Information IndustryInventors: Chih-Chiang Wu, Kanchei Loa, Shu-Tsz Liu
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Patent number: 8577287Abstract: Provided is a method of applying a transmission diversity scheme in a multiple cell cooperative communication system in which a terminal may receive, from a plurality of base stations, identical data using an identical radio resource. In the method, base stations of a cooperative base station involved in a cooperative communication may apply the transmission diversity scheme using the same resource as time and frequency resources used to apply the transmission diversity scheme in a base station of a serving base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Bangwon Seo, Young Jo Ko, Jae Young Ahn
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Patent number: 8577288Abstract: The present invention relates to a transfer system for providing wireless data transfer, electrical power transfer and navigation between a mobile subsea vehicle and a deployed subsea station that uses acoustic and electromagnetic carrier signals for wireless communication and navigation. An inductive connector is provided for power transfer between mobile subsea vehicle and a deployed subsea station without conductive contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Brendan Peter Hyland, Andrew Jaffrey
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Patent number: 8539022Abstract: A configuration of cached information stored within a cache is determined. One or more character omission rules are determined by: identifying the one or more optimizable characters based on the configuration, where the one or more optimizable characters are characters in the stored cached information that do not have an effect on an interpretation of the stored cached information by a requester computer; and determining, based on the configuration, one or more conditions under which omission of the one or more optimizable characters from the stored cached information produces a valid result in view of the configuration. One or more character omission rules are applied to the stored cached information by removing from the stored cached information the one or more optimizable characters that meet the one or more conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michel Betancourt, Bijal D. Patel, Dipak M. Patel, Joseph P. Spano
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Patent number: 8521098Abstract: A receiving apparatus in a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the receiving apparatus includes: a receiver that receives the audio data, which is transmitted from a transmitting apparatus that performs the header compression; a processor that controls the receiving apparatus in accordance with the process includes: determining a voice-communication state of the received audio data; and changing the operation mode, according to a determination result.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Atsushi Yabe
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Patent number: 8515344Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8515343Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8503355Abstract: A method, a server and a system for managing a session in walkie-talkie (“push-to-talk”) mode between terminals each of which has respective capacities for encoding and decoding voice and/or image signals. The terminals are logged onto the session via a server and a first wireless telecommunications network to which the terminals are connected and a second network to which the server is connected. The server comprises a data encoder/decoder. When a session is established at the request of a terminal, a sender terminal sends data encoded according to an initial type of coding to one or more receiver terminals that are connected via the server.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: France TelecomInventors: Aude Pichelin, Nathalie Beziot, Khadjia Daoud-Triki
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Patent number: 8494182Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor and method for amplifying an input signal with a controlled gain. An output signal representing the input signal is amplified by an initial gain and a signal level of the input signal or of the output signal is compared with a threshold level. If the signal level is below the threshold level, the initial gain value is updated using an adaptive control characteristic, and if the signal level is above the threshold level, the initial gain value is updated using a fixed control characteristic or an adaptive control characteristic respectively. The adaptive control characteristic is dependent on the signal level and the fixed control characteristic is independent from the signal level.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventor: Georg Spielbauer
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Patent number: 8457601Abstract: The key responsive record, navigate and marking method operates with a communications station networked with telecommunications enabled devices (cell phones with speakers and microphones). Controls are * and # symbol keys (mechanical or virtual). The station includes an IVR and record data stores. The # key controls RECORD ON/OFF and the * control is end-of-comm-session (EOS). The station activates functions based control key detection. Toggle ON/OFF/ON operations are activated. The EOS stops recording and activate post-recording sessional routines. Other keystroke functions are user-assigned or system defaults for numeric keys 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0. Navigation controls are thus activated.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Certicall, LLCInventors: Albert Angel, Lesli Angel, Thilo Rusche, Aron Leibowich, Scott Snyder, Rica A. Leibowich, Arthur Rosenberg
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Patent number: 8452239Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device for operating in an autonomous distributed manner which includes a compression unit that compresses streaming data, a control unit that controls a compression rate of streaming data of the compression unit according to a distance from other radio communication device, a transmission unit that transmits the streaming data compressed by the compression unit to the other radio communication device.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michinari Kohno, Kenji Yamane
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Patent number: 8412105Abstract: Electronic devices such as portable electronic devices contain electronic components. The electronic components may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry. The radio-frequency transceiver circuitry may be used for handling data communications and cellular telephone voice communications. One or more adjustable clock sources may be provided within the electronic device. The adjustable clock sources may be based on phase-locked-loop circuits. A clock manager may determine which frequencies are being used by the radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and other components in the electronic device. The clock manager may use this information to compute a list of safe fundamental clock signal frequencies. Based on the list of safe clock signal frequencies, the clock manager may dynamically adjust the clock sources to avoid collisions between harmonics of the clock signals from the clock sources and the frequencies used by the transceiver circuitry and other components.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Gregory Dorsey, William C. Athas
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Patent number: 8406212Abstract: A robust header compression (ROHC) controller provides for service flow processing of a ROHC channel in a WiMAX wireless communication system. The ROHC controller controls the negotiations of the MS ROHC capabilities during its registration and the negotiations of the ROHC channel parameters during ROHC enabled service flow setup; the MS ROHC capabilities including ROHC compression and decompression capabilities and ROHC channel and feedback strategies; the channel parameter negotiation covers the ROHC profile set and feedback channel information in addition to the 16e/12D standard. The ROHC controller receives a service flow request for a ROHC enabled service flow, wherein the request includes a QoS profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2007Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qingchao Liu, Wenhui Yuan, Randy Kuang
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Patent number: 8385821Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8364078Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8358973Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8346165Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8346164Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8335469Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: WFS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8331912Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for dynamically updating a message communicated in telecommunications protocol. Typically, the updatable message is configured to include at least updateable attributes including an identifier that identifies the message as capable of being updated and a set of variables associated with selectable options. Upon receiving the message, a notification may be communicated to one or more mobile devices within a group, where the one or more devices are configured to present representations of the selectable options, status attribute, and content at a user interface. In embodiments, the change indication may be provided by a member of a group, where the indication triggers a messaging-network provider to automatically modify the content of the message. Concomitantly, information may be communicated to one or more mobile devices to alert the user without generating a separate message.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Michael T. Lundy, Jason K. Whitney, John Paul McCloskey, Mitchell M. Carr
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Patent number: 8326219Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: WFS Technolgies Ltd.Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
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Patent number: 8311481Abstract: Format converters and methods of performing data format conversion are provided. The format converters may convert compressed data into a different compressed format that is compatible with the Bluetooth transmission standard. The format converter may decompose the compressed data into frequency domain data streams of different frequency sub-bands. The format converter may transform each data stream of frequency domain information from a first encoding scheme to a second encoding scheme, and may then quantize the transformed data steams based on bit allocation information for each sub-band. The format converters may also include a bit allocation component which computes the bit allocation information for each sub-band based on an unfiltered version of the compressed data.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Bush
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Patent number: 8300664Abstract: The Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and computer program for signaling parameters to at least one network node in a communications network. In accordance with the exemplary embodiments, the signaling is performed by operations that include, signaling a first parameter A, and jointly signaling, to the at least one network node in the communications network, a second parameter B and a third parameter C. In addition, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and computer program for receiving parameters from at least one network node in a communications network by operations that include receiving signaling comprising a first parameter A and joint signaling indicating a second parameter B and a third parameter C, and extracting the parameters from the received signaling.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Henri Markus Koskinen
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Patent number: 8249522Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a control message in a wireless communication system that is designed to reduce overhead associated with transmission/reception of the control message. To this end, a transmission apparatus generates a control message, generates a compressed control message by compressing the generated control message, based on a control message that has been lastly received by a reception apparatus from among previously transmitted control messages, selects one of the generated control message and the generated compressed control message according to whether or not the control message lastly received by the reception apparatus exists, and transmits the selected one of the generated control message and the generated compressed control message to the reception apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to reduce resources used for control message transmission, and thus increase the use efficiency of the resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Sung Lim, Jeong-Ho Park, Su-Ryong Jeong, Hyeon-Woo Lee, Ho-Kyu Choi
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Patent number: 8249883Abstract: A multi-channel audio decoder reconstructs multi-channel audio of more than two physical channels from a reduced set of coded channels based on correlation parameters that specify a full power cross-correlation matrix of the physical channels, or merely preserve a partial correlation matrix (such as power of the physical channels, and some subset of cross-correlations between the physical channels, or cross-correlations of the physical channels with coded or virtual channels).Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Sanjeev Mehrotra, Kishore Kotteri
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Patent number: 8223881Abstract: There is provided a transmitter for a wireless audio transmission system comprising at least one analog/digital converter unit for analog/digital conversion of the analog audio signals to be transmitted, at least one digital signal processing unit with a compressing/encoding device for compressing and encoding the digitized signal to be transmitted, a digital/analog converter unit for digital/analog conversion of the digital output signals of the digital signal processing unit into analog signals, and a transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting the output signals of the digital/analog converter unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Meyer, Juergen Peissig, Gerrit Buhe
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Patent number: 8180301Abstract: A system and method for coding and decoding an information signal sent through a communication system. The system includes: an encoder for encoding the information signal without adding additional information and for sending an encoded information signal; and a soft bit decoder including a-priori information related to the communication system for receiving the encoded information signal and decoding the encoded information signal using the a-priori information.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Sean Bartholomew Simmons, Yiwen Liu
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Patent number: 8165165Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for a dynamic header compression and a method thereof. The method for a dynamic header compression includes: receiving a received packet having a header from an upper layer; comparing header information of the received packet with header information of a previous packet; when a suppression part of the received packet is the same as a suppression part of the previous packet, compressing the received packet based on a predetermined header suppression rule; and when the suppression part of the received packet is not the same as the suppression part of the previous packet, transmitting the received packet without compression.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Hyung-Deug Bae, Nam-Hoon Park
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Patent number: 8160106Abstract: Technique for transmitting Ethernet packets from an Ethernet source point to an Ethernet destination point via a communication link, comprising compression of the packets in such a manner that the source point transmits complete Ethernet packets, the communication link carries shortened information blocks (SIB) obtained from said complete Ethernet packets, while the destination point receives complete Ethernet packets essentially identical to those transmitted from the source point.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: ECI Telecom Ltd.Inventor: Yoav Valadarsky
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Patent number: 8145198Abstract: The invention relates to a method of initializing an electronic radio communication module making it possible to execute a radio communication program, stored in a first non-volatile memory, the initialization being based on values of calibration parameters. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps, performed by the module when it executes the program: reading (E11) of at least one compressed calibration parameter in a second non-volatile memory; decompressing (E12) each compressed calibration parameter read, so as to obtain a decompressed calibration parameter; and initializing (E14) the module, based on the values of the decompressed calibration parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: WavecomInventors: Sylvain Viaud, Laurent Girault
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Patent number: 8135039Abstract: To transmit resource allocation information on a plurality of radio resources to a terminal, a resource allocation device expresses a radio resource that is differently allocated from before the resource allocation information is transmitted among the plurality of radio resources in a radio resource pattern sequence, generates resource allocation information on the plurality of radio resources based on the radio resource pattern sequence, and transmits the radio resource pattern sequence and the resource allocation information, or a compressed pattern sequence corresponding to the radio resource pattern sequence and the resource allocation information, to the terminal through a frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang-Jae Lim, Chul-Sik Yoon, Jee-Hwan Ahn