Patents Assigned to Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L.
  • Patent number: 10175872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for editing a media record in a terminal device of a cellular network, which editing means removing at least one portion of the original contents of the media record. The state of the editing is shown on the display of the terminal device with a pointer arrangement according to the invention. The invention also relates to a cellular network terminal device in which the method is utilized. In the terminal device the media record editing is controlled with a program application according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Mika P. Mustonen, Markku Rytivaara, Minna Karukka
  • Patent number: 10154527
    Abstract: A method includes, at a user equipment, combining a message requesting the radio resource connection and a message requesting at least one service into a single message. The single message is transmitted from the user equipment to a network element in a wireless network. Another method includes receiving, from a user equipment, a single message including both a message requesting a radio resource connection and a message requesting at least one service. In response to the message requesting radio resource connection, performing radio resource control connection establishment for the user equipment in order to establish the radio resource control connection between the user equipment and at least one of a plurality of network elements of a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Luis Barreto, Juho Pirskanen
  • Patent number: 10149271
    Abstract: A method of enabling a first wireless information device to access absolute location data in which the first wireless information device does not possess its own absolute location finding system but is instead able to receive, over a wireless network, absolute location data from a second wireless information device that does have its own absolute location finding system. The present invention hence enables wireless information devices to share absolute location data: for example, a mobile telephone with GPS capability can be used as a local “beacon” to broadcast its absolute location to any nearby devices over a personal area wireless network (e.g. a Bluetooth network) so that those nearby devices can use that location data. Hence, a camera with no location finding system of its own could obtain location data from a nearby GPS equipped mobile telephone over a Bluetooth PAN and watermark its images with location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventors: John Pagonis, Mark Jacobs
  • Patent number: 10149208
    Abstract: A mobile station executed method, wherein upon changing from a current cell to a new cell in a wireless packet data network the mobile station enters the new cell; generates a cell change packet data unit (PDU) message for informing the network of the location of the mobile station in the new cell; buffers the cell change PDU message into a PDU transmit queue before any buffered PDUs that were present before the mobile station entered the new cell; and transmits the buffered cell change PDU before any of the buffered PDUs that were present before the mobile station entered the new cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventor: Mika Forssell
  • Patent number: 10142493
    Abstract: A method of communication comprising the steps of: requesting at least one service having a plurality of parts; determining if said at least one service can be provided taking into account credit information relating to a user; and if not providing only one or some of said plurality of parts of said at least one service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Stura, Pertti Rantala, Jani Ekman, Juha-Pekka Koskinen, Anne Narhi, Juha R. Vallinen
  • Patent number: 10126834
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a display component, in which at least one controllable element is arranged to be visualized in its entirety, the control of which element is arranged to be based on determining a change (M) relating to the attitude or position of the device and camera means arranged to form image frames (IMAGE1, IMAGE2), and in which, in order to control the functions of the device, such as, for example, to control the element, the change is arranged to be determined, using optical data-flow algorithms, from the image frames formed by the camera means, which image frames are arranged to be compared to each other in a set manner, and on the basis of which comparison the said change is arranged to be determined. The image frames are arranged to be segmented in a selected manner, from which at least one movement vector (SR, SL, SUp, SDown) determining the said change is arranged to be determined from at least some of the segments (SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Mikko Blomqvist, Tommi Laine, Miia Onkalo
  • Patent number: 10123272
    Abstract: Where a communications device maintains multiple wireless connections to other devices and networks which use slotted communications protocols, the slots used by those protocols are arranged so as to minimize the power consumed by the device. Where multiple radios are used, power is minimised by avoiding using radios at the same time when those radios are likely to interfere with each other. Slots used by communication protocols can also be selected to maximize the time that the communications device can spend in lower power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventor: Mel Pullen
  • Patent number: 10123258
    Abstract: The method allows a user to define groups of entities that will be queried automatically for Presence information by his wireless information device. The user, once he has selected the group to be queried, need do no more than select at one time a ‘Pinging’ function using an on-screen dialog or other menu, which initiates the automatic querying. There is no need to manually query each member of the group for its Presence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventors: Petter Karlsson, Dominic Butler
  • Patent number: 10104539
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method, and a corresponding apparatus, for maintaining the settings of a user equipment, comprising: monitoring at least one stored setting in the terminal; responsive to a change in said at least one stored setting notifying a controller; and responsive to said notification selectively resetting said at least one stored setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a. r.l.
    Inventors: Calin Turcanu, Hans-Mathias Glatzer
  • Patent number: 10027638
    Abstract: A method and apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a device entering a network should be allowed access and an executing unit configured to execute a configuration protocol between the registrar and the device and to a shared unique configuration key between the registrar and the device. If the device provides a privileged service, the configuration protocol enables the device to advertise the privileged service or if the device is a control point, the configuration protocol enables the device to advertise that it is able to control certain privileged services. The registrar also includes a controlling unit configured to obtain a controller key, if the registrar is to become controller of the new device and a service unit configured to execute a credential service that allows devices providing privileged services to delegate issuing of access control credentials to the registrar, wherein other devices may use the credential service to obtain credentials for privileged services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Kari Timo Juhani Kostiainen, Seamus Peter Moloney, Olli Antero Rantapuska
  • Patent number: 10015644
    Abstract: A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Quan Tat, Kimmo Tapio Kettunen, Jussi Olavi Numminen
  • Patent number: 10009818
    Abstract: A method comprising running an application on user equipment; providing a mobility service; using a packet switched connection when said mobility service is unavailable; and using said mobility service when said mobility service becomes available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ville Ohman, Tero Makela, Fabien Rapin
  • Patent number: 9980190
    Abstract: Because the current RRC: ACTIVE SET UPDATE message presently used in soft handover does not contain HS-DSCH related information, which could be utilized for a Serving HS-DSCH cell change, a separate Radio Bearer Control procedure is needed between the UE (10) and the RNC (20) for carrying out the Serving HS-DSCH cell change. Should HS-DSCH related information—applicable to Serving HS-DSCH cell change—be added to the RRC: ACTIVE SET UPDATE message (32), an unnecessary Radio Bearer Control procedure is avoided, and the drawbacks of the current method are overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Petri Vuorinen, Jukka Nauha, Juho Pirskanen
  • Patent number: 9973755
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing improved data compression may include an encoder comprising a quantizer for encoding input data and a side model. The quantizer may be trained with respect to high priority data among the input data and may be configured to partially encode the input data by encoding the high priority data. The side model may be trained jointly with the training of the quantizer and is configured to model low priority data among the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Jani K Nurminen, Sakari Himanen
  • Patent number: 9952758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method an a device for mapping a virtual user input interface to a physical user input interface. The method is provided for mapping a virtual user input interface to a physical user input interface on a mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal device comprises a first physical user input interface, a display and a processing unit being connected to said display and said physical user interface, wherein an application is configured for use with a second user interface. The method of the invention comprises detecting an event indicative of an application to be executed that is configured for use with said second user interface and displaying a virtual user input interface representing said second user input interface on said display. If a a physical user input is received on said first physical user input interface, it is mapping to said displayed virtual user input interface, and displayed as an indication of a virtual input on said displayed virtual user input interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Sawako-Eeva Hayashi, Olaf Joeressen
  • Patent number: 9946758
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to monitor a user's quality parameter preference to determine a quality parameter for a reference media, update the quality parameter of the reference media, and adapt the quality parameter of the reference media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventor: Tom Mikael Ahola
  • Patent number: 9930697
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, computer program instructions and apparatus for performing random access procedures in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving at a network access node, in different time and frequency resources that are allocated for preamble transmission, and in different ones of a plurality of component carriers, a plurality of random access requests from individual ones of a plurality of user equipments; and transmitting a corresponding plurality of random access responses in a time and frequency resource of a single component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventors: Jianke Fan, Juha S Korhonen, Mikko J Rinne, Esa M Malkamaki
  • Patent number: 9922550
    Abstract: A remote control framework enables a plurality of target devices to be controlled by a plurality of remote control devices irrespective of bearer types. In a preferred embodiment any target device may also act as a control device and any control device may also act as a target device. The framework also enables any application running on any target device to be controlled by any controller device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Sian James, Neal Harris, John Turner, Tim Howes
  • Patent number: 9906832
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting service guides. A head-end platform generates a service guide fragment and inserts a tag into the service guide fragment to generate a modified service guide fragment. The head-end platform then causes, at least in part, transmission of the modified service guide fragment. A user equipment receives the service guide fragment and detects the tag in the service guide fragment. The user equipment then determines a transformation type based, at least in part, on the tag. The user equipment causes, at least in part, performing of the transformation and output of a transformed presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
    Inventors: Toni Juhani Paila, Ilkka Antero Oksanen
  • Patent number: 9893839
    Abstract: An approach includes detecting failure of an error detection scheme relating to transmission of data units of a transport block. A negative acknowledgement message is generated in response to the detection of the failure. The negative acknowledgement message is forwarded to a radio link controller for discarding one or more of the data units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kashima