Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a personalizable user interface (UI) component layout on a curved screen on a mobile electronic communication device, the curved screen having a front screen display surface and a plurality of edge screen display surfaces. In an example, the described technique entails detecting that a device user has opened an application on the mobile electronic communication device, determining whether the application opened by the user supports placement of UI components on edge screen display surfaces, and determining a coverage area on the front screen display surface and the edge screen display surfaces areas when the application supports placement of UI components on edge screen display surfaces, and estimating a user hand size based on the determined coverage area, and placing one or more UI components on an edge screen display surface to be reached by the user based on the estimated hand size.

Abstract: In aspects of selectable response options displayed based-on device grip position, a wireless device has a display screen to display an incoming notification associated with a device application, and actionable responses are associated with the incoming notification. The wireless device implements a grip detection module to detect a device grip position of a user grip holding the wireless device. The wireless device also implements a notification control module to determine the actionable responses of the incoming notification. The notification control module can also initiate to display selectable response options corresponding to the actionable responses associated with the incoming notification, where the selectable response options are displayable along a display edge of the display screen proximate the device grip position.

Abstract: Front-shielded, coplanar waveguide, direct-fed, cavity-backed slot antennas are described. Various implementations form an antenna unit capable of millimeter waveform and/or microwave waveform transmissions. A bottom shielding structure of the antenna unit defines a cavity, where various implementations include one or more dampening structures within the cavity. Some implementations includes a slot antenna within the cavity defined by the bottom shielding structure, such as a coplanar waveguide (CPW) direct-fed slot antenna, to form a cavity-backed slot antenna. Some implementations connect a top shielding structure to the bottom shielding structure to encase the slot antenna. In one or more implementations, the top shielding structure includes aperture windows to allow waveforms within a frequency range from about between 600 Megahertz (MHz) to 72 Gigahertz (GHz). and radiated by the slot antenna to radiate outward from the antenna unit.

Abstract: A method in an electronic device comprises detecting, with one or more sensors, a geometry or geometric form factor defined by an amount a first device housing or first device housing portion of the electronic device is pivoted about a hinge or deformable portion relative to a second device housing or second device housing portion of the electronic device, as well as also detecting, with one or more other sensors, multiple persons within an environment of the electronic device. One or more processors then enable, in response to detecting the geometric form factor and the multiple persons within the environment, a dual content presentation mode of operation allowing presentation of first content on a first display of the electronic device and second content on a second display where the first content and the second content are different.

Abstract: A method includes detecting proximity between a mobile device and a remote device associated with a transaction reserved by a user of the mobile device and a mode of the electronic device. A verification password is sent to the remote device responsive to detecting the proximity and the mode. A device includes a module to detect proximity between the device and a remote device associated with a transaction reserved by a user of the device occurring within a predefined distance threshold and a processor coupled to the module. A device includes another module to detect a stationary mode of the electronic device occurring for at least a predefined duration threshold. The processor is sends a verification password to the remote device responsive to detecting the proximity and the mode.

Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method prioritizes communication between participants in a communication session. A controller configures the electronic device to identifying participants, each respectively using a second electronic device to participate in the communication session. The controller associates a priority rank for each of the participants. The controller monitors for an indication from each of the second electronic devices that a corresponding participant among the participants is attempting to speak to the other participants during the communication session. In response to receiving two or more indications, the controller compares the respective priority ranks of the participants corresponding to the two or more indications. The controller selects the audio stream received from the second electronic device of the particular participant having a highest priority. The controller presents the audio stream to the other participants.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing improved directional noise suppression in an electronic device implement a technique that specifies a direction or speaker of interest, determines the directions corresponding to speakers not lying in the direction of interest, beam forms the reception pattern of the device microphone array to focus in the direction of interest and suppresses signals from the other directions, creating beam formed reception data. A spatial mask is generated as a function of direction relative to the direction of interest. The spatial mask emphasizes audio reception in the direction of interest and attenuates audio reception in the other directions. The beam formed reception data is then multiplied by the spatial mask to generate an audio signal with directional noise suppression.

Abstract: In aspects of adaptive user interface display size for curved display edges, a wireless device has a display screen with curved display edges to display a user interface that includes selectable elements, which are selectable to initiate respective device application actions. The wireless device implements a display control module that can determine a display size of the user interface effective to prevent the selectable elements of the user interface from being displayed within a curved display edge of the display screen. The display control module can then resize the user interface according to the determined display size, and initiate to display the user interface on the display screen, where at least a portion of the user interface is displayable within the curved display edges of the display screen and without the selectable elements of the user interface being displayed within the curved display edge of the display screen.

Abstract: A resource allocation assignment for a set of scheduled TTIs can be received from a network in a first TTI belonging to the set of scheduled TTIs. A first set of resources for receiving a first portion and a second set of resources for receiving a second portion of a first downlink user data in the first TTI can be determined based on the resource allocation assignment. The first downlink user data corresponding to at least a first transport block in the first and the second set of resources can be received. A third set of resources for receiving a first portion and a fourth set of resources for receiving a second portion of a second downlink user data in a second TTI belonging to the set of scheduled TTIs can be determined based on the resource allocation assignment. The second downlink user data corresponding to at least a second transport block in the third and the fourth set of resources can be received.

Abstract: Techniques for media capture based on media specifications are described and are implementable to enable media content to be captured and/or obtained in compliance with particular media specifications. The described implementations, for example, utilize specified media specifications (e.g., media constraints) to be utilized as part of a media capture process. For instance, default media capture settings of a media capture device are modified to enable the media capture device to capture an instance of media content that complies with specific media specifications.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power and data usage in a mobile electronic communications device entail detecting a sleep state of a user of the device, and entering an idle mode when the sleep state of the user is deep sleep, wherein the idle mode restricts device CPU and network activities to exclude user-centric operations. When the sleep state of the user changes from the deep sleep state, the device exits the idle mode and enters an operative state to execute any pending user-centric operations.

Abstract: A method, a communication device and a computer program product for protecting communication devices from access by unauthorized users. The method includes retrieving, from a memory, a biometric sensor disable time range and determining, via a processor of the communication device, if a current time is within the biometric sensor disable time range. In response to determining that the current time is within the biometric sensor disable time range, the method further includes determining if the communication device is in a sleep mode and in response to determining that the communication device is in the sleep mode, disabling at least one biometric sensor.

Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more sensors capturing media content while the electronic device is situated at a media content capture location. A user interface receives user input requesting transmission of the media content to another electronic device at a user input reception location. A location detector determines whether the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations. One or more processors at least temporarily preclude, in response to the user input, the transmission of the media content to the other electronic device when the location detector determines that the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations.

Abstract: In aspects of generating action suggestions based on a change in user mood, a computing device implements an action generation module that generates action suggestions. The action generation module analyzes sensor data from sensors to determine a current user state associated with a user. The action generation module also analyzes environment data received from Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to determine a current environment context associated with the user. The action generation module can detect a change in a user mood based on a comparison of the current user state with user history data that includes user state parameters and environment context parameters that indicate the user mood. The action generation module can analyze the user history data to determine the user state parameters and/or the environment context parameters that correlate to the change in the user mood, and generate an action suggestion that is intended to modify the current user state.

Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method enable hosting a communication session with customizable roles for participants that provides an adjustable balance of interaction and decorum. A controller configures the electronic device to identify, within an image stream from a next one of two or more second electronic devices that is not currently selected to present to a video communication session, at least one of a speaking movement of a mouth of a non-presenting participant or a gesture by the non-presenting participant to provide an audio input via the next second electronic device. In response to the identified speaking movement or the gesture, a host user interface of the electronic device presents an alert and enables host toggling of a selected one of the electronic device and the two or more second electronic devices to present a corresponding audio and video stream to the video communication session.

Abstract: In aspects of personal content managed during extended display screen recording, a screen recording system includes a wireless device that provides digital image content for display on an extended display device, and a screen recording session on the wireless device captures the digital image content and audio data. The wireless device implements a content control module that can determine the screen recording session would capture personal content associated with a user of the wireless device. The content control module can initiate a private screen review mode in which the personal content is displayable on a display screen of the wireless device and is prevented from visual display on the extended display device. The content control module can also generate a shareable screen recording that includes the audio data and the digital image content displayed on the extended display device, without including the personal content.

Abstract: One or more processors of an electronic device detect a communication device electronically in communication with a content presentation companion device operating as a primary display for the electronic device and including a first ultra-wide band component. The one or more processors determine, with a second ultra-wide band tag component carried by the electronic device, a distance between the electronic device and the content presentation companion device using an ultra-wide band ranging process. The one or more processors dynamically enhance an audio performance characteristic of the content presentation companion device as a function of the distance between the electronic device and the content presentation companion device.

Abstract: A method for a base station can create a subframe structure used in communication between the base station and a UE. The subframe structure can include a plurality of subframes each having a subframe duration. The method can include operating a serving cell on a carrier frequency. The method can include performing a LBT on the carrier frequency for a time duration that at least partially overlaps a terminal portion of a subframe duration of a first subframe of the plurality of subframes. The method can include determining a position of a starting OFDM symbol for transmitting a control channel in a second subframe of the plurality of subframes based on the time duration of the LBT. The subframe duration of the second subframe can occur immediately after the subframe duration of the first subframe.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data packet routing in a remote unit. An apparatus includes a processor that receives a data packet to be transmitted and determines packet routing information for the data packet, the packet routing information comprising at least one of: network slice information, a continuity type, and a data network name for the data packet. The processor also determines whether the packet routing information matches a network connection and sends the data packet over a matching network connection, in response to determining that the packet routing information matches a network connection. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network using at least one network connection of a first connection type associated with network slice information, a continuity type, and a DNN.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving system information for changing a configuration. One apparatus includes a receiver that: receives first system information for a first configuration; and receives second system information for a second configuration based on the first configuration. The second system information includes changes to the first configuration without repeating information common to the first and second configurations.