Patents Assigned to Rogers Communications Inc.
  • Patent number: 8868469
    Abstract: A phrase identification system and method are provided. The method comprises: identifying one or more phrase candidates in the electronic document; selecting one of the phrase candidates; numerically representing features of the selected phrase candidates to obtain a numeric feature representation associated with that phrase candidate; and inputting the numeric feature representation into a machine learning classifier, the machine learning classifier being configured to determine, based on each numeric feature representation, whether the phrase candidate associated with that numeric feature representation is a phrase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Liqin Xu, Hyun Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 8861577
    Abstract: A fault detection system and a processor implemented method of detecting a wire fault in a wired network are described. The wired network services a set of customer equipment devices. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining, from a plurality of the customer equipment devices, pre-equalization coefficients associated with equalizers of the plurality of the customer equipment devices; determining tap energies for taps associated with the equalizers based on the pre-equalization coefficients; selecting one of the taps; for each of a plurality of the customer equipment devices, assigning the customer equipment device to one of a plurality of groups by comparing the tap energy for the selected tap for that customer equipment device to thresholds associated with the groups; and determining that a wire fault is probable when one of the groups includes at least a threshold number of customer equipment devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Jianming Liu, Jun Ma, Lixin Shi, Jianguo Feng
  • Publication number: 20140279501
    Abstract: Methods, devices and servers for assisting in financial transaction fraud detection are described. In one aspect, a method for notifying of a roaming status of an electronic device is described. The method is implemented by a wireless service provider server associated with a wireless service provider. The electronic device is associated with a subscription service package of the wireless service provider. The method includes: detecting a roaming condition associated with the electronic device; and after detecting the roaming condition, retrieving financial institution information associated with the electronic device, the financial institution information identifying a financial institution, and sending a notification of the roaming status of the electronic device to a financial institution server associated with the identified financial institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Vinay KUMAR, Jeppe DORFF RAMLAU-HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20140241166
    Abstract: Described is a method of managing the bonding of transmissions over a legacy transmission system and over a new transmission system, the legacy transmission system comprising a legacy Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), the new transmission system comprising a new CMTS and configured to transmit data using a new mode, the method comprising: receiving data at the new CMTS, the data comprising an identification of a receiver as a destination for the data, the legacy receiver configured to receive data transmitted using the legacy mode; monitoring an output of the legacy CMTS; and determining, based on the monitored output, whether to route the data to the legacy CMTS to transmit to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Rogers Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: George Maynard HART, Victor KUARSINGH
  • Publication number: 20140241167
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and system for managing transmission of data between a hub and a receiver, the hub connected to the receiver by a first transport medium, and the hub connected to the receiver by a wireless network, the method comprising receiving a request from the receiver to transmit data upstream; determining that the data transmission across the first transport medium is congested; and, in response to determining that the data transmission across the first transport medium congested, instructing the receiver to transmit data upstream on the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: George Maynard HART, Edward A. O'LEARY, Victor KUARSINGH
  • Patent number: 8787223
    Abstract: A system and method for distributing signals from a first communications network and a second communications network to a location, including a base transceiver station configured to receive a signal from the first communications network and convert the signal into an RF signal for transmission to a mobile terminal, the RF signal having an RF frequency above a threshold frequency, and a coupling module configured to: receive the RF signal from the base transceiver station and receive a data signal from the second communications network, the data signal having an RF frequency below the threshold frequency; combine the RF signal and the data signal into a combined signal with the RF signal and data signal each retaining their respective frequencies; and provide the combined signal over a coaxial cable link to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Edward Watson, John Michael Chapeskie, Lawrence Tae Young Lee, Phillip Man Wai Chan, Phing Chu Chang
  • Publication number: 20140132477
    Abstract: A vertically interleaved in-building distributed antenna system is described. The in-building distributed antenna system includes a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) radio. The MIMO radio includes a first branch connector and a second branch connector. The in-building distributed antenna system further includes a first branch transport medium coupled to the first branch connector and a second branch transport medium coupled to the second branch connector. The in-building distributed antenna system further includes a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas includes one or more first branch antennas coupled to the first branch transport medium and one or more second branch antennas coupled to the second branch transport medium. The first branch antennas are vertically interleaved with the second branch antennas in the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Man Wai CHAN, Marc-Eric Thomas DRAPER, Peng CHEN, Phing Chu CHANG
  • Patent number: 8669916
    Abstract: A vertically interleaved in-building distributed antenna system is described. The in-building distributed antenna system includes a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) radio. The MIMO radio includes a first branch connector and a second branch connector. The in-building distributed antenna system further includes a first branch transport medium coupled to the first branch connector and a second branch transport medium coupled to the second branch connector. The in-building distributed antenna system further includes a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas includes one or more first branch antennas coupled to the first branch transport medium and one or more second branch antennas coupled to the second branch transport medium. The first branch antennas are vertically interleaved with the second branch antennas in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Man Wai Chan, Marc-Eric Thomas Draper, Peng Chen, Phing Chu Chang
  • Publication number: 20140067812
    Abstract: Document cluster ranking systems and methods of ranking document clusters are described. In some example embodiments, the method comprises: obtaining, at a document cluster ranking system, a value associated with a first feature for each of a plurality of document clusters; based on the values associated with the first feature, automatically generating, at the document cluster ranking system, a plurality of first feature bins, each first feature bin defining a range of values and a bin identifier; and obtaining a score for one of the document clusters, by: i) identifying the first feature bin having a range of values which includes the obtained value associated with the first feature for that one of the document clusters; and ii) determining a score for that document cluster based on the first feature bin identifier for the identified first feature bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier ESTRADA GUADARRAMA, Darius BRAZIUNAS, Hyun Chul LEE
  • Patent number: 8654723
    Abstract: A method for re-using an existing IPSec tunnel for multiple services. The IPSec tunnel is established from customer premises equipment to the core network to support licensed frequency communications, such as a femtocell. UMA communication using unlicensed frequencies may be carried out by re-using the IPSec tunnel to securely route UMA communications from a UMA device to a UNC within the core network via the customer premises equipment. The network determines whether to redirect UMA communications through an existing IPSec tunnel by determining whether a newly established second IPSec tunnel for UMA communications originates from an access point collocated with a femtocell that has an existing IPSec tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20140038563
    Abstract: A multi-use embedded universal integrated circuit card contains more than one active MNO (mobile network operator) profile. The example card may include a time manager and a radio resource schedule for managing access to a radio within a wireless device. The time manager enables one of the active MNO profiles at a time in accordance with the radio resource schedule, effectively allocating respective time slices to applications associated with each of the active MNO profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. O'LEARY
  • Publication number: 20140004827
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for provisioning embedded universal integrated circuit cards (EUICCs). A certification server may store records for each EUICC containing provisioned profile data. A regulatory domain server may govern a regulatory domain containing a plurality of mobile network operators (MNOs) and may assist with provisioning wireless devices containing EUICCs. The EUICC may store a hierarchy of profiles, including a device profile, a regulatory domain profile, and/or an MNO profile. The EUICC may include a fully-qualified domain name for the certification server, the device installation server, and/or the regulatory domain server so as to trigger provisioning or re-provisioning over an IP connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Edward A. O'LEARY
  • Publication number: 20140003363
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for managing the use of system resources in a wireless network. In one aspect, a method is performed by a wireless network system associated with a wireless network. The method provides upstream communications from an electronic device to the wireless network. The method includes: identifying a set of carriers that may be used together without causing an intermodulation product that falls within one or more active pass-bands associated with a receiver of the electronic device; and scheduling a carrier aggregated upstream communication from the electronic device to the wireless network using the identified set of carriers, the carrier aggregated upstream communication being an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: George Maynard HART, Tak Wing WAN
  • Publication number: 20140003478
    Abstract: A fault detection system and a processor implemented method of detecting a wire fault in a wired network are described. The wired network services a set of customer equipment devices. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining, from a plurality of the customer equipment devices, pre-equalization coefficients associated with equalizers of the plurality of the customer equipment devices; determining tap energies for taps associated with the equalizers based on the pre-equalization coefficients; selecting one of the taps; for each of a plurality of the customer equipment devices, assigning the customer equipment device to one of a plurality of groups by comparing the tap energy for the selected tap for that customer equipment device to thresholds associated with the groups; and determining that a wire fault is probable when one of the groups includes at least a threshold number of customer equipment devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jianming LIU, Jun MA, Lixin SHI, Jianguo FENG
  • Patent number: 8612447
    Abstract: Document cluster ranking systems and methods of ranking document clusters are described. In some example embodiments, the method comprises: obtaining, at a document cluster ranking system, a value associated with a first feature for each of a plurality of document clusters; based on the values associated with the first feature, automatically generating, at the document cluster ranking system, a plurality of first feature bins, each first feature bin defining a range of values and a bin identifier; and obtaining a score for one of the document clusters, by: i) identifying the first feature bin having a range of values which includes the obtained value associated with the first feature for that one of the document clusters; and ii) determining a score for that document cluster based on the first feature bin identifier for the identified first feature bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Estrada Guadarrama, Darius Braziunas, Hyun Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 8577337
    Abstract: A multi-use embedded universal integrated circuit card contains more than one active MNO (mobile network operator) profile. The example card may include a time manager and a radio resource schedule for managing access to a radio within a wireless device. The time manager enables one of the active MNO profiles at a time in accordance with the radio resource schedule, effectively allocating respective time slices to applications associated with each of the active MNO profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20130268989
    Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically allocating popular content to multi-node transmission channels are described. In one aspect, a method, performed by a content delivery system is described. The content delivery system comprises a termination system configured to deliver content to a plurality of nodes over a plurality of transmission channels. The method comprises: allocating transmission channels as multi-node transmission channels, each multi-node transmission channel being configured to distribute content from the termination system to a plurality of nodes; allocating transmission channels as single-node transmission channels, each single-node transmission channel being configured to distribute content from the termination system to a single node; and selecting content for transmission in the multi-node transmission channels based on content usage data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Richard Gordon LAWSON, Christopher ZUPPAN
  • Publication number: 20130231087
    Abstract: A multi-use embedded universal integrated circuit card contains more than one active MNO (mobile network operator) profile. The example card may include a time manager and a radio resource schedule for managing access to a radio within a wireless device. The time manager enables one of the active MNO profiles at a time in accordance with the radio resource schedule, effectively allocating respective time slices to applications associated with each of the active MNO profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Edward A. O'LEARY
  • Publication number: 20130227630
    Abstract: A bandwidth management system, receiver, and method of managing bandwidth in a content delivery system are described. In one embodiment, the method includes: identifying two or more content items which are associated with at least some common content and which are temporally related; determining a relative priority of the least some of the identified content items; and allowing a receiver requesting the content associated with a lower priority content item to access a multicast associated with a higher priority content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventor: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
  • Publication number: 20130223671
    Abstract: A dynamic watermark generation method and system in which the dynamic watermark may have a default length or a shorter length, and wherein the dynamic watermark is generated to have the determined length. The dynamic watermark is a locally-unique code that is used as an index to a database entry that identifies the subscriber that requested the media asset. In some instances, the entry may include a timestamp, a subscriber device identifier such as a MAC address or IP address, a subscriber identifier or ID number, and a media asset identifier such as a static ID. The static ID may include a code that indicates whether the dynamic watermark is of a default length or shorter. The length of the dynamic watermark may be partly based upon projected audience size for the requested media asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Luojun JIN, Antonio COLANTONIO, Dominic Anthony DOHERTY