Patents Examined by Amanuel Lebassi
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Patent number: 8611285Abstract: A method of processing video data with an electronic equipment where the video data is available from a time-sliced data stream having video data corresponding to each of a plurality of channels. The method includes receiving video data corresponding to one of the channels from the plurality of channels that is currently selected by the user and driving a display in accordance with the video data corresponding to the currently selected channel, and predicting which one of the remaining channels from the plurality of channels that the user may next select. Video data corresponding to the predicted channel is received and buffered to improve switching time from the currently selected channel to the predicted next channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Mikael Henning, Markus Andreasson
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Patent number: 8488585Abstract: There is provided a mobile station that minimizes a pause or a silent period during communication at the time of a reconnection process of communication, thereby to improve the user's convenience and achieve the reduction in the load applied onto the communication network or the mobile station. When an out of synchronization detection unit 4 of a mobile station 2 detects out of synchronization, an individual timer value determination unit 53 selects two or more timer value change triggers from timer value change triggers stored in a timer value change trigger memory 51, and then determines the timer values respectively for the timer value change triggers that have been selected, based upon the determination rules stored in an individual timer value determination rule memory 52. A reconnection timer value calculation unit 54 calculates an appropriate reconnection timer value based upon the two or more individual timer values that have been determined by the individual timer value determination unit 53.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Seiko Shimizu, Masayuki Furusawa, Taro Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Futakata
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Patent number: 8489690Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing a subscription to an e-mail message thread via a mobile device. A user may subscribe to an e-mail message thread utilizing a mobile device, based on a unique e-mail thread ID associated with the e-mail thread within the e-mail message itself. Updated data regarding the e-mail message thread can then be provided in response to activity associated with the e-mail message thread. The updated data can be provided in the form of, for example, a text message, a text-to-speech voicemail message, and so forth. Additionally, a telephone number associated with the mobile device can be added to a database stored in an e-mail server that manages the e-mail message and the e-mail message thread in order to subscribe to the e-mail message via a mobile device. SMS data associated with the user can also be added to the database.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Candice B. Gilzean, Munisamy Subramanian, Kelly Aymar
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Patent number: 8478337Abstract: A navigation device (a vehicle-mounted navigation device 1) is connected, via a mobile communication network 3, to a server 5 by way of a telephone 2 connected thereto via cable 1a or radio 1b, and includes a communication control unit 12 for communicating with the server 5 by using the telephone 2 to measure parameter information about a command support status of the telephone 2 or a communication connection environment, and a main control unit 10 for transmitting the parameter information measured by the communication control unit 12 to an external storage medium 21 or the server 5, and for controlling subsequent communications according to the parameter information transmitted to the external storage medium 21 or the server 5.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Toshio Kawagishi
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Patent number: 8442512Abstract: A method of operating a call duration analysis system comprises receiving a plurality of call detail records (CDRs) comprising information associated with a plurality of calls over a wireless communication network, processing the CDRs to determine an average call duration for the wireless communication network, processing the CDRs with the average call duration for the wireless communication network to determine at least one wireless access node associated with a below-average call duration, processing the CDRs associated with the wireless access node to determine a first set of the CDRs associated with the wireless access node exhibiting a good RF status and a second set of the CDRs associated with the wireless access node exhibiting a bad RF status, and processing the first set of the CDRs to determine a wireless communication device type associated with the below-average call duration.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Dahl B. Metters, Brad Jerald Owens, Jamie Deanne Andrews
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Patent number: 8433337Abstract: Method for received signal strength-based direction-of-arrival location estimation for wireless target in an indoor environment is disclosed. The method can use just one DOA sensor node with three antennas, configured substantially in the center of a predetermined confined indoor space. Packet signals can be transmitted by DOA sensor node to the wireless target, and vice versa, where each packet comprising of a fixed sensor node cover range. RSSI values are obtained for the respective RSSI states received from the wireless target at incident angles ? using the triangular antenna array, a 1P2T switch, and a vector signal deconstructor (VSD). A location (?, ?) of the localized object is calculated using a RSS-based DOA algorithm. A RSS to DOA localization system using the above method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Inventor: Ting-Yueh Chin
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Patent number: 8417247Abstract: The present invention provides a method for assigning a mobile unit to a tracking area based upon a location update frequency. The method includes selecting one of a technology-specific tracking area and a shared tracking area based on a location update frequency associated with a mobile unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Alessio Casati, Sudeep Palat, Said Tatesh
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Patent number: 8385946Abstract: Adaptive route guidance can include analyzing route progressions associated with one or more routes based on multiple user preferences. The adaptive route guidance can provide one or more preferred routes based on the user preferences, which can be presented to a user for navigation purposes.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott Forstall, Gregory N. Christie, Robert E. Borchers, Kevin Tiene
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Patent number: 8340697Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium for dynamically adjusting a multimedia data resolution in a wireless environment is provided. The method includes: determining the access profile of the mobile station; monitoring transmission conditions in the wireless system; transmitting the multimedia data and control signaling to the mobile station with a highest resolution based upon the transmission conditions, wherein the control signaling determines an amount of the multimedia data accessible to the mobile station based upon the access profile of the mobile station; and decreasing a resolution of the multimedia data being transmitted to the mobile station, if the transmission conditions become unacceptable for transmitting the multimedia data at the highest resolution.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Hassan Partovi, Roy Leo Spitzer
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Patent number: 8335507Abstract: A method and system for provisioning a wireless communication device with a PRL by making a determination of whether the device is being provisioned under an existing subscriber account or rather under a new subscriber account. Based at least in part on the determination, a PRL is selected and the device is provisioned with the selected PRL. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention may enable a wireless carrier to (i) provision a new subscriber's device with a PRL that defines a preference for voice-over-IP (VoIP) service over legacy voice service and/or (ii) provision an existing subscriber's device with a PRL that defines a preference for legacy voice service over VoIP service.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventor: Manish Mangal
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Patent number: 8331295Abstract: A base station and a mobile station for processing wireless communication with each other, and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method for controlling a base station which performs radio communication with a mobile station includes starting radio communication via at least one arbitrary mobile station and a predetermined cellular channel; receiving Channel Quality Indication (CQI) information from the mobile station; determining whether a radio communication anomaly occurs between a specific mobile station from among the at least one arbitrary mobile station and the base station by using the received CQI information; and when determining that the radio communication anomaly occurs with the specific mobile station, controlling to interrupt the radio communication via the predetermined cellular channel and perform radio communication via the specific mobile station and either a shared channel or an open channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Ho Choi, Kyung Hun Jang, Young Soo Kim, Tae In Hyon, In Sun Lee, Hyo Sun Hwang
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Patent number: 8320932Abstract: A system (100) and method (300) of using a context vector and database (202) for location applications can include a transceiver (104), a plurality of environmental sensors (114, 116, 118, 120, 121) including at least two location technology devices (110, 112), and a processor (102) coupled to the transceiver and the plurality of environmental sensors. The processor can be programmed to sense (302) an environmental condition for a given location, define (310) a context vector for the given location, detect (312) a context transition corresponding to a change in the environmental condition, and modify (314) an operation of the at least two location technology devices based on the context transition detected. The processor can be further programmed to form (320) a new context vector based on the context transition and attempt to match the new context vector with a pre-stored context vector.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Ellis A. Pinder, Charles B. Swope
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Patent number: 8310933Abstract: A method and a device for reporting the number of correctly decoded transport blocks in a wireless system. The maximum number of correctly decoded transport blocks within a reporting period is determined. Then the actual number of correctly decoded transport blocks is determined and cultivated into an indication thereof on the basis of the maximum number. The indication is sent to a network element capable of decoding it for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.Inventors: Benoist Sébire, Harri Jokinen
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Patent number: 8284797Abstract: A method for wireless data transfer between first and second multimedia devices connected via a wireless connection operated according to a first wireless standard or to a second wireless standard, which are different from and/or not compatible with each other. The method includes: choosing the first wireless standard or the second wireless standard as a chosen wireless standard; processing connection commands, connection parameters, and/or connection data to obtain processed connection commands, processed connection parameters, and/or process connection data of the chosen wireless standard; and sending the process connection commands, process connection parameters, and/or process connection data out via the wireless connection according to the chosen wireless standard. The method thus enables a seamless switching from one wireless standard to another wireless standard, wherein upper layers do not notice the switching.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: SONY Deutschland GmbHInventor: Ruediger Mosig
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Patent number: 8280384Abstract: The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports (“NMRs”) which include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic region. The calibration data for these locations is gathered and analyzed so that particular calibration points within the geographic region can be determined and associated with a particular set or sets of calibration data from, for example, one or more NMRs. Sets of calibration points may be evaluated as a function of parameters of the calibration data, and a set of calibration points may be selected as a function of a predetermined criteria. Signal reception in the region may be estimated as a function of mobile device location in the region and an approximate statistical accuracy of a signal strength pattern determined as a function of the estimated signal reception.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: John Carlson, Martin Alles, George Maher, Selcuk Mazlum
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Patent number: 8275406Abstract: A method and apparatus in a base station for jointly controlling sub-channel transmission power and assigned codec modes for a first and second mobile station utilizing Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channel on One Slot (VAMOS). The base station receives signal quality information reports from the mobile stations every 480 ms using the Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH), and receives codec mode requests from the mobile stations every 40 ms using Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) in-band signaling. The base station associates the requested codec modes with estimated levels of speech quality currently being experienced by the first and second mobile stations. The base station then allocates sub-channel transmission power and assigns codec modes to the first and second mobile stations based on the estimated levels of speech quality associated with the requested codec modes and the signal quality reports.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventor: Dayong Chen
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Considering mobile station capability in negotiating quality of service for packet switched services
Patent number: 8274963Abstract: Mobile station capabilities are made available to a radio access network note. The radio access network node determines whether the requested quality of service can be supported by the mobile station in its current cell. These capabilities are take into account in negotiating a quality of service for a packet flow involving the mobile station.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Karin Heden, Ann-Christine Eriksson -
Patent number: 8275391Abstract: In a method for estimating the position of a subscriber station of a radio communication system, a receiver station receives reports from the subscriber station, said reports containing information relating to the signal strength of a receiving signal of at least one transmitting station in the locality of the subscriber station. The reports are stored in a memory of a network device of the radio communication system and a position determining unit takes into account at least two reports stored prior to the request for position estimation, in order to estimate the position of the subscriber station.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2004Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ralf Krannich, Martin Kuipers, Kurt Majewski
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Patent number: 8260264Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed that enable a terminal such as a computer-based softphone to retrieve and handle, transparently for its user, the voicemail that has been left by calling parties who called the user's cell-phone number. Furthermore, the softphone is able to integrate the presentation to its user of the voicemail associated with the cell phone with the voicemail that has been left by calling parties who called the softphone itself. The softphone features both i) a personal area network interface that is used to communicate directly with the cell phone and ii) a local area network interface that is used to retrieve the cell-phone voicemail from a voicemail system. Once the softphone is paired with the cell phone, the softphone is able to retrieve signals directly from the cell phone and, based on those signals, retrieves the voicemail from the cell phone's voicemail system.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Omer Boyaci, Lynne Shapiro Brotman, Parameshwaran Krishnan, Michael J. Sammon, Shalini Yajnik
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Patent number: 8260309Abstract: A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum granted value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with a throughput at which the uplink user data transmitted from the mobile station UE to the radio base station NodeB is successfully received at a point of time; calculating, at the radio base station NodeB, as an allowable value to be notified to the mobile station UE, a granted value not more than the maximum granted value; notifying, from the radio base station NodeB to the mobile station UE, the granted value calculated at the radio base station NodeB, by using a transmission rate control channel; and transmitting, from the mobile station UE, the uplink user data, at the transmission rate corresponding to the granted value notified from the radio base station NodeB.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Yoshikazu Goto, Akihito Hanaki, Takahiro Hayashi, Junichiro Kawamoto, Yukiko Takagi