Patents Examined by Blane Jackson
  • Patent number: 10114608
    Abstract: A multi-mode media system operable at a given time in one of a first or a second mode, selectively, the first mode comprising operation to access a media source co-housed with or connected to and operationally integrated with the media system and configured to stream media content to the multi-mode media system for playing by the media system, and the second mode comprising operation of the media system for controlling over a network a media source remote from the multi-mode media system for outputting media content on an output device separate from the multi-mode media system, the media system not being operable in both modes simultaneously nor operable exclusively only in a single one of such modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Chestnut Hill Sound, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Krampf, Evan B. Ross, Trung Quoc Phung
  • Patent number: 10117185
    Abstract: A system, computer readable medium, and method are provided for reducing the power consumption of a mobile device. The method includes the steps of detecting video content to be viewed in an application executed by the mobile device; detecting unwanted content associated with the video content; and operating the mobile device in a low-power mode during playback of the video content in the application in response to detecting the unwanted content. The mobile device may include a memory storing the application and a processor executing the application, which configures the processor to implement the method. Five techniques may be applied in the low-power mode to reduce power consumption including Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS), reducing resolution of content, reducing brightness of a display, masking content, and thread throttling. The low-power mode saves energy when playing back videos on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FutureWei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zongfang Lin, Jun Wang, Karthik Rao, Chen Tian, Handong Ye, Ziang Hu
  • Patent number: 10116783
    Abstract: A media control profile is described herein. The media control profile provides a number of selectable pre-defined and/or user-defined settings to manipulate the functionality of a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment mobile device. Three basic modes of operation, namely a telecommunications-only device mode, an entertainment-only device mode, and a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment device mode are provided. Settings associated with one or more of these basic modes are combined to form a media control profile for the hybrid mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Richard Zaffino, Andrew T. Smoak
  • Patent number: 10117067
    Abstract: A method includes receiving location, retrieving geo-fence data from a geo-fence database corresponding to a boundary of a jurisdiction, and automatically selecting between a first or second frequency band satellite transmitter based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: iHeartCommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Stubbs
  • Patent number: 10103426
    Abstract: This invention discloses a mobile tower system in which a telescoping tower may be with a plurality of tower structures may be extended to a height much greater than its contracted length. The tower may be transported horizontal, rotated to a vertical position and then the individual tower structures extended and secured via spring pins relative to the adjacent tower structure, the erection of the tower sections may be with external equipment such as a boom truck, or utilizing an internal hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Jerry Newman
  • Patent number: 10097222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a noise filter. The noise filter includes an input port to receive an analog signal. The noise filter further includes a multiplexer coupled to the input port. The multiplexer separates the analog signal into a plurality of frequency bands. The frequency bands include a high frequency band and a low frequency band. The noise filter also includes a low-band variable attenuator coupled to the multiplexer. The low-band variable attenuator adjustably attenuates the low frequency band relative to the high frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Pickerd, Pirooz Hojabri
  • Patent number: 10096683
    Abstract: A III-N semiconductor channel is formed on a III-N transition layer formed on a (111) or (110) surface of a silicon template structure, such as a fin sidewall. In embodiments, the silicon fin has a width comparable to the III-N epitaxial film thicknesses for a more compliant seeding layer, permitting lower defect density and/or reduced epitaxial film thickness. In embodiments, a transition layer is GaN and the semiconductor channel comprises Indium (In) to increase a conduction band offset from the silicon fin. In other embodiments, the fin is sacrificial and either removed or oxidized, or otherwise converted into a dielectric structure during transistor fabrication. In certain embodiments employing a sacrificial fin, the III-N transition layer and semiconductor channel is substantially pure GaN, permitting a breakdown voltage higher than would be sustainable in the presence of the silicon fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Han Wui Then, Sansaptak Dasgupta, Marko Radosavljevic, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Sanaz Gardner, Seung Hoon Sung, Robert S. Chau
  • Patent number: 10090944
    Abstract: A device comprising: a radio frequency (RF) coupler comprising input, output, and coupled ports; an antenna capable of receiving RF signals having a first center frequency and transmitting RF signals having a second center frequency, the antenna connected to the RF coupler to provide received RF signals to the input port of the RF coupler and transmit RF signals received at the input port via coupling to signals received at the coupled port; and signal transformation circuitry having an input connected to the output port of the RF coupler to receive RF signals provided by the antenna to the input port and an output connected to the coupled port, the signal transformation circuitry configured to transform first RF signals having the first center frequency received from the output port to second RF signals having the second center frequency and to provide them to the coupled port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Humatics Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Andrew Habib Zai, Christopher Ryan Montoya
  • Patent number: 10079432
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are techniques, software, apparatuses, and systems configured for tuning an antenna. In one or more embodiments, a system can include a monopole or dipole antenna, a hardware processor electrically coupled to the monopole or dipole antenna, an amplitude or power detector electrically coupled between the monopole or dipole antenna and the processor to receive signals reflected from the monopole or dipole antenna and determine an amplitude or power of the reflected signals, and a first impedance matching network electrically connected between a feed point of the monopole or dipole antenna and the detector, the first impedance matching network including a variable capacitor, the variable capacitor having a variable capacitance that is set by the hardware processor based on the amplitude or power of the reflected determined by the amplitude or power detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Backes, Lisa Lust, Kelly Muldoon, Doug Carlson
  • Patent number: 10064242
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein describe a centralized-processing cloud-based RAN (C-RAN or cloud-RAN) architecture that offers reduced front-haul data-rate requirements compared to common-public-radio-interface (CPRI) based C-RAN architectures. Base-band physical-layer processing can be divided between a BBU Pool and an enhanced RRH (eRRH). A frequency-domain compression approach that exploits LTE signal redundancy and user scheduling information can be used at the eRRH to significantly reduce front-haul data-rate requirements. Uniform scalar quantization and variable-rate Huffman coding in the frequency-domain can be applied in a compression approach based on the user scheduling information wherein a lossy compression is followed by a lossless compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sameer Pawar, Huaning Niu, Apostolos Papathanassiou
  • Patent number: 10063641
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a systems and methods for finding wireless signals sufficient for installation of wireless home automation devices. Before such home automation devices are installed, or during the process of installing such home automation devices, the remote-control device of a wireless home automation hub may detect whether a suitable wireless signal is able to be received from the home automation hub or from a wireless repeater device at various locations on the customer premises and indicate that on the remote-control device. The remote control device may continue to display such an indication regarding the signal, or lack thereof, as the user moves about the customer premises with the remote control. In this manner, the user may find what locations on the customer premises are suitable for installation of home automation devices to communicate wirelessly with the home automation hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies International Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard A. McCarthy, III, David B. Lett, George Horkan Smith, Allan Richard Bly, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10056922
    Abstract: A method of operating a radio frequency (RF) module includes filtering, by a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) band-pass filter, an RF signal propagating between an antenna and an interface structure. The antenna is disposed at a first side of a substrate. The interface structure is disposed at a second side of the substrate opposite the first side The SIW band-pass filter is disposed within the substrate between the antenna and the interface structure. The method of operating the RF module further includes transferring, by the interface structure, the RF signal between the SIW band-pass filter and an RF front end circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ivan Tsvelykh, Samo Vehovc
  • Patent number: 10051448
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a communication module configured to transmit data to another wireless communication device using a short range wireless communication protocol, and a controller configured to make the communication module transmit data to the other wireless communication device at predetermined intervals, when the data to be transmitted to the other wireless communication device is generated, in a connection state with the other wireless communication device using the short range wireless communication protocol. The controller performs a process for changing the predetermined interval in accordance with presence or absence of the generation of the data to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Kamijo, Masashi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 10051497
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing a relay node in a wireless communication network. A plurality of base stations may be provided as well as at least one antenna at a relay node, the antenna operably coupled to a rotation mechanism. The plurality of base stations can be scanned by the antenna, the scanning using one or more control parameters dictating a portion of a scanning process. Based on the scanning, an optimal base station may be determined and/or an optimal antenna position may be determined. The antenna can adjust to the optimal position and/or can attach to the optimal base station to provide an optimal backhaul link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Vanil Parihar, Amrit Kumar Chandra, Jay Ronald Chernoff, Kristian Kai Johns, Charles Anthony Manganiello
  • Patent number: 10044390
    Abstract: In an illustrative example, an apparatus includes a passive-on-glass (POG) device integrated within a glass substrate. The apparatus further includes a semiconductor die integrated within the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Changhan Yun, Chengjie Zuo, Mario Velez, Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, Shiqun Gu, Jonghae Kim, David Berdy
  • Patent number: 10033330
    Abstract: The disclosed system and method provide for a CATV power amplifier in which power dissipation may be reduced by dynamically adjusting the amplifier bias such that the bias is high only when high peak output signals need to be produced. By combining a bias control signal and an RF data signal into a single signal produced by a single DA converter, the disclosed examples require fewer DA converters and a need to synchronize DA converters to produce each of the signals individually is eliminated. A low frequency signal may be added to the RF band to find an optimum compromise between positive and negative peak excursions produced by the amplifier such that an overall reduction in bias may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Marcel F. Schemmann, Ido Leshem
  • Patent number: 10027287
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a World Band Radio Frequency Power Amplifier and a World Band Radio Frequency Front End Module. The World Band Power Amplifier can contain at least one broadband power amplifier connected to a switch which can direct an RF input signal to a plurality of transmission paths, each transmission path configured for a different frequency. The World Band RFFE Module is more integrated version of the World Band Power Amplifier that can contain broadband RF PA(s), switches, logic controls, filters, duplexers and other active and passive components. The module may also include a thermal protection system capable of effecting operation of the broadband power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MICRO MOBIO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuroh Ichitsubo, Shinsuke Inui, Guan-Wu Wang, Weiping Wang, Zlatko Filipovic
  • Patent number: 10015653
    Abstract: A locking device for providing access to a structure includes a locking mechanism configured to selectively switch between a locked state and an unlocked state. A wireless interface is operatively connected to the locking mechanism to control change between the locked and unlocked states. The wireless interface is configured to periodically beacon a data packet providing information to listening devices in a local area without requiring a bi-directional connection and to support bi-directional connections as needed to transfer data to the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lang, Adam Purdue, Steve Switzer
  • Patent number: 10014914
    Abstract: An interference canceller and a method for canceling interference are disclosed. The interference canceller includes: a subtractor to receive a primary signal including a desired signal and multiple interferers and to generate an output signal including the desired signal; a plurality of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters, wherein each FIR filter receives a reference signal from a plurality of reference signals and outputs a filtered reference signal; and a plurality of loop filters, wherein each loop filter outputs coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Neal David Becker
  • Patent number: 10015260
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive sensor data from a vehicle sensor. The processor is also configured to determine an existence of a condition for which information display has been designated. The processor is further configured to determine a non-vehicular device predesignated for receipt and display of the information and responsive to the condition determination, transfer the information to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald A. Perlick, Jerry Alex James, Howard Churchwell