Patents Examined by Brandon Miller
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Patent number: 9654978Abstract: A mobile device may include a plurality of sensors and a processor. The processor may be configured to determine trust data for an asset based upon inputs from the plurality of sensors, determine whether an asset is accessible or not accessible based upon evaluating the trust data with a trust determination algorithm, and continuously update the trust data to continue to allow access to the asset or revoke access to the asset based upon the inputs from the plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Laurence Lundblade, Mark Bapst, George Michael Milikich, Jon Azen, Ian Brettell, Eliza Yingzi Du, Jonathan Griffiths, Suryaprakash Ganti, Samir Gupta, David William Burns, Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan
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Patent number: 9654628Abstract: An illustrative method includes receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a request to initiate a call from a portable electronic device. The call is a communication across a communication network. The method also includes initiating, by the processor of the computing device, the call. The call connects the portable electronic device to an emergency response service. The call also utilizes a relay service.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: NEDELCO, INC.Inventors: Gerald D. Warren, Jennifer A. Buechner
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Patent number: 9654958Abstract: Toll-free application data network access is disclosed. A device for providing data connectivity includes a connection detector configured to receive a data connectivity request from an application installed on the device, a configuration manager for retrieving a configuration file for the application identified from the data connectivity request, the configuration file defining conditions to allow connectivity for the application under operator specific billing, and an authorization module configured to access the configuration file, tag the data connectivity request with a first tag if the data connectivity request matches the conditions of the configuration file, the tag being indicative of operator specific billing for the application, and leave the data connectivity request unchanged otherwise.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: ORANGEInventor: Subash Mandanapu
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Patent number: 9641982Abstract: The present invention describes a method and system how to get the location information to a mobile device indoors or outdoors. The method and system includes that one or several nodes capable to communicate with short-distance communication network having two or more pieces of location information in their identification are placed into the area where the mobile device capable to communicate with short distance communication network should get the location information. Method and system also includes in the mobile device an application which is able to detect, analyze and deduce the location based on the pieces of location information got from the node or nodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: BT-WAY OYInventor: Anne Kontturi
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Patent number: 9622062Abstract: A navigating device and a vehicle are disclosed. A V2X communication circuit electrically connected with the navigating unit may be additionally provided in the navigating device; thereby a communication connection with nearby vehicles may be established via V2X communication. Since V2X is a kind of short-range communication, it is possible to perform interactions with nearby vehicle by establishing communication connection with nearby vehicles via V2X communication, and may address the technical problems that the navigating device in the related art have unitary functions and thus cannot perform interaction with nearby vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Leauto Intelligent Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd.Inventors: Wei Lin, Yu Zou, Yong Xu, WenRui Li, KunSheng Chen, Dan Li, Peng Liu, XiaoFei Gou
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Patent number: 9622016Abstract: An inter-app switching method on a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving at least one input associated with mobile app usage from a user and determining whether a pre-defined trigger is enabled based on the at least one received input. The method also includes performing routine user operations on the mobile device when the pre-defined trigger is disabled. Further, the method includes discovering a current user intent by utilizing at least one user interaction, recommending at least one mobile app recommendation and access point including at least an entrance to a function and a type of the function (FUNC) to the user, receiving a selection by the user from the at least one recommended FUNC, and directly switching from a current app page to another app page without returning to any home screen on the mobile device when the pre-defined trigger is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TCL RESEARCH AMERICA INC.Inventor: Haohong Wang
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Patent number: 9622170Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for energy saving in heterogeneous wireless communication networks are provided. The small cell (e.g., pico cell, relay cell, femto cell) may adjust its transmit power based on the requirement of user equipments (UEs) in the cell's coverage. The small cell may detect a UE entering its coverage with or without assistance from the macro cell. An appropriate small cell may be selected to serve the UE based on its traffic load when the UE is located in the coverage of multiple small cells. The small cell may also transmit auxiliary synchronization signals to reduce the association time for the UE.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Yajun Zhu, Zhijun Cai, David Nigel Freeman, Rene Waraputra Purnadi
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Patent number: 9615244Abstract: A first device stores a subscription manager and at least two subscriptions. A first subscription is active and a second subscription is non-active. A second device sends a request for switching to the second subscription. The subscription manager sets a first variable relating to a next active subscription to the second subscription. The subscription manager sends to the first device a message requesting the first device to re-launch an execution of the subscription manager and to read data. The first device sends to the subscription manager a message including a command for re-launching an execution of the subscription manager. The subscription manager de-activates, based upon the first variable value, the first subscription. The subscription manager activates, based upon the first variable value, the second subscription, and sends to the first device operating system data relating to the second subscription, as a current active subscription.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: GEMALTO SAInventors: Nicolas Roussel, Nicolas Joubert, Florent Labourie, Jérôme Duprez, Frédéric Faure
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Patent number: 9615238Abstract: A medical cellular device for use during travel is described. The device includes a call module, a geographic location determining module, and an application containing personal medical information, a database of emergency numbers and corresponding geographic locations, and a security module for selectively controlling display of the personal medical information on the device. The device allows an emergency number to be selected from the database of emergency numbers according to a geographic location of the device determined from the geographic location determining module. The call module is configured to transmit a signal from the device to the selected emergency number. The application is configured to lock access to the personal medical information. In embodiments, the personal medical information and/or instructions that medical help is needed can be transmitted to the selected emergency number as well.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Steven DiamondInventor: Steven Diamond
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Patent number: 9609476Abstract: A wireless device including: an antenna wirelessly coupled to a terminal, a network interface coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) that perform baseband processing, and a processor configured to: convert a wireless signal received from the terminal into a baseband signal to be transmitted to the BBU, convert a baseband signal received from the BBU into a wireless signal to be transmitted to the terminal, and determine, when failure occurs in the wireless device, whether the wireless device takes a measure against the failure or not based on a first index indicating a level of the failure and a second index relating to the number of users that are affected by the failure.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Reiko Mitsuze, Norio Murakami
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Patent number: 9609592Abstract: A method for operating a first user equipment in a wireless communication network, a method for operating a second user equipment in a wireless communication network, a method for operating a wireless communication network, and a wireless communication system are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Lars Nord, Anders Berggren
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Patent number: 9602648Abstract: An adapter may facilitate easy and swift data transfer amongst two previously incompatible electronic devices. Such an adapter may be operative to communicate data with a first of the two electronic devices using a contactless communication link and a first communication protocol and to communicate data with a second of the two electronic devices using a mechanical communication link and/or using a second communication protocol that is different than the first communication protocol, such that data may be transferred between the first and second electronic devices via the adapter. The adapter may be communicatively coupled to both the first electronic device and the second electronic device at the same time. The adapter may rapidly transition between communicating data with the first device and communicating data with the second device (e.g., without altering a physical connection between the adapter and one of the first and second devices during such a transition).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: KEYSSA SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Nicholas A. Antonopoulos, Roger D. Isaac, Mariel van Tatenhove
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Patent number: 9603189Abstract: A method, corresponding apparatuses, and a computer program product for multiSIM devices with embedded SIM functionality are provided. The method comprises downloading at least one subscription from a secure application manager to a secure element with remote provisioning functionality within a user equipment. The method also comprises determining whether or not to assign an identity related to the at least one subscription. The method further comprises informing the user equipment of the at least one subscription being present upon assignment of the identity. With the claimed inventions, subscriptions and a pool of identities can be efficiently and flexibly managed and maintained remotely.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Silke Holtmanns, Alireza Sohi
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Patent number: 9596670Abstract: A digitally stored map can indicate the signal quality for each of the map's regions. A device can determine its location, speed, and direction using global positioning system (GPS) and other sensors. Based on this information, the mobile device can predict a field of locations within which the device will probably be located within a specified future time frame. Based on both the information indicating signal quality and the probable future field of locations, the device can estimate a moment at which the device will probably begin to suffer from low-quality or absent signal. Using this prediction, the device can proactively perform a variety of anticipatory remedial actions. For example, the device can begin allocating a greater portion of currently available wireless network communication bandwidth to the reception of data packets that represent content that is being streamed to the device, so that the device can proactively buffer those packets.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Cherif Jazra, Leonardo A. Soto Matamala
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Patent number: 9596583Abstract: A wireless emergency alert system (also known as a wireless emergency alert system, or “WEA,” and formerly known as a commercial mobile alert system, or “CMAS”) receives a geotargeted federal alert that is to be delivered to mobile devices within a defined geographic region. A database of locations of access points is utilized by the system to identify those access points that are likely present in the defined region. The system identifies mobile devices that have an ongoing connection (e.g. IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) session) with the identified access points, in part by maintaining and accessing a look-up table containing location information for the access point and connected mobile devices. In addition, the system tracks mobile devices that no longer have an ongoing session and deregisters the appropriate mobile devices in the look-up table.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Timothy N. Dunn, Michael Hooker, Shelby Seward, Srini Bodapotula
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Patent number: 9591505Abstract: In “Immediate MDT,” location information on a mobile station UE is acquired along with “(MDT) MeasurementReport” for all “Trigger Types.” A setting unit 11 of a radio base station eNB according to the present invention is configured to be able to set “MeasConfig” and “includeLocInfo” to “RRCConnectionReconfiguration,” set “MeasObjectId,” “ReportConfigId,” and “MeasId” to the “MeasConfig,” and indicate in the “includeLocInfo” that location information on the mobile station UE is to be attached to “(MDT) MeasurementReport.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari, Kenichiro Aoyagi, Hideaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9591601Abstract: A method, control node, gateway and computer programs in a communications network for enabling communication with a newly detected device connected to the network. The method comprises receiving a request message including an id associated with the newly detected device from a gateway, and retrieving configuration data associated with the device based on the id, from a device vendor database, where the device vendor database is indicated by the id. The method further comprises providing a resource in the communications network based on the configuration data, acknowledging the request message to the gateway, thereby enabling the device to communicate with the resource in the communications network.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Teemu Rinta-Aho, Heikki Mahkonen, Tero Kauppinen
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Patent number: 9591428Abstract: A system and method for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning. The system includes receiving, over a network, a remote action list version number, the remote action list version number associated with a remote action list containing an instruction for the wireless device. The system further includes determining whether the remote action list version number is different from a local action list version number. The system also includes sending, over a network, a request for the remote action list in response to determining the remote action list version number is different from the local action list version number. Also, the system includes receiving, over a network, the remote action list.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sudheer Koganti, Stephen Sprigg, Amy McGaraghan, Brian Minear, Phil Nguyen
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Patent number: 9589531Abstract: Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal that is separate from the mobile terminal. This converted video signal is then provided for the alternative display terminal to accommodate the corresponding video display on a screen provided by the alternative (e.g., external) display terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Tiejun Wang, William E. Halal, Tiehong Wang, Ximing Wang
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Patent number: 9572042Abstract: A spectrum channel sharing system may coordinate a shared usage of one or more spectrum channels between a first communication system and a second communication system. The first communication system may transmit a request to the second communication system to clear communication traffic associated with the second communication system from a spectrum channel. The first communication system may then initiate a communication session on the spectrum channel after the communication traffic associated with the second communication system has been at least partially cleared from the spectrum channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: David Gywn Steer, Sophie Vrzic