Patents Examined by Cong Tran
  • Patent number: 9686418
    Abstract: Disclosed technology relates to a method for transmitting a message, and more specifically but without limitations, to a method for transmitting a message in which if a shooting gesture is inputted by a user, an image showing that a message box flies to a receiver is implemented as augmented reality and outputted to a screen, and a message is transmitted to the receiver. A method for transmitting a message in a user terminal according to one of the embodiments comprises the steps of: acquiring an image through a camera equipped in the user terminal; receiving a message transmission request from a user; outputting an image showing that a message box flies to the receiver while superimposing the image onto the acquired image according to the message transmission request; and transmitting the message to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Yong Chang Seo
  • Patent number: 9686394
    Abstract: A mobile device that makes it possible to prevent a person other than a user from being aware of information relating to a predetermined communication while also enabling the user to immediately be aware of the information relating to the predetermined communication. The mobile device includes a status determining section (41) for determining, in a case where a communication is received, whether or not the mobile device is being left unattended; and an output control section (42) for outputting predetermined received communication information in a case where the mobile device is not being left unattended, the output control section (42) skipping output of the predetermined received communication information in a case where the mobile device is being left unattended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Kimura
  • Patent number: 9681371
    Abstract: There is provided a method including detecting, by an apparatus, a first wireless access option; determining whether or not the first wireless access option shares at least part of a backbone with a second wireless access option; and deciding whether or not to associate with the first wireless access option at least partly on the basis of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Teemu Savolainen, Markus Isomaki
  • Patent number: 9680982
    Abstract: An emergency communication system for use with a home network manager having one or more associated network elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FIBAR GROUP S.A.
    Inventor: Maciej Fiedler
  • Patent number: 9674671
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a mobile device. The apparatus receives signals from one or more satellites. The apparatus determines an indoor/outdoor classification attribute of the apparatus among a plurality of indoor/outdoor classification attributes based on a number of satellites from which the apparatus receives the signals. The apparatus receives a message. The apparatus determines whether to forward the message based on the indoor/outdoor classification attribute and a type of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Karl Georg Hampel, Junyi Li, Vincent Douglas Park
  • Patent number: 9674289
    Abstract: A method of optimizing telecommunication services for a plurality of end users of a plurality of service sessions, each service session having a priority level, the method comprising the steps of: receiving compliance measure indicating that the service experience of at least one end user is compliant, for a snapshot, with expectations of the at least one end user within a telecommunication service providing a plurality of service sessions to a plurality of end users; determining if the received compliance measure is less than a predetermined threshold; and if the received compliance measure is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold, throttling at least one of the plurality of service sessions, that has not been throttled and has the lowest priority level, to optimize telecommunication services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Liam Fallon
  • Patent number: 9672240
    Abstract: A mobile device initiates communication with a server through a location based service and sends a user generated submission and a geolocation to the server. The server identifies an incomplete entry in a geographic database based on the geolocation and generates a probe question for the incomplete entry. The probe question requests that a user visually inspect or photograph an object or area near the geolocation. The server analyzes the information provided by the user in order to update the geographic database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Sergiy Fefilatyev, MacGregor Felix, Eric Linder, Gregory Titievsky, Maxim Khailo, Elizabeth Alonzi
  • Patent number: 9671835
    Abstract: A personal cloud contained in a case for a portable computing device such as a tablet personal computer (PC), mobile phones, portable media players, or the like. The personal cloud case may be fitted with memory, a network connection, two-way wireless charging, external memory slots, external connections and other components for portable personal cloud computing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatko Aurelio Filipovic, Weiping Wang, Adam James Wang
  • Patent number: 9661664
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are provided for placing emergency calls from a vehicle to a Public Safety Answering Point. An emergency call apparatus is configured to detect a trigger condition and, if the trigger condition is detected, send a telephone dial command through a vehicle communication network to a telecommunication apparatus to establish voice communication with the Public Safety Answering Point. A method is provided of retrofitting a vehicle with embedded telecommunication apparatus to enable single button access to emergency services without the need for a fee based subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Inventor: Axel Nix
  • Patent number: 9661501
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefor. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the mobile terminal can include a display unit, a sensing unit configured to sense an input signal and a controller, the controller, if a first input signal is sensed in a state that the display unit is inactivated, configured to enter a first unlock mode, the controller, if the first input signal is sensed in a state that the display unit is activated, configured to enter a second unlock mode. In this case, at least a part is different from each other between contents provided in the first unlock mode and contents provided in the second unlock mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jian Choi, Namki Kim
  • Patent number: 9654901
    Abstract: A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with an electronic device is provided. The method determining, among the plurality of external electronic devices, at least one external electronic device connected with the electronic device, transmitting signals to the at least one external electronic device, receiving data corresponding to the signals from the at least one external electronic device, selecting one of the at least one external electronic device based on the received data and transmitting an operation execution signal for the data to the selected external electronic device. A method of selecting an external electronic device connected with electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from the electronic device, transmitting data corresponding to the signal to the electronic device, receiving an operation execution signal for the data from the electronic device and performing at least one of various operations according to the operation execution signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjoon Won, James Powderly
  • Patent number: 9646500
    Abstract: A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: airsMobile Inc.
    Inventors: Olaf Martin Lubeck, John H. Hall
  • Patent number: 9648469
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described wherein an initiating device sends a communication requesting a voice call session with a recipient device. In response, the initiating device receives a communication indicating that the initiating device can provide a text message instead of establishing the voice call session. In some cases, the communication may refuse the request voice call session, while in other cases the communication may simply indicate that the recipient device supports text messaging as an alternative to voice mail. As a result of the received communication, the initiating device outputs a text input prompt. After receiving text input in response to the prompt, the initiating device sends a text message containing the received text input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Gilson
  • Patent number: 9642057
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed, according to which a mobile node, having a plurality of interfaces and performing communication according to flow information when an operator is performing communication based on the flow information as defined by a policy, can select an interface suitable for the flow and can perform communication. According to this technique, a mobile node (MN 10) having a plurality of interfaces has a list to indicate domain limited flows to be transmitted only within a specific network (a trusted network), and a list to indicate the trusted networks. When a certain interface performs handover, and in case there is a domain limited flow that uses the interface, it is decided whether the network of handover destination is a trusted network or not, and in case the network of the handover destination is not a trusted network, it is decided whether it is possible or not to transmit and receive the domain limited flow via another interface that is connected to the trusted network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Keigo Aso, Jun Hirano, Chan Wah Ng, Pek Yew Tan, Chun Keong Benjamin Lim, Tien Ming Benjamin Koh
  • Patent number: 9635163
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function can be performed using a more intuitive gesture. The present invention includes a touchscreen; a wireless communication device configured to communicate with an external terminal; a band configured to be worn on a user; a sensing device configured to sense movement of a physical object having the mobile terminal provided thereon; and a controller to detect a gesture based on the sensed movement, and to perform a prescribed function with respect to the external terminal based on the detected gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seojin Lee, Donghwan Yu, Samsick Kim
  • Patent number: 9635173
    Abstract: In a cellular communication system a radio terminal registers a network based service, e.g. a Communication Waiting supplementary service. By transmitting a register request comprising a corresponding option tag, the radio terminal explores whether the network supports the requested network based service. In that case a user profile associated with the requesting radio terminal is updated and the radio terminal may henceforth use that service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Vodafone GmbH
    Inventor: Marc Andre Rameil-Green
  • Patent number: 9635171
    Abstract: The present invention is to display a caller's user profile and a previously set content to a callee. The present invention provides a user profile display user terminal and a user profile display system that use a user profile server 200 to centrally manage the user profile of a caller who makes an outgoing call with a phone terminal 50, allow a callee who owns a user terminal 10 to set a content to be displayed or allow a caller to set the content to be displayed to a callee, depending on a caller, store the set content in a user profile database 250, so as to display the user profile and the content when the callee receives an incoming call and also so as to display a call log and an answering machine log that are related to the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OPTIM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji Sugaya
  • Patent number: 9622039
    Abstract: There is provided a technology for retrieving tourist information based on a user location which makes it easy for the user to retrieve accurate tourist information which she/she truly requires. A user's location on the map is measured and the plurality of reference areas are retrieved from memory storing a plurality of reference areas RA, RB, RC and RD allocated to a plurality of target objects A, B, C and D on the map which are correlated with a plurality of tourist information items, using the measured current location as a search key. A reference area including the measured current location is extracted from plurality of reference areas and tourist information, from plurality of tourist information items corresponds to the extracted reference area is provided to the user. Each reference area is defined by location, shape and size of area reflecting the attributes of corresponding target objects on the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SONO ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kunio Ukezono
  • Patent number: 9621730
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for notification of a message reception according to a property of a received message are disclosed. A first terminal receives a message transmitted from a second terminal, determines a notification method corresponding to the received message based on a result of the analysis of the received message, and then outputs a notification signal according to the determined notification method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Bohyun Yu, Dongjin Koh, Sunghyuk Shin, Suha Yoon
  • Patent number: 9622159
    Abstract: A system may include a wireless transceiver configured to scan for advertised services; and a processor programmed to receive a service identifier of a service from the wireless transceiver, verify a name included in the service identifier indicates that the service identifier is an in-vehicle component, and decode, from the service identifier, a relative location within the vehicle, a zone controlled by the in-vehicle component, and a category of functionality of the in-vehicle component. A method may include enumerating characteristics of a service of an in-vehicle component describing configurable functions of the in-vehicle component; retrieving a control state of the in-vehicle component using a read characteristic of the service; generating a user interface of the in-vehicle component indicating the configurable functions and the control state; and updating the control state of the in-vehicle component using a write characteristic of the service responsive to user input to the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, James Stewart Rankin, II, Stephen Ronald Tokish, Stuart C. Salter, Gary Steven Strumolo