Abstract: A method of determining room occupancy of a room in a facility having an indoor positioning system with wireless access point fingerprints each correlated to a location in the facility. The method may include receiving a request from a computing device for a room occupancy assessment associated with the room. It may further include obtaining location data that correlates to the location of one or more people from the indoor positioning system and determining from the location data associated with the room whether the room is occupied. The determination of whether the room is occupied is then sent to the computing device.

Abstract: Provided in one embodiment of the present invention is a method for receiving data through an unlicensed band. The method is a method for receiving data using a terminal using both a licensed band and an unlicensed band, for the purpose of communicating with a mobile communication base station, and comprises the steps of: transmitting through the unlicensed band, a Clear To Send (CTS) frame defined by a wireless LAN (WLAN), before receiving a data channel from the mobile communication base station; and a specific frame or a specific subframe receiving, through the unlicensed band and from the mobile communication base station, a data channel, after transmitting the CTS frame, wherein the specific frame or the specific subframe by which the data channel is received can be a frame or a subframe used in a mobile communication system which is operated on the licensed band.

Abstract: It is difficult to distinguish facility types. It is difficult to estimate a fluctuating population from the number of communication terminals. A log information obtaining unit which obtains log information in which positional information of a wireless terminal and clock time information at which the positional information is obtained are associated, a population fluctuation pattern determination unit which determines a population fluctuation pattern based on the log information, a type determination unit which determines a type of a facility based on the population fluctuation pattern determined by the population fluctuation pattern determination unit, with reference to basic pattern information indicating a population fluctuation pattern for each facility type, and an estimated value deriving unit which extracts calculation basic information corresponding to the facility type determined by the type determination unit to derive an estimated value of the population movement of the facility are comprised.

Abstract: A call loop avoidance capability is provided for preventing formation of a call loop resulting from handling of a mobile terminated (MT) call in parallel with a location update for a mobile device (MD) in a wireless communication network. The call loop avoidance capability prevents formation of a call loop between an old mobility and call management entity (MCME) and a new MCME when delivery of an MT call to an MD is performed while the MD is in the process of moving from the old MCME to the new MCME using a location update procedure. An enhanced call routing procedure supports direct delivery of the MT call from the new MCME to the MD (rather than delivery of the MT call by the new MCME to the MD via the old MCME) in order to prevent formation of a call loop between the old MCME and the new MCME.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.

Abstract: An indoor positioning data system includes a mobile device having an indoor positioning system (IPS) mobile app, an enterprise server having a control processor, a datastore including a data metric analytic algorithm, and position beacons distributed throughout a volume of an indoor space to be monitored configured to broadcast their respective positions. The control processor configured to perform the data metric analytic algorithm, to collect position information from the mobile device and position information from the position beacons, to compare the collected position information to a predetermined distance threshold, if the collected position information is within the predetermined distance threshold, record the position of the mobile device in the data records, and display results of the data metric algorithm on a display of a client computing device. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable instructions is also disclosed.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a radio processing circuit and a baseband processing circuit adapted to interact with the radio processing circuit. The mobile terminal device is configured to detect network access points on one or more carrier channels using a first radio scan and a second radio scan by obtaining one or more scan results of the first radio scan, each of the scan results of the first radio scan corresponding to a carrier channel targeted for radio scan by the first radio scan, identifying one or more selected scan results from the one or more scan results of the first radio scan, each of the one or more selected scan results of the first radio scan corresponding to a carrier channel targeted for radio scan by the second radio scan, and selecting the one or more selected scan results of the first radio scan as scan results of the second radio scan, and performing mobile communications using the scan results of the first radio scan or the scan results of the second radio scan.

Abstract: This invention related to a communication device and a method for operating a communication device comprising a transceiver being adapted to communicate in a communication network, comprising a configuration phase including the step of (a1) the communication device obtaining by means of a first telecommunication mode a selected role profile selected out of a set of role profiles, said selected role profile defining the role of the communication device in the communication network in an operation phase, and an operation phase including the steps of (b1) the communication device disabling or maintaining its transceiver to communicate by means of the first telecommunication mode depending on the selected role profile; (b2) the communication device communicating in the network using a second telecommunication mode.

Abstract: A remote sensing device, system and method is described. The remote sensing device includes an enclosure, a smartphone, and a separate microcontroller. The smartphone is disposed within the enclosure. The separate microcontroller is communicatively coupled to the smartphone. The separate microcontroller includes a power management module, a microcontroller processor, and a wireless sensor network. The power management module is electrically coupled to an auxiliary battery that powers the smartphone. The separate microcontroller is communicatively coupled to smartphone and the separate microcontroller controls the power management module. The wireless sensor network includes a wireless communication interface that is different from the smartphone wireless communication interface. The remote sensing system includes a remote sensing component, a network module such as a web application server, and a database.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and control method to share content with a device and control the device are provide. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit to communicate with a host and the device; a search unit to receive content information and device information; an input unit to receive a content selection signal and a device selection signal; and a control unit to control the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives content information from a host and selects content to be outputted to a device selected from device information from the host. The mobile terminal controls the selected device using control commands transmitted to the selected device based on a control mode. If the control mode is not stored in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal may receive the control mode from the host.

Abstract: A system includes a database of image data associated with a vehicle; and control logic configured to cause a user device to capture one or more images and compare data associated with the one or more images with the image data to determine if a user is present in a vehicle and disable a text messaging function at least in part responsive to the determination using the image data.

Abstract: An approach is disclosed that receives, from a number of mobile devices, time data with the timing data is based on an elapsed time from a timing signal and line-of-sight events directed to the mobile devices. A location of each of the mobile devices is determined based on the respective timing data received from each of the mobile devices. A portion of an overall image to display at each of the mobile devices is determined based on the identified location of the mobile devices, and the overall image is displayed by transmitting the determined portion to each of the plurality of mobile devices.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.

Abstract: A provisioning device may be shipped to a client and used to automatically provision an IoT device to join a local network to communicate with a remote service provider. In response to a trigger input, the provisioning device creates a wireless hotspot that is recognizable by an IoT device as a provisioning hotspot. The provisioning device receives a signal from the IoT device indicating that the IoT device is available to be provisioned. The provisioning device obtains provisioning data and transmits the provisioning data to the IoT device. The IoT device uses the provisioning data to connect to a local wireless network and to establish a connection to the remote service provider. The IoT device may then use one or more IoT services of the service provider.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a site-specific activity at a plurality of remote locations, for example, the inspection of geographically remote equipment or the gathering of data for a census. A mobile operator transports a portable tool to a plurality of locations where a site-specific activity is to be conducted. The portable tool includes a location detection device. Processing of data using the portable tool is enabled only when the portable tool is located proximate a designated site, as determined by the location detection device. In various embodiments, the enabled site-specific activity may include data recordation, data transmission, data reception, data processing, and/or the display of a data entry form.

Abstract: Systems and methods for location tracking notification are provided. Location sharing involves a mobile device sending location information to another device. This can allow another device to track the geographic location of the mobile device. Even though permissions can restrict access of the location information to only authorised users, the user of the mobile device might nonetheless wish to be informed of when another user is tracking their location. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, if the location of the mobile device is being tracked, then the mobile device executes a user notification indicating that the location of the mobile device is being tracked. This can inform the user that their location is being tracked.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present specification provides a data channel reception method. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving, from a first cell, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) and a data channel; receiving, from a second cell, configuration information of an MBMS over a single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe according to the movement from the first cell to the second cell; receiving, from the second cell, the CRS and the data channel of the first cell on at least one MBSFN subframe according to the configuration information; and demodulating the data channel received from the second cell on the basis of the CRS of the first cell received from the second cell.

Abstract: A wireless device receives at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a secondary cell configured with scheduling request (SR) resources. The wireless device receives an activation command indicating activation of the secondary cell. The wireless device determines that the secondary cell has an invalid SR resource when in a subframe: an SR process is pending; the SR resources are configured in the subframe; and a time alignment timer of the sTAG comprising the secondary cell is not running in the subframe.