Patents Examined by Diane Mizrahi
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Patent number: 9743247Abstract: A navigation device, which works as a position information providing device for providing information on positions to a user, includes a terminal ECU that can log in management servers, each of which manages a social networking service (SNS) to which information can be posted, via a line network. The terminal ECU logs in the management servers via the line network in synchronization with a start operation of the navigation device to acquire the whole or a part of posting information on positions posted to the SNS by network users and accumulated in the management servers.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Endo, Chihaya Todoroki, Hiroaki Sekiyama, Takayuki Sumiya
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Patent number: 9733975Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network experience shifting, and, in particular embodiments, using either a roaming or portable hypervisor associated with a user or a local hypervisor unassociated with the user. In some embodiments, a network node in a first network might receive, via a first network access device in a second network, a request from a user device to establish roaming network access, and might authenticate a user associated with the user device, the user being unassociated with the first network access device. Based in part on a determination that the user is authorized to access data, content, profiles, and/or software applications that are accessible via a second network access device, the network node might establish a secure private connection through a hypervisor communicatively coupled to the first network access device to provide the user with access to her data, content, profiles, and/or software applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLCInventors: Charles I. Cook, Kevin M. McBride, Matthew J. Post, William R. Walker
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Patent number: 9736295Abstract: In an aspect of embodiments, a mobile electronic device includes a storage, a display, an atmospheric pressure measurement module, a determinator, and a position corrector. The storage stores a floor map for each of floors in a building. The display displays a current position of an own device in the floor on the floor map. The atmospheric pressure measurement module measures atmospheric pressure acting on the own device. The determinator determines whether the own device is moving between the floors based on a change in the atmospheric pressure. The position corrector corrects the current position of the own device to be displayed on the floor map when the determinator determines that the own device is moving between the floors.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike
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Patent number: 9736634Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to wireless coverage indication. In some embodiments, a current location of a user device may be obtained. Coverage information of wireless coverage associated with the user device may be obtained. A change in coverage may be determined based at least in part on the current location and the coverage information. A notification may be generated based at least in part on the change in coverage. The notification may be transmitted to one or more intended recipients, such as a user of the user device (e.g., in response to a query for information associated with the change in coverage) or one or more applications executing on the user device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Amir Shenhav, Tomer Daniel, Jonathan Segev
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Patent number: 9730195Abstract: A radio communication method, includes: notifying a radio terminal of first set information, from at least one communication point among a plurality of communication points, based on information of a reception level on the radio terminal, the first set information specifying one or more candidates of reception points to receive a signal transmitted from the radio terminal among one or more communication points capable of coordinated communication from the plurality of communication points; and notifying the radio terminal of second set information, from at least one communication point among the plurality of communication points, in reception of a signal from the radio terminal, the second set information specifying one or more reception points to be used for reception of a signal transmitted by the radio terminal among one or more reception points specified in the first set information.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: 9723153Abstract: A system and method for generating Call Detail Records (CDR) to optimize network usage notifications to a mobile device subscriber. The system and method can include a billing system module that determines CDR generation parameters for the mobile device subscriber based on the mobile device subscriber's network usage, including increasing CDR generation when the mobile device subscriber's network usage relative to a predetermined quota is high and/or decreasing CDR generation when the mobile device subscriber's network usage relative to the predetermined quota is low. The CDR generation parameters can be applied to control CDR generation for the mobile device subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: AFFIRMED NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Deepak Garg, Srinivas Kappla, Philip To
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Patent number: 9723143Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the invention relate to automated business and service dialing. According to one exemplary embodiment, a business dialing system is disclosed. The system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of business objects containing phone numbers corresponding to a plurality of business entities. The system further includes a user input device configured to detect key presses. The system also includes a processor coupled to the user input device and the memory. The processor is configured to generate a key sequence and a number sequence based on the detected key presses. The processor is further configured to search the memory for business objects corresponding to the key sequence. The system further includes a display device configured to display the number sequence and the business objects. The user input interface is further configured to detect a selection of a business object, among the business objects, or a dial command.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SHANGHAI CHULE (COO TEK) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jialiang Wang, Kan Zhang, Yang Zhao, Haichao Xie
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Patent number: 9723478Abstract: Disclosed are a UE configuration method, network side device and system for proximity awareness in the present invention, which are used to achieve the function of obtaining the service information by proximity awareness between terminals in a cellular communication system. The network side device configures the service ID of each service type to be sent by the transmission UE and the temporary device ID, and the network side device configures the service ID filtering template for the receiving UE according to the service types to be received by the receiving UE, and thus the configured transmission UE and the receiving UE can obtain the service information by proximity awareness.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Bin Jiao, Ying Wang
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Patent number: 9720098Abstract: The positioning device includes: a GPS processing unit configured to receive a signal from a GPS satellite and measure a position where the positioning device is located; a data storage unit configured to register a planned positioning point where a position is measured; and a GPS control unit configured to control timing to start up the GPS processing unit such that the GPS processing unit be ready in time for measurement at the registered planned positioning point.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoto Toda
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Patent number: 9723474Abstract: Provided in one disclosure of the present specification is a method for transmitting a detection signal from user equipment (UE). The method comprises the steps of: driving a mobility management (MM) delay time timer, when the MM delay time timer is received by the UE from a mobility management entity (MME) in a network; confirming the priority for detecting at least one other UE, when detection of the at least one other UE is required before the MM delay time timer expires; and randomly selecting a resource based on a shared resource pool included in system information, which is broadcasted from a base station, and then transmitting to the at least one other UE a detection signal including a proximity service code from the randomly selected resource, when the detection of the at least one other UE is considered to have high priority or to be urgent.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Laeyoung Kim, Jinsook Ryu, Hyunsook Kim, Jaehyun Kim
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Patent number: 9713112Abstract: The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for correlating registrations with subsequent requests for service, e.g., calling or other services or active calls. In one embodiment requests and corresponding registrations are determined through a method of operating a session border controller (SBC) which includes the assignment of a registration instance identifier by the SBC to each registration request, sending a first message including the registration instance identifier to each user device in response to each registration request, and determining if subsequent requests correspond to the registration instance based on the registration instance identifier being included in subsequent requests. In another embodiment, after a SBC switchover, the new SBC forks a mid-dialog request received for a first call to all active registered devices having the same address of record and determines based on the responses which device has an active dialog corresponding to the first call.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: SONUS NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Tolga Asveren, Subhransu S. Nayak
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Patent number: 9706049Abstract: Individuals often place calls on behalf of a group or collection of individuals. As provided herein, a caller may access or establish a group number to be presented to a callee. The callee then receives the call, such as by answering, caller identifier display, etc., and may wish to return the call. The callee then places a call to the group, rather than the individual who placed the call, which is then routed to members of the group. Any member of the group may then answer the call, thus avoiding issues associated with the originating caller being unavailable when any member of the group could address the purpose of the call. Additionally, status information may be automatically provided to allow group members to receive activity notification for calls to and/or from the group. For example, an indication that a call to an individual was placed on behalf of the group and, optionally, the status (e.g., answered, voicemail, etc.) of the call.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventor: Jibin George
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Patent number: 9705903Abstract: A call control device including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive a call request from a communication device, a source of the call request being a terminal, the call request being transferred by the communication device when the terminal is registered in a management device, and request the management device to deregister the terminal when the call control device is determined that the call control device is attacked from the terminal based on the call request.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Ryouji Nakamatsu, Hiromitsu Kajiyama, Shigehiko Hirata, Hideo Okawa, Akio Koga
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Patent number: 9706387Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for performing an inter Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) discovery, by a User Equipment (UE), in Device to Device (D2D) communication. The method includes determining one or more PLMNs to monitor for receiving discovery information. Further, the method includes determining discovery resources configured in each of the one or more PLMNs. Furthermore, the method includes monitoring discovery resources configured in the one or more PLMNs to receive the discovery information.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Young-Bin Chang
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Patent number: 9706379Abstract: A method for transmitting alert messages relating to a crowd gathering to one or more user devices in a communication network comprising the steps of receiving data from one or more data sources at a central alert system, wherein said data comprises the geo-location of the crowd gathering; classifying the crowd gathering based on processing the received data on one or more pre-determined criteria stored in the central alert system; identifying the geo-location of one or more user devices in proximity to the identified geo-location of the crowd gathering; generating an alert message based on the classification of the crowd gathering; and transmitting the generated alert messages to the one or more user devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Galib Gaurav, Srjdhar Ganta, Divyashree Krishnamurthy, Shankar Prasad, Chandrasekhar Ramamoorthi, Parashuram Aravinda Osekar
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Patent number: 9699702Abstract: A communication control method according to a first aspect is a method in a mobile communication system for supporting dual connectivity communication using a master base station for establishing RRC connection with a user terminal and a secondary base station for providing additional radio resources to the user terminal. The communication control method comprises: an inter-master base station handover procedure for performing handover of the user terminal from a source master base station to a target master base station without changing the secondary base station.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Masato Fujishiro, Katsuhiro Mitsui, Yushi Nagasaka, Kugo Morita, Fangwei Tong, Henry Chang
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Patent number: 9699655Abstract: When manufacturing, distributing, or selling mobile phones, each phone is associated with an asymmetric cryptographic key pair, comprising a public key and a private key. The private key is stored on the phone, and the public key is stored in a public key repository. When connecting to a cellular network, a phone provides its device ID to the network. The cellular network queries the public key repository to determine the public key of the phone and authenticates the phone using the phone's public key. The cellular network also provides a digital identity certificate to the phone, allowing the phone to authenticate the cellular network using a public key infrastructure (PKI).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Arturo Silis
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Patent number: 9699673Abstract: A subscriber management system for maintaining active communication sessions during subscriber maintenance activities is provided. The system can delay detaching mobile devices from the mobile network when there are active communication sessions that are associated with subscriber management maintenance activities or customer care activities in order to avoid disrupting the subscriber experience. The system can delay deleting the subscriber information until the active sessions have ended, which will allow the customer care activities to continue uninterrupted. In an embodiment, the subscriber management system can determine whether to detach the active communication session based on the priority of the session, such as whether it is real-time, or with a customer care element of the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Jiansong Wang, Ryan Redfern
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Patent number: 9693267Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for mobility management at a network management center. The method comprises indicating a target access node to a terminal device being served by a source access node, in response to determining that the terminal device needs to be handed over to the target access node. The method also comprises transmitting network-related context information of the terminal device to the target access node that receives terminal-related context information of the terminal device from the terminal device. By virtue of this method, the access node may be made with a simple and low cost structure; deployment of access nodes may be more flexible and handover of the terminal device may be more efficient.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Rui Fan, Gunnar Mildh, Qianxi Lu
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Patent number: 9693301Abstract: Because it is not possible to sufficiently reduce the number base stations that start uselessly in spite of being in a low traffic state, it is not possible to lower interference between adjacent cells and power consumption sufficiently. A base station starts transmission of a control signal with predetermined power when communication between another base station and a mobile station is started and a first predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi Nakamura, Kojiro Hamabe, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Kazushi Muraoka