Patents Examined by Edward Urban
  • Patent number: 10116779
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing information at an electronic device. Call history information for a phone number is displayed on a display of the electronic device. An option is displayed on the display of the electronic device. The option is either a first option for editing information associated with the phone number or a second option for adding the phone number to an address book based on whether the phone number is in the address book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jeong-Sik Cho, Young-Jip Kim, Young-Seop Han, Jun-Young Choe, Kyung-Shin Lee, Tae-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10116355
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus comprises a power supply unit which outputs power to a power receiving apparatus in a non-contact manner, a first communication unit which communicates with the power receiving apparatus through a first communication scheme, a second communication unit which communicates with the power receiving apparatus through a second communication scheme, and a control unit which carries out control such that first power is output from the power supply unit, and in the case where first device information and second device information obtained from the power receiving apparatus meet a predetermined condition, a state of connection with the power receiving apparatus is continued by the second communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10117092
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate the transfer and reconditioning of mobile computing devices. Various embodiments can receive and store mobile computing devices, perform a variety of tests and analyses on such devices, remove or backup the user's data from the mobile device, and configure the device for resale or reuse by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Future Dial, Inc.
    Inventors: George Huang, Jisheng Li, Dwight Sing Huang
  • Patent number: 10116345
    Abstract: A multifunctional case for cell phones, tablets, and other personal electronic devices with flip, sliding, and adjustable magnifying lens for viewing a screen is disclosed. The multifunctional case includes options with a detachable lens and a handle, allowing a user carrying a smartphone or similar personal electronic device mounted in the multifunctional case an immediately available means to magnify print on objects, giving the user various ways to eliminate many occasions where reading glassed are needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventors: Elise Brisco, Andrew Shaifer
  • Patent number: 10102759
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions are provided. In one embodiment, a method for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions comprises: receiving aircraft position information for a plurality of aircraft; forming an aircraft weather group based on flight path attributes derived from the aircraft position information; selecting at least a first representative aircraft from the weather group; and receiving at a weather information ground station, weather data from one or more representative aircraft of the aircraft weather group, wherein only the one or more representative aircraft transmit weather information to the weather information ground station from the aircraft weather group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Haiming Wang, Leo Wang, Yi Zhong
  • Patent number: 10103764
    Abstract: A wearable device for information delivery may comprise a physiological sensor, a microprocessor, a display and a wearable housing. The wearable device may effectively receive a signal, convert the signal into information and renders a layout on a display. A method for information delivery may comprise signal reception step, signal transformation step and information visualization step. The method may be extensively applied in a wearable device or a device comprising at least a physiological sensor, a microprocessor and a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN BIOPHOTONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyh-Chern Chen, Yu-Tang Li, Ting-Ju Chen, Wei-Ping Huang, Chih-Hsun Fan
  • Patent number: 10098179
    Abstract: A compact electronic device as a constituent element of a wireless communication system using a sensor. A first feature of the device is that a first semiconductor chip is bare-chip-mounted over a front surface of a first wiring board in the form of a chip and a second semiconductor chip is bare-chip-mounted over a second wiring board in the form of a chip. A second feature is that a wireless communication unit and a data processing unit which configure a module are separately mounted. A third feature is that the first and second wiring boards are stacked in the board thickness direction to make up the module (electronic device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamamichi, Hirokazu Honda, Masaki Watanabe, Junichi Arita, Norio Okada, Jun Ueno, Masashi Nishimoto, Michitaka Kimura, Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10098069
    Abstract: Mobile devices periodically send resource usage reports to an energy server. The reports include information such as an amount of energy used during a time interval, and identify processes that are executed on the mobile devices during the time interval. These reports are analyzed by the energy server and are used to generate statistics regarding the energy used by the mobile devices and the processes that are executed by the mobile devices. When a mobile device experiences a suspected energy spike, the mobile device generates and sends a report to the energy server. After confirming the energy spike, the energy server uses the statistics and the received report to identify one or more causes of the energy spike. The causes can include one or more processes, or the mobile device itself. The mobile device can reduce the amount of energy used based on the identified causes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranveer Chandra, Omid Fatemieh, Parya Moinzadeh, Chandramohan A. Thekkath, Yinglian Xie
  • Patent number: 10097226
    Abstract: A mounting base (14) is fixed to an antenna (13) or an antenna bracket (15) for supporting the antenna (13). A baseband unit (11) and an RF unit (12) are fixed to the mounting base (14). The baseband unit (11) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed to face a back part (132) of the antenna (13) and to form a space between the back part (132) and the first enclosure (111). The RF unit (12) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed in the space formed between the back part (132) of the antenna (13) and the baseband unit (11) and is coupled to a waveguide flange (132) of the antenna (13). Thus, for example, in a configuration of a point-to-point wireless apparatus in which an RF unit and a baseband unit are separated, restrictions on installation space of the apparatus can be facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10091606
    Abstract: Systems and methods of enrolling sensor devices with a control panel device using a mobile device are provided. Some methods can include detecting signals received from sensor devices, identifying a signal strength of each of the signals, displaying a list of each of the sensor devices and the signal strength of respective signals received from respective ones of the sensor devices, receiving user input to select at least one of the sensor devices, and transmitting an identifying signal to a control panel device to enroll the at least one sensor device with the control panel device for configuration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Uday Krishna P, Gopi Krishna Ratnakaram, Shanmuga Prabhu M, Samidurai Krishnamoorthy, Balamurugan Ganesan
  • Patent number: 10090943
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes receiving a signal strength corresponding to a long range wireless link established between a first directional wireless radio and a second wireless radio, the signal strength varying over time as the first directional wireless radio is aligned with a second wireless radio by an installer, and producing a sound indicator indicative of the signal strength. The sound indicator varies over time as the first directional wireless radio is aligned with the second wireless radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mimosa Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Hinman, Jaime Fink
  • Patent number: 10085204
    Abstract: A data transmission system includes a device and a base. The base includes a near field communication (NFC) module and a processing module configured to determine whether a wireless network exits. The NFC module includes a determining unit configured to determine whether the NFC module writes a predetermined tag after the processing module determines the wireless network exits and configured to determine whether the predetermined tag is an authorization code, a sending unit configured to send a service set identifier (SSID) and a password to the device after the predetermined tag is the authorization code, and a control unit configured to switch an input mode of the base to a wireless network mode after the SSID and the password are sent to the device. The device is configured to be connected to the wireless network after receiving the SSID and the password. A communication method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Kang Chiang, Wei-Ting Lin, Ru-Me Na Jiang, Al-Guo Cheng, Ko-Yi Lee, Ping-Chuan Tsai, Jing-Hu Song, Shuo-Hsiu Chang
  • Patent number: 10084502
    Abstract: A case for use with an electronic device includes a base portion with side portions extending therefrom forming a pocket. The case also includes a first material generally at an exterior of the pocket, forming a majority of an exterior surface of the base portion, and a second material secured to and having a higher coefficient of friction than the first material, generally at an interior of the pocket. The second material protrudes through aperture(s) in the first material at the base portion to protrude from the interior to the exterior of the base portion, and outward from the first material such that the second material contacts a support surface when the base portion is placed thereon. The protruding second material extends away from the aperture(s) on opposing surfaces of the first material at the exterior and interior of the pocket to provide securement between the first and second materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FELLOWES, INC.
    Inventors: Harsh Gandhi, Taiwon Choi, Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10085217
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display; a battery configured to supply power to the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to measure a remaining charge of the battery, measure an available time of the battery based on the measured remaining charge of the battery and a load of the mobile terminal, and output a predetermined pre-notice event when an upcoming scheduled event is present after the available time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyunmin Kim
  • Patent number: 10080121
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for a user to place an order with a service provider using a Bluetooth-enabled apparatus that connects to a Bluetooth-enabled phone. Upon pressing a button on the Bluetooth-enabled apparatus, the apparatus and the phone automatically pair, and the phone automatically dials a preset number and sends a preset message to the service provider. A confirmation can be sent to the user. An order can also be placed automatically when the lid of the apparatus is opened. The apparatus can include indicator lights to signal errors and/or the status of the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TBWA\RAAD Middle East
    Inventor: Rafael Guida
  • Patent number: 10069539
    Abstract: There may be included: a demodulation section configured to perform, based on a modulated signal transmitted from an associated communication device, amplitude change demodulation and phase change demodulation, and configured to select a demodulated signal demodulated with either one of the amplitude change demodulation and the phase change demodulation; and a modulation section configured to modulate magnetic field generated by the associated communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Iida, Kazukuni Takanohashi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oguchi
  • Patent number: 10070247
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication by an advertising Bluetooth (BT) device is described. The method includes detecting an energy level that indicates a corrupt connection request sent by a remote BT device. The method also includes determining that there is a failed connection attempt based on the corrupt connection request. The method further includes performing connectable advertising at a faster rate to allow the remote BT device to reconnect quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mayank Batra, Robin Heydon
  • Patent number: 10064036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for establishing communication between a plurality of devices. A first advertising packet comprising an identifier of the first electronic device is broadcast to at least one other device in a first radio communication mode. At least one responding advertising packet request is received from the at least one other device. A communication link in a second radio communication mode is established with a device from which a responding advertising packet was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyuk Kang
  • Patent number: 10056926
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for transmitting and receiving inter-cell information for cancelling inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting and receiving inter-cell information may comprise the steps of: taking a PMI set which is a set of PMIs of a signal generating interference to an area partitioned in a predetermined direction and transmitting same to the base station of an adjacent cell transmitting the signal generating interference; and receiving, from the base station of the adjacent cell, PMI information on at least one of the PMIs included in the PMI set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ilmu Byun, Heejeong Cho, Hyunsoo Ko, Hyeyoung Choi, Kungmin Park
  • Patent number: 10058000
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a casing of an electronic device includes: a first casing member, having a first casing portion, a first side portion surrounding the first casing portion, and a first peg disposed in the first casing portion; a second casing member, having a second casing portion, a second side portion surrounding the second casing portion, and a second pegs disposed in the second casing portion and configured to be corresponsive to the first peg; a waterproof member, having a ring portion and a packing portion integrally coupled with each other, and the ring portion being surrounded continuously by the first and second side portions and clamped between the first and second side portions, and the packing portion being disposed between the first and second pegs; and plural locking elements, passing into the first and second pegs to combine with the first and second casing members respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CAL-COMP BIG DATA, INC.
    Inventor: Ming-Hua Hung