Patents Examined by Edward Urban
  • Patent number: 9788350
    Abstract: A wireless connection method between a plurality of electronic devices using an out of band channel is provided. The wireless connection method includes receiving a first hash value through the out of band channel, receiving device identification information of electronic devices in proximity to an electronic device through a main wireless channel, calculating hash values of the device identification information, and performing a wireless connection of the electronic device with a surrounding electronic device that has the hash value identical to the first hash value among the calculated hash values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Ha Park, Sergey Zhidkov, Hyun-Su Hong
  • Patent number: 9780892
    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: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Mimosa Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Hinman, Jaime Fink
  • Patent number: 9775051
    Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) signal boosters are provided. A radio frequency signal booster can include a housing integrated with a base station antenna. The booster includes a mobile station antenna port, and downlink and uplink amplifiers within the housing. The base station antenna can receive wireless communications signals on one or more downlink channels and transmit wireless communications signals on one or more uplink channels. Also, the mobile station antenna port can be connected to an integrated or separate mobile station antenna, which can provide communications signals on one or more downlink channels and receive wireless communications on one or more uplink channels. An isolator in the form of a reflector integrated with the housing can isolate the mobile station antenna from the base station antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: CELLPHONE-MATE, INC.
    Inventor: Hongtao Zhan
  • Patent number: 9769594
    Abstract: A device for supporting wireless communication is provided. The device includes a transceiver, an antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) front end system communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the antenna. The RF front end system may include: a RF sampling block coupled to the transceiver and configured to sample signals received from the transceiver and output voltage signals; a RF switching logic coupled to the RF sampling block to receive the voltage signals and configured to switch the front end RF system between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode; a RF transmission gain block coupled to the RF switching logic and configured to increase a transmission power of the signals received from the transceiver; and a RF receiving gain block coupled to the RF switching logic and configured to remove noise signals contained in radio frequency signals received from the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CASSIA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Kunpeng Zhang, Fuyong Zhao
  • Patent number: 9762274
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an elliptical inductance-capacitance (LC) filter and a resistive-capacitive (RC) notch filter serially coupled to the elliptical LC filter. The elliptical LC filter and the RC notch filter are configured to filter a radio-frequency (RF) signal received by a feedback receive path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shailesh Shekhar Rai, Mahim Ranjan, Jeremy Mark Goldblatt, Frederic Bossu, Vijay Chellappa
  • Patent number: 9756671
    Abstract: A communication mode for performing wireless connection of a communicating apparatus is decided based on a first command for performing wireless connection and a second command received following the first command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 9755591
    Abstract: An apparatus including: a plurality of amplifiers having a plurality of output ports, respectively, the plurality of amplifiers configured to amplify radio frequency (RF) signals received from at least one antenna; a plurality of demodulators configured to receive the amplified RF signals at a plurality of input ports, respectively, the plurality of demodulators configured to downconvert the received RF signals; and a plurality of switches configured to couple selected output ports of the plurality of amplifiers to selected input ports of the plurality of demodulators, wherein each switch of the plurality of switches is configured such that at least one of the plurality of output ports of the plurality of amplifiers is selectively coupled to any of multiple input ports of the plurality of input ports of the plurality of demodulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chuan Wang, Dongling Pan, Wing Fat Andy Lau, Jorge Andres Garcia, David Zixiang Yang
  • Patent number: 9756454
    Abstract: An personal portable communication device and system is provided which includes a handheld beacon that has a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, an indicator light and a short range signal receiver that transmits and receives signals to a secondary relay communication device such as a smartphone wherein the secondary device sends second communication signals including messages according to predetermined instructions to predetermined destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SILENT BEACON, LLC
    Inventor: Kenny Kelley
  • Patent number: 9755676
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless receiver carried by the housing and configured to receive communication signals over a wireless frequency range, a wireline transmitter carried by the housing and configured to transmit communication signals overlapping in frequency with the wireless frequency range, and a controller carried by the housing and coupled with the wireless receiver and the wireline transmitter. The controller may be configured to determine when the wireless receiver is to begin receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a suspended communication mode during which transmission is disabled. The controller may also be configured to determine when the wireless receiver has completed receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a normal communication mode in which transmission is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Brynn King, Lizhong Zhu, Mingchang Wang, Michael Stephen Corrigan, Chengzhi Wang
  • Patent number: 9742899
    Abstract: In an electronic control apparatus, a wireless data control section includes a wireless data reception section that moves wireless data stored in a first wireless data storage unit to an intermediate wireless data storage unit, and a wireless data management section that moves the wireless data stored in the intermediate wireless data storage unit to a second wireless data storage unit. An in-vehicle data control section includes an in-vehicle data reception section that moves in-vehicle data stored in a first in-vehicle data storage unit to an intermediate in-vehicle data storage unit. Herein, a process performed by the wireless data reception section takes precedence over a process performed by the in-vehicle data reception section and over a process performed by the wireless data management section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seigou Kumabe
  • Patent number: 9736798
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless device comprises measuring power of a Device-to-Device (D2D) signal used by the wireless device for D2D operation; determining a power difference between the measured power of the D2D signal and a physical Device-to-Device Synchronization Signal (D2DSS); estimating power of a D2DSS using the measured power of the D2D signal and the determined power difference; and performing a D2D operation using the estimated power of the D2DSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefano Sorrentino, Xinghua Song
  • Patent number: 9735854
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antenna swapping for a wireless, e.g., cellular, radio system. In particular, embodiments of a single-die antenna swapping switching circuit are disclosed. In some embodiments, the single-die antenna swapping switching circuit enables antenna swapping in a wireless device using only two coaxial cables or transmission line connections regardless of an order of an antenna multiplexer of the wireless device. This results in significant space savings, particularly as the order of the antenna multiplexer increases, compared to antenna swapping techniques that require a pair of coaxial cables or transmission lines for each order of the antenna multiplexer. In addition, the single-die antenna swapping switching circuit is designed to be located between a radio front-end system and the antenna multiplexer such that intermodulation distortion and harmonics resulting from the switches comprised in the single-die antenna swapping switching circuit are mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadim Khlat, Marcus Granger-Jones
  • Patent number: 9729423
    Abstract: A multi-sector antenna system is disclosed that includes two or more flat panel antennas facing different directions and configured to communicate with two separate sites using millimeter wave RF signals. A processing module is communicatively coupled to each of the flat panel antennas. In some embodiments, the processing module may be configured to receive incoming RF signals from a first site via a first flat panel antenna, convert the incoming RF signals to outgoing RF signals, and transmit the outgoing RF signals to a second site via the second flat panel antenna. The flat panel antennas may be configured to transmit and receive RF signals at frequencies in the range of about 57 GHz to 86 GHz. The multi-sector antenna system may be utilized in a mesh network system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Tinoco, Terry McManus
  • Patent number: 9729998
    Abstract: A method and apparatus associated with one or more wearable devices for a user includes utilizing the one or more wearable devices, for a set of functionality, in a first configuration by the user, wherein the user is in a specific role; communicating data, in a Personal Area Network (PAN), between the one or more wearable devices and between a mobile device associated with the user; and providing information to a recommendation engine, wherein the information is related to the specific role, the set of functionality, and the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart S Kreitzer, Jesus F Corretjer
  • Patent number: 9723571
    Abstract: An information format and apparatus used by a base station to make a scheduling decision when the base station allocates resources to a terminal in a mobile communication system are provided. Operations of a terminal to report a maximum transmission power accurately to the base station in a scheduling process are also provided. A method for calculating a maximum transmit power in a constant manner regardless of a channel status is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Soo Jeong, Soeng Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 9723435
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for transferring a file from a sending wireless device to a receiving wireless device in a short-range wireless system. A file to be sent to the receiving wireless device is selected on the sending wireless device. The sending wireless device has a device list of receiving wireless devices. If the receiving wireless device is absent on the device list, the sending wireless device searches and identifies new devices. A device among the identified new devices is selected as the receiving wireless device. A connection is established between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device; and the file is sent to the receiving wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Bukurak, Przemyslaw Abratowski, Kem-Laurin Kramer
  • Patent number: 9723471
    Abstract: Triggering an event of interest in a mobile device based on communications established with nearby wireless devices can include receiving a challenge of the event of interest; obtaining a corresponding expression of a combination key with reference to the event in response to the challenge; receiving an identified data of the wireless devices in the vicinity of the mobile device; comparing the identified data with the expression to determine if the expression is a true value; and executing the event of interest in response to the true value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li-Ju Chen, Wei-Hsiang Hsiung, Rick M. F. Wu, Ming-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 9723655
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication interfacing unit, a display unit, and a processor. The processor operable to perform operations includes controlling the display unit to display a user interface; controlling the display unit to display a first icon on the user interface, in which the first icon indicates a first strength of a first signal of a radio access technology (RAT) received by the communication interfacing unit; and controlling the display unit to display a second icon on the user interface corresponding to a second strength of a second signal of the RAT received by the communication interfacing unit, in which the first signal and the second signal are transmitted by different devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9716967
    Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus includes an antenna controller and a target-side data transceiver. Before data communication is performed with an information processing apparatus via an antenna of the communication terminal apparatus, the antenna controller changes at least one of a resistive component of the antenna, voltage to be applied to the antenna, and current to be applied to the antenna, thereby changing a state of the antenna to cause a change in a magnetic field that results from the change in the state of the antenna and can be sensed by the information processing apparatus. After the antenna controller has changed the state of the antenna, the target-side data transceiver performs the data communication with the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9706923
    Abstract: A system includes wireless sensor devices monitoring a patient, a gateway device providing dual-frequency adaptive protocol time synchronization signals to the sensor devices, the time synchronization signals including a communication frame structure having time slots including two beacon signal time slots and a plurality of data slots, where the sensor devices transmit respective patient data a first time interleaved within a first data slot and a second time interleaved within a second data slot, the first interleaved data transmission and the second interleaved data transmission are each transmitted at respective different frequencies provided to the sensor devices in beacon signals received from the gateway device. The first interleaved data transmission includes both current data and previous data from the at least two wireless sensor devices, and a frequency agility pattern separates adjacent channels by a respective predetermined frequency offset. A method and non-transitory medium are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stanislava Soro, David Michael Davenport, Steven William Wik, S M Shajedul Hasan