Patents Examined by Erica Navar
  • Patent number: 8909231
    Abstract: A communication system, femto cell, and clustering and handover method of the same are provided. The method includes storing identity information and customer information for a plurality of femto base stations, generating, when location information of the corresponding femto base stations are received, at least one cluster including at least one of the femto base stations according to the customer information and location information, sharing the identity information of the corresponding femto base station in the cluster. The method is capable of supporting handover between femto base stations so as to secure reliable communication service connectivity for the terminal on the move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeonghyun Han
  • Patent number: 8897797
    Abstract: A system includes a first base station of a first vendor configuration and a second base station of a second vendor configuration. A link is between the first and second base stations. The first base station is configured to receive at least one interference indicator message from the second base station, and schedule transmission of data based on the at least one interference indicator message. Scheduling the transmission of data includes determining whether to transmit the data using a current resource or to delay transmission of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Boudreau, Ning Guo, Eric Parsons, Charles Filiatrault
  • Patent number: 8892136
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that identify abusive mobile messages and associated abusive mobile communication device users are presented. A core network can comprise a message abuse detector component (MADC) that can selectively or randomly monitor or sample mobile messages communicated in the core network. The MADC can evaluate origination and destination address information and can identify abusive mobile messages and associated abusive mobile message senders based at least in part on the respective address information and predefined message abuse criteria. The MADC also can distinguish between spam mobile messages, subscription mobile messages, harassing mobile messages, and other mobile messages, and can identify and implement a desired response (e.g., automated response) to the abusive mobile message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Alexander Bobotek
  • Patent number: 8874079
    Abstract: A control method for H(e)NB access and a H(e)NB gateway are provided in the present invention. The method includes the following steps: a H(e)NB gateway interacting with a Broadband Policy Control Framework (BPCF) through a H(e)NB policy function, and requesting for the admission control of a fixed broadband access network; the BPCF returning the result of the admission control to the H(e)NB gateway through the H(e)NB policy function. The present invention performs policy control for the service access of the User Equipment (UE) accessing via the H(e)NB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoyun Zhou, Zaifeng Zong
  • Patent number: 8868129
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna device for a dual-mode intelligent mobile phone, which comprises: a Code Division Multiple Access 2000 1× Evolution-data Optimized (CDMA 20001× EV-DO) antenna (101), a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) antenna (102), a Wireless Fidelity/Bluetooth/Global Position System (WIFI/BT/GPS) antenna (103) and a WIFI/GPS dual-frequency device (104). The present invention further provides an application terminal for a dual-mode intelligent mobile phone. By using the device and the terminal provided by present invention, multiple antennas can be disposed in the narrow space of a mobile phone and the interference among the antennas can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bin Lei, Chenfei Zhao
  • Patent number: 8862108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing a phone number of an anticipated call origination counterpart along with associated supplementary information according to a user's communication pattern, time information at which the mobile terminal is in use, or location information of the mobile terminal, thereby guaranteeing a rapid and convenient accessibility with respect to the call origination counterpart, and a method for recommending a call origination counterpart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungsu Lee, Jinwook Choi, Seungcheon Baek
  • Patent number: 8862185
    Abstract: A method for configuring a first base station within a cluster in a communications system having a plurality of cluster includes optimizing an operating parameter of the first base station in accordance with first utility function results from a first utility function associated with the first base station and second utility function results from a second utility function associated with a second base station within the cluster, the first utility function results and the second utility function results according to multiple settings for the operating parameter of the first base station, a first initialized setting of the operating parameter for the second base station, and a second initialized setting of the operating parameter for an external base station outside the cluster. The method also includes sharing the optimized operating parameter with the external base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Callard, Ngoc-Dung Dao, Hang Zhang, Ho Ting Cheng, Gamini Senarath, Mark Andrew Hawryluck
  • Patent number: 8842003
    Abstract: A system and method for viewing a target in a background from a user's perspective. In one form, the views are selectable by the user on, for example, a GPS equipped cell phone, to include a view from the participant's position, zoom, pan, and tilt views, or views from another geographic location, giving increased situational awareness and identification of the target. Other information can be conveyed, such as messages or advertisements, on a billboard, which may be a geo-referenced area on or near the target. Preferably, an orientation mechanism shows when the device is correctly pointed to a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Charles D. Huston
  • Patent number: 8831693
    Abstract: A microphone (130) is fitted with a mounting portion (130a) of a front case (12) in a state being set to a microphone folder (134). A metallic mesh-wise sheet (132) is attached to a front face of the microphone. When an EL sheet (110) on a rear face of the front case emits light by supplying power to it, electrical noise is radiated from the EL sheet. The mesh-wise sheet of the front face of the microphone blocks the electrical noise from the EL sheet, which may enter through a sound hole (131) to the inside of the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Shiono, Kenji Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 8768310
    Abstract: In systems and methods of providing a notification message in a wireless communication system, a message notifier is received at a processing node in wireless communication system based on a first message from a sender. The message notifier comprises sender information. The sender information is matched to a contact entry of the recipient to generate a matching criteria. Based on the matching criteria a paging channel power is determined for a notification message to be sent to the recipient wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Siddharth Oroskar
  • Patent number: 8750909
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for processing a service message with multiple terminals are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request message from a terminal, where the request message carries request information of the terminal; and sending a service message to the terminal according to the request information. When a user has multiple terminals, the PPG selects a specific terminal for receiving an incoming service according to the SUBSCRIBE request of the terminal and the terminal request information carried in the SUBSCRIBE request. When a service arrives, the service message is sent to the selected terminal, thus avoiding sending of the service message to all terminals of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunan Fan, Jian Yang, Lei Wang, Hao Wang, Guoqiao Chen, Ting Dong, Huiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 8725133
    Abstract: A method of transmitting and receiving data between a mobile terminal and a display device is provided. The method establishes network connection for communication with the mobile terminal, detects a touch location of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal touches the display device, transmits and receives data to and from the mobile terminal over the connected network, and processes the transmitted and received data according to the detected touch location of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinyung Park, Junho Park, Rajesh Nagaraja Rao, Junsoo Park, Sungjong Park, Basheerudeen Fz, Jongcheol Kim, Jongsoon Park
  • Patent number: 8718705
    Abstract: There are provided a dual mode communications device and a method of improving a data rate thereof. The dual mode communications device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a selection unit 100 connecting antenna terminals to receive terminals or transmit terminals, a receive path circuit unit allowing RF receive signals from each of the first and second antennas to pass therethrough, a transmit path circuit unit providing RF transmit signals to the transmit terminals of the selection unit, an RF circuit unit converting the RF receive signals from the receive path circuit unit into baseband signals and converting the baseband signals to be transmitted into the RF transmit signals, and a baseband circuit unit performing control and signal processing of the selection unit in a single communications mode among a dual mode and a single mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Hwan Yoon, Seong Geun Kim, Youn Suk Kim, Sung Jae Yoon, Jae Hyouck Choi, Dae Seok Jang, Sang Wook Park
  • Patent number: 8682358
    Abstract: A first serving system that serves a first serving area receives a request to connect a call to a mobile station having a last reported location corresponding to a border area. The border area is proximal to a second service area that is served by a second serving system. The first serving system pages the mobile station in a first paging zone in the first service area. If the probability of successfully paging the mobile station in a second paging zone in the second service area is sufficiently high, the first serving system may also have the mobile station paged in the second paging zone by transmitting an inter-system page request to the second serving system. To determine the probability, the first serving system may look up a historical success rate for successfully paging in the second paging zone mobile stations having last reported locations corresponding to the border area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Maulik K. Shah, Srikanth Pulugurta, Siddharth S. Oroskar
  • Patent number: 8676229
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for an operation of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless access system are provided. The method includes receiving a request to report measurement data required for location determination, determining whether it is in a state in which providing of location information is rejected, and if it is determined that it is in the state in which providing of location information is rejected, transmitting a message for reporting that providing of the location information is rejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nae-Hyun Lim, Ju-Seung Lee, Dong-Keon Kong, Jun-Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 8644880
    Abstract: A contactless smart card imbedded in a communication mobile substrate connected to a wireless communication network, and a contactless smart card reader in the vicinity of the communication mobile substrate for radiofrequency communication with the contactless smart card, are disclosed. On one hand, a first antenna is provided on the contactless smart card imbedded in the communication mobile substrate and, on the other hand, a second antenna is attached to the communication mobile substrate and connected by inductive coupling to the first antenna, so that the contactless smart card can directly communicate by radiofrequency with the contactless smart card reader without using the wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS)
    Inventor: Philippe Patrice
  • Patent number: 8639299
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a core phone with a detachable primary device. The core phone transfers an incoming call alert to the detached primary device by synchronizing the display frame buffer of the core phone with the display frame buffer associated with the detached primary device. A plurality of remote secondary devices can be paired with the core phone on request by said secondary devices to transfer an incoming call alert to said plurality of secondary devices and establish a connection after authorization with said detached primary device. The detachable primary device is usable by pairing with the core phone when the core phone is not used directly but remains in the vicinity. Important data in the primary device is synchronized with the core phone to avoid data loss when the primary device is accidentally dropped or lost or damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Infosys Limited
    Inventors: Sumit Kalra, Chinmoy Mukherjee, Rajarathnam Nallusamy
  • Patent number: 8630629
    Abstract: A system and method of delivering targeted advertising to packet-based network telecommunications devices may include accessing a database configured to store telephone services information of telecommunications devices. The telecommunications services information may indicate whether a telecommunications device has packet-based network access. Telecommunications devices that have telephone number information including NPA-NXX of a certain NPA-NXX code and packet-based network access may be identified. Advertising content may be communicated to the identified telecommunications devices for display on the telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Johnny D. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8611878
    Abstract: An arrangement and method in a wireless communication network provides users with full control of service management, defines how a user can enter or leave services, and defines dependencies between services. A mobile terminal initiates establishment of a group and creates a unique groupID. The terminal sends invitations to other terminals to join the group and includes the unique groupID and a service feature tag for a desired service. The terminal will not request a service if it is incompatible with a service already running. Terminals that receive invitations store the groupID and service feature tags. These parameters are used to send acceptances or rejections, and to join later or leave a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Elena Fersman, Michael Åström
  • Patent number: 8611945
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a case member, at least a part of which is made of resin; and a speaker unit that is formed integrally with the case member, in which the speaker unit includes: a vibration generating unit; a vibrating plate that vibrates by vibration transmitted from the vibration generating unit; and a holding portion that holds an outer edge of the vibrating plate, a part or all of the holding portion being insert-molded into the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji Hiwatashi