Patents Examined by Ernest Tacsik
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Patent number: 9392635Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for network attachment are disclosed. The method includes receiving first status information associated with one or more remote radio units (RRUs) for supporting the small cell from the one or more RRUs, receiving second status information associated with one or more macro cells from one or more macro eNBs for supporting the macro cell, selecting an RRU and macro eNB, which the UE wants to attach, among the one or RRUs based on the first status information and the second status information, and simultaneously transmitting an attach request message for requesting network attachment from the selected RRU and macro eNB to the selected RRU and macro eNB.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Genebeck Hahn, Jaehoon Chung, Hyeyoung Choi, Eunjong Lee, Heejeong Cho
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Patent number: 9332524Abstract: A location of a mobile unit is intermittently measured based on a GPS satellite signal. A halt start time zone (first halt determination region) is set based on the measured location of the mobile unit when the determination is started. An each time zone (second halt determination region) is updated and set by accumulated averaging processing (statistical processing) of results of location measurements in the past. Whether or not the halt state of the mobile unit is continued is determined using whether or not the newly measured location of the mobile unit is contained in any one of the set halt determination regions.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeru Imafuku, Hidekazu Maezawa, Eiji Kinoshita
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Patent number: 9326291Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for dynamic spectrum management. The method includes: determining a reusable spectrum for one of multiple cell links in a network according to co-frequency indication information, where the co-frequency indication information is used to indicate reusable levels of spectrums of other cell links for each cell link in the multiple cell links; and updating a spectrum configuration of the one of the multiple cell links by using the reusable spectrum of the one of the multiple cell links. By determining a reusable spectrum for a specific cell link according to co-frequency indication information, embodiments of the present invention can locally adjust the spectrum configuration of the specific cell link, thereby reducing a spectrum configuration overhead while increasing network capacity and reducing inter-cell interference.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zezhou Luo, Hongcheng Zhuang, Jietao Zhang, Jianqiang Shen
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Patent number: 9319843Abstract: A database may be searched for prior meetings matching the proposed meeting. Each prior meeting may include attendees of each prior meeting and travel time of each attendee to the each prior meeting. Upon identifying one or more matched prior meetings, a notification for an attendee of the proposed meeting based on travel times of the attendee to the one or more matched prior meetings may be generated.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Vedran Lerenc
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Patent number: 9313680Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for detecting signal interference in a first segment of a plurality of segments of a radio frequency spectrum of a wireless communication system, determining according to the signal interference a measure of quality of service of the first segment for transmitting voice traffic, comparing the measure of quality of service to a desired measure of quality of service measure for voice traffic, determining from the comparison that the first segment is not suitable for voice traffic, and notifying a system that the first segment is not suitable for voice traffic. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: ISCO International, LLCInventors: Mikhail Galeev, Jorge Seoane
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Patent number: 9294898Abstract: A communication terminal includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive a communication signal in a first communication system; a second receiving unit configured to receive a communication signal in a second communication system; a position information obtaining unit configured to obtain position information of a user; a mode determination unit configured to activate the second receiving unit if the position information obtaining unit obtains position information of the user in a case where the first receiving unit cannot receive a communication signal; and a user interface unit configured to provide the user with warning information extracted from the communication signal received by the second receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Shikama, Makoto Sasaki, Takeshi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9288669Abstract: Techniques for resetting authentication for touch-enabled devices are presented. When a user authenticates to a mobile device a touch profile (TP) is recorded. Each subsequent time the user unlocks a locked mobile device via touch, a new TP is noted. The new TP is compared to the recorded TP and if the deviation is within an acceptable tolerance, the user is permitted access to the mobile device without re-authentication. When the new TP is not within the acceptable tolerance of the recorded TP, the user is forced to re-authenticate before access is granted to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: NetIQ CorporationInventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Michael F. Angelo, Baha Masoud
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Patent number: 9271185Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information, identifying a plurality of interferers, approximating a location of the plurality of interferers, and adjusting an antenna pattern of an antenna. The method can include determining traffic loads and adjusting the antenna pattern according to the traffic loads. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: ISCO INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Mikhail Galeev, Dariusz Seskiewicz
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Patent number: 9253660Abstract: A communication network comprises a management system, a core network element, and a radio access network element. The core network element may be a subscriber database or a mobility entity. It is capable of: receiving consent information; receiving from the management system a measurement reporting activation in a network; checking whether at least part of the activation request applies to a subscriber for whom consent information consenting to measurement reporting has been provided; and in the event that consent information consenting to measurement reporting has been provided, ensabling the activation request by communicating with the radio access network element so that measurement reporting in respect of that subscriber may take place. The measurement reporting activation may be for subscriber-based or area-based measurements to be made.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventor: Gyula Bodog
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Patent number: 9232402Abstract: A system using mobile devices and a network provides access authentication, authorization and accounting to computing resources using a two-person access rule solution approach. A central access control server coordinates a rule-based authorization process in which a requesting user and one or more authorizing users are engaged in real-time communications to facilitate approved access to a sensitive resource. The technique utilizes mobile cellular interfaces and location service technologies, while also providing traditional security control measures of voice and visual verification of user identities.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Michael R. Horton
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Patent number: 9219513Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes an embedded-type antenna embedded in a base, and a wireless communication unit including a communication unit that is connected to the embedded-type antenna and exchanges information with an external device, and a housing that is arranged to surround the communication unit, wherein at least one of the communication unit and the housing performs transmission and reception of electric waves as a substitute of the embedded-type antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Ju Derk Park, Ho Yong Kang, In Hwan Lee, Cheo Sig Pyo
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Patent number: 9210591Abstract: Apparatus for steering of roaming users to preferred operators at a roaming network uses operator agreements with mobile operators, as well as usage predictions and historical usage patterns, to calculate an optimized steering plan that minimizes the charges to the home operator. The operator agreements are typically step-like in nature and the plan is constructed by iterating through different allocations of the estimated usage between the various mobile operators. The iterations may include various roaming services such as SMS and data as well as mobile originated and mobile terminated calls. The allocation finally selected as the optimal plan is then output to a steering of roaming unit which identifies registration attempts by actual roaming users and steers said registration attempts to fulfill the quotas in the plan.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: StarHome GmbHInventor: Ariel Cattan
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Patent number: 9191991Abstract: A mobile device having first and second RF transceivers performs a communication function in accordance with a communication protocol of the second RF transceiver. During performance of this function, the mobile device estimates the RF interference on a channel of the first RF transceiver, and stores parameters which characterize the estimated RF interference in association with an identifier corresponding to the function. These actions are repeated for a plurality of channels of the first RF transceiver, as well as for a plurality of different communication functions. When performing a communication function again, the mobile device receives an identifier corresponding to the function and retrieves stored parameters corresponding to the received identifier. The mobile device applies the retrieved parameters to the first RF transceiver for reducing the adverse effect of RF interference during reception on the channel of the first RF transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Mohammed Nawaf Smadi, Ernst Slawomir Zielinski, Mohamed Darwish A. Mohamed, Holger Wirz, Vytautas Robertas Kezys
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Patent number: 9183550Abstract: System and method to enable and facilitate purchases through mobile communications on mobile devices, smartphones, feature phones, tablet computers, etc by allowing the user to interact with native interface and/or by eliminating the need of entering the MSISDN identifier by the user. MSISDN value is required to identify mobile subscriber and request a mobile billing transaction through carrier's infrastructure. A system comprises at least one data computing facility, which is connected to mobile carrier billing, short code and networking infrastructure and a plurality of converters to communicate and interface with a plurality of controllers for various mobile device types and platforms.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: FORTUMO OÜInventors: Rain Rannu, Tauno Talimaa, Andrei Dementjev, Madis Pink, Tanel Kosk
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Method and apparatus for performing handover using path information in wireless communication system
Patent number: 9161284Abstract: A method for performing handover at a mobile terminal which moves along an established path in a wireless communication system includes transmitting an indicator indicating a handover type to a serving base station without performing measurement with respect to neighboring base stations and movement path information and transmitting current position information of the mobile terminal to the serving base station.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Dongcheol Kim, Kyujin Park, Jiwoong Jang, Hangyu Cho, Jiwon Kang, Sungho Park -
Patent number: 9148746Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for controlling access by an equipment for a network of the machine-to-machine type to the resources of a cellular telephony network, said equipment comprising means for wireless communication with another equipment for a machine-to-machine network. The method is characterised in that it comprises the following steps: defining at least one so-called activity time range and at least one so-called inactivity time range, enabling the equipment to access the resources of the cellular telephony network during each activity time range, and preventing the equipment from accessing the resources of the cellular telephony network during each inactivity time range.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: SIERRA WIRELESSInventors: Djelal Raouf, Bruno Corlay
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Patent number: 9125029Abstract: There is discussed according to an embodiment a method for receiving an incoming call with a mobile terminal includes steps of: receiving an incoming call signal; displaying a receiving delay button on a display unit; allowing a call receiver to select the receiving delay button; sending a predetermined comment to a caller; and converting the caller's voice into a text message and displaying a text message on the display unit, such that the call receiver may not run to answer the call and may delay the call for a preset time period when the call receiver receives the call received by the mobile terminal while moving.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngki Kim, Seungjin Choi, Dongo Yi, Changik Jeong