Patents Examined by George Eng
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Patent number: 9629056Abstract: A user equipment performs a method for evaluating a need for handover between cells in a cellular network. The method includes estimating the risk of making an ineffective handover, and, when said estimated risk is above a threshold, changing the value of at least one handover trigger parameter so as to reduce the future risk of ineffective handover.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Optis Circuit Technology, LLCInventor: Safouane Sfar
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Patent number: 9622026Abstract: The present invention relates to a field of communication technology that provides a method, system and device of location authentication. The method comprises the following steps: the mobile device receives the signal marking the position information of the location base station sent by the location base station within the same region. The mobile device would obtain the position information of the location base station after analyzing the signal; the location base station would send the position information to the location authentication server to obtain the location authentication that it is in the same region with the location base station. Thus, this invention performs the location authentication of the mobile device staying in the same region with the location base station.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: STARBERRY LIMITEDInventors: Wing-Fung Yu, Jason Felix Tsz-Kiu Chiu
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Patent number: 9619810Abstract: A method for providing dynamically-assembled content targeted to a mobile service subscriber. The method comprises receiving, by a server computer, information about a mobile device that is connecting to the server computer; determining, by the server computer, a mobile service subscriber profile, based on the information; determining, by the server computer, a criteria for selecting content, based on the mobile service subscriber profile; dynamically assembling, by the server computer, content for the mobile service subscriber based on the criteria; providing the dynamically-assembled content to the mobile device; monitoring a response of the mobile service subscriber to receiving the content; and providing information of the response of the mobile service subscriber to a content provider.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Robin Dale Katzer, Brian D. Mauer, Carl J. Persson
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Patent number: 9596585Abstract: A first wireless devices establishes an association with a second wireless device by sending a connection request packet to a previously-discovered second wireless device. The second wireless device identifies the received packet as a connection request and responds with a connection response packet, thereby establishing an association between the first and second wireless devices. The wireless devices can then, for example, send and receive data.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Abhishek Abhishek, Hui Shen, Jiandong Ruan
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Patent number: 9573533Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile telephone integration system for integration of a mobile telephone into a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Jens Lachnitt
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Patent number: 9578461Abstract: Enhanced input field features and techniques for displaying and resolving location information in meeting items are provided. In response to a user's interaction with a place name displayed in the location field of a user interface for a meeting item, up to date information is retrieved about the location associated with the place name from a web service and displayed. The display can include a map image tile. In addition to enabling the displaying of up to date information, during creation of the meeting item, the location input field of a meeting item can present location suggestions from within the location input field, for example, as a drop-down listing of possible locations. The suggestions for completing a user's input text string to the location input field can be obtained from sources such as a web service, a mailbox, a managed database/directory service, a history cache/database or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Danilo L. Benzatti, Gregory A. Bolles, Andrew Winslow Brough, Jason Andrew Cook, Michael Anthony Faoro, Vanessa Feliberti, Shivakumar Seetharaman, Yeelin Tan, Gustavo Varo
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Patent number: 9571177Abstract: A communication method of a macro base station, a macro terminal, a micro base station, and a micro terminal determines an interference control scheme for each interference condition between a micro cell and a micro cell and between a macro cell and a micro cell in a hierarchical cellular network, and controls interference in the hierarchical cellular network where a detailed operation for each determined interference control scheme, a message associated with the detailed operation, and a resource management scheme are defined.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Ho Choi, Won Jong Noh, Won Jae Shin, Chang Yong Shin, Kyung Hun Jang
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Patent number: 9572017Abstract: A mobile device comprising a processor which is configured to run at least one of a plurality of threads, said plurality of threads comprising a mobile control thread, a priority adjusting thread and at least one other thread; a scheduler for scheduling threads to be run on said processor dependent on a priority of an thread relative to other threads, a display for displaying data to a user, an input system for a user to input commands, and a communication link for connecting said mobile device to a remote terminal, wherein, when said mobile control thread is running the processor is configured to capture data currently displayed on said display; send said captured data over said communication link; and issue an update sent notification to activate said priority adjusting thread; wherein, when said priority adjusting thread is running, the processor is configured to determine, on receipt of an update sent notification, whether a previous update sent notification issued less than a threshold time earlier, deteType: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: RealVNC LtdInventor: Tobias Edward Sebastian Gray
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Patent number: 9572018Abstract: User apparatus 2 in a cellular wireless network 14 comprises a user equipment 4 having a first network interface 6 comprising a radio transceiver 8 for communicating via the cellular wireless network 14. The radio transceiver 8 may be set to a first state or to a second state. The user apparatus 2 has a second network interface 10 to a second network 16. A call to the user apparatus 2 is handled by detecting, via the second network interface 10, a request to receive a communication and dependent on the detection of the request via the second network interface 10, switching the radio transceiver 8 to the second state. The communication is then received at the user equipment 4 via the radio transceiver 8. As a result, the user equipment may receive the communication via the cellular wireless network without the need for the user equipment to be continuously camped on the cellular wireless network, so that the cellular wireless network may reduce provisioning of network resources and so reduce power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haris Zisimopoulos, Erik Guttman
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Patent number: 9560602Abstract: A wireless communication system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a data signal and a control signal to the same mobile station and a control unit configured to regulate transmission power of the control signal in accordance with a reception status of the control signal in the mobile station.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kazuhisa Obuchi, Tetsuya Yano
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Patent number: 9557402Abstract: An indoor position system, includes a plurality of anchor stations each configured to transmit a radio frequency signal and an acoustic signal. A mobile station includes a radio frequency receiver configured to receive a radio frequency signal from at least one of the plurality of anchor stations and an acoustic receiver configured to receive an acoustic signal from at least one of the plurality of anchor stations. A processing unit is configured to determine position information of the mobile unit based upon the received radio frequency signal and acoustic signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Rosemount Inc.Inventors: Avishai Bartov, Yossi Zlotnick
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Patent number: 9554351Abstract: A communications apparatus includes multiple SIM cards, a RF signal processing module including two or more RF signal processing units which including at least a first RF signal processing unit, and an arbiter configured for dynamically determining which SIM card to use which RF signal processing unit for handling a radio activity of the SIM card according to priority of radio activities of the SIM cards and RF signal processing capability of the RF signal processing units. A number of the SIM cards is equal to or greater than a number of the RF signal processing units included in the RF signal processing module.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Mu-Tai Lin, Wan-Ting Huang
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Patent number: 9553973Abstract: An apparatus and a method is provided for detecting a privacy condition in a communication device and disclosing the privacy condition to a second communication device. A privacy condition is detecting in the communication device, wherein the privacy condition is a condition that can affect the privacy of a call. The privacy condition can be the enablement of a speakerphone, the detection of a non-private environment, or the detection of a nearby electronic signal. Thereafter, during an active call, a notice of the privacy condition is sent to the second communication device. A privacy condition can be displayed in response to receiving a privacy condition message from the second communication device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Michael Frederick Harness Clarke, Sanjay Kalyanasundaram, Calvin Roex
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Patent number: 9549057Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing automated administrative operations on a mobile device. One example method may include determining via a hosted server that an action needs to be performed by a mobile device under management. The method may further include generating a message via the hosted server, the message includes the action, and transmitting the message to the mobile device under management, and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted message, the result message indicating that the action has been satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: KASEYA LIMITEDInventor: Allan Miller
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Patent number: 9548793Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing discontinuities in a communications link are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods operate to project signals into the communications link and detecting reflected signals. The reflected signals are processed to define a transformed distribution of the reflected signals. A peak value in the transformed distribution is selected and a local fit to the selected peak value is performed using a model function. A residue distribution is formed based upon the transformed distribution and the model function. A location of the discontinuity based upon the residue distribution is identified, and another peak value from the residue distribution is selected. Additional systems and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Richard Hart, Xiaochuan Yi
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Patent number: 9544721Abstract: Techniques for address point data mining are described. An address point data mining method, system, or program product can determine geographic coordinates of an address based on geographic locations of one or more user devices. Each user device can be a mobile device operable to determine a location using a global navigation system (e.g., GPS), wireless signal triangulation, or other techniques. During the course of a time period (e.g., a day or week), the user device can stay at a location for a significant amount of time. The system can crosscheck this location with a geocoded geographic coordinates of a registered address (e.g., a billing address) that is associated with the mobile device. The system can determine whether the geocoded geographic coordinates are accurate based on result of the crosscheck.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Francois M. Jouaux, Guy L. Tribble, Rama Krishna Chitta
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Patent number: 9525965Abstract: A method of generating location information in a terminal device (200) operative in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The terminal device receives (248) from a first network node (210) a location configuration message. As a result, the terminal device prepares (252) location information but refrains (254) from causing transmission of the location information to the first network node. Instead, the terminal device may transmit the prepared location information to a location information receiving network node (230) different from the first network node (210), to a location information receiving function within the terminal device, or to a location information receiving device (152), operative in the wireless communication network and different from the terminal device (200).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Henrik Enbuske, Iana Siomina
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Patent number: 9525976Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for implementing a BIM-aware location based application on a mobile device. Implementing a BIM-aware location based application on a mobile device can include displaying a floor plan of a building on the mobile device. Implementing a BIM-aware location based application on a mobile device can also include implementing a number of BIM equipment representations throughout the floor plan of the building on the mobile device. Implementing a BIM-aware location based application on a mobile device can also include providing real-time status information for the number of BIM equipment representations on the mobile device. Furthermore, implementing a BIM-aware location based application on a mobile device can include updating the floor plan with the implanted number of BIM equipment representations and real-time status information based on a determined location of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Pallavi Dharwada, Soumitri Kolavennu, Paul Derby
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Patent number: 9516680Abstract: Embodiments of a system, apparatus and method for sharing wireless connection profiles between multiple OSs are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a first wireless connection may be established between a wireless communication device and an access point of a wireless network or one or more other devices of a peer-to-peer networking group while the wireless communication device is running in an OS. A wireless connection profile for the first wireless connection may be stored in a shared profiles storage associated with the device, and then may be retrieved from the shared profiles storage responsive to the device being booted in a different OS. A second wireless connection may be automatically established between the device booted in the different OS and the access point or the one or more other devices using the wireless connection profile retrieved from the shared profiles storage.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Robert Duncan, Giora Rayzman, Venkata Vallabhu
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Patent number: 9507973Abstract: An apparatus with the middle structure being layered between the first outer structure and the second outer structure. The operational circuitry includes a plurality of pockets for subscriber identity module cards, the pockets being arranged in two parallel rows in a planar fashion. The pockets of each row are placed next to each other and include open sides capable of receiving the subscriber identity module cards. The open sides of the pockets of different rows face in opposite directions. The middle structure includes a plurality of holes in rows for transferring subscriber identity module cards therethrough to the pockets or from the pockets, the holes of the middle structure of different rows facing in opposite directions, and the holes being on the open sides of the pockets.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: UROS TECHNOLOGY S.À R.L.Inventors: Marko Nousiainen, Ilkka Rahikainen