Patents Examined by Jenee Alexander
  • Patent number: 8737208
    Abstract: A wireless resource allocation apparatus performs determining an amount of VoIP traffic for each terminal station; determining whether semi-persistent scheduling or dynamic scheduling is used for transmitting each packet of the VoIP traffic, based on a result of the determination for the amount of the VoIP traffic; managing, for each terminal station, a resource block allocated in the semi-persistent scheduling; and managing each resource block which is not managed for the allocation in the semi-persistent scheduling and is allocated in the dynamic scheduling. If it is determined that the dynamic scheduling is used for transmitting each packet of the VoIP traffic to a terminal station, the resource block, which has been managed for the relevant terminal station as a resource block allocated in the semi-persistent scheduling, is released, and the released resource block is managed as a resource block allocated in the dynamic scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: KDDI Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Ohseki, Toshihiko Komine, Satoshi Konishi
  • Patent number: 8725886
    Abstract: A policy indicative of overprovisioning and underprovisioning indicators defining rules to specify a triggering event indicating the need to reassess the provisioning of a user. Such reprovisioning occurs automatically upon occurrences of predetermined events, and may even be undetectable to the user. Since the reprovisioning can either expand or contract the resources available to a particular user, users are matched to an optimal, or “best fit” computational resource set to correspond to the demands of the particular user. Provisioning determining a class of the user, and is indicative of an expected resource load the user imposes. The provisioner continuously monitors usage imposed by the user to aggregate a user profile indicative of provisioning demands, automatically reevaluating the class based on the aggregated user profile according to predetermined events, and selectively reassigning the provisioning environment based on the reevaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Desktone, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Pulier, Clinton B. Battersby, Paul J. Gaffney
  • Patent number: 8682969
    Abstract: A framed event system and method are provided that may be used for online multimedia communications. The framed event system presents a multimedia application via the web without the use of any installed applications other than a web browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: ON24, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayesh Sahasi, Kamalaksha Ghosh
  • Patent number: 8675634
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for synchronization in mesh satellite communications. The arrival time of the gateway signal may be used to set a start of receive frame time for a terminal. A received control signal from the gateway may then be used to set a start of transmit frame time for the user terminal. The distance between the satellite and the gateway may change. Ephemeris data, various collections of terminal measurements, or terminal sync bursts may be used to modify start of transmit frame or start of receive frame settings for the terminal or gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
    Inventor: Anil Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8676901
    Abstract: Methods for transcoding attachments for mobile devices are described. In some embodiments, attachments associated with any communication are stored on a server. When a communication is sent from a server to a client device, a representation of the attachment that includes an indication of a native file type of the attachment is also sent along with the communication to the client device. In responding to a user's request to view the attachment, the server transcodes the attachment from the attachment's native file type to a viewable file type configured to display in the client device and then transmits at least a portion of the attachment in the viewable file type to the client device for display. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Nicolaou, Joanne McKinley, Jimmy Shih, Derek Phillips
  • Patent number: 8675630
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating multiplexing of simultaneous multiple connections between a mobile device and its IP mobility anchors, such as mobile IP home agents or proxy mobile IP local mobility anchors. An example method comprises assigning a unique IP mobility anchor identifier to each IP mobility anchor associated with the mobile device. The method further comprises negotiating an IP flow reservation for each IP mobility anchor identifier and signaling a request to associate each negotiated IP flow with an IP tunnel to a particular IP mobility anchor. The method further comprises sending packets through each negotiated IP flow and associated IP tunnel to each IP mobility anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Cherian, Jun Wang, Parag A. Agashe
  • Patent number: 8667142
    Abstract: A transfer-source terminal, a communication-destination terminal, and a nearby terminal existing in the neighborhood of transfer-source terminal are provided. The nearby terminal collects connectivity information for monitoring connectivity after terminal switching by performing a communication process with the communication-destination terminal, and transmits the connectivity information collected to the transfer-source terminal. The transfer-source terminal receives connectivity information from the nearby terminal by a connectivity information receiving unit, determines a transfer-destination terminal from among the nearby terminals according to connectivity information by a transfer-destination terminal determinating unit, and transfers a communication session with a communication-destination terminal to the transfer-destination terminal determined, by a session transferring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Takei, Sachiko Takeshita, Daisaku Komiya, Maki Amishima, Mingqiang Xu
  • Patent number: 8661101
    Abstract: A method of internet protocol (IP) address de-aliasing that involves obtaining IP addresses from devices in a network, pinging pairs of the IP addresses by sending packets to pairs of the IP addresses, obtaining ping response orders for the packets, and determining whether the pairs of IP addresses are aliases of the same network device based on the obtained ping response orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Fei Chen, Lorraine Denby, Jean Meloche
  • Patent number: 8650264
    Abstract: A system for enabling a user to wirelessly download desired information in the form of a offline website without having to maintain a live Internet connection. Information is delivered from an active or passive source to a device via short-range wireless communication. This information is automatically interpreted by the device to form an offline version of a full-scale Internet website. The user may view the offline version of the website, and if additional information is desired, download or upload additional information at a time more convenient to maintain a live Internet connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Zilliacus, Marco Sandrini
  • Patent number: 8649256
    Abstract: A router includes multiple routing engines. If the active routing engine fails, a backup one of the routing engines detects the failure and assumes the role of active routing engine. A redundancy controller circuit, connected to the multiple routing engines, facilitates the selection and switching of the routing engines. Portions of the packet forwarding engine, in addition to the routing engine, may be redundantly implemented. The active routing engine controls the selection of the redundant portion of the packet forwarding engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Anis Haq, Lawrence Hui, Scott Chew, Unmesh Agarwala, Michael Beesley
  • Patent number: 8649326
    Abstract: A method of handling capability information of a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises setting a first device capability recognized by a legacy base station of a network of the wireless communication system, and transmitting the first device capability with a second device capability to the network, to convey the capability information to the network, wherein the second device capability is recognized by an advanced base station of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 8644288
    Abstract: A method, system and communication network for transmitting information signals via uplink (UL) collaborative SDMA, in a wireless communication system. Base station receiver estimates a channel gain associated with the transmission path(s) of each user and keeps a matrix of normalized covariance, between users. Based on the estimated channel gain and the normalized covariance, ULS utility is able to compute channel capacity. Based on capacity estimates of (1) the multiplexed user signals and (2) the individual user signals, signals are either multiplexed for UL SDMA or are transmitted individually. An optimal selection of multiplexed signals may be based upon: (1) a cross user interface measurement; and (2) a selection mechanism based on eigen-decomposition techniques. The ULS utility enables a UL scheduler to pair information signals with clear spatial distinction and minimal correlation, based on capacity evaluations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Fan Wang, Stanley J. Benes, Amitabha Ghosh, Chandrasekar Sankaran, Timothy J. Wilson, Fei Tong, Nick W. Whinnett
  • Patent number: 8644249
    Abstract: A user terminal is switched between a cellular network and a worldwide interoperability for microwave access radio network within a telecommunication system. An authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) server which is designed for use with both of these networks is disposed in the telecommunication system in such a way that user data of the user terminal stored in the AAA server can be accessed from both of these networks, thereby advantageously ensuring uninterrupted switching between the two networks free of loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bücker, Wolfgang Gröting, Günther Horn, Joachim Kroβ, Maximilian Riegel
  • Patent number: 8638715
    Abstract: In a mobile communication system, receiving changed information for a service of interest in a next modification period comprises determining in a current modification period whether an alarm bit whose assertion indicates upcoming changed information is unambiguously associated with the service of interest or whether the alarm bit is associated with the service of interest and one or more services that are not of interest. Mappings of all services to alarm bits are analyzed in the present and possibly in one or more upcoming frames during the current modification period and applied in embodiments to reduce the ambiguity and therefore the risk of false indications of changed data for the service of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Ali Nader
  • Patent number: 8638726
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for transmitting a data link descriptor or MAP signal describing sub-burst transmissions having a common number of resource units allocated thereto. The MAP signal may include the length of the common number of resource units allocated thereto and the modulation and coding schemes to be used thereby. A method, apparatus and system for transmitting an ordered MAP signal sequence describing a series of transmissions each having a number of resource units allocated thereto. A first plurality of locations in the ordered sequence may describe lengths of resource units. A second plurality of locations in the ordered sequence may describe numbers of transmissions having the lengths described in one of the first plurality of locations. A third plurality of locations in the ordered sequence may describe a number of transmissions using one of a plurality of modulation and coding schemes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Duncan M. Kitchin, Muthaiah Venkatachalam
  • Patent number: 8634344
    Abstract: A media access gateway includes a wireless network interface, an address assignment module, a proxy mobility agent module, and a profile module. The wireless network interface establishes a link with a wireless terminal. The address assignment module receives an address request message, including a mobility signal, from the wireless terminal. The proxy mobility agent module selectively transmits a proxy binding update to a local mobility anchor, and receives a proxy binding acknowledgement. The address assignment module transmits an address assignment message to the wireless terminal in response to the mobility signal indicating support or preference for proxy mobility. The address assignment message is based on address information in the proxy binding acknowledgement. The profile module retrieves a profile for the wireless terminal from a server. The address assignment module selectively transmits a second address assignment message to the wireless terminal based on the address information in the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Zhao, Stefano Faccin, Ameya Damle
  • Patent number: 8625539
    Abstract: A method and system for obtaining reverse channel resources for a mobile device, the method filtering a closed loop correction power value; calculating a data rate utilizing the filtered closed loop correction power value; and sending a supplemental channel request message, including the calculated data rate, to a base station transceiver system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Rakesh Gupta, Asif Hossain
  • Patent number: 8625565
    Abstract: Embodiments of a millimeter-wave communication station and method for multiple-access beamforming in a millimeter-wave network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an initiating station performs multiple-access beamforming with one or more responding stations by announcing a number of sector-sweep (SS) slots of a beamforming training (BFT) period and a number of SS frames of each SS slot. One or more SS frames are received from one or more of the responding stations within one of the SS slots of the BFT period. The initiating station transmits one or more SS feedback frames to the responding stations within the one SS slot to indicate an antenna configuration to the responding stations for communication with the initiating station. The responding stations transmit a limited number of SS frames per SS slot based on the number of SS frames announced by the initiating station and transmit any additional SS frames in a next SS slot of the beamforming training period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Cordeiro, Assaf Kasher, Solomon B. Trainin
  • Patent number: 8626834
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for the analysis of clickstream data of online users. The analysis methods and systems allow for the creation of new offline business methods based on online consumer behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Compete, Inc.
    Inventors: Man Jit Singh, David Cancel
  • Patent number: 8625572
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a network's synchronization status to a terminal when the terminal receives a transmission from the network. This network synchronization status can be indicated in accordance with various methods including, but not limited to the following: with a status flag in a network message; in a network capability indication; in a network's positioning capability indication; cell/network time relation information; in a time relation information of different Radio Access Technologies; and implicitly with another parameter and/or by a request for a certain measurement. When the network's synchronization status is determined, accurate time information/time assistance data can be maintained at the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Ismo Halivaara, Jari Syrjärinne