Patents Examined by Joseph Dean, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9992321
    Abstract: A mobile terminal with a built-in voice message searching function includes: a voice recording module configured to record a voice searching signal from a user and to send the voice searching signal to the pre-processing module for pre-processing, a pre-processing module configured to pre-process the voice searching signal, and to send the pre-processed signal to the matching module for signal matching, a matching module configured to extract a characteristic parameter of the pre-processed signal, to calculate a similarity of the extracted characteristic parameter with a characteristic parameter of a stored voice message, and to send the voice message with a similarity higher than or equal to a threshold to the result outputting module, and a result outputting module configured to display the voice message with the similarity higher than or equal to the threshold on a screen of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zheng Dang
  • Patent number: 9954570
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; and a planar surface that includes a projection where the projection defines an axis of rotation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventors: Glenn Kreisel, Benjamin Bloch
  • Patent number: 9948338
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing additional control over user equipment (UE) using standardized features of a subscriber identity module (SIM) is provided. The UE can impose SIMLocking criteria based on subscriber related attributes (such as rate plan, prepay, postpay, etc.). The SIM module can comprise multiple unique entries and one value for each entry. One or more entries on the SIM can be subdivided to provide additional values with each value made up of a subset of bits from a particular entry. Thus, a single entry can provide a plurality of values to make up a SIM configuration. The SIM configuration can be compared to a UE SIMLock configuration with the same, or similar, entries to determine if the SIM is compatible for use with the UE. The SIM configuration can be updated dynamically to reflect changes in the account associated with the UE or the SIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Amela Kovacevic
  • Patent number: 9949152
    Abstract: A method for testing multiple mobile phones performs the testing of a receiving characteristic of each mobile phone in a cyclical sequence of several first measuring tasks. The receiving characteristic of multiple mobile phones in multiple first measuring tasks is tested in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Lutz, Walter Schmitz, Jens Volkmann
  • Patent number: 9942394
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating presence information that can include at a first server of a communication platform, receiving an authorization token of a first client application; verifying at least one permission associated with the authorization token; registering a presence status of the first client application upon verifying the at least one permission of the authorization token; at a second server of the communication platform, accepting an incoming communication request; retrieving communication instructions according to the incoming communication request; identifying an instruction to communicate with a communication destination of the first client application; accessing the presence status resource of the first client application; establishing communication with the first client application according to the accessed presence status resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, Robert J. Simutis, Patrick Malatack, Kyle Conroy
  • Patent number: 9930168
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for determining proper name spelling in a text message from a sender to a receiver is described. The method may include evaluating text from a sender to a receiver to identify a proper name, comparing the text against a repository containing one or more proper names, determining a confidence ranking related to the accuracy of spelling of the proper name using shared contacts between the sender and receiver, and outputting a specific spelling of the proper name based on a highest confidence ranking of the confidence ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Patent number: 9930515
    Abstract: A method for detecting a discovery signal in a wireless communication system and a device for same are disclosed. In particular, the method whereby a terminal receives a discovery signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving discovery quasi co-located (QCL) type configuration information for configuring a discovery QCL type; detecting a synchronization signal and obtaining a first scrambling identity (SCID); and detecting the discovery signal by using the first SCID on the basis of the configured discovery QCL type, wherein a QCL relationship between an antenna port for the discovery signal and an antenna port for the synchronization signal can be established in relation to a large-scale channel property according to the discovery QCL type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Yunjung Yi, Bonghoe Kim, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 9930725
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. An application processor may generate wireless data that is to be transmitted using the wireless circuitry and may process wireless data that has been received using the wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple baseband processors, multiple associated radios, and front-end module and antenna circuitry. Sensors may be used to provide the application processor with sensor data. During operation, the application processor and the baseband processors may be used to transmit and receive wireless communications traffic. A multiradio controller integrated circuit that does not transmit or receive the wireless communications traffic may be used in controlling the wireless circuitry based on impedance measurements, sensor data, and other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Mow, Mattia Pascolini, Thomas E. Biedka, Liang Han, Ming-Ju Tsai, Victor Lee, James G. Judkins
  • Patent number: 9913180
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for creating and editing user equipment (UE) mobility information. During a radio resource control idle (RRC_IDLE) state, a plurality of cell reselections are logged into a mobility report, and each logged cell reselection includes a cell identification (Cell ID) and a Time of Stay (ToS) duration. The mobility report is edited to remove one or more logged cell reselections based, at least in part, on identifying logged cell reselections having duplicate Cell IDs and/or identifying logged cell reselections having a ToS duration lower than a threshold value. The edited mobility report is transmitted to an evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) in response to the UE transitioning from the RRC_IDLE state to a radio resource control connected (RRC_CONNECTED) state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventor: Candy Yiu
  • Patent number: 9907082
    Abstract: A radio base station providing a service to a radio terminal by using plural component carriers includes a scheduler preferentially allocating, to the radio terminal, one of the component carriers that has a transmission power dynamic range whose lower limit value is lower than lower limit values of transmission power dynamic ranges of a rest of the component carriers; and a transmitter transmitting a radio signal to the radio terminal by using the allocated component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinichiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9894461
    Abstract: A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Xianfeng Chen, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
  • Patent number: 9888475
    Abstract: A wired network may be used to carry signals for a wireless network, in a frequency-shifted manner, to extend the range of the wireless network. A wired network may detect signal interference emanating from a wireless service provider, and received through a leak in the wired network's infrastructure. Devices may be installed or leveraged in the vicinity of the interference to extend the wireless service to geographic areas that may have poor reception. The devices may amplify wireless downstream signals and transmit them wirelessly, and may receive upstream wireless communications and transmit them upstream in the wired network's protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Wolcott, Kevin Johns
  • Patent number: 9887731
    Abstract: Detection of a confusion caused by scrambling code reuse is provided herein. Timing measurements, as observed by a mobile device, and an identification of primary scrambling codes associated with the timing measurements are captured. The timing measurements are identified by the primary scrambling codes for the particular radio measured. The mobile device also reports its location information. Radios for which timing measurements have been received are paired. Based on the paired radios and a history of observed time difference reference values for radio pairs, comparisons are made between paired radios having at least one common radio. Radios, exhibiting a set of values that is near an expected range, are removed from the analysis. Radios, exhibiting two sets of values that are distinct, are isolated in order to identify the radio that is causing the scrambling code confusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Fix, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Rick Tipton
  • Patent number: 9876914
    Abstract: A method of initiating a telecommunication session for a communication device that includes submitting to one or more telecommunication carriers a proposal for a telecommunication session, receiving from at least one of the one or more telecommunication carriers a bid to carry the telecommunications session, and automatically selecting one of the telecommunication carriers from the carriers submitting a bid, and initiating the telecommunication session through the selected telecommunication carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shumeet Baluja, Michael Chu, Mayumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 9866362
    Abstract: Method and system for searching network in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) slave mode are provided. The method includes: determining whether the number of frequency points to be measured is greater than N, wherein N is a positive integer; if the number is greater than N, ordering the frequency points to be measured according to their signal strength; selecting, from the ordered frequency points to be measured, N frequency points whose signal strength is greater than other ordered frequency points as optimally selected frequency points; and performing cell search based on the optimally selected frequency points. Based on the above method, the cell search is performed by measuring the N optimally selected frequency points. In this way, the number of measured frequency points is reduced, and a time period for measuring each optimally selected frequency point is prolonged. Therefore, the possibility of finding a cell may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fengting Xue
  • Patent number: 9848371
    Abstract: A method of determining a serving sub-cell of a terminal among a plurality of sub-cells by a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating reference signal transmission interval information for each of the sub-cells by configuring a reference signal transmission interval for each of the plurality of sub-cells, and transmitting the reference signal transmission interval information for each of the sub-cells to the corresponding sub-cell, receiving channel status information for at least one sub-cell among the plurality of sub-cells from the terminal, and determining a serving sub-cell of the terminal by using at least one of the reference signal transmission interval information, the channel status information, a reception time of the channel status information, of each of the sub-cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Min Ko, Eun-Yong Kim, Seung-Joo Maeng, Seung-Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9848284
    Abstract: A network services provider grants a subscription to a user for use of mobile network services to communicate voice, data, and text information with a specific mobile device. Mobile devices store one or more subscriptions, each of which may be activated. An activated subscription stored in the mobile device is now made portable. The user wants to pass the portable subscription from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The user forms a first communicative relationship between the first mobile device and a second mobile device and receives from the second mobile device identification information associated with the second mobile device. The first mobile device passes the identification information to the network services provider and receives a confirmation. The user forms a second communicative relationship between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and the second mobile device confirms activation of the portable subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Prasad Golla
  • Patent number: 9848277
    Abstract: The system and method include a high-speed application for installation on mobile devices to enable the configuration of an abstract number of devices simultaneously. The application includes the capability to configure smart devices remotely or via secure local connections. The system and method include a mechanism for creating desired configuration states, an interactive portal through which these configurations may be selected and modified, and an application for installation on each target device that retrieves the desired configuration and applies it to the mobile device before returning verification reports for confirmation and auditing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Britton, Andrew Michael Wesie, Brian Sejoon Pak
  • Patent number: 9846536
    Abstract: Technologies pertaining to composing, displaying, and/or transmitting handwritten content through utilization of a touch-sensitive display screen of a mobile computing device are described herein. A user of the mobile computing device can set forth strokes on the touch-sensitive display screen, one on top of another, wherein such strokes correspond to different handwritten characters. Stroke segmentation can be undertaken to determine which strokes correspond to which characters in a handwritten sequence of characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Wolf Kienzle, Kenneth Paul Hinckley
  • Patent number: 9832615
    Abstract: Method, mobile device, computer program product, and apparatus for optimizing sensor reporting are described. A mobile device can measure radio frequency (RF) signal characteristics while receiving data from one or more mobile device sensors. The mobile device may determine its relative displacement between RF signal measurements. The mobile device can send a representation of the RF signal characteristics and the displacement data to one or more servers. The representation displacement data may include one or more reliability characteristics and/or a displacement reliability rating. A server can obtain the displacement data and RF signal characteristics to determine positioning of wireless transmitters in an environment and build a positioning database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Palanki, Nima Noorshams, Payam Pakzad