Patents Examined by Julio Perez
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Patent number: 10257340Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: a voice delivery application, running on a mobile device of a user, receives a text message from a user; by use of sensor inputs of the mobile device, the mobile device stores data regarding environment of the mobile device including external audio equipment, speed of the user, and bystanders within a hearing range of the environment; various data describing a sender of the text message and the bystanders are analyzed for respective relationships with the user and with each other to determine a confidentiality group dictating whether or not the text message may be heard by the bystander; the text message may be scanned for content screening, then according to configuration of the voice delivery application, the text message is securely delivered to the user by voice.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Darryl M. Adderly, Jonathan W. Jackson, Ajit Jariwala, Eric B. Libow
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Patent number: 10178532Abstract: A communication method using a communication system including a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, and a communication management apparatus, the communication method includes acquiring, by the communication management apparatus, communication information used for the first communication apparatus to be coupled to a communication network via the second communication apparatus, from the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus, transmitting, by the communication management apparatus, the communication information to the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus, and based on the transmitted communication information, establishing communication between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus by the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Atsushi Muramatsu
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Patent number: 10177801Abstract: A flip device case for an electronic device is described herein. The flip device case includes a recess and a border. The recess is to receive the electronic device via an opening in the recess. The border is to be coupled with the recess and includes a plurality of flexible points. Manipulation of the border at one or more of the flexible points is to configure the flip device case in a position.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David M. Collins, Douglas Satzger, Michael A. Hyde
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Patent number: 10165469Abstract: An apparatus and a method for configuring and managing/controlling a cluster, which is a set of Base Stations (BSs) for transmitting signals cooperatively, are provided. The method includes broadcasting cluster set information indicating information about a plurality of clusters including a serving BS to a User Equipment (UE), receiving a report of information about Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSIs) of control signals transmitted from BSs included in the plurality of clusters from the UE, and assigning any one of the plurality of clusters to a cluster for servicing the UE based on the information about the RSSIs of the control signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Tae-Young Kim, Tae-Soo Kwon, Ju-Yong Lee, Ji-Yun Seol
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Patent number: 10154540Abstract: An apparatus for notification of a circuit switched event in a mobile station. The apparatus comprising a circuit switched modem, a packetized data modem and a radio. The circuit switched modem, configured to communicate circuit switched data over a circuit switched network. The packetized data modem, configured to communicate packetized data over a packetized data network. The radio, configured to couple the packetized data modem to the packetized data network via a packetized data radio link, and configured to couple the circuit switched modem to the circuit switched network via a circuit switched radio link, wherein said radio comprise one transmitter and two receivers.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Anthony Lee
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Patent number: 10154427Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of managing an electronic device is provided, which includes determining a management target device, selecting at least one measurement device based on the determined management target device, transmitting an operation command to the management target device, receiving measurement information from the at least one measurement device, and determining a state of the management target device based on the received measurement information.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Samsung Elctronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyunsuk Min, Jieun Kim, Yunjae Lim, Changseok Lee, Sangsun Choi, Jaeeun Kang, Junho Koh, Jongyoub Ryu, Yonghyun Lim
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Patent number: 10154378Abstract: Provided is a system for tracking locations of workers. In the system, a first mobile terminal of a first worker located in a coverage area of an anchor node may perform wireless communication with the anchor node to operate in a tracking mode of tracking a location of the first worker, and a second mobile terminal of a second worker located outside the coverage area of the anchor node may perform wireless communication with the first mobile terminal entering a virtual perimeter to track a location of the second worker.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventor: Seung Yong Lee
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Patent number: 10142795Abstract: Disclosed herein are, among other things, systems and methods for providing digital content for multiple venues to mobile devices. In some embodiments, venue location data defining a geographic boundary of each of a plurality of venues and venue content data for a plurality of different attractions associated with the venue is stored. A processing device system may be configured to determine a current location of the mobile device, and provide at least some of the venue content data based at least on an analysis of the venue location data, or attraction location data, and the current location.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Inventors: William James Colosky, Kenneth A. Parulski, Brian J. O'Keefe, Leslie G. Moore
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Patent number: 10135996Abstract: An image formation apparatus remotely operable smoothly using a terminal device is provided. In an image processing system including a plurality of terminal devices and an MFP capable of wireless communication, when the number of terminal devices connected to the image formation apparatus via wireless communication has reached a threshold value representing a number based on the number of terminal devices with which the MFP can wirelessly communicate, the MFP determines that, of the connected terminal devices, one or more terminal devices satisfying a previously stored condition as a candidate to be disconnected, and the MFP sends notification to request severing the wireless communication. When the MFP obtains permission for disconnection from a terminal device that is a destination of the notification, the MFP severs the wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Tomonari Yoshimura, Atsushi Ohshima
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Patent number: 10122864Abstract: A method for establishing correspondences between mobile communication users and their network accounts includes acquiring an identifier of one of the mobile communication users and access information corresponding to the identifier from a communication stream. The access information includes Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with network resources that have been accessed by the one of the mobile communication users. The method further includes acquiring a first set of network accounts associated with the URLs, and determining a second set of network accounts corresponding to the one of the mobile communication users based on the first set of network accounts.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Li Li, Chun Hua Tian, Feng Juan Wang, Yu Wang, Ji Zheng Zhang
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Patent number: 10123295Abstract: Method, device, computer program product, and apparatus to enable mobile device position optimization and reporting are described. Signals provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations (BTS) are received to determine a BTS-based position of the mobile device. A reference position of the mobile device is determined. A range measurement with respect to a target BTS is determined. In one aspect, one or more unreliable BTSs may be detected and reported based on a positioning measurement quality, a range measurement quality, or combinations thereof. In one aspect, the positioning measurement quality is determined based on a difference between the reference position of the mobile device and the BTS-based position of the mobile device. In one aspect, the range measurement quality is determined based on a difference between a measured range/distance and a reference/expected range/distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Rayman Pon, Ju-Yong Do, Gengsheng Zhang
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Patent number: 10121014Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are presented for obfuscating the locations of terrestrial wireless transceivers, including wireless access points and femtocells. According to some embodiments, a method may receive, by a mobile device, data for a terrestrial wireless transceiver, wherein the data includes location coordinates of the terrestrial wireless transceiver, and wherein the location coordinates include an error term. Additionally, the method may include determining the error term based on the data. Furthermore, the method may include determining a corrected location of the terrestrial wireless transceiver by removing the error term from the location coordinates. In some instances, the data can further include a unique identifier associated with the terrestrial wireless transceiver, and wherein the error term is further determined based on the unique identifier.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Stephen William Edge, Carlos Horacio Aldana
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Patent number: 10120453Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic equipment and a wearable device are provided, respectively. The method for controlling the electronic equipment includes the following steps. An inertial signal is detected. A gesture is obtained by dividing the inertial signal or classifying the inertial signal. A controlling command is outputted based on the gesture to control the electronic equipment, such as a desktop device, a portable device or the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Wen-Chung Hsueh, Hsing-Chen Lin, Ching-Yu Huang, Bo-Sheng Wu, Chi-Hsiang Weng
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Patent number: 10117174Abstract: Optimization of mobile telecommunications service during a power outage at one or more base stations, wherein optimization includes identifying one or more of a plurality of base stations to which non-emergency electrical power has been interrupted; determining an initial number of users in areas corresponding to the one or more of the plurality of base stations; generating a user location probability model and a user call probability model; scheduling initial battery power operation for the plurality of base stations; monitoring user calls and user movement after the battery power operation has started; updating the user location probability model and the user call probability model based on the monitoring; and updating battery power operation scheduling for the plurality of base stations.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kohichi Kamijoh, Hitomi Takahashi
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Patent number: 10117077Abstract: A system for tracking usage of a wireless device includes monitoring, at a tracking device connected to and different from a wireless network, information regarding a first data packet sent from a wireless device to the wireless network, wherein the information regarding the first data packet includes an identifier of the wireless device, an identifier of a first type of wireless service, and an amount of data included in the first data packet.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Satish Ramprasad
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Patent number: 10117123Abstract: A method for applying network services related to geographic location including receiving regions within a map and receiving geo-service definitions for the regions. The method includes determining a subscriber's region and determining information related to the subscriber's traffic flow. The method then applies geo-service definitions based on the subscriber's region and the information related to the traffic flow. A system for applying network services related to geographic location having a location detection module for detecting a subscriber's location and a region detection module for determining the subscriber's region within a map based on the subscriber's location. The system further including a geo-service definition and enablement module for defining geo-service definitions and actions; and a subscriber detection and traffic management module adapted to receive the subscriber's region and apply geo-service definitions to the subscriber traffic flow based in part on the region of the subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: SANDVINE INCORPORATED ULCInventor: Ambuj Mittal
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Patent number: 10117165Abstract: Management of multiple subscriber identity modules is disclosed. An apparatus includes an interface to a set of subscriber identity modules of a wireless communication system; one or more processors, and one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to: obtain data relating to the subscriber identity modules through the interface; obtain data relating to a mobile terminal; obtain at least one selection ground for the subscriber identity module; and select at least one optimal subscriber identity module for use by the mobile terminal on the basis of the data relating to the subscriber identity modules, the data relating to the mobile terminal, and the at least one selection ground for the subscriber identity module.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: UROS TECHNOLOGY S.À R.L.Inventors: Jari Kokkonen, Marko Nousiainen, Ilkka Rahikainen, Tommi Uhari
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Patent number: 10070283Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile device application automatically identifies and annotates auditory data of a conversation between two or more parties. Digital auditory data is processed to identify mention of specific entities. An identified entity is annotated, based on context and relevance, to list one or more actions possible to perform with or on the identified entity, and the identified entity displayed while the conversation is ongoing. An action is selected by signals from an input interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Eolas Technologies Inc.Inventors: David C. Martin, Michael D. Doyle
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Patent number: 10003980Abstract: A radio base station and a method therein for management of neighbor relations with respect to neighboring radio base stations are provided. The radio base station is connected to an Operation and Maintenance, O&M system requesting performance measurement data relating to the neighbor relations from the radio base station. The radio base station 200, 300, 400 is configured to associate each neighbor relation with a predefined first or a predefined second neighbor relation type, wherein the first neighbor relation type indicates that the neighbor relation is to be monitored and the second neighbor relation type indicates that the neighbor relation is to be unmonitored. The base station is further configured to collect performance measurement data relating to mobility for neighbor relations associated with the first neighbor relation type, and to send the collected performance measurement data only for neighbor relations associated with the first neighbor relation type to the O&M system.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Peter Loborg, Fredrik Gunnarsson
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Patent number: 9980103Abstract: A device receives, from an application server, a message destined for a user equipment, and reformats the message into a non-access stratum (NAS) transparent message. The device also provides, to a home subscriber server, a query for an identification of a mobility management entity serving the user equipment, and receives, from the home subscriber server, the identification of the mobility management entity serving the user equipment. The device further provides the NAS transparent message to the identified mobility management entity, where the mobility management entity forwards the NAS transparent message to the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Xuming Chen, Andrew Youtz, Ho Yin Cheuk