Patents Examined by Justin Lee
  • Patent number: 9363718
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inter-cell interference control method and apparatus. The inter-cell interference control method includes providing handover request information including interference information to a source base station, receiving handover completion information in accordance with the handover request information from at least one of the source base station and a target base station, and receiving interference control information in accordance with the interference information from the target base station. According to the present invention, inter-cell interference may be efficiently controlled, and overall performance of a network may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Que Lee, Byung Han Ryu, Nam Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 9363363
    Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a portable terminal having a projector module using a headset, which includes: receiving a command signal from the headset; determining whether the projector module is in an execution or driving state; recognizing the command signal as a signal for controlling the projector module, in case the projector module is in the driving state; and controlling the projector module according to the recognized signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Il Choi, Myoung Dae Jin, Sung Bae Kim, Bo Sung Kim, Tae Young Kim, Phil Jun Kim, Young Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 9363770
    Abstract: Automatic provisioning of an access point base station or femtocell. The method may include the femtocell transmitting first information (e.g., location information, signal measurement information, capability information, etc.) to a service provider (e.g., over an IP network). The femtocell may receive second information from the service provider, where the second information includes one or more operational parameters. The operational parameters may include hand-off parameters, admission policy parameters, PN or scrambling codes, power parameters, and/or other parameters. The femtocell may operate according to the received parameters to provide access for a plurality of access terminals in a local area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: IPCOMM, VIA TELECOM, INC.
    Inventors: Stanislaw Czaja, Mark E. Davis, Anthony Lee, Sang Gook Kim, Li-Hsiang Sun
  • Patent number: 9357052
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for developing a notification framework for presenting notification information to a user of an electronic device. One embodiment of a method, among others, includes receiving input from physical sensors located in proximity to an electronic device and receiving input from one or more other electronic devices in proximity to the electronic device. The method further comprises assessing a context of the electronic device from the received input. A notification framework is then determined from the assessed context. The method also includes notifying a user of the electronic device of a detected event associated with the electronic device. Notifying the user includes notifying the user within the notification framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher J. Ullrich
  • Patent number: 9355382
    Abstract: Group-based information displays correspond to the collection of display objects representative of either contacts associated with a user or applications or executable components executable, or otherwise accessible, via the telecommunication device. The group-based information displays can be logically organized according to organizational criteria. The organizational criteria can include, for example, organization or other affiliates criteria, event-based or activity based criteria, topic-based criteria and the like. Through group-based information displays, telecommunication device users can initiate one or more actions corresponding to the selection of display objects. Additionally, as applicable, the user can limit, or otherwise apply, the initiated actions to contacts identified, or otherwise associated, with specific group-based information displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Steffen Vance, Jared T. Benson, Christian Robertson, Shilpa R. Shah, Gabriel J. White
  • Patent number: 9357383
    Abstract: A mobile station having a plurality of removable user identification modules, each configured to store a corresponding information associated with a corresponding plurality of user identifications; and key generation logic, configured generate a hash key based on the corresponding information according to the plurality of removable user identification modules; and hash logic, configured to employ the single hash key to determine a plurality of parameters, where each of the parameters comprises a single control channel that is common for all of the corresponding plurality of cellular subscriptions, and where the single control channel is employed for concurrent communications with a base station for the all of the corresponding plurality of cellular subscriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony S. Lee, Shu Wang
  • Patent number: 9350444
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a polarity setting module configured to set a plurality of polarity modes for the wireless communication with the plurality of external devices. The plurality of polarity modes includes selected ones of at least: a first polarity mode, and a second polarity mode. The polarity setting module sets the plurality of polarity modes based on information received from the plurality of external devices. A framing module is configured to generate data for transmission to the plurality of external devices based on the plurality of polarity modes set by the polarity setting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Alireza Tarighat Mehrabani, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 9344956
    Abstract: A communication system is described in which a base station operating in a hybrid or closed access mode requests deletion of the copy of the CSG-Id list maintained at the corresponding mobility management entity in the core network, when the base station changes its operation mode to an open (non-CSG) access mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Suresh Ganapathy
  • Patent number: 9336326
    Abstract: A disclosed method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device may involve executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more objects on a touch panel display; responsive to user touching of the display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user; and copying the selected object from the displayed page. The method further includes steps of displaying on the display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device. The method may also involve steps of, responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user, and launching the identified program. Then, the copied object is pasted for use in the execution of the identified destination program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Martin Jeffrey Abbott, Ioannis Tsampalis, Shelley K. Allen, Huiyu Wang, Kathleen Jane Chylinski
  • Patent number: 9332447
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a base station including a transceiver configured to communicate with another base station using a radio resource, wherein the radio resource is allocated to the base station to serve communication devices located in a radio cell operated by the base station. A method of operating a base station is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Anh Tuan Hoang, Haiguang Wang, Wai Leong Yeow, Jaya Shankar S/O Pathmasuntharam, Chee Ming Joseph Teo, Shoukang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9332520
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and timing a transmitting device is disclosed. The device includes a receiving system receiving a signal containing at least a preamble code of a known length and at least one pulse within a receive window after the preamble code, a circuit receiving the at least one pulse comprising a zero-crossing circuit for indicting a zero-voltage crossing of the at least one pulse and a trigger device for latching the indication of zero-voltage crossing, and a ripple circuit counter, receiving the latched indication of said zero-voltage crossing and associating a time to the receipt of the latched indication. A system for detecting and locating a transmitting device is further disclosed. The system includes a plurality of sensor apparatus each determining a reception time of a signal and a processor for determining a location based on groups of the reception times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BINJ Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Nadler, Joseph S. Noonan, Maosen Fang
  • Patent number: 9331764
    Abstract: Provided is an interference aligning method and apparatus that does not perform full feed-forwarding in a hierarchical cell communication. A macro base station may generate respective transmission beamforming vectors of macro terminals to null interference channels to pico terminals and to remove interference among the macro terminals. The effective interference channels are based on reception beamforming vectors of the pico terminals. The macro base station may transmit, to a macro terminal, a feed-forward indicator (FFI) indicating a method of transmitting information associated with a reception beamforming vector of the macro terminal. The macro terminal may obtain information associated with the reception beamforming vector based on the FFI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jae Shin, Nam Yoon Lee, Won Jong Noh, Hyun Ho Choi, Chang Yong Shin, Kyung Hun Jang
  • Patent number: 9330418
    Abstract: A tree building system that accesses data from a social networking site and, in some embodiments, other data sites having information that may pertain to the relationships between users of the social networking site. A rules engine within the system implements logic for analyzing the data from the social networking site. The system provides a candidate list of possible relatives for selection by a user and solicits information from the user through the use of guided questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Kendall Hulet, Christopher D. Bradford, Joshua Penrod
  • Patent number: 9319914
    Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device includes performing measurements of a first serving cell on a first carrier frequency at a first rate, determining whether a signal level of a second serving cell on a second carrier frequency exceeds a threshold, and performing measurements of the first serving cell at a second rate if the signal level of the second serving cell is below the threshold, wherein the second rate is higher than the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Murali Narasimha, Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy, Ravi Kuchibhotla
  • Patent number: 9307511
    Abstract: A base station registers a mobile station subjected to the call reception control of the base station. When connection between the mobile station registered by the base station and a higher-level device of the base station is terminated after detecting that the mobile station is located in a communication area of the base station, the base station causes the higher-level device to maintain information indicating that the mobile station is located in the communication area, without notifying the higher-level device of termination of the connection. When a call addressed to the mobile station is detected after termination of the connection between the mobile station and the higher-level device, the base station gives a notification about detection of the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kayo Motohashi
  • Patent number: 9292158
    Abstract: The instant invention comprises an apparatus, system, method, and tangible interactive mobile device storage medium, for creating, displaying, storing, modifying, performing adaptive learning routines, and multitasking; utilizing Cascade Windows™ on a display in an interactive mobile device GUI (Graphical User Interface) system; where the Cascade Windows created and displayed by The Cascade Software™ Technology Invention arranges the active interface of various mobile smartphone/device systems into adjustable dimension windows opened on the mobile device screen simultaneously so that multitasking is more efficient and effortless. This process and option of cascading various system and/or application windows simultaneously, creates a powerful tool for the user and a culminating technical effect that allows the user to go back in time, and view on the display various screen configurations ranked high in importance by the user and the machine, which occurred over a specific time interval in the past.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Franz Antonio Wakefield
  • Patent number: 9292177
    Abstract: In addition to conveying a completion status of a task to a user, a progress bar can display a visual indication that the task is substantially complete (e.g., essential elements of a web page are loaded) followed by another visual indication that informs the user that a particular feature or functionality has been enabled. For example, in addition to displaying a visual cue (e.g., a rocket effect) when a triviality threshold indicating that the task is complete to a threshold degree, another indicator can be displayed in response to determining that a status of a feature has been modified. Determining that the status of the feature is modified when the triviality threshold is met and thus displaying the other visual indicator immediately following the visual indication produces a dramatic visual cue in directing the user's attention to the visual enablement of the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Damian Kaleta, Kevin Decker
  • Patent number: 9288642
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for communicating using SMS messages between devices in different home networks, and, in one embodiment, to a method and system for assigning a local SMS number to a recipient device in a different home network such that a user is charged reduced communications costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: IDT Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Skelton, Benjamin Hirsch, Yitzchak Wurtzel
  • Patent number: 9277374
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus may perform operations related to delivering wireless information associating to a facility. A message is received from a first mobile device with at least a portion of the message including information associated with a physical location. Based on the message, a facility based on the physical location is identified. The message may be associated with the facility. An indication is received that a second mobile device is proximate to the facility and engaged in a message browsing mode. Based on receiving the indication, the message may be presented to the second mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Gits, Dale Seavey
  • Patent number: 9277558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to demodulation of radio signals from a base station having collocated transmit antennas, and more particularly to signaling allocation information from a base station to a mobile terminal. The allocation information may include timeslot and code information of allocation to other mobile terminals. Some embodiments of the present invention facilitate a mobile terminal's ability to receive and demodulate a signal containing multiple interfering signals by communicating codes allocated to other mobile terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin W. Beale, Vishakan Ponnampalam