Patents Examined by Kiet Doan
  • Methods and apparatus for correcting error events associated with identity provisioning
    Patent number: 9148841
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for correcting error events associated with identity provisioning. In one embodiment, repeated requests for access control clients are responded to with the execution of a provisioning feedback mechanism which is intended to prevent the unintentional (or even intentional) over-consumption or waste of network resources via the delivery of an excessive amount of access control clients. These provisioning feedback mechanisms include rate-limiting algorithms and/or methodologies which place a cost on the user. Apparatus for implementing the aforementioned provisioning feedback mechanisms are also disclosed and include specialized user equipment and/or network side equipment such as a subscriber identity module provisioning server (SPS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Stephan V. Schell
  • Output of content from the internet on a media rendering device
    Patent number: 9148756
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling output of content on a media rendering device. A mobile phone may be effective to receive a request for content where the content is from a content processor. The mobile phone may be effective to generate a command based on the request, the command including a URL, the URL including an address of a gateway processor and an identification of the content processor. The mobile phone may be effective to send the command to the media rendering device. The media rendering device may be effective to send a request to the gateway processor using the URL. The gateway processor may be effective to receive the content from the content processor and send the content to the media rendering device. The media rendering device may be effective to output the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: FLIPPS MEDIA AD
    Inventor: Metodi Filipov
  • Method for transmitting and receiving signals in consideration of time alignment timer and user equipment for the same
    Patent number: 9144068
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving signals in consideration of a time alignment timer and user equipment (UE) for the same are provided. In this method, a UE performs initial transmission or retransmission of an uplink signal using wireless resources corresponding to an uplink grant signal received from a base station only when a time alignment timer of the UE is running. The UE does not transmit a HARQ feedback signal for a downlink signal received from the base station to the base station when the time alignment timer of the UE is not running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sung Jun Park, Seung June Yi, Young Dae Lee, Sung Duck Chun
  • One piece co-formed exterior hard shell case with an elastomeric liner for mobile electronic devices
    Patent number: 9136897
    Abstract: A one-piece co-formed exterior hard shell case with an elastomeric liner formed on the interior of the exterior hard shell for mobile electronic devices. This hard protective exterior shell allows the device maximum protection from impacts with sharp objects while the interior elastomeric portion that provides shock protection for the device from impacts. The exterior hard shell part is formed to fit the device closely with a small offset from the devices surface. The exterior hard shell raps around the edges of the device. To allow the shell to be able to be mounted on the device the corners of the hard shell are cut open. This allows each sidewall to flex away when a device is inserted and snap back once it is in place. The elastomeric material fills in the gaps created at the corners of the exterior hard shell to allow flex for mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings S.ár.l.
    Inventors: Bryan Lee Hynecek, Jarret Weis, Stephen Reiger Myers, David John Law
  • Low power mode exit latency predictor for real-time asymmetric multiprocessor systems
    Patent number: 9131445
    Abstract: In an aspect there is provided a method of moving a processor of a mobile device from a low-power state for conserving power to an active mode for processing signals. The mobile device is configured to receive regularly scheduled signals. The method comprises, for each of multiple operating states of the mobile device determining a restore time associated with the operating state of the mobile device and storing each determined restore time in association with its operating state. The method further comprises detecting a current operating state of the mobile device and using the determined restore time for that state to set a trigger time to control movement of the processor of the mobile device to enter the active mode from the low-power mode in time to process the scheduled signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Greg Heinrich, Robert Riglar
  • Emergency 911 data messaging
    Patent number: 9131357
    Abstract: A data request is generated (e.g., text, email, SMS, multimedia messaging system (MMS), etc.) from a source device. The data request is delivered to a PSAP or other emergency monitoring service location in a useable format. Exemplary useable formats include a canned voice message, delivery to a call center that translates data to voice, text to speech, and text to instant messaging (IM). Additional information and location are staged for use by the PSAP or other monitoring service location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Mitchell, Jr., Yinjun Zhu, Myron D'Souza, Roger S. Marshall
  • System and method for administration and operation of one or more mobile electronic communications devices
    Patent number: 9131356
    Abstract: A mobile electronic communications device includes a housing, a memory, a data entry mechanism, a display for visual data, at least one wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic signals conforming to a plurality of wireless signaling protocols, and a controller. The controller is communicatively connected to the memory, data entry mechanism, and display; and is configured to send and receive data using the at least one wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Zipit Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Heredia, Michael Crowe, Frank Greer, Joseph Ellis, Jordan Upham, William Matson
  • Location-aware mobile application management
    Patent number: 9125000
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to managing mobile applications (“apps”) of a mobile device based, at least in part, upon the determined location of the device. The techniques described herein are especially suited for situations where the present location differs from the locations associated with particular apps that are already installed on the mobile device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony G. LaMarca, Kirk W. Skeba, Jaroslaw J. Sydir
  • Coordinated multipoint reception processing method and apparatus, and base station
    Patent number: 9119192
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a coordinated multipoint reception processing method and apparatus, and a base station. The method includes: performing demodulating and decoding an uplink signal received by k collaboration sets of M collaboration sets, to obtain k cyclic redundancy check CRC results, where the uplink signal is sent by a user equipment UE, the collaboration set is a serving sector where the UE is located or a set formed by the serving sector and any one or more collaborative sectors, M?2, and 1?k?M; and if the k CRC results include at least one correct CRC result, performing processing on a signal obtained by a CRC result of the at least one correct CRC result. According to the embodiments of the present invention, in a base station, detection performance is improved under actual channel estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Cai, Qunfang Lou
  • Network assisted user association and offloading techniques for integrated multi-rat heterogeneous networks
    Patent number: 9119120
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described that incorporate joint network assisted offloading and cross-RAT (Radio Access Technology) user mapping techniques for integrated multi-RAT Het-Nets. Techniques are described for network based offloading and user association methods for multi-tier, multi-RAT HetNets, which account for overall user as well as network utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Ping Yeh, Ali Yazdan Panah, Nageen Himayat, Shilpa Talwar
  • Crowdsourcing based on base station almanac quality
    Patent number: 9113432
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for a mobile device and a base station almanac server to throttle crowdsourcing information are presented. The crowdsourcing information is used to improve a location of a base station in a base station almanac. A portion of the base station almanac is provided to a mobile device. For example, the mobile device may identify its current cell and request the base station almanac. The mobile device records crowdsourcing information to identify, for each particular base station of at least one base station, a cellular identifier for the particular base station, optional ranging information between the particular base station and the mobile device, and an independent position of the mobile device. The independent position of the mobile device may be formed from global navigation satellite system (GNSS) or station signals independent of the at least one base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lois A. Teed-Gillen, Weihua Gao, Kirk Allan Burroughs, Dominic Gerard Farmer
  • Methods and apparatuses for preemptive battery voltage management in multi-SIM mobile devices
    Patent number: 9107168
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for power control management in a user equipment (UE) include establishing a first call and a second call at the UE, wherein the first call is associated with a first subscription and the second call is associated with a second subscription. Further, the apparatus and methods include determining concurrency of the first call and the second call. The apparatus and methods also includes adjusting a power level or operating frequency associated with at least one UE component based on determining the concurrency of the first call and the second call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Taha, Francis Ming-Meng Ngai, Amit Mahajan
  • Base station apparatus for operation as part of an access network of a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 9100833
    Abstract: A base station apparatus for operation as part of an access network of a mobile telecommunications network includes; a housing; a radio interface unit and a core network interface unit in the housing; a network line section between the radio interface unit and the core network interface unit; and a measuring apparatus, operatively connected to the network line section. The measuring apparatus is configured to detect at least one line parameter of the network line section, the at least one line parameter including a line parameter from the group of line parameters consisting of: the input impedance of the network line section; the insulation value of the network line section; the capacitance of the network line section; and the inductance of the network line section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventor: Axel Klatt
  • Terminal device and molds of button shell and inner shell of terminal device
    Patent number: 9094491
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a terminal device and molds of a button shell and an inner shell of the terminal device, which can be applied to the technical field of electronic devices. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the button shell and the inner shell can be connected without using an intermediate medium, and the button shell and the inner shell are fixedly connected by sliding between a slide rail on the button shell and a sliding slot on the inner shell, so that materials of the terminal device are saved, and an assembly process of the button shell and the inner shell of the terminal device can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenguo Xu, Tao Wang, Shifeng Chen
  • Method and system for implementing a single weight (SW) single channel (SC) MIMO system
    Patent number: 9094062
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may comprise generating at least one control signal that may be utilized to control a first received signal. A phase of the first received signals may be adjusted via the generated control signal so that the phase of the first received signal may be equivalent to a phase of a second received signal, where the phase of the first signal may be adjusted within a processing path used to process the first received signal. An amplitude of the first received signal may be adjusted via the generated control signal so that the amplitude of the first received signal may be equivalent to an amplitude of a second received signal, where the amplitude of the first signal is adjusted within the processing path used to process the first received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg, Uri Landau, Pieter Van Rooyen
  • Mobile web system for sending and receiving navigational coordinates and notifications
    Patent number: 9094824
    Abstract: A first mobile device requests a second mobile device to navigate to a destination communicated to the second mobile device by the first mobile device, wherein at least the second mobile device, if not both the first and the second mobile devices, is GPS enabled and is capable of navigation. In one scenario, a first user of the first mobile device requests the second device (or the user of the second device) to send a notification when the second user has reached a certain destination or is in the vicinity of a certain location where the first user and the first mobile device are currently located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventor: Madhavi Jayanthi
  • Systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices
    Patent number: 9087346
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to data delivery. More specifically, some embodiments of the present technology relate to systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices. The delivery of data to support a wide variety of services for and about mobile devices that are based on data stored in corporate, commercial, and government databases which is not currently linked to individual mobile devices. Some embodiments allow advertisers to better target their ads to relevant target audience with greater accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mobile Technology Corporation, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Hartzell, Mark Welton, Michael Perri
  • Wireless device communication
    Patent number: 9084167
    Abstract: An indication is received from a wireless device in communication with a first communication system using a first radio access technology that the wireless device has detected a second communication system using a second access technology. Network information of the first communication system is provided and stored at the wireless device when performing a first handover of the wireless device from the first communication system to the second communication system. The network information is provided to the first communication system to perform a second handover from the second communication system to the first communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Sungki Park, Saied Kazeminejad
  • Dual-SIM wireless communications device and method for mitigating receiver desense in dual-active operation
    Patent number: 9084288
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for an access terminal configured to enable communication with two or more wireless communications networks simultaneously. According to some aspects of the disclosure, an access terminal (e.g., dual-SIM access terminal) can be active simultaneously on both networks with reduced interference between transmission and reception. A number of different techniques for mitigating desense on a victim's Rx are illustrated in this disclosure with a GSM aggressor and an EV-DO victim as non-limiting examples. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Amit Mahajan, Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar, Jun Hu, Huang Lou
  • Peer-to-peer communication using a wide area network air interface
    Patent number: 9084283
    Abstract: A method for peer-to-peer wireless communication by a first user equipment (UE) includes communicating with a second UE, and using a wireless area network air interface during the communication with the second UE. The communicating with the second UE comprises transmitting a downlink signal configured for downlink of the wireless area network air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Palanki, Naga Bhushan, Aamod D. Khandekar