Patents Examined by Kiet Doan
  • Patent number: 9615377
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for prioritizing frequency selection of a user equipment (“UE”) having a transceiver configured to enable the UE to establish a connection with a network using at least two communication protocols. A method may comprise recording, at the UE, a camped frequency and a camped band with which the UE is communicating with the first network in the first protocol, disconnecting from the first network and connecting to the second network, and disconnecting from the second network and reconnecting to the first network, wherein the reconnecting to the first network includes determining whether one of the camped frequency or a different frequency within the camped band is available for reconnection to the first network, and reconnecting to the first network using the one of the camped frequency or the different frequency within the camped band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Swaminathan Balakrishnan, Sarma V. Vangala, Sreevalsan Vallath, Prateek Sharma
  • Patent number: 9615320
    Abstract: A SIM selection method of a wireless communication device connectable to a first SIM associated with a first subscription in relation to a first wireless communication system and a second SIM associated with a second subscription in relation to a second wireless communication system. The method comprises obtaining current values of first second and third parameters. The first parameters are applicable in relation to the first SIM and in relation to the second SIM, and comprise a geographical location of the wireless communication device. The second and third parameters obtained for the first SIM are applicable in relation to the first SIM only and the second and third parameters obtained for the second SIM are applicable in relation to the second SIM only. The current values of the third parameters are based on values of the third parameters associated with the geographical location and uploaded to a server by a plurality of other wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventor: Andreas Anyuru
  • Patent number: 9596566
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for location-based call control. In one embodiment, call control rules for an outbound call can be determined/identified based on the location of the mobile device. The call control rules direct the outbound call to different numbers and/or different applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MBTE SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Yoram Meriaz, Ran Meriaz, Alex Tkachman
  • Patent number: 9594889
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed toward a mobile device that can be used in a secure access system. More specifically, the mobile device can have credential data loaded thereon remotely updated, enabled, disabled, revoked, or otherwise altered with a message sent from, for example, a control panel and/or controller in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
    Inventor: Peter R. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9591145
    Abstract: Mobile devices may obtain applications from an application market infrastructure. The applications may consume data from a data allocation that has been purchased from a mobile data provider. A user may assign a sub-allocation of the data allocation with a specific application, for use by the application. When the sub-allocation is depleted, the application may alert the user and also give the user an opportunity to purchase additional data. If the user accepts an offer to purchase additional data, the application calls the application market infrastructure to process a purchase transaction for the additional data. The application market infrastructure interacts with the user to complete the transaction and then instructs the mobile data provider to allocation additional data to the mobile device of the user, which is then added to the sub-allocation associated with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayadev Vadakkanmarveettil, Ajith Kumar Manhachery, Anthony Nicolas Haddad
  • Patent number: 9585026
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for a secondary system registering in a database, the method includes: a database receiving a registration request sent by a secondary system; and the database processing the registration of the secondary system. A database device includes: a receiving module, a registration processing module and a sending module; the secondary system includes: a network element device, a reconfiguration management node and a registration requesting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Yan Li, Bin Wang, Ting Miao
  • Patent number: 9582985
    Abstract: An emergency call failure mitigation apparatus, system and method includes a messaging subsystem that may be launched, upon receiving a call signaling indication pursuant to an emergency service call from a calling party that has failed to reach a local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The messaging subsystem is operative to prompt the calling party to provide one or more responses relating to the emergency situation and generate a messaging object including at least one of the calling party's location, identity of a call receiving device associated with the calling party, type of the calling party and priority of the emergency service call determined based on one or more responses of provided by the calling party. In one embodiment, the messaging object may be forwarded to an entity operative to reach the calling party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Jack Shurtz
  • Patent number: 9584992
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile device determines a notification mode based on the mobile device's user interface mode, and transmits a message comprising the notification mode to a server, causing the server to transmit one or more messages to the mobile device based on the notification mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • Patent number: 9578115
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for discovering a local location server associated with a local provider based on a relationship between the local provider and another regional/global provider. A mobile device discovers the local provider and queries a home location server which returns the address of a regional/global location server associated with the regional/global provider. A mobile device then queries the regional/global location server to discover the local location server and may then access the local location server to obtain location services. The method may be employed with the OMA SUPL location solution wherein the home location server may be an H-SLP and the local and regional/global location servers may be D-SLPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, Andreas Klaus Wachter, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 9565289
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication function with an external device, information acquisition means, and a controller configured to generate a call reception request message when a call transmission request is received, send the generated call reception request message to a called device, generate a preliminary message based on information obtained through the information acquisition means before a call is connected to the called device after receiving the call transmission request, and send the generated preliminary message to the called device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kwon, Arim Kwon, Jiyoung Park, Hyungtae Jang, Hyemi Jung
  • Patent number: 9565529
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamic search management in a multi-mode device. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs network search and acquisition by dynamically changing search delays and/or search frequencies. In one implementation, the mobile device adjusts the amount of time allocated for each network search based on e.g., previous network connection history (e.g., previously connected to a home network, previously connected to a roaming network), device conditions, user preferences, geographical information, etc. By focusing search effort on cellular technologies which have a high likelihood of success, the mobile device can greatly improve search time and reduce unnecessary power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Bhaskara Yerrabommanahalli, Prashant H. Vashi, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Brian H. Cassidy, Karthik Anantharaman, Bharath Narasimha Rao
  • Patent number: 9565522
    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: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Hartzell, Mark Welton, Michael Perri
  • Patent number: 9565538
    Abstract: A system for managing mobile electronic communications devices includes a user directory database configured to hold authentication data associated with at least one user, an authentication authority communicatively connected to the user directory database, an administration server configured to send and receive command messages with at least one mobile electronic communications device, a messaging server configured to send and receive communications messages with at least one mobile electronic communications device, and the authentication authority, administration server, and messaging server are configured to send and receive data via a data communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Zipit Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Heredia, Michael W. Crowe, Frank U. Greer, IV, Joseph A. Ellis, Jordan Upham, William R. Matson
  • Patent number: 9565282
    Abstract: A quick dialing method executable on a communication device includes detecting an action by a user on a touch screen of the communication device; dialing a selected quick contact when the detected action is a preselected triggering action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Wang-Hung Yeh
  • Patent number: 9565520
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium for targeting messages delivered by wireless communication comprising determining at least one target space within at least one wireless communications network, determining a notification list comprising at least one recipient in said at least one target space, determining at least one notification message, and transmitting said at least one notification message through said at least one wireless communications network to at least one recipient on said notification list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Steven D. Adams, Stephen John Ciesielski, Ashish Patel, Michelle L. Steinbeck, James C. Creigh
  • Patent number: 9559967
    Abstract: A communication system is made up of a number of LMR and IP bearers including LTE and P25. The information flowing over the integrated system is managed according to the situational context of the user. A policy driven approach is described that uses user context as its inputs and converts this into actions that preferentially improves the communication for the user particularly as they move between the available networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TAIT LIMITED
    Inventors: Geoffery Charles Peck, Clive Douglas Horn
  • Patent number: 9553998
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes determining whether a shared balance threshold has been breached, and notifying a member of a sharing group, in response to a determination that the balance threshold has been breached. The shared balance threshold is for the sharing group, which includes a number of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Avinash Permude
  • Patent number: 9552466
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed toward a mobile device that can be used in a secure access system. More specifically, the mobile device can have credential data loaded thereon remotely updated, enabled, disabled, revoked, or otherwise altered with a message sent from, for example, a control panel and/or controller in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
    Inventor: Peter R. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9545355
    Abstract: An attachment apparatus for a crutch including a pair of horizontal supports, a rectangular attachment having a back side and a front side, and a pair of clips. The pair of horizontal supports includes an upper support and a lower support. A right end of each of the upper support and the lower support, and a left end of each of the upper support and the lower support are attached to a right side support of a crutch and a left side support of a crutch, respectively. The pair of clips includes an upper clip and a lower clip. Each of the upper clip and the lower clip has a female receptor and a male member. Each of the female receptors is disposed on each of the pair of horizontal supports, and each of the male members is disposed on the back side of the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Donald Keith Welch
  • Patent number: 9544408
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a device body having a wireless communication module, a wearing unit connected to the device body for being worn on a user, an antenna module entirely embedded inside the wearing unit, and a conductive unit is partially disposed in the wearing unit and electrically connected to the antenna module and the wireless communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chen Liang, Cheng-Hao Wu, Chi-Cheng Wu, Hsuan-Hao Hsu