Patents Examined by Kiet Doan
  • Patent number: 9544729
    Abstract: Location information relating to a changeable location of a mobile device is received. An automatic determination is made as to whether an asset is closest in geographic proximity to the location of the mobile device where the asset is selected from a plurality of assets. Based upon the selected asset, mobile interface information is automatically retrieved where this information is specifically associated with the selected asset. The mobile interface information is automatically sent to the mobile device for display to the user without any interaction from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Hardwick, Daniel Carvalho, Blayne Watt
  • Patent number: 9544836
    Abstract: Disclosed are a scanning method and a scanning apparatus. The scanning method for a station (STA) comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame including a scanning priority for a plurality of access points (APs); and sequentially monitoring for the reception of a probe response frame, which is a response to the probe request frame, from at least one of the plurality of Aps for the plurality of APs on the basis of the scanning priority. Thus, scanning processes can be quickly performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Giwon Park, Kiseon Ryu, Hangyu Cho, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 9538580
    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: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Amit Mahajan, Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar, Jun Hu, Huang Lou
  • Patent number: 9526033
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and network side device for reducing handover signaling. The method includes: determining, by a network side device, a handover frequency of an inactive user equipment in a first preset time; and when the handover frequency is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold, sending, by the network side device, a message to the inactive user equipment, so that the inactive user equipment enters a radio resource control idle state. In solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, when a handover frequency reaches a certain value, a user equipment is set to an RRC idle state; therefore, the quantity of handover signaling during a movement process of an inactive user equipment may be reduced, and an overhead of handover signaling is reduced, thereby reducing power consumption of the user equipment and improving power saving performance of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihai Han, Xiaoke Shen
  • Patent number: 9519852
    Abstract: A compact form factor integrated circuit card. In one embodiment, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is disclosed. In one embodiment, the SIM card has overall dimensions optimized for a particular application; e.g., 12.30 mm (±0.10 mm)×8.80 mm (0.10 mm)×0.67 mm (+0.03/?0.07). In another embodiment, the SIM card has overall dimensions of 11.90 mm (±0.10 mm)×8.80 mm (±0.10 mm)×0.70 mm (maximum). Multiple complementary SIM card adapters and methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tang Yew Tan, Jason Sloey, Jared Kole, Naushad Zaveri
  • Patent number: 9516466
    Abstract: Systems and methods to capture, in a first device, a sample of audio data streaming from a server, transmit the sample to the server, and receive, in the first device, access to a secure service provided by the server when the server verifies that the first device is at a location of the audio based on the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Gray Ruhstaller, Brandon Bilinski
  • Patent number: 9516480
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a computer system, a request comprising a phone number, identifying a primary channel and one or more secondary channels based on, at least in part, respective performance data of the primary and secondary channels, sending a first message comprising a first text string via the primary channel to a destination device associated with the phone number, after sending the first message, determining that a conversion event for the message and the primary channel did not occur within a specified time period, and based on the determining, sending a second message comprising the first text string via a particular secondary channel to the destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NEXMO INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Gilles Michel Soulez, Enrico Musuruana, Paul Harry Cook, Eric Nadalin
  • Patent number: 9516571
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for opportunistic small cell triggering. The methods and apparatus include determining, by a user equipment (UE) connected to a cell, a change of location of the UE. Further, the methods and apparatus include requesting small cell information from a database based at least in part on the change of location of the UE. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include attempting to detect a small cell based on the small cell information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include transmitting a message to turn on the small cell when no the small cell is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Siddharth Mohan
  • Patent number: 9509795
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to generate and/or maintain multimedia data files. Context data tags may be created to tag the generated multimedia data files, enabling identification of multimedia data files without directly accessing the contents of the multimedia data files. Context data tags may comprise such attributes as time/date stamps, location, subject, environment, scheduling, and/or biometric information. The WMC device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and/or to a specific device user. The user preference information may be utilized to specify attributes that may be utilized in creating context data tags for multimedia data files. The user preference information may be maintained in the WMC device and/or externally. Tagging operation may be performed dynamically, and a remote device may be utilized to perform tagging operations and/or to maintain the user preference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander G. MacInnis, Thomas Quigley, Arya Behzad, Jeyhan Karaoguz, John Walley, Mark Buer
  • Patent number: 9504061
    Abstract: In response to requests for their use of the resources by the applications, resources are first allocated to “inelastic” requests specified for performance at a specific time slot. A baseline allocation of resources is then determined which is the minimum amount of capacity that has to be used for efficient operation of the resources required to meet the requests. This baseline will include some additional capacity as the minimum efficient capacity is less than the maximum capacity. “Elastic” requests, specified for performance within a predetermined time range comprising two or more of the set of time slots, are then allocated so as to prioritize the use of this spare capacity, bringing actual usage up to at least the baseline allocation of resources. If further capacity is required to meet all the inelastic requests, further capacity is allocated and the baseline redefined to include it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: British Telecommunications PLC, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
    Inventors: Sid Shakya, Gilbert Owusu, Beum Seuk Lee, Dymitr Ruta, Kin Poon, Okung Ntofon
  • Patent number: 9503944
    Abstract: Inter-radio access technology (IRAT) ping pong handover of a user equipment (UE) connection between a source radio access technology (RAT) communications network, e.g., LTE, and a different target RAT communications network, e.g., UTRAN, is detected. A control node determines IRAT ping pong handover information and evaluates an IRAT handover request message for the UE connection from the source RAT network with respect to the handover ping pong information. Based thereon, the node determines that the UE connection meets one or more ping pong conditions associated with the handover ping pong information and provides an indication of an IRAT ping pong handover condition to a base station in the source RAT network to allow the base station to make mobility adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Angelo Centonza, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Kristina Zetterberg
  • Patent number: 9503558
    Abstract: A battery module for a portable communication device having a controller. In one embodiment, the battery module includes a battery accessory interface having a positive terminal, an identifying terminal, and a negative terminal. A voltage regulator is connected to the positive terminal of the battery accessory interface and configured to output a voltage on the positive terminal in response to a control signal. An addressable switch is connected to the identifying terminal of the battery accessory interface. The addressable switch is configured to communicate with the controller and generate the control signal based on input from the controller and the identifying terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Macwien Krishnamurthi, Kow Chee Chong, Cheah Chan Kee, Cheah Heng Tan, Yusasmadi Yusof
  • Patent number: 9497535
    Abstract: Apparatus comprises adapter and speaker system. Adapter is configured to plug into port of personal digital audio player. Speaker system is in communication with adapter, and comprises multiple acoustic transducers, programmable processor circuit, and wireless communication circuit. In first operational mode, processor circuit receives, via adapter, and processes digital audio content from personal digital audio player into which adapter is plugged, and the multiple acoustic transducers output the received audio content from the personal digital audio player. In second operational mode, wireless communication circuit receives digital audio content from a remote digital audio source over a wireless network, processor circuit processes the digital audio content received from remote digital audio source, and the multiple acoustic transducers output the audio content received from the remote digital audio source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Koss Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Koss, Michael J. Pelland
  • Patent number: 9491616
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may help to protect users' privacy when storing and/or utilizing location data that is provided by the users' mobile devices. An example method may involve: (a) determining a location history associated with a first client device, wherein the location history comprises a plurality of time-stamped location reports associated with the first client device, (b) before the location history is exported: (i) identifying at least one stop in the location history, wherein the at least one stop corresponds to a plurality of location reports that indicate a substantial lack of movement by the first client device, and (ii) scrubbing the location history in order to obscure at least one location report that corresponds to the at least one stop, and (c) exporting the scrubbed location history to long-term data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Brandt, Stephen David Zelinka
  • Patent number: 9483631
    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: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
    Inventor: Peter R. Lowe
  • Patent number: 9483779
    Abstract: Various arrangements for delivery of relevant content to a mobile device of a user are presented. Physiological state data and image data related to the user of the mobile device may be received by a host computer system from a mobile device. The image data may be analyzed to identify a characteristic of the image. The physiological state data may also be analyzed. Content to deliver to the mobile device of the user may be selected at least partially based on the physiological state data of the user and the characteristic of the image. The content may be transmitted to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Prince Gupta, Aniket A. Vartak, Charles Wheeler Sweet, Robert S. Tartz
  • Patent number: 9479905
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives, from a second UE, a first signal including a first expression code associated with the second UE, and determines at least a second expression code using the first expression code, the at least a second expression code associated with the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arthur Stephens, Michaela Vanderveen, Sajith Balraj
  • Patent number: 9474039
    Abstract: A system for (a) determining a first direction from a first device toward a second device based on a first set of WiFi® wireless signals received by at least one antenna of the first device from the second device, (b) determining a second direction from a third device toward the second device based on a second set of WiFi® wireless signals received by at least one antenna of the third device from the second device, and (c) based at least on a first location of the first device, the first direction from the first device toward the second device, a second location of the third device, and the second direction from the third device toward the second device: determining a third location of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark Vitek, Venkatesh Kannan
  • Patent number: 9467826
    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: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Telecommunications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Mitchell, Jr., Yinjun Zhu, Myron D'Souza, Roger S. Marshall
  • Patent number: 9451816
    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: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings S.àr.l.
    Inventors: Bryan Lee Hynecek, Jarret Weis, Stephen Reiger Myers, David John Law, Ryan Hill Mongan