Patents Examined by Marcos Torres
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Patent number: 9775009Abstract: An approach for coordinating a communication response is described. A response coordination platform determines delivery of a notification to at least one device associated with a user. The response coordination platform further determines, based on the delivery, messaging content, a user specified response time, or a combination thereof for generating a message for responding to the notification. The response coordination platform then generates, based on the response time, at least one instruction for triggering an alert, a communication session, or a combination thereof by the at least one device associated with the user, other devices associated with the user, a device that sent the notification, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Cellco PartnershipInventors: Sethumadhav Bendi, Guangxin Frank Liu, Chi Kit Ben Lo
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Patent number: 9775018Abstract: Systems and methods for performing offline charging for proximity services. One embodiment is a proximity service element that controls proximity services for a mobile network. The proximity service element receives a request from User Equipment (UE) for a proximity service, and collects offline charging information related to the proximity service. The proximity service element formats the offline charging information into an offline charging communication, and transmits the offline charging communication to an offline charging system.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Xiang Yang Li, Yigang Cai
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Patent number: 9769127Abstract: Systems and methods for a smart card accessible over a personal area network (PAN). An example method may include: communicatively coupling a device to the PAN, storing a digital certificate that identifies a user, logging the user on to an additional device within the PAN, and providing an encryption service for the additional device, by: receiving a message to be encrypted, encrypting the message, sending the encrypted message to the additional device via the PAN, receiving an encrypted version of an additional message, decrypting the additional message using the private key associated with the user to produce an unencrypted version of the additional message, and sending the unencrypted version of the additional message to the additional device via the PAN.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.Inventor: Peter A. Rowley
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Patent number: 9769873Abstract: An access node for a telecommunications network is partitioned into a front end unit and a back end unit coupled by an internet protocol (IP) packet based communication link to provide for data and control packets to be sent between the back end unit and the front end unit. The front end unit performs physical layer and media access layer (MAC) sublayer processing for data for transmission to/from user equipment in the network using baseband processing units that perform highly parallel floating/fixed point operations. The back end unit includes a plurality of general purpose processors to provide data link layer and network layer processing. back end portions may be pooled to provide greater efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Dimas R. Noriega, Arthur R. Brisebois, Giuseppe De Rosa, Henry J. Fowler, Jr.
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Patent number: 9763072Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to a user equipment (“UE”) that is to receive emergency communication. The UE may be camped with limited service on a wireless network that is associated with a visited mobile switching circuit (“MSC”). While camped in limited service, the UE may transmit a location update request to the visited MSC that indicates the UE is to receive emergency communication while camped with limited service on the wireless network. Accordingly, the visited MSC may update a visitor location registry and a home location registry. Thereafter, when an emergency service attempts to contact the UE, the UE may be reached even while camped with limited service.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Saikat Sengupta, Harish Mitty, Somashekhar Rudrakshi
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Patent number: 9756192Abstract: Systems and methods for performing online charging for proximity services. One embodiment is a proximity service element that controls proximity services for a mobile network. The proximity service element receives a service request from User Equipment (UE) for a proximity service, and collects online charging information related to the proximity service. The proximity service element formats the online charging information into an online charging request, and transmits the online charging request to an online charging system. The proximity service element receives an online charging response from the online charging system that includes a credit authorization result for the proximity service, and transmits a service response to the UE indicating the credit authorization result for the proximity service.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Xiangyang Li, Yigang Cai
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Patent number: 9749802Abstract: A method for determining user activity range includes: determining a moving state of a user; determining, when the moving state of the user is a first state, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state; determining, when the moving state of the user is a second state, a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state; and collecting, in a first predetermined time period, geographical location information of the user corresponding to at least one first state, and a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to at least one second state, and combining the geographical location information of the user determined in the first state in the first predetermined time period with the geographical location information set of the user determined in the second state in the first predetermined time period, so as to determine a user activity range.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Yingren Cui
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Patent number: 9736285Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication terminal device capable of performing an image registration correlating with address book information with an easy operation. [Constitution] A mobile phone includes: a camera module 24 for shooting a subject; a memory 105 for storing address book information including telephone numbers; a numeric key portion 11 for an input; and a CPU 100 for extracting the address book information relating to information input by the numeric key portion 11 from the memory 105 and for storing an image shot by the camera module 24 by correlating the image with the address book information in the memory 105 at the same time. When the subject is shot by the camera module 24 after the information is input by the numeric key portion 11, the CPU 100 correlates the image with the extracted address book information and stores them in the memory 105.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Hiroki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9716965Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a content sharing between a mobile terminal and a call counterpart is facilitated in the course of making a phone call in-between. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication with an external terminal device while the external terminal is currently in a phone call with a call counterpart, a touchscreen configured to display a content list of contents to share with the call counterpart, and a controller to control the touchscreen, wherein in response to receiving a user input to request a sharing of at least one content in the content list, the controller to control a request, to the external terminal device, to share the sharing requested content with the call counterpart.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kiwan Kim, Jonghwan Kim, Jaeyoung Chae
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Patent number: 9693269Abstract: An LTE communication system is provided. The LTE communication system includes a mobile apparatus and a source BS. The source BS receives a target BS CSI configuration from a target BS and transmits an RRC configuration to the mobile apparatus. The RRC configuration includes a target BS temporary CSI configuration and a source BS temporary CSI configuration. The mobile apparatus continuously receives data from the source BS according to the source BS temporary CSI configuration, and synchronizes with the target BS while receiving data. The source BS stops transmitting data to the mobile apparatus based on a request from the mobile apparatus or signal quality of the mobile apparatus, and forwards un-transmitted data to the target BS. The mobile apparatus handovers to the target BS after finishing the synchronization with the target BS, and continues to receive the un-transmitted data from the target BS.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Institute For Information IndustryInventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Hai-Han Wang
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Patent number: 9686032Abstract: A mobile viewing method includes accessing location information indicative of a current location of a mobile device associated with a home market. A current market corresponding to the current location of the mobile device is identified. If the current market differs from the home market, the mobile device is granted access to a retransmission of at least one local channel of the current market. The location information may include GPS information indicative of GPS coordinates of the mobile device. The mobile device may include a mobile viewing application that displays a channel guide indicating local channels available in the current market and national channels. The mobile viewing application may include a summary of the current market and the summary may include weather, news headline, and local advertisement information.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Michael S. Thomas, Wes G. Costner, Adam Ferman
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Patent number: 9654915Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for transmitting and receiving audio and video data. A method may include determining, by a device including one or more processors and a plurality of antennas, that the device is in an active state. The method may also include determining, via the plurality of antennas in response to a location request, location information associated with the device. Furthermore, the method may include receiving, from at least one sensor component included in the device, sensor information associated with the device. Additionally, the method may include determining, based at least in part on the location information and the sensor information, a scan rate adjustment event. The method may further include adjusting a current scan rate of the first antenna to a second scan rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Wey-Yi W. Guy, Chia-Hung S. Kuo
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Patent number: 9655047Abstract: A wireless terminal is provided, including a main control unit, a radio frequency power amplifier, and an antenna, where: the main control unit is coupled to the radio frequency power amplifier, and an output end of the radio frequency power amplifier is coupled to the antenna; the main control unit is configured to initiate a procedure for establishing a physical channel, and send a first gain control instruction to the radio frequency power amplifier, where when there is no uplink data to be transmitted through the physical channel link within a first preset time, the first gain control instruction is an instruction for reducing a gain; the radio frequency power amplifier determines its gain level according to the first gain control instruction; and the antenna is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal amplified by the radio frequency power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Deng, Konggang Wei
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Patent number: 9648651Abstract: Various systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for communicating from device to device are described. Device to Device (D2D) communication may bypass use of a network when devices are in communicable proximity of each other. Knowledge of the relative locations of devices that either are already in D2D mode or are not yet in D2D mode but are capable of using D2D mode may be useful. Therefore, various techniques are described for determining distance between two or more devices. Relative locations may also be used to determine the proximity of two devices for some proximity service of common interest.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventor: Stephen William Edge
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Patent number: 9635538Abstract: A method of determining inbound roaming market share of a host network is disclosed. The network subscribers are identified by their subscriber identity (IMSI). Each IMSI is categorized based on its roaming status. The roaming categories are as follows: successfully roaming, roaming but steered to another network, not roaming due to errors related to steering, not roaming due to errors not related to steering, roaming below a threshold, roaming below a threshold duration, and roaming on rival networks. SRI-for-SM results of SMS activity are used to determine the count of IMSIs roaming on rival networks. Market share is determined by calculating a quotient of the count of IMSI's categorized as successfully roaming on the host network and the difference between the total count of the IMSIs and the count of IMSIs categorized as not roaming due to errors not related to steering.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Syniverse Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert G. Bruce, Dianne Albina, Kapil Jain, Premanand Sivakkolundhu
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Patent number: 9609070Abstract: Methods and systems for indoor mobile unit positioning, for seamlessly toggling a mobile unit positioning between outdoor positioning and indoor positioning and for providing location based services or application generated by and external location server to the mobile unit while the mobile unit is indoors. The indoor mobile unit positioning includes mobile unit-based positioning with makes use of reception of access point signals by the mobile unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Corning Optical Communications Wireless LtdInventors: Isaac Shapira, Yair Zeev Shapira, Catherine Zatloukal
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Patent number: 9609506Abstract: This inventions relates to an identity suspension method and system for a mobile device designed for operation with a subscriber identification module (SIM) card, wherein the mobile device further includes a virtual SIM device. The virtual SIM device acts as a bridge between a remotely located SIM card, and the mobile device. The virtual SIM device can detect when the mobile device requests an identity or when the cellular services provider is attempting to authenticate the identity associated with the mobile device. Should the virtual SIM device sense that the process may not be completed for any reason, the virtual SIM device returns a transient error to the mobile device and effectively present a new “parking” identity to the mobile device using procedures defined in SIM toolkit.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Gimso Mobile Ltd.Inventors: Eran Duchan, Nir Berman
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Patent number: 9609475Abstract: A method of providing information regarding a mobile station adapted for communication via a communication system is provided. In the method an area event notification request is received at a location service entity provided in association with the communication system, the area event notification request containing information associated with the identity of the mobile station and an area of interest. Monitoring for an event indicative of a change in the presence status of the mobile station relative to said area of interest is then activated. A notification is signalled in response to detection of such event.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Sebastian Kraufvelin, Jan Kall, Tomi Varonen
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Patent number: 9585023Abstract: To reduce inter-sector interference for “weak” users and combat a potentially large variation in interference levels observed by “strong” and weak users, system resources (e.g., frequency subbands) available for data transmission in a system are partitioned into multiple (e.g., three) disjoint sets. Each sector in the system is assigned one subband set. Neighboring sectors are assigned different subband sets such that the subband set assigned to each sector is orthogonal to the subband sets assigned to neighboring sectors. Each sector has an assigned subband set and an unassigned subband set, which contains all subbands not in the assigned set. Weak users in each sector (which are typically strong interferers to neighboring sectors) are allocated subbands in the assigned set. Strong users in each sector are allocated subbands in the unassigned set. The weak users in each sector are then orthogonal to strong interferers in neighboring sectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tingfang Ji, Avneesh Agrawal, Gavin Horn, Edward Harrison Teague
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Patent number: 9572078Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for accessing a base station, a base station and a user equipment, belonging to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: establishing, by a current macro base station, a control plane connection with a user equipment according to an access request of the user equipment, and assigning a first cell-radio network temporary identity to the user equipment; and when receiving a measurement report of pico base stations reported by the user equipment, selecting a pico base station for the user equipment according to a preset policy so that the user equipment establishes a data plane connection with the pico base station, and notifying context information of the user equipment to the pico base station, where the context information includes the first cell-radio network temporary identity assigned to the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinfang Zhang, Lu Rong, Yinggang Du