Patents Examined by Matthew W. Genack
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Patent number: 10536823Abstract: The present invention is a method and system for scoring the reliability of a predictive determination regarding the assigning of a geographic location, such as a work or home location, to the owner or user of a mobile device. Mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, internet computers, and other hand-held mobile devices may be preferentially targeted for ads based upon the geographic location of the owner or user of the mobile device. The home or work location is determined based upon startup events associated with the mobile device as tracked by startup activations of the mobile device, beacon activations, tile activations, or any other Bluetooth or near field communication device activation, during either day time or night time hours. Reliability scoring of the determination is affected through extraction and normalization of discrete features of a device.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventors: Vamshi Guduguntla, Colby Greene, Andrew Schrader
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Patent number: 10536924Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment includes: receiving signals from other terminals; selecting another terminal which has proximity to the terminal from among the other terminals based on reception powers of the signals and information related to the signals; and determining a location of the terminal based on location information of the other terminals.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Wonjun Hwang, Hyung-Jin Choi, Han Jun Kim, Kyunghoon Lee, Hyunseok Ryu, Min Jang
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Patent number: 10396949Abstract: A method for processing interference signals, comprising the following steps of: receiving, by a terminal, configuration information sent by a base station to obtain periodic scheduling configuration information of a neighbor cell on specific time-frequency resources; detecting, by the terminal, an interference signal of the neighbor cell according to the scheduling configuration information, and acquiring information about the interference signal; and, performing, by the terminal, interference cancellation and/or interference suppression on the detected interference signal according to the information about the interference signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Zixiong Chen, Xutao Zhou, Dajin Wang, Jinghui Xie, Songhui Shen, Yingyang Li
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Patent number: 10397769Abstract: [Problem] To conduct a process of moving a designated communication terminal belonging to a first communication system so as to belong to a second communication system without errors. [Solution] A management device is provided, which deletes information on a communication terminal of a first configuration device and then adds information of the communication terminal to the second configuration device. The management device is provided with an interface unit and a control unit. The interface unit obtains a first configuration file which stores a configuration data on a communication terminal belonging to a first communication system, and a second configuration file which stores a configuration data on a communication terminal belonging to a second communication system. The control unit deletes a configuration data of a designated communication terminal from the obtained first configuration file, and adds a configuration data of the designated communication terminal to the obtained second configuration file.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ICOM INCORPORATEDInventors: Akira Nakano, Yuma Oda
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Patent number: 10334397Abstract: A server that cross-references a first user's device location with registered members in a spatial proximity of the first user's device and returns the results by disclosing personal user attributes including pictures and names of all members in the spatial proximity of the first user's device. The first user who initiated the inquiry may select from the results returned any discovered user he/she wishes to connect with and send a form of invitation to connect using network available tools such as email, SMS, text or any customized invitation form. The invitation to connect to the inquiring user includes his/her personal attributes including a picture and name. The discovered member who received the invitation may accept, ignore, or decline connecting with the inquiring user. The first user may also receive an invitation from the server to accept, ignore, or decline connecting with the discovered member.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: WIRELESS DISCOVERY LLCInventor: Ramzi Alharayeri
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Patent number: 10321267Abstract: A technique for allowing members of the same social network using mobile devices to discover others in the vicinity by personal attributes and in specific picture(s) and name for the purpose of connecting, and the ability to use functions provided by a social network such as SMS, e-mail, chat/instant messaging, multimedia, or video by using unique hardware identification of each member mobile device and personal login information that are stored in a network server computing device; and associating the unique apparatus of the members' hardware with the members' personal profile such that when a search is initiated between members, the results contain the members' profile's picture(s), name, location and additional information as stored in the profiles. The proximity of the users is determined by static or dynamic location of the actual device location identified through mobile radio frequency location technology and internet IP information and saved in the user profile.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: WIRELESS DISCOVERY LLCInventor: Ramzi Alharayeri
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Patent number: 10299178Abstract: A first base station provides radio communication service to user equipments, UEs, and a second base station that provides radio communication service to UEs in adjacent cell service area. The first base station receives cell range expansion, CRE, information from the second base station for expanding the size of the first cell and evaluates handover of one or more UEs with respect to the second cell based on the CRE information. In one embodiment, the second base station determines a CRE related configuration that includes the CRE information with respect to the first cell, sends the CRE information to the first base station. For example, the second base station may send a handover request including the CRE information to the first base station. The second base station also may consider CRE information in handover evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Angelo Centonza, Mojgan Fadaki, Lars Lindbom
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Patent number: 10291429Abstract: A control device according to an embodiment includes a calculator, a changing unit, and a transmitter. The calculator calculates a first communication volume obtained by adding a value obtained by normalizing a communication volume of a voice call of a first terminal and a value obtained by normalizing a communication volume of data communication of the first terminal on the basis of a first history of the voice call of the first terminal and a second history of the data communication of the first terminal. The changing unit changes a first upper limit of a third priority obtained by adding a first priority set to the voice call of the first terminal and a second priority set to the data communication of the first terminal on the basis of the first communication volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Taichi Tashiro, Keiji Yamamoto, Kazuya Negishi, Kohta Nakamura
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Patent number: 10278206Abstract: A method for scheduling radio resource in an unlicensed spectrum and a base station using the method is provided. This method includes following steps. Downlink data are obtained, and the first starting time point for a downlink transmission of this downlink data is estimated. A plurality of second starting times are set according to the first starting time point. A plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) for the downlink data are prepared before the earliest second start time point. Each of the DCIs is corresponding to each of the first start time point or the second start time points, and each of the DCIs points to a radio resource block of the downlink data. Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) procedure in the unlicensed spectrum is performed, and the DCIs are disposed in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) after the channel process is completed.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Tao Chiang, You-En Lin
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Patent number: 10255625Abstract: A system and method for adapting the look, feel, and behavior of a mobile application based on the user, location or environment in which it is used.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Mozido, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Liberty, Mike Love, Steve Bacastow, Teri Harwood, Aliaksandr Manusovich
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Patent number: 10257695Abstract: A wireless communication device capable of changing a communication parameter to be used according to a surrounding situation includes a learning database that stores, in association with each other, the surrounding situation of the wireless communication device and a communication performance in a case where communication is performed by using a given communication parameter, a plurality of sensors, surrounding situation determination unit configured to determine the surrounding situation of the wireless communication device from information obtained from the plurality of sensors, communication parameter candidate determination unit configured to refer to the learning database to determine candidates for the communication parameter that are appropriate in the determined surrounding situation, communication parameter determination unit configured to determine the communication parameter used in communication from among the candidates determined by the communication parameter candidate determination unit basedType: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Onur Altintas, Ryokichi Onishi, Mitsuhiro Nishibori
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Patent number: 10178642Abstract: Methods and systems for providing alternate wireless and network service on a cruise ship or in other remote or isolated “captive” environments where available wireless communication options tend to be limited and/or bandwidth constrained. Aspects of the disclosed systems and methods allow existing wireless customers to continue using their normal wireless phone and phone number in the captive environments while still easily avoiding large roaming and bandwidth charges, all while nearly transparently maintaining the full range of normal wireless voice, text, and MMS services.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: TIONESTA, LLCInventors: Paul Posner, Tim Clark, Aaron Hamstra, Ivan Knezevic
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Patent number: 10171934Abstract: A system and method for using time to reach determinations to improve the usability of geo-fences is disclosed. A computer system accesses a current location of a client system and identifies one or more nearby geo-fences. The computer system then calculates the time to reach each of these geo-fences. If the calculated time to reach value for a particular geo-fence is within the notification range associated with that geo-fence, then the computer system generates a notification to display to a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Chintan Jain, Rui Kong
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Patent number: 10165396Abstract: Provided are apparatus and method for activating a wireless communication function automatically for geo-fence, a system comprising the same, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon for providing a content by activating the wireless communication function while entering a geo-fence which is a predetermined virtual area for providing the content based on a current location of a user. Thus, it is possible to greatly improve efficiency of a content providing service using a geo-fence by automatically activating a wireless communication function of user equipment according to whether a user enters the geo-fence to receive store information through communication with a beacon or a WIFI AP provided in the store positioned at the geo-fence and transmitting the corresponding store information to a geo-fence service providing device providing a content related with the store to receive the content corresponding to the store information.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.Inventors: Seul Ma Ro Jeon, Eun Su Jeong
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Patent number: 10129763Abstract: A cellular base station and/or associated equipment will detect the presence of nearby public safety communication and, in response, will automatically change the base station's antenna beam pattern to be directed to a predefined safe direction, so as to quickly minimize the likelihood of the base station producing harmful interference to the public safety communication. Further, after thus quickly working to minimize the likelihood of such interference, the base station and/or associated equipment could then more specifically determine a direction from which the public safety communication is arriving and could further adjust the base station's antenna beam pattern to be directed away from the determined direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Hung Bui, Hadeel Fayad, Robert Kingsley, Masayoshi Son
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Patent number: 8380249Abstract: The present invention proposes a transmission method for transmitting data in a telecommunication network (NW), said telecommunication network comprising at least one access network (RAN) adapted to transmit data to/from at least one terminal device (MS) and a core network (CN, MSC, GW/TC), which are connected to each other via a first interface (Iu), wherein said data are exchanged via said first interface (Iu) using a real-time transfer protocol (RTP). Preferably, said real-time transfer protocol complies with ITU-T H.225 and ITU-T H.323 Recommendations. Consequently, transmission resources available on said first interface can be effectively and economically used, since the RTP protocol conforming to ITU-T H.323 Recommendation is adapted to handle discontinuous transmission.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2001Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Nokia Networks OyInventor: Jyri Suvanen
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Patent number: 8116283Abstract: An Access Network (AN) can send an acknowledge message (ACK) to an Access Terminal (AT) to indicate that the AN has successfully decoded the data received in the first set of slots of the first data packet. The AN can send a negative acknowledge message (NAK) to the AT to indicate that the AN has not successfully decoded the data received in the first set of slots of a first data packet. Based upon receipt of the NAK, the AT can resend the data by sending a second set of slots of the first data packet containing redundant data. Based upon receipt of the ACK, the AT can send a first set of slots of another packet. The AT can gate off for a predetermined period of time after sending the first set of slots of a first packet and before sending a next set of slots.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Peter J. Black, Jun Ma, Eduardo S. Esteves, Christopher G. Lott
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Patent number: 8045510Abstract: A process for transmitting a document from a server to a mobile device on a per page basis, comprising building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the document, transmitting a page size limit from the mobile device to the server indicative of the size of a single page of the document to be displayed by the mobile device, traversing and paginating the graph structure into successive pages based on the page size limit, caching the pages within the server, and transmitting the successive pages from the server to said the mobile device for display by said the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Jianwei Oliver Yuan, Olav A. Sylthe
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Patent number: 7978643Abstract: A user terminal of a radio system arranged to operate a frequency band subdivided into one or more carrier bands, each of which carries a cyclic set of consecutive time slot. The user terminal comprises a first receiver part adjustable to a defined carrier band, and a second receiver part adjustable to a defined carrier band; wherein the first and the second receiver parts are separately operable. The user terminal comprises also allocation means for allocating to a radio channel at least a first timeslot and a second timeslot, wherein the first timeslot and the second timeslot may belong to different carrier bands. The first receiver part and the second receiver part are adjusted to the carrier bands of the first timeslot and of the second timeslot according to a predetermined scheme. The invented structure improved data throughput of the transmission by providing improved quality of transmission through diversity and added capacity through the multicarrier operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Kari Niemelä
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Patent number: 7974602Abstract: A system and method are provided by which a network operator is able to detect fraudulent use of a subscriber's terminal, regardless of whether or not the subscriber is aware of the fraudulent use of her terminal. Detecting unauthorized terminal use in a wireless network includes recording a history of terminal location and registration patterns, analyzing the recorded history of location and registration patterns of the terminal, monitoring current location and registration patterns of the terminal, and requesting clarification when a deviation between said statistical analysis of the location and registration patterns of said terminal and said current location and registration patterns of said terminal is detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignees: Toshiba America Research Inc., Telcordia Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prathima Agrawal, Nobuyasu Nakjima, Yoshihiro Ohba, Faramak Vakil