Patents Examined by MD Talukder
  • Patent number: 9544869
    Abstract: Particular embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods, systems and/or devices for mobile assisted positioning. A mobile station may receive positioning assistance data from a server enabling or supporting one or more positioning operations in a venue. In a particular implementation, the mobile device may alter execution of one or more applications based, at least in part, on an indication of particular positioning services or operations enabled or supported by positioning assistance data available at the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Saumitra Mohan Das, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Ju-Yong Do
  • Patent number: 9538538
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a non-geosynchronous orbit (NGSO) satellite to comply with equivalent power flux density (EPFD) limits are disclosed. The example implementations may allow a constellation of NGSO satellites to comply with EPFD limits without disabling beams transmitted from the NGSO satellites. The power level of one or more beams to be transmitted from the NGSO satellites may be dynamically adjusted according to a beam power back-off schedule. In some aspects, the beam power back-off schedule may specify beam power back-off values as a function of latitude on Earth, and may allow for maximum allowable power levels for beams transmitted from the NGSO satellites without violating any of the EPFD percentile limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dan Zhang, Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Dan Vassilovski, James Taylor Determan, Gene Wesley Marsh, Qiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9537564
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for performing wireless communication between terminals. An inquiry message is transmitted to a neighboring terminal. An inquiry response message is received from the neighboring terminal. It is determined whether the apparatus overlaps the neighboring terminal. When the apparatus overlaps the neighboring terminal, paging is automatically performed, without intervention of a user of the apparatus, and pairing between the apparatus and the neighboring terminal is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyu-Suk Lee, Seong-Woon Kang, Young-Woong Kim, Sung-Jin Park, Jong-In Lee, Kyung-Hoon Cha
  • Patent number: 9526124
    Abstract: Provided are wireless communication method and apparatus. The wireless communication method includes: receiving wireless communication module information of a second terminal from the second terminal through a first communicator of a first terminal; and performing a wireless communication with the second terminal using the wireless communication module information through a second communicator of the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-soo Hong, Chang-seog Ko, Pil-seung Yang, Chang-hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9520833
    Abstract: An active ring mixer circuit for use in a receive or transmit channel of an RF radio. The circuit comprises plural transistor pairs arranged in a ring and biased into an active or saturation region. A first input is adapted to receive an RF signal. The first input is electrically combined with the plural transistor pairs to provide negative feedback to the plural transistor pairs. A second input electrically combined with the plural transistor pairs is adapted to receive a local oscillator signal. An output of the mixer is adapted to provide a mixed signal from the plural transistor pairs. Advantageously, the mixer circuit induces little low frequency spurs that may interfere with radio operation and has significantly reduced power consumption, lower noise figure, and good balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell D. Wyse, Mark A. Willi
  • Patent number: 9502079
    Abstract: A passive interface for connecting an electronic memory device to an exterior circuit is provided. The passive interface includes a signal connection point, a power connection point and a ground connection point on an electronic memory device. A first passive component forms an electrical connection between the signal connection point and the power connection point. A second passive component forms an electrical connection between the power connection point and the ground connection point. And the power connection point receives a conditioned voltage signal through the electrical connection between the signal connection point and the power connection point. Such a passive interface can be used in a variety of devices, including headsets for intrinsically save applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul D. Henry
  • Patent number: 9496907
    Abstract: Described herein is a circuit arrangement for processing a radio-frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Golly
  • Patent number: 9497004
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for signaling uplink control information in a mobile communication network using carrier aggregation. The signaling mechanism allows the transmission, on a single uplink component carrier, of control information associated with a downlink transmission on multiple aggregated downlink component carriers. Semi-statically reserved resources for the transmission of control information on the uplink component carrier may be dynamically shared by user terminals that are assigned multiple downlink component carriers for downlink transmissions. Implicit or explicit resource indication can be used in combination with dynamic resource indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: David Astely, Robert Baldemair, Dirk Gerstenberger, Daniel Larsson, Lars Lindbom, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 9496970
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of handling in-device co-existence interference in a multi-radio environment are provided. The method includes measuring an adjacent band interference value indicating an amount of adjacent band interference in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) band associated with an LTE radio entity prior to switching the LTE radio entity to an active state from an inactive state, comparing the adjacent band interference value with a predetermined threshold value, and reporting in-device co-existence interference in the LTE band to an evolved Node B (eNB) according to an outcome of the comparing of the adjacent band interference value with the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sarvesha Anegundi Ganapathi, Satish Nanjunda Swamy Jamadagni
  • Patent number: 9490917
    Abstract: Apparatus for and method of processing radio frequency signals, the method including: obtaining a signal indicative of a first frequency (e.g. by obtaining a sample of a transmitted signal), the first frequency being a frequency of the transmitted signal; and using the signal indicative of a first frequency, establishing a second frequency depending on the first frequency, the second frequency being a frequency to which to tune a filter for filtering a received signal. An antenna for receiving and/or transmitting a signal may be a co-site antenna with respect to at least one other antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Cain, Simon Russell Radford
  • Patent number: 9484973
    Abstract: A switch branch that improves voltage uniformity across a series stack of an n-number of transistors is disclosed. A first one of the n-number of transistors is coupled to an input terminal, and an nth one of the n-number of transistors is coupled to an output terminal, where n is a positive integer greater than one. Predetermined parasitic capacitances associated with each of the n-number of transistors are adjustable with respect to capacitance value by predetermined amounts by dimensioning and arranging at least one metal layer element in proximity to the series stack of the n-number of transistors. Capacitance values for the predetermined parasitic capacitances are selected such that a voltage across the series stack of the n-number of transistors is uniformly distributed. In this way, the n-number of transistors can be reduced without risking a transistor breakdown within the series stack of the n-number of transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Carroll, Daniel Charles Kerr, Ali Tombak, Philip Mason
  • Patent number: 9485656
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) is configured to automatically detect the presence of an access point (AP) in any one of a plurality of venues and to transmit identification information to the AP to authenticate the UE. The venue receiving the authentication request transfers the authentication request and identification information to an authentication server to determine whether the US is a registered device. If the US was previously registered, it is automatically authenticated whenever it is carried inside a venue. The plurality of venues may be coupled to a Cloud network with the authentication information stored on the Cloud network. In this manner, whenever the UE enters any of the venues, the UE is automatically authenticated when it comes within range of any AP within any of the venues. The venue may use an application program interface (API) to provide advertising, coupons, web links, images, audio, video, streaming video, and the like to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Mobilitie, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Bernard Jabara, Christos Karmis, David Brett Simon, Lloyd Frederick Linder
  • Patent number: 9479130
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to real-time calibration of a tunable matching network that matches the dynamic impedance of an antenna in a radio frequency receiver system. The radio frequency receiver system includes two non-linear equations that may be solved to determine the reflection coefficient of the antenna. Control system that calculates, in real time, a value of an input impedance of the antenna to match a load in a receiver system, wherein said impedance is calculated directly using a closed-form solution. The reflection coefficient of the antenna may be used to determine the input impedance of the antenna. The elements of the matching circuit are then adjusted to match the input impedance of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Arnold Sheynman, James Paul Warden, Shirook M. Ali
  • Patent number: 9473195
    Abstract: A phased-array transceiver includes: a plurality of antennas; a plurality of transceiving elements respectively coupled to the plurality of antennas; a signal processing block; and a first distributed network, coupled between the signal processing block and the transceiving elements, wherein the transceiving elements, the signal processing block, and the first distributed network are configured as a single chip, and a first transceiving path between one of the plurality of transceiving elements and the signal processing block and a second transceiving path between another of the plurality of transceiving elements and the signal processing block share at least partial signal traces of the first distributed network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Jing-Hong Conan Zhan, Chuan-Kang Liang, Ti-Ku Yu, Zhiming Deng
  • Patent number: 9467801
    Abstract: A method and device for establishing a Bluetooth connection are provided. The method includes: generating, by a first electrical device, a first part of a Bluetooth identifier according to a user's name and a Bluetooth network-card address; generating a second part of the Bluetooth identifier according to the first part of the Bluetooth identifier, a private key, and a first algorithm; generating the Bluetooth identifier according to the first part of the Bluetooth identifier and the second part of the Bluetooth identifier; generating a password according to the Bluetooth identifier, the private key and a second algorithm; transmitting, by a second electrical device, a Bluetooth pairing request according to the Bluetooth identifier, the private key, the first algorithm, and the second algorithm; and responding, by the first electrical device, the Bluetooth pairing request to establish the Bluetooth connection with the second electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Hsien-Yao Shui
  • Patent number: 9465964
    Abstract: A radio frequency device utilizing an antenna having a single antenna structure resonant on multiple resonant frequency ranges. The antenna can be configured to operate within multiple frequency ranges for communication according to respective protocols associated with the respective frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 9456403
    Abstract: Systems and apparatus for managing signaling between a network and machine type communication (MTC) devices. An MTC device receives an indication such as a locally detached state indication and, during the validity of the indication, remains locally detached and does not attempt communication with the network except under specified conditions, such as a need by the MTC device to initiate data transfer, or triggering of the MTC device. The MTC device may also receive a local detachment timer and remain attached during the validity of the local detachment timer, with the MTC device becoming locally detached and the indication becoming valid upon expiration of the local detachment timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hannu P. Hietalahti, Matti K. Jokimies, Guillaume Sebire
  • Patent number: 9451527
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with another apparatus via a first network, a second communication unit configured to communicate with another apparatus via a second network, and a third communication unit configured to communicate with another apparatus via close-proximity wireless communication. If the proximity of an external apparatus is detected by the third communication unit while not being connected to the second network, a communication parameter used for connection to the second network is shared with the external apparatus by using the third communication unit, and if the proximity of the external apparatus is detected while being connected to the second network formed by another apparatus, the third communication unit transmits a predetermined notification to the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Shinomiya
  • Patent number: 9451492
    Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module transmits and receives radio frequency signals to and from a service network via a set of component carrier(s), which is configured by the service network and includes at least a first component carrier. The controller module receives a measurement configuration corresponding to the first component carrier from the service network via the wireless module. The controller module keeps the measurement configuration corresponding to the first component carrier when the first component carrier is removed from the set of component carrier(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9432799
    Abstract: A proximity communication system includes: a first device (mobile terminal device) including a first proximity communication section performing proximity communication; a second device (stationary device) including a first high-speed communication section performing high-speed communication faster than the proximity communication; and a third device (charger) including: a second proximity communication section performing proximity communication; a second high-speed communication section performing high-speed communication; a storage section in which authentication information for authenticating the first device is stored; and a control section authenticating the first device by using the authentication information when the second proximity communication section starts communication with the first device and relaying communication between the first device and the second device by using the second proximity communication section and the second high-speed communication section in a case that the authentication i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Kobayashi