Patents Examined by Meless Zewdu
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Patent number: 9179432Abstract: For operating a telecommunications network for mobile telecommunication, a network register is used holding identifiers of mobile terminals for communication via the telecommunications network and network-related user data of the terminals. This the network register is formed from a peer-to-peer network having a multiplicity of decentralized register nodes that are networked with one another and are each associated with one geographic region. Hash tables held in the register nodes hold the identifiers of the terminals as hash values, and user data is stored associated with these hash values.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AGInventor: Rainer Schatzmayr
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Patent number: 9167405Abstract: A device receives a message from a fixed user device associated with a first user. The first user is associated with a first mobile user device, and the message is destined for a second mobile user device associated with a second user. The device generates a first charge record for the first user based on the message and on a telephone number associated with the first mobile user device, and provides the first charge record to a billing system. The device generates a copy of the message, provides the copy of the message to the first mobile user device, and forwards the message toward the second mobile user device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Cellco PartnershipInventors: Kumar Sanjeev, Zhijian Lin, Wei Guang Tan, Seng Kin Liew
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Patent number: 9155100Abstract: A cellular communication system comprising a plurality of user equipment and a network infrastructure. Radio resource of the plurality of cells is divided into more than one radio resource groups. A network infrastructure element detects a requirement of radio resource allocation for a user equipment and determines effective interference to be generated by the required radio resource to a defined group of neighboring cells. User equipment is allocated a radio resource from one of the radio resource groups on the basis of the determined effective interference to be generated to the defined group of neighboring cells. Inter-cell interference decreases and the throughput of the cellular system increases, but the exchange of physical layer information is not increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Kari Juhani Hooli, Kari Horneman
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Patent number: 9148792Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a dynamic certification system. In general, a device may transmit a request message to a cloud spectrum broker/licensed shared access (CSB/LSA) controller requesting certification for operation in shared wireless spectrum. The device may then receive a response message containing information on available certifications for operating in the shared wireless spectrum. If at least one available certification is determined to be usable by the device, then, depending on the system configuration, the device may claim an available certification (e.g., by obtaining an electronic certification document, token, etc.) or may request to use an available certificate, which may be confirmed by the CSB/LSA controller. The device may then operate in the shared wireless spectrum based on conditions set forth in the certificate.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Reza Arefi, Markus Dominik Mueck
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Patent number: 9144046Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive OTA (over-the-air) synchronization of RF (radio frequency) base stations are described herein. Using these systems and methods, base stations in wireless audio systems can automatically identify externally sourced base station clocks and merge overlapping clock system domains, thereby eliminating the need for complex base station management and network configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Revo Labs, Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Sousa, Antonio Manuel Pedroso, Martin Bodley, Pascal Cleve, Jonathan Schau
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Patent number: 9143894Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating proximity and context-based deduction of global positioning of computing devices according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes detecting wireless proximity of a plurality of computing devices with respect to a computing device, and selecting one or more of the plurality of computing devices based on their detected proximity to the computing device. The method may further include receiving contextual information from the one or more computing devices, and semantically deducing location of the computing device based on the received contextual information.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Justin Lipman, Robert Colby
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Patent number: 9137836Abstract: Systems and methods for user equipment (UE) for inter-device communication authorization and data sniffing in wireless communication systems are provided. A UE may communicate directly with another UE over a direct inter-device communication link when they are located in proximity. The UE may receive data sniffing related parameters corresponding to the inter-device communication link from a network entity, e.g. a mobile management entity (MME). The UE may store data exchanged over the inter-device communication link in a buffer and upload the stored data to a secure server in a network periodically or upon receiving a request from the network. Long term evolution (LTE) downlink or uplink radio resources may be used for the data exchange over the inter-device communication link.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Yi Song, Zhijun Cai
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Patent number: 9131377Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for unlocking an operating system, which are used to unlock the system with personal information data when a user forgets a password, thereby increasing a probability of successful unlocking of the user. The method of the embodiment of the present invention includes: when a user fails in unlocking the system via an unlock pattern in an unlocking interface for pattern unlocking, displaying an unlocking interface for personal information authentication, and matching personal information input by the user with personal information pre-stored in a local database.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kai Huang
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Patent number: 9125031Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. Embodiments can enhance and improve USSD based messaging options. In an example, a USSD GW is equipped to determine that an USSD based message is able to be communicated using a common channel, and send the USSD based message as part of a USSD session to a MSC with a service indicator prompting the MSC to communicate an informational element of the message to a MS using the common channel. In another example, a MSC is equipped to receive an USSD based message that includes a service indicator prompting the MSC to communicate an informational element to a MS using a common channel. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Roozbeh Atarius
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Patent number: 9125113Abstract: A user equipment UE selects between a first scanning mode and a second scanning mode using at least inputs of signal quality of a link with an access node and at least one of UE speed and network type of the access node. It then determines a scanning rate using the selected scanning mode and the UE speed, and detects and measures inter-frequency neighbor cells according to the determined scanning rate. In one example both modes the increase scanning rate for increased UE speeds, except that for the first mode speeds above Vt1 yield a zero scanning rate regardless of UE speed and for the second mode speeds above Vt2 yield a constant maximum scanning rate regardless of UE speed. In an embodiment the second mode is selected when the UE speed is >Vt1, and the signal quality is less than a predetermined minimum. Various other examples are detailed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Athul Prasad, Carl S. Wijting, Jari Petteri Lunden, Osman Nuri C. Yilmaz
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Patent number: 9113318Abstract: Management of multiple subscriber identity modules by a server is disclosed. The server includes one or more processors, and one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server, for each subscriber identity module belonging to a set of subscriber identity modules of a user of a mobile terminal, to: cause an analysis on use of the subscriber identity module; cause a prediction of a future activity status change of the subscriber identity module on the basis of the analysis; and cause an action affecting the activity status of the subscriber identity module on the basis of the prediction.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: UROS TECHNOLOGY S.ÀR.L.Inventors: Jari Korkiakoski, Tommi Uhari
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Frequency determination for base stations installed in different locations under different operators
Patent number: 9100848Abstract: A location judgment unit (411) judges whether an installation location of a base station (10) is in a first area corresponding to a service area of a first network operator. A frequency determination unit (412) determines, by using a first procedure, a radio frequency for use in wireless communication between the base station (10) and a mobile station (30) when the installation location of the base station (10) is in the first area, and determines the radio frequency of the base station (10) by using a second procedure different from the first procedure when the installation location of the base station (10) is outside the first area. The second procedure includes: receiving information on a frequency available in the installation location of the base station (10) from a frequency management system (50) that manages a frequency of a second area including the installation location of the base station (10); and determining a radio frequency of the base station (10) based on the frequency information.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Atsushi Nakata -
Patent number: 9088936Abstract: The present invention provides a method of establishing a call to or from a user equipment in a wireless communication system comprising a first wireless network and a second wireless network, the second wireless network having an association with the first wireless network, the wireless communication system having a serving node and an application server capable of communication with said serving node, and the method comprising: receiving a message from said serving node at the application server, said message having information regarding network capabilities of said user equipment; and determining at the application server whether to anchor said call in the first wireless network or the second wireless network dependent on said information regarding network capabilities of said user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haris Zisimopoulos, Ricky Kaura
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Patent number: 9084086Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for location matching. The method may include tracking, by the user equipment, a plurality of locations of the user equipment, the plurality of locations mapped to a plurality of time values representative of when the user equipment traversed the plurality of locations; determining, by the user equipment, a first location of the user equipment, wherein the determining is based on a first time value received from an interface; providing, by the user equipment, at least one of the determined first location and the received first time value to a database searchable based on the at least one of the determined first location and the received first time value; and receiving, at the user equipment, an indication of whether the database includes one or more items matching the at least one of the determined first location and the received first time value. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: SAP AGInventor: Jens Bombolowsky
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Patent number: 9078078Abstract: A call-forwarding method that is implemented using a computer includes storing a profile that is associated with a mobile communications device and at least one additional forwarding destination using the computer; receiving a status indicator; receiving a call that is directed to an identifier that is associated with the profile; and selectively routing the call to the mobile communications device or the additional forwarding destination, based on the status indicator and the profile.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Lawrence Ari Fine
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Patent number: 9078201Abstract: An idle mode UE can RACH to a cell different from the cell paging the UE. The UE can be allocated additional time to respond to all cells in the neighborhood to identify the cell in which to RACH. Interference cancellation can occur at different rates based on whether the UE is in connected mode or idle mode. The time to respond to the page can be a function of a paging cycle. Additionally, a variable bias may promote early handoff to lower power cells and late handoff to high power cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Kapil Bhattad, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Tingfang Ji, Ke Liu, Tao Luo, Xiliang Luo
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Patent number: 9071433Abstract: The present disclosure presents an improved method and apparatus for re-transmission of reconfiguration messages. For example, the disclosure presents a method for detecting that a reconfiguration complete message is transmitted from a user equipment (UE) to a network and initiating a reconfiguration re-transmission timer upon the detection. In addition, such an example method, may include determining that the UE has not received a layer two acknowledgement (L2 ACK) message for the transmitted reconfiguration complete message from the network prior to expiration of the reconfiguration re-transmission timer and triggering a cell update message to the network in response to the determination that the UE has not received the L2 ACK message. As such, improved re-transmission of reconfiguration messages may be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ansah Ahmed Sheik, Liangchi Hsu, Sathish Krishnamoorthy
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Patent number: 9063216Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a location based service in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of a Base Station (BS) for a Location Based Service (LBS) in a wireless communication system includes allocating identifiers to a plurality of transmission devices in a service coverage area of the BS, generating a Reference Signal (RS) including the identifier of the corresponding transmission device and an identifier of the BS with respect to each of the transmission devices, and transmitting the RS generated for each of the transmission devices, to a Mobile Station (MS) via the corresponding transmission device.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Hee Won, Sang-Heon Kim, Seong-Hyeon Chae, Hee-Won Kang
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Patent number: 9066330Abstract: Methods, systems and devices are provided for controlling a communication device. Embodiments include receiving, through the transceiver, a voice call from a first network subscription associated with a first SIM of the communication device. The voice call may interrupt an active data services session through the transceiver with a second network subscription associated with a second SIM of the communication device. Also, embodiments include establishing an active voice communication connection for the voice call on the transceiver with the first network subscription. Additionally, reestablishing the active data services session through the transceiver with the first network subscription while maintaining the active voice communication connection for the voice call with the first network subscription.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ling Hang, Chih-Ping Hsu
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Patent number: 9014722Abstract: It is determined whether a location of a mobile device is within a coverage region of a first information service. Communications for the first information service are redirected to a second information service when the location of the mobile device is not within a coverage region of the first information service. The second information service generally has a coverage region encompassing the location of the mobile device. Communications between the mobile device and the first information service are redirected to a new information service when properties of the new information service are determined to meet predetermined criteria set by a user of the mobile device, by an application, or both. In yet another aspect of the invention, replacement of information services can be “aggressive” or “non-aggressive.” Communications between the mobile device and an original information service are redirected to another information service when the original information service fails.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alan George Cole, Sastry S. Duri, Jonathan Paul Munson, John S. Murdock, Jr.