Patents Examined by Meless Zewdu
  • Patent number: 8768324
    Abstract: A method of configuring a Bluetooth SIM access profile (SAP) of a communication device is provided, wherein the communication device is coupled to a plurality of SIM cards, and the method comprises: connecting the communication device with a target communication device according to a Bluetooth protocol; and executing an automated operation. Further, the automated operation comprises: detecting a connection status of at least one of SIM card of the SIM cards, and accordingly generating a checking result; and configuring the Bluetooth SAP of the Communication device to use a specific SIM card selected from the plurality of SIM cards according to at least the checking result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Lin-Hao Yang, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 8761712
    Abstract: A method for roaming control of nodes at multiple locations is described. The method may include various elements. The method may include identifying a first location. The method may include mapping a control function based on the first location. The method may include communicating with a first node at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Control4 Corporation
    Inventor: Michael L. Howard
  • Patent number: 8761805
    Abstract: A core network node maintains history information configured to provide a log of location information, and uses the history information to determine whether a wireless terminal is in a location update toggling scenario. The history information can also be used to curtail the toggling scenario. One example mode comprises using the history information to determine whether the wireless terminal is toggling between plural radio access networks of differing radio access technologies. Another example mode comprises using the history information to determine whether the wireless terminal is toggling between a first area update location and a second area update location. Yet another example mode comprises using the history information to determine whether the wireless terminal is toggling between a first core network node and a second core network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: György Miklós, Roland Gustafsson, Gunnar Mildh
  • Patent number: 8761752
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for dynamic adjustment of power, antenna direction and frequencies in a femtocell network are provided. In this regard, a communication system may comprise a plurality of femtocells, one or more base stations, and a femtocell management entity that coordinates operation of the plurality of femtocells. One or more parameters may be communicated from one of the plurality of femtocells and/or one or more base stations to the femtocell management entity. The femtocell management entity may be enabled to utilize the one or more parameters to determine configuration information for one of the plurality of femtocells and/or for one or more remaining ones of the plurality of femtocells. One of the plurality of femtocells may be enabled to receive the determined configuration information from the femtocell management entity. One of the plurality of femtocells may be configured utilizing the received determined configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vinko Erceg, Charles Abraham, Xuemin Chen, Wael William Diab, Victor Hou, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Mark Kent
  • Patent number: 8755805
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a method of generating a radio frequency (RF) map of a network. The method includes obtaining, by a controller, received signal strengths of at least one user equipment (UE) in a first technology network, determining, by the controller, a back projection of a second technology network based on the received signal strengths, and generating, by the controller, an RF map of the second technology network based on the determining. The back projection represents an attenuation function of a coverage area of the second technology network and the RF map illustrates the attenuation function of the coverage area of second technology network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gopal N. Kumar, Victor Dasilva, Benjamin Cheung, Tracey G. Dwyer, Padma Sudarsan, Brahm Parasher
  • Patent number: 8750907
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing position information in a mobile communication system includes setting, at a mobile communication terminal which requests to provide the position information, a position condition to provide the position information. The mobile communication terminal generates a message including the position condition, and sends the generated message to a correspondent terminal of which the position information is to be acquired. The mobile communications terminal also receives a position information request message including the position condition from a correspondent terminal, determines whether the position condition is violated or not by periodically acquiring its position information, and sends a message informing of the position information violation to the correspondent terminal when the position condition is violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Min Won
  • Patent number: 8750873
    Abstract: Configuring a mobile wireless communication device using a carrier service configuration profile selected from a set of stored carrier service configuration profiles. Carrier service configuration profiles are selected based on one or more combinations of identifier values stored in the mobile wireless communication device. Carrier service configuration profiles are priority ranked based on a specificity of the one or more combinations of identifier values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kukuchka, Shuvo Chatterjee, Arun Mathias, Matthew Klahn
  • Patent number: 8737949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a mobile battery-operated personal emergency signal device, wherein a check of the charge of the battery feeding the personal emergency signal device is performed at least in the course of initiating the personal emergency signal device, wherein the operation of the personal emergency signal device is permitted by a central device depending on the result of the check. The invention further relates to an arrangement for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Ahrens, Volkmar Bilke
  • Patent number: 8725134
    Abstract: A method, which is convenient to subscribe, configure and move mobile telephone software service, focuses on user. It regards all kinds of mobile telephone service software as the carrier of the service. A user's mobile telephone stores user description information and service description information related of the mobile telephone in service management platform after installing and starting a mobile telephone service. The user logs on the service management platform through access equipment, and subscribes mobile telephone service modality and all kinds of function available after identity authorization. The user can configure service parameters through access equipment, downloads the mobile telephone service software or service description information from service management platform, and installs them to user's mobile telephone after subscription or configuration operation. The user can log on the service management platform through new mobile telephone when the mobile telephone is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: NQ Mobile Lux S.A.
    Inventors: Shihong Zou, Yu Lin, Wenyong Shi
  • Patent number: 8718593
    Abstract: An emergency switch and an emergency function activated by the emergency switch are provided in a wireless mobile device. The emergency switch is positioned on an edge of the mobile device in a position that is visible and operable without activating the device. An action of the emergency switch activates the emergency function in the device. The emergency function in the device initiates a call to 911. The emergency function initiates a call to 911 and provides (i) a canned voice message that includes, owner name, owner cell telephone number, GPS location, physical address, and nature of the emergency. The emergency function activates a speakerphone connection and maintains the speakerphone connection to update the status of the emergency until the function is deactivated by the device user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Tara Chand Singhal
  • Patent number: 8718609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of data processing, and in particular, to a method for processing data in a message. The method includes: receiving a message sent by a network side or another equipment, wherein the message carries data; identifying a data type of the data; and storing the data into a function module corresponding to the data type according to a corresponding relationship list, wherein the corresponding relationship list is a list of correspondence between the data types and the function module. Meanwhile, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal for processing data in a message. With embodiments of the present invention, the intelligent interaction capability between a mobile terminal and a user is enhanced, and the transaction processing efficiency of the mobile terminal is also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, Yi Ding
  • Patent number: 8718665
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of transmitting data in a coordinated multi-cell wireless communication system is provided. A base station receives information about beam-forming vectors, aligned with a channel to a user equipment placed in a neighbor cell, and about nulling beam-forming vectors for the channel to the user equipment from the neighbor cell, determines a transmission beam-forming vector based on the information, and transmits data to the user equipment using the transmission beam-forming vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung Tae Kim, Han Byul Seo, Byoung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8718674
    Abstract: A method and system for locating an emitter E transmitting a signal toward a receiver A comprising N radio frequency channels (N?1), the characteristics of said signal being unknown to the receiver and said signal being reflected off P reflectors Bi (P?1) of known positions, includes a step of multi-channel joint estimation/detection of the time differences of arrival or TDOA ?i and of the frequency differences of arrival or FDOA fi for each reflected path, a step of angular estimation of the direction ?1 of the direct path of the signal emitted by a goniometry procedure, and a step of location in the plane of the position (x,y) of the emitter E on the basis, at least, of the pairs (?i, fi).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Cécile Germond, Anne Ferreol
  • Patent number: 8718666
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and systems for controlling resource utilization. In particular, resources in a wireless telecommunications network may be monitored and controlled to eliminate unnecessary resource usage. Channels on the network, and the users thereof, may be monitored to identify under-utilized channels based on predetermined thresholds. If an under-utilized channel is identified, users may be immediately or subsequently transferred to another channel on the network and resources to the under-utilized channel may be eliminated. The channels may be dynamically monitored such that any changes in usage are addressed and users may be transferred multiple times to conserve resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Jasinder Pal Singh, Sachin R. Vargantwar, Maulik K. Shah, Deveshkumar Narendrapratap Rai
  • Patent number: 8712369
    Abstract: Enhanced services, such as call restriction, call forwarding, anonymous call rejection, and proprietary services, may interfere with an emergency callback potentially preventing the callback from reaching the intended destination. Systems and methods for processing emergency calls to eliminate emergency callback failure in response to an emergency call being disconnected are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: John Hursey, Steven Carlson
  • Patent number: 8700096
    Abstract: A system and method for pushing a service book to a mobile device is provided. A service book includes a plurality of fields relating to a host service. At least one mobile device is identified that is to receive the service book. Wireless propagation information is provided that identifies an address for the mobile device to receive the service book. The service book is transmitted over a wireless network using the address for the mobile device, and is received by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Herbert A. Little, Craig A. Dunk, Hugh Hind, Gary P. Mousseau, Barry J. Gilhuly
  • Patent number: 8682285
    Abstract: An emergency call unit for a vehicle includes not only a detection unit, a position-finding unit and a control unit, but also a transmission unit for the repeated transmission of a locating signal to a rescue worker. In this context, the locating signal may correspond to the position of the vehicle, and the transmission of the locating signal is initiated by a trigger event. By way of example, the trigger event is a request from a rescue worker or is the detection of an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Ralf Merzbacher, Marc Menzel, Carsten Birke, Maik Schäfer, Ulrich Möller
  • Patent number: 8676181
    Abstract: A method, computer readable media and apparatus for temporarily mapping an anonymous number to a mobile endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method assigns a first temporary anonymous number to a mobile endpoint device having a mobile number, and receives a call request to reach the mobile endpoint device in accordance with the first temporary anonymous number. The method forwards the call request to the mobile endpoint device if the first temporary anonymous number has not expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Marc Sullivan, Sarah Peterson Everett
  • Patent number: 8670744
    Abstract: The invention relates to communication networks, specifically to service provisioning and authorization of service usage in different networks. The invention provides a method and a system for authorizing services for visiting subscribers and for obtaining the necessary charging profile information from the subscribers' home networks on a per-service basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Tuija Hurtta, David Banjo, Jyrki Martti
  • Patent number: RE44860
    Abstract: A paging apparatus and method in a mobile communication system providing an MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service). In the mobile communication system, to page a UE for a first service through a primary carrier during a second service in progress through a secondary carrier, a PICH (Paging Indication Channel) transmitter in a Node B transmits paging indication information to the UE through the primary carrier by oscillating the primary carrier as a transmission frequency. A PCH (Paging Channel) transmitter transmits paging information to the UE through the primary carrier or the secondary carrier by oscillating the primary carrier or the secondary carrier as the transmission frequency under a predetermined control. A PBMSCH (Physical Broadcast Multicast Shared Channel) transmitter transmits data of the second service through the secondary carrier by oscillating the secondary carrier as the transmission frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Kwak, Hyeon-Woo Lee, Myeong-Sook Seo, Joon-Goo Park, Sung-Ho Choi, Sung-Hoon Kim