Patents Examined by Minh D Dao
  • Patent number: 9100494
    Abstract: A multifunction cover with touch screen display, icons, and a keyboard is described. A multifunction touch screen enabled mobile device may be configured to be connected to the separate cover, which may be attached to the device and detached from the device. The mobile device may be enabled with a cellular voice and data communication, WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth connectivity, and Internet Protocol connectivity. The mobile device may be enabled to play videos, capture photos, and stream multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: IP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Raman K. Rao, Sanjay K. Rao, Sunil K. Rao
  • Patent number: 9100799
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting messages carried on one or more beacon signals are disclosed. A message sharing device may identify a message to be broadcast and may transmit the message to a base station to generate a beacon signal or generate the beacon signal itself based at least in part on the message. The beacon signal may include an indication that the beacon signal carries a message. The beacon signal may be broadcast and may be received by one or more message receiving devices. In some cases, the message may include a link to content accessible via one or more networks, such as the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Thiagarajan, David George Butler, Andrew David Price, Shih-Chun Chang, Yi Zhu
  • Patent number: 9093756
    Abstract: A system including a device with a first chip and a device with a second chip, to realize contactless communication therebetween. The first chip includes a transmitter circuit converting parallel data into a differential signal and a transmitting antenna transmitting the signal to the second chip. The second chip includes a receiving antenna receiving the differential signal from the transmitting antenna and a receiver circuit converting the differential signal into the parallel data. The transmitting and receiving antenna each include at least two antenna elements, first and second terminals, and first and second junctions. The antenna elements consist of wiring lines on the chips. The terminals are connected with circuits on the chips. At the first junction, first ends of the antenna elements meet to connect to the first terminal. At the second junction, second ends of the antenna elements meet to connect to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Asai, Takeshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9094049
    Abstract: Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving device activation among a plurality of NFC type-A RF technology listening devices. In one example, a communications device is equipped to determine that a remote NFC device of a plurality of resolved remote NFC devices, other than a last remote NFC device of the plurality of resolved remote NFC devices, is a target NFC device for a device activation process, and transmit a first sleep request to the last remote NFC device of the plurality of resolved remote NFC devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: John Hillan, Dubai Chingalande
  • Patent number: 9088356
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for translating testing requirements between different reference points. Some embodiments of the method include generating mapping information that relates at least one first requirement associated with an active antenna array to at least one second requirement associated with the active antenna array. The first requirements are associated with a first reference point and the second requirements are associated with a second reference point that differs from the first reference point. Some embodiments of the method also include storing the mapping information in a non-transitory computer-readable storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Teck Hu
  • Patent number: 9078177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device. There are provided an electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device that may more effectively resolve handover request collisions by using a specific field value included in a handover request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: France Brevets
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jihoon Cho, Byoungwook Lee
  • Patent number: 9065841
    Abstract: A propagation time measurement device measures a propagation time of a transmission signal from when the transmission signal is transmitted, through wireless communication, from a base station to a terminal to when the transmission signal is returned to the base station from the terminal. Continuous waves having different frequencies are combined to generate the transmission signal. The propagation time measurement device includes a correlation computation unit that generates correlation values by performing a correlation computation on each of the continuous waves and a reception signal that is returned from the terminal and received by the base station. A propagation time measurement unit measures the measurement time from a phase of the correlation value generated for each continuous wave during the correlation computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Kenichi Koga
  • Patent number: 9064374
    Abstract: A short-range wireless network is established by direct communication between wireless devices and wireless access points to permit gambling within a casino. The short communication range of the access points assures that the wireless device is in the casino. A gaming communication link is used to exchange game play data (e.g., betting, card dealing, etc.) between a gaming controller and one or more wireless devices. Game play may be conducted between a player and the house or between a plurality of payers. In one embodiment, all communication is routed between players using the gaming controller so that the house controls the transmission of all game play data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mobilitie, LLC
    Inventors: Gary B. Jabara, Christos Karmis, David Brett Simon, Lloyd Frederick Linder
  • Patent number: 9055539
    Abstract: A method for adjusting transmission power, in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, of signals transferred by plural mobile terminals through a wireless interface, the mobile terminals being served by at least one base station or by home base stations, the home base stations being located in the cell of the at least one base station. The method includes: obtaining at least the path gains between the mobile terminals and the at least one base station and at least one home base station; determining statistics from the obtained path gains; obtaining at least one coefficient of a function according to at least a part of the statistics; transferring an information representative of the at least one obtained coefficient to the mobile terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Loic Brunel, Julien Guillet, Nicolas Gresset
  • Patent number: 9055426
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Durham Logistics, LLC
    Inventor: Nitin J. Shah
  • Patent number: 9055534
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining transmission power for transmitting uplink signals between terminals in a wireless communication system that supports terminal-to-terminal communication, and an apparatus therefor. A method in which a first terminal determines transmission power for transmitting an uplink signal to a second terminal in a wireless communication system that supports terminal-to-terminal communication comprises the following steps: estimating a channel state based on a second terminal-specific signal received from the second terminal; transmitting the estimated channel information to a base station; receiving a message, including information on a transmission power control factor, from the base station or from the second terminal; and determining transmission power for transmitting an uplink signal to the second terminal based on the received message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongcheol Kim, Hangyu Cho, Kyujin Park, Jiwoong Jang
  • Patent number: 9055439
    Abstract: An application programming Interface (API) is downloaded to wireless user equipment (UE). The API enables the UE to automatically detect the presence of an access point (AP) in a venue and to transmit identification information to the access point to authenticate the UE. The AP may be one of a plurality of APs in a single venue with the identification/authentication occurring whenever the UE comes within range of any of the APs in the venue. A 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 the API to provide advertising, coupons, web links, images, audio, video, streaming video, and the like to the UE. The venue may direct the UE to a website or provide a link to the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Mobilities, LLC
    Inventors: Gary B. Jabara, Lloyd Frederick Linder, David Brett Simon
  • Patent number: 9048984
    Abstract: A channel switching method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. A mobile terminal sends a channel switching command to a first access point, so that the first access point parses the channel switching command and sends a parsed channel switching command to a second access point and the second access point performs channel switching according to the parsed channel switching command. The mobile terminal receives a feedback message from the first access point. When the feedback message indicates that channel switching preparation of the second access point is ready, the mobile terminal breaks a connection to the first access point and sets up a connection to the second access point to complete the channel switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenfeng Yao, Zaixian Wang
  • Patent number: 9042936
    Abstract: A communication device and a power control method thereof are provided. The power control method, performed by a communication device, includes: determining a power range of a transmit power of an uplink signal; determining a gain switch range based on the power range; when the transmit power of the uplink signal is within the gain switch range, determining a first gain mode for amplifying the uplink signal; and when the transmit power of the uplink signal is out of the gain switch range, determining a second gain mode for amplifying the uplink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Lun Chiou, Wen-Chieh Wu
  • Patent number: 9042817
    Abstract: Presented is a near field communication system and method to automatically establish an interconnection between two electronic devices. The system includes a first electronic device including an NFC chip communicatively coupled to a passive NFC tag, where the NFC tag having an integrated circuit with a predefined information content, a second device including an active NFC reader configured to read the predefined information content from the NFC tag based on an identification of a proximate distance therebetween, and where the NFC tag is capable of transmitting an activation signal to the NFC chip to enable transition of the NFC chip from a first state to a second state such as to establish a near field wireless communication link between the two devices to enable exchange of digital content therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kin-Man Tse, Wai-Pun Chung
  • Patent number: 9037146
    Abstract: A wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool may operate by determining a state of the wireless network, identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition or a new network health condition, determining whether the new condition has a threshold impact on operations of the wireless network or component subscriber systems of the wireless network, and if the threshold impact exists, reconfiguring the wireless network to accommodate the new condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Patent number: 9037096
    Abstract: A microwave radio frequency (RF) front end module (FEM) having a low noise amplifier (LNA) with a bypass mode uses a single-pole-triple-throw RF switch that reduces insertion loss to about 1 dB and thereby improves RF receiver sensitivity over existing technology two series connected single-pole-double throw RF switches. The single-pole-triple-throw RF switch may be three metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) RF switches that may be arranged with a common source input and isolated independent drain outputs. The RF switches may be single, double or triple gate MOSFET RF switches. The MOSFET RF switches may also be configured as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistor (FET) RF switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Yon-Lin Kok
  • Patent number: 9020421
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a first wireless communication section, a wireless power receiving section and a wireless control section. The first wireless communication section is configured to transmit and receive a first wireless signal. The wireless power receiving section is configured to receive power by a second wireless signal. The wireless control section is configured to control the first wireless communication section according to a wireless power reception state of the wireless power receiving section. The wireless control section activates the first wireless communication section after wireless power reception by the wireless power receiving section is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Akira Irube, Mitsuru Onodera, Toshiki Miyasaka, Yoshinari Kumaki, Tomoya Horiguchi, Hirotsugu Kajihara, Ichiro Seto
  • Patent number: 9020474
    Abstract: A system and method for wireless network management, for managing wireless access technology and available resources of plural wireless networks. The wireless network management system includes: an information interaction module for collecting wireless network relevant information; a service discovery module for discovering service demands of the wireless networks to generate a set of service demand networks; and an analysis and decision module for determining a new wireless network configuration by merging networks and/or partitioning a network group, wherein the information interaction module is also used for distributing the new wireless network configuration to the wireless networks to allow these to carry out system reconfiguration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Xin Guo
  • Patent number: 9014633
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Bluetooth Communication System and related method thereof for switching mode of operations between electronic devices. The system comprising a first Bluetooth enabled electronic device, one or more second Bluetooth enabled electronic devices, wherein the first Bluetooth enabled electronic device comprising a Bluetooth chip, a processing circuitry, and a user operable interface configured thereon to switch the processing circuitry to a desired second Bluetooth enabled electronic devices, and switch operational mode of the desired second Bluetooth enabled electronic devices from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation or vice versa to establish a Bluetooth communication link between the first Bluetooth enabled electronic device and desired second Bluetooth enabled electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kin-Man Tse, Wai-Pun Chung