Patents Examined by Nay A. Maung
  • Patent number: 9991911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically adjusting one or more tunable passive antennas and a single-input-port and single-output-port tuning unit. The invention also relates to an apparatus for radio communication using this method, for instance a radio transceiver. An apparatus for radio communication of the invention comprises: a tunable passive antenna; a feeder; a single-input-port and single-output-port tuning unit; a sensing unit; a transmission and signal processing unit which applies an excitation to the input port, which delivers one or more antenna adjustment instructions, and which delivers one or more tuning unit adjustment instructions; and a control unit which delivers one or more antenna control signals to the tunable passive antenna, and one or more tuning control signals to the single-input-port and single-output-port tuning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Tekcem
    Inventors: Frédéric Broyde, Evelyne Clavelier
  • Patent number: 9992611
    Abstract: A method for managing the communication between a communication portable device (200) including a NFC device and a NFC tag (100) including a plurality of information, comprises comprising determining a position and/or orientation of the communication portable device (200) and enabling the communication portable device to read a portion of the plurality of information units, depending on the position and/or orientation of the communication portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Arnaud Pignorel, Alexis Watine
  • Patent number: 9973932
    Abstract: An interference coordination method for a radio communication system includes a plurality of user equipment configured to communicate on radio resources with transceiver stations exchanging between transceiver stations one or more coordination messages concerning interference on an interfered radio resource, and determining a score of a potential allocation of the interfered radio resource to potentially-interfered user equipment based on said coordination message or messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Barberis, Andrea Buldorini, Paolo Priotti
  • Patent number: 9973620
    Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a terminal coupled with a terminal case. The method includes: determining a terminal state including at least one of an operating state of the terminal and a state of the terminal case; recognizing a state change of the terminal case; and performing an operation corresponding to the determined terminal state and the recognized state change of the terminal case, wherein the state of the terminal case includes a position corresponding to the terminal of a case front part of the terminal case covering a front of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bumhyeon Baek, Sangyun Lee, Yongpyo Lee
  • Patent number: 9974000
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for wireless beacon devices for use in managing transportation service terminals. A user may travel with a device, such as a communication device, that includes a communication module that may utilize specialized hardware features to establish short range wireless communications with nearby wireless beacons. The wireless beacons may be established at or nearby transportation service terminals, such as bus/train stops. The beacon may provide the aforementioned communication services with the communication device and be utilized to determine whether the user will utilize a transportation service for the terminal. If the user wishes to utilize the transportation service, a transportation service may be alerted. The user may also be alerted of an expected time of arrival for the transportation service, other transportation services available at the transportation terminal, and/or of nearby transportation terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Megan Marie Williams, Michael Hwang, Michelle Serrano
  • Patent number: 9973602
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrator is located on a first end portion of a second surface of a panel, and is configured to vibrate while being bent in a first direction, the first end portion extending in the first direction. A double-sided tape is located between the panel and a first case. An adhesive is located between the panel and the first case. The first end portion includes an element region, and has second and third end portions with the element region interposed between the second and third end portions. The second end portion faces the element region, and includes a first adhesive region. The double-sided tape is present between the first adhesive region and the element region, and is not present in a region located closer to an outer edge of the panel than the first adhesive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 9967762
    Abstract: A system and method for evaluating the interactivity of RF devices in a virtual RF environment having selective virtual spectrum users remotely controlled by a web browser, where the virtual spectrum users have selectable interactivity parameters, and the virtual RF spectrum can be selectively changed, and the performance of the virtual spectrum users is evaluated and assigned scores as a function of the evaluation to determine which virtual spectrum user receives the highest amount of points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Echo Ridge LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Sharif Shaher
  • Patent number: 9960748
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided filters. In some example embodiments, there is provided a radio frequency filter including at least one resonant circuit selectable to vary at least the selectivity of the radio frequency filter, wherein the selectivity is varied based on at least one of a first amount of transmit power being used at a user equipment and a second amount of received signal power. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Provenance Asset Group LLC
    Inventors: Antti Piipponen, Toni H. Lähteensuo
  • Patent number: 9961182
    Abstract: A communications system may include a plurality of electronic devices each configured to wirelessly communicate via an NFC format and another wireless communications format(s). A first electronic device may have an NFC transfer parameter associated therewith, and may be configured to establish an NFC link with a second electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices when in proximity therewith, designate data to be transferred to the second electronic device, and determine whether the designated data complies with the NFC transfer parameter. Based on a determination that the designated data complies with the NFC transfer parameter, the first electronic device may be configured to transfer at least some of the designated data via the NFC link, and otherwise transfer at least some of the designated data to the second electronic device over a separate wireless communications link using the at least one other wireless communications format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: David Ryan Walker, Vahid Moosavi
  • Patent number: 9954578
    Abstract: It is presented a method, performed in a one time password, OTP, generating device. The OTP device comprises an NFC/RFID, Near Field Communication/Radio Frequency Identification, interface. The method comprises the steps of: upon the OTP generating device being inserted into the RF field, generating a new OTP code; formatting the OTP code into a static message; responding to interrogation requests from an RFID/NFC reader; and responding to read requests from the RFID/NFC reader with the OTP code being part of a message as if it were a static message, using standardized methods. A corresponding device OTP generating device is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Yubico Inc.
    Inventor: Jakob Ehrensvärd
  • Patent number: 9948348
    Abstract: A switching method and apparatus that provides high isolation between circuit arms of a mobile communication device by attenuating noise over a defined frequency range using a switched shunt LC notch filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: George Nohra, Steven C. Sprinkle
  • Patent number: 9948345
    Abstract: A protective case includes a first half frame, which has a first body portion and a first strengthened portion connected to two different positions on the first body portion, and a second half frame, which has a second body portion and a second strengthened portion connected to two different positions on the second body portion. Two first abutting portions are provided at two different positions on the first body portion, and the first strengthened portion has a second abutting portion. Two third abutting portions adapted to abut against the first abutting portions are respectively provided at two different positions on the second body portion. The second strengthened portion has a fourth abutting portion adapted to abut against the second abutting portion. Whereby, the first body portion and the second body portion form a complete frame, which surrounds an outer periphery of an electronic device to provide a protective effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: X-FACTOR TAIWAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chin-Hung Chou
  • Patent number: 9942930
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of transmitting data to an external device transmits transmission data-related information relating to data to be transmitted to the external device before joining a wireless network, receives a response from the external device after the transmission data-related information has been transmitted, joins a wireless network after the response has been received, and, after joining a wireless network, establishes communication with the external device so that data can be transmitted, and first information is transmitted as the transmission data-related information before the transmission data to be transmitted to the external device is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shunji Fujita
  • Patent number: 9930183
    Abstract: A method includes cycling through a plurality of microphone and speaker combinations in a mobile device in response to the mobile device being placed in speakerphone mode. The mobile device includes a plurality of microphones and at least one speaker. The method obtains acoustic echo data from an echo canceller for each microphone and speaker combination, calculates an acoustic isolation value for each combination and then selects a microphone and speaker combination based on the acoustic isolation value. The method may also include determining an echo spectrum for each microphone and speaker combination using the obtained acoustic echo data, and select an echo control profile based on a characteristic of the echo spectrum. The echo control profile is selected to further improve acoustic isolation for the selected microphone and speaker combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Sanjay N. Kadiwala, Joseph C. Dwyer, Jincheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9923658
    Abstract: A method and system for interference cancellation in a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device can include an interference estimator configured to generate one or more filter weights based on a transmit signal. The one or more filter weights can be generated based on one or more kernels generated by the interference estimator. The interference estimator can be configured to perform recursive linear square (RLS) estimations based on the one or more kernels. The RLS estimations can include one or more independent RLS estimations, one or more parallel RLS estimations and/or one or more cascade RLS estimations. The interference estimator can be configured to perform one or more orthogonally transform one or more kernels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Feng Xue, Yang-Seok Choi, Shilpa Talwar
  • Patent number: 9917619
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for provisioning a client device through near-field communication (NFC). An administrator device can provide configuration parameters to a client device in a factory-reset condition through an NFC bump. A second NFC bump can be performed that provides enrollment parameters to the client device, after which the client device can complete enrollment with an enterprise mobility management (EMM) service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: AirWatch LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Turner, Scott Kelley
  • Patent number: 9907007
    Abstract: Methods and systems for selective scanning and connecting to a wireless network are described. In an example, a mobile device may be configured to scan for availability of a wireless network and measure, at the mobile device, signal strengths of a wireless signal from the wireless network. Also, the mobile device may be configured to determine a rate of signal strength change for the wireless signal from the wireless network based on the measured signal strengths; and compare the rate of signal strength change to a threshold value. If the rate of signal strength change is less than the threshold value, the mobile device may be configured to establish a connection with the wireless network; if not, the mobile device may be configured to stop scanning for the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Wen Xue, Jay Cole
  • Patent number: 9900083
    Abstract: A system and/or method for facilitating wireless communication in an area where it is difficult to transmit and receive signals may use a preexisting wired emergency communication infrastructure to transmit signals between elements of a radio repeater system. Optionally, the system may include synchronization of retransmissions. Analogue and/or digital signals and/or data may optionally be transferred over the preexisting network. Data and/or signals may optionally include audio and/or video signals, digital data, telemetry data, and/or synchronization data. The system may optionally include multiple wireless receivers and/or a voter to select a version of a signal from at least one of the receivers. A network for concurrent repeating of a direct mode simplex wireless signal may optionally include multiple receivers and/or a voter. The simplex network may optionally include a coloring circuit. The power of retransmission and/or the insulation between a receiver and a transmitter may optionally be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: HiRiseTech Ltd.
    Inventor: Itsick Ben-Tolila
  • Patent number: 9899735
    Abstract: An interface extension apparatus is presented, which includes N input interfaces and M output interface, where the input interfaces are connected to at least one base station, and the output interfaces are connected to an RET. The apparatus obtains device information of each RET control device in multiple RET control devices; creates an agent for each RET control device according to the device information, where a mapping relationship exists between each RET control device and the corresponding agent; then modulates, using the agent corresponding to the RET control device, a control signal that is received from the at least one base station; and further sends a modulated control signal to a corresponding RET. The embodiments of the present disclosure are used by the multiple base stations to simultaneously manage the multiband RET antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lixin Jiang, Jian Shen, Yanmin Yu
  • Patent number: 9894551
    Abstract: A user terminal according to an embodiment comprises a receiver; and a controller. The receiver receives, from a base station, a message including first and second information. The first information is information regarding to a configuration for reporting a power measured by the user terminal in the unlicensed band, and includes period information indicating a period of a measurement in the unlicensed band. The second information is information regarding to a configuration of carrier aggregation. The controller periodically measures the power in the unlicensed band according to the period information; reports to the base station on information classified according to the measured power as information indicating the measured power, based on the first information; performs a configuration for using the unlicensed band as a secondary carrier in the carrier aggregation, based on the second information; and communicates a communication with the base station by using the secondary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Yushi Nagasaka, Katsuhiro Mitsui