Patents Examined by Nick Corsaro
  • Patent number: 8204024
    Abstract: A method is proposed for supporting downlink JD (joint detection) in a TDD CDMA communication network system, comprising steps of: judging whether the CAI (code allocation information) in a downlink timeslot will change in the next TTI (transmission time interval); if the CAI will change, inserting the changed CAI as a specific control information into a specified field in the traffic burst in the downlink timeslot corresponding to current TTI; sending the traffic burst containing the specific control information to each UE (user equipment) in the downlink timeslot via a downlink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Yueheng Li, Li Sun, Gang Wu
  • Patent number: 8200153
    Abstract: A communication system performs, by first and second data processing apparatuses, an electromagnetic-induction communication using a carrier having a single frequency. A transfer rate for use between the first and second data processing apparatuses is changeable in one transaction. The first data processing apparatus determines whether a transfer rate can be changed based on data transmitted from the second data processing apparatus. When the first data processing apparatus determines that the transfer rate can be changed, the first data processing apparatus transmits to the second data processing apparatus a request to change the transfer rate to one of a plurality of transfer rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Kazushige Tsurumi, Tadashi Morita, Kunihide Fujii
  • Patent number: 8200258
    Abstract: A routing system receives an instant message (IM) from a user via an IM service. The IM contains a source address associated with the IM user and a destination address associated with a contact in the IM user's “buddy” list. A temporary mobile device number is allocated to the IM user. The IM is converted to a text message suitable for delivery to the selected contact's mobile device via a short message service, whereby the temporary mobile device number allocated to the IM user is the source address of the text message. Upon receipt of the text message, the contact may compose and send a reply text message to the IM user via the temporary mobile device number. The reply text message is routed to the IM user via an IM service based on the temporary mobile device number allocated to the IM user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Edo Yahav, Yitzhak Weiss, Alexander Sloutsky
  • Patent number: 8200209
    Abstract: Power consumption of an electronic device is measured by using circuitry within the electronic device to make power consumption measurements of the electronic device at predetermined time intervals. Each of the power consumption measurements is provided to a user of the device. This may involve incorporating each of the power consumption measurements in a debug printout generated by the electronic device. The measurements may be initiated by retrieving a parameter from a storage area within the electronic device, and initiating the power consumption measuring techniques in response to detecting that the retrieved parameter is in a predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Göran Pehrsson, Anders Långberg
  • Patent number: 8199697
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed which relate to the sending and receiving of multimedia files between mobile users and emergency response service operators while connected through a voice call. These devices are free to send any type of file through a direct connection without the need to hang up and call back just to see if the file was sent successfully. These methods work for a plurality of cellular and computer devices connected through a cellular network or other Internet Service Provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Justin Michael McNamara, Jeffrey Clinton Mikan, Carolyn Tuthill
  • Patent number: 8200213
    Abstract: A method of maintaining datalink network throughput in a communications channel by delaying lower priority messages is provided. The method comprises receiving periodic channel occupancy data from a radio, and updating channel occupancy status from the channel occupancy data. A determination is then made whether the channel occupancy has reached a first predetermined occupancy threshold. If the first predetermined occupancy threshold has been reached, high priority messages are transmitted, and medium and low priority messages are stored. If the first predetermined occupancy threshold has not been reached, a determination is made whether the channel occupancy has reached a second predetermined occupancy threshold that is less than the first predetermined occupancy threshold. If the second predetermined occupancy threshold has been reached, high and medium priority messages are transmitted, and low priority messages are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. McGuffin
  • Patent number: 8200289
    Abstract: A portable terminal in provided. The portable terminal includes a body having a front surface, the front surface having an upper portion and a lower portion, a display unit located in the body and visible at the front surface thereof, the display unit having a first end and a second end, and at least one of the first end being adjacent the upper portion and the second end being adjacent the lower portion, and a speaker unit located in the body, the speaker unit including a bone conduction speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Won Seok Joo, Kwang Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 8200196
    Abstract: A system for providing multimedia ring back for a voice-call. The system may include an MMRB for VC control module and a network access module operatively connected to the MMRB for VC control module. The network access module is adapted to interface the MMRB for VC control module with external network components. The MMRB for VC control module is responsive to an indication that a caller is inviting a callee to join the voice-call with the caller and wherein the caller and/or the callee is subscribed to an MMRB for VC service for invoking an MMRB for VC service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Comverse Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronen Shalom David, Ella Pinski, Noam Mordechai Eshel, Yael Ashkenazi
  • Patent number: 8200239
    Abstract: Location of small, consumer deployed femto-cells cannot be determined by the usual site survey methods. Location of attached mobiles allows for a proxy location of the femto-cell that can then be used for wireless network planning including the provisioning of a calculated default emergency services location for the femto-cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: TruePosition, Inc.
    Inventors: Rashidus S. Mia, Robert J. Anderson, Matthew L. Ward
  • Patent number: 8200204
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of displaying traffic information using at least one widget in a mobile terminal are provided. The method of displaying traffic information in a mobile terminal includes receiving traffic information from at least one broadcasting station through at least one digital broadcasting channel, and displaying the traffic information on a standby screen with at least one of an image file and a text file using the at least one widget. Thereby, a user can determine a traffic situation using the traffic information provided on the standby screen using the at least one widget. Further, even when no navigation device is provided in the mobile terminal, the user can conveniently receive traffic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Dae Hee Cho
  • Patent number: 8200237
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication base station device which can obtain a maximum frequency diversity effect of a downstream line control channel. The device includes: an RB allocation unit (101) which allocates upstream line resource blocks continuous on the frequency axis for respective radio communication mobile stations by the frequency scheduling and generates allocation information indicating which upstream line resource block has been allocated to which radio communication mobile station device; and an arrangement unit (109) which arranges a response signal to the radio communication mobile station device in the downstream line control channels distributed/arranged on the frequency axis while being correlated to the continuous upstream line resource blocks according to the allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Fukuoka, Akihiko Nishio, Seigo Nakao, Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart
  • Patent number: 8195220
    Abstract: A device and method for controlling the user interface of a mobile device, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes determining a distance relationship between a user's body and the mobile device, and changing a configuration of at least one of at least one input unit and at least one output unit depending upon the determined distance relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joo Min Kim, Youk Kwon
  • Patent number: 8195239
    Abstract: A multi-mode base station and a method for sending/receiving signals thereof are provided. In the base station, each base-band single-board is connected to a corresponding radio frequency (RF) unit through a multi-mode exchange bus, and the base-band single-boards of different modes are intermixed by using the compatibility of the exchange bus with in-phase/quadrature (IQ) data of various modes. Synchronization information, such as frame numbers required by various modes, forms a synchronization burst through multiplexed framing. Meanwhile, by using the same system clock, the synchronization burst and system clock are transmitted to the base-band single-boards of various modes through a set of synchronization clock buses. The main control and transmission functions are uniformly provided for each base-band single-board in the base station by a shared common module. The filling and synchronization of wireless IQ data of various modes are realized according to common-multiple relation mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Lan, Yingjiu Xia, Xuewen Yuan
  • Patent number: 8195251
    Abstract: A system and method of reducing the WLAN power consumption and limiting battery drain of a mobile communications device is provided. The mechanism continuously monitors for changes in the WLAN and cellular signal strength and modifies the WLAN profile scanning activity accordingly. By monitoring for changes, transitions can be detected which indicate the location of the mobile device (i.e., indoor or outdoor). An increase in cellular signal strength and a decrease in WLAN signal strength indicates the user is transitioning outdoors where WLAN coverage may be limited. To reduce battery power consumption, background scanning is suspended or its frequency significantly lowered. Moving indoors is indicated by a decrease in cellular signal strength and an increase in WLAN signal strength. Background/Connectivity scanning frequency is increased to provide shorter time-to-connect to WLAN Networks for the user within the WLAN coverage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bakthavathsalu, Ion Barbu, Nayef Mendahawi, Ahmad Kholaif
  • Patent number: 8194627
    Abstract: A system and method for communication with a mobile communications device in an Internet Protocol (IP) network is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes an application server and a mobile communications device. A first foreign agent and a first home agent are coupled to the application server and a second foreign agent and a second home agent are coupled to the mobile communications device. The first foreign agent creates a first binding for the second foreign agent and the second foreign agent creates a second binding for the first foreign agent. The first foreign agent communicates directly with the second foreign agent by utilizing the first binding and the second foreign agent communicates directly with the first foreign agent by utilizing the second binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Nextel Communications
    Inventor: Qiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8194599
    Abstract: A method and system for autonomous channel coordination for a wireless distribution system (WDS) are disclosed. A wireless communication system includes a plurality of access points (APs) and the APs communicate each other via a WDS. A coordinated channel group (CCG) of a plurality of member APs is established. The member APs of the CCG camp on a WDS channel used for the WDS among the member APs of the CCG. One AP among the member APs of the CCG is designated as a master AP. The master AP coordinates with other member APs of the CCG for selecting and configuring the WDS channel for the CCG and addition and deletion of member APs. By allowing APs to define a CCG, changes of the WDS channel are performed autonomously while maintaining connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Marinier, Marian Rudolf, Maged M. Zaki, Vincent Roy
  • Patent number: 8195166
    Abstract: A UE connected to a serving cell: determines a set of virtual channels of interest to the UE; determines that the UE is in one of a plurality of ACTIVE states; detects occurrence of an event effecting service availability for the UE; and determines behavior of the UE based on the ACTIVE state of the UE and the occurrence of the event. A UE in an IDLE state: determines a set of virtual channels of interest to the UE; determines a list of cells, wherein each cell in the list supports at least one of the virtual channels; determines a candidate subset of the list of cells, wherein inclusion of a cell in the candidate subset is based on whether or not the UE is receiving on a downlink path of one of the virtual channels; and selects one of the cells in the candidate subset as a target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Valentin Oprescu-Surcobe, Peter M. Drozt, Michael F. Korus, Donald G. Newberg, Aparna Pandey
  • Patent number: 8195240
    Abstract: A hybrid time-spatial multiplexing technique is provided for beamforming broadcast messages to mobile stations that may be within a coverage region or cell of a base station. The coverage region is divided into a plurality of segments. The mobile stations are assigned to at least one of the segments based on their locations within the coverage region or other criteria. The base station computes beamforming antenna weights which are configured to produce a radiation beam pattern from a plurality of antennas of the base station to respective ones of each of the plurality of segments in the region. A broadcast message is transmitted to each segment of the region in a time-division multiplexed manner using the beamforming antenna weights associated with the radiation beam pattern for the corresponding segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hang Jin, John Grabner, Li Guo, Qingwen Liu
  • Patent number: 8195196
    Abstract: A system and method are described for providing proximity-based Internet server access in mobile network environments such as cellular environments to reduce latency and enhance customer satisfaction. In an embodiment of the invention, a Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) caches location information regarding the mobile device. When the mobile device later attempts to resolve the domain name of a distributed service, the domain name service (DNS) server, via a policy manager, queries the MPC for the location of the user. The policy manager of the DNS server may then choose a server based on a number of criteria, including, for example, the geographical proximity of the user to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: United States Cellular Corporation
    Inventors: Narayanan Haran, Narothum Saxena, Michael Irizarry
  • Patent number: 8195231
    Abstract: A data collection and distribution system associated with a machine comprises an electronic control module located on a machine. The electronic control module is configured to collect operation data associated with the machine. The system also comprises a personal area network (PAN) control module communicatively coupled to the electronic control module. The PAN control module is configured to detect a PAN-compatible cellular communication device proximate the PAN control module. The PAN control module is also configured to transmit the operation data to the PAN-compatible cellular communication device using a PAN connection between the PAN control module and the PAN-compatible cellular device, wherein the PAN-compatible cellular communication device is configured to transmit the operation data to a condition monitoring system via a cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Alan Ring