Patents Examined by Paul P Tran
  • Patent number: 9461758
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a broadcast signal includes a transfer switch and a first receiver decoder circuit for a first channel coupled to the first transfer switch. The first receiver decoder circuit generates a first receiver decoder circuit signal. A second receiver decoder circuit for the first channel is coupled to the first transfer switch. The second receiver decoder circuit generates a second receiver decoder circuit signal. A monitoring display is formed in response to the first receiver decoder circuit signal and the second receiver decoder circuit signal for monitoring the broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Eduardo Barroso
  • Patent number: 9451419
    Abstract: A method and a system for operating a subscriber unit to seamlessly switch between a trunked mode operation (TMO) and a direct mode operation (DMO) in a communication system. The communication system includes one or more subscriber units communicating in trunked mode operation on a first communication channel via a base station and the subscriber units communicating in direct mode operation on a second communication channel via a direct mode gateway station. When the subscriber units communicate in the TMO and when the signal quality on the first communication channel is below the predetermined threshold, the subscriber units automatically switch to the direct mode operation. When the subscriber units communicate in DMO and when the signal quality on the second communication channel is below the predetermined threshold, the subscriber units automatically switch to the trunked mode operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gabi Ofir, Baruh Hason, Salomon Serfaty
  • Patent number: 9426267
    Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a rear case having a back plate and a lateral wall; a front case coupled to a front surface of the rear case to form a predetermined space where components are mounted; a button hole formed in the lateral wall; a retaining projection projected from an inner surface of the button hole in a perpendicular direction with respect to the lateral wall; a side key inserted in the button hole; and a retaining rib extended from an inner or lateral surface of the side key to be fastened to the retaining projection, such that in case the button hole may be provided in the lateral surface of the rear case to insert the side key therein, the retaining projection which is able to be integrally formed with the button hole and the retaining rib which is able to be coupled to the retaining projection stably can be arranged to retain the side key stably in a process of assembling the side key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungin Choi, Hoseok Chung, Younji Shin, Jungsuk Lee, Byungduck Park, Moonyoul Ahn
  • Patent number: 9379807
    Abstract: A relay including a receiver to receive from a base station, data, a first data frame, and a second data frame, the first data frame includes data and data transmission time information associated with the data, and the second data frame includes map information corresponding to the data and map information transmission time information associated with the map information; a data frame computation unit to compute a third data frame and a fourth data frame, wherein the third data frame is used to transmit the data to a terminal and the fourth data frame is used to transmit the map information to the terminal; and a transmitter to transmit the data to the terminal using the map information when the third data frame is the same as the fourth data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rakesh Taori, Ki-Sun Oh, Hyun Jeong Kang, Mi-Sun Do
  • Patent number: 9374191
    Abstract: Outer loop link adaptation for device resumption. A user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) may be in communication in a first network (e.g., an LTE network). Communication between the UE and the BS may be interrupted, e.g., due to a long fading environment, the UE tuning away to a second network (e.g., a CDMA network). Accordingly, the measured error rate may increase dramatically. After resumption from the interruption, a negative offset may be applied to a reported SINR value from the UE due to the previous increase in error rate. Upon improvement in the error rate, a larger, positive offset adjustment may be added to the negative offset, allowing the estimated SINR to return to reported SINR more quickly. Additionally, the error rate estimation may be adjusted to converge to a more recently measured more quickly by decreasing a feedback filter coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Paul V. Flynn, Syed A. Mujtaba, Navid Damji, Zhu Ji, Sreevalsan Vallath
  • Patent number: 9357414
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an apparatus configured to perform a method for inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurement. When a measurement condition is satisfied, the apparatus turns on, at an operating module, a standby module and generates a time latch signal to the standby module at a time T0. The apparatus also latches, at the standby module, a time according to the time latch signal and reports the latched time value to the operating module. At the operating module, a measurement request message is sent. The measurement request message includes measurement parameter information and offset information between the time T0 and antenna switching times T2 and T5 to the standby module. The apparatus sets, at the standby module, a time interrupt using the information of the measurement message and performing inter-RAT measurement according to the time interrupt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hye-Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 9350409
    Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal that is able to prevent failure in proper combination of elements that might be deformed when an external shock is applied to a corner of a mobile terminal, and an inner frame provided in a case of the mobile terminal and an inner frame provided in a case of the mobile terminal. A corner of the inner frame is exposed outside such that an external shock is applied to the corner of the mobile terminal can be delivered to the inner frame having a large rigidity to prevent deformation of the corner of the case. Accordingly, the deformation of the corner of the case may be reduced and durability and completeness of the mobile terminal can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongho Shin, Byunghwa Lee
  • Patent number: 9326196
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for updating an out-of-date source neighbor list. In embodiments, the method includes maintaining a master neighbor list comprising a plurality of neighbor lists created by self-organizing network (SON) Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR). Cell pairs in the master neighbor list with zero handover counts are identified. Each cell pair may comprise a source cell and a potential neighbor cell. A distance between each source cell and each corresponding potential neighbor cell having zero handover counts is determined. For each cell pair, a PCI (Physical Cell Identity) associated with a potential neighbor cell is identified. For each potential neighbor cell, an identity of a source neighbor cell in a source neighbor list corresponding to each source cell is determined, wherein the source neighbor cell having and the potential neighbor cell have a matching PCI. The distance between the source cell and the source neighbor cell is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Krishna Sitaram, Daniel Alberto Vivanco, Chunmei Lu
  • Patent number: 9326221
    Abstract: Provided are apparatuses and methods for detecting neighboring cells in a communication network based on Transmission Parameter Signaling (TPS) bits received in a signaling frame. In one example, a signaling frame contains a field of TPS bits that indicate a type of the signaling frame. The type of the signaling frame may indicate the information carried in the signaling frame as information of a current cell or a neighboring cell. The signaling frame may further include information from a neighboring cell in the same network or a different network as the current cell. The signaling frame may further be arranged in a superframe in which the a plurality of frames are transmitted to a receiver in a certain sequence. Each frame in a superframe or a sequence of frames may include a parameter for defining the location of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jani Väre, Jarno Kallio, Tommi Auranen
  • Patent number: 9312928
    Abstract: A radio communications system includes a radio base station, an intermediate station to receive data from the radio base station and relay the received data; and another radio base station adjacent to the radio base station. The radio base station transmits data that is the same as the data to be relayed by the intermediate station, in synchronization with the relaying by the intermediate station and by using a radio resource that the intermediate station uses in the relaying of the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ode, Kazuhisa Obuchi
  • Patent number: 9307508
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for syncing multiple electronic devices for collective audio playback. According to certain aspects, a master device connects (218) to a slave device via a wireless connection. The master device calculates (224) a network latency via a series of network latency pings with the slave device and sends (225) the network latency to the slave device. Further, the master devices sends (232) a portion of an audio file as well as a timing instruction including a system time to the slave device. The master device initiates (234) playback of the portion of the audio file and the slave devices initiates (236) playback of the portion of the audio file according to the timing instruction and a calculated system clock offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Michael J Daley, Travis Bolinger, Heath O'Neal
  • Patent number: 9295003
    Abstract: Methods and corresponding systems for determining a transmit power in a mobile device include receiving, in the mobile device, a cell-wide power control parameter related to a target receive power at a serving base station. Thereafter, a transmit power is calculated in response to the cell-wide power control parameter and an implicit mobile-specific power control parameter. The mobile device then transmits using the transmit power. The cell-wide power control parameter can be a cell target signal to interference-plus-noise ratio, or a fractional power control exponent. The implicit mobile-specific power control parameter can be a modulation and coding level previously used by the mobile device, or a downlink SINR level measured by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome F. Oteri, James W. McCoy
  • Patent number: 9288837
    Abstract: A wireless device operates in a first mode, in which it relays communications between neighboring wireless devices, and a second mode, in which it does not relay communications. The wireless device periodically transmits information indicating its operating mode to the neighboring wireless devices. In the first mode, when not transmitting mode information or communication data, the wireless device stands by with its receiver powered, ready to receive mode information or communication data from neighboring wireless devices. In the second mode, the wireless device is normally in a sleep state and wakes up only at scheduled intervals to transmit and receive mode information and communication data. The wireless device stores the received mode information and selects its operating mode according to the stored mode information, selecting the second mode when this does not prevent the prevent communication with or among the neighboring wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentarou Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 9276664
    Abstract: A system for providing mobile interactive satellite services includes a satellite operable to communicate with mobile units, a terrestrial base transceiver station operable to communicate with mobile units, and a ground station in communication with the satellite and the terrestrial base transceiver station to provide mobile interactive satellite services. The mobile interactive satellite services include a multicast component and an interactive component such that the ground station provides both the multicast component and the interactive component using the satellite, with the terrestrial base transceiver station used to provide an ancillary terrestrial component. A device for communicating with a mobile interactive satellite service system includes an antenna, a transceiver coupled to the antenna and operable to communicate with a mobile interactive satellite service system, a user input device, an output device, a processor unit, and a network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Robert Zufall, Gerard Daniel Mulford, Stefan Bernard Raab, Mariam Aghdasi Sorond, Marcus John Le Maitre
  • Patent number: 9270361
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes a relay station operable to receive, from a base station, a first signal to control transmitting operation of a mobile station and operable to receive a second signal transmitted from said mobile station in accordance with the first signal. The relay station comprises a control unit to generate a control signal affecting said first signal and control transmission of said control signal to said base station, and a reception processing part to receive a radio signal transmitted from said mobile station which transmits said radio signal in accordance with said first signal which is affected by said control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Junichi Suga
  • Patent number: 9215306
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a transparent display, a sensing unit configured to detect a surrounding environment of the transparent display, and a controller configured to change a transparency of at least one of a background and an object displayed on the transparent display according to the sensed surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong-Hwan Kim, Nam-Yong Park
  • Patent number: 9215015
    Abstract: A method for selecting a wireless network and a portable electronic device thereof are provided, and the method for selecting the wireless network includes following steps. A plurality of wireless network signal indicators of at least one wireless network are detected. Moreover, a target wireless network is selected from the at least one wireless network for operating therein according to the wireless network signal indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Liang Kuo, Chia-Shin Weng, Shu-Ping Yang, Wei-Ren Lo, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Patent number: 9191093
    Abstract: A wireless base station having K antennas communicates with M mobile devices using multiuser diversity scheme with opportunistic interference management. The base station transmits K distinct pilot signals from K corresponding antennas and receives feedback from mobile devices. The feedback from each device indicates a strong pilot signal and a weak pilot signal received from the K distinct pilot signals. Using these indications, the base station assigns each of the K antennas to a mobile device. The base station then transmits distinct data streams to the mobile devices using the corresponding antennas assigned to the corresponding mobile devices. The transmission may include multiplying the transmitted distinct data streams by a vector V orthogonal to a vector U, thereby allowing mobile devices not assigned to an antenna to cancel the transmitted distinct data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Hamid R. Sadjadpour, Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves
  • Patent number: 9137726
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for selecting an adaptive CoMP scheme for a user equipment. The user equipment selects a first CoMP set which can maximize a signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) from among CoMP sets while performing a first coordinate multi-point (CoMP) scheme. Then, the user equipment compares the current data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate while performing the first CoMP scheme and selecting the first CoMP set. Subsequently, the user equipment which performs the first CoMP scheme selects a second CoMP scheme on the basis of the result of the comparison in accordance with a predetermined sequence of CoMP schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Soon Yil Kwon, Han Byul Seo, Byeong Geol Cheon, Byoung Hoon Kim, Ki Jun Kim, Hak Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 9131062
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device able to automatically set suitable field break positions in accordance with the situation, able to realize a skip operation and back skip operation by specific operations, able to efficiently utilize a readout function, and able to improve convenience to a user is provided. It has an operation unit 19 for instructing a readout function, a memory 12 storing text, a text-to-speech unit 20 for converting text data stored in the memory 12 to speech data at the time of readout, an audio output unit 21 for outputting the speech data, and a control unit 26 for recognizing predetermined breaks from the text to be read out when outputting the speech data at the audio output unit 21 and performing control so as to output the words from either a break position before or after the readout target text at the point of time of the input of instruction as the speech data by the audio output unit when there is a predetermined instruction by the operation unit 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi Wakasa, Takashi Kobiki, Kiyofumi Miyake