Patents Examined by Ralph H Justus
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Patent number: 9755676Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless receiver carried by the housing and configured to receive communication signals over a wireless frequency range, a wireline transmitter carried by the housing and configured to transmit communication signals overlapping in frequency with the wireless frequency range, and a controller carried by the housing and coupled with the wireless receiver and the wireline transmitter. The controller may be configured to determine when the wireless receiver is to begin receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a suspended communication mode during which transmission is disabled. The controller may also be configured to determine when the wireless receiver has completed receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a normal communication mode in which transmission is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITEDInventors: Brynn King, Lizhong Zhu, Mingchang Wang, Michael Stephen Corrigan, Chengzhi Wang
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Patent number: 9756454Abstract: An personal portable communication device and system is provided which includes a handheld beacon that has a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, an indicator light and a short range signal receiver that transmits and receives signals to a secondary relay communication device such as a smartphone wherein the secondary device sends second communication signals including messages according to predetermined instructions to predetermined destinations.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: SILENT BEACON, LLCInventor: Kenny Kelley
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Patent number: 9729998Abstract: A method and apparatus associated with one or more wearable devices for a user includes utilizing the one or more wearable devices, for a set of functionality, in a first configuration by the user, wherein the user is in a specific role; communicating data, in a Personal Area Network (PAN), between the one or more wearable devices and between a mobile device associated with the user; and providing information to a recommendation engine, wherein the information is related to the specific role, the set of functionality, and the first configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Stuart S Kreitzer, Jesus F Corretjer
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Patent number: 9729423Abstract: A multi-sector antenna system is disclosed that includes two or more flat panel antennas facing different directions and configured to communicate with two separate sites using millimeter wave RF signals. A processing module is communicatively coupled to each of the flat panel antennas. In some embodiments, the processing module may be configured to receive incoming RF signals from a first site via a first flat panel antenna, convert the incoming RF signals to outgoing RF signals, and transmit the outgoing RF signals to a second site via the second flat panel antenna. The flat panel antennas may be configured to transmit and receive RF signals at frequencies in the range of about 57 GHz to 86 GHz. The multi-sector antenna system may be utilized in a mesh network system.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Tinoco, Terry McManus
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Patent number: 9723571Abstract: An information format and apparatus used by a base station to make a scheduling decision when the base station allocates resources to a terminal in a mobile communication system are provided. Operations of a terminal to report a maximum transmission power accurately to the base station in a scheduling process are also provided. A method for calculating a maximum transmit power in a constant manner regardless of a channel status is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Soo Jeong, Soeng Hun Kim
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Patent number: 9723471Abstract: Triggering an event of interest in a mobile device based on communications established with nearby wireless devices can include receiving a challenge of the event of interest; obtaining a corresponding expression of a combination key with reference to the event in response to the challenge; receiving an identified data of the wireless devices in the vicinity of the mobile device; comparing the identified data with the expression to determine if the expression is a true value; and executing the event of interest in response to the true value.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Li-Ju Chen, Wei-Hsiang Hsiung, Rick M. F. Wu, Ming-Hsun Wu
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Patent number: 9723435Abstract: Method and apparatus for transferring a file from a sending wireless device to a receiving wireless device in a short-range wireless system. A file to be sent to the receiving wireless device is selected on the sending wireless device. The sending wireless device has a device list of receiving wireless devices. If the receiving wireless device is absent on the device list, the sending wireless device searches and identifies new devices. A device among the identified new devices is selected as the receiving wireless device. A connection is established between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device; and the file is sent to the receiving wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: David Bukurak, Przemyslaw Abratowski, Kem-Laurin Kramer
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Patent number: 9706923Abstract: A system includes wireless sensor devices monitoring a patient, a gateway device providing dual-frequency adaptive protocol time synchronization signals to the sensor devices, the time synchronization signals including a communication frame structure having time slots including two beacon signal time slots and a plurality of data slots, where the sensor devices transmit respective patient data a first time interleaved within a first data slot and a second time interleaved within a second data slot, the first interleaved data transmission and the second interleaved data transmission are each transmitted at respective different frequencies provided to the sensor devices in beacon signals received from the gateway device. The first interleaved data transmission includes both current data and previous data from the at least two wireless sensor devices, and a frequency agility pattern separates adjacent channels by a respective predetermined frequency offset. A method and non-transitory medium are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stanislava Soro, David Michael Davenport, Steven William Wik, S M Shajedul Hasan
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Patent number: 9698996Abstract: Information is acquired from a geographically-distributed sensor network using a scalable wireless geocast protocol. Geographically distributed networks of unattended sensors are placed at desired locations to collect various types of information, such as, for example, environmental parameters, temperature, humidity, rainfall, heat signatures, video, audio, seismic activity, and/or wind conditions. To acquire information, a query is provided to the geographic area at which the sensors are located utilizing the geocast protocol. Delivery of the query is based on a physical location of a region in which a sensor network is located, the type of information being queried, and/or temporal conditions. Each sensor that receives a query determines if all requirements/conditions are satisfied. If so, the query is accepted and processed by the recipient sensor, and responded to accordingly. Responses to queries are provided via the geocast protocol.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Robert J. Hall
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Patent number: 9678123Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) measurement system acting as a spectrum analyzer and a method of operating the same eliminates image signals from a detected input RF spectrum. The method includes determining at least three local oscillator (LO) frequencies; determining LO offsets between the LO frequencies; and mixing the LO frequencies with the input RF spectrum to provide corresponding intermediate frequency (IF) signals having an IF bandwidth, where at least one of the IF signals has the input RF spectrum mixed to a different portion of the IF bandwidth than at least one other of the IF signals, providing overlapping coverage. The method further includes acquiring ADC time records for the IF signals; performing Fourier transforms (FTs) on the ADC time records to provide IF spectrums; and detecting RF responses from the IF spectrums to determine an RF response trace corresponding to the input RF spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joel P. Dunsmore, Jean-Pierre Teyssier, Jad Faraj, James B. Kerr
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Patent number: 9641227Abstract: A transceiver for near field communication may include: a resonance circuit coupled between a first node and a second node, the resonance circuit having a resonance frequency and being configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to communicate data with an external device; a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third node; a second capacitor coupled between the second node and a fourth node; and/or a filter coupled among a first transmission electrode, a second transmission electrode, the third node, and the fourth node in an asymmetrical structure to provide a first frequency response and a second frequency response to the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode, respectively, the first frequency response being different from the second frequency response, the filter being configured to receive the data through the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byeong-Taek Moon, Il-Jong Song
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Patent number: 9595988Abstract: A communication device is described comprising a plurality of receive paths, wherein each of the plurality of receive paths is configured to extract a multipath component of a received signal, a determiner configured to determine whether at least two of the plurality of receive paths fulfil a mutual interference correlation criterion among the plurality of receive paths and a processor configured, if at least two of the plurality of receive paths fulfil the interference correlation criterion among the plurality of receive paths, to determine the sent signal based on canceling or mitigating the interference between the multipath components of the received signal extracted by the at least two receive paths.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Umer Salim, Markus Jordan, Tobias Scholand, Jean-Xavier Canonici, Michael Speth
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Patent number: 9577683Abstract: Example apparatuses and methods for cancellation of transmitter self-interference leakage in a transceiver are described. An example transceiver includes a multiport transformer that may be used as a part of the impedance matching network on the receiver side of the transceiver. One primary port of the multiport transformer may form a portion of a cancellation circuit that, along with other components in a cancellation path, provide amplitude and/or phase modulation to a cancellation signal. The cancellation circuit may tunable and may include only reactive components in some examples.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: University of Washington Through Its Center For CommercializationInventors: Jacques Christophe Rudell, Tong Zhang, Apsara Ravish Suvarna
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Patent number: 9571165Abstract: Near Field Communication (NFC) supports server information handling system management through communication between a mobile information handling system and a baseboard management controller. Enhanced transfer by NFC of management information is provided by manipulating the NFC tag memory assigned for information transfer with the aid of a microcontroller coordinating NFC transfers at the baseboard management controller, such as with coordinated storage operations at a tag memory an supporting processors/microcontrollers. The microcontroller manages tag memory and/or system memory so that the portable information handling system writes and reads information beyond the capabilities of unaided tag memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Shawn J. Dube, Syed S. Ahmed
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Patent number: 9554265Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, methods and systems for facilitating data communication are presented. Requests to communicate data are received that include data indicative of a location of a target remote mobile computing device. A location to be searched for a target devices is determined, and location-based data of mobile devices is accessed. Potential target mobile devices are identified and data consistent with the request is sent to one or more potential targets.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Inventor: Seth A. Rudin
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Patent number: 9532370Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of controlling communications of a multi-radio device. For example, a multi-radio device may include a first radio to communicate over a first wireless network; a first controller to control the first radio; a second radio to communicate over a second wireless network; a second controller to control the second radio; and an interface to communicate signaling messages between the first and second controllers, wherein the first controller is to send to the second controller a request to transmit, the request to transmit indicating a request to allow the first radio to transmit over the first wireless network, and wherein the second controller is to assert a transmit-allowed signal over the interface to indicate that the request to transmit is granted, or to de-assert the transmit-allowed signal to indicate that the request to transmit is denied.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Assi Jakoby, Keren Dor, Dor Chay, Dongsheng Bi, Itzik Shahar, Bruno Jechoux, Ido Ouzieli
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Patent number: 9525441Abstract: Techniques for noise reduction are described herein. The techniques include an apparatus for noise reduction including a voltage tuner to adjust a voltage swing for a signal line in a differential signal line pair. The apparatus may also include a timing module to adjust a timing skew between the differential signal line pair, wherein the voltage swing and timing skew adjustment introduce a common mode noise in the differential signal line pair to reduce a radio frequency interference (RFI) noise coupling.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Chung-Hao J. Chen, Howard L. Heck, Pujitha Davuluri, Hao-Han Hsu
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Patent number: 9515606Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided with an oscillator including: a clock circuit, a power supply current source and an oscillating circuit wherein the clock circuit generates a clock signal, the power supply current source generates a power supply current according to the clock signal, and the oscillating circuit generates an oscillation signal of a higher frequency than a frequency of the clock signal based on the power supply current and a received signal from an input terminal, the received signal having amplitude of a predetermined level or more.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki Umeda, Shoji Otaka
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Patent number: 9491706Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure teach decreasing, in a time-averaged regime, the amount of RF energy emitted by a communications device. Generally speaking, the network tells the communications device what power level it should transmit at. If, however, the device determines that it would exceed an emission standard by transmitting at the specified power level for as long as it needs to in order to carry out its transmission duties, then the device can instead decide to transmit at a lower power level. Alternatively (or in combination), the device can, instead of transmitting all the time while it has data to send, only transmit intermittently. In either case, the emitted electromagnetic energy, as averaged over a period of time, is reduced below the maximum allowed by the standard. Later, if possible and necessary, the device can again transmit at a higher power level or more frequently.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Dean E. Thorson, Steve R. Hauswirth, Eric L. Krenz, Paul J. Moller
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Patent number: 9467795Abstract: A method and apparatus associated with one or more wearable devices for a user includes utilizing the one or more wearable devices, for a set of functionality, in a first configuration by the user, wherein the user is in a specific role; communicating data, in a Personal Area Network (PAN), between the one or more wearable devices and between a mobile device associated with the user; and providing information to a recommendation engine, wherein the information is related to the specific role, the set of functionality, and the first configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Stuart S Kreitzer, Jesus F Corretjer