Patents Examined by Raymond Dean
  • Patent number: 9668224
    Abstract: A radio base station apparatus including a function for determining a transmission power, including: a neighbor cell detection unit configured to detect a neighbor cell that interferes with a target cell that the radio base station apparatus can form; a received power measurement unit configured to measure, for each neighbor cell detected by the neighbor cell detection unit, a received power from the neighbor cell; and a transmission power determination unit configured to calculate, for each band part that overlaps with a transmission band of the radio base station apparatus in transmission bands of each neighbor cell, a sum of received powers for neighbor cells having transmission bands each including the band part, and to determine an interference amount in the target cell based on the sum of received powers so as to determine the transmission power by using the interference amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takao Someya, Atsushi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Hosono, Shogo Yabuki
  • Patent number: 9668159
    Abstract: When a wireless device is configured to function as a relay for a donor access node, the donor access node is configured such that the relaying wireless device is given preferential treatment when compared to non-relaying wireless devices. The communication network and/or donor access node can be configured to provide improved RF conditions, higher throughput, lower latency, etc. to a relaying wireless device than is provided to non-relay wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Hemanth Pawar, Chunmei Liu, Krishna Sitaram, Pratik Kothari
  • Patent number: 9641670
    Abstract: A method of controlling answering a call in a system including a service server, a plurality of mobile terminals including a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, and a network configured to allow a communication between the service server and the mobile terminals includes displaying, when receiving a call, an incoming call icon and an incoming call screen, which are set in advance at the sender terminal, on the receiver terminal, receiving, upon the incoming call icon being displayed, an input of a predetermined operation on the incoming call screen at the receiver terminal, and permitting answering the call based on the predetermined operation at the receiver terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: COUCHGRAM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soo Geun Yoo
  • Patent number: 9629001
    Abstract: The measurement method presented and the measuring device presented allow inferences to be gained regarding the status and the quality of mobile telephone user equipment by correlating operating parameters with the transmission power of a mobile telephone transmitter and the Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Michl, Adrian Schumacher
  • Patent number: 9621690
    Abstract: Disclosed is a housing for a portable handheld electronic device such as a cellphone. The device has a housing, having a left side and right side. At least one of the left side and right side is provided with integral surface features or surface structures to enhance gripping the cellphone, preferably along the entire length of the phone or within about the top half or one third of the phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HOUDINIX LLC
    Inventors: James H. Jannard, Peter Jarred Land
  • Patent number: 9621212
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for intelligently reducing a specific absorption rate, a protective case and a terminal. The apparatus includes an antenna assembly, a sensing assembly being configured to determine an approach to or a contact of the antenna assembly by a human body; the sensing assembly is also configured to control the antenna assembly for reduction of input power when detecting an approach to or a contact by a human body. By the above means, the apparatus is capable of lowering the input power automatically when the antenna is approached to the human body, therefore reducing the radiation to the human body and reducing the harm thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoxin Shi, Shengjie Xu, Kunlun Li, Wei Ma, Xuelong Ronald Hu, Vittorio Di Mauro
  • Patent number: 9609674
    Abstract: A node of a first machine-to-machine service provider, M2M SP, is provided. The node of the first M2M SP communicates with a gateway node and a node of a second M2M SP. At least one communication interface configured to receive, from the gateway node, a register message for registering a service capability layer, SCL, of the gateway node with the second NSCL. A processor configured to transmit the register message to the second NSCL and receive a response indicating whether the second NSCL registered the SCL. If the second NSCL registered the SCL, generating a resource instructing the node of the first M2M SP to proxy traffic of the SCL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: George Foti
  • Patent number: 9603185
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of WTRUs and a network. The plurality of WTRUs are pre-configured so that N WTRUs are identified to be in a specific paging group. Each WTRU in the paging group is configured to monitor related paging channels with an interval longer than the desired paging cycle of the network, thereby reducing power consumption. Each WTRU in the specific paging group takes turns in monitoring related paging channels so that the DRX scheme of the specific paging group is equivalent to the desired DRX scheme of the network, thereby reducing the likelihood of network signaling being missed or delayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Pei-Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 9557770
    Abstract: A mobile terminal disclosed herein includes a main body having front and side surfaces, a window provided on a top of the main body and curved from the front surface toward the side surfaces to define at least a part of the side surfaces, a touch sensor provided on a rear surface of the window and curved along a shape of the window, a frame provided on a rear surface of the display and having a shape corresponding to the display for support, supporting members supporting ends of the window, the touch sensor and the display and partially defining the side surfaces of the terminal, and a rear case covering a rear surface of the main body, wherein the touch sensor and display are formed longer along side surfaces of the window, and the window contacts parts of the supporting members, externally exposed to define the side surfaces of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungyong Shin, Inkuk Yeo, Sungkwon Jang, Kyoungtae Kim, Junghoon Hwang
  • Patent number: 9560140
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose methods for identifying machine to machine (M2M) devices and services. Each device may indicate its M2M functionality either for each of the services performed by the device or for all of its services to a core network. The core network may report the M2M functionality of the device to other nodes in the network that may be involved with the M2M functionality of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerardo Giaretta, Josef J. Blanz, Lorenzo Casaccia, John Wallace Nasielski, Haipeng Jin, Krishna S. Pandit, Nathan Edward Tenny
  • Patent number: 9552074
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating user feedback of a gesture capturing device with content projection capability are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: projecting content, by a content projector, onto a projection surface; projecting patterned light, by a pattern projector, onto said projection surface and onto a maneuverable object controlled by a user; capturing reflections of the patterned light coming from said projection surface and said maneuverable object; calculating, based on said reflections, at least one of: a relative position and a relative orientation of at least two of: said projection surface, said maneuverable object, said content projector and said pattern projector; and generating a feedback, based on said calculated relative positions and/or orientations, wherein said feedback relates to a proper operation of the system, based on said relative position and a relative orientation, in view of predefined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadav Grossinger, Omer Kamerman
  • Patent number: 9543645
    Abstract: A transmitter front-end for wireless chip-to-chip communication, and for other, longer-range (e.g., several meters or several tens of meters) device-to-device communication is disclosed. The transmitter front-end can include a plurality of reflector power amplifiers implemented on an IC chip and an on-chip or on-package antenna for wireless transmitting a signal to another IC chip or device. The plurality of reflector power amplifiers can reflect the radiation of the on-chip or on-package antenna in a particular pattern such that the effective radiation pattern is reinforced in a desired direction and suppressed in an undesired direction. This helps to reduce the required output power of the transmitter front-end and mitigate interference with other potential wireless chip-to-chip or longer-range communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Farid Shirinfar, Maryam Rofougaran, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 9538392
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use in CDMA antenna systems are provided in which signals each having a common overhead component are transmitted on a set of adjacent beams of a sector with a micro-timing offset between signals transmitted on adjacent pairs of beams which is large enough that destructive cancellation substantially does not occur between the pair of beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abdelgader Legnain, Peter Deane, Neil M. McGowan
  • Patent number: 9526321
    Abstract: A forearm mounted holster for stowing and quick release of a handheld device is disclosed. The holster includes a retractable cord attached to the handheld device. The handheld device may be released from its stowed position by performing a chopping motion of the forearm. The retractable cord may stop the handheld device at the user's hand for quick access to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Corey Nyako
  • Patent number: 9532319
    Abstract: A power control method includes obtaining power headroom information of an aggregated carrier of a User Equipment (UE). The aggregated carrier includes at least one component carrier group and at least one first carrier, or includes at least one component carrier group, or includes at least two first carriers. The component carrier group includes at least two second carriers, and the first carrier and the second carrier are single carriers, The method also includes adjusting transmit power of the aggregated carrier according to the power headroom information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guanglin Han, Wei Quan, Yi Jiang, Qiao Zhang, Wurong Zhang, Zhongbin Qin
  • Patent number: 9532236
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for setting properties of a forwarding node. The forwarding node represents a relay or a repeater. The method includes establishing a connection for sending Direct Transfer messages between the forwarding node and a radio network node and sending to the radio network node a first Direct Transfer message. The first Direct Transfer message includes a relay indication, indicating to the radio network node that the first Direct Transfer message was sent from a forwarding node. The method also includes receiving from the radio network node a second Direct Transfer message, comprising setting information for setting properties of the forwarding node and setting the properties of the forwarding node based on the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Pontus Wallentin
  • Patent number: 9525580
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is disclosed. A starting location of a search space in a control region of a subframe k is acquired. The search space is defined by a set of PDCCHs at each aggregation level. The set of PDCCHs from the starting location in the search space at the each aggregation level is monitored. The starting location is defined by the multiple of the aggregation level in the control region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: So Yeon Kim, Jae Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9520928
    Abstract: To report feedback information regarding a wireless channel, a mobile station determines whether a predefined condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the predefined condition is satisfied, feedback information regarding an individual one of plural subbands of the wireless channel is included in a first report to be sent to a base station. In response to determining that the predefined condition is not satisfied, aggregate feedback information regarding the plural subbands is included in a second report to be sent to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sairamesh Nammi, Shankar Venkatraman, Gaurav Hemrajani, Ashvin Chheda, Lai King Tee, Neng Wang, Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan
  • Patent number: 9515378
    Abstract: Mobile devices are handled in different environments which influence an antenna's performance due to electromagnetic interaction. Environment Property based Antenna Radiation Pattern Optimizing System (EPARPOS) is a system that actively varies, controls, directs, shapes and optimizes the antenna radiation pattern of mobile device in a closed loop manner controlled by precisely sensing the environment's property comprising dielectric nature, permittivity-?, permeability-?, conductivity-?, susceptibility, direction, dimension, range, orientation, position, location, utilizing visual sensing, infrared sensing and signal quality parameters are all to determine the effect of the environment and effect on environment in order to enhance signal quality, protect the users by controlling radiation exposure in a user facing direction while maintaining radiations in other directions to sustain communication and to save battery power by controlling radiation in less effective directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: PRASAD MUTHUKUMAR
    Inventor: Muthukumar Prasad
  • Patent number: 9515713
    Abstract: To report feedback information regarding a wireless channel, a mobile station determines whether a predefined condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the predefined condition is satisfied, feedback information regarding an individual one of plural subbands of the wireless channel is included in a first report to be sent to a base station. In response to determining that the predefined condition is not satisfied, aggregate feedback information regarding the plural subbands is included in a second report to be sent to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sairamesh Nammi, Shankar Venkatraman, Gaurav Hemrajani, Ashvin Chheda, Lai King Tee, Neng Wang, Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan