Abstract: Based on electronic communication received from a wireless device or from an access point, it is determined that a wireless signal relay is needed between the wireless device and the access point. In response to the determination, a drone is deployed between the wireless device and the access point to relay wireless signals between the wireless device and the access point. The deployed drone measures a first strength of a first wireless signal received from the wireless device or measures a second strength of a second wireless signal received from the access point. Based on the measurements, it is determined that the wireless device has moved relative to the access point after the drone has been deployed. In response to the determining that the wireless device has moved, the location of the drone is adjusted to maintain the first strength or the second strength above a predetermined level.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 2018
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2019
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventors:
James W. Fan, Venson Shaw, Jeffrey A. Aaron
Abstract: A wearable mobile device executes a personal safety service client application to detect a triggering event indicating an emergency, wherein the triggering event is detected from user input received by the wearable mobile device. The application determines a location of the wearable mobile device, the location of the wearable mobile device corresponding to a location of the emergency, and provides an indication of the emergency and the location of the emergency to a personal safety service server. The personal safety service server sends a notification message via a push notification displayed on user devices of a predefined group of emergency contacts indicating the occurrence of the emergency and periodically receives updates to the location of the wearable mobile device from the personal safety service client application.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for determining semantic location information. In particular, one or more computing devices can receive, from an application program executing on at least one of the one or more computing devices, an application programming interface (API) call requesting semantic information about a location of at least one of the one or more computing devices. Responsive to receiving the API call, the one or more computing devices can determine semantic information for the location and can return the semantic information for the location to the application program via the API. The semantic information for the location can comprise data semantically identifying the location and indicating whether a user associated with the one or more computing devices is stationary at the location or in transit from the location.
Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal including a casing that includes an audio output unit that outputs audio, and a transmissive display unit provided rotatable about the casing. The transmissive display unit is disposable in a plane intersecting a principal face of the casing while the audio output unit is outputting audio.
Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of performing a range measurement. For example, a first wireless communication device may include a radio to communicate a discovery frame with a second wireless communication device, the discovery frame including at least one movement indication field to indicate a time of movement of a sender of said discovery frame; and a controller to perform a range measurement procedure with said second wireless communication device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2019
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION
Inventors:
Jonathan Segev, Carlos Cordeiro, Shuki Perlman, Emily H. Qi, Ofer Hareuveni
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, identifying a primary serving cell and a secondary serving cell, wherein the primary serving cell facilitates one of attachment, re-attachment or mobility, or any combination thereof, of a mobile device in association with coordination of a wireless service between the primary serving cell, the secondary serving cell and the mobile device. A latency value associated with a message exchange is determined between the primary and secondary serving cells via a messaging interface, and compared to latency requirements, which correspond to a group of mobile service features. A mobile service feature of the group is associated with the wireless service based on the comparison. The wireless service includes a coordinated exchange of wireless signals between the primary serving cell and the mobile device and between the secondary serving cell and the mobile device based on the mobile service feature. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2019
Assignees:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
Inventors:
Hongyan Lei, Ye Chen, Zhi Cui, Cheng P Liu, Yonghui Tong
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling interface display. The method includes: determining whether or not a first interface switching condition is satisfied in a case where a first display interface of an application is being displayed; and switching the first display interface being displayed at present to a second display interface of the application in a case where the first interface switching condition is satisfied, wherein the first display interface is associated with authentic user information, and the second display interface is associated with virtual user information. Examples of the present disclosure enable quick interface switching and thus provide the user with more convenience and improved experience in using the terminal device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2019
Assignee:
Youku Internet Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A network comprising a first base station (BS) and a second BS for handling a radio access technology (RAT) tight interworking, comprises the first BS connecting to a communication device via a first RAT; the first BS receiving a second message of a second RAT from the second BS, wherein the second message comprises a second transaction identifier (TI); the first BS transmitting a first message of the first RAT to the communication device via the first RAT, wherein the first message comprises the second message; the first BS receiving a first response message from the communication device; the second BS receiving a second response message from the first BS; and the second BS communicating via the second RAT with the communication device according to a configuration in the second message, when the first BS communicates via the first RAT with the communication device.
Abstract: A method and system for controlling operation of a computing device. One or more applicable settings among settings of one or more features of the computing device are determined. The settings are indicated by policies provided by two or more providers according to priorities of corresponding providers for application of corresponding policies of the providers. The policies include an indication of corresponding settings of the one or more features of the computing device. The providers are validated with at least one authority. The at least one authority certified the priorities of the providers and permissions of the providers to set the features of the policies. The computing device is configured to operate according to the applicable settings of the features.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 10, 2019
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Fabio Cerri, Alice Guidotti, Leonardo Rosati, Elia Tufarolo
Abstract: A method and system is provided for enabling spectrum sensing capability in a network having at least one primary user and a plurality of secondary users configured to communicate using a shared spectrum. The methods and systems include receiving values from sensors corresponding to received signal strength from a primary user in one or more frequencies of the shared spectrum. The values are used to interpolate at least one additional value between the sensors. A detection threshold is determined for sensing a signal transmitted from the primary user based on an acceptable amount of interference. The primary user is then determined to be transmitting in the one or more frequencies of the shared spectrum if any of the values received from the plurality of sensors or the at least one additional value interpolated along the path exceeds the detection threshold.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2019
Assignee:
FEDERATED WIRELESS, INC.
Inventors:
Samuel Jay Macmullan, Sepehr Mehrabanzad, Peter Harbour, Creighton Eldridge
Abstract: A telematics controller is programmed to successfully receive a short message service (SMS) message from a service data network via a modem, identify an application layer error condition or other application level result code at the vehicle, and responsive to receipt of the SMS message, include information indicative of the application layer error condition or other application level result code in an SMS deliver report to send to the service data network.
Abstract: Providing collection and storage of mobile application data associated with execution of a mobile application is disclosed for a carrier core-network connected component. In an aspect, the carrier core-network connected component can enable storage of some, none, or all mobile application data related to mobile application information traversing a carrier core-network comprising the carrier core-network connected component. Analysis of the mobile application data can provide insight into a characteristic, behavior, etc., associated with the mobile application. The analysis can enable adaptation of mobile application information transport topography, environment, etc., modification of the mobile application data, testing of mobile application performance related to mobile application information traversing the carrier core-network, simulations to test application services and/or mobile applications, etc.
Abstract: Disclosed are examples of performing mobile station modifications. According to one example a method may include transmitting a notification from a mobile station to an advertisement server and receiving at least one advertisement parameter at the mobile station responsive to the transmitted notification. The method may also include performing a modification to a current state of the mobile device based on the at least one advertisement parameter and a distance between the mobile station and at least one establishment registered with the advertisement server.
Abstract: An MR code is generated within a browser on a client device and is read by a mobile application on a mobile device. A communication channel is then established through a web-based service, between the browser and the mobile application on the mobile device. The mobile application generates a user interface display on the mobile device that allows user selection of content. The mobile application sends a link to that content to the browser, which accesses and renders the content on the client device. User input commands to control the rendered content are also received at the mobile device and sent to the browser through the communication channel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventors:
Ian Milligan, Abhishek Agarwal, John Sanders, Joshua S. Bolduc, David Gray, Skji Conklin, Gary Caldwell
Abstract: This disclosure includes a method and electronic device for providing activity information of another related to an activity pattern of a user. The device includes a communication module, a sensor configured to sense a motion of a user of the device, a memory configured to store information about a first event and second event related to an activity pattern of the user, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire first activity information that is related to the motion of the user, select a corresponding one event among the first event and the second event, based at least on the first activity information, receive, from an external device, data corresponding to second activity information that is related to motions of one or more other users related to the corresponding one event, and display data corresponding to the first activity information and the data corresponding to the second activity information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Seongho Cho, Hong-Bin Min, Kwan-Su Park
Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for handling E911 communications within IMS networks, such as Voice over LTE (VoLTE) networks. In some embodiments, the systems and methods, via various communication nodes, handle or otherwise govern emergency calls within the VoLTE network, by sending an INVITE message from a sender node of the VoLTE network to a recipient node of the VoLTE network, and starting a retry timer at the sender node that is specific to handling E911 calls by the VoLTE network.
Abstract: Determining whether a user of a mobile computing device is designated as an operator of a vehicle and/or heavy machinery and restricting one or more functions of the device when the user is so designated. In an embodiment, a system restricts a display of visual information via an electronic visual display when the user claims an operator token and the speed of the device exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
Abstract: In particular embodiments, a mailbox server is operable to receive, from a client, a message to be delivered to an endpoint; store the message in a mailbox associated with the user; access a set of policies for the client or the endpoint; determine a delivery channel for the message based on the policies; and transmit the message to the endpoint through the delivery channel. In particular embodiments, the mailbox server may transmit SMS messages via a special bind with a recipient's SMSC, or via a carrier short code. In particular embodiments, the mailbox server may transmit the message as an email or via an internal messaging system over a packet data connection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc.
Inventors:
Mohit Talwar, Miladin Pavlicic, Siddharth Murlidhar, Rose Yao, Jason Sobel
Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive information controlling a timing at which an access request for accessing an access destination over a network is to be executed. The radio communication apparatus also includes a control unit configured to control execution of the access request with a timing controlled based at least in part on the information. An associated method, medium and an information processing apparatus are also described.
Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT), and is applicable to intelligent services such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An access point (AP) includes a controller that generates a neighbor AP information message including location information of neighbor APs, and a transmitter that transmits the neighbor AP information message including a field indicating that a type of a currently transmitted message includes location information, a length field indicating a length of fields located after the length field in the currently transmitted message, and a location information field indicating location information of each of the neighbor APs.