Patents Examined by Ronald Eisner
  • Patent number: 9948734
    Abstract: In one embodiment, sensor signals corresponding to motions of a client device are received. Activities of a user corresponding to the client device are determined, based on a first analysis algorithm that uses the sensor signals to select activity types, each activity type corresponding to a particular time period. A reference to the selected activity types is sent to the client device. User input indicating whether the reference is correct is received from the client device. Based on the indication, which reflects the accuracy of the first analysis algorithm, a priority between the first analysis algorithm and a second analysis algorithm is determined, based on determining which analysis algorithm is more accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Juho Pennanen, Aapo Kyrölä, Jukka Partanen
  • Patent number: 9949217
    Abstract: A method of transmit power control in a mobile telecommunications device is provided. One of a plurality of signal paths providing different output power and different gains is assigned in a first gain adjustment and a first power measurement in a current time slot. The same one of the signal paths is assigned in at least a second gain adjustment and a second power measurement in the same current time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Chen, Yangjian Chen, Paul Muller, Hsiang-Hui Chang, Bernard Mark Tenbroek
  • Patent number: 9949084
    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: November 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Segev, Carlos Cordeiro, Shuki Perlman, Emily H. Qi, Ofer Hareuveni
  • Patent number: 9948735
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a mobile device determines sensor signals from one or more sensors of the mobile device, the sensor signals indicating motion that is associated with activities of a user of the mobile device. The mobile device determines activity types that correspond to at least a portion of the determined sensor signals. The mobile device determines activity periods of the user, each activity period corresponding to a period of time for one of the determined activity types. The mobile device then performs a heuristics-type analysis based on the length of time for each activity period and the corresponding activity types to determine whether two or more activity periods should be combined into a single activity period. The determined activity types are displayed on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Juho Pennanen, Aapo Kyrölä
  • Patent number: 9949184
    Abstract: In a cellular telecommunications network, a mobile communication system to offload data traffic from base stations to small-node devices, includes a radio base station, a plurality of small-node devices, a macro-base-station-to-the-small-node-device (BS2D) communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from the radio base station over a BS2D communication link, a small-node-device-to-user-equipment (D2UE) communication section configured to transmit user-plane data to a user equipment over a wireless D2UE communication link established responsive to the first control-plane message, and a center small-node device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9948590
    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: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohit Talwar, Miladin Pavlicic, Siddharth Murlidhar, Rose Yao, Jason Sobel
  • Patent number: 9942818
    Abstract: In a cellular telecommunications network, a mobile communication system to offload data traffic from base stations to small-node devices, includes a radio base station, a plurality of small-node devices, a macro-base-station-to-the-small-node-device (BS2D) communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from the radio base station over a BS2D communication link, a small-node-device-to-user-equipment (D2UE) communication section configured to transmit user-plane data to a user equipment over a wireless D2UE communication link established responsive to the first control-plane message, and a center small-node device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9942743
    Abstract: A user terminal exists in a first cell operating at a first frequency, in a mobile communication system that supports a D2D (Device to Device) proximity service. The user terminal includes a transmitter configured to transmit a D2D interest indication indicating that the user terminal has an interest in the D2D proximity service, to a base station forming the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 9929841
    Abstract: Methods and a base station are provided for transmitting a serving signal to a User Equipment (UE) by the base station. The method includes generating modulation order information for determining a modulation order of an interference signal, and transmitting the serving signal with the modulation order information in a resource allocated to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yongjun Kwak, Younsun Kim, Hyojin Lee, Juho Lee
  • Patent number: 9923863
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for communication system that includes a mobile application (software) installed on a user mobile device, a communications gateway, capable of performing EAP-SIM and/or EAP-AKA WPA2 wireless authentication & authorization, a Ground-based gateway, capable of proxying RADIUS messages, handling SIP communications and SMPP (SMS) messaging, and an integrated communications gateway platform (ICP), capable of performing the functions of a BTS, VLR and SIP/SMPP communications router. The systems, devices and methods allows for vehicle passengers, such as aircraft passengers the capability to use their mobile communication devices, such as smart phones and their smart phone numbers to send and receive calls and text messages to remote communication devices anywhere in the world while on the aircraft, wherein the remote communication devices display the phone numbers of the mobile communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Satcom Direct, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Bantoft, Curt Allen Gray
  • Patent number: 9924461
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal that transmits digital broadcast data through an ad hoc network are provided. If a terminal receiving digital broadcast transmits the received digital broadcast to a neighboring terminal, a control unit enters a sleep mode after buffering received data for a predefined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bu-Seop Jung, Jong-Mu Choi, Jung-Hun Lee, Jae-Ki You
  • Patent number: 9924386
    Abstract: A system for wireless network optimization and remote control of mobile handset operation, comprising one or more devices disposed on a network and a server disposed on the network having a database, the server configured to push a client application to the one or more devices, instruct the client application to perform a plurality of tests on the one or more devices, collect a plurality of reports corresponding the plurality of tests performed on the on the one or more devices, instruct the client application to perform debugging tests on the one or more devices, collect debugging results corresponding to the debugging tests performed on the one or more devices, and remotely access the one or more devices to resolve any operational problems of the one or more devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Orchestra Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anuj Jain, Jairaj Hedge
  • Patent number: 9906945
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for facilitating, at a system including at least one processor, establishment of a communication session with a device coupled to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) by way of network equipment of a default Mobile Network Operator (MNO), receiving, at the system, information descriptive of an MNO selection, selecting, at the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of MNOs first credential information according to the received information, wherein the first credential information is associated with a first MNO of the plurality of MNOs, and transmitting, from the system, the first credential information to the UICC over the communication session by way of the device to cause the UICC to facilitate establishment of communications with network equipment of the first MNO according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: David Midkiff
  • Patent number: 9900822
    Abstract: A wireless gateway disposed in a subscriber domain detects presence of a communication device communicating in a vicinity of the subscriber domain over a first wireless communication link such as a wireless cellular phone link. In response to detecting the communication device in the subscriber domain, the wireless gateway provides notification of a presence of the wireless gateway hardware to the communication device. The wireless gateway participates in establishing a second wireless communication link between the communication device and the wireless gateway to facilitate a handoff of a communication session from the first wireless communication link to the second wireless communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Don Gunasekara, Kiran R. Yeddala, Ahmed Bencheikh
  • Patent number: 9894079
    Abstract: System calls to a kernel of a mobile computing device are monitored. A particular system call is intercepted relating to input/output (I/O) functionality of the mobile computing device. A data loss prevention (DLP) policy is identified that is applicable to the particular system call. An action is performed on the particular system call based at least in part on the DLP policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Balbir Singh, Rajbir Bhattacharjee, Dattatraya Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 9887987
    Abstract: An application that enables documentation of meetings using a Smartphone or internet-based communication programs installed on a computer whereby the application enables each of the participants in the personal meeting to input a personal identification code designed to serve as a personal key. The application enables the user to document the personal meeting using the audio and video recording means of the Smartphone or the computer's internet-based communications programs and to save the documentation as a documentation file that may be opened only using all of the personal keys simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventors: Eliahu Antopolsky, Yacov Gottman
  • Patent number: 9883517
    Abstract: An access node is provided in a wireless communication network for conducting interference resolution of a received signal, the access node comprising a transceiver module, a backhaul module, and a memory. The access node further comprises a processor coupled to the transceiver module, the backhaul module and the memory and configured to identify a neighboring access node in the wireless communication network, to exchange, via the backhaul module, communication parameters with the neighboring access node, to receive, via the transceiver module, a signal comprising a transmission from a first user equipment and an interfering transmission from a second user equipment, the signal being received over a plurality of uplink resources, to receive, via the backhaul module, resource information from the neighboring access node, the resource information corresponding to the plurality of uplink resources, and to apply the resource information for interference resolution of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Standwood, David Gell, Murat Karsi
  • Patent number: 9883333
    Abstract: A method of producing a location identifier comprising: obtaining the geographical coordinates of a location; converting the geographical coordinates into single unique value n; converting the single unique value n into a unique group of a plurality of values; converting the plurality of values into an equal plurality of respective words; and providing the plurality of words as a location identifier, and a method of identifying a location comprising: obtaining a location identifier for a location, the location identifier comprising a plurality of words; converting the plurality of words into a unique group of an equal plurality of respective values; converting the unique group of a plurality of values into a single unique value n; converting the single unique value n into geographical coordinates; and outputting the geographical coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mohan Ganesalingam, Christopher Sheldrick, Jack Waley-Cohen
  • Patent number: 9876896
    Abstract: A method of thwarting infiltration of malware onto a mobile communication device. The method comprises a filtering application executing on an ad gateway server computer analyzing a mobile advertisement by to determine a signature of the mobile advertisement, where the signature comprises at least one of a brand identity, a color scheme, a reference image, and a font type, searching a rules data store using the signature of the mobile advertisement as a search key to obtain a first rule, and identifying a first mobile presentation context in the first rule. The method further comprises the filtering application determining that a mobile presentation context of a mobile communication device to which the mobile advertisement is directed by matches the first mobile presentation context and the filtering application blocking transmission of the mobile advertisement from the ad gateway server to the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Michael A. Gailloux, Peter K. O'Brien, Adam C. Pickett
  • Patent number: 9866994
    Abstract: A communication network of the present disclosure can determine a location of a communication device, such as a mobile communication device, a wireless access point, and/or a base station to provide some examples, within its geographic coverage area based upon one or more communication signals that are communicated within the communication network and/or between the communication network and another communication network. The communication network can implement a multilateration technique to determine the location of the communication device based upon the one or more communication signals as received over various signal pathways. In an embodiment, the communication device can include multiple receiving antennas for receiving the one or more communication signals over multiple first signal pathways. The multilateration technique can use the one or more communication signals as received over the multiple first signal pathways to estimate a coarse location of the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasantha Rajakarunanayake, Vinko Erceg