Patents Examined by Sujatha Sharma
  • Patent number: 9191834
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing a satellite service resource is provided. The method may include measuring, using a communication system monitoring unit, at least one satellite service signal being received for at least one satellite service, calculating, using a service resource management unit, an optimum frequency and an optimum output power for the at least one satellite service through analysis of a satellite service resource, allocating the calculated frequency and the calculated output power to the at least one satellite service, and transmitting the allocated information to the communication system monitoring unit, and comparing, using the communication system monitoring unit, the measured information to the allocated information, and transmitting a result of the comparison to the service resource management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin Ho Jo, Moon Hee You, Jae Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9191807
    Abstract: A mobile station receives a control message containing an indicator of presence of a first access network that operates according to a first protocol that is capable of interworking with a second access network that operates according to a second, different protocol. In response to receiving the indicator, the mobile station performs a procedure to establish a personality for the mobile station that specifies the configuration to allow the mobile station to use features of the first access network that enable interworking with the second access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ke-Chi Jang, Eric Parsons
  • Patent number: 9173051
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Subscriber Station (SS) for a time-controlled service in an M2M communication system. The M2M SS registers the time-controlled service. The M2M SS establishes a service flow with an M2M Base Station (BS), after registering the time-controlled service. Data is transferred, from the M2M SS, to the M2M BS, through the service flow during an access admission time period. Transmission of the data to the M2M BS is ceased during an access restriction time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Rakesh Taori, Yeong-Moon Son
  • Patent number: 9161388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio base station (RBS) (1). The RBS comprises a first radio unit (RU) (2) and a second RU (3). The RBS is configured such that said first and second RUs will use the same scrambling or cell identity code for communication with a wireless communication terminal (9) such that the wireless communication terminal will regard the first and second RUs as relating to the same cell of the RBS. The invention also relates to a communication system (13) comprising the RBS, as well as to a use of the RBS for performing an internal handover, after UL measurements, of the communication terminal from the first RU to the second RU, and a method of arranging the RBS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Babak Alamshahi, Thomas Östman, Ulf Skärby
  • Patent number: 9155082
    Abstract: Technology is discussed for extending frequency and time based approaches, such as Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) and enhanced ICIC (eICIC), to interference mitigation for clusters within a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) of transmission points with a common transmission point identity. Multiple transmission power messages correlated to different transmission point characteristics can be configured among multiple transmission points sharing the same transmission point identity. These multiple transmission power messages can be used to coordinate transmissions from adjacent transmission points on differing frequencies. Additionally, new sets of reference signals can be configured to correlate to different transmission point characteristics. These new, correlated reference signals can be used to decouple measurements used to provide feedback to one set of transmission points from reference signals transmitted by another set of transmission points with the same transmission point identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexei Davydov, Gregory Morozov, Alexander Maltsev, Vadim Sergeyev, Ilya Bolotin
  • Patent number: 9131449
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a browser, a message requesting that a first signal from a first base station of a first wireless network be attenuated in accordance with a first attenuation value. The device may set an attenuation level of the first wireless signal in accordance with the first attenuation value in response to the message. The first signal attenuated by the first attenuation value is wirelessly transmitted to a first user device at a first area shielded from signals wirelessly transmitted to a second user device at a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Gagan Puranik, Edward Michael Jack, Zhou Zheng
  • Patent number: 9130688
    Abstract: Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and method for handover enhancement using reference signal received quality (RSRQ) in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a UE adaptively selects handover initiation parameters based, at least in part, on a velocity of the UE. The UE may determine an RSRQ of a serving cell and an RSRQ of a target cell and may transmit a measurement report to a serving eNB for handover from the serving cell to the target cell when the target cell RSRQ exceeds the serving cell RSRQ in accordance with the selected handover initiation parameters. In some of these embodiments, the handover initiation parameters may include an offset value, such as an A3offset value, and a time-to-trigger (TTT) that comprise an A3offset-TTT pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Candy Yiu, Yujian Zhang, Mo-Han Fong, Yuefeng Peng
  • Patent number: 9122545
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to interfacing a multimedia application being executed on a handset with an independent computing device. A connection between the handset and the computing device is established, which triggers a proxy application to be launched on the computing device. The proxy application is configured to interact with an agent application that runs on the handset. The computing device receives one or more user inputs associated with the multimedia application, and one or more messages are sent from the proxy application to the agent application based on the user inputs. The handset modifies the execution of the multimedia application based in part on the one or more messages conveyed to the agent application from the handset, and the handset also sends media and/or signaling related to the multimedia application to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Samuel K. Sun, Simon Teplitsky
  • Patent number: 9125229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system, said communication system comprising a primary and at least one secondary station, wherein the primary station selects a transmission mode from a set of at least two transmission modes for communicating with the secondary station, and wherein the secondary station infers the selected transmission mode based on at least one control channel characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Milos Tesanovic, Timothy James Moulsley, Choo Chiap Chiau
  • Patent number: 9107232
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for interference management between multiple wireless networks are disclosed. The apparatuses, and methods for doing the same, communicate with one or more wireless devices in each of first and second wireless networks, the first and second wireless networks having a common spectrum and different air interface protocols, and generate a message for transmission into the first wireless network to suppress transmission in the first network and to reserve a medium for wireless transmissions in the second wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dilip Krishnaswamy, Amol Rajkotia, Soumya Das
  • Patent number: 9106282
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for sending and receiving channel state information in network Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication systems are provided. Hybrid feedback technology is provided to transfer complete Channel State Information (CSI) to a transmitter by efficiently combining limited amounts of long-term channel information and short-term channel information are In a down link MIMO network system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: In Ho Lee, Cheol Mun, Jun Ho Lee, Jin Kyu Han, Jong Gwan Yook
  • Patent number: 9094073
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device including: a first radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a first communication method; and a second radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a second communication method using a higher frequency band than the first communication method, wherein the first radio communication unit transmits an instruction signal instructing to learn a beam directionality to another communication device, and the second radio communication unit transmits a beam reference signal used for learning a beam directionality to said another communication device after completion of transmission of the instruction signal by the first radio communication unit and before reception of a response signal to the instruction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takano, Yuichi Morioka
  • Patent number: 9088874
    Abstract: A mobile device registers with an infrastructure device coupled to a first communication network and then sends a request to activate PTT service in the first communication network. A communication server is adapted to receive the request to activate the PTT service, and to, thereby, activate the PTT service for the mobile device in the first communication network. Responsive to receiving the request to activate the PTT service, the communication server makes a determination to register the mobile device with a second communication network, generates a service registration message, on behalf of the mobile device, to register the mobile device with the second communication network, and sends the service registration message to the second communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael F. Korus, Michelle M. Antonelli, Peter M. Drozt, Donald G. Newberg
  • Patent number: 9088832
    Abstract: A method of and system for providing interactive services to a set of mobile devices is provided, comprising: providing at least one set of first information adapted for over-the-air broadcast to a set of mobile devices by at least one first facility, wherein the first information is selected from the group comprising program content, basic information and cloud content; providing at least one set of second information adapted for transmission to at least one of the mobile devices by at least one second facility, wherein the second information is selected from the group comprising non-linear information, on-demand information, cloud content and user-defined content, and wherein the second facility comprises a transmitter selected from the group comprising a short range wireless transmitter in intermittent communication with at least one of the mobile devices and a long range wireless transmitter; and receiving at least one set of third information based on information selected from the group comprising the fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventors: Aldo G. Cugnini, Louis H. Libin
  • Patent number: 9082241
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more example embodiments, wireless communications are facilitated based on user-motion. A portable motion-sensing circuit, carried by a user, indicates that motion is sensed in response to detecting whether the user has been moving for a predetermined period of time. A communication circuit operates in active mode and inactive modes respectively consuming higher and lower power, permits or inhibits access authentication communications in the active and inactive modes, and operates in the active mode in response to the motion being sensed at the motion-sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Leong, Jan van Sinderen, William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 9069377
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for interfacing between a mobile device and a PC. The mobile device utilizes a connection with the PC for taking advantage of the larger display and input devices such as the keyboard on the PC to improve the user interface (UI). This also enables the user to take advantage of the mobile device's wireless connectivity at the same time, e.g. where the PC does not have the same connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean E. Wilson, David P. Yach, Kevin H. Orr, Steven H. Fyke, Andrew D. Bocking
  • Patent number: 9071366
    Abstract: An information transmission system includes a message generation unit for creating a first message which contains specific information having information on a location and is to be transmitted to mobile phones and a database which is used for creating the first message and contains location information per mobile phone and safety information per user of the mobile phone. The first message has two or more hyperlinks to be used for sending a reply regarding safety of a user of a transmission-destination mobile phone. URL information associated with the hyperlink contains different parameters depending on a type of the reply regarding safety of the user of the mobile phone. The safety information in the database is updated based on the reply regarding safety using any one of the two or more hyperlinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Genetec Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Gotoh, Kenji Ueno
  • Patent number: 9054664
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes a first interface port, a second interface port, a signal splitter device, a main booster, and a front-end booster. The signal splitter device may include first, second, and third splitter ports. The signal splitter device may be configured such that a first direction signal received at either of the second and third splitter ports is output at the first splitter port and a second direction signal that is received at the first splitter port is output at each of the second and third splitter ports. The main booster may include main first and second direction amplification paths that are each communicatively coupled between the first splitter port and the first interface port. The front-end booster may include front-end first and second direction amplification paths that are each communicatively coupled between the second splitter port and the second interface port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: WILSON ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher K. Ashworth, Vernon A. Van Buren
  • Patent number: 9048970
    Abstract: A method in a mobile communication terminal includes receiving signals from a serving cell and from one or more interfering cells. Respective channel responses are estimated in the terminal for the signals received from the interfering cells. A level of interference, caused by the signals of the interfering cells to a signal received from the serving cell, is derived from the channel responses. A Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) is calculated for the signal received from the serving cell based on the level of interference caused by the signals of the interfering cells. Feedback information is produced based on the SNR and transmitted from the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Srikanth Gomadam, Adoram Erell
  • Patent number: 9048960
    Abstract: Various embodiments, relate to a communications system in which communications devices of users and communications devices of vehicular systems communicate safety messages through a cellular communications band or the DSRC (Dedicated short-range communications) vehicular communications band or a combination of both. Various methods and apparatus are directed to communicating safety messages between vehicles and pedestrians/cyclists through the use of a cell phone, thus improving the impact of vehicular communications. In some embodiments, at least some cell phones in a communications system includes both a DSRC communications capability and a cellular communications capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Junyi Li, Xinzhou Wu, Sundar Subramanian