Patents Examined by Tan H Trinh
  • Patent number: 9413439
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining placement of a plurality of antennas of a distributed antenna system for handling MIMO signals includes, at a first location, simulating the communication of a first MIMO signal by a first remote unit over an air interface in an environment and, at a second location, simulating the communication of a second MIMO signal by a second remote unit over an air interface in the environment. The first and second locations are arranged within the environment to provide overlapping signal coverage of both the first MIMO signal and the second MIMO signal at a third location in the environment. Analysis is made of at least an imbalance of received power between the first and second MIMO signals within the environment at a third location in order to determine whether a desired capacity for MIMO communications with the system has been achieved at the third location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Pier Faccin, Luigi Tarlazzi
  • Patent number: 9407745
    Abstract: An electronic device (10) is capable of operating in water. The electronic device (10) has communication means (120), water detection means (35), and control means (100). The communication means (120) receives a radio wave. The water detection means (35) detects whether the electronic device (10) is immersed in water or not. The control means (100) makes the water detection means (35) operate in the case where intensity of a reception signal of the radio wave received by the communication means (120) is lower than a threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Minami
  • Patent number: 9400888
    Abstract: A method of communicating with a secure element (SE) is described. The method includes transmitting successive RSET frames from a single wire protocol (SWP) interface to an SE, the successive RSET frames including RSET frame retransmissions. The method also includes counting a number of successive RSET frame retransmissions due to a timer expiring. The method further includes generating a firmware interrupt in response to determining that the count has reached a threshold. The method additionally includes deactivating the SWP interface based on the firmware interrupt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Ashish Banthia
  • Patent number: 9398541
    Abstract: A communication device for handling uplink power control comprises the instructions comprise determining a power level of a first uplink (UL) subframe of a first base station and a first power level of a second UL subframe of a second base station according to an initial power level of the first UL subframe and an initial power level of the second UL subframe, wherein a starting boundary of the second UL subframe is within the first UL subframe; and determining a second power level of the second UL subframe of the second base station and a first power level of a third UL subframe of the first base station according to the first power level of the second UL subframe and an initial power level of the third UL subframe, wherein a starting boundary of the third UL subframe is within the second UL subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yao Wu, Ling-San Meng
  • Patent number: 9392090
    Abstract: Computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a computer in a wireless device to perform functions comprises: receiving first link quality data for a wireless link from a wearable wireless audio device connected to the wireless device by the wireless link; receiving second link quality data for the wireless link from a radio-frequency (RF) of the wireless device; determining a quality of the wireless link based on the first link quality data and the second link quality data; and causing a user-perceivable indication of the quality of the wireless link to be generated by at least one of i) the wearable wireless audio device, and ii) the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cary Bran, Shantanu Sarkar, Timothy P Johnston
  • Patent number: 9391664
    Abstract: A mobile phone cover with mechanical keyboard is provided. The mobile phone cover includes a top cover, a bottom cover and a connecting assembly connecting the top cover and the bottom cover. The top cover and the bottom cover cooperatively define a receiving space for receiving a mobile phone. The top cover includes a first communication unit. The bottom cover includes a second communication unit. The top cover communicates with the bottom cover via the first communication unit and second communication unit. The mobile phone cover further includes a mechanical keyboard module. The mechanical keyboard module includes a number of first mechanical keys located on the top cover and a number of second mechanical keys located on the bottom cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi-Ming Xiao, Wei-Min Yang
  • Patent number: 9386447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ruel Coe Mercure, Jr., Jafar Nabkel
  • Patent number: 9380528
    Abstract: A base station 10 is provided with a battery 12 and is capable of being driven by power supplied from the battery 12, comprises: a network communication unit 132 configured to transmit remaining power amount information indicating a remaining power amount of the battery 12 to another base station; and a communication control unit 171 configured to control the transmission of the remaining power amount information to the other base station in accordance with the remaining power amount of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 9369827
    Abstract: A method and a system for near field communication of an electronic device are disclosed. The method comprises: communicating frequency points at which the two parties suffer from interference with a second electronic device through a scanning frame, wherein the scanning frame comprises at least two symbols modulated by using different frequencies; and determining a modulation manner according to the available frequency points in order to perform data transmission with the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HUIDING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Siqiu Cheng, Zirong Li, Jun Fang, Xinchang Wu, Meng-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 9369169
    Abstract: A cover for a portable consumer electronic device is provided with an integrated mobile communication device. The integrated mobile communication device enables decoupling of the consumer electronics device from the modem used for wireless communication. This enables the certification and approval of the end consumer electronic device and the mobile wireless communication modem device to be done separately, and also enables the replacement of the mobile wireless communication modem device in an easier and less expensive manner. The user can choose among different wireless communication technologies such as 2G/3G/4G, as well as service from different network operators, without tying up the consumer electronic device with any particular mobile wireless communication modem technology or network operator. The cover includes a connector for connection between the integrated mobile communication device and the batter of the consumer electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: MBIT WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Bhaskar Patel, Arumugam Govindswamy
  • Patent number: 9362619
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a circuit for obtaining a desired bandwidth of operation of the antenna structure, adjusting a bandwidth of the antenna to achieve the desired bandwidth of operation of the antenna structure, and tuning the antenna to a new resonant frequency to accommodate transmitting or receiving RF signals at a desired band of operation. The antenna at the new resonant frequency is at least approximately at the desired bandwidth of operation of the antenna structure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SKYCROSS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark T. Montgomery, Frank M. Caimi
  • Patent number: 9357510
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for power sharing, scaling, and power headroom reporting in dual connectivity operations. According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes determining a maximum available transmit power of the UE, semi-statically configuring a first minimum guaranteed power available for uplink transmission to a first base station and a second minimum guaranteed power available for uplink transmission to a second base station, and dynamically determining a first maximum transmit power available for uplink transmission to the first base station and a second maximum transmit power available for uplink transmission to the second base station based, at least in part, on the maximum available transmit power of the UE, the first minimum guaranteed power, and the second minimum guaranteed power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jelena Damnjanovic, Wanshi Chen, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 9356727
    Abstract: Detecting and jamming a wireless network using an intelligent jammer comprises determining that a signal source is an unlicensed signal source, synchronizing the intelligent jammer with the unlicensed signal source, determining a time and a frequency of a protocol signal associated with the unlicensed signal source, and transmitting a jamming signal according to the time and the frequency of the protocol signal. A system for detecting and jamming a wireless network comprises a first intelligent jammer, and an Intelligent Detection and Jamming Server (IDJS) coupled to the first intelligent jammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Effect Inc.
    Inventors: Chaz Immendorf, Jungnam Yun, Eamonn Gormley
  • Patent number: 9351258
    Abstract: To schedule uplink transmission time slots for a collection of mobile communication devices, a set of base station target interference patterns is associated with base stations. A time slot target interference pattern is assigned for each time slot and it repeats after several time slots. The time slot target interference pattern in a given time slot specifies the interference allowed by each time slot to a given base station by any single mobile. A priority index may be determined for each time slot for each mobile associated with the particular base station. The priority index may be based, in part, on a determined correlation between the time-slot target interference patterns and a potential interference profile of a mobile to which a time slot is to be allocated. A mobile's throughput requirement, the throughput already received over a specified past duration, the system fairness requirement, as well as the amount of data available for transmission are also used for evaluating the priority index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Kelvin Kar-Kin Au, Shalini Periyalwar
  • Patent number: 9350849
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a communication unit that establishes at least one proximity wireless connection with a communication partner apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a connection monitoring unit that monitors the communication unit and detect establishment of the wireless connection. The communication apparatus includes an execution control unit that identifies an establishment history of a plurality of the wireless connections based on a result of monitoring by the connection monitoring unit and, based on the establishment history, controls a process execution unit that executes at least one process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Akita, Hiroyasu Uchida, Takayoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 9350323
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating interference or concurrency between frequency modulation (FM) radio subsystem and a display subsystem relate to determining potential concurrency between the two subsystems at particular FM modes of operation, and adjusting one or more display parameters of the display subsystem and additionally or alternatively, implementing filters in the FM subsystem in order to avoid or mitigate the potential concurrency. The FM modes comprise one or more FM operating bands or FM channels, and the display parameters comprise one or more of a display refresh rate, display clock frequency, and backlight brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Anender Singh
  • Patent number: 9345050
    Abstract: A first near field communication (NFC) circuit includes an antenna, a charging circuit, a transceiver circuit, and a transmission delay circuit. The antenna is configured to inductively couple to signals emitted by a second NFC circuit. The charging circuit is configured to output power provided by the inductive coupling through the antenna to the signals emitted by the second NFC circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to be powered by the charging circuit to transmit data for receipt by the second NFC circuit. The transmission delay circuit is configured to be powered by the charging circuit and control the transceiver circuit to delay transmission of the data until expiration of a defined delay time after the transceiver circuit has become sufficiently powered on to operate to transmit the data. Related accessories for user equipment, user equipment, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Magnus Nambord, Emil Hansson
  • Patent number: 9335903
    Abstract: An integrated media user interface is described. In an implementation, a user interface is output that includes a plurality of representations of media, each of the media rendered by the mobile device through execution of a respective one of a plurality of applications. Responsive to selection of at least one of the representations, a corresponding application is located to render the media represented by the at least one said representation. The media represented by the selected representation is rendered through execution of the located application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kerri I. H. Sheldon, Timothy J. Scudder, Veronica Y. Law, Marc S. Doll, Jonathan D. Wiswall, Megan L. Tedesco, Sergey Chub, Eric J. Hull
  • Patent number: 9331667
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may provide a temperature-compensated surface acoustic wave (TCSAW) device, a method of fabricating a TCSAW device, and a system incorporating a TCSAW device. The TCSAW device may include a pyroelectric substrate, a plurality of electrodes formed on a first surface of the pyroelectric substrate, an amorphous silicon layer formed over the plurality of electrodes, and a temperature compensating layer formed over the amorphous silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Steiner, Curtiss Hella, Benjamin P. Abbott, Daniel Chesire, Chad Thompson, Alan S. Chen
  • Patent number: 9319497
    Abstract: A portable terminal including a first housing including a first display; a second housing including a second display; and a hinge portion that couples the first housing and the second housing so as to be openable and closable with respective opposing end portions of the first housing and the second housing adjacent to each other and with respective surfaces of the first housing and the second housing positioned in the same plane as each other in an open state. The hinge portion is disposed so as to not be visible from a front side of the first display and the second display when the first housing and the second housing are in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sano, Naka Shibata