Patents Examined by Thanh Le
  • Invitations for facilitating access to interconnected devices
    Patent number: 9820152
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for forming networks of interconnected devices are provided. Individual devices of the network are configured to utilize multiple wireless communication standards which may include wireless LAN communication standards, short-range wireless communication standards, and low-power wireless communication standards. User utilize access devices to monitor and control the devices of the network. Communications transmitted to devices of the network may be routed through a server located remotely relative to the network as well as through other devices of the network. The devices of the network are configured with multiple security modes having different security features resulting in different response times. The security mode a device utilizes when communicating with an access device or another device of the network is selectable by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Delphian Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Myers, Ashok Hirpara, John D. Veleris
  • Fast pre-station list representation in a single FM tuner system
    Patent number: 9819331
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of methods and systems for providing information in a single FM tuner system. An example method according to the disclosure provides station information in a single FM tuner system, and comprises receiving radio data system (RDS) data/radio broadcast data system (RBDS) data by the single FM tuner system; extracting frequency information regarding receivable stations from the received RDS/RBDS data and displaying a list of the receivable frequencies; extracting additional information regarding the receivable stations from the received RDS/RBDS data, and displaying the extracted additional information regarding the receivable stations in correspondence with the respective receivable frequencies in the list. Further a single FM tuner system is provided for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Benz, Philipp Schmauderer
  • Distributed channel sampling across a mesh network
    Patent number: 9807621
    Abstract: In embodiments of distributed channel sampling across a mesh network, a commissioning device propagates a scanning request, which includes a number of scanning parameters, to nodes in a mesh network, causing the nodes to perform energy detection (ED) scans using the scanning parameters. The commissioning device receives energy measurements in scanning reports from the nodes and analyzes the measurements to determine an operating channel for the mesh network. The commissioning device updates the operating channel in network configuration information that is sent to a leader device in the mesh network, for propagation to the mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Wing-Yan Hui, Martin A. Turon
  • Protecting storage from unauthorized access
    Patent number: 9798678
    Abstract: Protecting contents of storage in a computer system from unauthorized access. The computer system includes one or more processing units sharing the storage. Each of the processing units has at least one processor cache. Each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a protected section key, data transferred between its processor cache and the storage, when data relates to the protected section used by the hypervisor; and each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a virtual machine key, data transferred between its processor cache and the storage, when data relates to storage areas used by a virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Axnix, Ute Gaertner, Jakob C. Lang, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Interference detection and mitigation in radio frequency receivers
    Patent number: 9800277
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver and method of controlling an RF receiver are provided. The method includes receiving an RF signal and down-converting the RF signal to a substantially baseband signal. A direct current (DC) transition is detected in a portion of the substantially baseband signal. The substantially baseband signal is then filtered using a first filter configuration at the portion of the substantially baseband signal including the DC transition and a second filter configuration at a portion of the substantially baseband signal not including the DC transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Moh Lim Sim, Chow Loong Cheah, Shu Chen, Raviteja Chinta, Yadunandana N Rao, V. C. Prakash V K Chacko
  • Mobile device holder
    Patent number: 9800283
    Abstract: A two-piece mobile device holder having a case assembly and a mounting assembly is disclosed. The case assembly is configured to receive and secure a mobile device such as a smart phone. The mounting assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to other objects. Sets of permanent magnets are arranged in a circular pattern in the case assembly and the mounting assembly. The magnets in both the first and second set of magnets are arranged with alternating magnetic polarity. As the case assembly is placed on top of the mounting assembly, the magnets in the mounting assembly will attract magnets with opposite polarities in the case assembly. A user may detach the case assembly from the mounting assembly by rotating the case assembly such that the magnets in the case assembly are now adjacent to magnets in the mounting assembly of the same polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: AIRO COLLECTIVE, INC.
    Inventor: Steve Schmidt
  • Wideband high linearity LNA with intra-band carrier aggregation support
    Patent number: 9800273
    Abstract: A device and method for amplifying signals is provided. The device can have an input to receive an input signal having a first desired signal on a first carrier, a second desired signal on a second carrier, and one or more interfering signals. The device can have a first carrier aggregation (CA) chain for use with the first desired signal and a second CA chain for use with the second desired signal. The first and second CA chains can be coupled to the input. The first and second CA chains can have a plurality of transconductance stages. Each of the transconductance stages can be configured as a high impedance stage or a low impedance stage. The transconductance stages can be selectively activated to incrementally adjust the transconductance, and therefore the input impedance, of each of the CA chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sherif Abdelhalem, Bassel Hanafi, Hasnain Lakdawala
  • System and method for connecting to security device by means of peer-to-peer (P2P) relay demon
    Patent number: 9794241
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting to a security device by means of a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) relay demon. In the present disclosure, a P2P technology is applied to a technology for connecting to a security device, such as a Network Video Recorder (NVR), Digital Video Recorder (DVR), or Internet Protocol (IP) camera, to thereby communicate with the security device in a safe and convenient way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ITX SECURITY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Uk Park
  • Embedded antenna system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9794983
    Abstract: An antenna assembly for a vehicle and a method of using the antenna assembly with a vehicle communication system. The assembly includes a substrate and an antenna array. The substrate may be sized for a radio frequency-friendly (RF-friendly) region in the vehicle, and the antenna array carried by the substrate. The antenna array includes two or more antennas configured for communication in different RF bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: David R. Petrucci, Charles A. Massoll, David Heiden, Duane S. Carper, Timothy J. Talty
  • Smart surfaces for visuo-haptics notifications
    Patent number: 9788298
    Abstract: Examples of devices, systems, and methods to provide visuo-haptic notifications are disclosed. In one example, a visuo-haptic notification is provided by using a surface. A signal to cause an actuator to change a position of notification portion of the surface from an original position to a notification position is generated and output to the actuator to provide the visuo-haptic notification. In some examples, the notification portion of the surface has a display. The display may be visible when the notification portion of the surface is in the notification position and not visible when the notification portion of the surface is in the original position. At least part of the visuo-haptic notification can be provided on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Lacroix
  • Method and apparatus for heterogeneous small cells self-organization in LTE networks based on internet protocol multimedia subsystems
    Patent number: 9788216
    Abstract: A wireless network includes a plurality of small cells. The small cells each register with the network, and an application server tracks the locations of the small cells within the network. Upon entry to the network, the small cell registers with various event packages managed by the application server. When a small cell in the network updates its configurations and/or parameters, the small cell publishes those changes to the application server. The application server determines other nearby small cells that are “interested” in those changes based on their proximity to the changed cell. The application server then notifies those proximate cells of the changes made to the changed cell so that the proximate cells can update their own configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaveh Ghaboosi, Manish Vemulapalli, Jim Oates, Yuqiang Tang
  • Apparatus and methods for PIN diode switches for radio frequency electronic systems
    Patent number: 9787305
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for PIN diode switches for radio frequency electronic systems are provided herein. In certain configurations, a packaged switch including a packaging substrate including a die paddle and a thermally conductive substrate attached to the die paddle, one or more PIN diode switches attached to the thermally conductive substrate, and a driver chip attached to the die paddle and configured to generate a plurality of bias voltages operable to control biasing of the one or more PIN diode switches. The driver chip includes a switching regulator configured to generate a first bias voltage of the plurality of bias voltages and a charge pump configured to generate a second bias voltage of the plurality of bias voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Bipul Agarwal, Richard Mark Puente
  • Base station, apparatus and methods therein for handling uplink-to-downlink interference between UEs
    Patent number: 9787420
    Abstract: Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards methods for handling uplink-to-downlink interference between a first UE served by a first BS and a second UE served by a second BS, the first BS and the second BS being with full-duplex mode. According to the methods, the first BS receives from the first UE information about a first received signal quality associated with the first BS and a second received signal quality associated with the second BS. The first BS generates a full-duplex interference list associated with the second BS by putting the first UE into the full-duplex interference list if a difference between the first received signal quality and the second received signal quality is smaller than a threshold. Example embodiments are also towards methods for scheduling downlink reception and methods for scheduling uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Yi Wu, Yunfei Wang, Paul Peter Butovitsch
  • Trusted code generation and verification to prevent fraud from maleficent external devices that capture data
    Patent number: 9779232
    Abstract: A user equipment. The user equipment comprises a processor, a memory, a trusted security zone, wherein the trusted security zone provides hardware assisted trust, a ticket generator stored in the trusted security zone to generate a plurality of access codes, and a code generator stored in the trusted security zone. The code generator generates a different one-time-password for each of the plurality of access codes, wherein the one-time-password is not displayed on the user equipment, stores the one-time-password in the trusted security zone, and transmits the one-time-password to a trusted server through a trusted channel. Responsive to an associated access code from the plurality of access codes being displayed and upon request of a user of the user equipment, the code generator displays the one-time-password and invalidates the one-time-password promptly after the display ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle W. Paczkowski, William M. Parsel, Carl J. Persson, Matthew C. Schlesener
  • Fallback identity authentication techniques
    Patent number: 9781105
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter includes a system, a method and a non-transitory program storage device configured for authorizing access of a user device to a service provider server. Responsive to a request to authenticate the identity of a user attempting to access an SP server via a user device (UD), an authentication server is configured to initiate at least one authentication operation using a second UD; in the event of a failure to receive a response to the at least one authentication operation from the second UD, the authentication server is configured to proceed according to an alternative authentication method which does not involve the second UD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Ping Identity Corporation
    Inventors: Avish Jacob Weiner, Ran Ne'Man
  • Protecting storage from unauthorized access
    Patent number: 9779032
    Abstract: Protecting contents of storage in a computer system from unauthorized access. The computer system includes one or more processing units sharing the storage. Each of the processing units has at least one processor cache. Each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a protected section key, data transferred between its processor cache and the storage, when data relates to the protected section used by the hypervisor; and each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a virtual machine key, data transferred between its processor cache and the storage, when data relates to storage areas used by a virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Axnix, Ute Gaertner, Jakob C. Lang, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Optimizing wearable device settings using machine learning
    Patent number: 9781243
    Abstract: Techniques for optimizing wearable device settings using machine learning are described. A mobile device may receive, from a wearable device (such as a wristwatch), sensor data corresponding to a reaction of a user wearing the wearable device to an output modality produced by the wearable device. The mobile device may solicit user feedback for the output modality produced by the wearable device. The mobile device may receive, via a sensor set, user feedback data corresponding to a user feedback for the output modality. The mobile device may upload the sensor data and the user feedback data to a cloud-based application. The mobile device may receive a knowledge package, including a classification algorithm trained using the sensor data and the user feedback data, from the cloud-based application. Finally, the mobile device may send the knowledge package to the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Jinshi James Huang
  • Near field communications-triggering for wireless display/docking
    Patent number: 9772654
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to devices with wireless docking capabilities and more particularly near field communications-based techniques for docking and undocking devices. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Charles L. Brabenac
  • Protecting contents of storage
    Patent number: 9772954
    Abstract: Protecting contents of storage in a computer system from unauthorized access. The computer system comprises one or more processing units sharing the storage, the processing units each having at least one processor cache. Each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a protected section key in the chip cache, data transferred between its processor cache and the protected section, and each processing unit respectively encrypts or decrypts, with a segment key, data transferred between the chip cache and the storage, when data relates to a specific segment of the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christine Axnix, Ute Gaertner, Jakob C. Lang, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Device cradle and management system
    Patent number: 9768816
    Abstract: A device cradle and device management system monitor and control a usage time of a portable electronic device. The device cradle includes a housing including at least one slot in which a device is disposable and a sensor to detect whether a device is disposed in the slot. The device cradle may be connectable to a server and/or a terminal, which may control the device cradle to monitor whether the device is disposed in a slot of the device cradle. The device cradle may decrease conflict between children and parents regarding use of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Stephen Kaye, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen T. Kaye, Evan Miles Kaye