Patents Examined by Yong Zhou
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Patent number: 9888038Abstract: A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a virtual individual server service within a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a subscriber of the communications network to subscribe to the virtual individual server service, provides a virtual individual server to the subscriber in response to the request and executes at least one application via the virtual individual server using at least one piece of personal information associated with the subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property, L.P., Duke UniversityInventors: Ramon Caceres, Alexander Varshavsky, Landon Cox, Harold Vinson Chao Lim, Amre Shakimov
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Patent number: 9232526Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for device-assisted interference management in heterogeneous wireless network environments. A mobile station (MS) assists a serving access point (AP) in assigning radio resources according to the interference management capabilities of the MS, the serving AP, and one or more neighboring interfering APs on the downlink, or alternatively, to one or more neighboring APs with interfering mobile stations on the uplink.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Robert Novak, Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar
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Patent number: 9197384Abstract: A method for transmitting an uplink signal by a device in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving a control channel signal including a resource allocation (RA) field; and transmitting an uplink signal according to the control channel signal. A size of the RA field is represented by the following expression MAX (RASizeA, RASizeB). RASizeA is a first number of bits for indicating a resource indication value (RIV) corresponding to a starting resource block (RB) and a length of contiguously allocated RBs. RASizeB is a second number of bits for indicating a combinatorial index r corresponding to 4 indexes, and the 4 indexes are used to indicate a start resource block group (RBG) index and an end RBG index of a first RB set and a start RBG index and an end RBG index of a second RB set.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Mingyu Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Dongyoun Seo
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Patent number: 9191178Abstract: Embodiments of an enhanced Node B (eNB) and method for RRC connection establishment for small-data transfers in a 3GPP LTE network are generally described herein. The eNB may receive a small-data RRC connection request message from user equipment (UE) that may include an establishment clause value indicating small-data traffic either with or without mobility. The eNB may send an initial UE setup request message to inform the mobility management entity (MME) that a small-data RRC connection is being established. The eNB may receive an acceptance message from the MME for the small-data RRC connection which may include a reduction of an RRC inactivity timer for fast connection release. The eNB may send an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE in response to receipt of the acceptance to establish the small-data RRC connection, the RRC connection reconfiguration message including a measurement information element (IE) when mobility is to be supported.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Ali Koc, Maruti Gupta, Rath Vannithamby, Satish Chandra Jha
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Patent number: 9184892Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for device-assisted interference management in heterogeneous wireless network environments. A mobile station (MS) assists a serving access point (AP) in assigning radio resources according to the interference management capabilities of the MS, the serving AP, and one or more neighboring interfering APs on the downlink, or alternatively, to one or more neighboring APs with interfering mobile stations on the uplink.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Robert Novak, Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar
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Patent number: 9172559Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a network system for a terminal to traverse a private network to communicate with a server in an IMS core network. The method includes: the terminal sets a source address of service data to be sent as a virtual IP address, sets a destination address of the service data to be sent as an address of an internal network server, and obtains a first service packet, where the virtual IP address is an address allocated by the IMS core network to the terminal, encapsulate the first service packet into a first tunnel packet, and send the first tunnel packet to the security tunnel gateway over a VPN tunnel between the terminal and a security tunnel gateway, then the security tunnel gateway sends the first service packet in the first tunnel packet to the internal network server.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Aiping Chen, Chengjiao Nie, Zhanbing Zhang
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Patent number: 9172726Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for allowing IP endpoints to communicate over a PSTN with improved signal quality. Watermarks are used in the handshaking between the end-points when a communication session is being established, the watermarks indicating that the endpoints are capable of VoIP. If the two end-points establish that they are each VoIP-capable then packet data is inserted into a TDM channel using a framing technique managed by the gateways, with the bearer data being native to the VoIP devices, avoiding the lossy conversion of packet-voice data to 64 kb/s PCM and back to packet data again, realizing that the other end-point will be able to decode the data. If an IP-enabled endpoint determines that the other endpoint is not IP-enabled, then the data is inserted into the TDM channel by the gateway after conversion to 64 kb/s PCM so that the resulting TDM stream remains compatible with the PSTN and non-IP endpoints.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Zlatko Krstulich
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Patent number: 9173200Abstract: In various aspects of this disclosure, a communication terminal may be provided. The communication device may include a cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit. The cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit may be configured to provide a communication in accordance with a cellular wide area radio communication technology. The communication device may further include a controller. The controller may be configured to manage radio resources for a cellular wide area radio communication connection based on radio resources that are provided or will be provided for a direct communication terminal device to communication terminal device communication bypassing a radio access network.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Andreas Schmidt, Maik Bienas, Martin Hans
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Patent number: 9173213Abstract: The present invention relates to providing control information within a search space for blind decoding in a multi-carrier communication system. In particular, the control information is carried within a sub-frame of the communication system, the sub-frame including a plurality of control channel elements. The control channel elements may be aggregated into candidates for blind decoding. The number of control channel elements in a candidate is called aggregation level. In accordance with the present invention, the candidates of lower aggregation levels are localized, meaning that the control channel elements of one candidate are located adjacently to each other in the frequency domain. Some candidates of the higher aggregation level(s) are distributed in the frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Sujuan Feng, Christian Wengerter, Hidetoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 9172601Abstract: A system including a plurality of remotely configurable telephone network communication terminals (102) is adapted to communicate with a programming terminal (134) over a data network (222) by adding a remote interface means (RIM) (202) for each terminal to convert communications between the terminal to or from a format adapted for transmission over the data network, the programming terminal having a modem emulator (202) having communication and programming capabilities to interface the programming terminal with the network; by converting the programming terminal data to a network compatible format, obtaining an address for the RIM, connecting the programming terminal and the RIM via the data network, connecting the RIM and the communication terminal, transmitting the converted programming terminal data to the RIM, reconstituting the converted data to a format suitable for the communication terminal, and transmitting the reconstituted data to the communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: UHS SYSTEMS PTY LIMITEDInventors: Ron Johan, James Barlow
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Patent number: 9173205Abstract: A base station of the present invention configures resources in which a downlink signal is to be transmitted with zero power using resource sets defined for a specific number of antenna ports, regardless of the number of antenna ports actually configured in the base station, and transmits resource information indicating the configured resources to a user equipment. The user equipment of the present invention receives a downlink transmission from the base station, assuming that transmission power of resources corresponding to a resource set indicated by the resource information is zero.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Moonil Lee, Jaehoon Chung, Hyunsoo Ko, Seunghee Han
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Patent number: 9167582Abstract: The present description discloses a method for a first device to transmit data in a WPAN (wireless personal area network), comprising the steps of: transmitting, to a second device, a message requesting a transmission bandwidth for transceiving non-competitive data of a first device; receiving, from the second device, transmission bandwidth allocation information corresponding to the message requesting the transmission bandwidth; and transceiving data to/from the second device according to the transmission bandwidth allocation information, wherein the transmission bandwidth allocation information may include length, gap, and window information on the transmission bandwidth for non-competitive transception.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suhwook Kim, Bonghoe Kim, Jaewon Lim
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Patent number: 9154620Abstract: A method of assisting communication for a user is provided. The method includes receiving an IM message including a request for a voice carry over from the user, and transmitting to the user an invitation to join a first voice connection. The method further includes initiating the first voice connection with the user, and initiating a second voice connection with a recipient. Additionally, the method includes communicating to the recipient a first voice communication from the user over the first and second voice connections, and communicating to the user a response IM message including a transcribed version of a second voice communication from the recipient. An apparatus for assisting communication for a user is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided. The computer-executable instructions cause a processor to perform a method when executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Louis Joseph Wozniak, David Michael Claus
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Patent number: 9155052Abstract: A way of optimizing communication by minimizing the momentary overall radiated energy under constraints in respect to coverage and maintenance of communication with the users, is provided herein. Channel parameters are estimated from downlink and/or uplink communications or from user equipment messages and desirable gain factors are derived from the minimization. The optimization is reiterated continuously to dynamically adapt the communication system to varying conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: ALVARION Ltd.Inventors: Vladimir Yanover, Tomer Goshen, Rafi Zack
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Patent number: 9154992Abstract: A method, wireless system, and medium are provided for estimating capacity for a new communication session initiated by a wireless device. The wireless system includes a base station and wireless devices that wirelessly connect to the base station. The base station executes a wireless scheduler that coordinates wireless transmission over wireless networks. The base station also executes a bandwidth estimation component to estimate available bandwidth for a new communication session. The estimated available bandwidth is used in a quick configuration message communicated from the base station to a wireless device to notify the wireless device of the capacity available at the base station and of a transmission rate for the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Soshant Bali, Jing Yea
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Patent number: 9148822Abstract: A communication system architecture is provided, having an aggregator, arranged to centralize the access units and coordinate the radio signals of access units of different types digitally, and remote radio units configured to be modularly connectable to different types of radio elements that correspond to the access units and arranged to communicate with the aggregator digitally. Radio signals are scheduled and delivered with respect to the types of the access units and of the radio elements, and the aggregator is further arranged to handle distribution and combining of the radio signals digitally. The aggregator further comprises a controller arranged to continuously optimize communication with respect to the access units and user mobile communication devices by applying a decision process to cost functions that depends on communication parameters to derive specified dynamically changing parameters, and to manage the aggregator dynamically with respect thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: ALVARION Ltd.Inventors: Rafi Zack, Tomer Goshen
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Patent number: 9137284Abstract: A network device includes a receiving device, a detector, and a circuit. The receiving device receives a first signal. The first signal includes first and second packets. The first packets correspond to intervals of the first signal containing voice activity. The second packets correspond to intervals of the first signal not containing voice activity. The detector detects the first packets and generates an indication signal identifying the first packets. The circuit, based on the indication signal, inserts a bit in either each of the first packets and not the second packets or each of the second packets and not the first packets. The bit inserted into each of the first packets or the second packets indicates which of the packets in the first signal correspond to intervals of the first signal containing voice activity.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: Chandrashekhar Rao
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Patent number: 9137144Abstract: A manner of selecting communication traffic paths through a LAN, WAN, or similar communication network. Traffic received at a source bridge is forwarded to a destination bridge along a communication path selected from a plurality of possible, preferably EHEC paths. The paths may be discovered by a breadth first search and stored in a path selection table in association with a sequential index number. The paths are selected, for example by assigning a path to a VLAN by determining V mod N, comparing the result to indices on a path selection table that associates an unique index with each of the plurality of communication paths, and selecting the path associated with an index equal to the result, wherein N is the number of paths in the plurality of paths and V is a group identifier. The selected paths may be stored in the path selection table in association with the respective VLAN, and any received traffic for that VLAN is forwarded along the selected path.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Stephen G. Valentine
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Patent number: 9137090Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating upper-layer protocol information. For example, a wireless communication unit to transmit a management frame, e.g., a Traffic Stream Establishment (TSE) frame, including an Upper-Layer-Identification (UPID) element including a control field indicating a protocol of a layer higher than a Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Solomon B. Trainin, Carlos Cordeiro
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Patent number: 9125193Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in the event of a plurality of cell, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a PDCCH and/or a PDSCH; generating reception acknowledgement information for said PDCCH and/or PDSCH; and transmitting the reception acknowledgement information in an SR subframe via a PUCCH.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Mingyu Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Dongyoun Seo