Patents by Inventor Ming-Ying Chou

Ming-Ying Chou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus of public land mobile network selection and method of the same
    Patent number: 7383054
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for selecting a public land mobile network (PLMN) for a mobile station are provided. The method and the apparatus according to this invention use the first and the second system information included in the broadcasting information broadcasted by a base station to find out all of the base stations belonging to the same PLMN as that base station in the base station table, and group those base stations belonging to the same PLMN as a base station group. The method and the apparatus according to this invention only need to synchronize with one base station in a base station group, and the other base stations belonging to the same base station group as that base station are known. Accordingly, the selection method according to this invention can substantially reduce the time for selecting a PLMN and improve the corresponding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Ying Chou, Sung-Yao Lin
  • Apparatus of public land mobile network selection and method of the same
    Publication number: 20050153722
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for selecting a public land mobile network (PLMN) for a mobile station are provided. The method and the apparatus according to this invention use the first and the second system information included in the broadcasting information broadcasted by a base station to find out all of the base stations belonging to the same PLMN as that base station in the base station table, and group those base stations belonging to the same PLMN as a base station group. The method and the apparatus according to this invention only need to synchronize with one base station in a base station group, and the other base stations belonging to the same base station group as that base station are known. Accordingly, the selection method according to this invention can substantially reduce the time for selecting a PLMN and improve the corresponding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Ying Chou, Sung-Yao Lin