Patents by Inventor Steve Todd BRUST

Steve Todd BRUST 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).

  • System and method of dynamic switching of advanced calling feature in LTE networks
    Patent number: 9853835
    Abstract: A user equipment configured to operate in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The user equipment comprises transceiver circuitry that operates the user equipment in either of two modes, the two modes comprising: i) a first mode in which the transceiver circuitry performs packet data services in the LTE network and performs voice calls in the LTE network using a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service; and ii) a second mode in which the transceiver circuitry performs packet data services in the LTE network and performs voice calls in a legacy network. The user equipment also comprises a controller that compares a link quality associated with a radio link to the LTE network to at least one threshold value and, in response to the comparison, controls switching the user equipment between the first mode and the second mode. The controller switches the user equipment from the first mode to the second mode if the link quality falls below a first drop threshold value associated with an RSRP value or an SINR value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Steve Todd Brust, Srinivas Kote Narasimhamurthy, Colm Malone, Michael Anthony Schiksnis
  • System and Method of Dynamic Switching of Advanced Calling Feature in LTE Networks
    Publication number: 20160344572
    Abstract: A user equipment configured to operate in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The user equipment comprises transceiver circuitry that operates the user equipment in either of two modes, the two modes comprising: i) a first mode in which the transceiver circuitry performs packet data services in the LTE network and performs voice calls in the LTE network using a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service; and ii) a second mode in which the transceiver circuitry performs packet data services in the LTE network and performs voice calls in a legacy network. The user equipment also comprises a controller that compares a link quality associated with a radio link to the LTE network to at least one threshold value and, in response to the comparison, controls switching the user equipment between the first mode and the second mode. The controller switches the user equipment from the first mode to the second mode if the link quality falls below a first drop threshold value associated with an RSRP value or an SINR value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Todd BRUST, Srinivas Kote NARASIMHAMURTHY, Colm MALONE, Michael Anthony SCHIKSNIS