Patents Issued in December 15, 2015
  • Patent number: 9215042
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving packet data in persistent resources in a wireless communication system using Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) are provided, in which a user buffer stores user data to be transmitted to a receiver, a controller allocates persistent resources to the receiver according to the data type of the user data and controls a Packet Start Indicator (PSI) to be included in an initial transmission subpacket, when the initial transmission subpacket is transmitted, and a transmission and reception processor transmits the user data and the PSI to the receiver and receives a response signal from the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-Soo Jung, Hwan-Joo Kwon, Dae-Gyun Kim, Beom-Sik Bae
  • Patent number: 9215043
    Abstract: A system and method for increasing the capacity of VoIP transmissions is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises fixing original transmissions into a frequency band and changing the retransmissions into separate frequency bands. Alternatively, the original transmissions may be changed into separate bands while the retransmissions may be fixed into a single frequency band. Additionally, an early termination procedure may be utilized and a combination of multi-input multi-output scheduling may be performed to further increase the capacity of the system. Another embodiment comprises reducing the overhead of a feedback signal for semi-persistent scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Young Hoon Kwon, Cornelius van Rensburg
  • Patent number: 9215044
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving a signal; determining location information of symbol groups; and acquiring the symbol groups, to which an orthogonal sequence is applied, from the signal, based on the location information. The symbol groups are mapped to orthogonal frequency division multiple (OFDM) symbols and multiple antennas based on a symbol group index and a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) group index, and the symbol groups are mapped to the OFDM symbols and the multiple antennas in an alternating pattern in accordance with the symbol group index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Bum Kim, Jin-Kyu Han, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Ju-Ho Lee, Jianzhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9215045
    Abstract: Signals are transmitted from at least one transmitter that is positioned in an electrical network. The signals that have been transmitted are received a single receiver positioned within the electrical network. At the single receiver, the received signals are analyzed and a determination from the analyzing the received signals is made as to whether a fault has occurred in the electrical network and the approximate location of the fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Howard University
    Inventor: Charles J. Kim
  • Patent number: 9215046
    Abstract: The fault diagnosis device is for a multiplexer having inner channels selectable by a selection signal. At least two of the inner channels are assigned with input channels. Two of the inner channels in a mutually exclusive relationship are assigned with first and second diagnostic channels. Input voltages of the first and second diagnostic channels are applied with first and second diagnostic voltages, respectively. The fault diagnostic device includes a voltage detection section configured to detect a first detection voltage appearing at the output channel when the first diagnostic channel is selected and a second detection voltage appearing at the output channel when the second diagnostic channel is selected, and a diagnosis section configured to determine that the multiplexer is faulty upon detecting that the first detection voltage is different from the first diagnostic voltage or the second detection voltage is different from the second diagnostic voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomomichi Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 9215047
    Abstract: It is an object to provide signal processing device and method by use of wireless communication, which is capable of analyzing status of the wireless communication in detail at a later date, compressing a wireless signal such that it can be reproduced, and reproducing the compressed signal to perform its re-reception. The signal processing device includes a reception processing unit that performs reception processing of a received signal wirelessly, a signal recording unit that records the signal, a signal compression unit that compresses an information amount of the received signal, and a signal output unit that stores the received signal that has been compressed or outputs the same to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Yamazaki, Ken Takei, Tsutomu Yamada
  • Patent number: 9215048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a user terminal for wireless communication with a remote access point, the user terminal comprising: a mapping module adapted to map one or more input data bits to an uplink symbol; a delay module adapted to apply a delay to the uplink symbol; a transmit module adapted to modulate the delayed symbol into a frequency channel; and a directional antenna oriented along a dominant path to the access point, the antenna being adapted to transmit the modulated symbol to the access point, wherein the delay is chosen such that the transmitted symbol arrives at the access point simultaneously with a further symbol modulated into the frequency channel and transmitted by a further user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Hajime Suzuki, Douglas Brian Hayman, Joseph Abraham Pathikulangara, Iain Bruce Collings, Zhuo Chen
  • Patent number: 9215049
    Abstract: Systems and techniques relating to processing multiple data streams include, according to at least one implementation, an apparatus including a parser for a MIMO mode; an interleaver section coupled with the parser, configured to perform separate interleaving of bit streams during the MIMO mode, wherein a first portion of the interleaver section that handles a first of the two or more second bit streams employs a same interleaver operation as during a SISO mode of transmission; a subcarrier mapping section configured to perform separate mapping of subcarriers during the MIMO mode; and a transmit back end coupled with the subcarrier mapping section to connect with multiple antennas, the transmit back end configured to apply different rotations to dynamically changed second, third, and fourth ones of the two or more second bit streams transmitted over the multiple antennas during the MIMO mode to improve transmission robustness and transmission data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui-Ling Lou, Bhaskar Nallapureddy, Atul Salhotra
  • Patent number: 9215050
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Suck Chel Yang, Joon Kui Ahn
  • Patent number: 9215051
    Abstract: A wireless device transmits one of the sounding reference signals (SRSs) on a first cell in a first cell group in parallel with transmission a first random access preamble. The wireless device drops transmission of a first SRS if the first SRS transmission and a second random access preamble transmission coincide in the same subframe and the wireless device has insufficient power to transmit the first SRS in parallel with the second random access preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 9215052
    Abstract: A method of allocating radio resources in a multi-carrier system is disclosed, by which a signaling message can be efficiently transmitted according to necessity of a user equipment. In a user equipment of a mobile communication system transceiving data using a plurality of subcarriers, the present invention includes the steps of if the signaling message to be transmitted is generated in the user equipment, generating a preamble sequence according to a user equipment identifier to identify the user equipment, transmitting a preamble signal including the preamble sequence and the signaling message to a base station, and receiving an acknowledgement signal for the preamble signal generated according to the user equipment identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hak Seong Kim, Bong Hoe Kim, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo, Jung Hoon Lee, Young Woo Yun, Suk Hyon Yoon, Eun Sun Kim, Ki Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 9215053
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for receiving user data in a wireless communication system that employs coordinated multi-point transmission of the user data from a first cell serving a wireless terminal and a second cell site neighboring the first cell site. In an exemplary system, the first cell site maps control signals and user data to a time-frequency resources according to a first mapping pattern, while the second cell site maps control data and traffic data to the time-frequency resources according to a second mapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: George Jöngren, Erik Dahlman
  • Patent number: 9215054
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a positioning reference signal (PRS) in a wireless communication system. A terminal obtains positioning subframe configuration information to determine at least one positioning subframe among a plurality of downlink subframes in a wireless frame, obtains downlink subframe configuration information to determine the type of each downlink subframe in the wireless frame, receives PRSs in at least one positioning subframe from a plurality of cells, and reports measured time differences between the PRSs received from the plurality of the cells. The type of each downlink subframe of the wireless frame is classified into a 1st type subframe and a 2nd type subframe, and the type of at least one positioning subframe is either the 1st type subframe or the 2nd type subframe. In addition, the PRSs are mapped into at least one positioning subframe on the basis of a single PRS pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Han, Dae Won Lee, Yeong Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9215055
    Abstract: Respective sub-channels of an OFDM channel are allocated by a first device to second devices. A first control frame, transmitted from the first device to the second devices, indicates that the second devices are requested to transmit a second control frame to the first device. Respective second control frames are received from at the first device from least some of the second devices. A second control frame received from a particular second device indicates that at least a portion of the sub-channel allocated to the second device is available. An OFDMA data unit is transmitted by the first device. The OFDMA data unit includes respective OFDM data units transmitted to the at least some of the second devices. Each OFDM data unit is transmitted to a particular second device in the portion of the sub-channel indicated to be available by the second control frame received from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, Hui-Ling Lou, Hongyuan Zhang, Yakun Sun, Xiayu Zheng, Rui Cao
  • Patent number: 9215056
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device which can make Acknowledgement (ACK) reception quality and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) reception quality to be equal to each other. The device includes: a scrambling unit (214) which multiplies a response signal after modulated, by a scrambling code “1” or “e?j(?/2)” so as to rotate a constellation for each of response signals on a cyclic shift axis; a spread unit (215) which performs a primary spread of the response signal by using a Zero Auto Correlation (ZAC) sequence set by a control unit (209); and a spread unit (218) which performs a secondary spread of the response signal after subjected to the primary spread, by using a block-wise spread code sequence set by the control unit (209).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9215057
    Abstract: A radio base station, a relay node and a respective method therein are provided for communicating data to a user equipment, the relay node being associated with the base station, wherein a downlink transmission to the user equipment is scheduled on subframe(s) available for the base station. The method in the radio base station comprises detecting that at least a part of the available subframes are not needed for downlink transmission to the relay node; and un-reserving at least one of the not needed subframes. The method further comprises transmitting, to the relay node, a release notification message notifying the relay node of the unreserved subframes for enabling the relay node to use the unreserved subframes for downlink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Wager, Christian Hoymann, Riikka Susitaival, Vesa Virkki
  • Patent number: 9215058
    Abstract: A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises generating a sequence of signals of an enhanced physical HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) indicator channel (E-PHICH). The method further comprises mapping the sequence of signals of the E-PHICH to a first set of resource elements, wherein the first set of resource elements is multiplexed with a second set of resource elements over a set of virtual resource blocks, and wherein the second set of resource elements carries at least one of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Shiwei Gao, Hua Xu, Yufei Wu Blankenship, Yongkang Jia
  • Patent number: 9215059
    Abstract: A communication device configured to transmit and receive simultaneously, over the same wire, unidirectional high definition video and bidirectional data. The communication device includes a hybrid circuit coupled to a cable made of wires, and a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to transmit, over one of the cable's wires, Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) data and source-to-sink direction of bidirectional data. The transceiver is further configured to receive the opposite direction of the bidirectional data over the same wire and simultaneously with the transmitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyran Lida, Nadav Banet, Gaby Gur Cohen
  • Patent number: 9215060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subframe configuration information for half duplex frequency duplex (HD-FDD) or time division duplex (TDD). The subframe configuration indicates which of a predefined plurality of continuous subframes is a subframe for downlink reception, which of the plurality of contiguous subframes is a subframe for uplink transmission, or which of the plurality of contiguous subframes is a special subframe that includes at least one OFDM symbol for the downlink reception and at least one OFDM symbol for the uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyangsun You, Yunjung Yi, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang
  • Patent number: 9215061
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure describes eye width measurement and margining in communication systems. An apparatus may be configured to: decouple a phase detector from a CDR loop filter of a receiver under test in response to synchronizing a margining clock signal to a receiver clock signal; apply a margining input to the loop filter, the margining input configured to shift a frequency of the margining clock signal by a constant amount related to the margining input; compare a first bit stream and a second bit stream and configured to detect an error, the first bit stream related to a transmitted bit stream; and count cycles of the receiver clock signal or the margining clock signal, wherein an eye width associated with the receiver under test is related to the margining input, the frequency of the receiver clock signal and a count of clock cycles when the error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dima Hammad, Vadim Levin, Amir Laufer, Ron Bar-Lev, Noam Familia, Itamar Levin
  • Patent number: 9215062
    Abstract: A number of methods and clock generator units are disclosed to produce low Phase Noise clocks for use in Radio Frequency systems. The methods and clock generator units all use two reference clocks: a frequency-accurate reference that has comparatively high Phase Noise, and a frequency-inaccurate reference such as that from a BAW or MEMS clock source that has comparatively low Phase Noise. By combining multiple Phase-Locked Loops and a mixer, it is possible to produce flexible output frequencies whose frequency accuracy is derived from the first reference clock but whose Phase Noise level is derived from the second reference clock, all in a readily-integrated and relatively low-cost system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PMC-Sierra US, Inc.
    Inventors: Hormoz Djahanshahi, William Michael Lye, Mark Hiebert, Rod Zavari
  • Patent number: 9215063
    Abstract: System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate tests and measurements related to multi-wire, multi-phase communications links. Information is transmitted in N-phase polarity encoded symbols and an eye pattern corresponding to the symbols may be generated such that the symbols are aligned with a trigger for each symbol that corresponds to a clock edge used to sample the symbols. The eye pattern may be used to determine sufficiency of setup times in the communication links and other such characteristics defining a communications channel capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Alan Wiley, Chulkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9215064
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a server can establish a session with a remote client. The server can generate a session key portion for the session and a client key portion for the remote client. The server can use a combined encryption key to encrypt client data received from the remote client during the session. The combined encryption key can be generated from a static key portion accessible by the server, the session key portion, and the client key portion. The server can associate the session key portion with the session. The session key portion is accessible by the server during the session. The server can delete the client key portion after providing the client key portion to the remote client. The server can obtain the client key portion from the remote client in response to determining that subsequent transactions during the session involve decrypting the encrypted client data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Day, Peter Raymond Fransen
  • Patent number: 9215065
    Abstract: A streaming video player and authentication server work in conjunction to provide secure streaming media. Player authentication is used to ensure that only users using an authorized media player authorized users can access and stream the media content. An encryption process protects unauthorized users from playing media streams that are intercepted between the content server and an authorized user. Additionally, timed tokens are used to ensure that a user authorized to access a stream during a specified time period cannot access the same stream at a later time when the user is no longer authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Peter Xiques, Jignesh Yashwant Dhruv, Shalitha Arosha Senanayake, James Kong Hsu
  • Patent number: 9215066
    Abstract: Information in a data set of a copy-on-write file system may be made inaccessible. A first key for encrypting a data set of a copy-on-write file system is generated and wrapped with a second key. An encrypted data set is created with the first key. The wrapped first key is stored with the encrypted data set. A command to delete the encrypted data set is received and the second key is altered or changed to make information in the encrypted data set of the copy-on-write file system inaccessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren James Moffat, James Prescott Hughes
  • Patent number: 9215067
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to efficiently storing encrypted data in persistent storage or passing to another data processing component. A downstream decrypter is utilized to act within the data path between a data generator and a storage server. The decrypter fetches an encryption key and any other necessary auxiliary information necessary to decrypt received data. Following decryption of the data, the decrypter has the ability to operate directly on plaintext and perform storage efficiency functions on the decrypted data. The decrypter re-encrypts the data prior to the data leaving the decrypter for persistent storage to maintain the security of the encrypted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph S. Glider, Alessandro Sorniotti
  • Patent number: 9215068
    Abstract: A search system has a management device that stores compound data and a searcher device. The management device defines a similarity between query sequence data q representing a substructure or property of a substance that is input as a search condition at the searcher device and sequence data pi (i=1, 2, . . . , m) for substances stored in the database by means of a score T that takes a non-negative value when a Tversky index Si is greater than or equal to a threshold value ?n/?d (where ?n and ?d are natural numbers that satisfy ?n??d), calculates an encrypted value of the score T while the query sequence q is maintained in an encrypted state, and returns the encrypted value to the searcher device to thereby disclose information regarding whether or not similar compounds are present in the database while in a confidential state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kana Iwamura, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Koji Tsuda, Hiromi Arai, Jun Sakuma, Kiyoshi Asai, Michiaki Hamada, Goichiro Hanaoka, Koji Nuida
  • Patent number: 9215069
    Abstract: An automated method for authenticating a proving device to a verifying device involves an elliptic curve formula (ECF) for a predetermined elliptic curve associated with a proving device. According to one example method, the prover sends the verifier a message containing a first proof value (P2). The verifier determines whether P2 is a point on the elliptic curve associated with the proving device. If P2 is not on the elliptic curve, the verifier may determine that the proving device should not be trusted. The message may further comprise a second proof value (K1), and the verifier may automatically determine whether K1 corresponds to P1, based on a previous point (P0) on the elliptic curve. If K1 does not correspond to P1, the verifier may determine that the proving device should not be trusted. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Ruan, Xiaozhu Kang
  • Patent number: 9215070
    Abstract: A method is provided for cryptographic protection of an application associated with an application owner and executed in an external data processing center having a security module that stores private cryptographic material of the application owner. A first secure channel between the security module and application owner and a second secure channel between the application owner and the application are used for transmitting a cryptographic key. The cryptographic key is automatically made available to the secure module and the application via the secure channels, without the data processing center service operator being able to access said key. The application can authenticate itself using the key so that the cryptographic material can be transmitted to the application via a channel protected by the cryptographic key. The application data can be encrypted using the cryptographic material such that the application data cannot be accessed by the data processing center service operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Monika Maidl, Stefan Seltzsam
  • Patent number: 9215071
    Abstract: Software validation is provided for a breakout system having multiple subsystems at the edge of a mobile data network. The software validation utilizes one or more trusted platform modules (TPM) to secure multiple subsystems including virtual machines in the breakout system. Hash values for the software in the various subsystems are placed in Platform Configuration Registers (PCRs) of the TPM. The TPM cryptographically signs quotes, which are a collection of hash values from the PCRs. The breakout system produces an extensible markup language (XML) file with the signed quotes related to the subsystems and sends them to a network management system for verification. The network management system validates the software configured on the breakout system using a public key to access the quotes and compares the values to known good values stored in an inventory record associated with the specific breakout system being validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Billau, Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo, Terence K. Hennessy
  • Patent number: 9215072
    Abstract: A party can authenticate itself by interacting with multiple servers without revealing the shared secret to any of the involved parties. The stored shared secret is strengthened and broken into shares and saved on the servers. The shared secret is safe against offline brute force attack unless all servers where the shares are stored are compromised. The compromise of any single server, or multiple servers—but less than the maximum number—will not allow the attacker to do a brute force analysis on the shared secret. This back end security enhancement is suitable for probabilistic front end authentication algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AUTHERNATIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Edward M. Barton, Len L. Mizrah
  • Patent number: 9215073
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a key insulation method and device. The key insulation method includes: randomly selecting a first parameter s from Z*q, acquiring a helper initial key from a helper, and generating an initial user private key according to the first parameter s, a preset first cryptographic hash function H1, and the helper initial key; and acquiring a helper updated key for a time segment i from the helper, and updating a user private key for a time segment j according to the helper updated key for the time segment i to obtain a user private key for the time segment i. According to the key insulation method and device provided by the embodiments, in a process of generating an initial key and a process of updating a key, lifecycle is not involved, which improves flexibility of a key system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangguo Cheng, Jia Yu, Qinqin Yang
  • Patent number: 9215074
    Abstract: Detection, identification, and control of application behavior dealing with malware, security risks, data privacy, or resource usage can be difficult in an era of complex, composite software applications composed of multiple components. Software applications are analyzed to determine their components and to identify the behaviors associated with each of the components. Components can also be analyzed with respect to similarity of previously known components. Behaviors can include use of personal identifying information or device information, or any actions that can be taken by applications on the device, including user interface displays, notifications, network communications, and file reading or writing actions. Policies to control or restrict the behavior of applications and their components may be defined and applied. In one embodiment this can include the identification of advertising networks and defining policies to permit various opt-out actions for these advertising networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Lookout, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Micheal Wyatt, Kevin Mahaffey, Derek Joseph Halliday, David Richardson
  • Patent number: 9215075
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for supporting encrypted communications with a medical device, such as an implantable device, through a relay device to a remote server, and may employ cloud computing technologies. An implantable medical device is generally constrained to employ a low power transceiver, which supports short distance digital communications. A relay device, such as a smartphone or WiFi access point, acts as a conduit for the communications to the internet or other network, which need not be private or secure. The medical device supports encrypted secure communications, such as a virtual private network technology. The medical device negotiates a secure channel through a smartphone or router, for example, which provides application support for the communication, but may be isolated from the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Poltorak Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Poltorak
  • Patent number: 9215076
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authentication generate keys from secret credentials shared between authenticating parties and authenticators. Generation of the keys may involve utilizing specialized information in the form of parameters that are used to specialize keys. Keys and/or information derived from keys held by multiple authorities may be used to generate other keys such that signatures requiring such keys and/or information can be verified without access to the keys. Keys may also be derived to form a hierarchy of keys that are distributed such that a key holder's ability to decrypt data depends on the key's position in the hierarchy relative to the position of a key used to encrypt the data. Key hierarchies may also be used to distribute key sets to content processing devices to enable the devices to decrypt content such that sources or potential sources of unauthorized content are identifiable from the decrypted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory B. Roth, Marc R. Barbour, Bradley Jeffery Behm, Cristian M. Ilac, Eric Jason Brandwine
  • Patent number: 9215077
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for supporting multiple time zones in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The method comprises: a Proxy Call Session Control Function (PCSCF) network element sends a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message including time zone information to a control layer network element exclusive of the PCSCF network element (201); after obtaining the time zone information, the control layer network element receiving the SIP message sends an SIP message including the time zone information to a service layer network element (202); and the service layer network element receives the SIP message sent from the control layer network element and obtains the time zone information included in the SIP message (203). The disclosure also provides a system for supporting multiple time zones, a charging method and a charging system in an IMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xujian Luo, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9215078
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multicast method and a multicast device. The method includes: receiving a multicast request from a user, where the multicast request includes multicast channel information and a user VLAN tag; selecting a first target multicast VLAN from pre-configured multiple multicast VLANs; after replacing the user VLAN tag in the multicast request with the first target multicast VLAN tag, forwarding the multicast request to a multicast router; receiving multicast traffic sent by the multicast router through the first target multicast VLAN, and forwarding the multicast traffic to the user. In the present invention, a target multicast VLAN is selected according to multicast channel information, so that multicast requests for the same multicast channel can be added to the same multicast VLAN. In this way, only one copy of multicast traffic of the same channel exists on a local area network, thereby saving network bandwidth resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hancheng Ding, Wentao Li, Junjun Song, Yu Qin
  • Patent number: 9215079
    Abstract: A communication system and method include a server hosting an interactive voice response or self-help application in a Java virtual machine. In order to leverage the advantages and facilities of the Java servlet model, a Java XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) servlet container is provided for the server so that the communication application can be programmed with objects defined by an XMPP servlet API, as well as objects defined by the standards-based Java EE platform such as HTTP and SIP servlets, in order to service an XMPP client. In addition to the generic class objects of the Java servlet model, the API also provides a set of XMPP-specific class objects. The Java XMPP servlet container includes a network point at a transport level for handling network connections, an XMPP service layer for managing XMPP sessions and streams, and an application layer for managing XMPP stanzas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Tropo, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Xiaopu Zhu, Zhiyu Liu, Pubing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9215080
    Abstract: A system for adaptive bit rate distribution of multicast streams may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may be configured to identify streams, such as multicast streams, transmitted by a content delivery network. The streams may each contain a content item that is encoded at a different bit rate for each stream. The one or more processors may determine segments of the streams, for example based on time stamps associated with the content item or markers of the streams. The one or more processors may transmit a first segment of a first stream encoded at a first bit rate to a user device in response to a request therefor and, upon completing the transmission of the first segment, transmit a second segment of a second stream encoded at a second bit rate to the user device in response to a request therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Li, Xuemin Chen, Rajesh Shankarrao Mamidwar
  • Patent number: 9215081
    Abstract: Smart leave technology for the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) can reduce the amount of network bandwidth consumed by unintended multicast traffic resulting from a “lost leave” situation. A network device (such as a residential gateway) positioned between a host and an upstream router, upon receipt of unintended multicast traffic, sends a leave message to the router informing the router that the network device in no longer part of the group. The network device drops the uninterested multicast traffic and starts a countdown timer. Upon expiration of the timer, the network device sends another leave command to the router and starts the timer anew. This process repeats as long as unintended multicast traffic is received at the network device. If a host downstream from the network device joins the unintended multicast group, the network device delivers any subsequent packets associated with the multicast group to the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Infosys Limited
    Inventors: Ranpreet Singh, Abhinesh Mishra
  • Patent number: 9215082
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including performing hop-by-hop multicasting including network coding of data packets of a portion of content, wherein network coding further includes encoding data packets of a portion of content, multicasting said network coded data packets to downstream receivers, determining if an acknowledgement message has been received from at least one of the downstream receivers, determining if acknowledgement messages have been received from all of the downstream receivers responsive to the first determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Hang Liu, Lijun Dong
  • Patent number: 9215083
    Abstract: A system and method can support packet direct forwarding in a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment comprises one or more external ports on at least one network switch instance, wherein each external port can receive one or more data packets from an external network. Furthermore, the middleware machine environment comprises a plurality of host channel adapter (HCA) ports on one or more host servers, wherein each said HCA port is associated with a said host server, and each said host server can support one or more virtual machines that operate to process the one or more data packets. The at least one network switch operate to send a packet received at an external port to a designated HCA port associated with the external port. An external switch in the external network can send the data packet to the particular external port based on a packet distribution algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bjørn Dag Johnsen, Martin Paul Mayhead, Ola Tørudbakken
  • Patent number: 9215084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a personalized content file for a user entity using a file repair request for identifying a user. The file repair request is initiated by generating a preliminary file that is transmitted to the user entity, the preliminary file containing a predetermined placeholder. The preliminary file is transmitted to the user entity, the user entity starting the file repair request. The personalized content file is generated by replacing the predetermined placeholder in the preliminary file by a personalized content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heiko Perkuhn, Rene Rembarz, Johannes Willig, Marc Vorwerk
  • Patent number: 9215085
    Abstract: Technologies are presented for a method and a system that is configured to receive a topology description of an existing customer deployment and a set of achieved performance metrics at a current datacenter and iterate simulations using policy settings across available service levels to find settings that match or exceed the achieved performance levels. Customer specifications may be received in a standardized format along with measured performance so that settings can be derived from fundamental simulation. The resulting simulations may be used to generate a menu of options and their performance automatically for a customer and that information may be provided to a configuration manager when the customer chooses a setup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Ezekiel Kruglick
  • Patent number: 9215086
    Abstract: A modem, method, and system is presented for performing a data communications speed test or line speed test between a network node and a customer premises. The modem may be configured to perform calculations for determining the data communications speed without interference of network elements or overhead modules that cause data communications to be inaccurate or otherwise affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Steven E. Kozisek
  • Patent number: 9215087
    Abstract: Techniques for transmitting a packet from a source switch module to a destination switch module. Embodiments receive, at a first port of a first switch module, a packet that includes (i) path information specifying a route to the destination switch module, (ii) a set of load/store operations to be executed by the destination switch module and (iii) return path information specifying a route from the destination switch module to the source switch module. Upon determining that the first switch module is the destination switch module, the set of load/store operations are copied from the received packet into an execution buffer for automatic execution. Once the set of load/store operations are executed, embodiments transmit the packet to a second switch module using the first port on which the packet was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William T. Flynn, Joseph A. Kirscht, Bruce M. Walk
  • Patent number: 9215088
    Abstract: A system and method to associate a packet transmitted using a grant in a Multiple Grants per Interval (MGI) service flow with a corresponding application session that generated the packet is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a packet and generating a first identifier that identifies the application session that generated the packet based on packet characteristics. The method further includes the step of mapping the first identifier to a second identifier based on a mapping function, inserting the second identifier into the packet, and transmitting the packet to a destination in the grant of the MGI service flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Gordon Yong Li
  • Patent number: 9215089
    Abstract: A touch sensor system includes buses, a plurality of touch sensor devices disposed on the buses, and an information integrating device that is connected to all the buses and integrates information from the touch sensor device. The touch sensor device includes a sensor unit and a signal processing unit that transmits a sensor data signal generated by processing an analog sensor signal to the information integrating device through the bus. The signal processing unit includes a digital converting unit, a threshold evaluating unit that gives a start permission of the signal process when a sensor value exceeds a preset threshold, an ID adding unit that adds a transmitter identification number to the sensor signal, and a data transmitting unit that outputs the sensor data signal to a signal line of the bus. Fast responses are made possible without increasing the amount of data and host processing load while including many touch sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Muroyama, Masayoshi Esashi, Shuji Tanaka, Sakae Matsuzaki, Mitsutoshi Makihata, Yutaka Nonomura, Motohiro Fujiyoshi, Takahiro Nakayama, Ui Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9215090
    Abstract: Implementations and techniques for allocating bandwidth in a resilient packet ring network by a PI-type controller are generally disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fahd Aharbi, Nirwan Ansari
  • Patent number: 9215091
    Abstract: A method and device for local area network (LAN) emulation over an Infiniband (IB) fabric. An IB LAN driver at a first node on an IB fabric receives the port and associated local identifier (LID) of one or more remote peer nodes on the IB fabric. An IEEE 802.3 Ethernet MAC address with one LID imbedded is generated. The imbedded LID is for one or more remote peer nodes. The IB LAN driver sends the Ethernet MAC address to an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). A logical address of a remote peer node is generated by a network protocol. The logical address is mapped to an Ethernet MAC address. The IB LAN driver sends the Ethernet MAC address onto the IB fabric to the one or more remote peer nodes. The remote peer nodes appear to reside on an Ethernet network to the network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Arlin R. Davis