Patents Issued in January 12, 2017
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Publication number: 20170013409Abstract: Systems and methods to position beacons at traffic choke points, use a mobile device to detect the peaks of beacon signals corresponding to the mobile device traveling through the traffic “choke points”, and thus determine accurately the position and speed of the mobile device in the transport corridor between the choke points. The determined position and speed of the mobile device can be used to improve the performance of other location determination technologies, such as radio frequency fingerprint-based location estimate and/or inertial guidance location estimate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Gerard Joseph Cerchio, Brian David Wilson
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Publication number: 20170013410Abstract: Provided are exemplary embodiments including a method for creating and using a personal encounter history using a communication device. The method involves the communication device receiving the transmission of a pseudo identifier from a proximal communication device where the pseudo identifier is associated with the user of the proximal communication device. Once received, the method continues with the wireless communication device requesting and receiving the actual identification of the user of the proximal communication device that is correlated with the pseudo identifier. The communication device includes a transceiver capable of communicating wirelessly with a mobile telecommunications network, a memory device and a processor. To ensure privacy, the processor is capable of receiving a pseudo identifier from a proximate communication device and then requesting an actual identification correlated with the pseudo identifier of the proximate communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Jeffrey A. Aaron
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Publication number: 20170013411Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of performing a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) procedure with a responder station. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a responder station to transmit an information element including FTM availability information, the FTM availability information including an indication of a plurality of channels and, for a channel of the plurality of channels, one or more FTM availability windows; and to be available to perform an FTM procedure on the channel during the FTM availability windows corresponding to the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Itai Steiner
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Publication number: 20170013412Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of performing a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) procedure with a responder station. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a responder station to transmit an information element including FTM availability information, the FTM availability information including an indication of a plurality of channels and, for a channel of the plurality of channels, one or more FTM availability windows; and to be available to perform one or more operations of an FTM procedure on the channel during the FTM availability windows corresponding to the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Itai Steiner
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Publication number: 20170013413Abstract: Embodiments herein use a real-time system to conduct a line of sight (LOS) survey between radio sites. The system includes a drone controlled by a UAV LOS System (ULS) server to gather information regarding the LOS path between the radio sites. In one embodiment, the ULS server instructs the UAV to travel a LOS path between a first location and a second location, and determine a Fresnel radius at one or more defined locations along the LOS path between the first location and the second location. The ULS server determines a Fresnel zone between the first location and second location based in part on the determined Fresnel radius for each of the defined locations along the LOS path. The ULS server evaluates the Fresnel zone to determine if the LOS path can support a LOS wireless communication link.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Baljit SINGH, OM Prakash SUTHAR
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Publication number: 20170013414Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for determining the indoor location of devices such as smartphones and tablet computers using reference points and sensors. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an environment analytics system can retrieve a layout of an environment and determines an absolute reference point for the layout. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a point associated with an area of the layout. The coordinate pair can be determined relative to the absolute reference point. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a beacon deployed within the area. The coordinate pair can be associated with a unique address of the beacon. The environment analytics system can update beacon data in an environment database to include the coordinate pair for the beacon and the unique address of the beacon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Mehmet Ozkan
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Publication number: 20170013415Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for monitoring occupancy of one or more pre-defined areas. The system has a scanning subsystem for wirelessly scanning a pre-defined area, using a short range wireless communications protocol, to detect a presence of one or more wireless personal electronic devices (PEDs) associated with one or more individuals present in the pre-defined area. Each of the PEDs also use the short range wireless communications protocol to radiate wireless signals that are detected by the scanning subsystem. A data analysis/processing subsystem analyzes data generated by the scanning subsystem relating to detected PEDs in the pre-defined area. A notification subsystem analyzes the information relating to an occupancy level of the pre-defined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jacob R. SIGAL, Massimo BALDINI, Eric Christoper BARCH
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Publication number: 20170013416Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing geolocation services in a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform. More specifically, the system of the present invention includes a plurality of remote mobile devices configured to communicate and exchange data with a cloud-based service, such as a crowdsourcing platform. The crowdsourcing platform generally provides a geolocation service based on the crowdsourcing, or polling, of users of the mobile devices so as to determine location and movement of the users within a specific environment. The system is further configured to automatically render a floor plan or layout of a location based on the user data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Abdullah Daoud, B. Eric Graham, Chris Fuentes
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Publication number: 20170013417Abstract: The present disclosure is directed systems, methods, and apparatus for light enabled indoor positioning and reporting. In some embodiments, a device of the present disclosure includes a housing that includes a processor and a wireless radio. The device includes a clip that secures the housing adjacent to and a predetermined distance from a portion of a light tube that produces light. The device includes a solar cell that is configured to be exposed to the light from the light tube upon the housing being securely attached via the one or more clips adjacent to the portion of the light tube. The device includes a circuit by which power is converted from the solar cell to the processor and the wireless radio via at least one switch. The wireless radio can broadcast a beacon provided by the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Thomas Zampini, II
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Publication number: 20170013418Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an apparatus for establishing an indoor location feature library. A sever selects, by using identification information of first user equipments (UEs) that is included in received first measurement data, multiple pieces of the first measurement data that have identification information of a same first UE; when the first UE is located indoors, obtaining location information of multiple of first access nodes according to feature attribute information of the multiple of the first access nodes; determining, according to the location information of the multiple of the first access nodes and the feature attribute information of the multiple of the first access nodes, indoor location information of the first UE; and establishing an indoor location feature library by using cell identification information and signal power values of multiple cells and indoor location information of the first UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Yang HE, Yingzhe LI
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Publication number: 20170013419Abstract: A radiofrequency transmission device (D?) includes: a transmission unit (10) for transmitting a voltage signal (S) in pulsed form; a radiofrequency antenna (A); filtering elements (30?); and a voltage source (Vcc), wherein the filtering elements (30?) include: “n” coils (B1, B2 . . . Bn), electrically connected in series, of which (n?1) coils each have a natural resonance frequency such that: fRLi=i×fF each having an inductance (Li) such that, at the predetermined fundamental frequency: LTOT=L1+L2+ . . . Li+ . . . Ln=ZTOT=Z1+Z2+ . . . Zi+ . . . Zn and Li=Zi where fRLi Is the natural resonance frequency of the i-th coil i is a number varying from 2 to n, LTOT is the total inductance of the n coils, Li is the inductance of the i-th coil, ZTOT is the total impedance of the n coils, Zi is the impedance of the i-th coil, n is an integer greater than zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jean-Christophe BOUTHINON, Dawid DURKA
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Publication number: 20170013420Abstract: A management system includes: a mobile terminal; a plurality of base stations; and a management device. The mobile terminal includes a first processor that executes a first process including transmitting management information including identification information of the mobile terminal using short waves. The base stations include a second processor that executes a second process including first receiving the management information transmitted from the mobile terminal, to transmit the management information to the management device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Taki KONO
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Publication number: 20170013421Abstract: Dynamically switching between broadcast and unicast services for service continuity between wireless networks is presented herein. A system can comprise a detection component configured to determine that a mobile device is receiving a broadcast transmission of broadcast data from a broadcast enabled access point device configured to send, via a broadcast service wireless coverage area, the broadcast data to multiple devices via a point-to-multipoint communication protocol. Further, the detection component can detect a movement of the mobile device from the broadcast service wireless coverage area to a unicast service wireless coverage area. A transfer component can initiate, in response to the detection, a unicast transmission of the broadcast data from a unicast enabled access point device to the mobile device—the unicast enabled access point device configured to send, via the unicast service wireless coverage area, the broadcast data to a single device via a point-to-point communication protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Rajendra Prasad KODAYPAK, Ryan REDFERN, Jiansong WANG, Gaurav GUPTA
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Publication number: 20170013422Abstract: An MBMS control method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a eNB 200 included in the network, an MBMS counting request for counting UE 100s that either receive or have an interest in receiving the MBMS service, by using a predetermined signal that can be received by a user terminal in an RRC idle state; receiving, by an MBMS-compliant UE 100 that supports MBMS reception, the MBMS counting request transmitted by using the predetermined signal, in the RRC idle state; and performing, by the MBMS-compliant UE 100, a predetermined operation for transmitting an MBMS counting response, on the basis of the received MBMS counting request.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro SAIWAI, Kugo MORITA
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Publication number: 20170013423Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a system, method, and apparatus for providing multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) operations in a wireless communication system. In some aspects of the present disclosure, the system, method and apparatus may provide flexibility for an application server to select one or more MBMS service delivery functionalities supported by a network device for transmission of multimedia content to a mobile device. The MBMS service delivery functionalities selected by the application server may be a subset of a plurality of MBMS service delivery functionalities supported by the network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Haris ZISIMOPOULOS, Lorenzo CASACCIA, Edward Robert HALL, Thomas STOCKHAMMER
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Publication number: 20170013424Abstract: [Problem] To provide a wireless communication network system and a method for determining a representative sensor device for appropriately selecting, from a plurality of sensor devices, a device with which a server communicates. [Solution] A server (120) transmits a group representative determination request including a list of parameters for determining a representative sensor device. Sensor devices (140a-z) transmit, upon receiving the parameter list, a device parameter indicating the parameter of each of the sensor devices corresponding to the parameter list. The representative sensor device is determined on the basis of the device parameters transmitted by the sensor devices (140a-z). The representative sensor device transmits, to the server (120), measurement result information generated by the sensor device itself and measurement result information generated by the other sensor devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Tomoyuki SAEKI
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Publication number: 20170013425Abstract: A communication terminal includes: a display, an input device for accepting a first operation instruction; a communication device for connection with a server and another terminal; and a control unit for receiving first contents from the server via the communication device according to the first operation instruction, determining whether connection with another terminal is established or not, transmitting the first contents to another terminal via the communication device when a determination is made that connection with another terminal is established, and causing the display to show the first contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Junji SUETSUGU, Tatsuya SAKAI, Toshio AKABANE
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Publication number: 20170013426Abstract: Techniques for acquiring, sending, receiving or using status information from a remote location over a network are disclosed. The status information is transmitted over the network between or among electronic devices. The status information can be provided by one or more sensors associated with the electronic device that is transmitting the status information. The status information can be transmitted with messages so as to enhance the messages. The electronic devices include at least computing devices, such as personal computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, and mobile telephones.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Chung Lau, C. Douglass Thomas
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Publication number: 20170013427Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to mobile-originated short message services are provided. In an example, a method for improving Short Message Service (SMS) availability by mobile equipment (ME) includes determining the ME has a Fixed Dialing Number (FDN) list, receiving an over-the-air update identifying an update to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) address (e.g., due to roaming), and automatically updating the SMSC address in the FDN list. The updating of the SMSC address in the FDN list can include adding the SMSC address to the FDN list, with or without replacing another SMSC address. The method can further include detecting that the ME has an FDN mode enabled; transmitting an SMS message using the updated the SMSC address; presenting, via a user interface, a user notification stating that the SMSC address is updated; or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Nagarjuna Reddy ALAVALA, Mohan Sree Bhadra Saithej VADDADI, Rajendra Prasad NELUROUTH, Kedarnath PATHIKONDA
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Publication number: 20170013428Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving at least one IP-based registration message from a first UE is disclosed. The at least one IP-based registration message may indicate support for short message reception and may include security association data of the first UE, a MSISDN identifier of the first UE, and an IP address of the first UE. Reception of capability information of the first UE is further disclosed. A database may be configured to store the security association data of the first UE, the MSISDN identifier of the first UE, the IP address of the first UE, and the capability information of the first UE. Transmitting, to a second UE, an indication of whether the second UE is or is not capable of IP based short message communication with the first UE is further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventor: Kamel M. Shaheen
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Publication number: 20170013429Abstract: Methods and computer products can provide personalized content based on historical interaction with a mobile device. A computing device can receive information about a user interaction with an application running on the mobile device at a first time and location. A type of the application can be identified by parsing a description of the application (e.g., using a natural language processing algorithm). An affinity model can be generated that associates the type of the application with the first time and/or location. At a second time and location, it can be determined that the second time corresponds to the first time and/or that the second location corresponds to the first location. Using the affinity model, the second time and/or location can be associated with the type of the application, and the mobile device may then display content related to the type of the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lukas M. Marti, Xufeng Han
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Publication number: 20170013430Abstract: Embodiments provide a user classification method, apparatus, and server. The method is applied to the server, the server performs data communication with multiple terminal devices, and a same application is installed on the multiple terminal devices. The method includes: acquiring a function type information sequence uploaded by each terminal device, where one group of function type information sequence corresponds to one terminal device, function type information in each of the function type information sequences is arranged in an order of triggering functions of an application installed in a corresponding terminal device, and one piece of function type information is generated after one function of the application is triggered; determining a user corresponding to each of the function type information sequences; and classifying users corresponding to a same function type information sequence as same-class users, to form multiple user classes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Jie DONG
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Publication number: 20170013431Abstract: An automatic distress alarming method includes that: A. a distress alarm automatically sends out a sound and light alarming signal; B. the distress alarm automatically sends a distress signal and a GPS signal to a mobile phone; C. the distress alarm sends out the distress signal and the GPS signal by a manual operation; D. a disconnected distress alarm sends out the distress signal and the GPS signal. And its system includes a microprocessor U1, a driving chip U2, a wireless transmitting module U3, a switching circuit of an angular rate sensor, a GPS circuit, a storage device, a reset button, a manual operation alarming switch, a manual operation communicating switch and a disconnecting alarming button.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Lai Ming Wu, Chui Ha Kung, Michael Tong Chang, Ka Ho Cheung, Heung Kai Chan, Choi Lam Cheung, Hon Wai Chan
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Publication number: 20170013432Abstract: Methods for collecting UE statistics in a specific area and the respective device and node are disclosed. The method in a first core network node comprises in response to receiving from a second core network node or an application functionality a command requesting UE statistics of idle UEs and connected UEs located in at least one base station covering at least a part of the specific area, transmitting at least one UE statistics request message to the at least one base station to trigger the base station to obtain UE statistics of idle UEs for the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Feng GUO, Mei DONG, Di LIU, Nan ZHANG
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Publication number: 20170013433Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring multimedia broadcast supplement (MBS) for a public warning system (PWS) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives MBS information, which indicates a cell supports the MBS for the PWS, from a network. The UE further receives a MBS indication for the PWS from the network. The UE acquires the MBS for the PWS via a broadcast/multicast channel from the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Youngdae LEE, Sangwon KIM, Sunghoon JUNG
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Publication number: 20170013434Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are provided for handling emergency calls at a policy server. The policy server receives a request to establish an emergency call for a mobile device, from a service provider server. The request is received in an external format. The policy server converts the request to an internal format, and processes the internal request to generate an internal answer. The internal answer indicates whether the emergency call is permitted or denied. The policy server converts the internal answer to the external format, and transmits the converted answer to the service provider server. When the emergency call is permitted, the policy server deploys one or more policy rules to a gateway server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Ashid MOHAMMED, Raghuvamshi THAKUR
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Publication number: 20170013435Abstract: Automatic Location Information (ALI) data that is representative of a landline address is digitally retrieved, and automatically transferred to an emergency call taker over a wireless system emergency network Importantly, the ALI information is determined based on association to a proximate location. Before an emergency call is initiated, additional environmental information, such as a RFID tag, location beacon, WiFi access point, Bluetooth device, or other communication signal with a known location, is included in the wireless session data exchange, used to match one or more location inputs to a fixed civic location (street address) which is used to dispatch emergency responders. Alternatively, the mechanism matches to a precise geodetic location (e.g., where no civic location is available).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: ANDREW SINGER, DON MITCHELL, FIRDAUS ARYANA, ROGER MARSHALL
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Publication number: 20170013436Abstract: A system and method for setting a billing allocation between a user and a company allowing the costs for personal and work use of a mobile device during a period to be allocated as desired. The system and method further provides for allocation of costs associated with obtaining a new mobile device. The billing allocation model provides maximum flexibility to allow a user to obtain the mobile device desired, while still allowing the user to take advantage of a company's preferred corporate rates and discounts and allowing a company to maintain control of mobile device costs relating to purchase and use of the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Christopher J. DeBenedictis, Jeremy J. Hicks
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Publication number: 20170013437Abstract: To enable a user terminal that receives a discovery signal of another user terminal for performing Type 1 discovery to synthesize and receive the discovery signal, a user terminal capable of executing inter-terminal direct signal transmission/reception has a selecting section that selects a discovery signal transmission resource at the next period for each period, and a transmission section that transmits information on the discovery signal transmission resource at the next period, together with the discovery signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Qun Zhao, Yongbo Zeng, Yongsheng Zhang
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Publication number: 20170013438Abstract: A method includes: determining, by user equipment UE, a first discovery signal, and obtaining, by the UE after encoding the first discovery signal, respective initial locations of k redundancy versions RVs of the first discovery signal, where k is a positive integer not less than 1. The method also includes separately mapping, by the UE according to respective initial locations off RVs of the k RVs, each RV of the f RVs to at least two physical resource block pairs PRB Pairs of a first resource location, where f is a positive integer not less than 1 and not greater than k. The method also includes transmitting, by the UE at the first resource location, the f RVs of the first discovery signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jian Wang, Kai Xu
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Publication number: 20170013439Abstract: A method of determining a network leakage rate within a wireless communication network that uses counters within an application server. The number of users at a second point in time, determined by the counters, is subtracted from a number of users at a first point in time, determined by the counters, to provide a first result. The number of user attempts to access the network, determined by the counters, is multiplied by a success rate and then the number of users leaving the network (de-registering from the network or handing off to a different network) is subtracted to provide a second result. The second result is subtracted from the first result and then divided by the number of users at the first point in time. The absolute value is the network leakage rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Xavier Ligeret, Hui-Hsia Sung
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Publication number: 20170013440Abstract: A method for managing subscriptions on a security element for a mobile end device comprises the following steps: for each subscription of a plurality of subscriptions a quality of service is determined. On the basis of the qualities of service determined for the individual subscriptions a subscription is selected. The selected subscription is subsequently employed for a data communication of the end device with a corresponding communication partner. The method is wherein the managing of the subscriptions is controlled at least partly by an external subscription management device which is distinct from the security element and the end device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Leif ÖSTLING
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Publication number: 20170013441Abstract: A hybrid residential gateway may provide network access using either a wireless access interface or a wired access interface. Network access over either interface may be authenticated using a single SIM card within the residential gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jessie MANIK, Roswell A. Ruby, Erone Quek
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Publication number: 20170013442Abstract: Embodiments are described for identifying and accessing an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) and associated content of the eSIM in a multiple eSIM configuration. An embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) can include multiple eSIMs, where each eSIM can include its own file structures and applications. Some embodiments include a processor of a mobile device transmitting a special command to the eUICC, including an identification that uniquely identifies an eSIM in the eUICC. After selecting the eSIM, the processor can access file structures and applications of the selected eSIM. The processor can then use existing commands to access content in the selected eSIM. The special command can direct the eUICC to activate or deactivate content associated with the selected eSIM. Other embodiments include an eUICC platform operating system interacting with eSIMs associated with logical channels to facilitate identification and access to file structures and applications of the eSIMs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Li LI, Ben-Heng JUANG, Arun G. MATHIAS
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Publication number: 20170013443Abstract: When traffic arrives from the network for an idle mobile device, the network executes device activation procedures to awaken the device, which can result in a significant amount of signaling to complete. Adaptive device activation mechanisms are provided that adapt to network conditions and potentially to machine-to-machine device application requests to realize scalable device activation without increasing the resources used for this purpose and without negatively impacting existing human-to-human or human-to-machine traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Seungjoon Lee, Jacobus Erasmus Van der Merwe, Arijit Banerjee, Sneha Kumar Kasera
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Publication number: 20170013444Abstract: Provided is a method for updating a preferred roaming list of a user identity module card, the method comprising: reading preferred roaming list updating data; packing the preferred roaming list updating data in a preferred roaming list updating text message; and writing the preferred roaming list updating text message into a text message file of a user identity module card.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Jun Hu
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Publication number: 20170013445Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for managing the dynamic assignment of media access control (MAC) addresses to wireless network devices, such as by identifying a dynamically assigned MAC address before, after, or during a wireless association process and communicating the dynamically assigned MAC address to a wireless network device. Also disclosed are systems, devices, techniques and products for preventing a denial of service attack on a wireless access point's association table, such as by requiring devices that associate with a wireless access point to respond to a query from the wireless access point shortly after association.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ARUBA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Gopalakrishna RAMAN, Sachin GANU, Daniel HARKINS, Mohd SIRAJ
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Publication number: 20170013446Abstract: A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for obtaining cellular network load information in a secure manner are disclosed. For example, the method receives the cellular network load information, where the cellular network load information is encrypted. The method then decrypts the cellular network load information using a decryption key and performs a task responsive to the network load information that is decrypted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: FAROOQ BARI, Zhi Cui
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Publication number: 20170013447Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for managing the dynamic assignment of media access control (MAC) addresses to wireless network devices, such as by identifying a dynamically assigned MAC address before, after, or during a wireless association process and communicating the dynamically assigned MAC address to a wireless network device. Also disclosed are systems, devices, techniques and products for preventing a denial of service attack on a wireless access point's association table, such as by requiring devices that associate with a wireless access point to respond to a query from the wireless access point shortly after association.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ARUBA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Gopalakrishna RAMAN, Sachin GANU, Daniel HARKINS, Mohd SIRAJ
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Publication number: 20170013448Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for managing the dynamic assignment of media access control (MAC) addresses to wireless network devices, such as by identifying a dynamically assigned MAC address before, after, or during a wireless association process and communicating the dynamically assigned MAC address to a wireless network device. Also disclosed are systems, devices, techniques and products for preventing a denial of service attack on a wireless access point's association table, such as by requiring devices that associate with a wireless access point to respond to a query from the wireless access point shortly after association.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Aruba Networks, Inc.Inventors: Gopalakrishna RAMAN, Sachin GANU, Daniel HARKINS, Mohd SIRAJ
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Publication number: 20170013449Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for managing the dynamic assignment of media access control (MAC) addresses to wireless network devices, such as by identifying a dynamically assigned MAC address before, after, or during a wireless association process and communicating the dynamically assigned MAC address to a wireless network device. Also disclosed are systems, devices, techniques and products for preventing a denial of service attack on a wireless access point's association table, such as by requiring devices that associate with a wireless access point to respond to a query from the wireless access point shortly after association.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Aruba Networks, Inc.Inventors: Gopalakrishna RAMAN, Sachin GANU, Daniel HARKINS, Mohd SIRAJ
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Publication number: 20170013450Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for concealing identifying data that may be used to identify a beacon or device in broadcasts unless an observer device is able to directly or indirectly, via an authorized resolver device, translate an encrypted broadcast into the identifiable information. The wireless security scheme disclosed herein also pertains to resolving the concealed data messages to obtain the identifiable information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Alon Ziv, Marcel M.M. Yung, Avinatan Hassidim
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Publication number: 20170013451Abstract: A method and device for network/card locking of a mobile terminal, a terminal, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a storage medium are provided. The method for card locking of a mobile terminal includes that: encrypted data sent by a mobile terminal is received; it is authenticated, according to the encrypted data, whether the mobile terminal can initialize a SIM card, and an authentication result is obtained; and the authentication result indicating whether the mobile terminal can initialize the SIM card is returned to the mobile terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Haixiang MIAO, Ke YANG, Wei LI
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Publication number: 20170013452Abstract: In an example, a re-convergence point is determined for a convergence point in a network. A host is currently connected to the convergence point for example to access the network. Authentication information and a policy for the host is sent to the re-convergence point prior to the host connecting to the re-convergence point to access the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Duane Edward Mentze, Charles F. CLARK
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Publication number: 20170013453Abstract: In an aspect, a network may support a number of client devices. In such a network, a client device transmits a request to communicate with a network, establishes a security context, and receives one or more encrypted client device contexts from the network. An encrypted client device context enables reconstruction of a context at the network for communication with the client device, where the context includes network state information associated with the client device. The client device transmits a message (e.g., including an uplink data packet) to the network that includes at least one encrypted client device context. Since the network device can reconstruct the context for the client device based on an encrypted client device context, the network device can reduce an amount of the context maintained at the network device in order to support a greater number of client devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Soo Bum Lee, Gavin Bernard Horn, Anand Palanigounder, Adrian Edward Escott, Stefano Faccin
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Publication number: 20170013454Abstract: In an aspect, a network supporting a number of client devices may include a network device that establishes a security context and generates a client device context. The client device context includes network state information that enables the network to communicate with the client device. The network device generates one or more encrypted network reachability contexts based on the client device context, and transmits the one or more encrypted network reachability contexts to a network entity. The one or more encrypted network reachability contexts enable the network device to reconstruct the context for the client device when the network device receives a message to be transmitted to the client device from the network entity. As a result, the network device can reduce an amount of the context for the client device maintained at the network device in order to support a greater number of client devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Soo Bum Lee, Gavin Bernard Horn, Anand Palanigounder, Stefano Faccin
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Publication number: 20170013455Abstract: A device for communicating over a network, comprising a radio subsystem for acquiring a network identifier from a signal representative of a wireless network and an identifier subsystem for assigning the device an identifier derived from said acquired network identifier. The identifier subsystem is preferably configured to use the acquired network identifier as one of plural inputs to a cryptographic function whose output is the assigned identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Aike MÜLLER
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Publication number: 20170013456Abstract: A method for testing a terminal includes establishing a connection with a preset device when a preset trigger condition is detected, starting an automatic detection program to obtain an automatic detection result, and sending the automatic detection result to the preset device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Yanlu ZHANG, Enxing HOU, Ziguang GAO
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Publication number: 20170013457Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a relay device for use in near field communication (NFC) transactions is provided, said relay device comprising a communication unit, wherein said communication unit comprises an NFC controller and a wireless communication controller which are operatively connected to each other through a physical interface, said NFC controller being arranged to establish communication with an NFC-enabled device that is external to the relay device, and said wireless communication controller being arranged to establish communication with a wireless device that is external to the relay device, wherein the communication unit is arranged to relay transaction data between the NFC-enabled device and the wireless device. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method for facilitating near field communication (NFC) transactions is conceived.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Piotr Polak, Jan René Brands
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Publication number: 20170013458Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch screen, a proximity sensor and a processor. The touch screen includes transmitting electrodes and receiving electrodes configured for sensing touch events on the touch screen. The proximity sensor is configured for sensing approach of an external object. The processor is coupled to the touch screen and the proximity sensor. When the proximity sensor senses a distance to the external object is under a predetermined threshold, the processor generates a request, transmits the request to the external object via the transmitting electrodes, receives a response from the external object via the receiving electrodes, and performs an action after receiving the response.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Hao-Jung LI