Patents Issued in July 4, 2017
  • Patent number: 9699586
    Abstract: A method of configuring an audio system comprising one or more speaker units, comprises: transmitting radio signals from at least a first location indicating a first speaker unit position, and from a second location indicating a second speaker unit position or a user position; receiving the signals at an antenna of the audio system; calculating an angle of arrival of the signals at the antenna; calculating the relative positions of the first and second locations based at least partially on the angle of arrival; and configuring the audio system based on the relative positions of the first and second locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Niko Balabanis, Juha Johannes Salokannel
  • Patent number: 9699587
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for re-provisioning a telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle for wireless services. The re-provisioning process includes: connecting a computing device to an on-board diagnostics interface of the telematics-equipped vehicle; accessing a subscriber identification card of the telematics unit via the on-board diagnostics interface; requesting subscription information from a subscriber credentials server via a network connection; receiving the subscription information; and reprogramming the subscriber identification card of the telematics unit for wireless services based on the received subscription information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Cepuran, Steven Swanson, David George
  • Patent number: 9699588
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing activities among collocated mobile devices include means for determining a set of tasks to be performed collectively by the two or more collocated mobile devices while collocated and during a period of time in the future, the two or more collocated devices being configured to communicate with one another; means for assigning a first task of the set of tasks to be performed by a first mobile device of the two or more collocated mobile devices; and means for assigning a second task of the set of tasks to be performed by a second mobile device of the two or more collocated mobile devices; wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are different from one another with regard to at least one subsystem, and are each capable of performing the first task and the second task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Benjamin Alfred Werner, Weihua Gao
  • Patent number: 9699589
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses can involve receiving, from a network node, a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message that includes configuration information for a first user equipment (UE) for an inter-device session (IDS) between the first UE and a second UE, the UE1 configuration information including an inter-device session (IDS) radio network identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Robert Novak, William Anthony Gage, Biswaroop Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 9699590
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus stores therein, in an associated manner, each piece of path information on a plurality of destinations and a use frequency of data communication that is performed by using the path information. When the wireless communication apparatus receives data whose send source is a first destination, the wireless communication apparatus specifies, on the basis of the use frequency, path information that is less frequently used from among the pieces of the stored path information. The wireless communication apparatus updates the specified path information to path information whose destination is the first destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichi Inao, Tatsuya Soneda, Makoto Kawatoko, Hidefumi Takaoka, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 9699591
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes multiple wireless communication devices including a first wireless communication device that centrally controls a plurality of second wireless communication devices and compatible with a multiple wireless communication standards. The multiple wireless communication standards includes a first wireless communication standard and one or more wireless communication standards using a frequency band lower than that of the first wireless communication standard. The first wireless communication device includes a receiver, a determination unit, and a transmitter. The plurality of second wireless communication devices each establish the wireless communication using the first wireless communication standard based on the routing information that each of the plurality of second wireless communication devices itself acquires from the first wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Shiotani
  • Patent number: 9699592
    Abstract: To control content distribution to plural mobile entities (20, 25-27), a device (10) for managing the distribution of the content may determine mobile entities (20, 25-27) which participate in sharing the same content and which are located in the same region. The mobile entities (20, 25-27) respectively have a first interface for communication with a mobile communication network (2, 4, 5) and a second interface for forming an ad-hoc network with another mobile entity (25-27). A message indicating at least one peer address of a peer mobile entity (25-27) may be selectively transmitted to a mobile entity (20). The peer address allows the mobile entity (20) to retrieve at least a piece of the content over the second interface from another mobile entity (25-27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ibtissam El Khayat, Heiko Perkuhn
  • Patent number: 9699593
    Abstract: Methods and systems for storing data regarding received advertising packets are disclosed. An example method involves determining parameters of at least one batch-scan mode for a Bluetooth device. The parameters of the at least one batch-scan mode specify a format for storing data regarding particular advertising packets that are received by the Bluetooth device when operating in the at least one batch-scan mode. The method also involves receiving, by the Bluetooth device, one or more advertising packets on an interval basis. Further, the method involves storing data regarding the one or more advertising packets into a memory of the Bluetooth device in accordance with the at least one batch-scan mode. And the method involves providing the stored data regarding the one or more advertising packets to the host Bluetooth stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Prerepa V. Viswanadham, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9699594
    Abstract: A mobile user device, configured to communicate over a wireless medium and a corresponding computer-implemented method is described. The mobile user device in one embodiment may comprise a near field communication interface for at least sending response information to a receiver in one or more near field transmissions; and a communication control module, connected with said near field communication interface. To improve the security of the mobile user device, the communication control module is configured to control whether said response information is sent by said near field communication interface in dependence of at least a communication safety parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Timothy P Johnston, Cary Bran, Joe Burton
  • Patent number: 9699595
    Abstract: A portable terminal and method thereof are provided for interworking with a wearable device. The method includes recognizing that the wearable device is placed on the portable terminal; displaying first screen data including information of the wearable device; sensing movement of the wearable device; and displaying second screen data corresponding to the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Joon Won, James Powderly, Tae-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 9699596
    Abstract: A method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to the electrocardiogram and a system thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps of: A. when a paired controlled device is found by a wearable device, determining by the wearable device whether the controlled device and the wearable device are in a short-distance state or a long-distance state therebetween; B. if the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state therebetween, then activating the short-distance communication by the wearable device to obtain the user's electrocardiogram and to wirelessly transmit the electrocardiogram to the paired controlled device; and C. determining by the paired controlled device whether the received electrocardiogram matches a template electrocardiogram stored in the paired controlled device, wherein if the received electrocardiogram matches the template electrocardiogram, then the controlled device is unlocked automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Binghui Hu, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 9699597
    Abstract: Forwarding wireless signals comprises a user and a counterpart opening secure applications on a user computing device and a counterpart computing device, respectively. The user places the user computing device within range of a wireless signal, such as a wireless signal provided by a point of sale (“POS”) terminal. The user computing device forwards the wireless signal from the POS terminal to the counterpart computing device. The user computing device forwards the wireless signal from the counterpart computing device to the POS terminal. Thus, the counterpart computing device may conduct a transaction with the POS terminal as if the counterpart computing device were at the location of the POS terminal. The counterpart computing device may also receive a forwarded beacon signal comprising data, such as an offer, provided by the POS terminal or another suitable beacon transmission device at the merchant location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Deselaers, Daniel Martin Keysers, Stephan Robert Gammeter, Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 9699598
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a coordinator device having a memory, and a controller. The memory can have computer instructions, which when executed by the controller, causes the controller to facilitate establishing a first virtual personal area network with a first sensor by executing computer instructions associated with a first application profile, and facilitate establishing a second virtual personal area network with a second sensor by executing computer instructions associated a second application profile. The first application profile can be defined by a first protocol specification, while the second application profile can be defined by a second protocol specification. The first protocol specification can also be operationally distinct from the second protocol specification. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lusheng Ji, Robert Raymond Miller, II, Jia Wang
  • Patent number: 9699599
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media configured to determine a location of a user, identify the user and provide additional services based on the determined location and/or identity are provided. In some examples, associate users may be identified and a location of each associate user may be tracked to identify a location of an associate user, confirm the location of the associate user is an expected location, and/or provide location information to a customer of the associate user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Don Cardinal, David M. Grigg
  • Patent number: 9699600
    Abstract: An interpersonal communication and an interactive information system, where a user can access a wireless local area network connected to a cloud computing service from any compatible mobile device and obtain information specific to the user's location and communicate with other mobile devices in the user's location through the wireless local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Babak Sheikh
  • Patent number: 9699601
    Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a presence of user equipment (UE) in relation to small cell radio(s) of a small cell network based on information obtained through the small cell network and one or more parallel networks; and adjusting transmit power for the small cell radio(s) based on the presence of UE in relation to the small cell radio(s). Another example method can include determining that a UE in cell paging channel mode has changed its selected macro cell radio; determining that the UE is allowed service on a small cell radio located in a vicinity of a macro cell coverage area of a selected macro cell radio; and adjusting a transmit power of the small cell radio based on a presence of the UE in a surrounding macro cell coverage area of the small cell radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Grayson, Anton Okmyanskiy, Ziv Nuss, Swaminathan A. Anantha, Andrea Giustina, Mickael James Graham, Santosh Ramrao Patil
  • Patent number: 9699602
    Abstract: A peripheral device for determining a location of at least one portable device is provided. The peripheral device includes a communication module configured to communicate with at least one portable device and a server device, and a control module configured to obtain a broadcast signal broadcast from the at least one portable device and provide location-related information to the server device configured to determine a location of the portable device, the location-related information including a time at which the broadcast signal is obtained and location information of the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jae Cho, Yu Sung Chang
  • Patent number: 9699603
    Abstract: According to the techniques presented herein, location data from signals transmitted by a plurality of mobile wireless devices in a wireless network are obtained. For each mobile wireless device, location data time points are aggregated to generate a plurality of routines or paths of movement for each mobile wireless device within a predefined space. The predefined space is partitioned into a plurality of units and each routine of the plurality of routines is also partitioned into a plurality of subroutines or segments. For each unit, one or more subroutines within a predefined distance of a frequent subroutine are combined with the frequent subroutine, and the frequent subroutines may be displayed on a graphical interface to visualize aggregate movement of the plurality of mobile wireless devices within the predefined space. Frequent subroutines may be analyzed in an automated manner to generate notifications and alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhitao Shen, David Tang, Hao Liu, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9699604
    Abstract: A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices, protecting data on such devices, and for compensating owners of devices. A GPS mechanism of the invention provides real time tracking of missing devices that may be coordinated with security agencies to intercept and recover missing computing devices. When a stolen device is unrecoverable, the invention may receive a signal to initiate data recovery where a wireless network is available to recover data for the owner. Alternatively, the GPS mechanism instructs the device to encrypt or destroy stored data files to prevent commercial espionage or privacy violations. The invention discloses a software system and method for computing a purchase price of the GPS mechanism, computing compensation for loss of the device and lost data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: APOGEE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS, LLC
    Inventor: John J. Madsen
  • Patent number: 9699605
    Abstract: A telecommunications system is disclosed comprising a wireless switching center and plurality of base stations that are configured to transmit positioning reference signals. The base stations transmit the positioning reference signals in positioning subframe time intervals. Meanwhile, the base stations also transmit cell-specific reference signals continuously, including during the positioning subframe time intervals. In order to ensure that the wireless terminal measures those cell-specific reference signals during periods of lower interference, the base station imposes a measurement restriction on the wireless terminal, in regard to when it may measure a signal. As a result of utilizing the measurement restriction in this way, in combination with the improved interference characteristics of the positioning reference signals themselves, the ability of the wireless terminal to detect the cell-specific reference signals of more distant cells is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Scot Douglas Gordon
  • Patent number: 9699606
    Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for using overlapping geo-fences to confirm delivery of a shipment. A first client computing device and a second client computing device may be in data communication with a server computing device. The server computing device may receive a delivery notification from the first client computing device. The server computing device may receive from the first client computing device a first position and a second position from the second client computing device. The server computing device may then determine that the second position is within a predefined distance of the first position or vice versa. Finally, the server computing device may generate a delivery confirmation in response to a first determination that the second position is within a predefined distance of the first position and a second determination that the first position is within a predefined distance of the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatia, Kevin Lee Davenport, Jr., Rahul Sharma, Vinoo Vasudevan, Beryl Tomay
  • Patent number: 9699607
    Abstract: Methods for determining a LOB of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system employing Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) is described. TDOA techniques are based on estimating the difference in the arrival times of reference signals from multiple receivers or from multiple emitters to a receiver. A particular value of the time difference estimate defines a hyperbola between the two receivers on which the handset may exist. When the distance between the receiving antennas is small relative to the distance of the emitter source (the handset) being located, then the TDOA is equivalent to the angle between the baseline of the sensors (receivers antennas) and the incident RF energy from the emitter. If the angle between the baseline and true North is known, then the line of bearing (LOB) and/or angle of arrival (AoA), can be utilized to determine the location of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: POLTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Felix Markhovsky, Truman Prevatt
  • Patent number: 9699608
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a receiver configured to receive a measurement instruction comprising an indication of a first frequency, and at least one processing core configured to suppress causing sending of a proximity indication relating to a closed subscriber group cell operating substantially on at least the first frequency. In some embodiments, sending of redundant proximity indications may thus be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lars Dalsgaard, Jarkko Koskela, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen
  • Patent number: 9699609
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider of the product or service then supplies a location determining service (or location service provider) with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service (or location service provider) for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Dennis J. Dupray
  • Patent number: 9699610
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for consumer interfaces including ambient map displays are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system with one or more servers. The one or more servers may be configured to generate a consumer interface including an ambient map display with a graphical representation of a map. The ambient map display may further include merchant location indicators within the map. The merchant location indicators may indicate the activity level for merchant locations that are determined to be near a consumer device, such as through a variable blink rate or other indicator. The activity level may represent, for example, the number of consumers at a particular venue or the rate of a particular consumer activity, such as transaction activity. The system may be configured to provide real-time merchant data to consumer device based on tracking the consumer device location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Jean Chicoine, Anindha Parthy
  • Patent number: 9699611
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a relative Time Calibration (dTcal) value for a mobile device model are disclosed. An example of an apparatus according to the disclosure includes a memory, a receiver configured to receive measurements and a mobile device model information from mobile devices disposed in geographic areas, a processor configured to determine a baseline mobile device model and other mobile devices models based on the measurements, calculate a baseline measurement value based on the measurement values that correspond to the baseline mobile device model, determine difference values based on the baseline measurement value and the other mobile device model measurement values, determine a model specific dTcal value based on the difference values for at least one of the other mobile device models, and store the model specific dTcal value in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gengsheng Zhang, Rayman Wai Pon, Ju-Yong Do
  • Patent number: 9699612
    Abstract: The principles described herein provide methods and systems for locating a tracking device. In particular, one disclosed method includes associating a user with a tracking device, receiving an indication that the tracking device is lost, setting a flag indicating that the tracking device is lost, receiving a location within a proximity of the tracking device from one of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a community of users, and providing the location to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas George Evans, Michael George Farley
  • Patent number: 9699613
    Abstract: A system for memorizing object location, for detecting an object storage position, includes: a wireless sensor module disposed in an interior space to generate a wireless sensor signal; a mobile device having an application program to start and initialize the wireless sensor module, the application program having a function of using the wireless sensor signal to calculate out a positioning data, and producing an object position integration information; and a cloud storage server connected to the mobile device via a communication link to receive the object position integration information and store the information in an object position memorizing database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: Inventec Appliances (Pudong) Corporation, Inventec Appliances (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Inventec Appliances Corp., Inventec Appliances (Nanchang) Corporation
    Inventors: Ching Sung Chang, Dai-Shui Ho, Xue-Jiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9699614
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a positioning environment analysis apparatus, and a method and system for predicting location determination performance of a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Joo-Young Kim, Seung-Yong Lee, Young-Su Cho, Myung-In Ji, Sang-Joon Park, Sung-Woong Shin
  • Patent number: 9699615
    Abstract: An approach for crowd congestion detection, the approach determines one or more selected locations. The approach determines a frequency spectrum history of one or more users within the one or more selected locations. The approach determines a location of the one or more users within the one or more selected locations. The approach determines a frequency spectrum of the one or more users within the one or more selected locations. The approach determines a crowding measure for the one or more selected locations based, at least in part, on the frequency spectrum history and the frequency spectrum of the one or more users within the one or more selected locations. The approach ranks the one or more selected locations based, at least in part, on the crowding measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Cecilia J. Aas
  • Patent number: 9699616
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a detector unit configured to detect a position and an orientation of the mobile electronic device and a control unit. The control unit monitors the orientation of the mobile electronic device for a predetermined period when the control unit detects a change of the orientation of the mobile electronic device from a former orientation. The control unit determines that a corner is detected when the mobile electronic device does not return to the former orientation within the predetermined period, and determines that the corner is not detected when the mobile electronic device returns to the former orientation within the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nayu Nomachi
  • Patent number: 9699617
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products that include, on a first device executing a first instance of a location application, receiving an indication to begin sharing data describing a path traveled by the first device, receiving location data describing the path traveled by the first device, the location data received from a location system of the first device, and the location data including a plurality of locations of the first device, and transmitting the location data in a form usable to enable a user interface of a second instance of a location application executing on a second device to indicate the path traveled by the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eran Sandel, Elad Harush, Roman Guy
  • Patent number: 9699618
    Abstract: A system and method is described that computes an estimated current location for a client device based on both the detected current location and the predicted current location of the client device. By utilizing the predicted current location, the system and method may account for and compensate for anomalies and inaccuracies in the detected current location. Accordingly, the system and method provides a more accurate estimation for the current location of the client device based on examination of heuristics and a priori environmental data. In particular, the system and method compensates for detected locations that are impossible or improbable based on previous locations of the client device, the layout of the environment in which the client device is traversing, data describing the user of the client device, and/or data describing the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek R. Singh, Anant Kumar, Varun A. Shah
  • Patent number: 9699619
    Abstract: An improved method of tracking an object of interest. The tracking that is enabled by the disclosed tracking engine is based on location estimation of a wireless terminal combined with aerial or satellite imagery of an object of interest, in which a relationship has been determined to exist between the wireless terminal and the object of interest. In some tracking scenarios, a wireless telecommunications network can be used to direct an image-based surveillance system where to start observing, as an object of interest heads away from a heavily populated area or other area with satisfactory wireless coverage. In some other tracking scenarios, the trajectory of the object as derived from the image data enables the tracking engine to target a specific portion of the wireless network to utilize in generating the location estimates, thereby reducing the resource utilization of the wireless network and tracking engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh B. Patel, Kartick Sekar
  • Patent number: 9699620
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a device. The device includes at least one transceiver. The device further includes transceiver selection logic to determine whether each of the at least one transceiver complies with transceiver regulations associated with a location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Nolan, Mark Kelly
  • Patent number: 9699621
    Abstract: An integrated hardware and software system for locating, disposing, and directing resources and personnel on an emergency scene. Such a system includes a set of wearable tags, each an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer; and a transmitter. Hubs, paired with tags, receive and process data. Servers receive the data, and a Simultaneous Locating and Mapping Module processes it to compile a map of at least a portion of the emergency scene. A command device, adapted to receive input from the servers can be provided to process the server input and to provide communications to emergency scene personnel, to control elements having emergency scene responsibility, and storing data in a data repository. A specialized tag can include a ranging unit (radar, etc.), and data from that tag can be used to create a map of the emergency scene, showing room features and responder locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ResponderX, Inc.
    Inventor: David Andrew Jarrett
  • Patent number: 9699622
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a system, method and computer program product for managing dynamic events. The embodiment may include managing, by a first subsystem, an event in a first region of the plurality of geographic regions using a first event agent. The embodiment may include determining whether the event is predicted to spread from the first region to a second region. The embodiment may include generating a first dynamic event agent to monitor the event as a dynamic event based on predicting the event may spread from the first region to the second region. The first dynamic event agent may receive information relating to the dynamic event, update a status of the dynamic event based on the received information, and transmit the received information. The embodiment may include generating, by a second subsystem, a second dynamic event agent for handling the dynamic event in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nishimura, Hiroya Ogihara, Takahito Tashiro, Shoichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9699623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving urgent alarm contents through a broadcast system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving urgent alarm contents through a broadcast system includes the steps of: receiving a broadcast signal; parsing an urgent alarm table contained in the broadcast signal, the urgent alarm table containing an urgent alarm message and an urgent alarm contents transmission structure descriptor for signaling the information of the urgent alarm contents concerning the urgent alarm message, and the urgent alarm contents transmission structure descriptor containing the IP address of an IP datagram for transmitting the urgent alarm contents; receiving the IP datagram of the IP address; and decoding the IP datagram so as to reproduce the urgent alarm contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minsung Kwak, Jeongwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 9699624
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to generate a paging message that includes a group identifier that identifies a group of end devices to which a paging pertains; broadcast the paging message in response to the generation; start a timer in response to the broadcast of the paging message; generate, in response to a first time interval calculated by the timer, a first message that includes at least one of a sub-group identifier, which identifies a sub-group of the end devices of the group to which the paging pertains, or an individual identifier, which identifies one of the end devices of the group to which the paging pertains, wherein the first message is generated based on a radio access-radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) value; and broadcast the first message in response to the generation of the first message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Huang, Lei Song, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 9699625
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to push notification middleware. A system includes a computer processor and a mobile platform server executable by the computer processor. The mobile platform server includes a notification service and a registry. The notification service is configured to receive a notification trigger including a payload to deliver to an endpoint and access the registry to determine a notification transport protocol associated with the endpoint. The notification service is further configured to select a channel plugin associated with the notification transport protocol to establish a notification channel with the endpoint and send the payload to the endpoint on the notification channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd E. Kaplinger, Michael R. Rheinheimer, Brian L. White Eagle
  • Patent number: 9699626
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for displaying, organizing, and prioritizing the incoming information on a wireless device. Using the present invention the wireless device can display the number of voice mails, e-mails, pages, and Internet information alerts that have been received by the wireless device during a specified time period. The invention also allows the incoming information to be separated by any number of user-specified criteria such as the originating sender, or divided by work related and personal messages. The present invention allows the wireless device user to see at a glance what kind of information has been received and is being stored on the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Kent A. Hellebust, Thomas J. Trinneer
  • Patent number: 9699627
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for processing messages at a network node, wherein the network node does not any hardware components for displaying messages. The network node first receives a message and determines whether the message matches any predefined pattern by performing a lookup on the first configuration database. If the message matches any predefined pattern, the network node processes the message. Alternatively, when the message does not match any predefined pattern, the network node does not process the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Man Kit Kwan, Chan Neng Leong
  • Patent number: 9699628
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to determine whether a user of the user device is being transported by a vehicle; determine whether any of multiple events pertaining to a message application is detected in response to a determination that the user is being transported by the vehicle; obtain input characteristic data attributed to the user in response to a determination that any of the multiple events is detected; determine whether the user is a driver of the vehicle based on the input characteristic data; and block receipt of an inbound message and a creation of an outbound message in response to a determination that the user is the driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayan Radhakrishnan, Sridevi Rajendran, Vijay A. Senthil, Vinodkrishnan Surianarayanan, Parthasarathi Kathiresan, Rajasundaram Ganesan, SriKamal Boyina, Anand Chandrasekar, Ramya Sundarraman, Prabhu V. Mohan
  • Patent number: 9699629
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are to provide status information about a call recipient and information about other users located in a same area as the call recipient. A method for providing information about the call recipient by a user device includes initiating a call transmission to the call recipient; receiving forwarding information corresponding to the call transmission; and outputting information about the call recipient and information about users located in a same area as the call recipient, based on the forwarding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ilku Chang, Youngho Rhee, Youngshil Jang, Youngkyu Jin
  • Patent number: 9699630
    Abstract: A method, system, and terminal for providing a communication service function are provided herein. A system for supporting a communication service, includes: a receiver side terminal that provides a communication service list including communication service items, in response to a call connection request message; and a transmitter side terminal that transmits the call connection request message to the receiver side terminal, receives the communication service list provided from the receiver side terminal, and displays the received communication service list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Eunhee Rhim
  • Patent number: 9699631
    Abstract: A first device may be unable to access a line hosting a call that has been placed on hold by a second device when the first device and second device are located remotely from each other. A server device may manage the status of the line to prevent the first device from accessing the line when the line is currently in control by the second device. When the first device and second device communicate via NFC, the line may be automatically released, so that the control of the line and of the call may be automatically transferred to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Martin J. Abbott, Jonathan R. LoPorto, So Young Park
  • Patent number: 9699632
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example embodiments for multi-modality communication with interceptive conversion. Described embodiments may include, but are not limited to, receiving from a first communication device data corresponding to a first communication modality, with the data corresponding to the first communication modality associated with a communication flow between the first communication device and a second communication device, and with the communication flow comprising a multi-modality communication in which a first user is to interact with the first communication device using a first communication modality and a second user is to interact with the second communication device using a second communication modality. Data corresponding to the first communication modality may be converted to data corresponding to the second communication modality and transmitted to the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9699633
    Abstract: An input/output system interconnects a mobile terminal, a cooperative processing apparatus, and a plurality of electronic devices, and is configured to implement a cooperative process of prompting an electronic device corresponding to an input apparatus to input electronic data and prompting an electronic device corresponding to an output apparatus to output the input electronic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaki Arai
  • Patent number: 9699634
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking a person is presented. A system includes an electronic device to be carried by a person that is used to notify one or more remote users that the person is to begin a journey from a starting point to a remote point. The electronic device can detect that the person has not moved for a predetermined time period a predetermined distance. When this happens, the electronic device sends non-movement messages to the one or more remote users informing them that the person has not move for a predetermined time period a predetermined distance. The electronic device provides a warning message that the non-movement messages will be sent and sends them if there was no response to the warning message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ROAD ID, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Wimmer, Patrick Rabice
  • Patent number: 9699635
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method implemented by a first gateway node for processing an emergency call from an untrusted non-3GPP access network. The method comprises: receiving an emergency call request initiated from a terminal device over an untrusted non-3GPP based access network; detecting an event of the emergency call depending upon the emergency network access identifier included in the request message; selecting for the terminal device an emergency access point name that identifies an external network providing an emergency call service; and establishing for the terminal device an emergency call session with a second gateway node interfacing with the external network which is identified by the selected emergency access point name. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there are provided corresponding methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Chunbo Wang, Amy Li, Lu Wang