Operable On More Than One System Patents (Class 455/552.1)
  • Patent number: 10484241
    Abstract: A communication system that includes a base unit and one or more end units that communicate over a primary communication link using a first communication protocol and a secondary communication link using a second protocol. The secondary communication link may be a shorter range communication link than the primary communication link. The secondary communication link may be used to transmit and receive registration information, configuration settings, and status information between the end units and the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: HM Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: David O'Gwynn
  • Patent number: 10476889
    Abstract: An information interaction method, apparatus and system are provided. A sensitive operation pre-performing message is received from a terminal where a secondary account is located. The sensitive operation pre-performing message may carry a secondary account identifier. Based on the secondary account identifier and a pre-stored association relationship between a primary account identifier and the secondary account identifier, the primary account identifier corresponding to the secondary account identifier may be determined. Based on the determined primary account identifier, a sensitive operation verification request message may be sent to a terminal where the primary account is located. A verification result information may be received from the terminal where the primary account is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao He, Jiwei Guo, Huankui Chen, Jing Ning
  • Patent number: 10461798
    Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a directivity switching switch unit that switches an end portion of a first sub line, which is connected to an output terminal, and first and second resistor switching switch units that switch first and second termination resistors which are connected to the first sub line. The directivity of coupled output in the first sub line of a first directional coupler is able to be switched and detection accuracy of a high-frequency signal is able to be improved by improving isolation characteristics of the first directional coupler to improve the directivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10445035
    Abstract: A terminal device stores, without accepting user input of predetermined connection information, predetermined connection information without acquiring the predetermined connection information from a communication device, connects to the communication device using the stored predetermined connection information, and communicates with the communication device using the predetermined connection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Maeda, Eiji Kadota
  • Patent number: 10448254
    Abstract: A system for managing the wireless transmission of data using a configured or fixed frequency, such as the 60 GHz spectrum, within a client-dense environment such as an aircraft. The system includes access points (“ZAPs”) that control a plurality of antennas according to a time-slotted broadcast schedule such that the transmissions from the antennas do not interfere with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel A. Carswell
  • Patent number: 10439265
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system with an autonomic, self-healing polymer capable of slowing crack propagation within the polymer and slowing delamination at a material interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Mohamed A. Megahed
  • Patent number: 10439655
    Abstract: An example may include access point, comprising: a processing resource; a first radio transceiver; a first radio frequency (RF) sub-band filter on the first radio transceiver; a second radio transceiver; a second RF sub-band filter, complementary to the first RF sub-band filter, on the second radio transceiver; and instructions executable by the processing resource to enable and disable the first RF sub-band filter and the second RF sub-band filter based on a network metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Farhan Hasnain, Deven Patel, James Friedmann
  • Patent number: 10432263
    Abstract: Systems and methods which utilize wireless charging to initiate near field communication (NFC) pairing between mobile systems which utilize wireless charging and wireless charging base stations. Wireless signals sent by a mobile system over a wireless charging channel are used to initiate communication between an NFC reader presented in a base station and a passive NFC tag (or an active NFC tag used in a passive mode) present in the mobile system. Such feature allows the mobile system to act as an initiator for NFC communication without requiring the mobile system to be equipped with an NFC reader. A wireless power receiver of a mobile system may communicate with a wireless power transmitter of a base station using backscatter modulation. Commands of a standard wireless charging protocol may be repurposed to send a request for initiation of an NFC session from a mobile system to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.
    Inventor: Marco Pifferi
  • Patent number: 10429985
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch terminal, a near-field communication method and system of the touch terminal. The method includes: a second touch terminal receiving a wireless communication request of establishment of the near-field sent by first touch terminal through the near-field electric field; the second touch terminal sending a interference source peripherals closing signal to a main control chip, and informing the main control chip to close interference source peripherals; the first touch terminal and the second terminal establishing a wireless connection by touching near-field electric field, and exchange data. The disclosure enables to make the communication environment purified and guarantee the quality of communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Fang, Siqiu Cheng
  • Patent number: 10425889
    Abstract: A communication device may search via a first wireless interface so as to specify one or more candidate access points and send, to a terminal device, an information request for requesting the terminal device to send information for establishing a wireless connection with an experienced access point. The experienced access point is an access point having an experience of establishing a wireless connection with the terminal device. The terminal device stores use information which has been used by the terminal device for establishing the wireless connection with the experienced access point. The communication device may receive a response including a target password included in the use information from the terminal device in response to sending the information request and establish a wireless connection with a target access point among the one or more candidate access points via the first wireless interface by using the target password included in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shun Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10420161
    Abstract: Disclosed are structures and processes to help enable a wireless communication device (WCD) to support operation in a dual-connectivity scenario, such as where the WCD operates concurrently with 4G and 5G wireless connections over frequency channels in a common frequency band. Downlink low-noise-amplification could be controlled with a split dual-stage arrangement and control communication between modems in the WCD. And uplink maximum-power reduction could be controlled based on an evaluation of the frequency channels used by the respective connections, given knowledge of frequency resources allocated for one of those connections, and with a presumed worst-case-scenario frequency-resource allocation on the other connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Herkole Sava, Mike Witherell, Ankit Muchhala, Zheng Fang
  • Patent number: 10396951
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data, a mapper to map the encoded service data, a time interleaver to time interleave the mapped service data, wherein the time interleaving is performed depending on number of physical paths for the service data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Seoyoung Back, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10383161
    Abstract: In various aspects of this disclosure, a communication terminal device may be provided. The communication terminal device may include a cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit. The cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit may be configured to provide a communication according to a cellular wide area radio communication technology. The communication terminal device may further include a circuit. The circuit may be configured to provide a direct communication terminal device to communication terminal device communication bypassing a radio access network according to information received via the radio access network. The communication terminal device may further include a message generator. The message generator may be configured to generate a message to transmit to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Maik Bienas
  • Patent number: 10382172
    Abstract: A hybrid orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system including a transmitter and a receiver is disclosed. The transmitter includes a first spread OFDMA subassembly, a first non-spread OFDMA subassembly and a first common subassembly. The first spread OFDMA subassembly spreads input data and maps the spread data to a first group of subcarriers. The first non-spread OFDMA subassembly maps input data to a second group of subcarriers. The first common subassembly transmits the input data mapped to the first and second group of subcarriers using OFDMA. The receiver includes a second spread OFDMA subassembly, a second non-spread OFDMA subassembly and a second common subassembly. The second common subassembly processes received data to recover data mapped to the subcarriers using OFDMA. The second spread OFDMA subassembly recovers the first input data by separating user data in a code domain and the second non-spread OFDMA subassembly recovers the second input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yingming Tsai, Guodong Zhang, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan
  • Patent number: 10382865
    Abstract: An angle calculator calculates, based on acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor, a tilt angle of a transceiver with respect to the vertical direction. A selector (i) selects a first audio filter to operate if the tilt angle is less than a threshold angle, or (ii) selects a second audio filter to operate if the tilt angle is equal to or greater than the threshold angle. The second audio filter has a lower cutoff frequency that is higher than the lower cutoff frequency of the first audio filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Icom Incorporated
    Inventor: Yoshio Sekiyama
  • Patent number: 10367836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormal state of a beacon device in a wireless mesh network and a recording medium storing a computer program for executing the method. The present invention may monitor service traffic for each beacon device, detect a beacon that does not operate normally according to a change in the amount of service traffic, and prevent interference using a state check message, and thus efficiently manage a wireless mesh network. The present invention may also upgrade firmware of the beacon device in the wireless mesh network without stopping networking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kichon Kang
  • Patent number: 10362604
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to reverse direction duration. A device may establish a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication with one or more station devices. The device may determine a frame to be sent to the one or more station devices, wherein the frame includes at least one of a duration field or a reverse direction indication. The device may cause to send the frame to the one or more station devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Ou Yang, Oren Kedem, Chittabrata Ghosh, Solomon Trainin, Carlos Cordeiro
  • Patent number: 10338572
    Abstract: A network node (200), a wireless device (202) and methods therein, for handling device capabilities. The wireless device (202) sends (2:1) a capability pointer to the network node (200), which capability pointer is associated with a capability configuration of the wireless device (202). The network node (200) then retrieves (2:2) said capability configuration based on the capability pointer from a capability database (204) or the like where a range of predefined capability configurations and associated capability pointers are maintained. The retrieved capability configuration can then be used in radio communication (2:3) with the wireless device (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jose Luis Pradas, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Gunnar Mildh, Johan Rune
  • Patent number: 10333870
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing presence-based communications in a controlled environment. In an embodiment, a presence management system monitors communication status information related to communication devices within a controlled facility as well as communication device external to the controlled facility. Communication statuses indicate the availability of users to receive certain types of communications, such as, for example, video conferencing, audio calls, and/or textual messages. In an embodiment, an inmate of the controlled environment can view communication statuses of external individuals. The presence management system informs the inmate of the availability of the external individuals and facilitates communications between the inmates and external individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • Patent number: 10326485
    Abstract: A receiver and a receiving method of the receiver such that monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented. The receiver includes a zero intermediate frequency channel, performing in-phase/quadrature (IQ) down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a first frequency band using a frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of a first oscillation signal, and a superheterodyne channel, performing down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a second frequency band using the frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the first oscillation signal, where the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band. The zero intermediate frequency channel and the superheterodyne channel use a same oscillation signal or a same frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the oscillation signal, thereby monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuobiao He, Jianfeng Wu, Zhengxiang Ma
  • Patent number: 10326192
    Abstract: An acoustic-wave device with active calibration mechanism is provided. The acoustic-wave device with active calibration mechanism includes at least one acoustic-wave duplexer, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a frequency discriminator and a control circuit. The acoustic-wave duplexer includes a TX filter and an RX filter. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes a calibration resonator and a tunable negative impedance circuit. The TX filter, the RX filter and the calibration resonator are disposed on the same piezoelectric substrate. The frequency discriminator generates a calibration signal according to a frequency deviation of the calibration resonator. The control circuit is connected to the acoustic-wave duplexer and the frequency discriminator. The control circuit adjusts an operating frequency of the TX filter or an operating frequency of the RX filter according to the calibration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Chih Lin, Chin-Lung Yang
  • Patent number: 10326636
    Abstract: An RF frontend circuit includes an RF transceiver and a frequency synthesizer to perform frequency synthetization in a wide frequency spectrum. The frequency synthesizer generates an LO signal to the RF transceiver. The frequency synthesizer includes a quadrature signal generator to generate a quadrature LO signal based on the LO signal. The quadrature signal generator includes a first transformer. A first primary winding of the first transformer is disposed on a first substrate layer of the IC and a secondary winding of the first transformer is disposed on a second substrate layer of an IC. A second transformer is coupled to the first transformer in series. A second primary winding of the second transformer is disposed on the first substrate layer of the IC and a secondary winding of the second transformer is disposed on the second substrate layer of the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SPEEDLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Che-Chun Kuo, Taiyun Chi, Thomas Chen
  • Patent number: 10321347
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described. A long term evolution (LTE) base station includes a processor and a transceiver, which transmit first LTE data to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using LTE frequencies. The LTE data is at a time defined by LTE transmission time interval (TTI) boundaries. The processor maps an LTE class of second LTE data to an access class associated with IEEE 802.11e access and transmits the second LTE data to the WTRU using an IEEE 802.11 associated frequency. A transmission time of the second LTE data is based on an LTE TTI boundary after sensing that an IEEE 802.11 associated frequency is not busy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravikumar V. Pragada, Samian Kaur, Douglas R. Castor, Philip J. Pietraski, Arnab Roy
  • Patent number: 10321289
    Abstract: A method for transferring at least one service in a device and device thereof are provided. The method includes detecting invoking of an application on the electronic device, in response to the detection, providing access of a radio frequency (RF) transceiver of the device to a first subscriber identity module (SIM), the first SIM being in an active data session, and enabling transfer of at least one service associated with at least one second SIM to the first SIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shyjumon Nankandiyil, Anand Asati, Gurmanjeet Singh Sidhu, Inderjeet Singh Bedi, Samrat Bhasin, Gaurav Goel, Amod Ashokchourasia
  • Patent number: 10321325
    Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-network shared frequency spectrum optimization system and method. In the optimization method, a frequency spectrum resource allocated to a first network in a shared frequency spectrum pool comprises a frequency spectrum resource occupied by an OPEN mode base station in a first cell cluster, and a frequency spectrum resource allocated to a second network in the shared frequency spectrum pool comprises a frequency spectrum resource occupied by an OPEN mode base station in a second cell cluster, wherein the frequency spectrum resource occupied by each OPEN mode base station in the first cell cluster and the frequency spectrum resource occupied by each OPEN mode base station in the second cell cluster have the same size. The present invention improves the frequency spectrum efficiency and the base station service quality are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI RESEARCH CENTER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Xubo Gu, Jiang Wang, Jing Xu, Yong Teng, Kari Horneman
  • Patent number: 10321407
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied, and a control unit configured to control a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied. The operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support. The first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode. The second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Katsutoshi Itoh, Hideyuki Suzuki, Shinji Takae
  • Patent number: 10299235
    Abstract: A method for performing a device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system by a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a step for detecting a D2D synchronization signal from at least one synchronization source; a step of measuring a D2D reference signal received through the same subframe as that for the detected D2D synchronization signal; and a step of selecting synchronization reference UE from said at least one synchronization source according to whether a prescribed condition is satisfied, wherein said prescribed condition is satisfied if the measured result of the D2D reference signal satisfies a threshold value and an information element of a D2D channel linked with the D2D reference signal satisfying the threshold value is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Byounghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10299278
    Abstract: A multi-radio wireless device capable of communicating on several wireless communication protocols (WCP) such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. may select a communication channel for a desired WCPs by measuring both overlapping and non-overlapping channels of another WCP and determining combined congestion metrics (which measure communications of other devices using the particular channels) for those overlapping and non-overlapping channels. Each channel of the desired WCP may be measured using different combined congestion metrics as well as the individual congestion metrics for the potential channels of the desired WCP. The availability of particular channels of the desired WCP may be measured in this way to select a channel of the desired WCP that is most likely to be available and whose potentially interfering traffic (as measured by the congestion metrics) is least likely to interfere with other communications of a device, including other communications on other WCPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Milos Jorgovanovic
  • Patent number: 10299254
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a general method for accessing a network when a wireless device, e.g., a user equipment, knows about a wireless network because it can e.g. measure on a cell and read its system information, but is unable to access it. The disclosure relates to transmitting uplink control messages relating to data received in a wireless device and in particular it relates a method, performed in a wireless device supporting a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, of transmitting uplink control messages relating to data received in the wireless device. The method comprises receiving a configuration message defining in the first radio access technology, a Physical Fast Control Channel for transmission of uplink control messages relating to data received in the wireless device using the second radio access technology and transmitting uplink control messages relating to data received using the second radio access technology on the Physical Fast Control Channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Bengt Lindoff, Robert Baldemair, Yngve Selen, Anders Wallen, Leif Wilhelmsson
  • Patent number: 10282727
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Pablo F. Caro, Woo-Ram Lee, George R. Dicker, Christopher D. Adams, Charles Ahn, Craig M. Federighi, Brian Tucker, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 10285214
    Abstract: A communications method of a wearable device, a communications system, and a related device are disclosed, which are applied to a communications technology field. In the communications method of a wearable device, if a second Bluetooth connection between user equipment and the wearable device is disconnected, a first Bluetooth connection between a network connection device and the wearable device is established, so that the network connection device may send, to the wearable device through the first Bluetooth connection, first information sent by the user equipment through a third communication connection to the network connection device. In this way, indirect communication between the user equipment and the wearable device is implemented by using the network connection device, so that the user equipment and the wearable device are not limited by a communication range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qinliang Zhang, Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10278200
    Abstract: A system and method of minimizing interference and retries in an environment where two or more network protocols utilize the same frequency spectrum is disclosed. A lower-power network controller is co-located with a WIFI controller. The lower-power network controller parses incoming packets as they are received and generates a request signal once it is determined that the incoming packet is destined for this device. This maximizes the likelihood that no WIFI traffic will occur while the incoming packet is being received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Lee Dickey, Ramin Khoini-Poorfard, Jason Christopher Rock
  • Patent number: 10278225
    Abstract: Systems and methods modify the behavior and operation of an electronic device and also enable a server to intercept and process incoming communications for the electronic device, based on whether the electronic device is communicating with a network via a high data rate mode or a low data rate mode. According to certain aspects, whether the electronic device is communicating with the network via a high data rate mode or a low data rate mode may be determined by calculating a delay index based on the amount of repeated data received by the electronic device. The electronic device may be able to maintain a more consistent connection with the network and improve the experience and satisfaction of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
    Inventors: Eric Le Roy Krenz, Robert Tristan Love, Istvan Janos Szini
  • Patent number: 10278128
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, comprising: first and second communication units; third communication unit for performing a communication of data, wherein the second communication unit performs a predetermined communication for activating the third communication unit and has a communication speed slower than and a power consumption less than the third communication unit, wherein the first communication unit has a communication range shorter than the third and second communication unit; reception unit for, if a communication with a communication partner apparatus is initiated by the first communication unit, receiving information relating to the communication partner apparatus by the first communication unit; and selection unit for, based on the received information, selecting whether to initiate data communication by the third or second communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi Takahashi, Nobuhiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10277254
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, formatting, by an input formatting block, input streams into plural PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes); encoding, by an encoder, data in the plural PLPs; time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the encoded data in the plural PLPs, wherein the time interleaving includes: cell interleaving, by a cell interleaver, the encoded data by permuting cells in a FEC (Forward Error Correction) block in the plural PLPs; frame mapping, by a framer, the time interleaved data onto at least one signal frame; and waveform modulating, by a waveform block, the mapped data in the at least one signal frame and transmitting, by the waveform block, broadcast signals having the modulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Seoyoung Back, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10264408
    Abstract: A mobile communication method comprises: a step A of broadcasting, from a specific cell, MBMS service update information indicating a timing of a broadcasting of MBMS service information indicating contents of MBMS data; a step B of broadcasting, from the specific cell, the MBMS service information at the timing indicated by the MBMS service update information; and a step C of receiving, by the mobile terminal existing in the specific cell, the MBMS service information broadcasted from the specific cell at the timing indicated by the MBMS service update information broadcasted from the specific cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Chang, Noriyoshi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10264500
    Abstract: A device to deliver data to a network may be identified. The data to be delivered may be identified. Information associated with a device's probability of travelling to the network may be identified. Based on that information, the data to be delivered may be transferred to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Graham C. Charters, Bret W. Dixon, Benjamin T. Horwood, Alexander H. Poga, Mark A. Shewell
  • Patent number: 10262509
    Abstract: An electronic computing device includes a processing unit and system memory. The system memory includes instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the electronic computing device to monitor audio from a conversation. One or more keywords are identified from the audio. A context of the conversation is identified from the audio. One or more alerts are displayed on a display screen of the electronic computing device. Each of the one or more alerts corresponds to the context of the conversation. Each of the one or more alerts corresponds to a notification to be communicated to an individual. One of the notifications is obtained. The notification is displayed on the display screen of the electronic computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Kourtney Eidam, Michael T. Duke
  • Patent number: 10263642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, formatting, by an input formatting block, input streams into plural PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes); encoding, by an encoder, data in the plural PLPs; time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the encoded data in the plural PLPs, wherein the time interleaving includes: cell interleaving, by a cell interleaver, the encoded data by permuting cells in a FEC (Forward Error Correction) block in the plural PLPs; frame mapping, by a framer, the time interleaved data onto at least one signal frame; and waveform modulating, by a waveform block, the mapped data in the at least one signal frame and transmitting, by the waveform block, broadcast signals having the modulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Seoyoung Back, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10256851
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to time-division and frequency-division duplex protocols for wireless applications. In some embodiments, a wireless architecture can include a radio-frequency (RF) path configured to support a first modified time-division duplex (TDD) band operation and a second modified TDD band operation. Such a wireless architecture can allow consolidation of signal paths and/or re-use of components such as filters and duplexers, to advantageously reduce or eliminate some paths and/or components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David Richard Pehlke, Joel Richard King
  • Patent number: 10250707
    Abstract: A method for selecting an information pushed-to terminal, including determining, by a first terminal, a service type of received service information according to a preset terminal service type table, acquiring, by the first terminal from a terminal status table configured in the first terminal, characteristic information of second terminals connected to the first terminal, and determining working statuses of the second terminals according to the characteristic information, selecting, by the first terminal from the second terminals according to a preset information push rule, the service type of the service information and the working statuses of the second terminals, a target terminal of information push, and sending a prompt message of having received the service information to the target terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingqing Mei, Zhihao Jin
  • Patent number: 10244005
    Abstract: A system and method that allows a mobile device to register for IMS services while the mobile device is roaming in a visited telecommunications network is disclosed. The system receives a request for multiple IMS services from a mobile device while the mobile device is roaming in a foreign network. The system uses an identifier of the foreign network and an associated RAT type to query a policy table containing a list of whitelisted IMS services for the foreign network and associated RAT type. The system processes the requested IMS registrations for services that are whitelisted and does not process requested IMS registrations for services that are not on the whitelist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shujaur Mufti, Rob Piscopo, Shelby Seward, Zeeshan Jahangir
  • Patent number: 10236931
    Abstract: A dual-mode signal transceiver includes a first transmitter circuit, a second transmitter circuit, and a receiver circuit. The first transmitter circuit is configured to operate in a first mode and configured to process a first input signal according to a first oscillating signal, in order to output a first output signal. The second transmitter circuit is configured to operate in a second mode and configured to process a second input signal according to a second oscillating signal, in order to output a second output signal, wherein a frequency of the second oscillating signal is not an integral multiple of a frequency of the first oscillating signal. The receiver circuit is configured to process an external signal associated with one of the first mode and the second mode according to the first oscillating signal, in order to read data associated with the external signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chang Shih, Yu-Che Yang, Kun-Hsun Liao
  • Patent number: 10237735
    Abstract: A multicell access method using beamforming in a wireless communication system is provided. In the method for operating a terminal, an access procedure for accessing a first base station using a first antenna and accessing a second base station using a second antenna is performed. Communication with the first base station is performed using the first antenna. Communication with the second base station is performed using the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Jin Kim, Yung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10230575
    Abstract: An approach is presented for client initiated provisioning. A provisioning manager determines a client-based trigger for requesting a provisioning of a client device to access a network. The provisioning manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the client-based trigger to generate a provisioning request, and then causes, at least in part, transmission of the provisioning request to a provisioning server associated with the network. The provisioning manager receives provisioning information from the provisioning server for processing to gain access to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Paul Oommen, Gabor Bajko
  • Patent number: 10225715
    Abstract: The present image forming apparatus selects an appropriate connection method in accordance with circumstances from a plurality of connection methods when communication with an information processing apparatus is established by short-range wireless communication, and notifies information necessary for performing communication by the selected connection method to the information processing apparatus via short-range wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Morita
  • Patent number: 10212721
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to wireless communications. A described system includes a first radio configured to wirelessly transmit to a first station in accordance with a first wireless communication technology via uplink periods that are scheduled by the first station; a second radio configured to wirelessly communicate with a second station in accordance with a second wireless communication technology; and a controller coupled with the first and second radios, the controller being configured to select for puncturing one or more of the uplink periods based on information about types of data to be transmitted respectively in the uplink periods, puncture, independently of the first station, the one or more selected uplink periods by causing the first radio to terminate transmissions to the first station during the selected uplink period(s), and cause the second radio to receive data from the second station during the selected uplink period(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Ling Chao, Qing Zhao, Leilei Song, Hui-Ling Lou, Yakun Sun
  • Patent number: 10212720
    Abstract: A scheduling method, including: listening to, by a station, a first beacon frame containing a DTIM message used for indicating a beacon interval allocated for each group of stations within a current scheduling period; determining the beacon interval allocated for the station within the current scheduling period according to the DTIM message contained in the first beacon frame; listening to, by the station, within the beacon interval allocated for the station, a second beacon frame containing scheduling information of the current beacon interval used for indicating a time period allocated to each group of stations for data transmission within the current beacon interval; when data transmission is required, transmitting, by the station, data within the time period allocated to the group of the station according to indication of the scheduling information. The present invention improves utilization of time periods, saves time resources and enhances transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Chen Chen, Lina Zhu, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 10212758
    Abstract: A first communication unit communicates with a first communication terminal device by using a first communication scheme. A second communication unit communicates with a second communication terminal device by using a second communication scheme capable of communication over a longer distance than the first communication scheme. A search instruction communicating unit communicates a search instruction to the second communication terminal device via the second communication unit, the search instruction including an identifier identifying a first communication terminal device, and instructing the second communication terminal device to search for the first communication terminal device by using the first communication scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Makinouchi, Hikaru Sueta, Eiiti Hosono
  • Patent number: 10204073
    Abstract: A method and system for configuring a network device according to the identity of a plurality of removable wireless communications devices (RWCDs), the method comprising the steps of: determining the identities of the plurality of RWCDs; determining whether the network device is capable of using the plurality RWCDs; retrieving policy settings from an authorized party or a storage medium of the network device according to the identities of the plurality of RWCDs, determining priority of policy settings; and configuring the network device according to the policy settings. The priority of policy settings are based on the positions of the RWCDs when there are conflict among policy settings. The plurality of RWCDs are plugged to the network device and the network device provides wireless wide area network (WAN) connectivity through the plurality of RWCDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex Wing Hong Chan, Wan Chun Leung, Ho Ming Chan, Patrick Ho Wai Sung