BlackBerry Limited Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160142511 | APPLICATION ASSIGNMENT RECONCILIATION AND LICENSE MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for reconciling application assignments of different types to users and devices, and associating appropriate licenses for the applications to the users from purchase accounts managed by an external application store. An example method includes identifying a change in an assignment configuration for a user, the assignment configuration including a plurality of assignments of an application to the user; determining a winning assignment from the plurality of assignments; in response to determining the winning assignment, determining that the winning assignment requires a change to an external application store; and in response to determining that the winning assignment requires a change to the external application store, instructing the external application store to perform a configuration change corresponding to the winning assignment. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE LICENSE AGGREGATION ACROSS MULTIPLE PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SIM CARDS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION - A system, a computer program product and a method associate service licenses with a wireless device. A device identifier (device ID) which identifies the wireless device and a Subscriber Identity Module identifier (SIM ID) identifying a SIM card currently inserted in the wireless device are received. If the SIM ID is not currently associated with the device ID, a listing of service licenses associated with the SIM ID is aggregated with a listing of service licenses associated with the device ID. The wireless device is authorized to use service licenses listed in the aggregate listing of service licenses. A virtual SIM identifier may be associated with the SIM identifier and at least one additional service license. The at least one additional service license associated with the virtual SIM identifier may be stored in a database as a subscriber service profile. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138944 | Proximity Sensor - A proximity sensor for an electronic device comprises a proximity module, a lens and an optical module secured in an air gap therebetween. The proximity module has an emitter and a detector and is configured to generate a signal that is a function of light emitted by the emitter, and light detected by the detector, some portion of the detected light having been reflected by a target external to the electronic device. A transmissive-reflective surface of the optical module is aligned with the emitter field of view (FOV) and the detector FOV. The optical module guides emitted light through a transmissive portion of the lens to the exterior of the electronic device, and guides target-reflected light collected by the transmissive portion to the detector. The emitter FOV and the detector FOV are substantially aligned with one another. | 05-19-2016 |
20160135245 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONNECT WIRELESS-ENABLED DEVICES - Examples to establish a connection between wireless-enabled devices involve collecting first biophysical signal data via a first wireless-enabled device, using the first biophysical signal data as a key to decrypt encrypted information received from a second wireless-enabled device to recover first information, and establishing a wireless connection between the first wireless-enabled device and the second wireless-enabled device based on a comparison of the first information and second information stored in the first wireless-enabled device. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134572 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MESSAGE ATTACHMENT TRANSMISSION - Methods and devices for transmitting message attachments from a messaging server to a mobile device. The mobile device identifies if any of the attachments are of a first type and requests transmission, from the messaging server, of the identified attachments of the first type, if any. The device determines the remaining transmission capacity by subtracting the collective size of the message body received and the identified attachments of the first type, if any, from the initial data limit. Based on the remaining transmission capacity, the device determines that at least one of the one or more attachments, other than the identified attachments, has a size smaller than the remaining transmission capacity, and based on that determination, requests transmission of said at least one of the one or more attachments from the messaging server to the mobile device. | 05-12-2016 |
20160119084 | CARRIER AGGREGATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BITS - Systems, methods, and user equipment can involve transmitting Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bits for carrier aggregation between a first cell and a second cell in a User Equipment (UE). With the UE, for a sub-frame, a first number of ACK/NACK bits for the first cell can be compared with a second number of ACK/NACK bits for the second cell. If a first number of ACK/NACK bits for the first cell is less than a second number of ACK/NACK bits for the second cell, an ACK/NACK bit position from the first cell can be used to transmit an ACK/NACK bit for the second cell. In some implementations, one or more DTX bits can be used to set the number of ACK/NACK bits in the first cell equal to the number of ACK/NACK bits in the second cell. | 04-28-2016 |
20160113039 | COMMUNICATION STATIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING ON A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - Example communication stations and methods for transmitting on a random access channel (RACH) in wireless networks are disclosed herein. An example method for transmitting on an enhanced RACH by a device such that an initial access burst is received in a single time slot by a wireless network involves determining a timing advance, the timing advance being associated with a serving cell. The example method also involves transmitting, using the determined timing advance, the initial access burst, on the enhanced RACH, that includes at least one of an identifier or user data. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110440 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR SYNCHRONIZING A GROUP OF DATA OBJECTS - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates synchronization of a group of data objects. Batches of data objects are iteratively processed. When a synchronization response indicates that the data of the request is unsynchronizable, data associated with the synchronization request is marked. A retry procedure is subsequently utilized to attempt synchronization of the marked data objects and to determine the individual data objects that cannot be synchronized. | 04-21-2016 |
20160105548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINE SELECTION IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present disclosure provide embodiments of an apparatus and method for selecting a line from two or more lines on a communication device. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method, comprising: detecting initiation of an outgoing call from a communication device to a target party, the communication device having at least two lines; identifying the target party in contact information; determining which of the at least two lines is associated with the target party; in response to the detecting the initiation of the outgoing call, operating the communication device to make the outgoing call to the target party using the associated line. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE ON A DEVICE THAT INDICATES CONTENT OPERATORS - A computer-implemented method of operating an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, the method comprises: displaying on the display a menu adjacent an edge of the display, the menu containing one or more icons, each icon representing a function and being selectable by the user; and in response to detection of a user input in relation to an icon, causing the device to display a description of the function of the icon, wherein the description is displayed to project from the menu. | 04-14-2016 |
20160094942 | Visual Representation Of Contact Location - A method for visually representing information on a display of a portable electronic device includes receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device, plotting a visual identifier on a map and displaying the map on the display of the portable electronic device. The position of the visual identifier corresponds to the location coordinates received from the at least one other portable electronic device, which correspond to an actual location of the at least one other portable electronic device. The appearance of the visual identifier is selected to depict the status of the user of the at least one other portable electronic device. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094706 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING AUTOMATIC TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device, and a wireless communications network for sending text messages thereto. More particularly, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a wireless transceiver and a controller for cooperating therewith for receiving text messages from the wireless communications network. It may further include a headset output connected to the controller. The controller may be for switching between a normal message mode and an audio message mode based upon a connection between the headset output and a headset. Moreover, when in the audio message mode, the controller may output at least one audio message including speech generated from at least one of the received text messages via the headset output. | 03-31-2016 |
20160088505 | Measure of Quality of Link Between Mobile Station and Base Station - A mobile station associated with a base station determines a measure of the quality of a communication link between the mobile station and the base station. The measure is determined by comparing either i) an expected data rate for communications over the link and an actual data rate of communications over the link, wherein the expected data rate takes into account radio frequency (RF) power levels of signals received at the mobile station over the link, or ii) an expected RF power level for communications over the link and RF power levels of signals received at the mobile station over the link, wherein the expected RF power level takes into account the actual data rate of communications over the link. This measure of the quality of the link may be a factor in triggering the mobile station to initiate a handoff. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085394 | METHOD OF MODIFYING RENDERED ATTRIBUTES OF LIST ELEMENTS IN A USER INTERFACE - A method of modifying attributes of list elements in a layout space of the list as the list scrolls in a user interface is disclosed herein. The method comprises determining a series of location values of each list element for a duration of a scroll event. Additionally, for each list element, at each determined location value of that list element, the attributes of that list element are determined by evaluating a set of spline curves associated with that list element based on that location value. The list elements are re-rendered in accordance with the determined attributes for the duration of the scroll event. | 03-24-2016 |
20160081067 | Method and System for Signaling Transmission Layers for Single User and Multi User MIMO - A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer. | 03-17-2016 |
20160081059 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK BROADCAST INFORMATION TO WLAN ENABLED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - One illustrative method for a wireless device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes receiving a network interworking indicator at the wireless device, the network interworking indicator indicating support of a capability of the WLAN to communicate information relating to a wireless network. A request for network information identifying one or more networks is transmitted from the wireless device to the WLAN. The network information is received in response to the request for network information. The network information is provided in a container field of a generic container. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080749 | TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT CODING FOR CONTEXT-ADAPTIVE BINARY ENTROPY CODING OF VIDEO - Methods and devices for encoding and decoding video are described that partition transform blocks into coefficient groups. The coefficients within non-zero coefficients are run-length coded in a reverse scan order within the group. Prior to coefficient coding, data is encoded indicating which coefficient group in group scan order is the last to contain a non-zero coefficient. Then data is encoded indicating the position within that last non-zero coefficient group of the last non-zero coefficient in scan order inside the coefficient group. Thus the decoder is able to decode run-length data knowing the positions of the coefficients and eliminating the need for end-of-block flags. | 03-17-2016 |
20160077602 | Method and Handheld Electronic Device for Displaying and Selecting Diacritics - A handheld electronic device includes a keypad having a plurality of keys and a selection member; a display component; and a processor cooperating with the keypad and the display component to provide a display at the display component. The display includes a first representation of a plurality of the keys, and at least one of: (a) a second representation of an activated one of the input members, (b) a third representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of the input members, and (c) a fourth representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of the input members, and a direction of selection between the activated one of the input members and one of the diacritics. The processor cooperates with the selection member to adjust the direction of selection, and select one of the diacritics for display by the display component. | 03-17-2016 |
20160073130 | CODING POSITION DATA FOR THE LAST NON-ZERO TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT IN A COEFFICIENT GROUP - Methods and devices for video coding are described. When encoding a non-zero coefficient group (CG) prior to the last such group in a group scan ordering within a transform block, data representative of the true (x,y)-position of the last non-zero transform coefficient in a scan ordering within that CG is modified, to improve coding efficiency, based upon at least one of (a) an intra-prediction mode used to encode the block and (b) at least one coefficient group neighbouring that CG. Upon decoding a CG thus encoded, the modification is un-done to retrieve the true (x,y)-position. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072746 | E-Mail Proxy - In one embodiment, a method for processing an e-mail message addressed to an e-mail client is disclosed. The method comprises receiving at a mail server an e-mail message addressed to the e-mail client, the e-mail message including an attachment which is characterized by a size; reducing the size of the attachment to create a reduced size attachment; preparing a formatted message, which includes the reduced size attachment and a link to the attachment, wherein the attachment is downloadable from the mail server using the link; and delivering the formatted message to the e-mail client for display on a computational device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072743 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND RETRIEVAL OF MESSAGE ATTACHMENTS IN A MESSAGE CONVERSATION - The present disclosure provides for an end-user communication device of a messaging system configured to identify messages exchanged during a message conversation. Responsive to selection of one or more data files, the device retrieves the one or more selected data files from a local memory of the device or from a server of the messaging system. Optionally, the messages may be identified in response to a request to add one or more new recipients in a reply to a message of a message conversation and selected data files may be forwarded to the new recipients. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070606 | MULTIPLATFORM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods for managing multiple wireless devices are disclosed. An exemplary system includes multiple domains each having a particular type of wireless device management system and respective (application programming interface) APIs. API call modules corresponding to each domain enable accessing of the APIs exposed by each of the respective domains. A management console enables compiling of a consolidated list of devices and users from each of the device management systems into a single view. An exemplary method includes querying multiple domains to obtain user information, compiling a consolidated list of users, displaying the consolidated list in a user interface, selecting a user from the consolidated list, and submitting a command to either all or a specific domain for the selected user. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070379 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - The present disclosure provides a capacitive touch sensor for an electronic device. The touch sensor has a trace carrier having a sensing surface, a connecting surface, and a number of electrically conductive traces on the trace carrier. The traces form a sensing pattern on the sensing surface and pass from the sensing surface to the connecting surface. The sensor also includes a capacitive sensing circuit operable to electrically couple to the traces at the connecting surface of the trace carrier, and to sense a capacitance change. A touch position on the sensing surface is determined dependent upon the sensed capacitance change. | 03-10-2016 |
20160066174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMITY DISCOVERY FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method, network node, and user equipments for providing parameters to a first user equipment served by the network element, the parameters describing at least a second user equipment for the purpose of the first user equipment initiating a device to device proximity discovery service with the second user equipment, the method collecting information for user equipments desiring device to device proximity discovery; creating a candidate user equipment list for a candidate tier based on the collected information at the network element, wherein each candidate tier comprises one or more thresholds based on timing advance values in use at the first or the at least the second user equipment; and providing the parameters describing at least a second user equipment to the first user equipment. | 03-03-2016 |
20160057772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING INTER-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH DIFFERENT UL/DL TDD CONFIGURATIONS - In some implementations, a method of wireless communications between a wireless communications network and wireless user equipment includes receiving, using a primary Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration, data on a primary component carrier in a first frequency band. Using a secondary TDD configuration, data on a secondary component carrier is received in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) for data received on the secondary component carrier is transmitted using a supplemental TDD configuration. A transmission or retransmission on the secondary component carrier uses a supplemental TDD configuration as well. The supplemental TDD configuration is different from the secondary TDD configuration. Furthermore, an uplink supplemental configuration may be different from a downlink supplemental configuration. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057601 | CONTENT DISPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE CONTENT IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, a wireless mobile User Equipment (UE) device comprises a message generator configured to send a SIP request message via a first IP network and a processor configured to process a SIP response message received from a network node via the first IP network, the processor further configured to process instructions to provide a treatment for at least one message body content of the SIP response message based on a value of a content type indicator independent of at least one of an absence of a content disposition indicator, a content disposition indicator without a value and a content disposition indicator having a value. The treatment, applied by the UE device, may comprise one of: (i) performing an Emergency Services (ES) call effectuated via a CS network and (ii) performing a registration and an ES call effectuated via an IP network. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057286 | Method of Joining a Conference Call - In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays information relating to the conference call event including a date for a conference call which is subject of the conference call event and a start time of the conference call. While displaying the interface, a menu offering one or more options is displayed; these one or more options include an option to join the conference call. When an indication of a selection of the option to join the conference call is received, information associated with the conference call is located; this information includes a telephone number for a conference call bridge. A connection with the conference call bridge using the telephone number is initiated. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055471 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OBTAIN TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION - Methods and apparatus to obtain transaction confirmation are described. One example method includes emulating a payment method using a close-proximity communication device of a mobile device, establishing a close-proximity communication link using the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device, transferring payment information from the mobile device using the close-proximity communication device, switching the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device to an information receiving communication mode, and receiving a transaction confirmation at the close-proximity communication device of the mobile device. Other implementations are possible. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055040 | PROCESSING USER INPUT EVENTS IN A WEB BROWSER - A method and computing device are provided for processing user events received via a user interface, such as a touchscreen, in multiple threads. When a user event is received for a target element in a webpage, the user event is dispatched to both a main browser thread and a secondary thread. The secondary thread processes user events in accordance with established default actions defined within the browser, while the main thread processes the user events in accordance with any event handlers defined for that target element. The main thread processing may be delayed by other interleaved task, and the secondary thread may be given priority over the main thread. When the secondary thread completes processing, an updated webpage is displayed. When the main thread subsequently completes processing, its updated rendering of the webpage is displayed. The secondary thread thus provides an early user interface response to the user event. | 02-25-2016 |
20160044515 | Dynamic Cell Clustering - In some implementations, a method for dynamic cell clustering includes splitting, by an initial central coordinator, the cluster into two or more clusters in response to a message from a small cell in a cluster. The initial cluster includes a plurality of cells, including the small cell, with each cell assigned a same Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044500 | Methods and Apparatus to Indicate Space Requirements for Communicating Capabilities of a Device - Example methods and apparatus to indicate space requirements for communicating capabilities of a device are disclosed. In accordance with a disclosed example method, a request is sent to a network to request a quantity of blocks to be allocated for use by a mobile station. The quantity of blocks is determined based on a data size to identify radio access capabilities of the mobile station. An allocation of the quantity of blocks is received from the network. Radio access capability information of the mobile station is sent via the allocated blocks. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044496 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN TRANSFERRING AN ASSIGNMENT OF A SECURE CHIP BETWEEN SUBSCRIPTION MANAGERS - Techniques for use in transferring an assignment of a secure chip of a wireless device from a current subscription manager (SM) of a current mobile network operator (MNO) to a new SM of a new MNO are described. In one illustrative example, the current SM receives a request for transferring the assignment and produces transfer permission data in response. The transfer permission data includes an identifier of the secure chip, an identifier of the current SM, and a digital signature of the current SM. The current SM then sends to the secure chip a transfer permission message which includes the transfer permission data. The transfer permission data indicates a permission for the secure chip to transfer the assignment from the current SM to the new SM. Additional techniques are performed by the secure chip, and the new SM, as described. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORD PREDICTION SELECTION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving word prediction candidate selection in an electronic device. Input of one or more characters is received via a capacitive physical keyboard. A word prediction process generates a set of word prediction candidates, determines a unique character in each word prediction candidate, and displays the word prediction candidates along with visual indicia to indicate the unique character. A second input is then received comprising a tap input of a single character on the keyboard. The electronic device determines whether the second input corresponds to a unique character associated with any of the word prediction candidates, and if so, displays the selected word in an input field on the display. | 02-11-2016 |
20160037496 | System and Method for Sharing a Control Channel For Carrier Aggregation - A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037468 | System and Method for Uplink Timing Synchronization in Conjunction with Discontinuous Reception - Systems and methods for controlling sounding reference signal transmission are provided; a user equipment starts transmitting the sounding reference signal in anticipation of uplink data transmission, and then discontinues transmitting the sounding reference signal after completion of uplink data transmission. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037418 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE UNAVAILABLE THROUGH A NETWORK CELL - A method performed by user equipment (UE) includes receiving a request to access a service unavailable through a first network cell associated with the UE, and receiving a message from an access device associated with the first network cell, wherein the message identifies a plurality of second network cells providing the service. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037048 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A CAMERA FEATURE - Methods and electronic devices for sharing a camera feature are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a method. The method is performed by a first electronic device which has a camera. The method includes: establishing wireless communications between the first electronic device and a second electronic device using a short range communication module of the first electronic device; and entering a camera-feature-sharing mode in which a camera-related feature of the second electronic device is accessible to the first electronic device using the short range communication module and in which a camera-related feature of the first electronic device is accessible to the second electronic device using the short range communication module. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING IMAGES USING AN IMAGE UPLOAD MENU - There is disclosed a system and method for uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera. In an embodiment, the method comprises: upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera, automatically initiating an image upload module; configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and upon receiving user instructions, uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings. The upload settings may be preselected and the device may be preauthorized to access an account on the image repository. | 02-04-2016 |
20160036611 | Scattered Pilot Pattern And Channel Estimation Method For MIMO-OFDM Systems - Methods and apparatus are provided for inserting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) transmission resource utilizing frequency hopping patterns for the data symbols and/or the pilot symbols. Data symbols and pilot symbols are allocated for down link (base station to mobile station) and up link (mobile station to bases station) transmission resources in a two-dimensional time-frequency pattern. For each antenna of a MIMO-OFDM (multiple input multiple output OFDM) communication system, pilot symbols are inserted in a scattered pattern in time-frequency and data symbols are inserted in an identical frequency-hopping pattern in time-frequency as that of other antennas. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034124 | Capturing and Processing Multi-Media Information Using Mobile Communication Devices - Methods and devices are provided for generating and publishing multi-media information associated with actions performed on a mobile communication device. A publishing application monitors actions performed on the mobile communication device and enables selection of at least one of the actions. Content associated with selected actions may be stored and data associated with at least one of the selected actions and the content associated with at least one selected action may be extracted. The multi-media information may be displayed on a graphical user interface in a pre-selected format, such as a chronologically arranged list. Users may preview and modify the multi-media information before publication through a pre-selected communication service. The multi-media information may be published by selecting an icon, including an image identifying the pre-selected communication service. The mobile communication device generates content that users may efficiently modify and publish to a desired communication service. | 02-04-2016 |
20160029187 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR VIEWING SHORT MESSAGES ON A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method and electronic device. An electronic message is received at the communication device where the electronic message having an address associated therewith. An input is detected at the communication device to display the electronic message. The electronic message is displayed on a message viewer of the communication device. The electronic message is displayed chronologically in association with at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message where the at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message each has an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. | 01-28-2016 |
20160007203 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH ENVIRONMENT AWARE FEATURES - A method and mobile electronic device are provided which automatically adjust settings based on the environment of the mobile electronic device. The settings of the mobile electronic device which are adjusted may be security settings, filter settings, or status for instant messaging in dependence on the determined location of the mobile electronic device. | 01-07-2016 |
20150382133 | METHOD TO DISPLAY CONTEXT DEPENDENT INFORMATION TO A USER IN OR FROM A VEHICLE - A method for a user electronic device to present information to a user. A status of a short range communication link between the user electronic device and a vehicle electronic device of a vehicle is monitored. When the user electronic device and the vehicle electronic device are connected, first data associated with the vehicle is retrieved from the vehicle electronic device. Dependent upon the first data, second data, including vehicle data, is retrieved. The second data is formatted in accordance with a messaging protocol of the vehicle electronic device and transmitted to the vehicle electronic device for presentation on a visual or audio interface of the vehicle electronic device. When the short range link is terminated, or at regular intervals, the location of the user electronic device may be stored to enable the vehicle to be located at a later time. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379095 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DATABASE KEYWORD SEARCHING - A method performed by a mobile communications device, including: populating a central database on the device with a title for each of a plurality of software modules installed on the device and associating each title with its software module; populating the central database with at least one keyword associated with each of the plurality of software modules and associating each keyword with its software module; receiving at the device a search query; displaying at the device a search result identifying at least one of the software modules installed on the device having either a title or one or more associated keywords matching the search query; and in response to receiving at the device a selection of a software module identified in the search result, activating the selected software module. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378982 | CHARACTER ENTRY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A POSITION SENSING KEYBOARD - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for entering characters into an electronic device. Character inputs from a keyboard are displayed on a display of an electronic device and a set of suggested character sequences are also presented on the display in proximity to the displayed text. When a user digit position is sensed in a region of the keyboard, a suggested character sequence of the set of suggested character sequences that is associated with that region of the keyboard is visually indicated or highlighted. Responsive to a sensed motion gesture beginning at the sensed user digit position, the suggested character sequence indicated by the sensed user digit position is selected for input to the electronic device. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378601 | Touch-Sensitive Display Method and Apparatus - An example method includes associating a first area of a non-display area of a touch-sensitive display with a first control, wherein a touch associated with the first control results in moving an indicator through the information in a first direction and in a second direction. The method may also include associating a second area of the non-display area with a second control, wherein a touch associated with the second control results in moving the indicator through the information in the first direction and in the second direction. The method may also include detecting a first touch associated with the first control, in response to detecting the first touch, moving the indicator in the first direction, detecting a second touch associated with the second control, and in response to detecting the second touch, moving the indicator in the first direction. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378552 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RENDERING SECONDARY CHARACTERS - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a memory configured to store instructions, and a screen configured to display data. The portable electronic device also includes a keyboard including a plurality of physical keys configured to receive key inputs. Each of the physical keys is associated with inputting a primary character and a secondary character. The portable electronic device further includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect an input of a physical key, determine whether the input is a press input or a tap input, the press input being associated with inputting the primary character, and the tap input being associated with inputting the secondary character. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions to enable display on the screen of the secondary character associated with the physical key based on the determination that the input is a tap input. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378462 | Device and Method for Processing User Input - A method for generating display data comprises detecting user input via an input interface. A processor is in communication with the input interface to generate display data comprising a display object for display by a display device. The display object is representative of an action that will subsequently be performed by the processor on continuation of the user input. The display data on the display device is output whilst the user input is being detected. Alternatively, the display object is caused to appear on the display device over time as the user input is being performed, wherein the rate at which the display object appears is different to the rate of performance of the user input. A device and executable computer program for performing the steps of the method is also provided. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378398 | Cover for Actuating a Mobile Electronic Device Sensor - A mobile electronic device has a sensor responsive to a magnetic field. A cover for the device has a body portion defining an interior cavity for receiving the mobile electronic device. A magnet and a ferrous metal element are carried by the cover. The ferrous metal element is magnetized by the magnet and positioned to be adjacent the sensor when the mobile electronic device is received in the interior cavity. | 12-31-2015 |
20150373634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - The present invention allows content to be delivered to a mobile terminal over different types of networks in order to efficiently use network resources. Content can be delivered using a select delivery method over a cellular network, a local wireless network, or a broadcast network. Within any of the networks, the content may be unicast to individual mobile terminals using individual content flows, multicast to a group of mobile terminals, or broadcast to any or all of the mobile terminals. Content can be multicast or broadcast to mobile terminals via different ones of the disparate networks. During a content flow, the network through which the content flow is delivered may be changed to allow the mobile terminal to receive the content through a different network. Further, the delivery method used to deliver the content may dynamically change as the number of mobile terminals receiving or requesting the content changes. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373526 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Files to Electornic Devices - Method and apparatus for transferring a file from a sending wireless device to a receiving wireless device in a short-range wireless system. A file to be sent to the receiving wireless device is selected on the sending wireless device. The sending wireless device has a device list of receiving wireless devices. If the receiving wireless device is absent on the device list, the sending wireless device searches and identifies new devices. A device among the identified new devices is selected as the receiving wireless device. A connection is established between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device; and the file is sent to the receiving wireless device. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC NOTIFICATIONS TO MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for providing traffic notifications to mobile devices is provided. The system obtains device data from a plurality of mobile devices within a similar area, gathered using, e.g., a GPS system. According to the speed that the mobile devices are travelling and the location of the similar area, traffic events can be identified and other mobile devices notified to provide dynamic updates as traffic situations change. Follow up notifications can be provided to update the user regarding the progress of traffic congestion, detours can be suggested, and various alerts provided. The mobile device may be connected to or part of a vehicle and leverage the notification system to provide different types of alerts and to notify users using various mechanisms. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373317 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Methods and devices for generating a stereoscopic image are described. In one aspect, the electronic device includes a main body and a support rotatably coupled with the main body about an axis of rotation. The support is rotatable between a plurality of positions including a first position and a second position. The electronic device also includes a first camera module for generating first camera data and a second camera module for generating second camera data. The second camera module is positioned in spaced relation to the first camera module and coupled to the support away from the axis of rotation. The electronic device further includes a controller coupled with the first camera module and the second camera module. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371612 | DISPLAY SCREEN HAVING REGIONS OF DIFFERING PIXEL DENSITY - A display device including: a display screen having first region and second region, the first region having a first pixel density and the second region having a second pixel density, the second pixel density being higher than the first pixel density, an input for receiving image data, a power source; and wherein the display screen is operable in a full screen mode in which an image is displayed in both the first region and the second region and a reduced screen mode in which power to the first region is turned off and the image is displayed in the second region. | 12-24-2015 |
20150365918 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INITIAL SYNCHRONIZATION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS WITHOUT NETWORK COVERAGE - A method at a first device for enabling a device-to-device wireless link, the method detecting whether a presence signal of a second device is received over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; and if the presence signal of the second device is not detected, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: transmitting a first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot; and checking for an acknowledgment to the first presence signal. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ESTABLISHMENT CAUSES FOR EMERGENCY SESSIONS - A method for initiating a Packet Switched emergency call using a user equipment (UE) is presented. The UE includes a plurality of protocol layers. The plurality of protocol layers including an IMS sublayer, a non-access stratum (NAS) layer and an access stratum (AS) layer. The method includes generating an ATTACH REQUEST using the UE. The ATTACH REQUEST has an attach type. The method includes retrieving the attach type of the ATTACH REQUEST using the NAS layer of the UE, and generating an RRC CONNECTION REQUEST. The RRC CONNECTION REQUEST includes an RRC establishment cause based upon the attach type of the attach request. | 12-17-2015 |
20150358621 | CONTEXT DETERMINATION FOR ENTROPY CODING OF RUN-LENGTH ENCODED TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS - Methods and devices for encoding and decoding video using mode-dependent context determination in the case of level-run pair coding of transform coefficients are described. Intra-coding modes may be grouped into classes and each class may be associated with a partitioning of a coefficient group into regions. The region in which a coefficient falls determines, in part, the context selected for encoding bins associated with that coefficient, including a level, if the coefficient is non-zero, and a run if the coefficient correspond to the bin of a binarized run value. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING MODERATOR ACCESS FOR A CONFERENCE CALL - A method for protecting moderator access using a communication device. The method includes: displaying an interface for editing a conference call profile, the conference call profile including conference call scheduling information including one or more addressees for communicating with a conference call server, wherein the conference call scheduling information further includes a moderator access code and a participant access code; generating an indicator for the conference call profile for excluding sending of the moderator access code to invited participants; and storing the conference call profile including the indicator in a memory of the communication device. A communication device can be configured to perform the method. | 12-10-2015 |
20150351155 | Method and System for the Control of Discontinuous Reception in a Wireless Network - Methods and apparatus for controlling discontinuous reception on a mobile device and in particular to control a short discontinuous reception timer in response to receipt of a medium access control control element. The methods and apparatus include stopping, restarting or maintaining the short discontinuous reception timer. Methods and apparatus for limiting or stopping a retransmission timer by providing user equipment with a maximum retry value for transmissions, by providing a maximum redundant version value, or by providing a medium access control control element to stop or prevent the start of a retransmission timer. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURING INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS - A wireless communication device, computer program product and method of establishing secure communications between a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device for an instant messaging application is provided. Contact information representing a contact associated with a second wireless communication device is received at the first device. The contact information includes capability information. The first device determines from the capability information whether the second device is capable of communicating using an enhanced encryption scheme, and if so, establishes a protected communication session by sending a pass phrase to the second device via an out of band channel and receiving the pass phrase back from the second device via the instant messaging application. Communication between the devices is performed using an enhanced encryption scheme. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350681 | SIGNIFICANCE MAP ENCODING AND DECODING USING PARTITION SELECTION - Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are describe in which significance maps are encoded and decoded using non-spatially-uniform partitioning of the map into parts, wherein the bit positions within each part are associated with a given context. Example partition sets and processes for selecting from amongst predetermined partition sets and communicating the selection to the decoder are described. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350250 | System and Method for Switching Between Messaging Security Policies - A system and method are provided for switching between messaging security policies. The method includes determining that a messaging security policy a messaging application at for the electronic device has been downgraded from a higher security level to a lower security level; and removing messaging application content on the electronic device that has been subjected to the higher security level. Removing protected content can include any one or more of removing access to at least one protected instant messaging group, removing at least one multi-participant instant messaging conversation, and removing at least a portion of protected content from within a one-to-one conversation with an instant messaging contact. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING PROTECTED INSTANT MESSAGING CONVERSATIONS - A system and method are provided for initiating protected instant messaging conversations. The method includes enabling a shared secret to be sent to a contact to initiate a key exchange to protect messages exchanged in an instant messaging conversation, the shared secret being sent using a communication medium other than instant messaging. After the shared secret has been sent, the method includes displaying a pending protected instant messaging conversation user interface prior to receiving a confirmation associated with receipt of the shared secret by the contact, the pending protected instant messaging conversation user interface comprising an option to resend the shared secret. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350005 | COORDINATING ACTIVITY VIEWS ACROSS OPERATING SYSTEM DOMAINS - A device and its operations are described herein. In some examples, the operations can include executing a first application within a first operating system domain of a device, the first application associated with at least a first activity view. The operations can further include detecting user input associated with the first application. The user input is associated with activating a second activity view of a second application. The operations can further include determining that the second application corresponds to a second operating system domain of the device. The operations can further include establishing a first proxy link within the first operating system domain that corresponds with a second proxy link within the second operating system domain. The first proxy link is associated with causing the second proxy link to invoke the second activity view of the second application within the second operating system domain. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFYING THE LISTING AND LAUNCHING OF APPLICATIONS AND PACKAGES SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS - A method at a computing device having a plurality of concurrently operating domains for providing a unified home screen, the method sending a request for package information from a home screen application on the computing device; receiving the request for package information at a unified package manager on the computing device; requesting, from the plurality of concurrently operating domains, package information; receiving package information from at least one of the plurality of concurrently operating domains at the unified package manager on the computing device; decorating the received package information with domain information for a domain from which the package information was received at the unified package manager on the computing device; and providing the decorated package information to the home screen application. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING PROCESS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT ACROSS DOMAINS - A method at a computing device having a plurality of concurrently operative operating systems, the method comprising: operating a proxy process within a target operating system on the computing device; receiving, from an originating operating system, a request for resources from a target process within the target operating system at the proxy process; requesting, from the proxy process, the resources of the target process; and returning a handle to the target process from the proxy process to the originating operating system. | 12-03-2015 |
20150341835 | Methods and Systems for Wireless Communication in Heterogeneous Networks - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for data and/or control offloading and handover in heterogeneous wireless communication networks are provided. Data and/or control packets can be offloaded to a coordinating base station while a user equipment (UE) remains associated with its serving cell. The packets are still transferred between the serving base station and the core network, and the offloaded data and/or control packets are forwarded from the serving base station to the coordinating base station for transmission to the UE. Furthermore, during a handover process, the serving base station and coordinating base station may independently schedule and send a handover command to the UE to reduce the radio link failure rate. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339495 | SELECTIVELY WIPING A REMOTE DEVICE - A system and method for selectively securing data from unauthorized access on a client device storing a plurality of data types with reference to an authorization level indicated in a command. A command is received at a client device comprising an authorization level indicator. Based on at least one predefined rule, which may be implemented in an IT policy stored at the client device, each of the plurality of data types to be secured is determined, and then the data corresponding to those types is secured. The data may be secured by encrypting and/or deleting the data at the client device. The predefined rules associated with each authorization level may be configured by a user or administrator having an authorization level that exceeds the associated authorization level. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339482 | INTRA-APPLICATION PERMISSIONS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Various embodiments are provided in which intra-application permissions may be granted on an electronic device. An application may access data from another application if the application has the proper permission signed by a permissions server. In one embodiment, a request is received by a first application that is installed on a device. The request is from a second application for permission to access data associated with the first application. A permissions record for the second application may be stored in an application package of the second application. The first application may access the permissions record to determine whether the second application has permission to access the data associated with the first application. The first application may provide the second application with access to the data associated with the first application based, at least in part, on the permissions record stored in the application package of the second application. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339473 | SECURITY APPARATUS SESSION SHARING - An electronic device includes multiple applications that can access a smart card or other security apparatus. A first application that is to use the security apparatus prompts a user for a security string such as a PIN or password. Upon receipt of the PIN or password, the first application unlocks the security apparatus for use. Additionally, the first application receives a token from a security service that interfaces with the security apparatus. The token can be shared by the first application with other applications. For example, the first application can share the token with other trusted applications. The other applications that receive the token can refrain from issuing a prompt for a security string and receiving a response from the user. The token can be used instead of the security string to obtain access to the security apparatus. | 11-26-2015 |
20150334646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING NETWORK SELECTION BY A WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT (UE) DEVICE - A system and method for accelerating network selection by a wireless user equipment (UE) device without having to perform a full band scan (FBS). In one exemplary embodiment, the wireless UE device is operable to determine its location using a satellite-based positioning system such as GPS. Based on determining that the wireless UE device is in a particular area defined by a set of corners, a subset of appropriate frequency data is determined for selective scanning by the wireless UE device. Using the subset of appropriate frequency data, a selective scanning is performed for locating a network by the wireless UE device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334425 | ADAPTIVE CONTEXT INITIALIZATION - Methods of encoding and decoding video are described. The encoder and decoder include a buffer storing at least two context model states, each being the context model state after context-adaptive encoding/decoding of a respective previously-encoded/decoded picture. One of the at least two stored context model states is selected from the buffer and used to initialize the context model for context-adaptively decoding a current picture. The current picture is then context-adaptively entropy encoding/decoded. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334120 | Server verification of secure electronic messages - Systems and methods for processing encoded messages within a wireless communications system are disclosed. A server within the wireless communications system determines whether the size of an encoded message is too large for a wireless communications device. If the message is too large, the server removes part of the message and sends an abbreviated message to the wireless device, together with additional information relating to processing of the encoded message, such as, for example, hash context values, that assist the wireless communications device in verifying the abbreviated message. | 11-19-2015 |
20150327328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC COORDINATION OF RADIO RESOURCES USAGE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An architecture, system and associated method for dynamic coordination of radio resource usage in a network environment. In one aspect, a relay communication method comprises detecting, by a first wireless mobile device, sensory data associated with multiple radio channels relative to at least one radio element in a sensing area of the first wireless mobile device. If the first wireless mobile device is out of range of a wide area cellular network, a short-range wireless communication path is established with a second wireless mobile device having a wide area cellular communication connection. The sensory data is transmitted by the first wireless mobile device to the second wireless mobile device for reporting to a network element via a wide area cellular network serving the second wireless mobile device. | 11-12-2015 |
20150327309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING PAIRING AVAILABILITY BETWEEN DEVICES - A system and method are provided including an electronic device having a processor, a display coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a short-range communication system coupled to the processor, a transducer coupled to the processor, and a communication module saved in the memory. The communication module configures the processor to execute a communication discovery process, the communication discovery process including sending information via the short range communication system to a pairable device, the information including data for executing a coordinated indication of pairability; receive an affirmative response via the short-range communication system from the pairable device; and perform the coordinated indication of pairability. | 11-12-2015 |
20150327267 | Multi-Beam Cellular Communication System - A cellular communication system comprising a plurality of geographically spaced base stations ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150324110 | Method for Application for Launch and System Function Invocation - The system comprises the ability to detect certain gestures made by sliding a finger or stylus on a touch sensitive screen on a handheld device, even when a so called “screen lock” is active where the gesture is used to unlock the device and trigger the desired function associates with the gesture. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323905 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING TIME ZONE IDENTIFIERS - According to some aspects, methods and apparatuses for processing time zone IDs are provided. A time zone ID may be received at a client device. After determining that the time zone ID is unknown to the client device, the client device may transmit a request for time zone rules for the received time zone ID. The request may be transmitted to a network component such as a server. If time zone rules for the received time zone ID are available, the network component may transmit the rules to the client device. | 11-12-2015 |
20150319774 | IDENTIFYING A SUBFRAME CONTAINING INFORMATION RELATING TO AN UPLINK GRANT - A user equipment (UE) receives a message identifying a subframe containing information relating to an uplink grant to be sent by a target cell. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319648 | USING NON-IMS CONNECTIONS IN IMS SESSIONS - Systems and methods can be implemented for IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) resource reservation. A first electronic device can transmit, through an IP network, a non-Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message to an application server in an IMS network, where the non-IMS SIP message includes a request to initiate an IMS communication session through the IMS network with a second electronic device. A SIP message can also be transmitted through the IMS network to the application server that initiates a SIP INVITE session between the first electronic device and the application server, where the SIP INVITE session is routed through the IMS network. The first electronic device can then, receive a SIP response message that identifies a resource reservation for the IMS communication session from the application server. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319280 | Handheld Device With Notification Message Viewing - Displaying information related to a message on a display screen of a handheld electronic device. In response to a movement of the handheld electronic device from an initial position to a first orientation, displaying on the display screen a first notice related to the message. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318898 | DOCKING STATION CONNECTIVITY MONITOR/CONTROLLER - A connectivity monitor/controller. A wireless connection is established between a mobile device and a docking station that also communicates with external device(s) each configured to selectably communicate with the mobile device via a connectivity through the docking station or through a direct connection with the mobile device. The docking station receives a connectivity assignment specifying external device(s) and a respective connectivity between the mobile device and the specified external device. Each specified connectivity is established based on the connectivity assignment. A display indicating a connectivity configuration including an indication of each specified external device and an indication of each external device's respective connectivity is generated, where the indication of the respective connectivity indicates either a connectivity through the docking station or a direct connectivity, or both. | 11-05-2015 |
20150312873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING A MULTI-IDENTITY UICC - A method at a user equipment including a mobile equipment and a smartcard, the method receiving from a remote server a plurality of subscriber identities and a roaming policy; storing the plurality of subscriber identities and roaming policy on the smartcard; selecting, based on the roaming policy, a subscriber identity; and attaching to a network based on the selected subscriber identity. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312856 | System and Method for Uplink Timing Synchronization in Conjunction with Discontinuous Reception - A system and method are disclosed or providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312198 | MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WARNING INDICATION - An apparatus and method for receiving and sending messages from a communication device is disclosed. Message recipient information is compared to stored information for potential recipients to determine whether a characteristic of the expression of the message on a device display should be changed such that the user perceives an unavoidable visual indication relating to the result of the comparison. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312013 | TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna. | 10-29-2015 |
20150305017 | Multi-Carrier Operation For Wireless Systems - The present disclosure generally relates to an uplink control signal design for wireless system. One example method of a subscriber station (SS) includes performing network entry in a multi-carrier wireless environment using a primary carrier, receiving timing information corresponding to the primary carrier, receiving a first control signaling via the primary carrier, the first control signaling assigning at least one secondary carrier, transmitting uplink data via the secondary carrier using an uplink transmission timing of the secondary carrier, the uplink transmission timing of the secondary carrier being assigned the same as an uplink transmission timing of the primary carrier, and determining an adjustment of the uplink transmission timing or frequency of the secondary carrier. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304170 | EXCHANGE AND USE OF GLOBALLY UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIERS FOR CIRCUIT-SWITCHED AND PACKET SWITCHED INTEGRATION - According to one aspect, a system and method of exchanging GRUUs (Globally Routed User Agent URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)) between a first telephony-enabled device and a second telephony enabled device using a circuit-switched message is provided. Once exchanged, the telephony enabled devices can exchange SIP (session initiated protocol) communications routed by the GRUUs. Any one of the telephony-enabled devices can add a media component to the SIP communications. According to another aspect, a system and method of generating GRUUs is provided. According to another aspect, a system and method of handing off communications to a packet switched network from a circuit switched network is provided. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301838 | System and Method for Enabling Customized Notifications on an Electronic Device - A system and method are provided for enabling customized notifications on an electronic device. The method comprises displaying a recommendation on the electronic device to create a custom notification for at least one communication type. The method also comprises enabling the custom notification to be created for the at least one communication type. The recommendation may be determined using usage data associated with the at least one communication type. The custom notification may be created by navigating to a custom notifications user interface. The custom notification may also be created by automatically determining at least one custom notification setting. | 10-22-2015 |
20150296542 | PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Systems, apparatus and methods can be implemented for performing random access in carrier aggregation. A user equipment (UE) can transmit a random access preamble to a secondary access device of a second carrier, where the UE is served by both a primary access device and the secondary access device, and the UE is configured to attempt a total number of blind decoding attempts for decoding physical downlink control channel candidates of a UE-specific search space of the second carrier. The UE can perform a first blind decoding of first PDCCH candidates of the common search space of the second carrier, and perform a second blind decoding of second PDCCH candidates of the UE specific search space of the second carrier. A number of blind decoding attempts for the first and second blind decodings is less than or equal to the configured total number of blind decoding attempts. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DUAL RADIO USER EQUIPMENT - A method at a user equipment capable of supporting at least two radio connections, the method including requesting from a remote server, using a first radio connection, a subscriber identity; receiving, at the user equipment, the subscriber identity over the first radio connection; using the subscriber identity to establish a second radio connection; and forcing the first radio connection to remain on a same network as the second radio connection. Further, a method at a user equipment capable of supporting at least two radio connections, the method receiving a subscriber authentication challenge over the second network connection; using the first radio connection to connect to the remote server to obtain an authentication challenge response for the subscriber authentication challenge; and sending the authentication challenge response over the second network connection. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295600 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PROVIDING ENHANCED INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FROM WIRELINE TRANSMITTER AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless receiver carried by the housing and configured to receive communication signals over a wireless frequency range, a wireline transmitter carried by the housing and configured to transmit communication signals at a frequency overlapping the wireless frequency range, and a controller carried by the housing and coupled with the wireless receiver and the wireline transmitter. The controller may be configured to determine when the wireless receiver is to begin receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a suspended communication mode during which transmission is disabled. The controller may also be configured to determine when the wireless receiver has completed receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a normal communication mode in which transmission is enabled. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295441 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A BATTERY - A device, system and method for charging a battery are provided. The device comprises: a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port; a battery in communication with the USB port; and, circuitry in communication with the USB port and the battery, the circuitry configured to: transmit a power control signal over the USB port, the power control signal comprising data indicative of one or more of a power, a voltage and a current to be received over the USB port to charge the battery; and, responsively receive the power for charging the battery over the USB port. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294474 | Building a Depth Map Using Movement of One Camera - A method for building a depth map is operable on a mobile device having a single camera integrated therewith. The method includes capturing a plurality of images of a given view using movement of the mobile device between images, capturing data regarding the movement of the mobile device during capture of the plurality of images, determining a relative position of the mobile device corresponding to each of the plurality of images, and building a depth map using the plurality of images and the relative position corresponding to each of the plurality of images. | 10-15-2015 |
20150288633 | System and Method for Conducting Private Messaging - A system method are provided for enabling private messaging. The method comprises displaying a first messaging user interface with at least one contact, the first messaging user interface comprising at least one element identifying messaging participants; detecting a first input at the first messaging user interface, to enter a private conversation with the at least one contact; and displaying a second messaging user interface, the second messaging user interface modifying the at least one element to conceal an identity of at least one messaging participant in the second messaging user interface. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288503 | HANDLING SCHEDULING REQUEST COLLISIONS WITH AN ACK/NACK REPETITION SIGNAL - Systems and methods for handling of scheduling request collisions with an ACK/NACK repetition signal are provided. A pending scheduling request may be refrained from being transmitted due to the collision. The SR counter may be refrained from incrementing and the SR prohibit timer may be refrained from starting such that additional latency is not introduced into the scheduling request procedure. Alternatively, a pending scheduling request may be transmitted with the ACK/NACK repetition signal in the same subframe when the collision occurs. The ACK/NACK repetition signal may be transmitted on the SR PUCCH resource to indicate a positive scheduling request. If there is no pending scheduling request to be transmitted, the ACK/NACK repetition signal may be transmitted on the ACK/NACK PUCCH resource. | 10-08-2015 |
20150287164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE DISPLAY PRIVACY - An electronic device and associated method is provided. The electronic device comprises a processor; a display coupled to the processor, the display for displaying an image; a memory coupled to the processor; and a security module saved in the memory. The security module configures the processor to apply obfuscation to the image displayed on the display when a privacy mode is engaged on the electronic device. | 10-08-2015 |
20150282201 | Enhanced In-device Coexistence Interference Avoidance Using Predetermined Downlink Channel - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by allocating a non-interfering downlink signaling channel for downlink reception of interference avoidance instructions at the UE device. In operation, a user equipment device detects IDC interference and sends an IDC indication message to the radio network to get an appropriate solution, but instead of waiting at the current frequency to receive the IDC response from the radio network, the user equipment device moves to a non-interfering downlink signaling channel for downlink reception of interference avoidance instructions. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNNELING MESSAGES BETWEEN TWO OR MORE DEVICES USING DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS - Various embodiments are described herein for a multiformat communication protocol that may be used to tunnel messages suitable for a second communication protocol. The multiformat communication protocol may be used by an intermediate device to couple a bus that communicates according to the multiformat communication protocol with a bus that communicates according to the second communication protocol. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280312 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MERGED REAR HOUSING AND ANTENNA - A portable electronic device includes a rear housing formed entirely of a modified plastic material configured for laser direct structuring, and an antenna formed on a surface of the rear housing using laser direct structuring. | 10-01-2015 |
20150271444 | AUTOMATICALLY RELOCATING PICTURE-IN-PICTURE WINDOW IN VIDEO CALLS - A computer-implemented method is performed by a communications device having a processor operatively coupled to a memory and a data transceiver for transmitting and receiving video data of a video call between a user of the device and one or more other parties to the call. The method entails receiving and displaying video images of the one or more other parties within a main video window on a display of the device, identifying one or more faces in the video images, determining a minimally obscuring position for a picture-in-picture (PIP) window that minimally obscures the one or more faces of the other parties, capturing video of the user with a camera on the device, and displaying a PIP window from the video of the user in the minimally obscuring position within the main video window. | 09-24-2015 |
20150270975 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING MESSAGES - There is provided a method for secure communications. The method includes a computing device receiving a notification comprising a message, a counter value, a signature signed by a signer and based on the message and the counter value, and an indication of the signer. The device obtains a current counter value based on an identity of the signer, checks the signature and compares the counter value with the current counter value; and, if the counter comparison and the signature checking is successful, accepting the message. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268905 | DOCUMENT DELIVERY TO A MOBILE DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE BASED PERMISSIONS - Mobile devices enable users to access data and documents in a convenient portable format. The disclosed method and system enables management of permissions associated with documents to be transferred/moved onto a mobile device for review or reference by making the transfer simple and straight forward so that it may be easy for non-technically literate users using a printer driver metaphor on a sending device such as a personal computer. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268855 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVIEWING CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPLICATION - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a memory configured to store instructions, a plurality of keys configured to receive respective key inputs, and a screen. The portable electronic device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect a first key input at one of the plurality of keys, enable a preview mode based on the detected first key input. While the preview mode is enabled, the processor is also configured to a second key input at one of the plurality of keys, at least one of the first or second key input being associated with a content preview for one of a plurality of applications, and display on the screen the content preview for the associated one of the plurality of applications. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268813 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF CURSOR IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a memory storing instructions. The portable electronic device also includes a processor executing the instructions to perform a plurality of operations. The operations may include detecting that a first key of the portable electronic device is being touched and held. The operations may also include detecting a key tapping action associated with a second key of the portable electronic device while the first key of the portable electronic device is being touched and held. The first and second keys of the portable electronic device may be located at a first and a second location of the portable electronic device respectively. The operations may further include determining a cursor direction based on the first location and the second location, and moving a position of a cursor in the cursor direction for one or more spaces. | 09-24-2015 |
20150264833 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A MOBILE DEVICE - Method, system and apparatus for cooling a mobile device is provided. The device comprises: a housing comprising one or more apertures; a heat producing device; a cooling apparatus adjacent the heat producing device, the cooling apparatus comprising: an inlet; an outlet; and, a thermal pump configured to: draw air from the inlet to the heat producing device to form heated air, and exhaust the heated air from the outlet; and, one or more carbon nanotubes, a respective entrance of each of the one or more carbon nanotubes located at the outlet of the cooling apparatus, and a respective exit of each of the one or more carbon nanotubes terminating at a respective aperture of the one or more apertures, so that the heated air is vented through the one or more apertures. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264608 | Multi-Rat Measurement Reporting - An example method for preparing a measurement report on neighbour resources of a multi-RAT mobile station is disclosed. In the example method, the mobile station (MS) supports a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs). The example method comprises receiving a plurality of RAT resource reporting values, each RAT resource reporting value indicating a number of resources of the corresponding RAT to be included into the measurement report, determining a plurality of lists of valid neighbour resources associated with the plurality of RATs, and including resources from the plurality of lists of valid neighbour resources into the measurement report according to a RAT sequence of the plurality of RATs, wherein a second resource of the given RAT is included into the report, subject to including a first resource into the measurement report, for each of the plurality of RATs for which the RAT resource reporting value is greater than zero. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264541 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and devices for distributing and receiving content are provided. In one example aspect, a method comprises: receiving a command on a first electronic device to output content at an output device associated with a second electronic device; and in response to receiving the command to output content at the output device associated with the second electronic device: providing content access information from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, and adjusting a security state on the second electronic device. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264123 | CHANGING TOPOLOGY OF WIRELESS PEER-TO-PEER GROUP - A device in a peer-to-peer (P2P) group has the role of group owner. A different device in the P2P group may take on the role of group owner without ending the P2P group and create a new P2P group. Multiple P2P groups may be merged into a single P2P group. A single P2P group may be split into multiple independent P2P groups, each with its own group owner. A group owner of a P2P group may notify the client devices in the P2P group that it is about to leave the P2P group. A client device in a P2P group may be appointed in a new role of backup group owner, to take on the role of group owner in the event of a departure of the group owner, thereby providing continuity. Techniques for maintaining upper layer continuity through changes in topology of P2P groups are disclosed. | 09-17-2015 |
20150253945 | System and Method for Capturing Notes on Electronic Devices - A system and method are provided for enabling notes to be taken on an electronic device. The method may comprise displaying a user interface portion with a first application user interface after detecting a first input. Content is enabled to be associated with the user interface portion and the user interface portion is displayed with a second application user interface after detecting a second input. The user interface portion displayed after the second input includes the content that was associated with the user interface portion while the user interface portion was displayed with the first application user interface. | 09-10-2015 |
20150253894 | ACTIVATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A CAPACITIVE KEYBOARD - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a memory storing instructions. The portable electronic device also includes a processor executing the instructions to perform a plurality of operations. The operations may include detecting a key pressing action associated with a component of the portable electronic device. The operations may also include determining that the key pressing action reflects a request to activate the portable electronic device based on a measurement of an area associated with the key pressing action being less than or equal to a predetermined threshold area measurement. The operations may further include activating the portable electronic device based on the determination. | 09-10-2015 |
20150249979 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING PROXIMITY DISCOVERY - A method for use in a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, control information and a resource assignment for uplink transmission; and transmitting, based on the control information, a discovery signal on the assigned resource for uplink transmission, the discovery signal including a first temporary UE identifier (ID) assigned to the first UE, wherein the first temporary UE ID is used to identify the first UE for device-to-device communication. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248562 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA BACKUP FROM A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO AN EXTERNAL COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and devices for providing secure data backup from a mobile communication device to an external computing device is described. In one embodiment, there is provided a method of backing up data from a mobile communication device, the method comprising: receiving from an enterprise server an information technology (IT) policy message which includes an encryption key; storing the encryption key in a protected memory of the mobile communication device; receiving a request to backup data stored on the mobile communication device; encrypting the data using the encryption key stored in the protected memory; and transferring the encrypted data from the mobile communication device to an electronic device for storage. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248547 | GRAPHICAL AUTHENTICATION - A method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for establishing graphical authentication on an electronic device are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a first user input corresponding to an image, the image comprising a plurality of points of interest; receiving a second user input corresponding to a selected point of interest in the plurality of points of interest in the image; receiving a third user input corresponding to a selected password element; and storing the selected image, the selected point of interest, and the selected password element in association with a user authentication profile in a memory of the electronic device. | 09-03-2015 |
20150245316 | UPLINK ANTENNA SELECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - An uplink antenna selection device and method are provided. The device comprises: at least two antennas; at least one antenna feed connected to each antenna, each antenna configured to transmit data on a respective given transmission band paired with a respective associated receive band; and, a processor, in communication with the at least one antenna feed. The processor is configured to: for each of the antennas, determine a respective quality-of-signal (QOS) parameter of at least one respective receive band adjacent to the respective given transmission band, the at least one respective receive band different from the respective associated receive band paired with the respective given transmission band; and control the at least one antenna feed to select one of the antennas for transmitting data on the respective given transmission band based on the respective QOS parameter of the at least one respective receive band for each of the antennas. | 08-27-2015 |
20150244740 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS APPLICATION PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT - A method for providing an administration policy to a user device comprising a plurality of applications, the method comprising centrally generating the administration policy to be implemented in the user device, the administration policy comprising at least one of an application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications and a client administration policy for the user device; and providing the generated policy to the user device. | 08-27-2015 |
20150237543 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Facilitating The Communication Of Neighboring Network Information To A Mobile Terminal With Use Of A Radius Compatible Protocol - A disclosed example method for requesting neighboring network information from a device involves encoding a request for neighboring network information and sending the request to an authentication server to obtain the neighboring network information. The example method also involves receiving a response to the request, retrieving the neighboring network information contained in the response, and decoding the neighboring network information. The decoded neighboring network information is stored. | 08-20-2015 |
20150237009 | Secure Network Tunnel Between A Computing Device And An Endpoint - The present disclosure presents a system, method and apparatus herein enabling secure coupling of a computing device, such as a mobile device with an endpoint, such as an application server. The computing device can include any electronic device such as a computer, a server, an application server, a mobile device or tablet. The endpoint can be any electronic device as well that is located within an enterprise network. In at least one embodiment, the secure coupling of the mobile device with a computing device can include a security gateway server. In one example, the security gateway server can be a tunnel service server. In another embodiment, an application server can include a tunnel service module to provide the secure coupling with the mobile device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150236860 | TRUSTED CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY TO CREATE CERTIFICATES BASED ON CAPABILITIES OF PROCESSES - A device certificate binds an identity of a first device to a public key of the first device. The first device comprises a certificate authority service that creates for a process on the first device a process certificate certifying one or more capabilities of the process on the first device. The process certificate is presented to the second device. Upon validating the process certificate using the device certificate, the second device permits the process on the first device to have on the second device one or more of the verified certified capabilities. | 08-20-2015 |
20150230265 | Method, and Associated Apparatus, for Communicating Data at a Reduced Transmission Latency in Radio Communication System Having Slotted Interface - Method and associated apparatus for communicating data at reduced transmission latency in a radio communication system having a slotted interface are described. An example network device includes an assignor to receive an indication of an amount of data to be communicated by a first communication station, and assign communication resources to convey all of the indicated data amount, the assigned communication resources comprising a plurality of time slots within one time frame and one radio carrier and a data scheduler to receive an indication of assigned communication resources, and to schedule communication of the data block in conformity with the assigned communication resources and in response to a communication station minimum tuning latency period, wherein the schedule of the communication of the data block provides for completion of the communication of the data block and acknowledgement of successful delivery of the data block within the one time frame. | 08-13-2015 |
20150223158 | DISCOVERABLE NETWORK CAPABILITIES OF ACCESS NETWORKS - A mobile device is within radio communication range of an access network. The access network is supported by a station (STA), such as an access point, a mesh node, or another mobile device. While the mobile device is not associated with the access network, the mobile device transmits to the STA a request for information about network capabilities of the access network. The STA receives the request and transmits to the mobile device a response conveying information about the network capability of the access network. That response is received by the mobile station. The request and response may be Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) messages. A new ANQP element organizes information about multimedia capabilities of an access network (that is, how the access network is configured, if at all, to support multimedia). A new ANQP element organizes information about parental control and content filtering capabilities of an access network. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222981 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED HEADSET - A communication device that has an integrated wireless headset. When not in use, the wireless headset can be stored in a recess of the housing of the communication device. This allows the user of the communication device to easily find the wireless headset when needed. The wireless headset has a headphones connector for connecting headphones to the headset. The headphones connector allows the user to place the wireless headset, to which the headphones are connected, in his or her pocket or purse and enjoy music through the headphones, which typically provide better sound quality than the wireless headset. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220566 | System and Method for Determining Interests from Location Data - A system and method are provided, for example, for determining interests from location data, by receiving location data from a mobile device, using the location data to determine a uniform resource locator associated with a point of interest, determining classification data associated with the uniform resource locator, and updating an interest graph associated with the mobile device using the classification data. The updated interest graph may also be subsequently used and the classification data may be used to provide information to the mobile device in real-time, such as recommendations or suggestions. | 08-06-2015 |
20150215879 | TRANSMITTING A SYNCHRONIZATION INDICATION - A first wireless access network node sets a synchronization indication based on whether the first wireless access network node is synchronized with a synchronization source. The first wireless access network node transmits the synchronization indication. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215766 | INCLUDING A PACKET-SWITCHED PARAMETER IN A MESSAGE - A user equipment (UE) is capable of communicating in multiple networks including a first network and a second network. The UE sends a message to the second network to activate a data connection in the second network or to register the UE in the second network. The UE includes in the message a value of a packet-switched information element that the UE has determined is to be used as opposed to a different value of the packet-switched information element that was included in a message sent by the UE to the first network to activate a data connection in the first network or to register the UE in the first network. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215648 | MULTIPLE SIGN BIT HIDING WITHIN A TRANSFORM UNIT - Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding coefficients for a transform unit. In particular, the sign bits for the non-zero coefficients are encoded using sign bit hiding. Two or more sets of coefficients are defined for the transform unit and a sign bit may be hidden for each set, subject to satisfaction of a threshold test. The sets may correspond to coefficient groups that are otherwise used in multi-level significance map encoding and decoding. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING UNINTENDED OPERATION - A system and method for mitigating unintended operation of in-vehicle controls is described herein. The system and method analyze data and/or signals received from sensors to determine when the vehicle is experiencing changes the in the vehicle's direction, dynamic state and/or status. The analysis may be applied to data and/or signals from one or more sensors alone or in combination. Analysis of the data and/or signals may determine that one or more criterion are met and therefore the vehicle may be an identified state. When the vehicle is in an identified state, the system and method may disable, deaden or otherwise modify the response to one or more controls in order to mitigate unintended operation. | 07-30-2015 |
20150208324 | WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICE TYPE - A station makes a unidirectional announcement (that is, an indication, notification or advertisement) of types of services that are available to devices in or via a wireless network, for example, a wireless local area network (WLAN). The announcement is receivable by mobile devices within radio communication range of the wireless network that are in the pre-associated state, because the announcement is conveyed using low-level layer 2 frames. A mobile device that receives such a layer 2 frame may determine the announced service type or types from the received layer 2 frame. The mobile device may determine whether it can make use of any of the announced service type or types. The mobile device may provide results of the determination to a network selection algorithm implemented at the mobile device. | 07-23-2015 |
20150201064 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND ADD IMPACT EVENTS TO A CALENDAR PROGRAM - A calendaring method involves receiving a command to enter calendar event data, in a calendar program that stores calendar data running on a processor of a wireless mobile device; determining, from the calendar event data, a location and a date associated with the calendar event; searching a database for impact event data associated with an impact event occurring at or about the location and on or about the date; after indentifying the impact event data, storing linking data, linking the calendar event and the impact event in the calendar program's calendar data. | 07-16-2015 |
20150195769 | Customization of Data Session Retry Mechanism in a Wireless Packet Data Service Network - In one embodiment, a method is provided for customization of a mobile communications device's data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network. The mobile communication device requests activation of a data session with a node via the wireless network and receives a reject message via the wireless network in response to the request for activation of the data session, the reject message including a cause code. If the cause code corresponds to a no-retry behavior of the data session retry mechanism of the mobile communication device, the mobile communications device no longer requesting activation of a data session with the node. | 07-09-2015 |
20150195720 | PERFORMING INTER-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS IN A MOBILE NETWORK - Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for performing inter-frequency measurements in a mobile network are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include a mobile station receiving, from a network, one or more lists specifying a set of frequencies for which measurements are to be performed. Such example methods also include the mobile station varying a rate at which the measurements are to be performed for a first frequency of the set of frequencies based on a number of frequencies for which the measurements are to be performed. | 07-09-2015 |
20150195631 | FEEDBACK ENCLOSURE AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR A TRANSDUCER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure recites a feedback system and method for adjusting output sounds generated by a communication device. The feedback system comprises: a transducer; a microphone; and an enclosure for the communication device defining a first location for the placement of the transducer, a second location for the placement of the microphone adjacent to the transducer, a first port connecting the first location to a cavity located on a top side of the enclosure, a second port connecting the second location to the cavity. For the system, the first port connects to the cavity beside the second port. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ATTRIBUTE-BASED SCHEDULING - An apparatus and method are provided, the method includes retrieving tasks from a memory, each task associated with a non-temporal attribute; and displaying the tasks in a group or list relative to the non-temporal attribute. | 07-09-2015 |
20150189546 | System and Method for Handling of an Uplink Transmission Collision with an ACK/NACK Signal - Systems and methods for handling of an uplink transmission collision with an ACK/NACK signal are provided. An ACK/NACK may be configured for a repetition sequence. The ACK/NACK signal transmission on a particular subframe can be refrained due to the collision. The UL transmission can be performed on the subframe. | 07-02-2015 |
20150189280 | MULTI-LEVEL SIGNIFICANCE MAPS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING - Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. If there are no non-zero significant-coefficient flags in the group, then the significant-coefficient-group flag is set to zero. The set of significant-coefficient-group flags is encoded in the bitstream. Any significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is non-zero are encoded in the bitstream, whereas significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is zero are not encoded in the bitstream. | 07-02-2015 |
20150180637 | Method and System for Dynamic Ack/Nack Repetition for Robust Downlink Mac PDU Transmission in LTE - A method and apparatus for dynamic acknowledgement repetition for a downlink medium access control packet data unit transmission ‘MAC PDU’ requiring multiple acknowledgements, the method having the steps of: receiving the downlink MAC PDU requiring multiple acknowledgements; and utilizing a differentiating factor and acknowledgement scheme, sending the multiple acknowledgements. | 06-25-2015 |
20150180630 | Scattered Pilot Pattern And Channel Estimation Method For MIMO-OFDM Systems - A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the number of pilot symbols within a MIMO-OFDM communication system, and for improving channel estimation within such a system. For each transmitting antenna in an OFDM transmitter, pilot symbols are encoded so as to be unique to the transmitting antenna. The encoded pilot symbols are then inserted into an OFDM frame to form a diamond lattice, the diamond lattices for the different transmitting antennae using the same frequencies but being offset from each other by a single symbol in the time domain. At the OFDM receiver, a channel response is estimated for a symbol central to each diamond of the diamond lattice using a two-dimensional interpolation. The estimated channel responses are smoothed in the frequency domain. The channel responses of remaining symbols are then estimated by interpolation in the frequency domain. | 06-25-2015 |
20150179130 | METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING CONTENT FROM A SOURCE DEVICE TO A SINK DEVICE - Methods and devices for wirelessly transmitting content from a source device to a sink device are disclosed. The method comprises: identifying one or more data types associated with a display frame displayed on the source device; selecting a transmission format for the display frame in accordance with the one or more identified data types, wherein the transmission format is selected from the group consisting of screencasting, graphics processing unit (GPU) processing, or GPU processing with media streaming; and sending visual information representing the display frame in the transmission selected transmission format to the sink device. One or a combination of latency, image/video quality, and power consumption associated with the wireless transmission may be used to adapt the wireless transmission. | 06-25-2015 |
20150177360 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING CLOCK ACCURACY IN A WIDE AREA POSITIONING PSEUDOLITE RECEIVER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for determining a frequency drift of clock of a mobile communication device is disclosed. A first positioning signal, such as M-LMS signals, is received at a first positioning engine of the mobile communication device controlled by the clock. A second positioning signal, such as GNSS signals, is received at a second positioning engine of the mobile communication device controlled by the clock. A first position is determined from the first positioning signal, and a second position is determined from the second positioning signal. A difference between the first position and the second position is determined, and the frequency drift of the clock is determined from the difference between the first position and the second position. The frequency drift determined may be subsequently applied to the clock, and thus enhance the accuracy of M-LMS positioning when GNSS signals are unreliable. | 06-25-2015 |
20150156580 | BACK CAVITY MICROPHONE IMPLEMENTATION - A system and method to perform signal processing using a loudspeaker output are described. The system includes an enclosure configured to define a back cavity of the loudspeaker and components to obtain a representation of the loudspeaker acoustic output at the back cavity. The system also includes a processor to process the representation to perform the signal processing. | 06-04-2015 |
20150148094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXTENDING USEFUL LIFE OF POWER SUPPLY - A method of internally heating a power supply of an electronic device in reduced temperatures is provided. The method comprises positioning an antenna of the electronic device proximate to the power supply and receiving a “temperature” signal that is a function of a temperature of the power supply. When it is determined that the temperature is within a reduced operating-temperature range, the temperature is elevated and the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the power supply is correspondingly reduced by actively sending current through the antenna. The “current sending” operation is reduced when the temperature of the portable electronic device is outside the reduced operating-temperature range. | 05-28-2015 |
20150146982 | METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATING TO TEXT ITEMS IN IMAGES - A method and an electronic device are provided for obtaining an image or a video frame, including applying to the image or the video frame, at least one image processing technique, scanning the image or the video frame, to identify a text item, determining an item type for the identified text item, and determining an action, corresponding to the item type. | 05-28-2015 |
20150146769 | EXTENDED BANDWIDTH ADAPTIVE DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION WITH RECONFIGURABLE ANALOG FRONT-ENDS - A pre-distortion method. A signal to be transmitted Tx is pre-distorted to compensate for nonlinearities of a transmitter. The pre-distorted signal is filtered by an EBEE filter and a baseband filter. The EBEE filter has a filter characteristic of that cancels the baseband filter response over the range of frequencies from a first corner frequency of the baseband filter to a frequency of N*f | 05-28-2015 |
20150145730 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A handheld device comprises a casing acting as a protective supporting framework of the handheld device. A circuit board mechanically supports and electrically connects with each other electronic components of the handheld device and is configured to be embedded into the casing. At least one wireless communications circuit transmits signals and data from the handheld device and is carried by the circuit board. A flex-antenna assembly is electrically coupled to the wireless communications circuit for sending and receiving the signals and data, defines flexible dielectric and conductive layers of the flex-antenna assembly disposed adjacent to each other, and is embedded into the circuit board. | 05-28-2015 |
20150143303 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND VIEWING OF CALENDAR EVENT INFORMATION - The present document describes methods and apparatuses for managing and viewing calendar event items in an electronic calendaring application. For example, calendar event items may be viewed in an “agenda” view. A calendar event item may have a date and include any information relating to a corresponding calendar event. According to some example embodiments, a list of calendar event items and a list of dates are each displayed in a navigable format. The list of dates may include at least dates in a date range defined by the dates of the calendar event items. A navigation position of the list of calendar event items and a navigation position of the list of dates may be coordinated. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING PAIRING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH PEER-TO-PEER DEVICE PAIRINGS - Systems and methods of managing pairing information associated with peer-to-peer device pairings are disclosed herein. The pairing information can include link keys or other configuration data associated with eh peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can detect that a first electronic device has paired with a second electronic device via a peer-to-peer device pairing connection. The first electronic device can store pairing information associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can determine when the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates. For example, the system can determine that a peer-to-peer activity has terminated, that a timeout period has elapsed, or any other event indicative of a termination of a peer-to-peer device pairing. In response to the determination that the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates, the system can delete the pairing information, thereby efficiently utilizing the storage medium of the first computing device. | 05-21-2015 |
20150133171 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A DUAL-MODE DUAL-BAND GNSS/M-LMS PSEUDOLITES RECEIVER - A method, device and circuit for determining a position of a mobile cellular communication device is disclosed. A pseudolites positioning signal is received in a first frequency band at an antenna of the mobile cellular communication device. The pseudolites signal is converted from the first frequency band to a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) frequency band to obtain a corresponding positioning signal in the GNSS frequency band. The converted positioning signal is delivered to a GNSS chipset of the mobile cellular communication device. The GNSS chipset determines the position of the mobile cellular communication device using the converted positioning signal. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133127 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Priority Information in a Wireless Device - A user equipment capable of performing reselection in a wireless network is disclosed. The user equipment comprises: 1) a controller configured to perform reselection between cells according to a priority-based reselection (PBR) algorithm using priority information; 2) transceiver circuitry configured to operate in cells using at least one radio access technology and to receive incoming messages including the priority information; and 3) a memory configured to store the received priority information. The controller is further configured to compare the received priority information with defined limits stored in the memory and to determine if the received priority information exceeds the defined limits. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133064 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH LINEARITY TUNING - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of variable capacitors, a first set of resistors for applying a bias voltage to each variable capacitor of the plurality of capacitors, and a second set of resistors for providing a DC ground to each variable capacitor of the plurality of capacitors. The system can include one or more of multiple bias points, anti-parallel diodes, a choke inductor or a ground inductor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131827 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY - An electronic device having hearing aid capability is disclosed. The electronic device includes a linear resonance actuator (LRA). The LRA is configured to produce both vibrations and a hearing aid compatible magnetic field. A processor coupled to the LRA is operable to control the LRA to generate a magnetic field for inductively coupling the electronic device to a hearing aid when a hearing aid compatibility (HAC) mode is enabled, wherein the generated magnetic field is encoded with audio information which corresponds to an audio signal. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131751 | JOINT TRANSMISSION USING INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT - Systems and methods can implemented to joint transmission for interference management in wireless communications. A first transmitter having M antennas can acquire a channel state information (CSI) matrix for each of a plurality of multiple-input-multiple output (MIMO) channels between a first transmitter and a plurality of receivers. The first transmitter can determine transmission ranks, wherein each of the transmission ranks corresponds to a number of one or more data streams to be transmitted from both the first transmitter and a second transmitter to a receiver of the plurality of receivers. A maximum transmission rank may be identified from the determined transmission ranks. Transmit data can be generated that include the one or more data streams to each of the corresponding plurality of receivers. A precoding matrix can be generated for the generated transmit data based, at least in part, on the acquired CSI matrix. The first transmitter can then encode the transmit data using the corresponding generated precoding matrix. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131629 | Methods and System for Scheduling a Virtual MIMO Communication Environment - A system and method for scheduling cooperative uplink transmissions in a virtual multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication environment are provided. More specifically, both random and channel aware orthogonal scheduling techniques for identifying a sub-set of N mobile terminals to provide cooperative uplink transmissions for each transmit time interval are provided. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131540 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INITIATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for initiating device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication networks are provided. Based on received downlink or uplink signal qualities, a two-stage process, that is, a first stage of information request and a second stage of actual information transfer, may be used to initiate the D2D communication. Multiple thresholds, timers, and/or counters may be used in connection with the two-stage process. The two-stage process reduces unnecessary signaling overhead for initiating the D2D communication. | 05-14-2015 |
20150128233 | BLACKLISTING OF FREQUENTLY USED GESTURE PASSWORDS - A method of maintaining a blacklist for gesture-based passwords is provided. A data store of vectors corresponding to gestures is maintained on a blacklist server. Upon receiving a new gesture based password, an electronic device converts the password to a vector and forwards that vector to the blacklist server. The blacklist server assigns the vector to one of a cluster of vectors each having low distance from one another. If the increase in the occurrences of the number of vectors in the cluster results in a blacklist threshold being exceeded, the cluster of vectors is inputted to the blacklist. A notification can be sent back to the electronic device if the forwarded vector is on the blacklist or is inputted to the blacklist. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128127 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLICATION INSTALLATION TO MULTIPLE MEMORY COMPONENTS - A method and device for installing an application to a device are provided. The method includes: receiving, at the device, application files associated with the application, the application files including computer readable instruction files and resource files; installing, by an installation manager, the computer readable instruction files to a first memory component associated with the device; and storing the resource files on a second memory component associated with the device. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ENCRYPTED DATA - A method and apparatus for controlling access to encrypted data is provided. The device comprises: a processor and a memory, the processor configured to: control access to encrypted data, stored at the memory, the encrypted data categorized according to a plurality of categories, using a respective encryption key for each category in the plurality of categories; and, control access to a given encryption key according to given criteria associated with a given category, respective criteria different for each respective category, access to the given encryption key including one or more of, when the respective criteria are met: generating the given encryption key and decrypting the given encryption key. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127187 | DISPLAY INTERFACE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION - A method of adjusting port parameters. A source device establishes an initial output voltage swing and an emphasis level for output signals from a display port interface as a result of executing a link training process with a target device. A processor determines that a prescribed temperature threshold has been exceeded by a source device temperature. The output voltage swing and emphasis levels are set to different output voltage swing and emphasis levels as a consequence of determining that the prescribed temperature threshold has been exceeded. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124961 | Public Key Encryption Algorithms for Hard Lock File Encryption - In some aspects, an encryption method comprises encrypting a first portion of a message using a first secret key. The first secret key is generated based on the public key of an entity. A one-way function is used to generate a second secret key from the first secret key, and the first secret key is subsequently discarded. A second portion of the message is encrypted using the second secret key. The encrypted first portion of the message and the encrypted second portion of the message are provided to the entity. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE MULTIPLE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS - A first radio connection is established between a first cell and a user equipment (UE). A network identity of a second cell is determined based on a first set of at least one network identity associated with the first cell, where the second cell is associated with a second set of at least one network identity. The determined network identity is useable for establishing a second radio connection between the second cell and the UE. | 05-07-2015 |
20150123930 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES - A touch-sensitive display includes first electrodes and second electrodes coupled to a first controller to detect touches by self-capacitance touch sensing. The touch-sensitive display also includes third electrodes coupled to a second controller to detect touches by mutual-capacitance touch sensing utilizing the third electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes are different from the third electrodes. | 05-07-2015 |
20150123602 | Energy Transfer Optimization by Detecting and Mitigating Magnetic Saturation in Wireless Charging with Foreign Object Detection - A method is provided for optimizing wireless charging of a mobile device by a wireless charger. The method comprises determining whether magnetic saturation occurred in at least one of the mobile device and the wireless charger during a first wireless transmission of power from the wireless charger to the mobile device; and, when magnetic saturation is determined to have occurred, successively reducing transmit power in the wireless charger until reaching an operating wireless transmit power, wherein neither the mobile device nor the wireless charger is in magnetic saturation at the operating wireless transmit power. | 05-07-2015 |
20150117657 | AUDIO SPEAKER WITH SPATIALLY SELECTIVE SOUND CANCELLING - A system and method for reproducing audio sound. Audio sound, based on an audio signal, is emitted within a space comprising an audio beamwidth. Modulated ultrasonic sound energy based on a modulated ultrasonic sound signal is emitted in an ultrasonic sound direction within an ultrasonic beamwidth that is less than and within the audio beamwidth. The modulated ultrasonic sound signal is generated such that the emitted modulated ultrasonic sound energy creates an audible cancellation sound with an amplitude substantially equal to an amplitude of the audio sound at a point within the ultrasonic beamwidth so as to combine with and cancel the audio sound at the point by being substantially out of phase with the audio sound along the ultrasonic sound direction. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116576 | IMAGE CAPTURE ASSEMBLY, DIGITAL CAMERA AND A MOBILE DEVICE HAVING AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION - The present disclosure discloses an image capture assembly, digital camera and a mobile device having an improved construction. In one example embodiment, there is provided an image capture assembly, comprising: a lens; an image sensor; an optical grade plate disposed between the lens and the image sensor, wherein the plate comprises a substrate which material is selected from poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and sapphire glass; and an image signal processor coupled to the image sensor, wherein the image signal processor is configured to process data provided by the image sensor to generate a digital image. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116273 | CONTACTLESS GESTURE RECOGNITION WITH SENSOR HAVING ASYMMETRIC FIELD OF VIEW - Methods, devices and sensors for detecting a gesture are described. In an embodiment, a gesture sensor includes a time of flight sensor having a sensing element configured to generate an electrical signal responsive to received light. The time of flight sensor also includes a light source for emitting a burst of light. The sensing element has a sensing side for receiving light and a non-sensing side which is opposite the sensing side. The gesture sensor also includes one or more light inhibitors positioned relatively nearer the sensing side of the sensing element than the non-sensing side. The light inhibitors are asymmetric about a first center line of the sensing element. The first center line is located midway between first and second sides of the sensing element. The gesture sensor further includes a processor coupled to the time of flight sensor configured to detect a gesture. | 04-30-2015 |
20150113471 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A PREVIEW OF AN APPLICATION TO A USER - A method in a portable electronic device for providing a user with an improved user interface, and an electronic device comprising one or more processors and memory comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the electronic device to perform the method, the method comprising: displaying content in a user interface of a first application; detecting a first user input; and responsive to the first user input, displaying at least a preview for a second application; wherein the second application is selected automatically at least partly in dependence on the content displayed in the user interface of the first application. | 04-23-2015 |
20150105084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER IN HETEROGENEOUS CELLULAR NETWORKS - A method at a user equipment for handover from a serving cell to a target cell, the method sending a measurement report to the serving cell; and transmitting a reconfiguration complete message to the target cell; wherein the measurement report includes downlink timing measurements for the target cell. Further, a method at a source network element for handover of a user equipment from the source network element to a target network element, the method receiving a measurement report from the user equipment; sending a handover request to the target network element; receiving a handover request acknowledgement from the target network element, the handover request acknowledgement including a reconfiguration message and at least one downlink subframe in which an uplink grant is expected at the target network element for the user equipment; and forwarding the reconfiguration message and at least one downlink subframe to the user equipment. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103918 | SIGN CODING FOR BLOCKS WITH TRANSFORM SKIPPED - Methods of encoding and decoding sign information for non-zero coefficients in a block of video with transform skipped. The methods include context-based coding of a flag that signals if all signs are the same in the block; using a finite state machine to determine contexts for coding of sign information, some of which may be context-based coded and some of which may be non-context-based coded; context-based coding of sign information wherein the context is based upon the signs of neighbouring coefficients; context-based coding of sign information, where the sign information is a prediction of the sign; and using a dedicated context to code signs with a sign flag indicating whether signs in a transform skipping block have been inverted to preserve a dominant sign bias. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103917 | SIGN CODING FOR BLOCKS WITH TRANSFORM SKIPPED - Methods of encoding and decoding sign information for non-zero coefficients in a block of video with transform skipped. The methods include context-based coding of a flag that signals if all signs are the same in the block; using a finite state machine to determine contexts for coding of sign information, some of which may be context-based coded and some of which may be non-context-based coded; context-based coding of sign information wherein the context is based upon the signs of neighbouring coefficients; context-based coding of sign information, where the sign information is a prediction of the sign; and using a dedicated context to code signs with a sign flag indicating whether signs in a transform skipping block have been inverted to preserve a dominant sign bias. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103015 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method for use in an electronic device is described. The electronic device is configured to function in a first operating state and a second operating state. The method comprises generating, when in the first operating state, a first tactile feedback in response to user input associated only with the first operating state. | 04-16-2015 |
20150099509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CIRCUIT SWITCHED CALLS AT A USER EQUIPMENT - A method at a user equipment including detecting that a circuit switched (CS) call has been requested at the user equipment; if a most recent registration attempt or registration update attempt with a network of a first radio access technology (RAT) resulted in an abnormal state, registering with a network of a second RAT; and initiating the CS call with the network of the second RAT. | 04-09-2015 |
20150099462 | NFC-CAPABLE HOLDER FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A near-field communication (NFC) capable mobile communication device ( | 04-09-2015 |
20150099400 | HIGH DIGITAL BANDWIDTH CONNECTION APPARATUS - A multiple connector socket is able to interface to a low bandwidth connector and a high bandwidth connector. The low bandwidth connector facilitates a low bandwidth interface, such as USB 2.0, using a miniaturized connector having low bandwidth blade contacts, such as a micro USB 2.0 connector. The high bandwidth connector interposes high bandwidth blade contacts between the low bandwidth blade contacts for facilitating a high bandwidth interface, such a components of a DisplayPort interface. The high bandwidth blade contacts incorporate apertures to reduce electromagnetic coupling with the low bandwidth blade contacts. In one implementation apertures are not required on the low bandwidth blade contacts. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098535 | PHASE NOISE MITIGATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for tracking and mitigating phase noise in a communication receiver are disclosed. The phase noise tracking and mitigation apparatus operates in a recursive manner and includes a quantizer for determining data symbols from noise-compensated input values, a phase noise estimator for determining raw phase noise values from the data symbols and a first sequence of uncompensated input values, an error concealment module for removing unreliable samples from the raw phase noise values, a filter operable to filter the raw phase noise values to produce filtered phase noise values, and a phase-noise compensator for determining noise-compensated output values dependent upon the filtered phase noise values and the first sequence of uncompensated input values. Filter coefficients, and initial noise-compensated input values are determined from one or more second sequences of uncompensated input values corresponding to known symbols corrupted by phase noise. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098442 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CORRECT INDOOR POSITIONING BY UTILIZING Wi-Fi HANDOVERS - A system and method may dynamically correct the dead reckoning (DR) position of a mobile device. An indoor or outdoor venue may have Access Points (APs) dispersed around its interior. Each time that a mobile device experiences a handover from one AP to a new AP, the mobile device and/or the local network associated with the venue may determine whether or not the mobile device's DR position corresponds to the location of the new AP. If the mobile device's DR position does not correspond to the location of the new AP within a predetermined threshold, then the mobile device's DR position may be updated to a position associated with the new AP. As a result, the DR position of the mobile device may be continuously checked, and if need be, corrected at each AP handover associated with the venue. The APs may be Wi-Fi/WLAN APs, eNodeB's, or other APs. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097634 | MILLIMETER-WAVE BROADBAND TRANSITION OF MICROSTRIP LINE ON THIN TO THICK SUBSTRATES - Embodiments are directed to a structure comprising: a first substrate section having a first thickness, a second substrate section having a second thickness different from the first thickness, a plurality of vias configured to couple a first ground plane associated with the first substrate section and a second ground plane associated with the second substrate section, and a microstrip comprising: a first section associated with the first substrate section and having a first width, a second section associated with the second substrate section and having a second width different from the first width, and a taper between the first width and the second width. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097633 | 60 GHZ INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TRANSITIONS - Embodiments are directed to a transition structure for interfacing an integrated circuit chip and a substrate, comprising: a co-planar waveguide (CPW) structure formed based on ground-signal-ground (GSG) pads on the integrated circuit chip, a grounded co-planar waveguide (CPWG) structure coupled to the GSG pads, and a microstrip coupled to the CPWG structure. | 04-09-2015 |
20150095839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA SEARCHING USING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure provides for a method and an apparatus that enables a collection of media files to be rapidly searched for segments or sub-segments of media content. A graphical user interface is rendered on a display under control of a processor. The interface includes a file-view window configured to display representative images of the media files. In one mode of operation, the processor displays representative images of segments of a selected media file an expanded-view window in response to a sensed user input on the representative image of the media file. A segment may be further expanded or selected for processing in response to a sensed user input on the representative image of the segment in the expanded-view window. Expansion, contraction and selection of a media file, or segments of the media file, are provided. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094083 | EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT TRIGGERS FOR CREATING NEW PLACE DATA - A method, performed by a mobile device, of creating place data, the method comprising receiving a place-marking trigger by the mobile device, in response to the trigger, determining current location data for a current location of the mobile device, determining if the current location corresponds to a place for which place data already exists in a place data store, if the place data store does not contain any place data corresponding to the current location, creating new place data for the place corresponding to the current location, and transferring the place data to the place data store. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094067 | Apparatus and Method for High Priority Search on RRC State Change - A user equipment is provided comprising: 1) transceiver circuitry configured to operate in cells associated with at least one radio access technology (RAT) network; and 2) a controller configured to perform neighbor cell searches. The controller is further configured to determine when the user equipment enters a first RRC state from a second RRC state. In response to a determination that the user equipment entered a first RRC state from a second RRC state, the controller delays performing a cell search until the controller determines that the user equipment has received complete system information for a serving cell. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092676 | Macrocell Enabled MM-Wave Superspot for Mobility - A system and method may use mm-wave superspots to download high volumes of data to a moving or stationary mobile device traveling along a travel route that the moving mobile device is traveling. A macrocell in communication with the mobile device may predict the route that the mobile device is traveling, such as via GPS location, moving speed and direction, map information, etc. Alternatively, the route being taken may be determined by wireless communication, such as between the mobile device and a macrocell and/or superspot. The macrocell and/or superspot may determine whether (1) there are any mm-wave superspots along the predicted or known route that the mobile device is taking; (2) there is any data that is requested or remaining to download to the moving mobile device; and/or (3) the received signal quality, channel conditions, and/or macrocell traffic to the mobile device are favorable for superspot downloading. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091811 | USER-TRACKABLE MOVING IMAGE FOR CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method of operation thereof, in which accidental, careless or unintended user input is mitigated. A sequence of frames is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device to depict an image moving in an image path over a time interval. A user touch path, generated in response to the moving image, is sensed over the time interval. The image path is compared with the user touch path to determine a path tracking accuracy and the electronic device is controlled responsive to the determined path tracking accuracy. In this manner, unlocking an electronic device and selection of a device function may be achieved by a single user action. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091766 | BROADBAND CAPACITIVELY-LOADED TUNABLE ANTENNA - A broadband capacitively-loaded tunable antenna, and device there for is provided. The device comprises: an antenna feed; a first radiating arm connected to the antenna feed; a second radiating arm capacitively coupled to the first radiating arm; an adjustable reactance device connecting the second radiating arm to one or more of a ground and a third radiating arm; and, a processor in communication with the adjustable reactance device, the processor configured to adjust a reactance of the adjustable reactance device to tune a resonance frequency of a combination of the second radiating arm, the adjustable reactance device, and, when present, the third radiating arm. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091508 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH A DEVICE UNDER CHARGE - A charger that is part of a system including an electronic appliance wirelessly charges a first device. During the wireless charging, the charger sends, to the first device, a first message. In response to the first message, the electronic appliance receives a second message requesting a specified action by the electronic appliance. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091496 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH A DEVICE UNDER CHARGE - A first device is wirelessly charged by a second device. Bi-directional communication is performed between the first device and the second device during the wireless charging, where the bi-directional communication includes messaging from the second device to the first device, the messaging including information other than information relating to wireless charging. | 04-02-2015 |
20150088927 | Systems and Methods for Establishing and Using a Personal Linking Graph - Systems and methods are provided for using a personal finking graph. An electronic device obtains a first entity. It searches a links database, which includes one or more links between the first entity and other entities. The one or more links form the personal linking graph. The electronic device identifies a second entity associated with the first entity through the one or more links. An action related to the second entity is then performed. For example, the second entity is displayed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087334 | System and Method For Improving Location Estimates Of Co-Located Sectored Cell Sites For Location Services - Improved location estimates for transceivers is described. The location estimate of transceivers can be improved for sector transceivers that are co-located at a sectored cell site. The location estimate for each individual co-located sector transceiver can be updated as a centroid of all of the co-located sector transceivers. The location information of the transceivers can be used to provide network location estimation to mobile devices which do not have accurate positioning estimates. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085712 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CONFIGURATION - A configuration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation is provided at a user equipment (UE) to handle dynamic uplink-downlink configuration changes. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085711 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HARQ OPERATION AND SCHEDULING IN JOINT TDD AND FDD CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method at a user equipment for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation, the user equipment operating on a primary carrier having a first duplex mode and on at least one secondary carrier having a second duplex mode, the method using HARQ timing of the first duplex mode if the timing of the first duplex mode promotes acknowledgement opportunities over using HARQ timing of the second duplex mode; and using HARQ timing of the second duplex mode if the timing of the second duplex mode promotes acknowledgement opportunities over using HARQ timing of the first duplex mode. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085680 | RETRANSMITTING COMMUNICATIONS IN A MOBILE NETWORK USING SMALL CELL CLUSTERS - Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to enable retransmitting of communications in a mobile network using small cell clusters are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein for a macro node in a mobile network include configuring a cluster of small cell nodes in communication with the macro node to perform retransmission of downlink packets sent from the macro node to a first user equipment (UE) served by the macro node. Such example methods also include sending a first downlink packet from the macro node for receipt by the first UE. Such example methods further include receiving acknowledgment information for the first downlink packet from the cluster of small cell nodes. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085677 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BAND-LIMITED SUBFRAMES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for using band-limited subframes in wireless communication networks are provided. During the band-limited subframes, the macro cell base station may mute its transmission or transmit at a low power over some frequency sub-band, while transmitting at a normal or higher power over other frequency sub-band. Correspondingly, the small cell base station may communicate with UEs within its coverage at the frequency sub-band that the macro cell base station transmits at a low power. The band-limited subframe enables the small cell base station to communicate with the UE with reduced interference, and in the meantime, increases the throughput of macro cell base station as it does not require the macro cell base station to completely mute its transmission during the band-limited subframe. | 03-26-2015 |
20150084600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MITIGATING HIGH-TEMPERATURE , HIGH-CHARGE GAS SWELLING OF BATTERY OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method mitigates or even prevents gas swelling of a battery of a portable electronic device at high temperatures and states of charge of the battery. The method comprises: receiving “temperature” and “state of charge” signals, which are functions of a temperature and state of charge of the battery, respectively; determining, as corresponding functions of the “temperature” and “state of charge” signals, whether the temperature is within an elevated operating-temperature range and the state of charge is within an elevated state-of-charge range; cycle-forming the battery a predetermined number of cycles; and terminating the “cycle-forming” operation of the battery when the pre-determined number of cycles is reached. | 03-26-2015 |
20150082297 | UPDATING FIRMWARE ON MOBILE DEVICES - Updating firmware on mobile devices can be performed during device management (DM) sessions between mobile devices and one or more servers. A server can provide data to at least one node of a firmware update management object (FUMO) stored at a mobile device. The data can indicate a plurality of different update file locations accessible via a network. The mobile device can download a plurality of update files from the plurality of different update file locations via the network in response to receiving the command. From a set of update files, each mobile device can thus obtain its particular firmware update as a subset of the update files as indicated by its FUMO. Metadata may be provided to the FUMO to express one or more conditions that the mobile device must meet in order to download respective update files. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081369 | Systems and Methods for Providing Files in Relation to a Calendar Event - Systems and methods are provided for providing suggested files in relation to a calendar event. An electronic device receives an input related to the calendar event. Calendar event information, such as attendees, subject, and the date, are obtained. A search is performed for files related to the calendar event information. The related files can be ordered or ranked according to confidence values. The files are then displayed as suggestions. Links between suggested files and the calendar event are also formed. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079975 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS NETWORK COEXISTENCE - A method and device are disclosed for transmission control based on conditions at a receiver. A condition for a received channel of a first wireless network when one or more transmitters for a second or additional wireless networks are transmitting is determined. A condition for the received channel when the transmitters of the second or additional wireless networks are not transmitting also is determined and the two conditions are compared. Depending on the comparison, transmission characteristics for the second wireless network may be modified to mitigate desensitization of the receiver due to the coexistence of transceivers for supporting multiple types of communication subsystems. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCE CALL SECURITY OVERRIDE - A method for controlling access to a conference call, the method comprising authenticating a mobile device in accordance with access requirements for the conference call rejecting the mobile device if the participant does not comply with the access requirements in response to the rejection, determining by a processor based on information other than said access requirements that the mobile device is legitimate and overriding the rejection to allow connection to the conference call if it is determined that the mobile device is legitimate. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079906 | Temporary Identifiers and Expiration Values for Discoverable User Equipments (UEs) - A temporary identifier is assigned to a discoverable user equipment (UE) in an assignment, an expiration value is assigned to the assignment, and the temporary identifier and the expiration value are associated to a long-term identifier of the discoverable UE. The temporary identifier and an indication of the expiration value are provided to the discoverable UE. The temporary identifier and an indication of the expiration value are provided to a discovering UE responsive to receipt of an inquiry including the long-term identifier of the discoverable UE The discoverable UE broadcasts the temporary identifier. If the broadcast is heard by the discovering UE, the discovering UE may identify that the broadcast is from the discoverable UE, based on the association of the long-term identifier to the temporary identifier. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078678 | USING NARROW FIELD OF VIEW MONOCHROME CAMERA FOR PRODUCING A ZOOMED IMAGE - Methods and electronic devices for producing a zoomed image using a narrow field of view monochrome camera are described. In one aspect, the method includes: receiving a color image that is captured by a color camera; receiving an achromatic image that is captured by a monochrome camera with the monochrome camera having a narrower field of view than the color camera; and merging the color image and the achromatic image to produce an enhanced image. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078635 | STRUCTURE FOR MULTICOLOR BIOMETRIC SCANNING USER INTERFACE - A mobile computing device including a biometric scanning interface that changes color in response to a predetermined condition. The biometric scanning interface comprises a layer of heat-sensing elements and a multi-element layer comprising heating elements and thermochromic polymer elements. When the predetermined condition is detected, a driver is adapted to control the thermochromic layer to change color. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078634 | MULTICOLOR BIOMETRIC SCANNING USER INTERFACE - A mobile computing device may include a biometric sensor in proximity with a color-controlled layer. Where the color of the color-controlled layer may be changed, a processor of the mobile computing device may control the color of the color-controlled layer responsive to sensing various conditions. For example, the color of the color-controlled layer may be controlled, by default, to match the housing of the mobile computing device. Responsive to sensing an approaching user finger, the color-controlled layer may be controlled to change color. The color-controlled layer may be controlled to change color again upon contact of the finger, upon removal of the finger and upon determining authentication success. The color-controlled layer may be structured as a mix of heating elements and thermochromic polymer elements. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078445 | TRANSPOSING A BLOCK OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS, BASED UPON AN INTRA-PREDICTION MODE - Methods and devices for video coding are described. If an intra-prediction mode to be used in encoding a block of residual data is in a specific predetermined class, e.g., the horizontal class, then at least a portion of a quantized transformed block of residual data is transposed during encoding. Likewise, if an intra-prediction mode that was used to generate an encoded block of residual data is in such a class, then at least a portion of an entropy-decoded block of residual data is transposed during decoding. | 03-19-2015 |