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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160127791 | Media Guide User Interface Systems and Methods - Exemplary systems and methods provide a media guide graphical user interface having distinct views dedicated to presenting different sets of information about media content distributed by way of a media service, such as a first view dedicated to presenting information about media programs scheduled for distribution by way of a media service during one or more time slots that overlap a current time and a second view dedicated to presenting information about media programs scheduled for distribution by way of the media service during one or more time slots that are temporally subsequent to the one or more time slots that overlap the current time. In certain examples, a requested view of the media guide graphical user interface is dynamically populated with a select set of categories and category-specific media programs based on one or more predefined selection factors. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127789 | Methods and Systems for Providing Source-Agnostic Access to Media Programs - An exemplary computer-implemented media service system detects user input representative of a request by a user to flag a set of related media programs, monitors an availability of the media programs from a plurality of different presentation sources, determines when the user is likely to access each media program included in the set of related media programs, dynamically selects, based on the monitored availability of the media programs from the different presentation sources and on when the user is likely to access each media program included in the set of related media programs, a presentation source from the plurality of different presentation sources for each media program included in the set of related media programs, and provides the user with access to each media program included in the set of related media programs by way of a single user interface. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127788 | Methods and Systems for Providing Context-Based Customer Support for a User Interface View Associated with a Television Service - An exemplary computer-implemented television service system detects, while a media content processing device is presenting a user interface view associated with a television service within a display screen in communication with the media content processing device, an input command provided by a user of the media content processing device and representative of a request for customer support. In response, the system identifies a context within which the input command is provided by the user, selects, based on the identified context, customer support content provided by the television service and associated with the user interface view being presented within the display screen, and directs the media content processing device to present the customer support content within the user interface view. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127785 | Media Channel Navigation User Interface Systems and Methods - An exemplary method includes a media channel navigation user interface system detecting, while media content distributed on a media channel is being presented for display on a display screen, a user request to launch a media channel navigation user interface, and providing, in response to the detected user request and for concurrent display with the presentation of the media content on the display screen, a media channel navigation user interface pane comprising a set of media channel navigation tools that include at least media content channel navigation tools selectable by a user to launch different types of menus of media channels in the media channel navigation user interface pane. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127784 | Context-Based Media Program Presentation Methods and Systems - An exemplary computer-implemented media service system detects an input command provided by a user to initiate a viewing session by way of a display screen in communication with a media content processing device that operates in accordance with a media service, identifies a context within which the input command is provided by the user, selects, based on the identified context, a media program available by way of the media service and that is potentially of interest to the user, and directs the media content processing device to present the media program by way of the display screen when the viewing session begins in response to the input command. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127780 | Media Service User Interface Systems and Methods - An exemplary computer-implemented media service user interface system detects a request for information about a media program series and, in response, generates a media program series page for the media program series and provides a view of at least a portion of the media program series page for display on a display screen. In certain examples, the system generates the media program series page by determining, across multiple different media content presentation sources by way of which media content is accessible through a media service for presentation by a media content access device, episodes of the media program series that are available for access by the media content access device through the media service, and populating the media program series page with page content that represents the episodes of the media program series that are available for access by the media content access device through the media service. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127777 | Media Service Personalization Systems and Methods - An exemplary media service personalization system maintains profiles for multiple media service access devices associated with an end-user account with a media service, generates a merged profile based on the profiles for the media service access devices, and directs a communal media service access device associated with the end-user account to personalize the media service based on the merged profile. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125740 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE IDENTITY AND CAPABILITY VERIFICATION - A device receives a request for a flight path for a UAV from a first location to a second location, credentials for the UAV, and component information for the UAV. The device determines, based on the credentials, whether the UAV is authenticated for utilizing the device and a network, and determines whether the UAV is capable of flight based on the component information and maintenance information. The device calculates, the flight path based on capability information for the UAV and/or other information, and determines whether the UAV is capable of traversing the flight path based on the capability information and/or the other information. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path, and provides the flight path instructions to the UAV to permit the UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path. | 05-05-2016 |
20160111006 | USER INTERFACES FOR SELECTING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND MISSION PLANS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - A device receives a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path and performance of mission operations, and presents a first user interface that requests mission information. The device receives the mission information, and determines recommended UAVs for the mission based on the mission information. The device presents information associated with the recommended UAVs, and receives a selection of a particular UAV via the first user interface. The device determines recommended mission plans based on the mission information and the particular UAV, and presents the recommended mission plans via a second user interface. The device receives a selection of a particular mission plan via the second user interface, and generates mission plan instructions for the particular mission plan. The device provides the mission plan instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel the flight path and perform the mission operations. | 04-21-2016 |
20160094964 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CRASH DETECTION USING ONBOARD DEVICES - Vehicle collisions may be automatically detected and reported based to a call center. The collisions may be automatically detected based on a collision detection model that receives sensor data, or other data, as input, and outputs an indication of whether there is a collision. The collision detection model may be trained on historical sensor data associated with potential vehicle collisions, where the historical sensor data is labeled to indicate whether the data corresponds to an actual collision. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094881 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Media Service Personalization by way of a Capacitive Sensing Remote Control Device - In an exemplary method, a media service personalization system determines a first frequency response pattern based on frequency responses to a plurality of alternating current signal frequencies output to at least one external electrode of a remote control device, correlates the first frequency response pattern to a first personalized mode of operation, and directs a media service access device to operate in accordance with the first personalized mode of operation. In certain examples, the media service personalization system directs a frequency response determination facility of the remote control device to output the plurality of alternating current signal frequencies to the at least one external electrode of the remote control device and measure the frequency responses to the plurality of alternating current signal frequencies. | 03-31-2016 |
20160088163 | MANAGING CHARGING SYSTEM TRAFFIC - Systems and methods for an enhanced online charging system service are described. A first signaling message is received from an originating mobile station for transmission over a network to a destination mobile station, wherein the first signaling message includes a voice message or a data message. A request from a mobile switching center (MSC), Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or Telephony Application Server (TAS) is provided to an online charging system (OCS) to determine an account usage balance associated with the mobile station. When the OCS determines the account is associated with valid monthly prepaid wireless subscription plan, a first response message is received at the MSC, SMC or TAS. The first response message indicates to the MSC, SMC or TAS to not send, for a predetermined time period, further requests to the OCS to determine an account usage balance associated with the mobile station. | 03-24-2016 |
20160080572 | CALL DROP INTELLIGENT ENGINE - The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for managing calls received by a call center. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that may include receiving and routing a first call to a first agent. The method may also include determining completed steps of a troubleshooting process and storing session information comprising a list of the completed steps of the troubleshooting process. The method may further include creating a call drop ticket associated with the session information if the first call is disconnected before the troubleshooting process is completed. In one aspect, the method may include receiving a second call, and, if the second call is associated with the call drop ticket, bypass running of a call routing script; routing the second call to a second agent; and displaying, to the second agent, the completed steps stored in the session information. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078489 | Systems and Methods of Using Social Media Data to Personalize Media Content Recommendations - In an exemplary method, a media content recommendation system determines that a media service account of an end user of a media service is linked to a social media account of the end user, accesses social media data from the social media account of the end user of the media service, generates a media content recommendation personalized to the end user of the media service based on the social media data, and provides the media content recommendation to an access device for presentation to the end user of the media service. | 03-17-2016 |
20160073300 | DEVICE STATE DERIVATION - Systems and methods for device state derivation are described. Some implementations include receiving, from a mobile station at a state derivation server, current connectivity characteristics of one or more radio access technologies (RATs) that are serviced by a modem of the mobile station, analyzing the one or more connectivity characteristics to determine one or more of: whether the mobile station is tuning away from a particular RAT to access another RAT or a duration for which the mobile station is tuning away from the particular RAT to access the other RAT, based on the analyzing, determining a current connectivity state of the mobile station, and displaying the current connectivity state at a user interface of a computing device associated with the state derivation server. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073242 | DIRECTIONAL MESSAGING AMONG MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method are provided for directional messaging among mobile devices. An input is received from a first mobile device, identifying a directional range for sending a message to a second mobile device within the directional range. The second mobile device located in the directional range identified in the input is identified. A location indicator showing the location of the second mobile device within the identified directional range is sent to the first mobile device. A message to be sent to the second mobile device is received from the first mobile device. In response to receiving the message, the message is sent to the second mobile device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073166 | Methods and Systems for Identifying a Media Program Clip Associated With a Trending Topic - An exemplary method of identifying a media program clip associated with a trending topic includes receiving a plurality of media content streams representative of a plurality of media programs, detecting, while the media content streams are being received, caption data included in the media content streams and associated with the media programs, identifying, based on the detected caption data, a trending topic associated with the plurality of media programs, and identifying a media program clip associated with the trending topic. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 03-10-2016 |
20160066133 | LOCATION-BASED TELEPHONE CALLS OVER A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) - A request to access a location-based service is received via a wireless access point (WAP). A WAP identifier associated with the WAP may be identified based on the request and a particular geographic location associated with the WAP may be determined based on the identifier. For example, a WAP information service (WIS) may store data associating geographic locations and WAP identifiers corresponding to a plurality of WAPs that include the WAP, and the particular geographic location may be determined by querying the WIS, based on the particular WAP identifier, to identify the particular geographic location. A communication may be established between the user device and location-based service based on the particular geographic location associated with the WAP. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065559 | Systems and Methods for Verifying Human Interaction with a Computer Interface - Exemplary methods and systems for verifying human interaction with a computer interface are described herein. An exemplary method includes a human-interaction verification system detecting a request by an access device to access network-based content, providing, for display by the access device, a visually dynamic representation of one or more security images associated with a passcode in response to the access request, receiving, by way of the access device, challenge-response input associated with the visually dynamic representation of the one or more security images, and performing an access operation based at least in part on a comparison of the challenge-response input to the passcode. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062561 | USER-SELECTABLE QUASI-PERMANENT PARTIAL OVERLAP OF USER INTERFACE DISPLAY - A method includes displaying via a processor a user interface on a display screen of a computing device, detecting a selection of a portion of the first user interface, generating a clip configured to include the selected portion of the user interface as content. The method further includes displaying the generated clip on the display screen to enable a user of the mobile device to review the content, and maintaining the display of the generated clip on the display screen even after the user interface is no longer displayed on the display screen. | 03-03-2016 |
20160057595 | PERSONALIZED EMERGENCY IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATION - An individual uses a communication device to provide information identifying the type of emergency that the individual is experiencing. In response to receiving an emergency alert, an inquiry as to whether the received emergency alert relates to a medical emergency or to a non-medical emergency is generated and provided to the user. Upon receiving a response indicating that the emergency alert relates to a medical emergency, a medical history of the individual is automatically retrieved and a geographical location of the user is determined. A medical emergency service that is suitable for determining a type of medical assistance required by the individual is automatically identified based on the received confirmation and the retrieved medical history. A bi-directional communication with a communication device of the identified medical emergency service is established to upload to a data storage element of the communication device the medical history and geographical location of the individual. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054982 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) ENGINE - Systems and methods for an application programming interface (API) engine are disclosed. Some implementations include receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a first graphical element representing a first component of an API that is to be generated, where the first component is associated with a first set of one or more reusable programming actions, receiving, via the user interface, instructions to drag the selected first graphical element and another selected second graphical element to a graphical workspace associated with the user interface to connect the first and the second graphical element, combining the first set of reusable programming actions with a second set of reusable programming actions when the selected second graphical element is connected with the first graphical component on the graphical workspace and automatically displaying software code representing the API based on the combination. | 02-25-2016 |
20160044112 | User Feedback Systems and Methods - An exemplary method includes detecting, by a user feedback system, ring-back content provided to a first computing device during a connection period prior to beginning a communication session between the first computing device and a second computing device, and providing, by the user feedback system in conjunction with the detecting of the ring-back content provided to the first computing device, a feedback mechanism that facilitates a user of the first computing device providing feedback regarding the ring-back content. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042169 | Methods and Systems for Determining a User Identity by Analysis of Reflected Radio Frequency Signals Received by an Antenna Array - An exemplary method includes a user identification system associated with a computing device transmitting a radio frequency (“RF”) signal from a transmitting antenna, receiving a plurality of reflected RF signals that are each a reflection of the transmitted RF signal from an external surface of a user, each of the plurality of reflected RF signals received at a separate one of a plurality of sensing antennas, determining an RF signature based on the plurality of reflected RF signals, and determining whether the RF signature matches a reference RF signature. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 02-11-2016 |
20160026452 | EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT OF APPLICATION REVISIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLICATION ROLLBACKS ACROSS MULTIPLE APPLICATION SERVERS - The deployment of application revisions and performing of application rollbacks across multiple application servers is streamlined by reducing the number of files that are communicated to the application servers to perform updates and rollbacks. An application service is provided by multiple application servers each executing a plurality of compiled code files associated with the application service. Each application server receives a compiled code file corresponding to an update for one of the plurality of compiled code files associated with the application service. The one compiled code file is replaced with the received compiled code file corresponding to the update. The application servers then provide an updated version of the application service by executing the plurality of compiled code files including the replacement compiled code file corresponding to the update. Application rollback is performed using compiled code files stored in a local repository of each application server. | 01-28-2016 |
20150379874 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - A device receives a request for a flight path from a first location to a second location in a region, and calculates the flight path based on the request and based on one or more of weather information, air traffic information, obstacle information, regulatory information, or historical information associated with the region. The device determines required capabilities for the flight path based on the request, and selects, from multiple UAVs, a particular UAV based on the required capabilities for the flight path and based on a ranking of the multiple UAVs. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path, and provides the flight path instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379048 | MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary method includes a media content search system providing a media content search creation tool in a graphical user interface, detecting a user-submission of one or more user-selectable graphical objects representing one or more media programs to the media content search creation tool in the graphical user interface, and generating a set of media content search parameters based on the one or more media programs represented by the one or more user-selectable graphical objects submitted to the media content search creation tool. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 12-31-2015 |
20150363207 | ALLOWING A COMPUTING DEVICE TO OPERATE IN A DEMO MODE AND A CONSUMER MODE - Systems and methods for a demo mode for a computing device are disclosed. In some implementations, a computing device receives a first input for entering a demo mode. The computing device prompts, in response to the first input, for a user input indicating whether the user wishes to place the computing device in the demo mode. The computing device receives the user input indicating that the user wishes to place the computing device in the demo mode. The computing device enters the demo mode responsive to the user input indicating that the user wishes to place the computing device in the demo mode. Entering the demo mode includes adjusting battery settings of the computing device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150358331 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, AUTHORIZATION AND ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK - A system and method are provided for identity management of applications on computing devices. A set of applications are registered at an identity management system. Each application allows a different level of access permission to the application based on a user role associated with a user accessing the application. A set of user profiles associated with users are received. Each user profile includes a login credential for allowing access to the applications and a user role for defining a user level of access permission to the applications. An access request to access an application is received at the identity management system and responsive to the access request, a user associated with the access request is authenticated. Upon successful authentication, the user role associated with the authenticated user is determined and the user is allowed to access functions of the application corresponding to the determined user role. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358218 | STATISTICAL MONITORING OF CUSTOMER DEVICES - A network device receives configuration information for monitoring, via a network, control data for a monitored customer device. The configuration information includes business rules for responding to an event when the control data is outside baseline control limits. The network device identifies original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or service provider recommended limits for the control data and receives initial control data, associated with the monitored customer device, for a particular time period. The network device determines, based on the initial control data, baseline control limits related to the OEM or service provider recommended limits. The network device receives, an indication of an out-of-bounds event, wherein the out-of-bounds event includes at least one instance where subsequent control data is outside the baseline control limits and initiates, based on the business rules, an action responsive to the out-of-bounds event. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356633 | ADJUSTING QOS LEVELS FOR ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON USER ANALYTICS - A device may be configured to store advertisement control information for an advertisement. The advertisement control information may indicate a target demographic for the advertisement. The device may receive the advertisement to be provided to a user device via an operator network. The device may receive user information that indicates a demographic of a user of the user device. The device may determine a quality of service level with which to provide the advertisement to the user device. The quality of service level may be determined based on the target demographic and the demographic of the user. The device may provide the advertisement to the user device, via the operator network, at the determined quality of service level. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356534 | CONTENT PROVIDER CHARGED GATEWAY - Systems and methods for providing content provider charged web content to a mobile device are disclosed. A mobile routing server receives a request for a mobile device to access web content associated with a content provider. The mobile routing server determines whether the request is associated with a provider-charged gateway. If the request is associated with the provider-charged gateway, the mobile routing server provides access to the web content via the provider-charged gateway and signals a billing server to charge an account associated with the content provider for data charges associated with the access to the web content. If the request is not associated with the provider-charged gateway, the mobile routing server provides access to the web content via a regular Internet gateway and signals the billing server to charge an account associated with the mobile device for the data charges associated with the access to the web content. | 12-10-2015 |
20150351027 | DYNAMIC ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF ACCESS POINTS - A network selection device may determine that a communication between a user device and a first network device should be transferred from the first network device to a second network device that is in an idle state; output an instruction to cause the second network device to exit the idle state and communicate with the user device; determine that the second network device is unused or underutilized; and output, based on determining that the second network device is unused or underutilized, an instruction to cause the second network device to reenter the idle state. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350876 | REMOTE DEVICE ACTIVATION - An application installed on a mobile device currently activated for service with a mobile wireless communication network captures information uniquely identifying a currently unsubscribed mobile device. The unique information may be captured from the currently unsubscribed mobile device via any of several short range transfer mechanisms. The application transfers the captured information and other information used to activate the currently unsubscribed mobile device to an activation service of the mobile wireless communication network, and the service activates the currently unsubscribed mobile device. In another example, a self-activation portal system determines an identifier of an owner of an account associated with an identifier provided by a user of a mobile device to be activated for use with a mobile wireless service. The system sends a message to the account owner offering options to accept or decline the activation request. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350874 | MANAGING ROAMING POLICIES USING A CENTRALIZED STORAGE DEVICE - A device may receive a network identifier and roaming policy information associated with the network identifier. The roaming policy information may identify a manner in which to treat traffic associated with mobile devices that are associated with a home network identified by the network identifier. The device may store the network identifier and the roaming policy information using a global roaming policy data structure. The device may provide the network identifier and the roaming policy information to a mobility management entity device for storage using a local roaming policy data structure accessible by the mobility management entity device. The mobility management entity device may be one of multiple mobility management entity devices having access to respective local roaming policy data structures. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350701 | Methods and Systems for Managing Storage of Media Program Copies Within a Network Digital Video Recording System - An exemplary method includes a network DVR system identifying a total number of requests provided by a plurality of users to record a media program during a presentation of the media program, determining, based on the total number of requests and on a predicted playback rate associated with the media program, a maximum number of temporally overlapping playback sessions of the media program that will potentially be initiated by the plurality of users subsequent to the presentation of the media program, and storing, in response to the requests and based on the determining, a plurality of unique copies of the media program. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350453 | DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR USE OF A SHARED FREQUENCY IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS - One or more devices may be configured to store jurisdiction information that associates each of a plurality of base stations with at least one jurisdiction. The one or more devices may establish a session, between a first base station and a user device, that uses a frequency. The one or more device may record handover information based on the first base station handing over the session to a second base station. The handover information may indicate an amount of data used while the session is hosted by the first base station. The one or more devices may determine a particular jurisdiction associated with the first base station based on the jurisdiction information. The one or more devices may cause a particular rights holder to be compensated for use of the frequency based on the amount of data used while the session is hosted by the first base station. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350434 | SUPERVISORY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method may include identifying diverse applications associated with supervision of agent work stations. The method may include generating a unified view interface based on supervisory communications associated with the diverse applications and receiving a request for the unified view interface from a supervisory interface device. The method may include exporting the unified view interface to the supervisory interface device. The method may further include receiving notifications associated with the diverse applications, and sending the notifications to the supervisory interface device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SECURE FILE TRANSMISSION - An approach is provided for enabling the transmission of files independent of a file transfer application or the throughput capabilities of the sending or receiving devices. A segmentation platform receives a user input for specifying a data file to be transferred from a server to a receiving device. The segmentation platform also initiates a segmenting of the data file at the server based on the user input and generates one or more instructions, at least one error detection parameter, or a combination thereof for initiating an assembly of segments of the data file at the receiving device, validating the assembly of the segments of the data file, or a combination thereof. The segmentation platform further stores the segments, the one or more instructions, the at least one error detection parameter, or a combination thereof to the server for retrieval by a user of the receiving device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350200 | BIOMETRIC FRAMEWORK ALLOWING INDEPENDENT APPLICATION CONTROL - Generation and segregation of mobile device biometric application template storage is described. Applications request a memory domain within mobile device storage for storing enrolled templates in the domain. The application calls a secure API associated with the biometric driver and software of the mobile device. As a result, the biometric driver and software does not search a number of domains to locate the enrolled templates that correspond to the mobile application or search all enrolled templates stored in memory. The mobile device applications maintain control of the storage domain and the template. The enrolled template may only be deleted through the controlling mobile device application. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348178 | Method and System for Renting and Sub-Renting Vehicles - A system and method for sub-renting a vehicle to a secondary/sub-renter after the vehicle has been rented to a primary renter. The vehicle may comprise a telematics control unit to enhance the sub-renting process. A rental duration of secondary renter(s) may be compared to an idle timeframe specified by the primary renter. Other rental parameters may be compared to enhance sub-renting of the vehicle, such as an idle location and a vehicle class of the vehicle, for example. In this manner, rented vehicles can be utilized more, particularly during periods when the primary renter has no need to use the rented vehicle. Secondary renters are enabled to use/rent the vehicle during these idle periods and the primary renter can avoid paying for more than he or she needs. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348149 | EFFICIENTLY AUTHORIZING CUSTOMERS FOR PRODUCTS UNDER DIFFERENT AUTHORIZATION CONDITIONS - Customers seeking to acquire new products or services may need to be authorized for the new products or services. The authorization can depend on customer and product information, as well as on different authorization conditions such as qualification, re-qualification, and eligibility conditions. To efficiently authorize a customer for products or services under different authorization conditions, a table stores authorization rules including flags associating the rules with particular authorization conditions. Hence, among the rules that pertain to authorizing the customer for a product or service, one subset of rules can be associated with one authorization condition while a different subset is associated with another authorization condition. The customer is selectively determined to be authorized for the product or service under an authorization condition when the product or service information and/or the customer information satisfy all of the rules associated with the selected authorization condition. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348044 | SECURE CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS BASED ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device may facilitate secure credit card transactions. The mobile device may initialize a mobile credit card verification (MCCV) generator using parameters that are shared with a credit card verifier, and then initialize a rollover timer, where the rollover timer may be synchronized with the credit card verifier. The mobile device may generate an MCCV value based on the parameters, and provide the generated MCCV value to verify a credit card transaction. The mobile device may determine if the rollover timer has reached a predetermined time value, and generating a new MCCV value, based on updated parameters, in response to determining the rollover timer has reached the predetermined time value. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347999 | POINT-OF-SALE LOCATION CHECK FOR PAYMENT CARD PURCHASES - Credit card fraud prevention techniques are disclosed in which the authorization of a payment card may be performed using information obtained from a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone) associated with a user who initiates a point-of-sale payment card transaction. In one implementation, a device may receive a request for authorization of a payment associated with a payment card; and obtain location information relating to a location of a mobile device associated with a user of the payment card. The device may determine, based at least on a location of the point-of-sale terminal and the location of the mobile device, whether to authorize the request for authorization of the payment. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING - An approach is provided for receiving an input for specifying a developmental training activity associated with a user. The approach involves identifying a classification of the developmental training activity as a team activity, an individual activity, or a combination thereof. The approach also involves determining a weighting for the development training activity based on classification. The approach further involves calculating a training score for the user based on the weighting and the developmental training activity. | 12-03-2015 |
20150341945 | CARRIER AGGREGATION MANAGEMENT - A computer device may include logic configured to configure carrier aggregation for a user equipment serviced by the base station device; activate a secondary component carrier for the user equipment; determine that a quality level for the secondary component carrier is lower than a quality threshold; and de-activate the secondary component carrier for the user equipment, in response determining that the quality level is lower than the quality threshold. The logic may be further configured to detect a problem associated with the primary component carrier for the user equipment; determine whether a better primary component carrier is available, in response to detecting the problem; switch to the better primary component carrier, when the better primary component carrier is available; and de-configure carrier aggregation for the user equipment, when the better primary component carrier for the user equipment is not available. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341897 | DUAL REGISTRATION COORDINATION FOR TUNE AWAY - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to receive tune away data from a multimode mobile device and to adjust network processes based on the tune away data including downlink scheduling, uplink scheduling, and handover procedures. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341802 | RAN PERFORMANCE THROUGH DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING BETWEEN BASEBAND UNIT AND REMOTE RADIO HEADS - Digital signal processors (DSPs) process the digital baseband signals associated with CPRI links between BBUs and RRHs. The DSPs may be implemented at the RRH nodes (e.g., at the link leading to the BBU node), at the BBU node (e.g., at the links leading to the RRH nodes), or at both. The DSPs may be used to increase performance of the RAN. For example, the DSPs may implement digital filters designed to enhance the performance of the RAN. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341765 | FLOOR IDENTIFICATION FOR EMERGENCY CALLS - A system may be configured to determine a floor of a building in which the user device is located at a time a call was placed. The information, indicating the determined floor, may be provided to a callee, such as a public safety answering point (“PSAP”). The floor may be determined based on, for example, comparing an altitude of the user device and/or a list of networks or devices that are visible to the user device, to a set of reference information. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341292 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA AND COMMAND REQUEST PROCESSING - Methods and systems are disclosed for processing data and command requests. In one aspect, a method for processing a data and command request is disclosed that includes receiving, at a server, a first electronic mail message from a requesting electronic mail address, the first electronic mail message including information that identifies an application. The method may also include transmitting, by the server, a query to an application data source associated with the application, the application data source being selected from a plurality of data sources associated with a plurality of applications and receiving, at the server, application data from the application data source. In addition, the method may also include transmitting, by the server, a second electronic mail message that includes at least some of the application data as a reply to the first electronic mail message. Systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed for implementing the above-described method. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING MESSAGES BASED ON USER ACTIVITY STATUS - An approach is provided for delivering messages to a user based on their activity status. An activity detection platform receives a request to deliver a message from a sending device to a receiving device. The activity detection platform also detects an activity status of a receiving user associated with the receiving device based on the request. The activity detection platform also presents at least one delivery option for the message at the sending device to a sending user based on the detection. The message is then processed based on the at least one delivery option selected by the sending user prior to a presentation of the message to the receiving user. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341241 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING MACHINE IDENTIFIERS FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE PLATFORM SUPPORT - An approach is provided for determining, specifying, or associating a unique identifier with a machine in a machine-to-machine communications network. The approach includes specifying a unique identifier for a machine attached to a sub-network of an aggregator, wherein the machine and the aggregator comprise at least a portion of a machine-to-machine deployment. The approach also includes associating the unique identifier with a message directed to or originating from the machine via the aggregator, wherein the unique identifier is exposed beyond the sub-network for determining a connectivity status of the machine. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341216 | AUTOMATIC AND SECURE ACTIVATION OF A UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A device may receive a first device identifier associated with a first device management (DM) device associated with a local area network. The device may identify a second DM device, associated with the local area network, based on receiving the first device identifier. The device may provide the first device identifier to the second DM device. The first device identifier may be provided to the second DM device to allow the first DM device to be managed by the second DM device via the local area network. The device may determine a second device identifier associated with the second DM device. The device may provide the second device identifier to the first DM device. The second device identifier may be provided to the first DM device to allow the second DM device to manage the first DM device via the local area network. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339933 | CONFIGURABILITY OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION, AIRSPACE, AND PROPERTY UTILIZED BY AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORM - A device receives aviation information associated with aviation in a geographical region, and receives configurability options associated with the aviation information. The device analyzes the aviation information based on the configurability options to generate analyzed information, and receives a request for a flight path for a UAV to travel from a first location to a second location in the geographical region. The device calculates the flight path from the first location to the second location based on the analyzed information and capability information associated with the UAV, and generates flight path instructions for the flight path. The device provides the flight path instructions to the UAV to permit the UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339634 | HOME MAINTENANCE AUTOMATION - A network device receives customer registration information identifying a customer; receives first appliance registration information identifying a first appliance associated with the customer; and receives second appliance registration information identifying a second appliance associated with the customer. The first appliance registration information includes an initiation date and a service schedule of maintenance events for the first appliance, and the second appliance registration information includes an initiation date and a service schedule of maintenance events for the second appliance. The network device stores, in a data structure, the customer registration information, the first appliance registration information, and the second appliance registration information, and monitors the data structure for upcoming maintenance events for the first appliance or the second appliance. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336669 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE NETWORK-BASED RECHARGING - A device receives a request for a flight path for a UAV to travel from a first location to a second location, and determines capability information for the UAV based on component information of the UAV. The device calculates the flight path based on the capability information, identifies multiple recharging stations located on or near the flight path, and selects a recharging station from the multiple recharging stations based on one or more factors. The device generates flight path instructions, for the flight path, that instruct the UAV to stop and recharge at the recharging station. The device provides the flight path instructions to the UAV to permit the UAV to travel from the first location to a location of the recharging station, stop and recharge at the recharging station, and travel from the location of the recharging station to the second location via the flight path. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336668 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FLIGHT PATH DETERMINATION, OPTIMIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT - A device receives a request for a flight path from a first location to a second location in a region. The request includes component information associated with components of UAVs in a group. The device calculates a most efficient flight path from the first location to the second location based weather information, air traffic information, obstacle information, or regulatory information associated with the region, and determines capability information for the UAVs in the group based on the component information. The device selects, from the UAVs in the group, a particular UAV that is capable of traversing the most efficient flight path based on the capability information, and generates flight path instructions for the most efficient flight path. The device provides the flight path instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the most efficient flight path. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336667 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORM - A device receives a request for a flight path of UAV from a first location to a second location in a region, and determines, based on credentials associated with the UAV, whether the UAV is authenticated for utilizing the device and a network. The device determines, when the UAV is authenticated, capability information for the UAV based on the request and component information associated with the UAV. The device calculates the flight path from the first location to the second location based on the capability information and one or more of weather information, air traffic information, obstacle information, or regulatory information associated with the region. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path based on one or more of the weather information, the air traffic information, the obstacle information, or the regulatory information associated with the region, and provides the flight path instructions to the UAV. | 11-26-2015 |
20150334593 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC TRAFFIC MULTIPLEXING - A system may be configured to multiplex traffic, on a per-application basis, over multiple networks. The traffic may be multiplexed based on weights, associated with each application, and key performance indicators (“KPIs”) associated with the networks. The system may output a first proportion of traffic, associated with the application, via a first network, and may output a second proportion of traffic, associated the application, via the second network. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334591 | M2M GATEWAY COLLOCATED WITH A BASE STATION USING A CPRI CONNECTION - A system may include a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway. The M2M gateway may receive M2M information associated with an M2M application. The M2M gateway may mark the M2M information to create marked information. The marked information may be created to allow the marked information to be identified as M2M information. The M2M gateway may provide the marked information. The marked information may be provided via a wired common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a base station to permit the base station to identify the marked information as M2M information and provide the marked information to a management device based on identifying the marked information as M2M information. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334543 | DEPLOYING A TOLL-FREE DATA SERVICE CAMPAIGN BY MODIFYING A UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER - A device may receive campaign information for deploying a toll-free data service campaign. The campaign information may identify a uniform resource identifier for accessing a toll-free data service associated with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may determine a host name included in the uniform resource identifier. The device may determine a network address associated with the host name. The device may modify the uniform resource identifier, to generate a modified uniform resource identifier for accessing the toll-free data service, by replacing the host name, included in the uniform resource identifier, with the network address. The device may deploy the toll-free data service campaign by providing, to an enforcement device, the modified uniform resource identifier. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334442 | PRESENTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES AT A SAME TIME - A device is configured to tune multiple tuners to multiple television channels. The device may receive image data and audio data for the television channels from the tuners. The device may provide the image data from the tuners for display on a display device and for display at a same time. The device may assign the audio data from a group of the tuners to respective audio channels. The device may provide the audio data from the group of tuners for output at the same time via the respective audio channels. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334249 | USAGE-BASED ADAPTIVE DATA ALLOCATION FOR A TOLL-FREE DATA SERVICE CAMPAIGN - A device may receive campaign information for deploying a toll-free data service campaign. The campaign information may identify a total amount of data to be allocated for a toll-free data service associated with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may determine enforcement devices associated with the toll-free data service campaign, and may allocate a portion of data, of the total amount of data, to an enforcement device. The device may receive, from the enforcement device, data usage information that indicates an amount of the portion of data consumed during a first time period, by mobile devices associated with the enforcement device, in association with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may determine, based on the data usage information, an additional amount of data to be allocated to the enforcement device, and may allocate the additional amount of data to the enforcement device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334248 | DEPLOYING A TOLL-FREE DATA SERVICE CAMPAIGN - A device may receive campaign information for deploying a toll-free data service campaign. The campaign information may identify a geographic region in which the toll-free data service campaign is to be deployed. The device may mark the toll-free data service campaign as ready to deploy, and may generate campaign rules based on the campaign information. The campaign rules may identify conditions for charging a content provider, associated with the toll-free data service campaign, for data used by a mobile device in association with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may deploy the toll-free data service campaign by providing the campaign rules to enforcement devices associated with the geographic region. The device may mark the toll-free data service campaign as being deployed. The device may determine that deployment of the toll-free data service campaign has been completed, and may mark the toll-free data service campaign as deployed. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334169 | HARDWARE ID BASED USER PROFILE IDENTIFICATION AND SHARING - A server device may receive, via a local wireless connection with a user device, a hardware identifier associated with the user device; transmit the hardware identifier to a profile server; receive, from the profile server, a user profile associated with the user of the user device; generate a message based on the user profile; and provide the message to the user device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334119 | INTELLIGENT ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON TRUSTEE APPROVALS - A device is configured to receive a role request to generate a role used for access control. The device may generate the role based on the role request. The device may associate a group of accounts, a group of resources, and a group of operations with the role. The device may receive an account trustee approval decision for the role from an account trustee. The account trustee may be responsible for managing at least one account included in the group of accounts. The device may receive a resource trustee approval decision for the role from a resource trustee. The resource trustee may be responsible for managing at least one resource included in the group of resources. The device may selectively cause an account to be permitted to perform an operation on a resource based on the account trustee decision and the resource trustee decision. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334108 | GLOBAL AUTHENTICATION SERVICE USING A GLOBAL USER IDENTIFIER - An authentication device may provide an authentication code to a third party device. The third party device may provide a third party service to which a client device has requested access. The authentication device may receive the authentication code from a mobile device that is different from the client device. The authentication device may determine a third party device identifier included in the authentication code. The third party device identifier may identify the third party device that provides the third party service. The authentication device may determine a transaction identifier included in the authentication code. The authentication device may selectively provide the transaction identifier to the third party device, identified by the third party device identifier, to cause the third party device to selectively permit the client device to access the third party service. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332417 | PROPERTY NOTIFICATION AND TRIP PLANNING - A server device may receive information identifying property features relating to for-sale properties; identify a plurality of properties having one or more of the property features; identify particular properties, of the plurality of properties, having the one or more of the property features; receive location information for the particular properties; and generate, based on the location information, a trip plan identifying the particular properties. The trip plan may identify a sequence in which the particular properties should be visited and a route that should be taken when traveling between the particular properties. The server device may store or output the trip plan. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332088 | GENERATING EMOTICONS BASED ON AN IMAGE OF A FACE - A device is configured to receive an image of a person. The image may include an image of a face. The device may create an emoticon based on the image of the face. The emoticon may represent an emotion of the person. The device may detect a facial expression of the person at a time that a message is being generated. The device may determine the emotion of the person based on the detected facial expression. The device may identify the emoticon as corresponding to the emotion of the person. The device may add the emoticon to the message based on the emoticon corresponding to the emotion of the person. The device may output the message including the emoticon. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331771 | Simulating Burst Errors in Mobile Data Communication Network System Level Simulations - The disclosed examples provide techniques for simulation of a wireless mobile network that includes block level simulation of burst errors. The simulation allows input of a variable burst error rate to a system level simulation of a communications network. Theoretical error rates are replaced with variable burst error rates in the simulation. Injecting burst errors at the system level provides a network simulation that more realistically reflects the effects of burst errors on network performance. | 11-19-2015 |
20150327062 | PROACTIVE ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING A WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION - A user may be proactively identified as needing assistance to access a home wireless network. Assistance may be automatically provided through, for example, a text message, email, or telephone call. In one implementation, a method may include monitoring a wireless access point that provides a wireless network; obtaining, based on the monitoring, an indication of a failed attempt to attach to the wireless network due to entry of an incorrect network password; and causing, based on the obtained indication of the failed attempt to attach to the wireless network, transmission of a correct password for the wireless network to a mobile device corresponding to an account associated with the wireless network. | 11-12-2015 |
20150327039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EVENT INVESTIGATION THROUGH WITNESS DEVICES - An approach is provided for corroborating with the investigation of an emergency event. An event processor receives an event data corresponding to an event from a mobile device, and the location of the mobile device is determined. Participating device(s) within the vicinity of the emergency event, as defined by the location of the mobile device, are selected and provided with the option to submit information regarding the event to a database used by authorities. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326920 | SWITCHING OF THE SOURCE FOR TELEVISION CONTENT - A set-top box or media server device may operate to switch the source of incoming television content to, for example, improve power efficiency of the device. In one implementation, the device may receiving a television channel as part of a modulated television signal and extract, by a tuner associated with the device, the television channel from the modulated television signal. The device may determine to switch reception of the television channel from the modulated television signal to a packet-based video stream corresponding to the television channel. The device may provide the television channel, as received via the packet-based video stream, to the display device in place of the television channel received via the modulated television signal. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326901 | DELAYED VIDEO-ON-DEMAND STREAMING FOR ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE AND NETWORK CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION - A user device receives a video-on-demand (VOD) selection from a user and determines that current network streaming conditions are not adequate to provide high-quality VOD content. The user device presents an option, to the user, to delay presentation of the VOD content and receives a selection to delay presentation. Based on the selection to delay, the user device obtains the VOD content from a content delivery system and obtains encryption keys for the VOD content from a license server. In a manner transparent to the content delivery system, the user device stores the VOD content and encryption keys to create stored VOD content and stored encryption keys. The user device notifies the user that the VOD content is available to view and presents the stored VOD content using the stored encryption keys. The user device deletes the stored content and stored encryption keys per a VOD viewing policy. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326619 | ON-DEMAND REGISTRATION FOR IMS SERVICES - A device may receive service information associated with an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) service. The IMS service may be provided via an IMS network. The service information may include information that identifies a terminating device that is to receive the IMS service. The device may cause registration trigger information to be provided to the terminating device based on receiving the service information. The registration trigger information may be provided to the terminating device to cause the terminating device to register to the IMS network to allow the terminating device to receive the IMS service. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326535 | NETWORK PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE FOR CREATING AND INSERTING VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS INTO A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK - One or more devices may receive a service request. The service request may be associated with providing a network service to a service location and may be associated with a service provider network. The one or more devices may create a virtual network function (VNF), associated with providing the network service, based on the service request. The VNF may be created such that the VNF is hosted by the device, and may be configured to provide the network service. The one or more devices may insert the VNF into the service provider network. The VNF may be inserted to interact with a physical device of the service provider network to allow the network service to be provided to the service location. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326463 | STATION ASSISTED INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT - A station assisted interference measurement scheme is described containing a system and devices that facilitate the measurement of interference levels or path loss values between nearby potentially interfering transmitting transceivers and candidate victim receivers. Such interference levels or path loss values are used to assist intelligent assignment of communication channels in an authorized shared access system (ASAS). Using control signals from a controller of the ASAS, suspected interfering devices transmit specialized signals on specific channels at specific times that may have a waveform and/or bit format different from typically used data communication signals. A candidate victim receiver may receive one or more of the specialized signals and measure a signal parameter of the received specialized signal. The controller of the authorized shared access system uses the measured signal parameters to determine interference between devices and improve the assignment of communication channels to mitigate interference. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326451 | NETWORK-AS-A-SERVICE ARCHITECTURE - A system may receive order information that may include information identifying a network service, associated with a service provider network, and a service location associated with the network service. The system may determine context information based on the order information that may include information associated with providing the network service to the service location via the service provider network. The system may generate a service order based on the context information. The system may create a virtual network function (VNF) based on the service request. The VNF may be created such that the VNF operates on a computing device associated with the system, and may be configured to provide the network service. The system may insert the VNF into the service provider network to cause the network service to be provided to the service location. The VNF may interact with a physical device of the service provider network. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326448 | NETWORK-AS-A-SERVICE PRODUCT DIRECTOR - A device may receive order information that may identify a network service to be provided, via a service provider network, to a service location associated with a customer. The device may determine context information associated with providing the network service. The context information may be determined based on the order information and may include information associated with a virtual network function (VNF) that is to provide the network service to the service location. The device may determine provisioning details associated with the network service. The device may generate a service request that includes the context information and the provisioning details. The device may identify a cloud resource that is to host the VNF. The device may provide the service request to the cloud resource to cause the VNF to be created and inserted into the service provider network. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324880 | VERIFYING A STATUS OF A USER DEVICE USED FOR SETTLING A TRANSACTION WITH A POINT OF SALE TERMINAL - One or more devices are configured to receive a request, from a point of sale terminal, to verify a status of a user device being used to settle a transaction with the point of sale terminal. The status may indicate whether the user device has been reported stolen to an operator network. The one or more device may receive a user device identifier, from the point of sale terminal, that identifies the user device. The one or more devices may determine the status of the user device based on the user device identifier. The one or more devices may generate a response indicating the status of the user device. The one or more devices may send the response indicating the status of the user device to the point of sale terminal to permit the point of sale terminal to selectively settle the transaction. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323791 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Remote Control by a Wearable Computer System of an Application Being Executed by a Media Content Processing Device - An exemplary method includes a remote control management system detecting that a user wearing a wearable computer system that includes an optical head-mounted display is looking through the optical head-mounted display at a display screen associated with a media content processing device, determining, in response to the detecting, that the media content processing device is executing an application that is controllable by the wearable computer system, determining that the user is authorized to interact with the application being executed by the media content processing device, and establishing, in response to the determining that the media content processing device is executing the application and the determining that the user is authorized to interact with the application, a remote control session between the wearable computer system and the application. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321605 | VEHICLE ANOMALY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A server device may receive images of a vehicle from one or more camera devices implemented as part of a home monitoring or home control system and identify, based on the images, an anomaly associated with the vehicle. In some implementations, conditions under which the anomaly occurred may also be determined. | 11-12-2015 |
20150319509 | MODIFIED SEARCH AND ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SECOND SCREEN DEVICES - A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving a search query from a second screen device and determining that a video asset is being streamed to a first screen device associated with the second screen device. The may further include modifying the search query based on one or more keywords associated with the video asset, based on determining that the video asset is being streamed to the first screen device; obtaining search results based on the modified search query; and providing the obtained search results to the second screen device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319505 | Systems and Methods for Delivering Content to a Media Content Access Device - An exemplary method includes a media content delivery system generating a supplemental content stream associated with a primary media content stream, the supplemental content stream including one or more supplemental content instances temporally aligned with one or more content moments in a media program represented by the primary media content stream, and facilitating concurrent streaming of the primary media content stream and the supplemental content stream to a media content access device, the streams configured for concurrent presentation by the media content access device in a user interface. A presentation of the supplemental content stream in the user interface may be transparent to a user during a presentation of a segment of the media program that is not part of the one or more content moments in the media program and visible to the user during the presentation of the one or more content moments in the media program. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319494 | CONFLICT NOTIFICATION WITH ALTERNATE PROGRAM LIST - A device receives a recording schedule for programs to record at a future time and causes, based on the recording schedule, at least some of the programs to be recorded in the device memory to create recorded content. The device detects use of the device, by a user, to initiate obtaining content that creates a conflict with the recording schedule. The device identifies alternate content, from the recorded content, that is related to the content that creates the conflict with the recording schedule. The device presents, to the user, a notification of the conflict. The notification includes a list of at least some of the alternate content from the recorded content such that the user can select alternate recorded content from the notification menu without disrupting the recording schedule. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319472 | USER FEEDBACK BASED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AREA - A method includes providing, to a user device, an identification of a superset of potential video programs that are available to be scheduled for multicast to a content distribution area that includes a cell associated with the user device. The method also includes receiving a selection of a subset of the potential video programs from the user device and a location associated with the user device. The method further includes generating at least one content distribution area based on the location of the user device and the selection of the subset of the potential video programs. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319469 | DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT OF LICENSED CONTENT - Techniques described herein may be used to selectively activate licensed content provided to customers. The licensed content may be activated for customers that have shown an interest in the content. Customers who are determined to not be likely to be interested in the content may have the channel automatically deactivated. In one implementation, a method may include activating licensed content associated with a user premises; obtaining usage statistics relating to viewing of the licensed content associated with the user premises; deactivating the licensed content, the deactivation being performed based on an analysis of the usage statistics; receiving a request to activate the licensed content; and automatically re-activating, in response to the received request, the licensed content. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317860 | IDENTITY-BASED TRIGGERS FOR CONTROLLED DISPENSING - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to store inventory information pertaining to items stored in a dispensary system; receive a request from a user via a user device to retrieve one of the items from the dispensary system; determine whether the dispensary system stores the one of the items based on the inventory information; validate an identity of the user, a location of the user, date and time, and a location of the dispensary system; determine which of the lockers of the dispensary system stores the one of the items, in response to a successful validation; transmit to the user via the user device, a message indicating one of the lockers in which the one of the items is stored; and transmit to the dispensary system, a command to open the one of the lockers. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317645 | LEAD-BASED ACTIVATION OF M2M DEVICES ON AN OPERATOR NETWORK - Devices may receive lead information from a user. The lead information may indicate a potential customer for a vendor. The devices may receive a user identifier that identifies the user. The devices may generate a lead identifier that identifies the lead information and associate the lead information, the user identifier, and the lead identifier. The devices may provide the lead information and the lead identifier to a vendor. The devices may receive an activation request and the lead identifier from the vendor. The devices may activate a particular device to communicate via the operator network based on the activation request. The device may determine the user identifier associated with the lead identifier. The devices may cause the user, identified by the user identifier, to be compensated based on the particular device being activated to communicate via the operator network. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316041 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE IMPULSE DRIVING FLUID JETTING DEVICE - A device includes a fluid jetting tube, a cylinder and a disk valve. The cylinder is formed on an exterior of the fluid jetting tube and includes a port to receive a fluid supply line and an internal movable piston configured to control an internal volume of the cylinder. The disk valve rotates within the cylinder and extends from the internal volume of the cylinder through a slot in the fluid jetting tube into an interior of the fluid jetting tube. | 11-05-2015 |
20150312833 | AUTOMATED WIRELESS CHANNEL CHANGING - A user device may determine wireless channel load values for multiple wireless channels, each wireless channel load value indicating a load, of the corresponding wireless channel, due to wireless activity by a set of network devices that does not include a first network device connected to the user device; display information regarding the wireless channel load values, the information including an indication of a recommended one of the plurality of wireless channels; receive a selection to change a first wireless channel of the plurality of channels, via which the user device and the network device communicate, to a second wireless channel of the plurality of channels; determine computer code corresponding to a particular model of the first network device; and execute the determined computer code to interact with the first network device to change the wireless channel from the first wireless channel to the second wireless channel. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312803 | CENTRALIZED CHANNEL CODING AND SHAPING FOR A MULTI-NODE RAN - A system may be configured to determine radio frequency (“RF”) transmission error types associated with a group of channels. Each channel may be associated with a particular remote radio node (“RRN”), of a group of RRNs, and a user device. The system may further modify subsequent RF communications between the RRNs and the user device, on a per-channel basis, and based on the determined transmission error types associated with each channel. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312648 | MOBILE DEVICE CONTROLLED DYNAMIC ROOM ENVIRONMENT USING A CAST DEVICE - A mobile device analyzes data associated with media handled by a cast device connected to a display device. The mobile device causes control signals to be sent, via the one or more communication interfaces, to one of multiple different devices in a room to change an operational parameter associated with the one of the multiple different devices. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312646 | IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING AVAILABLE AUDIO PROGRAMS FOR LIVE BROADCASTED CONTENT - A user device may receive information identifying one or more first audio programs available for programming content; select a first particular audio program, of the one or more first audio programs; play the first particular audio program; and receive updated information identifying one or more second audio programs available for the programming content when available audio programs change. The one or more second audio programs may be different from the one or more first audio programs. The user device may select, without user interaction, a second particular audio program, of the one or more second audio programs; and play the second particular audio program. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312635 | USER CONFIGURED SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE - A device may receive an indication associated with media content identified in an interactive program guide (IPG). The device may determine social media feed parameters associated with the IPG. The device may determine, based on the social media feed parameters, that a social media feed is to be displayed along with the media content. The social media feed may be associated with the media content. The device may identify a social media tag associated with the media content. The device may receive social media information associated with the social media tag. The social media information may include information associated with a social media application. The device may provide, for display, the social media feed along with the media content. The social media feed may include the social media information, and may be provided in accordance with the social media feed parameters. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312634 | PROGRAM GUIDE WITH GAMIFICATION OF USER METADATA - A device may receive user metadata associated with media content identified in an interactive program guide (IPG). The user metadata may be based on input provided by a user via the IPG, and the media content may be associated with a media content identifier. The device may determine a manner in which the user metadata is to be processed. The device may process the user metadata in the manner in which the user metadata is to be processed. The user metadata may be processed to permit the user to view the user metadata, via the IPG, at a later time, or the user metadata may be processed to permit another user, associated with another device, to view the user metadata | 10-29-2015 |
20150312608 | Media Service Personalization Systems and Methods - In an exemplary method, a media service personalization system directs a media service access device to operate in accordance with a shared mode of operation when user interaction with the media service access device is by way of a shared user input device and directs the media service access device to operate in accordance with a personal mode of operation when user interaction with the media service access device is by way of a personal device specific to a user. In certain examples, the media service personalization system may switch between directing the media service access device to operate in accordance with the shared mode of operation and directing the media service access device to operate in accordance with the personal mode of operation based on a status of a remote control session between the personal device and the shared media service access device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312407 | CONTEXT PROFILE IDENTIFICATION AND SHARING - A server device may receive, from a user device, application activity data associated with the user device; determine, based on the application activity data, a location associated with the user device; store information associating the application activity data with a call identifier and the location; receive an indication that an incoming call has been received, the incoming call being placed using the call identifier; determine, based on receiving the indication, a location of a caller that placed the call; identify the application activity data based on the call identifier and the location of the caller; and output the application activity data to a callee associated with the call. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312394 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES VIA A MODULAR SMART ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An approach for implementing an illumination device for interfacing with other illumination devices or user devices and for receiving and providing various services. The approach includes providing an interface to an illumination device, wherein the illumination device is configured to include a plurality of modules and wherein the plurality of modules includes at least an illumination module, a networking module, and a short range wireless communication module. The approach also includes receiving an input via the interface for specifying a service associated with the illumination device, wherein the service employs at least one of the illumination module, the networking module, and the short range wireless communication module. Further, the approach includes configuring the illumination device to provide the service based on the input. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310651 | DETECTING A READ LINE OF TEXT AND DISPLAYING AN INDICATOR FOR A FOLLOWING LINE OF TEXT - A device may be configured to cause a plurality of lines of text to be presented for display. The device may detect a user action performed by a user and determine a first line of text the user is reading based on the user action. The device may cause an indicator for a second line of text to be presented for display based on the first line of text. The second line of text may follow the first line of text. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310493 | Lock-Screen-Based Advertisement Delivery Systems and Methods - An exemplary method includes an advertisement delivery system providing an advertisement for display together with a lock screen on a mobile device, detecting a sequence of user inputs associated with the lock screen and the advertisement, determining that the sequence of user inputs satisfies a predefined user input sequence requirement, and identifying, based on the determining that the sequence of user inputs satisfies the predefined user input sequence requirement, one or more billable impressions associated with the detected sequence of user inputs and the advertisement. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PHARMACEUTICAL CLASSIFICATION - An approach is provided for pharmacological classification. A pharmaceutical classification platform receives an input associated with a phase of a pharmaceutical development cycle. The pharmaceutical classification platform performs a folksonomic tagging of the input to identify a target pharmaceutical compound, a target pharmacological effect, a target pharmacological parameter, or a combination thereof; and constructs a classification query based on the folksonomic tagging. The pharmaceutical classification platform then initiates an application of the classification query to a pharmacological data set; and discovers one or more linkages associated with the target pharmaceutical compound, the target pharmacological effect, the target pharmacological parameter, or a combination thereof based on a result of the classification query. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309771 | UNIFIED FLOW DESIGNER - An interface enables a user to select a graphical object to include in a flow. The graphical object is associated with code, and this code may relate to presenting digital content. The interface further allows a user to define a graphical relationship in the flow, such as a connection between the graphical object and another element of the flow. The interface may present the flow in a first area of a display and the digital content in a second area of the display. The code may be executed based on the graphical relationship. For example, the graphical relationship may indicate an order for executing code sections associated with the flow and data exchanged within the code sections. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309715 | Media Service User Interface Systems and Methods - In an exemplary method, a media service user interface system provides, for display on a screen of a primary display device, a media menu tray user interface view that includes a media menu tray representing a menu of one or more media programs and provides, for display on a display screen of a mobile device while the media menu tray user interface view is provided for display on the display screen of the primary display device, a remote control user interface view dynamically tailored to facilitate remote user interaction with the media menu tray included in the media menu tray user interface view provided for display on the display screen of the primary display device. In certain examples, the remote control user interface view is dynamically tailored based on a current state of the media menu tray user interface view. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308863 | OPTICAL-SENSOR-EQUIPPED CUT SLEEVE FOR CONNECTOR ADAPTER - A cut sleeve includes integrated sensors to detect insertion of a fiber optic connector into an adaptor for an optical patch-panel port and to detect whether optical signals are being transmitted through optical fibers in the port. The cut sleeve includes a cylinder with a discontinuity along an axial length of cylinder. The cylinder is sized to receive a first fiber ferrule and a second fiber ferrule of substantially equal diameters. The cut sleeve includes a strain sensing module and a light sensing module. The strain sensing module can detect insertion of the first or the second fiber ferrule into the cylinder. The light sensing module can detect infrared light at an interface of the first and the second fiber ferrule within the cylinder. The strain sensing module and the light sensing module may be included on one or more microchips mounted on a cylinder surface. | 10-29-2015 |
20150305015 | RESOLVING FALSELY DECODED ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - A device is configured to transmit uplink data to a base station using a resource. The device may receive an acknowledgment from the base station based on the uplink data. The acknowledgment may indicate a positive acknowledgment or a negative acknowledgment. The device may decode the acknowledgment as the positive acknowledgment or the negative acknowledgment. The device may receive a control message from the base station indicating resource assignments for user devices. The device may determine the acknowledgement is falsely decoded as the positive acknowledgment or the negative acknowledgment based on the resource assignments. The device may selectively retransmit the uplink data to the base station using the resource based on whether the acknowledgment is falsely decoded as the positive acknowledgment or the negative acknowledgment. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304880 | TRAFFIC AGGREGATED AT END DEVICE - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to store traffic aggregation settings that include hold time values that each indicate a maximum period of time to suspend a transmission of data; receive data from a resident application; determine a type of application from which the data is received; determine whether the device in an active state; select one of the hold time values in response to a determination that the device is not in the active state; suspend a transmission of the data in response to a selection of the one of the hold time values, wherein the transmission of the data is suspended for at least a portion of a maximum time period indicated by the one of the hold time values; and transmit the data subsequent to the at least the portion of the maximum time period elapsing. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304842 | AFFILIATION AND DISAFFILIATION OF COMPUTING DEVICES - Techniques described herein may provide for affiliation and disaffiliation of devices, such as office communication devices, associated with a user. The affiliation/disaffiliation may be performed using a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone). In one implementation, a method may include receiving a request to affiliate a user with one or more office devices; and receiving context data, from a mobile device, relating to a current context of the mobile device. The method may further include determining, based on the context data, to authorize the affiliation of the user with the one or more office devices; and provisioning, based on the determination to authorize the affiliation, the one or more office devices to customize the one or more office devices for the user. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304692 | ENHANCED FAST-FORWARD AND REWIND VISUAL FEEDBACK FOR HLS CONTENT - A server device may receive a playback request that identifies particular content, a first segment file associated with the particular content, and a playback speed; and generate a playlist based on receiving the playback request. When generating the playlist, the server device may determine one or more second segment files, associated with the particular content, based on the playback speed and the first segment file; determine, based on the playback speed, a sequence in which the first segment file and the one or more second segment files should be played; and generate a list identifying the first segment file and the one or more second segment files. The list may be sorted based on the sequence. The one or more second segment files may be listed subsequent to the first second file. The server device may store or output the playlist. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304390 | BITRATE SELECTION FOR NETWORK USAGE CONTROL - A user device may receive bitrate availability information identifying one or more bitrates associated with content; receive, from a user of the user device, a selection of a particular bitrate of the one or more bitrates; request segment files associated with the particular bitrate; and receive the segment files. | 10-22-2015 |
20150303740 | AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL - A system is provided for powering an optical network terminal, including a power adapter connected to the optical network terminal and configured to power the optical network terminal; and a battery tray, connected to the power adapter, configured to supply auxiliary power to the optical network terminal through the power adapter from one or more batteries contained within the battery tray, wherein the battery tray is configured to allow removal and replacement, at the customer premise, of the one or more batteries. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302743 | REAL-TIME TRAFFIC REPORTING BASED ON RATE OF CHANGE OF TRAFFIC DELAYS - A device may receive location information associated with mobile devices. The location information may identify locations associated with the mobile devices. The device may determine speed information associated with the mobile devices. The speed information may identify speeds associated with the mobile devices. The device may identify a traffic segment to be analyzed, and may determine a length of the traffic segment based on the location information and the speed information. The device may calculate a traffic delay associated with the traffic segment based on the length and the speed information. The device may calculate a rate of change of the traffic delay based on calculating the traffic delay, and may provide traffic information based on the rate of change of the traffic delay. The traffic information may identify an expected traffic delay at a future point in time. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302006 | ADVANCED SEARCH FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems for indexing and efficiently retrieving media content in a database use subtitle data of media content items, including subtitle text and timestamps, for indexing the items. A media server coupled to a communication network identifies keywords in the subtitle data, and stores the media content items in association with metadata including the keywords. When a search request for media content is received, a search for media content includes searching the metadata of the stored media content to identify media content items having subtitles matching the search request. In one example, keywords are translated into multiple languages to enable searching of the metadata in multiple languages. In another example, timestamp information included in the subtitle data is also included in the metadata so as to enable a search to return a time point within a media content item at which a keyword matches the search request. | 10-22-2015 |
20150296473 | SMALL CELL ASSISTED LOCATION IDENTIFICATION FOR A USER DEVICE - A device may initiate a location determination for a user device. The device may receive information identifying a set of base stations for performing the location determination. The device may retrieve, from a data structure and utilizing the information identifying the set of base stations, particular base station information associated with the set of base stations. The particular base station information may include location information for the set of base stations. The device may determine one or more signal strength measurements for one or more signals provided by the set of base stations. The device may determine an approximate location for the user device based on the location information for the set of base stations and the one or more signal strength measurements. The device may provide information associated with the approximate location for the user device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296402 | EVOLVED NODE B RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON INTEREST INDICATORS - A server device may store information identifying that one or more first user devices, currently connected to a network device via a particular band, should continue to communicate via the particular band when a connection threshold, associated with the particular band, has been exceeded. The particular band may be associated with a multicast service that provides multicast content to the one or more first user devices via the particular band. The server device may determine that the connection threshold has been exceeded; identify a second user device, currently connected to the network device via the particular band, that should no longer communicate via the particular band when the connection threshold has been exceeded disconnected; and prevent the second user device from communicating via the particular band based on determining that the connection threshold has been exceeded and identifying the second user device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296242 | SOCIAL TELEVISION SYSTEM - A method includes receiving a request associated with a secondary event orchestrator to schedule a secondary event to be concurrently broadcast with a primary video program. The secondary event is based on the primary video program. The method includes scheduling, by a processing device, the secondary event in an interactive media guide (IMG). The method also includes receiving requests or subscriptions for the secondary event from at least one user device based on the scheduled secondary event in the IMG, and providing support for the concurrent broadcast of the secondary event. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296047 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE AND NETWORK OPTIMIZATION - A system may receive information indicating that an amount of content, buffered by a user device, is below a threshold amount that is associated with an attribute of the content; and/or information indicating that delivered content exceeds capabilities of the user device. The content may be provided to the user device by a content delivery network (“CDN”). The system may determine whether the CDN has available resources to provide the content to the user device at a bandwidth that is based on the attribute; instruct, when the CDN has the available resources, the CDN to reallocate resources to provide the content to the user device at the particular bandwidth; and switch, when the CDN does not have the available resources, delivery of the content to another CDN. The system may have a global of view of CDNs, and may reallocate CDN resources more intelligently, thus optimizing network resource utilization. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295835 | OPTIMIZING RADIO ACCESS NETWORK RESOURCES BASED ON END-TO-END ANALYTICS - A system may be configured to determine a measure of end-to-end latency associated with traffic sent from a first user device to a second user device, the traffic being sent via at least one radio access network (“RAN”); determine that the measure of end-to-end latency exceeds a threshold latency; and output, based on determining that the measure of end-to-end latency exceeds the threshold latency, one or more parameters to the RAN. The one or more parameters may cause the RAN to elevate a priority associated with the traffic when transported via the RAN. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON DEMAND ELASTIC MANAGEMENT OF DEVICES AND SERVICES - A method and system are disclosed that enables a customer to specify when services should be provisioned on a “just-in-time” or elastic basis. By dynamically specifying when services should be received, a customer is better able to suit such services to customer needs, thereby allowing the customer to only pay for what is actually used. Using an on-demand portal, a customer may prescribe when (or the degree to which) services should be enabled, and/or when the devices that utilize those services, or the services themselves, need to be monitored. Accordingly, the customer is given flexibility to dictate when services are required or when their services or devices require monitoring by a service provider, and the service provider is given the flexibility to tailor the amount of resources required to support and manage the customer's demands, thereby enabling more efficient use of both the customer's and service provider's resources. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295787 | QUALITY OF SERVICE OPTIMIZATION MANAGEMENT TOOL - A device may receive traffic information associated with traffic flows assigned to a group of quality of service (QoS) treatment levels and travelling via a network device. The device may identify a group of target performance metrics corresponding to the group of QoS treatment levels. The device may determine a group of weight factors based on the traffic information and the group of target performance metrics. The group of weight factors may be determined such that a group of predicted performance metrics is optimized with respect to the group of target performance metrics. The device may output information identifying the group of weight factors to cause a parameter, associated with the network device, to be updated based on the group of weight factors. The parameter may relate to a manner in which the traffic flows are processed by the network device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294097 | USER BIOMETRIC PATTERN LEARNING AND PREDICTION - A user device collects timing data that indicates screen touch timing behavior during multiple touch events associated with at least one of a hold time for a particular button or a transition time between two particular buttons. The user device also collects force data indicating screen touch force behavior during the multiple touch events. The user device identifies a user biometric pattern for the touch event based on the timing data and the force data, and stores the user biometric pattern. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289222 | LOCAL CALL SERVICE CONTROL FUNCTION SERVER SELECTION - A selection server device may receive a first registration request and determine that a user device is associated with a non-local call service control function (CSCF) server device and that the user device is located outside of a service area associated with the non-local CSCF server; output a non-preferred server indication to the non-local CSCF server device to cause the non-local CSCF server device to be disassociated with the user device; receive a second registration request from the user device; determine that the user device is not associated with any CSCF server; and output the second registration request to a local CSCF server device, associated with a service area in which the user device is located, to cause the local CSCF server device to register the user device with the local CSCF server device. | 10-08-2015 |
20150289117 | EFFICIENT GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERY METHOD FOR A2P AND M2M - An access platform of a service provider storing at least one group identifier and a list of subscriber numbers of subscriber devices associated with the at least one group ID. The access platform receives a group ID and a message from a customer application running on a customer device. The access platform then compares the received group ID to the at least one group ID stored, and in response to the received group ID matching the at least one stored group ID utilizes the list of subscriber numbers associated with the received group ID to deliver the received message to the subscriber devices. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288478 | OPTICAL TRANSPORT HAVING FULL AND FLEXIBLE BANDWIDTH AND CHANNEL UTILIZATION - Optical nodes in an optical network may provide directionless, colorless, contentionless, and gridless transmission, reception, and switching of optical signals in which a non-fixed number of optical channels and a non-fixed bandwidth for each optical channel is used. Optical nodes can use the full extent of the optical bandwidth due to the absence of channel spacing. | 10-08-2015 |
20150282353 | RETRACTABLE TERMINATION PEDESTAL - An apparatus, method, and system are disclosed for housing and terminating various cables. The apparatus is mounted on a base, which allows it to be pivoted to different positions. The apparatus includes a portion capable of receiving a cable containing various types of wires. A patch panel is provided on a track assembly in order allow various operations such as termination of the wires. The apparatus can remain above ground, or positioned below ground when not being accessed. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281950 | LOCKER SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS AUTHENTICATION - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a locker setting that indicates at least one of a geographic location of a user device, a state of motion of the user device, or a state of connection of the user device relative to a network or another device; store the locker setting; monitor a current state of the user device, wherein the current state corresponds to a current at least one of geographic location, state of motion, or state of connection of the user device; compare the current state to the locker setting; determine whether to enter a locked state based on a comparison, wherein the locked state requires that a user of the user device re-enters login information; and enter the locked state in response to a determination to enter the locked state, such that the user device and/or an application enters the locked state. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281767 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Access to Content Associated with a Media Content Session Based on a Location of a User - An exemplary method includes a content delivery system determining that a user profile of a user is logged in to a first access device during a media content session associated with the first access device in which the first access device presents media content to the user, detecting that the user moves outside a vicinity of the first access device while the user profile is logged in to the first access device during the media content session, identifying, in response to the user moving outside the vicinity of the first access device, a second access device associated with the user and that is within a vicinity of the user, and automatically providing, in response to the identifying, session management content corresponding to the media content session associated with the first access device for presentation by the second access device while the user is outside the vicinity of the first access device. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281745 | MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM INFORMATION - A disclosed system and method relate to presenting a program guide that includes information associated with an instance of programming, including audio information and visual information. A request for the information associated with the instance of programming is received, and a determination is made whether delivery of the first audio information could be completed within a threshold time after receiving the request. The audio information is provided to a user in connection with the visual information when the delivery of the first audio information could be completed within the threshold time. Alternatively, when the delivery of the first audio information could not be completed within the first threshold time, other audio information associated with the instance of the programming is obtained and provided to the user in connection with the visual information. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281438 | SELECTIVE CALL BLOCKING AND CALL RE-DIRECTION - A selective call blocking function (SCBF) device, included in an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS), processes a request to establish an IP call on an LTE network, such as a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) call. The SCBF device identifies a user equipment (UE) associated with the IP call and an associated eNode B (eNB). For example, the SCBF may access a subscriber location memory to determine a location of the UE and an eNB associated with the location. The SCBF determines whether the eNB supports the IP call, and permits the IP call to be established via the IMS when the eNB supports the IP call. When the eNB does not support the IP call, the SCBF blocks the IP call and initiates a non-IP call, such as a 1× call, to the UE to prevent communications interruptions. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281395 | PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON USER BANDWIDTH - A system may be configured to store different versions of a particular item of content, according to a group of content templates; and select a particular content template, of the group of content templates, to use in providing content in response to a request received from a user device. The particular content template may be selected based on bandwidth information regarding the user device. The bandwidth information may indicate a level of service to which a subscriber, associated with the user device, has subscribed. The bandwidth information may be based on a signal strength to a user device in a particular location. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281330 | CROSS-CARRIER DEVICE IDENTIFICATION AND POLICY APPLICATION - A first server device, associated with a first carrier network, may provide a first identifier of a first application device to a second server device to cause the second server device to store the first identifier. The second server device may be accessible from the first carrier network and from a different second carrier network. The first server device may receive a first message from the first application device; transmit the first message and the first identifier of the first application device towards a client device via the first carrier network and the second carrier network; receive, from a second application device associated with the second carrier network, a second message; identify the second application device based on information, maintained by the second server, associating the second application device with the second identifier; identify a set of policies based on the second identifier; and apply the set of policies. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281239 | PROVISION OF ACCESS PRIVILEGES TO A USER - A device may receive, from a user device, an access request associated with a target device. The access request may include a particular level of access. The device may validate the access request based on information identifying a source of the access request. The device may request justification information based on validating the access request. The device may receive the justification information. The device may approve the access request based on the justification information. The device may configure a connection to the target device based on approving the access request. The device may provide, to the user device and without revealing credential information associated with the particular level of access to the source of the access request, information associated with the connection to the target device based on configuring the connection to the target device. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC STEERING BASED ON DYNAMIC ROUTING - An approach is provided for steering network traffic (e.g., IP traffic) based on dynamic routing to a service node or a chain of service nodes that can provide in-line services. In an exemplary embodiment, traffic is steered from a first router to an in-line service router by tunneling through a second router, wherein in-line service router is configured to provide in-line services to the traffic. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281046 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOUD PROVISIONING OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES - An approach for cloud provisioning of consumer services based on requested services. The approach uses customer request for services and current network utilization patterns to most efficiently and effectively provision network resources. For example, a network manager establishes one or more terms for a cloud provider based on one or more provider network provisions. The network manager further determines a customer profile subscription based on customer credentials, cloud provider credentials, and a combination thereof. Then, the network manager delivers one or more credentials based on the cloud provider, and generates a routing path to the cloud provider based on the subscription and/or service request. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281004 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system may be configured to store a set of service-level agreements (“SLAs”) associated with a subscriber. The system may receive key performance indicator (“KPI”) information for traffic that traverses one or more nodes of a network; forecast, based on the SLA information and the KPI information, a violation of the particular SLA; take corrective action, based on the forecasting; and output, to the subscriber, derived information based on the KPI information. The derived information may be outputted after taking the corrective action, and may indicate that the particular SLA was not violated. The derived information may be outputted at a slower rate than a rate at which the KPI information is received by the system. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES - An approach is provided for determining a cloud provider identifier associated with a request to provision one or more communication services. The approach further involves validating the request by matching the cloud provider identifier against another copy of the cloud provider identifier associated with a session over which the provisioning request was received. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279381 | AUDIO FINGERPRINTING FOR ADVERTISEMENT DETECTION - A device may receive an audio sample, and may separate the audio sample into multiple sub-band signals in multiple frequency bands. The device may modify an upper boundary and a lower boundary of at least one of the frequency bands to form modified frequency bands. The device may modify the sub-band signals to form banded signals associated with the modified frequency bands. The device may smooth the banded signals to form smoothed signal values. The device may identify peak values included in the smoothed signal values, and may generate an audio fingerprint for the audio sample based on the smoothed signal values and the peak values. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278629 | OBJECTIVE METRIC RELATING TO PERCEPTUAL COLOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IMAGES - Techniques described herein may determine an objective metric that relates to the color difference that may be perceived by humans viewing two images of the same visual scene. In one implementation, a method may include receiving first and second images; determining a first histogram based on hue values associated with pixels in the first image; and determining a second histogram based on hue values associated with pixels in the second image. A color difference metric may be determined based on a comparison between the first and second histograms. The color difference metric may relate to an objective measure of color differences between the first and second images. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278504 | USER AUTHENTICATION BASED ON ESTABLISHED NETWORK ACTIVITY - A device may determine that a user device should be authenticated; and determine a confidence measurement based on an established activity pattern of the user device. The confidence measurement may relate to a likelihood that an authorized user of the user device is in possession of the user device. The device may authenticate the user device based on the confidence measurement. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278157 | GENERATING ANONYMOUS DATA FROM WEB DATA - A device receives web data, associated with user devices, that is generated based on interactions of the user devices with a network and one or more content provider devices. The device removes erroneous or objectionable web data from the web data to generate a subset of the web data, and categorizes the subset of the web data by assigning categories to the subset of the web data. The device performs an empirical estimation of the categorized subset of the web data to generate empirical estimations. The device performs a simulation of the empirical estimations to generate synthetic data that corresponds to the web data and removes private information relating to the user devices and users of the user devices, and stores the synthetic data in a storage device. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276096 | MICRODUCT FOR BLOWN CABLE - A duct construction, such as a microduct, for deploying various types of cables is disclosed. The duct includes a plurality of protrusions that are formed on its inner surface. The protrusions extend the entire length of the duct in order to reduce and/or eliminate blockages that can result from contact with the cable over extended distances. This allows air from a jetting device to travel unimpeded through the duct, thereby improving cable deployment range and time. | 10-01-2015 |
20150271742 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK IDENTIFIER SUPRESSION - A method, apparatus, and system for detection of a network are described. A network list indicating a plurality of network identifiers associated with a mobile device is determined. Each network identifier identifies one or more access points for a respective wireless network. Locality information is determined based on one or more sensors of the mobile device. At least one of the plurality of network identifiers is selected based on the locality information. And a transmission of the selected network identifiers by the mobile device is initiated. | 09-24-2015 |
20150271547 | STREAMING AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE USED FOR MEDIA CONTENT AND HOME AUTOMATION - A device may be configured to store interactive program guide (IPG) data for generating an IPG. The IPG data may include information related to a media content service for providing media content and including information related to a home automation service for managing a home device. The device may receive input information from a media client device that causes display of the IPG. The input information may indicate an input related to the home device. The device may generate a part of the IPG related to the home automation service based on the input information and a part of the IPG data. The device may obtain home device information from a management server based on the input information. The device may provide the home device information and the part of the IPG to the media client device for display. | 09-24-2015 |
20150271206 | SECURE TRUST-SCORED DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA COLLABORATION SESSION - A device may receive a request for a collaboration session. The device may authenticate a user for the collaboration session. The device may generate a trust-score associated with the collaboration session based on authenticating the user. The trust-score may be associated with a security level for the collaboration session. The security level may be associated with one or more capabilities of the collaboration session. The device may assign the user to a session role associated with the collaboration session. The session role may be associated with the one or more capabilities of the collaboration session. The device may provide information associated with the collaboration session based on the security level for the collaboration session and/or the session role assigned to the user. | 09-24-2015 |
20150271136 | SECURELY TRANSMITTING AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION - A device receives a request from a terminal device to start a session to authenticate a person associated with an account. The device creates the session. The session is associated with the terminal device. The device receives session information and authentication information from a user device operated by the person. The device determines the session based on the session information and generates an authentication message based on the authentication information. The device transmits the authentication message to the terminal device associated with the session to authenticate that the person is associated with the account. | 09-24-2015 |
20150271033 | SCALABLE FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) DEVICES - A device receives information associated with machine-to-machine (M2M) devices connected to a host server device via a network. The information associated with the M2M devices include one or more of device information associated with components of the M2M devices, application information generated by the M2M devices, or network information associated with interactions of the M2M devices, with the network, when the M2M devices provide the application information to the host server device via the network. The device performs an analysis of the information associated with the M2M devices via one or more analytics techniques, and generates analysis information based on the analysis of the information associated with the M2M devices. The device provides the analysis information for display by the host server device. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268437 | AIR JETTED MICRO-CABLE WITH SUPER LOW RESISTANCE AND DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED FOR AIR BLOCKAGE - A cable, and method and system for deploying the cable are described. The cable includes a jacket having a plurality of outer grooves formed on its outer surface. The cable can be deployed by blowing it through a microduct using a jetting apparatus. The outer grooves allow the cable to be deployed over extended distance by allow improved airflow between the first and second ends of the microduct. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266207 | ADJUSTABLE WIDTH, THIN BLADE, MICRO-TRENCHING CUTTING MACHINE - An apparatus, method, and system are disclosed for cutting materials such as concrete. The apparatus includes a mounting assembly, and a pair of blades that are mounted at an end of the mounting assembly. Various types of driving assemblies can be provided to supply the force necessary to rotate the two blades. The distance between the blades can also be varied in order to adjust the width of the cut. | 09-24-2015 |
20150264709 | CONTROLLING CONNECTION TO AN ACCESS NETWORK BY MACHINE-TO-MACHINE DEVICES - A device receives a pilot channel from an access network, without connecting to the access network. The pilot channel includes information identifying an actual usage associated with the access network. The device determines whether the actual usage of the access network is greater than a particular usage associated with the access network, and selectively connects to the access network based on whether the actual usage of the access network is greater than the particular usage. The device connects to the access network, to provide data to a core network, when the actual usage of the access network is not greater than the particular usage. The device does not connect to the access network when the actual usage of the access network is greater than the particular usage. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264702 | DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF UNLICENSED BANDS FOR DATA FLOW TRANSMISSION - A network device may determine a sequence. The sequence may identify an order in which particular unlicensed bands, of a plurality of unlicensed bands in an unlicensed spectrum, are to be assigned for the transmission of data flows. The network device may provide information identifying the sequence via a licensed band to a user device to cause the user device to transmit or receive the data flows via the particular unlicensed bands identified in the sequence in the order in which the particular unlicensed bands are to be assigned; and transmit or receive, to or from the user device, the data flows via the particular unlicensed and the licensed bands. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264577 | DATA FLOW TRANSMISSION VIA AGGREGATED BANDS - A network device may select one or more secondary bands in a spectrum based on a measure of quality of the one or more secondary bands; transmit information identifying the one or more secondary bands to an end unit; code, based on a coding scheme, a data flow to obtain multiple data signals that represent the data flow; and transmit, towards the end unit, the multiple data signals via the one or more secondary bands and a primary band. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264408 | EXTENDED, HOME, AND MOBILE CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an extended content delivery network service in which user devices are configured as extended content delivery network devices that download and/or stream programs to other users of the extended content delivery network service. Additionally, a method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an in-home media server device that stores programs in a same format as a format of the programs stored in a content delivery network, and provide an error correction service in which a portion of a program including an error, initially received via a multicast or broadcast transmission, is replaced with a corrected portion of the program via a unicast transmission. Still further, a method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide a mobile extended content delivery network device that downloads or streams programs to other users of the extended content delivery network service. | 09-17-2015 |
20150263976 | ALLOCATING SHAPING RESOURCES FOR A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON TRANSFER SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHAPING RESOURCES - A device stores shaping resource information in a data structure, where the shaping resource information includes identifiers associated with shaping resources of the device, information indicating whether the shaping resources are available, and information indicating transfer speeds associated with the shaping resources. The device defines a group of available shaping resources based on the shaping resource information stored in the data structure, and receives a packet requesting a particular transfer speed associated with transmitting the packet. The device performs a search of the group of available shaping resources based on the particular transfer speed requested by the packet, and identifies, based on the search, a list of one or more available shaping resources with transfer speeds that match the particular transfer speed requested by the packet. The device transmits the packet toward a destination via one of the one or more available shaping resources provided in the list. | 09-17-2015 |
20150263944 | LEARNING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH SHAPING RESOURCES AND VIRTUAL MACHINES OF A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A source network device of a cloud computing network receives a packet destined for a destination virtual machine provided in a destination cloud computing device. The packet is received from a source virtual machine provided in a source cloud computing device. The source network device associates, to the packet, a source shaping resource of the source network device, where the source shaping resource includes a bandwidth that matches or exceeds a bandwidth associated with the source virtual machine. The source network device adds, to the packet, a header that identifies an address of the source virtual machine, an identifier associated with the source shaping resource, and the bandwidth associated with the source virtual machine. The source network device provides, via the source shaping resource, the packet and the header to the cloud computing network for transmission to the destination virtual machine. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262281 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING UPGRADES IN CUSTOMER PREMISES - A system may include an upgrade server device configured to: establish a session with a user device over a network; receive, from the user device during the session, a request to provide a list of recommended upgrades for a customer; obtain the list of recommended upgrades for the customer; send the list to the user device; and receive, from the user device, an order for one of the recommended upgrades in the list. The system may also include a provisioning system configured to provision a product or service associated with the order. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262244 | CUSTOMIZABLE USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION FOR USER DEVICES - A user device receives, from a device associated with a vendor, a request for user preferences associated with a user of the user device. The user preferences are stored in a memory associated with the user device. The user device authenticates the vendor, and determines particular user preferences, from the user preferences, that are relevant to the vendor. The device approves the request for the user preferences when the vendor is authenticated. The device retrieves the particular user preferences from the memory based on the approval of the request for the user preferences, and provides the particular user preferences to the device. The particular user preferences are used to determine products, services, or content, of the vendor, to offer to the user. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262100 | USE OF POLYGON LOADING AREAS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF FIELD DISPATCH IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SETTING - A dispatch system and method for a dispatch coverage region including a set of dispatch assignment areas (DAAs), wherein the shape of the DAAs are based on at least a first aspect of the dispatch coverage region, e.g. the physical wiring distribution. The system includes a geographic zone where the shape of the geographic zone is based on at least a second aspect of the dispatch coverage region different from the first aspect, e.g. special authorized access or logistical continuity. The geographic zone overlaps a DAA to define an overlapping area. The system also includes a set of technician profiles, where a first technician profile identifies a preferred geographic zone and a second technician profile identifies a preferred DAA. The system or method recommends assigning a job request that includes a location residing in the overlapping area to the first technician profile when the preferred geographic zone matches. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261877 | PAGE ROUTE SORTING USING DSP TECHNIQUES - A server device may store information identifying multiple routes. Each of the multiple routes may identify a sequence in which pages were individually selected. The server device may determine respective time-domain functions for each of the multiple routes. Each of the time-domain functions may represent a series of data points corresponding to the sequence in which the web pages were selected. The server device may determine respective frequency-domain functions based on the respective time-domain functions; determine route metrics for each of the multiple routes based on the respective frequency-domain functions; sort the multiple routes based on the route metrics; and store or output information regarding the sorted multiple routes. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261658 | SCHEDULING TESTS OF SOFTWARE FOR A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A device receives, from a user device, a request to perform a test of software on a test device. The test device includes a device that simulates a device provided in a cloud computing environment, and the software includes software to be implemented in the cloud computing environment. The device determines whether the test device includes available resources to perform the test, and causes the request and the software to be provided to the test device when the test device includes the available resources to perform the test. The available resources are utilized to perform the test of the software and to generate results based on performance of the test. The device receives, from the test device, the results that include information indicating whether the software passed or failed the test. The device provides the results to the user device. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260606 | MECHANICAL BEND, TWIST, PUSH AND PULL BLOWN OPTICAL CABLE TESTING APPARATUS - An apparatus, method, and system are disclosed for testing various properties of a sample, such as a cable or duct. The apparatus includes a duct and a plurality of radius controlling units. The radius controlling units are used to generate bends having a desired bending radius at different sections of the duct. Sensors are provided to measuring different forces and conditions of the sample or the duct. A controller can be provided for receiving sensor measurements and controlling various aspects of the test. | 09-17-2015 |
20150257112 | BEACON DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SIGNAL STRENGTHS IN TARGET LOCATIONS - A device is configured to store target location information indicating an acceptable signal strength at a target location. The device may receive a signal emitted from a base station. The signal may be received at the target location. The device may measure the signal strength of the signal at the target location. The device may transmit a signal strength message including information based on the signal strength. The signal strength message may cause the base station to adjust a power with which signals are emitted from the base station such that the signals satisfy the acceptable signal strength at the target location. | 09-10-2015 |
20150257007 | FRONT END FILTER CONTROL FOR SHARED ACCESS SYSTEM - The described examples are usable in an authorized shared access system to provide a front end sub-band filter system and method that securely allows the selection of a front end sub-band filter for receiving signals in a shared radio frequency spectrum (SRFS). A controller manages allocation of communication channels in the SRFS using an encrypted signal. The encrypted signal is only decrypted by a filter controller of a filter selection system. Based on the decrypted signal, the filter controller instructs a filter switch which band pass filters are to be incorporated into a front end communication path. The encrypted signal prevents unauthorized users from accessing a communication channel, and the selection of a specific sub-band filter prevents transmitter interference into other communications channels in other sub-bands, and prevents the reception of signals or interference from other communications channels in other sub-bands. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256902 | COMMON DISTRIBUTION AND RENDERING FOR EMERGENCY ALERT SERVICES - A system and method for are provided for common distribution and rendering of communications capability for emergency alert services. A zone headend device, for a local zone, receives a local emergency alert service (EAS) message that is intended for a particular geographic locality. The zone headend device processes the local EAS message for delivery over a television conditional access system and sends the local EAS message to a regional headend device for a region of multiple zones including the local zone. The regional headend device receives the local EAS message and another local EAS message from another zone headend device. The regional headend device processes the local EAS message and the other local EAS message for in-band delivery with regional programming for broadcast quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and over-the-top streaming. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256876 | PROVIDING SECOND SCREEN CONTENT BASED ON A FREQUENCY CODE - A device configured to receive a request, from a server, to provide frequency code information identifying a frequency code. The frequency code includes frequencies to be emitted by a broadcasting device that presents a first content. The device may generate a code based on the request. The device may receive a second content from the server. The device may store the second content and the code so that the second content is associated with the code. The device may generate the frequency code information based on the code. The device may provide the frequency code information for the frequency code to be emitted by the broadcasting device. The device may receive the code from a listening device that detected the frequency code emitted by the broadcasting device. The device may provide the second content associated with the code to the listening device. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256862 | CONFIGURABLE DIGITAL CONTENT STORAGE - A routing device is coupled to a storage device to function as a digital video recorder (DVR) to store digital content. The routing device may include a client function to receive and store the digital content, and a server function to provide the stored digital content to a user device. Digital content directed to the client function may be recorded by the storage device, while other digital content may be passed by server function to the user device. The digital content may be received by the routing device in an encoded and/or encrypted format, and the digital content may be recorded by the storage device in the encoded and/or encrypted format. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256575 | STREAMING CONTENT USING AD HOC NETWORKS OF USER DEVICES - Content, such as video content, may be shared by a user device that is participating in an ad hoc network via a short range local wireless connections. In one implementation, a method may include joining, by a user device and via direct wireless communication with other user devices, an ad hoc network including the other user devices; receiving, by the user device, a content stream from a cellular wireless network; transmitting, by the user device, an indication of the received content stream to the other user devices in the ad hoc network; receiving, by the user device and from one or more of the other user devices in the ad hoc network, a request for the content stream; forwarding, by the user device and based on the received request, the content stream to the one or more of the other user devices in the ad hoc network; and presenting, by the user device, the content stream to a user of the user device. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AGGREGATED NETWORK ALARMS - An approach for providing aggregated network alarm notifications is described. An alarm management platform aggregates one or more network alarms based on a geographic proximity, a temporal proximity, or a combination thereof. The alarm management platform identifies a network event based on the aggregating of the one or more network alarms, and then presents the network event in a user interface to represent the one or more network alarms. | 09-10-2015 |
20150253946 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING FILES BASED ON USER INTERACTION - An approach is provided for transferring one or more files to a cloud storage service, a local storage service and/or a file sharing service based on user interaction with the user interface element. The approach involves presenting a user interface element at a device, wherein the user interface element represents a file. The approach also involves receiving an input for specifying an interaction with the user interface element. The approach further involves determining that the interaction indicates a request to initiate a transfer operation between the device and a service. Additionally, the approach involves initiating the transfer operation on the file based on the interaction. | 09-10-2015 |
20150250016 | MANAGING RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) CONNECTIONS BASED ON RADIO BEARER ATTRIBUTES - A base station may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first user device. The base station may determine a bearer attribute of a bearer associated with the RRC connection and the first user device. The base station may determine that the bearer attribute satisfies a set of conditions, and may analyze multiple bearer attributes associated with multiple established RRC connections. The base station may select a terminable RRC connection, of the multiple established RRC connections, based on analyzing the multiple bearer attributes. The terminable RRC connection may be associated with a second user device that is different from the first user device, and the terminable RRC connection may be different from the RRC connection. The device may terminate the terminable RRC connection based on selecting the terminable RRC connection. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249989 | DETERMINING A FREQUENCY FOR A CLIENT DEVICE TO USE TO CONNECT TO A NETWORK - A device is configured to obtain network information indicating an amount of client devices, of each device type, registered in an operator network. The device is configured to obtain client device information identifying a client device and determine a device type of the client device based on the client device information. The device is configured to determine a frequency for the client device to use to communicate with the operator network based on the device type of the client device and the amount of client devices of each of the device types registered in the operator network. The device is configured to provide an instruction to the client device to use the frequency to communicate with the operator network. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249750 | DYNAMIC AUCTIONING OF UNUSED NETWORK CAPACITY - A network device receives utilization information, for an infrastructure network, that provides data for individual segments of the infrastructure network. Based on the data for the individual segments, the network device generates a costing matrix that includes prices for each segment of the individual segments. The network device identifies particular segments of the infrastructure network associated with an end-to-end path for a subscriber and generates pricing of different service levels for the end-to-end path. The pricing is based on the costing matrix and a particular time period. The network device provides, to the subscriber, a user interface that includes service plan options with the pricing of different service levels for the end-to-end path and receives, via the user interface, a selection of one of the service plan options. The network device sends instructions to provision the infrastructure network to support the selected service plan option. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ANTI-BULLYING SERVICE - An approach is provided for an anti-bullying service. A service platform monitors interaction data from one or more applications, wherein the interaction data is associated with an interaction between a source and a target. The service platform analyzes the interaction data to parse one or more indicators of a monitored conduct between the source and the target. The service platform then initiates at least one of (a) a recording of the interaction data; (b) a transmission of an alert message, the one or more indicators, the interaction data, the monitored conduct, or a combination thereof to a third party; and (c) a pushing of an anti-conduct application to a source device associated with the source, a target device associated with the target, or a combination thereof based on the monitored conduct, the one or more indicators, or a combination thereof. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249540 | PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION SERVICE - A device may receive an authentication request generated based on a request to access a service. The authentication request may include a user identifier. The device may identify a mobile device associated with the user identifier. The device may authenticate the mobile device, and may generate an access notification based on authenticating the mobile device. The access notification may include information relating to the request to access the service. The device may provide the access notification to the mobile device, and may receive an access response from the mobile device. The access response may indicate whether to permit access to the service. The device may cause access to the service to be permitted when the access response indicates to permit access to the service, or may cause access to the service to be denied when the access response indicates to deny access to the service. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249512 | PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDING ADAPTIVE FAILOVER AND BACKUP SERVICES - A method, a device, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium stores executable instructions to provide a program service; predict whether a disruption in the program service is to occur; generate and transmit a message, which indicates a predicted disruption of the program service, to user devices; switch to another program device, by the user devices, to receive the program service; transmit another message to the user device when the disruption is over. Additionally, a method, a device, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium stores executable instructions to provide a failure over service that informs other user devices that an in-home server device is down, and a backup service that includes storing program service data, which includes recorded programs and user settings, on the in-home server device and a cloud device. The backup service also includes a recovery service that restores the program service data when the in-home server device is replaced. | 09-03-2015 |
20150245361 | SELECTING FREQUENCY FOR MULTI-BAND SMALL CELL - A device is configured to obtain interference information indicating interference levels at frequencies. The device is configured to determine a frequency for a small cell to use to communicate with a client device based on the interference information. The small cell is capable of using the frequencies to communicate and the frequency is determined from among the frequencies. The device is further configured to provide frequency information to the small cell instructing the small cell to communicate with the client device using the frequency. | 08-27-2015 |
20150245241 | TRAFFIC DETECTION FUNCTION WITH AN EXTERNAL ENFORCEMENT DEVICE - A policy control component may be installed in a telecommunication network as a “supplemental” or “proxy” policy control component that may be given limited interaction with the telecommunication network. The proxy policy control component may communicate with policy enforcement devices in an external network. In one implementation, a method may include monitoring a first network to obtain information relating to a traffic flow through a gateway associated with the first network, the gateway connecting the first network to a second network. The method may further include establishing a communication session with a policy enforcement device located within the second network; and transmitting over the communication session, and to the policy enforcement device, information relating to enforcement of network policy functions for the traffic flow. | 08-27-2015 |
20150245176 | BASE STATION LOCATION DETERMINATION - A device may determine to initiate a location determination for a base station. The device may identify a set of positioning measurements associated with the location determination. The device may identify a set of other devices to be associated with the set of positioning measurements. The device may provide configuration information for the set of positioning measurements to the set of other devices. The device may determine information associated with the set of positioning measurements based on providing the configuration information. The device may determine a location in which the base station is located based on determining the information associated with the set of positioning measurements. | 08-27-2015 |
20150245100 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR RESOLVING MEDIA CONTENT RECORDING CONFLICTS - An exemplary method includes detecting, on a media content recording device, a media content recording conflict between a plurality of scheduled recordings of media content instances, and outputting, for display on a display device, data representative of a graphical user interface including a plurality of graphical objects representative of the plurality of scheduled recordings of the media content instances and at least one option configured to facilitate resolution of the media content recording conflict. Corresponding methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also described. | 08-27-2015 |
20150244769 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A method may include starting a content delivery micro edge server module to generate a content delivery micro edge server on a web server. The content delivery micro edge server is a virtualized edge server associated with a service provider and the web server is associated with a host entity that is different than the service provider. The method may include partitioning web server capacity associated with the web server into the content delivery micro edge server and host entity assigned web server capacity. The method also includes activating at least one application associated with the content delivery micro edge server to provide content delivery services. The method includes registering, with the service provider, the content delivery micro edge server to provide content delivery services. The method further includes receiving a request for content to be provided to a client device, and delivering the content to the client device. | 08-27-2015 |
20150244472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION USING ULTRASONIC MESSAGES - A device includes an audio capture device for receiving an audio signal in an ultrasonic frequency range. The device includes a processor to determine whether the received audio signal corresponds to an ultrasonic message. The processor extracts a content of the ultrasonic message, when it is determined that the received audio signal corresponds to an ultrasonic message, automatically handles the ultrasonic message based on the extracted content, stores at least a portion of the content of the ultrasonic message, and displays the portion of the content of the ultrasonic message to a user of the mobile device at a time subsequent to a time of the receipt of the audio signal. | 08-27-2015 |
20150242924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING CUSTOMER INFORMATION TO ENABLE CUSTOMER INTERACTION - Techniques are described herein to connect customers of a company with one another. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a search query for businesses that are local to a user; determining, based on access of a data structure, a location of a residence of the user; and generating, based on the location of the residence of the user and the search query, search results that satisfy the search query. The search results may include information relating to at least one business that is a local businesses relative to the location of the residence of the user. For example, the information may include: identification of a name of the at least one business, identification of an address of the at least one business, and information relating to one or more telecommunication services that are offered by the at least one business. | 08-27-2015 |
20150242913 | ENTERPRISE PRICE QUOTE GENERATION - A method includes receiving, from a client enterprise, at a provider computing device, a request for price quote for products provided by a provider enterprise and determining a plurality of discrete processing units based on the request for price quote. The method includes assigning each of the plurality of discrete processing units to a single one of a plurality of parallel processing devices. The method includes accessing, by each of the plurality of parallel processing devices, price quote generation data stored in a hierarchical manner in a database associated with the provider, and processing the discrete processing units the plurality of discrete processing units based on the price quote generation data to generate a corresponding plurality of processed units. The method includes merging the processed units to form concatenated processed units and adding global components to the concatenated processed units to form the price quote. | 08-27-2015 |
20150237593 | POWER CONSERVATION ON USER DEVICES HAVING LOCATION IDENTIFICATION HARDWARE - A user device may detect, using a first radio associated with the user device, a presence of a location reference device; and determine a location associated with the user device. When determining the location associated with the user device, the user device is to receive location information from the location reference device, via the first, and refrain, based on detecting the presence of the location reference device, from determining the location using a second radio associated with the user device while the user device is within a communication range of the location reference device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150237512 | NETWORK DATA OPTMIZATION - A device is configured to obtain base station information for base stations indicating whether data communicated via a respective base station should receive optimization processing. The device may obtain a base station identifier from a base station. The device may determine whether the data communicated via the base station should receive the optimization processing based on the base station information and the base station identifier. The device may receive non-optimized data to be sent to a client device via the base station. The device may selectively cause the optimization processing to be performed on the non-optimized data based on whether the data communicated via the base station should receive the optimization processing. The device may provide optimized data generated by the optimization processing or the non-optimized data to the client device via the base station based on selectively causing the optimization processing to be performed. | 08-20-2015 |
20150237384 | TEMPORARY STORAGE OF RECORDED CONTENT ON A CLOUD STORAGE SERVER - A server device may receive, from a user device, a request to store a unique copy of particular content, associated with a particular user; store, in a storage device associated with the server device, the unique copy of the particular content; determine a set of attributes of the particular content; determine a set of criteria based on which the unique copy of the particular content should be provided to the user device, the determining being based on one or more attributes, of the set of attributes of the particular content; determine that the set of criteria have been met; output, based on determining that the set of criteria have been met, the unique copy of the particular content to the user device; and delete the unique copy of the particular content from the storage device after outputting the particular content to the user device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150237196 | PROVIDING A VISUAL INTERFACE BASED ON A DIALED NUMBER - A system, or device, may be configured to receive a request to place a voice call; forgo placing the requested voice call; and present a visual interface, associated with an intended callee of the requested voice call, in lieu of placing the requested voice call. The system or device may determine to place the voice call to the original number, or to a different number, based on an input, which is based on the visual interface, from a user who may have, or may not have, made the request. | 08-20-2015 |
20150236864 | VIRTUAL IP ADDRESS FOR MULTICAST RENDEZVOUS POINT DEVICE REGISTRATION - A device may determine multicast information associated with participating in a multicast. The multicast information may include a virtual rendezvous (RP) address and may identify a multicast group. The device may identify a primary RP address and a secondary RP address associated with the multicast group. The primary RP address may identify a primary RP device and the secondary RP address may identify a secondary RP device. The device may identify an active RP device. The active RP device may be the primary RP device or the secondary RP device. The device may replace the virtual RP address, included in the multicast information, with information that identifies the active RP device. The information that identifies the active RP device may be the primary RP address or the secondary RP address. The device may participate in the multicast based on the information that identifies the active RP device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150230123 | SESSION ASSIGNMENT AND BALANCING - A server device may determine session information that identifies a quantity of sessions established between each of one or more serving gateways (SGWs) and a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW); and direct a mobility management entity (MME) to assign additional sessions between the one or more SGWs and the PGW based on the session information. | 08-13-2015 |
20150230061 | DISTRIBUTED OPTIMIZATION FOR EVENT TRAFFIC CONTROL - A user device provides, to a server device, event application setup information associated with the user device. The event application setup information includes information provided to the user device during configuration of an event application. The user device provides, to the server device, user device information associated with the user device. The user device information includes information identifying a current location of the user device, and is provided to the server device during an event that affects the user device. The user device receives, from the server device, custom event instructions based on the event application setup information, the user device information, and the event. The custom event instructions include information describing a recommended route, away from a location of the event, that is customized for the user device. The user displays the custom event instructions. | 08-13-2015 |
20150229989 | DISTRIBUTED ENCODING OF CONTENT FOR A NETWORK - Content, such as video content, may be encoded using encoders that are installed at encoding devices of customers of a telecommunications provider. In one implementation, a server device may maintain presence information relating to an operational state of a number of set-top boxes installed at customer residences; receive an indication of content that is to be encoded; and select a set-top box, of the set-top boxes, to encode the segment, the set-top box being selected based on the operational state of the set-top boxes. The server may further transmit, to the selected set-top box, instructions to initiate encoding of the content and to provide an encoding format for the content; and update the presence information to reflect a result of encoding of the content by the selected set-top box. | 08-13-2015 |
20150229584 | BANDWIDTH BOOSTING IN SHARED LOCAL NETWORKS - A network device provides, to a user device, a user interface to configure preferences for a bandwidth boosting service. The bandwidth boosting service is configured to supplement a subscriber's primary content delivery connection with additional bandwidth from a broadband cellular connection. The network device receives, via the user interface, user configuration preferences for the bandwidth boosting service and provides, to a boosting router at a local subscriber network, configuration settings that are based on the configuration preferences. The network device receives, from the boosting router, a boost request for content delivery to a user device at the local subscriber network and generates, in response to the boost request, a split-path instruction for the content delivery to the local subscriber network via a primary data path and a supplemental data path. | 08-13-2015 |
20150229486 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE MULTICAST STREAMS OVER A SINGLE TRANSPORT BEARER CHANNEL - A user device may be configured to identify a received transport bearer channel, via which a group of content streams are received, the transport bearer channel including a group of logical bearer channels that each correspond to a particular transport layer session, each transport layer session corresponding to a particular one of the content streams; receive a selection of a particular content stream, of the group of content streams; identify a particular logical bearer channel, of the group of bearer channels, that corresponds to the particular content stream; extract a transport layer session from the identified particular logical bearer channel; provide, from a transport layer of the user device and to an application layer of the user device, the particular content stream from the transport layer session; and present the particular content stream. | 08-13-2015 |
20150223069 | TUNE CONTROL FOR SHARED ACCESS SYSTEM - Devices and methods are provided for implementing a shared radio frequency spectrum allocation system. Access points and end user devices in an Authorized Shared Access System are allowed to access a channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum managed by an Authorized Shared Access System controller. Access points provide a communication, or frequency, channel over which similarly configured end user devices obtain access to data networks for client devices. Secure access to the allocated channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum is provided, thereby preventing rogue devices from gaining uncontrolled, or unauthorized, access to a channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum that may result in interference with other users of the channel including higher priority users. A secure synthesizer and secure encrypted tuning control words uniquely and securely control local channel usage. | 08-06-2015 |
20150223060 | MEDIATION OF INFORMATION CARRIED VIA A COMMON PUBLIC RADIO INTERFACE - A device may receive first common public radio interface (CPRI) information associated with a first CPRI format. The device may determine a translation key associated with the first CPRI format. The translation key may include information associated with translating the first CPRI information to a second CPRI format. The second CPRI format may be different from the first CPRI format. The device may generate second CPRI information based on processing the first CPRI information with the translation key. The second CPRI information may be associated with the second CPRI format. The device may provide the second CPRI information associated with the second CPRI format. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222744 | UNIFIED CALL LOGS - A user device may identify a received a signal indicating an incoming call; determine that another user device has answered the call; generate call log information that indicates that the other user device has answered the call; and store or output the generated call log information. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of user devices may receive a ring signal indicating an incoming call; a particular user device, in the set of user devices, may answer the call; and another user device, in the set of user devices, may store a unified call log. The unified call log may indicate that the particular user device answered the call, and may further indicate that the other user device did not miss the call. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222560 | CAPACITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON BACKLOG INFORMATION - A device is configured to obtain backlog information from a network device. The backlog information indicates a backlog of a queue included in the network device. The device obtains settings information for the network device. The settings information indicates a setting of the queue. The device determines an adjustment to the setting of the queue based on the backlog information and the settings information. The device provides adjustment information, indicating the adjustment to the setting of the queue, to the network device for the network to adjust the setting of the queue. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222549 | END TO END NETWORK MANAGEMENT BASED ON QUALITY OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS - A device may manage end-to-end traffic across a network based on adjusting Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. The device may receive performance requirements for packets corresponding to different applications and QoS levels within segments across the network, and measure performance values along the segments across the network. The device may also identify the application data flows and their associated network locations failing to meet performance values across network segments, and detect an application data flow failing to meet end-to-end (E2E) performance requirements. The device may determine network location(s) to adjust the QoS parameters of the detected application data flow, and adjust its QoS parameters at the determined network location(s) to bring the detected application data flow into compliance with its E2E performance requirements, while maintaining E2E performances compliance of other application data flows. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220873 | EXPEDITED SERVICE PROVISIONING ARCHITECTURE - A device may receive a provisioning order associated with providing a service to a customer premises. The provisioning order may be based on order information, provided by a technician located on the customer premises, associated with initiating provisioning of the service to the customer premises. The device may identify the provisioning order as a prioritized order. The provisioning order being identified as a prioritized order indicating that the provisioning order is to be processed before a non-prioritized provisioning order. The device may provide an acknowledgement of receipt of the provisioning order based on identifying the provisioning order as a prioritized order. The device may determine provisioning information based on the provisioning order. The provisioning information may include equipment installation or configuration instructions associated with initiating provisioning of the service to the customer premises. The device may provide the provisioning information while the technician is located on the customer premises. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220127 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING POWER UTILIZATION INFORMATION FOR AN APPLICATION - An approach for providing power utilization information for one or more operational states of an application across different operating systems is described. A power utilization platform determines power utilization information for one or more operational states of an application, one or more operating systems in which the application executes, or a combination thereof. The power utilization platform further stores the power utilization information as metadata associated with a record of the application in a data repository associated with an application distribution service. The power utilization information is then presented in a user interface of the application distribution service in a response to a request to view the record of the application. | 08-06-2015 |
20150215346 | ADMISSION CONTROL FOR A NETWORK - One or more devices are provided that receive a request, from a client device, to connect to an operator network. The request is received at a request time. The one or more devices obtain information identifying a connect time at which the client device is permitted to connect to the operator network and determine whether the request time matches the connect time. If the request time is determined to be different than the connect time, the one or more devices reject the request to connect to the operator network based on the request time being determined to be different than the connect time. If the request time is determined to match the connect time, the one or more devices establish a communication session between the client device and the operator network based on the request time being determined to match the connect time. | 07-30-2015 |