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20140203967 | HIGH FREQUENCY PHASE SHIFTER ARRAY TESTING - Aspects of the invention provide for an architecture and method for testing high frequency phase shifter arrays. In one embodiment, an architecture for testing a phase shifter array, includes: a plurality of power dividers, each power divider configured to receive an output from a phase shifter within the phase shifter array and split the output into a first signal and a second signal; a plurality of power clippers, each power clipper configured to receive the second signal and modify the second signal by limiting an amplitude of the second signal; a first power combiner configured to receive the first signal from each of the plurality of power dividers to generate a first output; and a second power combiner configured to receive the modified second signal from each of the plurality of power clippers to generate a second output. | 07-24-2014 |
20140349585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH CONTROL NETWORK - In a system and method computerized devices are connected to each other over a wireless network and to a controller over an additional network. The devices perform antenna beam angle testing of the wireless network. The controller receives, over the additional network, transmitted and received test signal data acquired during such testing. Based on the test signal data, the controller calculates calibration data, which indicates, for each pair of devices, different path loss amounts associated with different transmitted test signal beam angles and a single transmitted test signal power level. The controller generates calibration matrices corresponding to each pair of devices using the calibration data; analyzes the matrices to determine, for each pair, an optimal antenna beam angle that results in the least amount of path loss; determines an optimal power level for the pair based on the path loss; and communicates the optimal specifications to the pair. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110270655 | Offer conversion - A source offer and offer parameters regarding the source offer are received. Specifications for one or more of a number of conversion parameters are also received. The source offer is converted to a target offer, based on the offer parameters and the conversion parameters specified. Where the source offer is an incremental offer, the target offer is a cumulative offer. Where the source offer is a cumulative offer, the target offer is an incremental offer. In an incremental offer, when a volume reaches a volume threshold, a price decreases by a corresponding price discount for the volume above the volume threshold, but the price does not decrease for the volume below the volume threshold. In a cumulative offer, when the volume reaches at the volume threshold, the price decreases by the corresponding price discount for the volume both below and above the volume threshold. | 11-03-2011 |
20120078610 | DETERMINING OFFER TERMS FROM TEXT - Systems, methods, and machine readable and executable instructions are provided for determining offer terms from text. A method for determining offer terms from text can include mapping keywords to a domain of a procurement event, and receiving, to a computing device, an offer text associated with the procurement event. Event-specific entities are identified, by the computing device, in the offer text. The computing device determines the domain of the procurement event from the identified event-specific entities, and using the mapped keywords corresponding to the determined domain, determines offer components from the offer text, extracts offer parameters from the offer text, and constructs the offer structure using the identified event-specific entities, derived offer components, and extracted offer parameters. | 03-29-2012 |
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20130110579 | COMPARING CONTRACTS WITH DIFFERENT LENGTHS USING UNCERTAINTY INFORMATION | 05-02-2013 |
20130111389 | DISPLAYING A VISUALIZATION OF A PORTION OF A ROLLING HORIZON TIME SERIES | 05-02-2013 |
20140032605 | SELECTION OF DATA PATHS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for selecting data paths. Selecting data paths can include creating a support data tree structure from a number of data trees within a data set. In addition, selecting data paths can include removing a number of paths from the support data tree based on a number of evaluations of each of a number of nodes within the support data tree. Furthermore, selecting data paths can include selecting a desired set of paths based on a desired number of removed paths and an associated number of evaluations of the support data tree. | 01-30-2014 |
20140039978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING FORECASTS AND RESPONSES IN COLLABORATIVE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SETTINGS - A collaborative inventory management forecast and response analysis system includes a forecast and response summary engine and a display engine. The forecast and response summary engine is to generate a summary of a plurality of standardized forecast input series using continuum canonical correlation and a user-provided parameter, generate a summary of a plurality of standardized response input series using continuum canonical correlation and the user-provided parameter, and update the summaries of the plurality of standardized forecast and response series based on a varied value of the user-provided input parameter. The display engine is to display the summaries of the plurality of standardized forecast and response series and display the updated summaries of the plurality of standardized forecast and response series. | 02-06-2014 |
20140278780 | ESTIMATION OF UNOBSERVED DEMAND - A non-transitory machine-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed cause a processor to estimate a dependence vector ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140282034 | DATA ANALYSIS IN A NETWORK - An example method for analyzing data in a collaborative network in accordance with the present disclosure is receiving a plurality of data, constructing a dependency structure between the plurality of data by running an Expanding Window Gaussian Graphical Model on the plurality of data, decomposing the dependency structure, and providing a visualization of the decomposition of the dependency structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20150142521 | CUSTOMER CLUSTERING USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING - Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that clusters customers based on demographic data and purchase history data for the customers. In some embodiments, the e-commerce system solves an Integer Program that accounts for the demographic data and purchase history data in order to identify a hyperplane that splits a selected cluster of customers. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142580 | HEURISTIC CUSTOMER CLUSTERING - Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that places customers into a plurality of clusters and tailors services provided to a customer based on the cluster in which the customer is placed. In one embodiment, the e-commerce system defines the clusters based on purchase history data for customers having sufficient purchase history data. The e-commerce system then places customers without sufficient purchase history data into one of the defined clusters based on demographic data for the customer and demographic data for the customers in the cluster. | 05-21-2015 |
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20130145014 | PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF DOCUMENT REPOSITORY EVENTS TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS - Remote event receivers can register with a document repository computing system to receive notifications of events occurring at a document repository. The remote event receivers may register to receive notifications synchronously, whereby the remote event receivers can provide a response to the notification prior to the occurrence of the event, or asynchronously, whereby the remote event receivers provide no response. Synchronous remote event receivers can also specify in a response to the notification that the event should be canceled or may specify properties that should be changed. Remote event receivers can be pre-event receivers that receive notifications prior to the occurrence of an event, or post-event receivers that receive notifications following the event. When an event is to occur at the document repository, notifications are provided to the pre-event remote event receivers. Once the event has occurred, notifications are provided to the post-event remote event receivers. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145427 | AUTHORIZING APPLICATION ACCESS TO SECURE RESOURCES - An application submits a permission request to a resource server. In response to receiving the request, the resource server generates a user interface that asks the user to grant or deny the requested permissions. If the permissions are granted, data is stored indicating that the application has the requested permissions. When a runtime request for a resource is received, the resource server determines whether the request has been made by a user, by an application, or by an application on behalf of a user. If the request is made by an application only, the request is granted only if the application has permission to access the resource by way of a direct call not on behalf of a user. If the request is made by an application on behalf of a user, the request is granted only if both the user and the application have sufficient permission. | 06-06-2013 |
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20110150152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING FREQUENCY-DOMAIN AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC) - A method for Automatic Gain Control (AGC) in a receiver is performed by a circuit having an inner loop and an outer loop. The method includes performing an outer loop energy detection, mitigating interference using the outer loop energy detection, and performing a frequency domain energy measurement in the inner loop. The method also includes adjusting a digital gain component in the inner loop and an analog gain component in the outer loop in response to the frequency domain energy measurement. | 06-23-2011 |
20120176922 | DOWNLINK FLOW CONTROL BY ADDING NOISE TO A RECEIVER TO REDUCE PHYSICAL LAYER THROUGHPUT - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and techniques and apparatus for downlink flow control at the physical layer of a user equipment (UE). Aspects generally include monitoring one or more parameters related to the UE and intentionally reducing channel quality based on the one or more parameters to trigger downlink flow control. According to aspects, channel quality may be reduced by degrading receiver performance and/or intentionally adding noise to a signal. | 07-12-2012 |
20130064153 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION FOR HARQ DECODING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure may help reduce power consumption by allowing a UE to remain in a low power state by not attempting to decode ACK/NACK transmissions after receiving a positive acknowledgement (ACK). | 03-14-2013 |
20140185540 | ENB PDCCH IMPLEMENTATION TO AVOID AMBIGUOUS DCI INFORMATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines a first decoding candidate in a first search space and a second decoding candidate in a second search space, where the first decoding candidate and the second decoding candidate have a same size but different definitions of information fields, identifies a difference in the information fields, and determines one of the first decoding candidate and the second decoding candidate as a valid candidate based on the identified difference. The apparatus further generates first control information for transmitting in a first search space, codes the first control information, wherein the code applied to the first control information is specific to the first search space and different from code applied to second control information in a second search space, and transmits the coded first control information in the first search space. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185541 | ENB PDCCH IMPLEMENTATION TO AVOID AMBIGUOUS DCI INFORMATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines a first starting index for transmitting first control information in a first search space, determines a second starting index for transmitting second control information in a second search space, and transmits the second control information in the second search space at the second starting index when the first starting index and the second starting index are not the same value. The apparatus further transmits to a user equipment (UE) control information in a first search space, receives information from the UE corresponding to the transmitted control information, and decodes the received information based on the UE parsing the control information according to the first search space and based on the UE incorrectly parsing the control information according to a second search space. | 07-03-2014 |
20150049651 | DYNAMICALLY UPDATING FILTERING CONFIGURATION IN MODEM BASEBAND PROCESSING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to dynamically updating filtering configuration in modem baseband processing. A method is provided for wireless communications. The method may be performed, for example, by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes detecting one or more conditions regarding one or more metrics of a received signal and updating, based on the detection, a configuration of one or more filters designed to mitigate an effect of spurious signals associated with (e.g., that fall within) a bandwidth of the received signal. | 02-19-2015 |
20150139015 | LTE Band Avoidance for RF Coexistence Interference - Various embodiments enable a multi-active mobile communication device to mitigate (manage) interference by a frequency band used by a first subscription with the frequency band used by a second subscription. The device processor may generate modified power measurements for one or more frequency bands of a first subscription and use the modified power measurement(s) to cause the first subscription to switch from the frequency band that interferes with the frequency band of the second subscription. The modified power measurement may be a decreased power measurement of the first frequency band and/or an increased power measurement of a second frequency band that does not interfere with the frequency band of the second subscription. As a result, various embodiments may mitigate or otherwise manage the impact of coexistence interference between the first and second subscriptions of a multi-active mobile communication device without limiting capabilities of the device or changes to the network. | 05-21-2015 |
20150382362 | RESOURCE SPECIFIC INTERFERENCE MITIGATION - Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying and mitigating in-device coexistence interference for multicarrier systems implementing soft combining decoding techniques. In some aspects, the described techniques include identifying time-frequency resources of a received signal subject to coexistence interference at a transceiver of a wireless device. The time-frequency resources may include, for example, symbols, slots, code-blocks, sub-frames, subcarriers, etc. Resource-specific mitigation may then be applied to the identified resources, for example, including skipping or nulling the interfered resources in the time domain, frequency domain, or both. In some aspects, the resource-specific mitigation may be performed at the soft-combining stage of the decoding process, such as by skipping or nulling one or more log likelihood ratio (LLR) instances that correspond to the interfered resource(s). | 12-31-2015 |
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20090169793 | DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPE - Multilayer laminate comprising at least two pressure-sensitive adhesive layers and a carrier layer located between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers and comprising a synthetic polymer. | 07-02-2009 |
20120015193 | USE OF POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE FORMED FROM POLYESTER DIOLS, POLYETHER DIOLS AND SILANE COMPOUNDS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FILM/FOIL-COATED FURNITURE - The present invention relates to the use of a polyurethane adhesive in the manufacture of film/foil-coated furniture. The adhesive consists of two components, the first component comprising at least two different polyurethanes which comprise carboxyl groups, and the polyurethanes comprising units derived from polyester diols and units derived from polyether diols, the weight quantity ratio of the sum total of all units derived from polyester diols to the sum total of all units derived from polyether diols being in the range from 1:9 to 9:1, and the second component comprising at least one silane compound reactive toward carboxyl groups. | 01-19-2012 |
20120021213 | ADHESIVE MADE OF POLYMERS HAVING CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS, AMORPHOUS POLYURETHANE AND SILANE COMPOUNDS - A description is given of an adhesive comprising two components, the first component comprising at least two different polymers of which at least one contains carboxyl groups. One of the polymers is selected from polymers which are capable of forming crystalline domains and copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and the second polymer is an amorphous polyurethane, the quantitative weight ratio of first polymer to second polymer being from 2:8 to 8:2. The second component comprises at least one silane compound that is reactive toward carboxyl groups. The adhesive can be used to produce film-laminated moldings for automobile construction which feature high resistance to climatic cycling. | 01-26-2012 |
20150284482 | PREPARING AQUEOUS POLYMER DISPERSIONS WITH PROTECTIVE COLLOIDS IN A MONOMER FEED PROCESS - A description is given of a process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion having a high solids content of greater than 60 wt. %. In this process, a dispersed polymer is prepared by radical emulsion polymerization in the presence of a polymeric protective colloid. The polymer is formed to an extent of at least 80 wt. % of (meth)acrylate ester monomers and the polymeric protective colloid is formed from acid monomers and to an extent of at least 10 wt. % from (meth)acrylate ester monomers, and the sum of (meth)acrylate ester monomers and acid monomers in the protective colloid is at least 80 wt. %. The emulsion polymerization takes place in a monomer feed process, the initial rate of the monomer feed being lower than the final rate. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090046578 | Method and apparatus for radio link failure recovery in a wireless communications network - In a wireless network, for example, an LTE network, the context information relating to a mobile terminal UE is transmitted to a plurality of network nodes eNB | 02-19-2009 |
20090196168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK FAILURE RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In a method for radio link failure (RLF) recovery in a wireless communications network, a timer T sets a predetermined time period from a command to a mobile terminal UE to hand over to a new eNB. Resources are reserved at a target eNB | 08-06-2009 |
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20120039208 | METHOD FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF DATA FROM A USER TERMINAL, A BASE STATION, A COORDINATION DEVICE, AND A COMMUNICATION NETWORK THEREFOR - The invention concerns a method for uplink transmission of data from a user terminal (UE), wherein the data are received by base stations (eNB | 02-16-2012 |
20120044872 | UPLINK COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention provides a method of operating a first base station ( | 02-23-2012 |
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20130022023 | OPTIMIZED CARRIER AGGREGATION FOR HANDOVER - The invention relates to a method of performing a handover of a user equipment ( | 01-24-2013 |
20140177525 | MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS IN A RADIO NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for providing information from a machine device, in particular from a sensor device (S | 06-26-2014 |
20150141032 | APPARATUS, BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSIGNING A RADIO RESOURCE - Embodiments relate to an apparatus, a base station transceiver, a method, and a computer program for assigning a radio resource. An apparatus | 05-21-2015 |
20150201430 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR AN OPERATOR SPECIFIC SCHEDULER, A COMMON SCHEDULER AND AN ADAPTATION MODULE - Embodiments relate to apparatuses, methods and computer programs for an operator specific scheduler, a common scheduler and an adaptation module. An adaptation module apparatus maps control signaling resources and data signaling resources of a mobile communication system to universal control and data resources. A common scheduler apparatus determines information on an availability of a subset of the universal control resources based on an assignment rule of an operator and based on the information on the availability of the plurality of universal control resources. An operator specific scheduler | 07-16-2015 |
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20160073406 | A METHOD FOR ALLOCATION OF FREQUENCY RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT OPERATORS TO USER TERMINALS, AND A BASE STATION AND A USER TERMINAL THEREFOR - The invention concerns a method for allocation of frequency resources (FA, FB) of different operators (OPA, OPB) to user terminals, wherein on a frequency resource (FA, FB) of each operator (OPA, OPB) of said different operators, an indication of said operator allowing user terminals registered at said operator (OPA, OPB) to get access to a signaled cell (CSA, CSB) is transmitted on a broadcast channel (PBCHA, PBCHB), user terminals receive control information only on frequency resources (FA, FB) of an operator (OPA, OPB) at which the user terminals are registered, and said control information comprises an indicator (CIFA, CIFB) allocating to the user terminals a frequency resource (FA, FB) of said frequency resources of an operator (OPA, OPB) at which the user terminals are not registered, and a base station and a user terminal therefor. | 03-10-2016 |
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20090266042 | MOWER - A battery-powered lawn mower includes a deck supported by wheels on a first side and a cutting mechanism having a first motor, including a first output member. A first cutting blade is driven by the first output member. A self-drive transmission has a second motor that selectively communicates an output to a drive axle. A force feedback controller measures a load on the first motor and changes an output voltage to the second motor based on the measured load. | 10-29-2009 |
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20100085018 | SHARED CONTROL OF THERMISTOR AND DUAL PURPOSE THERMISTOR LINE - A battery pack can include a temperature sensor that can provide an output that is indicative of a temperature associated with the battery pack. A battery management unit can directly measure the temperature sensor when the battery pack is by itself or engaged with a tool. A charger can directly read the temperature sensor when the battery pack is engaged with the charger. Thus, the temperature sensor can be shared by the battery pack and the charger. The battery pack can utilize a same terminal that provides access to the temperature sensor to indicate a stop-charge signal. The charger can read the stop-charge signal on the same terminal used to directly access the temperature sensor. | 04-08-2010 |
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20140028695 | IMAGE AESTHETIC SIGNATURES - The disclosure provides an approach for determining transducer functions for mapping objective image attribute values to estimated subjective attribute values. The approach includes determining objective attribute values for each of one or more aesthetic attributes for each image in a first set of images. The approach further includes determining, for each aesthetic attribute, a mapping from the objective attribute values to respective estimated subjective attribute values based on the objective attribute values and corresponding experimentally-determined attribute values. Using the determined mappings, aesthetic signatures, which include estimates of subjective image aesthetics across multiple dimensions, may be generated. | 01-30-2014 |
20150078661 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE AND TONE MAPPING IMAGING TECHNIQUES - Algorithms for improving the performance of conventional tone mapping operators (TMO) by calculating both a contrast waste score and a contrast loss score for a first tone-mapped image produced by the TMO. The two contrast scores can be used to optimize the performance of the TMO by reducing noise and improving contrast. Algorithms for generating an HDR image by converting non-linear color space images into linear color space format, aligning the images to a reference, de-ghosting the aligned images if necessary, and merging the aligned (and potentially de-ghosted) images to create an HDR image. The merging can be performed with exposure fusion, HDR reconstruction, or other suitable techniques. | 03-19-2015 |
20150348273 | DEPTH MODIFICATION FOR DISPLAY APPLICATIONS - Techniques of depth modification for display applications are disclosed. A multiscopic video frame, including at least first and second images depicting a scene, is received. Depth information pertaining to the multiscopic video frame is received. A depth mapping function is determined based on one or more image characteristics of the multiscopic video frame, other than depth. The depth information is modified based on the depth mapping function. At least a third image is generated based on the modified depth information and based further on at least one of the first and second images, where the third image is output for display. | 12-03-2015 |
20160027160 | Temporally coherent local tone mapping of high dynamic range video - Approaches are described for tone-mapping an image frame in a sequence of image frames. A tone-mapping pipeline applies a spatiotemporal filter to each pixel of the image frame, based on a forward optical flow and a backward optical flow, to produce a base layer image. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a temporal filter to each pixel of the image frame, based on the forward and backward optical flows, to produce a temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a tone curve to the base and detail layer images to produce a tone-mapped base and detail layer image, respectively, and combines the tone-mapped base and detail layer images to produce a tone-mapped image frame. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027161 | Temporally coherent local tone mapping of HDR video - Approaches are described for filtering a first image frame in a sequence of image frames. A tone-mapping pipeline applies a spatiotemporal filter to each pixel of the first image frame, based on a forward optical flow and a backward optical flow, to produce a base layer image. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a temporal filter to each pixel of the first image frame, based on the forward optical flow and the backward optical flow, to produce a temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame. | 01-28-2016 |