Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140113682 | ULTRA-THIN MOBILE CLIENT - A mobile device includes a communication interface configured to receive, over a wireless communication link, output data from a server device via a wireless network, and send, over the wireless communication link, input data to the server device via the wireless network. The mobile device also includes a display for displaying a first portion of the output data, a speaker for providing sounds corresponding to a second portion of the output data, a human interface component for receiving input data to the mobile device, and a hardware component. The hardware component provides the output data to the display and the speaker, and provides the input data to the server device. The hardware component does not include any processor that runs an operating system or an application for the mobile device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140136735 | MACHINE TO MACHINE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - A wireless memory device may include logic configured to detect that first data has been written by a microcontroller to a first address of a memory space of the wireless memory device; incorporate the first data into a first packet, in response to detecting that the first data has been written to the memory space, wherein the first packet includes the first address; and provide the first packet to a wireless chipset to wirelessly transmit the first packet to a destination device. The logic may be further configured to receive a second packet from the wireless chip set, wherein the second packet was received wirelessly from the destination device; retrieve a second memory address from the second packet; retrieve second data from the second packet; and write the second data to the retrieved second memory address in the memory space of the wireless memory device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140155059 | VERY FAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION - A network device receives, from a user device, an inquiry for a selected very-far field communication (VFC) tag and selects, from a group of available base stations, one or more particular base stations of a wireless access network from which to broadcast a tag query for the selected VFC tag. The network device inserts the tag query into a broadcast signal of each of the one or more particular base stations. The VFC tag receives the tag query and transmits a local response signal over a local wireless network. A mobile device within range of the local response signal processes the local response signal and forwards the local response signal to the network device as a tag response. The network device receives the tag response and sends an indication of the tag response to the user device. | 06-05-2014 |
20140162680 | Providing Multiple Interfaces for Traffic - A system may be configured to receive data. The system may be associated with a plurality of network interfaces that each correspond to a different radio access technology associated with one or more cellular networks. The system may identify one or more measures of load associated with each of the plurality of network interfaces; and output, based on the identified measures of load, a different portion of the received data to each network interface, of the group of network interfaces. | 06-12-2014 |
20140177523 | Gateway Selection Based on Geographical Location - A system may be configured to receive information regarding a geographical location of a user device; and compare the geographical location of the user device to geographical locations of a set of gateway devices. The gateway devices may be associated with a cellular network, and the gateway devices may communicatively couple one or more network devices associated with the cellular network to an access point that is not associated with the cellular network. The system may further select a particular gateway device based on the geographical location of the user device and the geographical locations of the particular gateway device; and store or output information regarding the selected particular gateway device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179302 | Wireless Radio Extension Using Up- and Down-Conversion - A system may include a base station and a remote radio head (“RRH”). The base station may receive digital data streams destined for a user device, and generate a first set of modulated signals. The modulated signals may each be based on a different one of the digital data streams. The generated first set of modulated signals may be modulated within a first carrier frequency band. The base station may output the first set of modulated signals to the RRH. The RRH may generate a second set of modulated signals based on the first set of modulated signals. The second set of modulated signals being modulated within a second carrier frequency band, and may output the second set of modulated signals to the user device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185452 | Flow Control Methods and Systems for Use with a Wireless Network - An exemplary method includes an interface device 1) detecting a request provided by a user device for a server to transmit data to the user device by way of a base station and a wireless network that connects the user device to the base station, 2) pre-fetching, in response to the request, the data from the server, 3) transmitting the pre-fetched data to the base station for forwarding by the base station to the user device by way of the wireless network, 4) dynamically receiving, as the interface system transmits the pre-fetched data to the base station, queue occupancy information from the base station, and 5) using the queue occupancy information to perform flow control with respect to the transmission of the pre-fetched data by the interface system to the base station. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187210 | FILTERING AND ENHANCEMENT OF VOICE CALLS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Voice calls may be filtered and/or modified to enhance the clarity of a speaker's voice. In one implementation, a device may receive an indication, from a caller associated with a call, that speech of the caller is to be modified to deemphasize an accent of the caller. The device may modify, based on the received indication, the speech of the caller to deemphasize the accent of the caller and transmit the modified speech to a callee associated with the call. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187236 | QUICK RECOVERY OF RF SESSIONS AFTER BACKHAUL LINK FAILURE - Communication sessions with mobile devices may be suspended, in a wireless communications network, after failure of one or more backhaul network links In one implementation, a device may detect failure of a backhaul network connecting a cell site to a core portion of a wireless network; and suspend, based on the detected failure, communication sessions with mobile devices connected to the cell site through radio interfaces, the suspending of the communication sessions including preventing loss of the communication sessions despite the failure of the backhaul network. The device may further detect cessation of the failure of the backhaul network; and resume, based on the detected cessation of the failure of the backhaul network, the communication sessions with the mobile devices. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188873 | Presenting Information Based on User Profiles - A server may be configured to receive behavior information associated with a user device. The behavior information may indicate a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present. The server may generate a mode based on the behavior information. The mode may indicate a set of conditions based on which the mode is to be activated, and a set of information to be presented when the mode is activated. The server may output the mode to the user device. The user device may determine, after receiving the mode, that the set of conditions has been satisfied. The determining may be based on a geographical location of the user device. The user device may activate the mode, based on determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied; and may present at least a portion of the set of information, based on activating the mode. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189034 | Adapative, Personal Localized Cache Control Server - A server may be configured to receive an indication that a first user device stores a particular content item; receive, from a second user device, a request for content; and determine that the requested content is available from the first user device. The determining may include determining that the particular content item stored by the first user device corresponds to the request for content, and determining that a local peer connection is available between the first user device and the second user device. The server may further output, to the first user device, an instruction to output the requested content to the second user device via the local peer connection, and/or the server may output, to the second user device, information which may allow the second user device to request the content from the first user device via a local peer connection. | 07-03-2014 |
20140278589 | MOBILE DEVICE ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM - A method and system and may receive an information request from a user device. An establishment list may be transmitted to the user device in response to the information request, wherein the establishment list includes at least one subscribing establishment. An establishment selection may be received and an establishment option associated with the establishment selection may then be transmitted to the user device. An option selection may then be received from the user device and an establishment record may be updated in response to the selected option, wherein the user device and the subscribing establishments have a pre-existing relationship within the establishment record. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278915 | PROVIDING PROMOTIONAL CONTENT - Systems and methods for providing promotional content are provided. Criteria defining a plurality of different activity-related modes for a user of a mobile station are stored. A message from the mobile station containing that contains information about an activity engaged in by the user is received through a mobile communication network. One of the activity-related modes for a user of a mobile station is selected upon determining that the information about the activity satisfies at least one criterion corresponding to the selected activity-related mode. Promotional content associated with the selected activity-related mode is obtained. The obtained promotional content is transmitted through the mobile communication network to the mobile station for presentation to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281831 | PACKET LOSS RECOVERY - A network device includes a network interface device that receives at least a subset of a plurality of recoverable packets. The plurality of recoverable packets corresponds to a plurality of original packets generated by a source device. A processor having a packet recovery module recreates each of the original packets based on the subset of the recoverable packets received. The subset of recoverable packets excludes recoverable packets lost during transmission to the network interface device. A system includes a first network device that generates original packets and converts the original packets to recoverable packets. A second network device receives at least a subset of the recoverable packets, excluding recoverable packets lost during transmission from the first network device. The second network device includes a packet recovery module that recreates the original packets based on the subset of the recoverable packets received at the second network device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293804 | BACKHAUL NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITORING USING SEGMENTED ANALYTICS - A system may be configured to monitor traffic associated with a network device; determine a time at which a particular portion of traffic was received by the network device; identify one or more attributes associated with the particular portion of the traffic; determine one or more performance indicators associated with the particular portion of the traffic; and determine that an alert threshold has been met. The determining may be based on at least one of: the one or more attributes or the one or more performance indicators. The system may output, based on determining that the alert threshold has been met, information regarding the time at which the particular portion of the traffic was received by the network device, the one or more attributes, and the one or more performance indicators associated with the particular portion of the traffic. | 10-02-2014 |
20140344139 | PROCESSING ANALYTICS DATA RECEIVED BY SENSOR DEVICES - One or more devices may receive multiple data records from a sensor device when the sensor device receives an indication from a network device, associated with a service provider network, to provide the multiple data records via the service provider network. Each of the multiple data records may include analytics data collected by the sensor device. The one or more devices may store the multiple data records; receive, from a client device, a data request for one or more of the multiple data records meeting particular criteria; form, based on receiving the data request, processed data including the one or more of the multiple data records meeting the particular criteria; and provide the processed data to the client device. | 11-20-2014 |
20150023170 | TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS - A device receives packet information associated with a traffic flow and a network segment. The network segment includes a portion of a network via which the traffic flow is transmitted. The device associates the received packet information with a period of time. The device determines that the period of time has expired, and aggregates the received packet information based on determining that the period of time has expired. The device determines a network performance parameter associated with the traffic flow over the network segment based on the aggregated packet information. The device generates performance information that identifies the network performance parameter, the traffic flow, and the network segment. The device provides the performance information. | 01-22-2015 |