19th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160134972 | LOUDSPEAKER-PURPOSE VIBRATION PLATE, LOUDSPEAKER USING THAT VIBRATION PLATE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOBILE APPARATUS - A loud speaker diaphragm includes a base layer containing a natural fiber, and a coating layer composed of a cellulose nanofiber. The coating layer is formed on at least one surface of the base layer. A Young's modulus of the cellulose nanofiber is larger than a Young's modulus of the base layer, and an internal loss of the cellulose nanofiber is smaller than an internal loss of the base layer. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134973 | Secure Audio Sensor - Providing security features in an audio sensor is presented herein. A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone can include an acoustic membrane that converts an acoustic signal into an electrical signal; an electronic amplifier that increases an amplitude of the electrical signal to generate an amplified signal; and switch(es) configured to prevent propagation of a direct current (DC) voltage source to the MEMS microphone; prevent propagation of the DC voltage source to the electronic amplifier; prevent propagation of the electrical signal to the electronic amplifier; and/or prevent propagation of the amplified signal to an external device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134974 | LEAD FRAME-BASED CHIP CARRIER USED IN THE FABRICATION OF MEMS TRANSDUCER PACKAGES - Systems and methods for lead frame-based chip carriers for use with MEMS transducers. One embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a MEMS microphone package. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes flip chip bonding a first plurality of I/O pads on an application specific integrated circuit to a plurality of traces on a lead frame. The method further includes removing at least one of the plurality of traces such that at least one of the first plurality of I/O pads is electrically isolated from the lead frame. The method further includes bonding the lead frame to a lid and electrically connecting, via at least one wire bond, a MEMS microphone mounted to the lid to the application specific integrated circuit using a second plurality of I/O pads of the application specific integrated circuit. The method further includes bonding a substrate to the lead frame to form an air tight volume within the lid. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134975 | Microphone With Trimming - A microphone includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, an amplifier, and an attenuation apparatus. The MEMS device converts acoustic energy into electrical signals. The amplifier is coupled to the MEMS device and receives an input signal from the MEMS device and performs amplification on the input signal to produce an output signal. The attenuation apparatus is coupled to the amplifier. Activation of the attenuation apparatus is effective to attenuate the output signal of the amplifier. A self-noise of the amplifier is attenuated and a sensitivity of the microphone is reduced such that a first signal-to-noise ratio is substantially the same as a second signal-to-noise ratio. The first signal-to-noise ratio occurs when the attenuation apparatus is not activated, and the second signal-to-noise ratio occurs when the attenuation apparatus is activated. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134976 | OPTICAL ELECTRO-MECHANICAL HEARING DEVICES WITH SEPARATE POWER AND SIGNAL COMPONENTS - A device to transmit an audio signal comprises at least one light source configured to transmit the audio signal with at least one wavelength of light. At least one detector is configured to detect the audio signal and generate at least one electrical signal in response to the at least one wavelength of light. A transducer is supported with and configured to vibrate at least one of an eardrum, an ossicle or a cochlea. Active circuitry is coupled to the transducer to drive the transducer in response to the at least one electrical signal, so as to provide the user with high quality sound. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134977 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The disclosed acoustic device and method of using the same allow perception of a bright, clear sound. In an acoustic device ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160134978 | Transducer, A Hearing Aid Comprising The Transducer And A Method Of Operating The Transducer - The invention relates to a transducer comprising a housing, a first and a second diaphragm, and a first and a second signal provider. The housing comprises an inner surface. The first and second diaphragms are positioned in the housing. The first and second diaphragms define a common compartment being delimited by at least both a part of the inner surface and the first and second diaphragms. The first signal provider is configured to convert movement of the first diaphragm into a first signal. The second signal provider is configured to convert movement of the second diaphragm into a second signal. The transducer can be used in a hearing aid. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134979 | WIRELESS SOUND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for providing sound to at least one user, with at least one audio signal source, a digital transmission unit applying a digital modulation scheme to transmit an audio signal via a wireless digital audio link; at least one receiver unit for receiving audio signals from the transmission unit, and an arrangement for stimulating the hearing of the user(s), the transmission unit transmitting each audio data packet according to an adaptive frequency hopping scheme and has a channel traffic detection unit for measuring the power in each channel of a monitored channel set and providing a channel traffic value for each channel based on the measured power, an interference detection unit for analyzing and deciding whether static interference is present, and determining the channel corresponding to the peak channel traffic, and a channel blanking unit for temporarily removing at least the channel corresponding to the peak channel. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134980 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device which can enhance and/or optimize received audio signals for vibrational conduction to the user. Received audio signals may be processed to cancel acoustic echo such that undesired sounds received by one or more intra-buccal and/or extra-buccal microphones are eliminated or mitigated. Additionally, a multiband actuation system may be used where two or more transducers each deliver sounds within certain frequencies. Also, the assembly may also utilize the sensation of directionality via the conducted vibrations to emulate directional perception of audio signals received by the user. Another feature may include the ability to vibrationally conduct ancillary audio signals to the user along with primary audio signals. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134981 | Mobile Microphone System and Method - A method centrally controls communication at a single venue. Information, at least at the venue, is provided to attendees at the venue for transmitting electronic signals to the central communication point. At least one electronic communication transmission from an attendee who has access to the central communication point is enabled to have at least part of the transmission broadcast at the venue or allow open communication from the attendee to be broadcast at the venue. The personal mobile communications device of an attendee is used as a microphone over wireless telephone networks or local wireless communication networks. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE DISPLACEMENT OF A SPEAKER CONE - A displacement estimation system for estimating cone displacement of a loudspeaker may include an electrical circuit including at least one non-linear component being coupled to a mechanical circuit including at least one non-linear component, and a controller programmed to determine the cone displacement of the loudspeaker based on the at least one non-linear component by using a discrete domain transfer function of a measured current of the electrical circuit, and transmit the displacement to a corrector to correct distortion of an audio signal due to the displacement. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDIO CALIBRATION OF AN AUDIO DEVICE - A method for audio calibration of an audio device is provided. The method comprises: registering, by a microphone, a representation of an audio signal; processing, by a data processing unit, the registered representation of the audio signal into feedback image data; displaying on a display, the feedback image data; capturing, by a camera, the feedback image data displayed on the display; altering a setting affecting audio of the audio device based on the feedback image data captured by the camera. A system for audio calibration of an audio device is further provided. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134984 | DETERMINING NOISE AND SOUND POWER LEVEL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRIMARY AND REFERENCE CHANNELS - A method for estimating a noise power level difference (NPLD) between a primary microphone and a reference microphone of an audio device includes obtaining primary and reference channels of an audio signal with primary and reference microphones of an audio device and estimating a noise magnitude of the reference channel of the audio signal to provide a noise variance estimate for one or more frequencies. A modelled probability density function (PDF) of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) coefficient of the primary channel of the audio signal is maximized to provide a NPLD between the noise variance estimate of the reference channel and a noise variance estimate of the primary channel. A modelled PDF of an FFT coefficient of the reference channel of the audio signal is maximized to provide a complex speech power level difference (SPLD) coefficient between the speech FFT coefficients of the primary and reference channel. A corrected noise magnitude of the reference channel is then calculated based on the noise variance estimate, the NPLD and the SPLD coefficient. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134985 | PROPAGATION DELAY CORRECTION APPARATUS AND PROPAGATION DELAY CORRECTION METHOD - A propagation delay tune correction apparatus comprising a means for generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on an audio signal; a means for setting a propagation delay time for each of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands a means for calculating a phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the propagation delay time set for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for generating a phase control signal by smoothing the calculated phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency hands; a means for controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the generated phase control signal; and a means for generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is performed by performing inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134986 | Method And System For Achieving Self-Adaptive Surround Sound - A method and a system for achieving a self-adaptive surround sound. The method comprises: recognizing specific positions of a room and a user in the room by using an object recognition technology, capturing focusing images of recognized objects by controlling a camera using a focusing control technology, and recording corresponding focusing parameters (S | 2016-05-12 |
20160134987 | VIRTUAL SOUND SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Provided are methods and systems for updating a sound field in response to user movement. The methods and systems are less computationally expensive than existing approaches for updating a sound field, and are also suitable for use with arbitrary loudspeaker configurations. The methods and systems provide a dynamic binaural sound field rendering realized with the use of “virtual loudspeakers.” Rather than loudspeaker signals being fed into the physical loudspeakers, the signals are instead filtered with left and right HRIRs (Head Related Input Response) corresponding to the spatial locations of these loudspeakers. The sums of the left and right ear signals are then fed into the audio output device of the user. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134988 | 3D IMMERSIVE SPATIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Provided are methods and systems for delivering three-dimensional, immersive spatial audio to a user over a headphone, where the headphone includes one or more virtual speaker conditions. The methods and systems recreate a naturally sounding sound field at the user's ears, including cues for elevation and depth perception. Among numerous other potential uses and applications, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may be implemented for virtual reality applications. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134989 | METHOD AND SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT FOR MAPPING A PLURALITY OF INPUT CHANNELS OF AN INPUT CHANNEL CONFIGURATION TO OUTPUT CHANNELS OF AN OUTPUT CHANNEL CONFIGURATION - A method for mapping a plurality of input channels of an input channel configuration to output channels of an output channel configuration includes providing a set of rules associated with each input channel of the plurality of input channels, wherein the rules define different mappings between the associated input channel and a set of output channels. For each input channel of the plurality of input channels, a rule associated with the input channel is accessed, determination is made whether the set of output channels defined in the accessed rule is present in the output channel configuration, and the accessed rule is selected if the set of output channels defined in the accessed rule is present in the output channel configuration. The input channels are mapped to the output channels according to the selected rule. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134990 | GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A method of operating a mobile wireless network comprising: receiving, by a provisioning server, a signal from a mobile wireless network specifying a location of a first mobile device having a first International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and operating in the mobile wireless network under a first condition, the mobile wireless network including a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs) and a plurality of mobile devices operating in the mobile wireless network; provisioning the first IMSI in the first HLR based on a state transition rule from a first provisioning state to a second provisioning state; provisioning a second IMSI in the first HLR based on the state transition rule from a third provisioning state to the first provisioning state; and transmitting data identifying the second IMSI to the first mobile device to allow the first mobile device to operate in the mobile wireless network under a second condition. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134991 | Method and apparatus for setting profile - A method and apparatus for setting profiles are provided. The profile setting method includes receiving, from a first terminal, a profile transfer request message that requests transfer of a first profile or portion thereof from a first secure element to a second secure element; configuring a second profile using the first profile or portion thereof; and sending, to a second terminal, the configured second profile. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134992 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING DIGITAL CONTENT OVER MOBILE NETWORK - A method and apparatus for delivering digital content via mobile devices and mobile networks, is disclosed. In an embodiment, a product provider is provided with artefact identification, such as QRcode, which holds a unique key for digital content storage and retrieval. A mobile user of the application, as a sender, scans the artefact unique identification and is connected to a cloud system where a personalized digital message can be recorded using a variety of digital content. A mobile user of the application as recipient scans artefact unique identification and retrieves the digital message. The mobile app is responsible for handling the proper display of content. Mobile app provides recipient with options for storing, managing and viewing content from personal library. A Digital Content Management System is responsible for the artefact unique identification administration and customer account personal libraries administration. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIST MATCHING BASED CONTENT DISCOVERY - A method for providing a content discovery mode on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes compiling reading statistics of a user based on a reading history associated with the user, providing at least one of the reading statistics to the user, receiving a request to enter a content discovery mode from a user and directing the electronic personal display to display discovered content to the user when initiating the content discovery mode based on the at least one statistic. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING COMMUNICATION IN A VEHICLE SYSTEM - Communication methods and systems wirelessly communicate onboard messages between communication devices onboard the same vehicle. The communication devices can wirelessly communicate with other communication devices onboard other vehicles in a vehicle system for remote control of the vehicles. Receipt of the onboard messages at the communication devices is determined, and operative states of the communication devices are determined based at least in part on the receipt of the onboard messages at the communication devices. Determining these operative states in this manner can allow for an operator to identify communication faults with the communication devices prior to departing the vehicle. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134995 | Short Range Peer-to-Peer Communications System - A short range peer-to-peer communications system for communicating between mobile machines includes a first machine having a first prime mover, a first ground engaging drive mechanism operatively connected to the first prime mover to propel the first machine about a work site, and a first peer-to-peer transmitter system on the first machine for transmitting a first signal indicative of a characteristic associated with operating of the first machine. A second machine has a second prime mover, a second ground engaging drive mechanism operatively connected to the second prime mover to propel the second machine about the work site, and a second peer-to-peer receiver system for receiving the first signal directly from the first peer-to-peer transmitter system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134996 | MIRRORLINK WITH WIRELESS SERIAL BUS - A first computing device includes a memory, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to establish a wireless connection to a second computing device using a Wi-Fi Direct Application Services Platform (ASP), transmit data from a car connectivity consortium (CCC) Information Element (IE) to the second computing device, and establish a MirrorLink session using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) to the second computing device via the wireless connection. The at least one processor may be further configured to establish a Wireless Serial Bus (WSB) session to the second computing device using the Wi-Fi Direct ASP via the wireless connection, and transmit data via the WSB session to the second computing device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134997 | FIRST DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMMUNICATE WITH SECOND DEVICE - The present invention provides a communication method and a communication system between a first computing device and a second computing device. In response to link disconnection of a first communication link mode between the first computing device and the second computing device, data from the second computing device is received from a server, and/or data addressed to the second computing device is transmitted to the server by a second communication link mode. Accordingly, a seamless connection between the first computing device and the second computing device can be established even if they are positioned so far away from each other that the connection of the first communication link mode between the two has been disconnected. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134998 | METHOD OF SHARING DATA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of sharing data between devices, comprising determining an event at each of first and second devices, determining a time of the event at each of the first and second devices based on data wirelessly received at the first and second devices, and associating the first and second devices via a communication protocol to enable data communication therebetween if a time derived from an identifier of at least one of the devices used in the association is within a predetermined window of the time of the event at the other device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134999 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC - Provided is an apparatus and method for playing music, which can play music by simply sharing the music with an external device. An apparatus for playing music includes a first portable terminal and a second portable terminal. The first portable terminal transmits FM channel information of an FM transmitter, which is set to broadcast in-play music thereof, and an FM radio application execution command through near field communication (NFC). The second portable terminal receives the FM channel information and the FM radio application execution command from the first portable terminal through the NFC, then executes the FM radio application based on the FM channel information to receive and play the music broadcasted from the first portable terminal. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135000 | Cell Phone Peripheral Device, Communication Terminal and Method for a Cell Phone Peripheral Device Communicating with a Cell Phone - A cell phone peripheral device comprises a communication unit, for short-distance wireless communicating between said cell phone peripheral device and the cell phone; a processing unit, for receiving information from said communication unit, processing the information to obtain and analyze data information; a display unit, for receiving and displaying said data information. A method for a cell phone perpheral device communicating with a cell phone comprises receiving information from the cell phone by way of short-distance wireless communication; processing the information to obtain and analyze data information; and displaying, by the cell phone peripheral device, the data information. And a communication terminal comprises: a first communication unit for communicating with a cellular network, a processing unit, and a first input/output unit, and further comprising: a second communication unit, for transmitting voice and data information between the processing unit and the first input/output unit by way of short distance wireless communication. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135001 | Proximity-Based Item Data Communication - A method includes receiving an audio signal at a mobile computing device and determining whether the audio signal is within a particular frequency range using an application executing at the mobile computing device. When the audio signal is within the particular frequency range, the audio signal may be processed to determine speaker location data encoded within the audio signal that indicates a location associated with a speaker generating the audio signal. A message including information associated with the speaker location data may be sent from the mobile computing device to a server, and item data from the server may be received at the mobile computing device. The item data is related to an item that is located proximate to the speaker, and information descriptive of the item may be displayed at the mobile computing device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135002 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONING USING INTERCELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION - Methods, devices and systems for determining positions of user equipments (UEs) based on uplink position signals are described. Cooperating base stations measure received positioning signals and report measurements to serving base stations. Cooperating base stations can also adapt resource allocation to mitigate interference on the uplink to positioning signals. Cooperation between base stations can be coordinated via inter-base station links, e.g., X2 interfaces in LTE systems. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135003 | CIRCUIT OF A NODE AND METHOD FOR TRANSIT TIME MEASUREMENT IN A RADIO NETWORK - A circuit of a node in a radio network and method for transit time measurement between a first node and a second node of a radio network is provided. A frame is transmitted by the first node, wherein the frame requires an acknowledgment of reception by the second node. A first point in time of the transmission of the frame is established by the first node by a time counter. The frame is received by the second node at a second point in time. The acknowledgment is transmitted by the second node to the first node at a third point in time, wherein the third point in time depends on the second point in time by a predetermined time interval between the second point in time and the third point in time. A fourth point in time is established by the first node by the time counter when the acknowledgment is received. The transit time or the change in transit time is determined from the first point in time established by the time counter and from the established fourth point in time and from the predetermined time interval. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MEDIA CONNECTIONS - A method of connecting consumers with third parties includes prompting a user to enter search information on the mobile device about an entity that the user is seeking to contact, conveying information about one or more entities to the user based on retrieved entity information, and initiating a communication connection between the user and the indicated entity. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135005 | SCALABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF HARDWARE GEO-FENCING WITH FAILOVER SUPPORT - A computing device includes at least one processor and a memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions for causing the device to be configured to load a subset of geo-fences from secondary storage to primary storage for tracking by the computing device, the subset of geo-fences selected from a set of available geo-fences stored in the secondary storage, based on a selection criteria. The computing device further creates a boundary geo-fence with a radius corresponding to a distance between a current location of the computing device and an edge of a geo-fence in the subset of geo-fences that is furthest from the current location of the computing device. Upon detecting a geo-fence event associated with a new location of the computing device in relation to the boundary geo-fence, a new subset of geo-fences is re-loaded, and a new boundary geo-fence is created based on the new location of the computing device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135006 | DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING THE PRESENTATION OF A GRAPHIC FEATURE BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - A system and method of operating a mobile device is described. The mobile device can determine its current location and determine whether a location-based service, which can be requested by a user operating the mobile device, is available for use at the current location. In response to determining that the location-based service is unavailable for use at the current location, the mobile device can cause a graphic icon, that would otherwise be displayed one of one or more home pages on a display of the mobile device, to be hidden so that the graphic icon is not displayed with any of the one or more home pages. The graphic icon can correspond to a service application for use with the location-based service. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135007 | DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160135008 | POSITION DETECTION UNIT, AND LENS APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND LENS COMMAND APPARATUS EACH INCLUDING THE POSITION DETECTION UNIT - A position detector of a mover relative to a stator includes: an output unit outputting displacement signals including a first signal in a first period and a second signal in a period longer than the first period, while switching among the displacement signals, according to a change in the position of the mover; and a deriver that derives an absolute position as the position of the mover based on the displacement signals, and derives a relative position as a displacement amount with respect to a predetermined absolute position of the mover, wherein in deriving the absolute position, the signal output unit outputs the first signal, the second signals, and the first signal in this order, and the deriver derives the absolute position based on the displacement signals, in deriving the relative position, the position deriver derives the relative position based on the first signal and the second signals. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135009 | MOBILE DEVICE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - Numerous mobile devices report their respective locations to a server which collects the location reports to provide real-time pedestrian traffic information, e.g., as a map that shows locations of individual mobile devices. Distribution of mobile devices in a geographic area more closely represents overall population locations and densities. Each device is identified by a digital fingerprint, formed from a number of system and device configuration parameters. Each mobile device is configured to periodically report its location, e.g., at a predetermined time interval and/or whenever the mobile device determines its location for another reason. A known location of a wireless network access point to which a mobile device is connected can serve as an estimated location of the mobile device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135010 | USER PLANE LOCATION BASED SERVICE USING MESSAGE TUNNELING TO SUPPORT ROAMING - An improved User Plane location based service (LBS) architecture and message flow, enabling seamless User Plane location based services even when a mobile or wireless device has roamed among different carrier networks. The present invention overcomes constraints inherent in the current protocol for roaming support defined by the Secure User Plane Location Service specification. A location system is enabled to automatically fall back to a message tunneling mechanism to ensure the security of a communication path between the location service system and the target wireless device, ensuring that the communication path is uninterrupted as the wireless device travels. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135011 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHORIZING LOCATION SERVERS AND LOCATION SERVICES - Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to allow a mobile device to obtain certain location service(s) and/or the like from one or more computing devices that have been authorized for use. For example, in certain implementations, an authorizing location server may obtain a first message from a mobile device indicating a first set of location servers, determine a second set of location servers based, at least in part, on the first set of location servers, and transmit a second message to the mobile device indicating that the second set of location servers are authorized for location service related access by the mobile device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135012 | APPLYING INDOOR MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR ACQUIRING MOVEMENT INFORMATION - An apparatus caused at least to acquire information indicating first indoor magnetic field vectors measured by a first portable device inside a building; generate a first indoor magnetic field sequence, IMFS, on the basis of the first indoor magnetic field vectors; acquire information indicating second indoor magnetic field vectors measured by a second portable device inside the building; generate a second IMFS on the basis of the second indoor magnetic field vectors, wherein the first and the second IMFSs represent at least one of the magnitude and the direction of the Earth's magnetic field; perform a comparison between at least part of the first IMFS and at least part of the second IMFS; and acquire information on the relative movement of the first portable device with respect to the second portable device inside the building on the basis of the comparison result. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135013 | MOBILE DEVICE UTILIZING TIME OF FLIGHT FOR PERSONAL SECURITY AND LOCALIZATION - A mobile device case for functional connection and physical attachment to a mobile device, the mobile device case comprises an application adapted to run in the mobile device and a cradle configured for removable attachment with the mobile device, the cradle comprising a controller capable of functional connection with the application, where the cradle is adapted to protect the mobile device while attached to the mobile device and the cradle is adapted to functionally pair with the application to create at least a portion of a mesh network. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135014 | LOCATION-BASED DISCOVERY OF NETWORK MEMBERS BY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES USING DYNAMIC AND STATIC LOCATION DATA - A technique for allowing members of the same social network using mobile devices to discover others in the vicinity by personal attributes and in specific picture(s) and name for the purpose of connecting, and the ability to use functions provided by a social network such as SMS, e-mail, chat/instant messaging, multimedia, or video by using unique hardware identification of each member mobile device and personal login information that are stored in a network server computing device; and associating the unique apparatus of the members' hardware with the members' personal profile such that when a search is initiated between members, the results contain the members' profile's picture(s), name, location and additional information as stored in the profiles. The proximity of the users is determined by static or dynamic location of the actual device location identified through mobile radio frequency location technology and internet IP information and saved in the user profile. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135015 | PUBLIC SERVICE AWARENESS OF CROWD MOVEMENT AND CONCENTRATION - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for predicting crowd formation based on the movement of a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The method may include collecting a plurality of location data snapshots based on the plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of cell towers. The method may include determining a plurality of device positions based on the collected plurality of location data snapshots. The method may include determining a device movement direction based on the determined plurality of device positions. The method may include determining a device velocity based on the determined plurality of device positions. The method may include identifying a mobile device subset, whereby the mobile device subset converges on a convergence area. The method may include determining if the mobile device subset converging on the convergence area exceeds a threshold value. The method may include triggering a convergence response. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135016 | STREAMING UNICAST SERVICES TO MULTIPLE USER EQUIPMENT - A content adapter receives a request from a first user equipment to receive a unicast service via a base station and determines that the base station is providing the unicast service to a second user equipment using a service identifier. The content adapter transmits a signal instructing the base station to allocate the service identifier to the first user equipment for receiving the unicast service concurrently with the second user equipment. A base station allocates the service identifier to the first user equipment in response to the first user equipment requesting a unicast service that the base station is already providing to a second user equipment using the service identifier. The base station transmits content for the unicast service for reception by the first and second user equipment based on the service identifier. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE CLIENTS SYNCHRONIZATION IN WI-FI PEER-TO-PEER GROUP - A method and a system of Wi-Fi P2P communication network which can synchronize a group owner and at least two group clients are disclosed. The system includes changing the attribute ID | 2016-05-12 |
20160135018 | Push-To-Talk Functions Associated with a Rotary Knob - An embodiment method includes determining, by a server, a current position of a rotary knob equipped on a client device connected to the server. The method also includes determining, by the server, a push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) configuration assigned to the current position of the rotary knob and performing, by the server, PoC operations for the client device in accordance with the PoC configuration assigned to the current position of the rotary knob. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135019 | ALERT PERIPHERAL FOR NOTIFICATION OF EVENTS OCCURRING ON A PROGRAMMABLE USER EQUIPMENT WITH COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES - An alert peripheral device that provides sensory notification to a user of the device includes: a power subsystem; a communication mechanism by which notification signals is received from a first user equipment (UE) that generates and transmits the notification signals in response to detection of specific events at the first UE; and a response notification mechanism that provides a sensory response of the peripheral device following receipt of a notification of a detected event (NDE) signal. The device further includes an embedded controller coupled to each of the other components and which includes firmware that when executed on the embedded controller configures the embedded controller to: establish a communication link between the communication mechanism and the first UE; and in response to detecting a receipt of the NDE signal from the first UE, trigger the response notification mechanism to exhibit the sensory response. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135020 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING SMS MESSAGES - A system and method are provided for tracking messages communicated using mobile devices. A message received at a server is originated at a first mobile device and is sent by the first mobile device to a virtual number associated with a software module configured to nm as an application on a second mobile device having a phone number. At the server, it is determined that the virtual number is associated with the software module on the second mobile device. With the server, the message is sent to the software module on the second mobile device, and at the server, the message is logged. The virtual number can comprise a long code. The message can be a short messaging service (SMS) message, a voice communication or an email. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135021 | Conversation Merging Method and Mobile Terminal - A conversation merging method including acquiring M first conversations, where M numbers in one-to-one correspondence with the M first conversations meet a preset merging rule, and each first conversation in the M first conversations includes at least one message; and merging the M first conversations into a second conversation, and displaying the second conversation, where display content of the second conversation includes messages included in the M first conversations. Multiple first conversations whose numbers meet a merging rule are merged into one second conversation, and only the second conversation is displayed, which simplifies display of a conversation interface and facilitates reading and operating of a user, so that user experience is improved. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135022 | CONDITIONAL MESSAGE FORWARDING FUNCTIONS - Message forwarding by communication devices is conditionally and/or automatically controlled. A network message management component and/or handset message management component can monitor messages (e.g., short message service (SMS) messages) communicated between user equipment (UE) in a communication network, identify and/or intercept a message for which one or more forwarding conditions have been specified by the message originator, target, or forward target, and conditionally and/or automatically route the message to the target and/or forward target in accordance with predefined message routing rules based at least in part on the conditions specified by the originator, target, or forward target. The predefined message routing rules can be implemented by the network and/or the UEs, and can relate to the UE identifiers, time, priority, cost, operation state, size, desired automatic response messages, or other desired factors, associated with the message. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135023 | CLOUD-BASED DEVICE TWINNING - A network-based service is utilized to facilitate twinning of two or more communication devices associated with a subscriber account. Incoming communication is intercepted by a communication device and forwarded to a network server, which in turn transmits the incoming communication to the multiple twinned devices. In addition, identifier data associated with outgoing communication is replaced with a primary identifier (e.g., customer telephone number (CTN)) of a user's primary device or a common identifier (e.g., a mobile one number (MON)) assigned to devices associated with the user's subscriber account. Communication devices can be temporarily twinned for a defined time period, during which a common bill can be generated for the twinned devices. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135024 | HANDLING A PRE-EMPTED COMMUNICATION - To provide a possibility to have a near-real-time replay of a detect call A starts pre-empted communication while ensuring that the pre-empting communication is not interrupted, when it is detected that a pre-empting communication is pre-empting a pre-empted communication, the pre-empted communication is buffered to a buffer for a replay, and a safety interval for the pre-empting communication is determined. The pre-empting communication is determined to be ended in response to an expiry of the safety interval after end of the pre-empting communication. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135025 | CONVERSATION ASSISTANT - Usage data associated with a user of a telephonic device is accessed by a remote learning engine. A service or a product that is likely to be of interest to the user is identified by the remote learning engine based on the accessed usage data. A recommended voice bundle application for the user is determined by the remote learning engine based on the accessed usage data, the recommended voice bundle application being a voice application that, when executed by the telephonic device, results in a simulated multi-step spoken conversation between the telephonic device and the user to enable the user to receive the identified service or the identified product. A recommendation associated with the recommended voice bundle application is transmitted from the remote learning engine to the telephonic device. The recommendation is presented by the telephonic device to the user through voice communications. The user through voice communications has accepted the recommendation determining is determined by the telephonic device. In response to determining that the user has accepted the recommendation, the recommended voice bundle application on the telephonic device is executed by the telephonic device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135026 | Framework and Applications for Proximity-Based Social Interaction - A framework for use in developing proximity-based social interactions (PSIs) shows energy efficiency, topology robustness, and a lessened load for group participants. Implementations of the framework may include PSI-specific application hints to aggregate and schedule pending transmissions and match delivery requirement, topology structure and maintenance schemes that provide robustness and improve efficiency, and load-distributing group dissemination protocols. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135027 | DETERMINING AN ACCURACY OF A LOCATION DETERMINATION - The accuracy of a location determination mechanism may be determined as compared to another location determination mechanism. Dialing 9-1-1 on a mobile communication device may trigger location determination of the device via a GPS-based mechanism. The location information may be time stamped. The location and time information may be provided to a network. The network may determine the location of the device via network infrastructure. The network may time stamp this second set of locations. The determination of the locations of the device via GPS and via the network infrastructure may occur approximately during the same time frame. The first set of locations and the second set of locations may be time aligned, and the differences between the two sets may be utilized to determine the accuracy of network-infrastructure-based location determination mechanism as compared to the GPS-based location determination mechanism. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135028 | Emergency Call Sending System and Method Thereof - An emergency call sending system includes a telematics unit including a determiner configured to determine whether a telematics antenna of a vehicle has a fault and a telematics terminal, and a user terminal connected to the telematics unit. An emergency call sending method includes determining whether a telematics antenna of a vehicle of an accident has a fault, and sending an emergency call to a telematics center through a user terminal connected to the telematics unit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135029 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATE PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION - Systems, devices and/or methods include communication of information, such as real-time rich media (e.g., video and audio) to, from and/or between a mobile first responder, such as remote public safety field personnel for public safety applications. A mobile device/system may capture, store and/or transmit sensor data of mobile sensors associated with the mobile device/system. In some examples, a field officer may set one or more rules via a user interface of a mobile system/device. A wireless communication may be automatically established in response to the sensor data and the one or more rules. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMMUNICATIONS IN A NETWORK - Methods and systems are described for monitoring communications in a packet-switched network. More specifically, the system initiates a communication between a network endpoint associated with a call mediator and at least a second network endpoint; records, at the call mediator, information associated with the communication; and upon termination of the communication, communicates, from the call mediator to an enterprise gatekeeper, the information associated with the communication. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135031 | ENABLING MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES TO TRACK DATA USAGE AMONG MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES THAT SHARE A DATA PLAN - A method, system and computer program product for enabling mobile computing devices to track data usage among mobile computing devices that share a data plan. A threshold amount of data to be consumed over a period of time (e.g., billing period) by the mobile computing devices belonging to the shared data plan is received. Upon receiving a message from one of these mobile computing devices that contains an identifier that indicates that the message pertains to data usage information for the shared data plan, the current data usage metrics for the mobile computing device that sent the message is retrieved from the message. The value of the aggregate data usage is updated with the retrieved data usage metrics. Actions, such as throttling the data usage, are performed in response to the aggregate data usage being within a designated amount of data to the threshold amount of data to be consumed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135032 | BEACON ASSISTED COMMERCIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A system, comprising a primary communication path, a first communication device interfaced with the primary communication path, a second communication device interfaced with the primary communication path for communicating over the primary communication path to the first communication device, a controller for controlling the communication path between the first and second communication devices to allow or inhibit communication there over, a validation communication path, a first validation node interfaced with the validation communication path, a second validation node interfaced with the validation communication path for communicating with the first validation node over the validation communication path where in the presence of a transmission between the first and second validation nodes over the validation communication path constitutes a validation condition to control the mode of operation of the communication to be at least one of inhibiting communication over the primary communication path or allowing communication over the primary communication path. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135033 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIRMING VALIDITY OF CANDIDATE COOPERATIVE DEVICE LIST FOR CLIENT COOPERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for confirming the validity of a candidate cooperative device list for client cooperation in a wireless communication system. A base station searches for at least one candidate cooperation device for a source device, then an effective period timer, for an effective time command list for a list of candidate cooperation devices for a source device, is initiated, and a determination is made as to whether the list of candidate cooperation devices is valid. The base station and the source device are connected through a first system, and the base station and one recommended candidate cooperation device selected from the list of candidate cooperation devices are connected through a second system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135034 | Identifying an Entity Associated with Wireless Network Access Point - Systems and methods for identifying an entity associated with a wireless network access point are provided. An estimated location of a wireless network access point and a network name associated with a wireless network access point can be accessed. The network name can be analyzed to identify at least one text signal. An entity associated with the wireless network access point can be identified based at least in part on the text signal. For instance, a confidence score for a plurality of candidate entities identified using the estimated location of the wireless network access point can be determined based on the text signal. The confidence score can be used to identify the entity associated with the wireless network access point. Information associated with the entity can be presented in a graphical user interface. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135035 | System and Method for Mobility Support Selection - A method for mobility support selection includes determining a mobility class of a first application executing on a device, and determining if a subset of a plurality of available mobility support techniques associated with the entity one of meets and exceeds requirements of the mobility class of the first application. When the subset of the plurality of available mobility support techniques associated with the entity one of meets and exceeds the requirements of the mobility class of the first application, the method comprises selecting a mobility support technique from the subset of the plurality of available mobility support techniques, and sharing information related to the selected mobility support technique with other entities. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135036 | DYNAMIC USER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BAN ENABLED MEDIA EXPERIENCES - Disclosed is a method, performed in a Body Area Network (BAN) enabled media experience device for enabling transmission of a media experience according to a stored, predefined user configuration associated with an identification data, userID, of a BAN enabled communication device, the method comprising: establishing a connection between the BAN enabled media experience device and the BAN enabled communication device by using BAN; retrieving the identification data, userID, of the BAN enabled communication device; retrieving the stored, predefined user configuration associated with the userID of the BAN enabled communication device; and initiating transmission of the media experience by the BAN enabled media experience device according to the stored, predefined user configuration. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135037 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING A SUBSCRIBER DEVICE - A method for managing a subscriber device includes a first detection step in which a first device detects a first status relating to a presence of a subscriber device under a radio coverage of a home mobile network. In the first detection step, the first device intercepts a message for requesting whether the subscriber device has or has not been stolen, as request message, the request message originating from a Mobile Switching Center relating to the home mobile network and being addressed to an Equipment Identity Register relating to the home mobile network. A corresponding first device is also disclosed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135038 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An in-vehicle communication system includes a gateway that relays communication between an external apparatus and an in-vehicle LAN; and a communication permission determination unit that inhibits communication between the external apparatus and the in-vehicle LAN through the gateway if it is determined that a vehicle having the in-vehicle LAN mounted therein is in a parking state based on acquired predetermined vehicle information. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135039 | REMOTE TELEMATICS UNIT BAND CONTROL WITH DYNAMIC MEMORY - A system and method of remotely changing use of a cellular protocol at a vehicle includes: storing, in a network access device (NAD) at the vehicle, identities of one or more cellular bands that provide cellular service according to an up-to-date cellular protocol; wirelessly receiving at the vehicle a computer-readable instruction that deactivates the up-to-date cellular protocol; and in response to the computer-readable instruction, the vehicle: obtains the identities of the cellular bands stored in the NAD; stores the obtained identities in a non-volatile memory device located apart from the NAD; and erases in the NAD the identities of the cellular bands that provide cellular service according to an up-to-date cellular protocol. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135040 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines whether identification information for identifying a mobile communication terminal in a second mobile communication network can be changed from first identification information assigned in the first mobile communication network to a second identification information assigned in the second mobile communication network, when the mobile communication terminal in which the first identification information is stored is situated in a region in which the second mobile communication network can be used and the mobile communication terminal uses the first mobile communication network via a second mobile communication network; and a notification unit that transmits a notification of a change of the identification information to a request apparatus that is connected to the second mobile communication network and is configured to request the mobile communication terminal to change the identification information, if it is determined that the identification information can be changed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135041 | WI-FI PRIVACY IN A WIRELESS STATION USING MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS RANDOMIZATION - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for wireless station privacy using media access control (MAC) address randomization. The wireless station may identify a MAC address for use with over-the-air transmissions and a persistent MAC address for backend communications. The wireless station may communicate the OTA MAC address and the persistent MAC address to an access point. The wireless station and the access point may exchange data frames and perform MAC replacement techniques to map the OTA MAC address to the persistent MAC address. The persistent MAC address may provide for data routing, mobility management, etc., whereas the OTA MAC address may provide for privacy for the wireless transmissions. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135042 | ENHANCED CELL BROADCAST SERVICE VIA SECURE GROUP BROADCAST - A secure cell broadcast method entails defining a group of mobile devices, reserving a channel for the group, associating cryptographic key material with the group, notifying the mobile devices of the channel for the group, securely providing the key material to the mobile devices of the group, and broadcasting on the channel a secure broadcast message that is encrypted such that the mobile devices of the group receiving on the channel can receive and decrypt the secure broadcast message using the key material. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135043 | SECURITY FOR NETWORK LOAD BROADCASTS OVER CELLULAR NETWORKS - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for obtaining cellular network load information in a secure manner are disclosed. For example, the method receives the cellular network load information, where the cellular network load information is encrypted. The method then decrypts the cellular network load information using a decryption key and performs a task responsive to the network load information that is decrypted. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135044 | CHATTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMARTPHONES - The mobile application system and method increases the overall level of efficiency in communication. In an embodiment, a chat room may be created based on a specific location of a user. The chat room may be for a couple or a group of users, it may be of different detection diameter based on the location of certain users in different nearby locations, or their location in the same specific location. In operation, any time that a mobile application is activated and detecting a private singular or group chat room is generated by the user and different features may be applied to sent information. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135045 | METHOD TO AUTHENTICATE PEERS IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE-LESS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for authenticating in a network. A mobile device may establish a group account with an authentication server associated with the group. Upon successfully completing group account establishment, the mobile device receives a group authentication token that includes information associated with the authentication server, the group, the mobile device, a group key, versioning information, etc. The mobile device may use the group authentication token to authenticate with another mobile device that is a member of the same group. The versioning information may support backwards-compatibility between the group authentication tokens having different versions. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135046 | MOBILE DEVICE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED SECURITY BASED UPON CONTEXTUAL SENSOR INPUTS - Disclosed is a mobile device to provide enhanced security based upon contextual sensor inputs. The mobile device may include: a biometric sensor; a contextual sensor; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: determine an authentication score based upon a biometric input received from the biometric sensor; modulate the authentication score based upon a contextual sensor input from the contextual sensor related to an event; and determine if the modulated authentication score falls below a predetermined threshold. If the authentication score falls below the predetermined threshold, the processor may command that a secondary authentication be performed or the destruction of a biometric template. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135047 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING SAME - A user terminal and a method for unlocking the user terminal are provided. The method includes determining whether to generate a wakeup signal that wakes up a processor, based on a tone comprised in a voice signal; and determining, by the processor, whether to unlock the user terminal based on a text extracted from the voice signal, in response to the wakeup signal being generated. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135048 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFICATION CONDUCTED AT A SECURE ELEMENT - Systems and methods for verification conducted at a secure element are disclosed. In a method of verification conducted at a secure element interacting with a mobile device, the secure element receives at least one of an identifier of a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and an identifier of the mobile device. The secure element then compares each of the received at least one identifiers against a registered identifier of corresponding form stored in a non-volatile memory of the secure element. If the received at least one identifiers match corresponding registered identifiers stored in the non-volatile memory, the secure element permits further interaction with the mobile device. If at least one of the received identifiers do not match corresponding registered identifiers stored in the non-volatile memory, the secure element denies further interaction with the mobile device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135049 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING SERVICES FOLLOWING AN AUTHENTICATION FAILURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Various aspects described herein relate to establishing services in wireless communications. A service request related to establishing a service over an established radio bearer can be transmitted. An authentication failure for the service request can be detected. It can be determined whether a procedure related to the service request is successfully completed. In can also be determined whether to terminate the established radio bearer based at least in part on the determination of whether the procedure related to the service request is successfully completed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135050 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR SECURE BEACON AUTHENTICATION VIA MOBILE DEVICES - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for secure beacon authentication via mobile devices are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a verification element comprises: a memory storing a plurality of non-repeated verification codes; a wireless broadcast element; and a processing circuit electronically coupled to the memory and the wireless broadcast element, the processing circuit being configured to retrieve one of the non-repeated verification codes from the memory and to transfer the non-repeated verification code to the wireless broadcast element, the wireless broadcast element being configured to wirelessly broadcast the non-repeated verification code to a plurality of mobile devices for individual verification of the plurality of mobile devices, the non-repeated verification code being different than any other non-repeated verification code previously retrieved from the memory and used for individual verification of the plurality of mobile devices. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135051 | Telephone Caller Authentication - Techniques for authenticating the identity of a caller in a telephone call are disclosed. The device generating the call implements encrypting caller identification information and initiating the telephone call, said initiating comprising providing a voice carrier signal including the caller identification information; and simultaneously providing a data carrier signal including the encrypted caller identification information. The receiving device implements receiving the telephone call; decrypting the encrypted caller identification information at the recipient device; and verifying the identity of at least an unknown caller at the recipient device by at least one of verifying the authenticity of a certificate used to encrypt the caller identification information; and comparing the decrypted caller identification information with the caller identification information from the voice carrier signal. A telephony device implementing such an authentication technique is also disclosed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135052 | Rogue AP Detection - Methods, systems and computer readable media for rogue access point detection are disclosed. In some implementations, the method can include initiating, at one or more processors of a wireless controller, a rogue access point detection process for a wireless network, and transmitting, from the one or more processors, a signature frame to a mobility agent in a wireless switch. The method can also include receiving, at an authorized access point, the signature frame transmitted via a wireless signal from a rogue access point. The method can further include reporting reception of the signature frame to the wireless controller, and generating, at the one or more processors, a signal to shut down a port associated with the rogue access point. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135053 | WI-FI PRIVACY IN AN ACCESS POINT USING MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS RANDOMIZATION - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for access point privacy using media access control (MAC) address randomization. The access point may identify a MAC address for use with over-the-air (OTA) transmissions and a persistent MAC address for backend communications. The access point may communicate the OTA MAC address and the persistent MAC address to a wireless station. The access point and the wireless station may exchange data frames and perform MAC replacement techniques to map the OTA MAC address to the persistent MAC address. The persistent MAC address may provide for data routing, mobility management, etc., whereas the OTA MAC address may provide for privacy for the wireless transmissions. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135054 | DATA TRANSMISSION UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A method for transmitting data between a vehicle and a terminal, in which data to be transmitted are transmitted on the basis of at least one digital signature generated by a security module in a vehicle key for the vehicle, the vehicle key also comprising at least one interface for communicating with the terminal and/or the vehicle and at least one microprocessor, and the microprocessor being used to check a trustworthiness of the data to be transmitted via the interface. Also, a corresponding vehicle key and vehicle having a system for transmitting data. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135055 | SUBFRAME ALIGNED LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK FOR CELLULAR IN UNLICENSED BAND - Disclosed in some examples are systems, machine-readable media, methods, and cellular wireless devices which implement a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) access scheme for a device operating according to a cellular wireless protocol in an unlicensed channel. A cellular wireless device may utilize the cellular wireless protocol in the unlicensed channel after the LBT access scheme has determined that a channel (a defined range of frequencies) in the unlicensed channel is idle for a particular period of time. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135056 | Device of Handling Measurement Signal on Unlicensed Carrier - A communication device comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving a bitmap in at least one downlink (DL) control information (DCI) on at least one licensed carrier from a network; and determining whether to perform a radio resource management (RRM) measurement, a time/frequency synchronization and/or an automatic gain control (AGC) setting by utilizing at least one measurement signal in at least one subframe on at least one unlicensed carrier according to the bitmap. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135057 | NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, USER EQUIPMENT, AND SPECTRUM SHARING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a network side device, user equipment, and a spectrum sharing method thereof. The method includes: acquiring load information of a first and a second systems; acquiring a cycle period of a shared frequency of the first and the second systems; obtaining time slice allocation information according to the load information of the first and the second system, and the cycle period, where the time slice allocation information includes a first and a second time slice; and sending the time slice allocation information to user equipment, so that the user equipment performs data transmission at the first time slice by using the first system and performs data transmission at the second time slice by using the second system and by using the shared frequency. By means of the foregoing manner, a shared frequency can be allocated, so that efficiency of transmitting system data can be effectively improved. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135058 | PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL FOR COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may select a repetition level for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) based on system configuration parameters. A user equipment (UE) may identify the system configuration. For example, the UE may assume a system bandwidth, assume a control region size, and determine whether the cell is a time division duplexing (TDD) or frequency division duplexing (FDD) cell. The UE may then determine a PBCH configuration based on the system configuration. For example, the PBCH repetition level may depend on the system configuration, such as whether a TDD or FDD scheme is employed. The UE may then receive a PBCH transmission according to the PBCH configuration. If a different cell has a different system configuration, the UE may determine a different PBCH configuration and receive PBCH using a different repetition level and different resources. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135059 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL BOOSTERS - Provided herein are apparatus and methods for radio frequency (RF) signal boosters. In certain implementations, a multi-band signal booster is provided for boosting the uplink and downlink channels of at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band. In certain configurations, the downlink channels of the first and second channels are adjacent, and the signal booster includes a first amplification path for boosting the uplink channel of the first frequency band, a second amplification path for boosting the uplink channel of the second frequency band, and a third amplification path for boosting both downlink channels of the first and second frequency bands. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135060 | NON-LINE OF SIGHT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A non-line of sight backhaul system and method are described that provides self-alignment of the antennas beams of the wireless radios of the system, that provides robust operation in licensed and unlicensed frequency bands, that facilitates the use of a reduced number of frequency channels from M to 1 and that enables operation in a non-line of sight (NLOS) propagation environment. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION UTILIZING ANTENNA PATTERN ADJUSTMENTS - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information, identifying a plurality of interferers, approximating a location of the plurality of interferers, and adjusting an antenna pattern of an antenna. The method can include determining traffic loads and adjusting the antenna pattern according to the traffic loads. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETER OF ANTENNA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for optimizing a parameter of an antenna based on radio frequency (RF) environment information in a wireless communication system are provided. The electronic device includes a reception unit configured to receive first network information and second network information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a first signal to adjust a parameter of an antenna when a difference between a first indicator value included in the first network information and a second indicator value included in the second network information is greater than or equal to a first threshold. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135063 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OF DDN MESSAGE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a method and device for controlling a Downlink Data Notification (DDN) message, which can reduce the DDN messages that occur while a user equipment transits from an active (ECM-active) state to an inactive (ECM-idle) state. During a bearer activation procedure according to a request from a user equipment, the DDN message control apparatus of the present disclosure sets a DDN flag value to a predetermined value when uplink data is received. When a DDN message is received from outside, the apparatus identifies the DDN flag value and stores the DDN message in case that the DDN flag value is identical with the predetermined value. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135064 | Method and System for Establishing a Self-Organized Mobile Core in a Cellular Communication Network - A method for establishing a self-organized emergency mobile core in a cellular communication network, the cellular communication network having a core element. The method includes the step of storing program code for implementing core network functionality on at least one stationary network element of the cellular communication network allowing to host virtual network functionality. The core network functionality remains inactive when the core element is available. The method includes the steps of detecting an emergency event within the cellular communication network resulting in an unavailability of the core element, and starting operating the core network functionality in order to establish a self-organized emergency mobile core in response to the detected emergency event. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135065 | FAULT HANDLING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a fault handling method, apparatus and system, and relate to the field of communications, where the method includes: detecting, by a lower-layer fault management system, a fault alarm status in a lower-layer service; obtaining, by means of query by the lower-layer fault management system, according to the fault alarm status and a service dependence relationship table stored in a system, an affected higher-layer service; sending, by the lower-layer fault management system, a fault notification message to a higher-layer fault management system corresponding to the affected higher-layer service; and determining, by the higher-layer fault management system, according to the fault notification message whether a higher-layer service in which a fault occurs needs to be handled. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135066 | Method and Device for Calculating Reference Signal Received Power - The present invention provides a method and a device for calculating RSRP. The method comprises the steps of: calculating a first signal power estimation value, the first signal power estimation value being an average value of power of all received RSs; calculating a second signal power estimation value, the second signal power estimation value being an average value of power of all coherence blocks, and the power of each coherence block being the power of an average value of the channel estimation for all the RSs in the coherence block; determining a noise power estimation value according to the first signal power estimation value and the second signal power estimation value; and determining the RSRP according to the first signal power estimation value and the noise power estimation value, or according to the second signal power estimation value and the noise power estimation value. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135067 | CALL DETAIL RECORD-BASED MULTIPLE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION - According to some embodiments of the invention there is provided a method for evaluating a performance of a cellular radio network. The method comprises receiving two or more call detail records from a repository of a cellular radio network, wherein the cellular radio network comprises two or more directional sector antennas. The method comprises identifying two or more antenna pairs among the directional sector antennas, each one of the antenna pairs used to perform one of multiple subscriber calls documented in the call detail records. The method comprises calculating two or more sector pair usage parameters one for each of the antenna pairs according to an analysis of respective the subscriber calls. The method comprises analyzing the sector pair usage parameters to evaluate a performance of the cellular radio network. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SPLIT AVAILABILITY OF CELL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting split availability of a cell in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) may transmit a split availability of a first cell, managed by the first eNB, to neighbor eNBs. The split availability of the first cell may indicate whether the first cell supports cell split operation or not. Alternatively, the split availability of the first cell may indicate whether the first eNB supports an active antenna system (AAS). | 2016-05-12 |
20160135069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING INDICATION OF CELL COVERAGE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting an indication of cell coverage in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) transmits an indication which indicates cell coverage of an active antenna system (AAS) to a second eNB. The indication may be one of a cell split/merge/remove indication. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CHANNEL STATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING CHANGE OF USAGE OF RADIO RESOURCE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring channel status information on a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports the change of usage of a radio resource. In particular, the method includes the steps of: receiving a change of usage message for a dynamic change in the usage of a radio resource; and measuring channel status information (CSI) from a CSI reference resource, wherein the CSI reference resource is arranged on a time section at which a usage of a radio resource is determined by the change of usage message, and determined based on only an uplink-downlink setting on a system information block (SIB) when the reception of the change of usage message is unsuccessful. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135071 | HANDLING SIGNAL QUALITY MEASUREMENTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for handling signal quality measurements by a wireless device in a wireless network environment, particularly in a coordinated transmission environment. An apparatus may include computer-readable media having instructions and one or more processors coupled with the media and configured to execute the instructions to generate a power parameter corresponding to a power adjustment associated with a reference signal, provide the reference signal generated based in part on the generated power parameter to a wireless device, and provide the power parameter to transmission points operating in the coordinated transmission environment. Each of the transmission points may be configured to communicate the power parameter to the wireless device, and the wireless device may be configured to determine, based at least in part on the power parameter, a power characteristics associated with a channel in which the reference signal is provided. | 2016-05-12 |