23rd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180160211 | SPORTS HEADPHONE WITH SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - One or more embodiments set forth an audio processing system for a personal listening device that includes a set of microphones, a noise reduction module, an audio ducker, and a mixer. The set of microphones is configured to receive a first set of audio signals from an environment. The noise reduction module is configured to detect when a signal of interest is present in the first plurality of audio signals, and, upon detecting a signal of interest, transmit a ducking control signal. The audio ducker is configured to receive the ducking control signal, and receive a second plurality of audio signals via a playback device. The audio ducker is further configured to reduce an amplitude of a second plurality of audio signals relative to the signal of interest based on the ducking control signal. The mixer combines the first plurality of audio signals and second plurality of audio signals. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160212 | INFLATABLE EAR DEVICE - A diaphonic valve utilizing the principle of the Synthetic Jet is disclosed herein. A diaphonic valve pump is provided for the inflation of an in-ear balloon. More complex embodiments of the present invention include stacks of multiple synthetic jets generating orifices as well as an oscillating, thin polymer membrane. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, a novel application is provided for the creation of static pressure to inflate or to deflate an inflatable member (balloon). In addition, sound can be utilized to inflate or deflate an inflatable member in a person's ear for the purpose of listening to sound. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160213 | IN-EAR SPEAKER HYBRID AUDIO TRANSPARENCY SYSTEM - A user content audio signal is converted into sound that is delivered into an ear canal of a wearer of an in-ear speaker, while the in-ear speaker is sealing off the ear canal against ambient sound leakage. An acoustic or venting valve in the in-ear speaker is automatically signaled to open, so that sound inside the ear canal is allowed to travel out into an ambient environment through the valve, while activating conversion of an ambient content audio signal into sound for delivery into the ear canal. Both user content and ambient content are heard by the wearer. The ambient content audio signal is digitally processed so that certain frequency components have been gain adjusted, based on an equalization profile, so as to compensate for some of the insertion loss that is due to the in-ear speaker blocking the ear canal. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160214 | EARPHONE - An earphone, comprising a rear housing, a front housing, and a loudspeaker unit which divides a cavity formed by the rear housing and the front housing into a front and rear acoustic cavities; wherein the earphone further comprises a sound adjusting element; the front housing is provided with a sound outlet hole and mode posts, and the sound adjusting element is provided with a sound adjusting hole corresponding to the sound outlet hole and a mode adjustment groove corresponding to the mode posts; when the sound adjusting element rotates, the mode adjustment groove may be limited by different mode posts, thus adjusting the volume of the front acoustic cavity and the area of a sound hole for the front acoustic cavity. Use of the above-described invention enables the middle and high frequency responses of the earphone to be adjusted and enables a single earphone to provide different sound characteristics. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160215 | ACOUSTIC ADJUSTING SYSTEM, EARPHONE DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - An acoustic adjusting system includes an audio device and an earphone device. The audio device includes an acoustic adjusting module, an audio player, and a first communicating unit. The acoustic adjusting module generates an acoustic setting data; the audio player generates an audio signal; and the first communicating unit receives the acoustic setting data and the audio signal, and then outputs the acoustic setting data and the audio signal. The earphone device includes a second communicating unit, an erasable acoustic data memory, a digital signal processer, and an electroacoustic transducer. The acoustic setting data is stored in the erasable acoustic data memory by erasable means. The digital signal processer processes digitally the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the acoustic setting data stored in the erasable acoustic data memory. The electroacoustic transducer converts the processed audio signal then plays it. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160216 | EARPIECES EMPLOYING VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS - The disclosure is related to compositions including viscoelastic materials. The compositions are suitable for use in earpieces such as in-ear earpieces. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160217 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR HEARING PROTECTION - Systems, apparatus, and methods for filtering acoustic energy include a first conduit substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis and defining a first opening for receiving incident acoustic energy from the environment. A cavity in fluid communication with the first conduit selectively amplifies and/or dampens the acoustic energy based on an associated resonance frequency. A moving element disposed in the cavity may be displaced relative to the cavity in a direction substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis and in an amount related to a sound pressure level of acoustic energy in the cavity. A second conduit substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis and in fluid communication with the cavity selectively attenuates acoustic energy from the cavity based on the sound pressure level by receiving at least some of the acoustic energy from the cavity and/or the moving element when it is displaced from the cavity. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160218 | MEMS MICROPHONE WITH INCREASED BACK VOLUME - A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone assembly including an enclosure having a top side and a bottom side that define a first chamber having a first volume and an acoustic inlet port formed through one of the top side or the bottom side. The assembly further including a MEMS microphone mounted within the first chamber, the MEMS microphone defining a second chamber having a second volume and a diaphragm having a first side interfacing with the first chamber and a second side interfacing with the second chamber. The assembly also including an acoustically absorbent material within one of the first chamber or the second chamber, the acoustically absorbent material to cause a simulated acoustic enlargement of the first volume or the second volume, respectively. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160219 | TRANSPORTABLE LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM HAVING A LARGE SOUND AND RESONANCE VOLUME ON THE BASIS OF A SOUND PANEL WITH REFLECTION AND RESONANCE EFFECT - A speaker system having a first plate-like component, which has at least one speaker, and a second plate-like component, which is fastened to the first component so that it is pivotable about a first pivot axis, the system having at least one third component which is fastened to the second component so that it is pivotable about a second pivot axis, the pivot axes each being positioned on lateral edges of the components and preferably being at right angles to one another. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160220 | ACOUSTICAL DIFFUSION MANIFOLD - An acoustical diffusion manifold transducer system which includes: a surface having a plurality (N or N2), where N is an odd prime number) of acoustical channels arranged in an N jc 1 or N×N matrix; and each acoustic channel driven by a loudspeaker driver and each channel length governed by the relationship Ti.j=[(i2+j2) rem N]* unit delay. Where T is delay between channels having sequential values in the number sequence and N is a prime number. The channels are arranged to end in an outlet device so that sound waves from the speaker driver arrive in an ordered sequence, the outlet of each channel has the same area. The channels are pathways for sound waves generated by the loudspeaker driver and are preferably enclosed tubes of any suitable cross section. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160221 | MICORPHONE MOUNT MECHANICAL ISOLATOR - Universal mechanical isolator that effectively decouples a vibration sensitive device such as a microphone from a support to thereby isolate the vibration sensitive device from mechanical vibrations. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160222 | LOUDSPEAKER DEVICE - A loudspeaker device is provided, including a first speaker module, a second speaker module, and a third speaker module. The first speaker module includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth speaker units facing different directions. The second speaker module includes a sixth speaker unit, and the third speaker module includes a seventh speaker unit. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh speaker units are arranged along a central axis of the loudspeaker device, and the output sound frequencies of the first, second, and third speaker units are less than those of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh speaker units. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A CLEANING DEVICE IN A SHOPPING SPACE - Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for tracking cleaning devices in a shopping space. A system for tracking cleaning devices comprises: a sound sensor array, a cleaning device database storing location information and sound profiles associated with a plurality of cleaning device identifiers, and a control circuit configured to: identify a cleaning device sound made by a movement of a cleaning device, determine a current location of the cleaning device based on the cleaning device sound, match the cleaning device to a cleaning device identifier in the cleaning device database, update the location information associated the cleaning device identifier in the cleaning device database based on the current location of the cleaning device, update the sound profile of the cleaning device identifier based on the cleaning device sound captured by the sound sensor array, and determine that a component of the cleaning device needs to be replaced. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160224 | Beamforming Microphone Array with Support for Interior Design Elements - This disclosure describes a beamforming microphone array integrated into a wall tile that picks up audio input signals. The beamforming microphone array can pick up audio input signals. The wall tile with an outer surface where the outer surface is acoustically transparent, the beamforming microphone array is in contact with the tile, and the beamforming microphone array can pick up the audio input signals through the outer surface of the tile. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160225 | Audio Apparatus - An apparatus including an input configured to receive at least one first audio signal from a first apparatus; an input configured to receive at least one second audio signal from a second apparatus; a distance detector configured to determine a distance between the first and the second apparatus; and a level control generator configured to generate a level control for mixing the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal based on the distance between the first and the second apparatus. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160226 | REDUCING OR ELIMINATING TRANSDUCER REVERBERATION - An obstacle monitoring system includes a transducer that receives an ultrasonic echo from an obstacle and generates a signal based on the echo. The system further includes a controller coupled to the transducer that is calibrated based on a frequency response of the transducer and a coupling circuit. The system further includes circuitry generating a damping current, controlled by the controller, that reduces or eliminates reverberation of the transducer. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160227 | SPEAKER PROTECTION EXCURSION OVERSIGHT - Speaker protection may be based on multiple speaker models with oversight logic that controls the speaker protection based on the multiple speaker models. At least one of the speaker models may be based on a speaker excursion determined from feedback information from the speaker, such as a current or voltage measured at the speaker. Excursion based on the speaker feedback may be used to determine an error in an excursion prediction made from the audio signal. The excursion prediction may then be compensated for that error. In some embodiments, a direct displacement estimate of excursion generated from speaker monitor signals is used to correct a fixed excursion model applied to an input audio signal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160228 | SPEAKER ADAPTATION WITH VOLTAGE-TO-EXCURSION CONVERSION - A speaker model may implement a direct voltage-to-excursion model in an adaptive filter for modeling the speaker without developing a first electrical-only model and then converting the model to a mechanical model. The voltage-to-excursion model may allow for modeling of different kinds of speakers, such as sealed, ported, or vented speakers. A transfer function may be developed in the adaptive filter for the voltage-to-excursion model, and that transfer function re-used for prediction of excursion values based on an audio signal. Speaker protection may be performed to take steps to prevent speaker damage when a predicted excursion value exceeds safe limits. The voltage-to-excursion model may operate in displacement or displacement-related domains (e.g., velocity and back emf). | 2018-06-07 |
20180160229 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER EXCITATION SOURCE WITH PROGRAMMABLE TONE BURST GENERATOR - The present invention relates to an electromagnetic acoustic transducer excitation system comprising a tone burst generator, the tone burst generator comprising: an oscillator device configured to produce a radio frequency signal; an analog switch configured to produce an output based on the radio frequency signal produced by the oscillator device and a control signal; a pre-amplifier configured to amplify the output of the analog switch and produce a tone burst output signal; and a control module configured to produce the control signal for providing to the analog switch. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160230 | VIBRATING FILM AND VIBRATING FILM ASSEMBLING PROCESS - Disclosed is a vibrating film comprising a vibrating film body, wherein the vibrating film body comprises a central plane part and a peripheral fixing part, a Dome reinforcing part is arranged on the plane part, a first thermosetting adhesive layer is provided between the plane part and the Dome reinforcing part, and the plane part and the Dome reinforcing part are adhered together by thermosetting through the first thermosetting adhesive layer. Further disclosed is an assembling process for the vibrating film. The vibrating film of the present invention is high in adhesive force between parts and good in high frequency properties | 2018-06-07 |
20180160231 | MINIATURE DEVICE HAVING AN ACOUSTIC DIAPHRAGM - A method of forming a device having a compliant member includes creating a membrane having one or more elastomeric layers which are at least partially cured. Another elastomeric layer is provided on the membrane in an uncured state. At least one of a bobbin and a housing are positioned so that an end of the bobbin or housing, or the ends of both the bobbin and housing, extend at least partially into the uncured elastomeric layer. The uncured elastomeric layer is then cured to secure it to the membrane and to the housing or bobbin, or both the housing and bobbin. The method substantially reduces or eliminates the formation of holes that can form during fabrication or use of the device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160232 | SOUND GENERATOR, VIBRATION MEMBER FOR THE SOUND GENERATOR, AND SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM - A sound generator and sound generation system including the sound generator includes a piezoelectric element of a stack type having a multilayer structure. The piezoelectric element stretches and contracts along a stacking direction generates vibration according to a sound signal. An object, different from the sound generator and from a human body, generates a sound using the vibration and acts as a speaker while in contact with the sound generator. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160233 | SENSING DEVICE - A sensing device comprises a charge pump, a MEMS sensor, a source follower and a PGA. The charge pump is configured to provide a pump voltage. The MEMS sensor is electrically connected to the charge pump and configured to generate an input voltage according to environment variations. The source follower is electrically connected to the MEMS sensor and configured to generate a followed reference voltage according to the pump voltage and to generate a followed input voltage according to the input voltage. The PGA has an input end of the PGA electrically connected to the source follower and is configured to generate two-ended differential output voltages outputted through a first output end and a second output end according to a difference between the followed reference voltage and the followed input voltage. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160234 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A CAPACITIVE MICROPHONE - A capacitive microphone including a rigid plate of a conductive material, a movable plate positioned in parallel to the rigid plate, electrically separated from the rigid plate, and held firmly with respect to the rigid plate in at least one place of the movable plate, where the movable plate and/or the rigid plate is divided into a plurality of regions according to the minimum distance between the region and the other plate, and/or the extent of motion of the region with respect to the other plate, where each of the regions includes a conductive material and the regions are separated by non-conductive materials, where each of the regions is electrically coupled to a separate connector configured for connection to a voltage source and an amplifier input, and where the voltage provided to each region is adapted to the minimum distance and/or the extent of motion for that region. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160235 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DRIVING AUDIO AND ULTRASONIC SIGNALS FROM THE SAME TRANSDUCER - Driver circuitry is disclosed for driving an electroacoustic transducer to provide an output comprising both ultrasonic and audio signal components. The driver circuitry comprises an adjustment module configured to reduce the level of said ultrasonic component signal in response to an increase in an operational variable indicative of a level of said audio signal component, while also increasing the pulse duration, duty cycle, repetition frequency or frequency span or bandwidth of the ultrasonic component. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160236 | DIALOG ENHANCEMENT COMPLEMENTED WITH FREQUENCY TRANSPOSITION - A method, a system and a computer program product are disclosed for enhancing an audio signal in relation to a hearing impairment. An input signal is obtained comprising input sub-band signals in a frequency range comprising a source range and a target range. The input sub-band signals in the source range are selectively transposed into transposed sub-band signals in the target range according to a predefined transposing rule. A masking threshold is determined based on a predefined perceptual model and perceptually relevant sub-band signals of the transposed sub-band signals in the target range exceeding the masking threshold are detected. Input sub-band signals in the target range are selectively replaced with corresponding detected perceptually relevant sub-band signals of the transposed sub-band signals in the target range. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160237 | CONFIGURATION OF FEEDBACK CANCELATION FOR HEARING AIDS - In one example, a method includes determining, by one or more processors of a hearing aid programmer, values for one or more properties of a first hearing aid; obtaining, by the one or more processors, based on feedback cancelation configurations of a plurality of other hearing aids having the same values for the one or more properties as the first hearing aid, a predicted initial feedback cancelation configuration for the first hearing aid; and programming, by the one or more processors, the first hearing aid based on the predicted initial feedback cancelation configuration. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OWN-VOICE SENSING IN A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for own-voice sensing in hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes an in-the-ear (ITE) hearing assistance device adapted to process sounds, including sounds from a wearer's mouth. According to various embodiments, the device includes a hollow plastic housing adapted to be worn in the ear of the wearer and a differential sensor mounted to an interior surface of the housing in an ear canal of the wearer. The differential sensor includes inlets located within the housing and the differential sensor is configured to improve speech intelligibility of sounds from the wearer's mouth, in various embodiments. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160239 | SOUND LEVEL CONTROL FOR HEARING ASSISTIVE DEVICES - For many hearing assistive devices, the user's speech is received at a larger amplitude signal than the speech of someone speaking to the user. Since the user's speech is also picked up by the microphone and feed through the speaker causing an acoustic feedback effect, the user may have to constantly adjust the volume of the hearing assistive device to achieve a more comfortable volume based on where the speech is coming from. Therefore, mitigating the acoustic feedback effect of assistive hearing devices can generate a more efficient and comfortable hearing device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160240 | HEARING DEVICE WITH MODEL CONTROL AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A hearing device includes: a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device; and a memory unit, wherein the memory unit is configured to store model data comprising model information data indicative of available models for the hearing device, the model information data comprising first model information; wherein the processing unit is configured to: verify the model data, and reject the model data if verification of the model data fails. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160241 | RETENTION FORCE INCREASING COMPONENTS - An external component of a prosthesis, including a first module including a functional component and first structure including magnetic material. The first module is configured to be retained against skin via a magnetic field at least partially generated by a magnet implanted in a recipient that interacts with the magnetic material of the first structure, the first module including a skin interfacing surface configured to interact with skin of the recipient when the first module is retained against the skin of the recipient, a second module including a second structure including magnetic material configured to enhance magnetic retention of the external component to skin of a recipient, wherein the second module is removably attached to the first module and visible from an outside of the external component when the second module is attached to the first module and when viewed from a side opposite the skin interfacing side. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160242 | HEARING AID - Apparatus for assisting hearing, the apparatus comprising: an in-ear component for insertion into the ear canal and comprising an electromagnet; and a bone implant for mounting in the temporal bone bordering the ear canal, the bone implant comprising a housing and a magnetic mass suspended within the housing such that vibrations of the magnetic mass are mechanically coupled into the housing; wherein the in-ear component is configured to drive its electromagnet so as to, when the in-ear component is located in an ear canal with the electromagnet adjacent to the bone implant, cause the magnetic mass to vibrate within the housing. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160243 | HOUSING FOR A HEARING AID AND HEARING AID HAVING A HOUSING - A housing for a hearing aid to be inserted into an ear of a hearing aid wearer can be produced in a simpler and, in particular, more cost-effective manner than conventional housings. The housing includes a faceplate and two partial shells forming an inner chamber for accommodating hearing aid components. The partial shells have, at least in one portion, an outer contour adapted to an ear canal of the hearing aid wearer. The partial shells forming the inner chamber are produced by injection molding, and the partial shells divide the housing along an area extending parallel to an axis of the ear canal of the hearing aid wearer or diagonally to the axis of the ear canal. A hearing aid having the housing is also provided. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160244 | TRANSFORMABLE SPEECH PROCESSOR MODULE FOR A HEARING PROSTHESIS - A method for operating an external component of a cochlear implant hearing system. The external component includes a speech processor module operable in a stand-alone mode of operation and a body-worn mode of operation, and a protective case. The method includes operating the speech processor module in the stand-alone mode, determining when the speech processor module is mounted in the case, and operating the speech processor module in the body-worn mode in response to determining that the speech processor module is mounted in the case. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160245 | DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF AN INPUT SIGNAL TO A LOUDSPEAKER TO DETERMINE AND LIMIT A TEMPERATURE OF A VOICE COIL OF THE LOUDSPEAKER - Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing temperature limiting for a voice coil of a speaker. The system and method provide the aforementioned temperature limiting based upon monitoring (e.g., measurement) of an amplifier output signal provided to the speaker. Providing the aforementioned temperature limiting promotes improved protection for the speaker. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160246 | ANTENNA USING CONDUCTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - The present disclosure discloses a method for forming a silica gel diaphragm and a silica gel diaphragm prepared using the method. The method for forming a silica gel diaphragm includes at least the following steps: step S1: providing a hot pressing mould, and placing at least a dome as an embedment into the hot pressing mould; step S2: injecting liquid silica gel into the hot pressing mould; and step S3: molding the liquid silica gel via hot pressing so as to obtain a silica gel membrane which is at least connected with the dome. The method for forming a silica gel diaphragm provided by the present disclosure is easy to conduct and the formed silica gel diaphragm has good performance. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160247 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SPEAKER VIBRATING DIAPHRAGM BY CONTROLLING A RATIO OF FIBER MATERIALS - The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a speaker vibrating diaphragm by controlling a ratio of fiber materials, the method comprising the steps of: (A) fabric provision: providing a fabric interwoven by a plurality of warps and a plurality of wefts; (B) impregnation: impregnating the fabric in a resin solution; (C) drying: drying the fabric impregnated with resin solution; (D) formation: pressing the dried resin-impregnating fabric to form a predetermined shape; and (E) cutting: cutting the formed speaker vibrating diaphragm from the fabric. Each of the plurality of warps and each of the plurality of wefts of the fabric has an individual yarn count and material composition. By controlling a combination of the yarn counts of the plurality of warps and the plurality of wefts, a total number of threads and a material composition ratio of the warps and wefts required for the vibrating diaphragm are achieved. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160248 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCTION FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER, FLEXIBLE DISPLAY, VOCAL CORD MICROPHONE, SENSOR FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided are an electroacoustic transduction film capable of reproducing a sound with a sufficient sound volume at a high conversion efficiency, a manufacturing method thereof, an electroacoustic transducer, a flexible display, a vocal cord microphone, and a sensor for a musical instrument. The electroacoustic transduction film includes: a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature; two thin film electrodes laminated on both surfaces of the polymer composite piezoelectric body; and two protective layers respectively laminated on the two thin film electrodes, in which an intensity ratio α | 2018-06-07 |
20180160249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING STEREO LOUDSPEAKER SIGNALS FROM A HIGHER-ORDER AMBISONICS AUDIO SIGNAL - Decoding of Ambisonics representations for a stereo loudspeaker setup is known for first-order Ambisonics audio signals. But such first-order Ambisonics approaches have either high negative side lobes or poor localisation in the frontal region. The invention deals with the processing for stereo decoders for higher-order Ambisonics HOA. The desired panning functions can be derived from a panning law for placement of virtual sources between the loudspeakers. For each loudspeaker a desired panning function for all possible input directions at sampling points is defined. The panning functions are approximated by circular harmonic functions, and with increasing Ambisonics order the desired panning functions are matched with decreasing error. For the frontal region between the loudspeakers, a panning law like the tangent law or vector base amplitude panning (VBAP) are used. For the rear directions panning functions with a slight attenuation of sounds from these directions are defined. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160250 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160251 | DISTRIBUTED AUDIO CAPTURING TECHNIQUES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY (VR), AUGMENTED REALITY (AR), AND MIXED REALITY (MR) SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for capturing audio which can be used in applications such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality systems. Some systems may include a plurality of distributed monitoring devices in an environment, each having a microphone and a location tracking unit. The system can capture audio signals while also capturing location tracking signals which indicate the locations of the monitoring devices over time during capture of the audio signals. The system can generate a representation of at least a portion of a sound wave field in the environment based on the audio signals and the location tracking signals. The system may also determine one or more acoustic properties of the environment based on the audio signals and the location tracking signals. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160252 | PRE-PROVISIONING OF A DEVICE - Configuration information can be associated with a device (and unique device ID) at a point of sale location. At the point of sale location, the device can be associated with a user's account in a cloud system via unique ID. Configuration information for the device can then be provided through the users associated cloud account to a device's cloud based provisioning and configuration account. When the device is powered up, the device can pull provisioning and/or configuration information from the associated cloud account which can be identified by the device's unique ID. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160253 | DEVICE BASED NETWORK NOTIFICATION OF DEVICE SUPPORTED MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATION FEATURES - The disclosed subject matter provides a proactive device initiated mechanism for notifying a network device regarding device supported machine-type communication (MTC) features. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes identifying, by a device comprising a processor, machine-type communication related parameters of the device using a subscriber identity module application stored on a subscriber identity module card of the device. The method can further include generating, by the device using the subscriber identity module application, parameter information that identifies the machine-type communication related parameters of the device based on the identifying, and sending, by the device, the parameter information to a network server device of a wireless communication network based on the generating. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160254 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOM APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT - An application platform of mobile video-messaging provides a standardized and automated process for building customized applications on independent deployed platforms across various industry verticals including sport, entertainment, tourism, health, safety, education, business, and politics. The branding application platform may be used to create a plurality of different types of applications of different categories, based on needs and wants defined by an operating entity. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160255 | NFC TAG-BASED WEB SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ANTI-SIMULATION FUNCTION - An NFC tag-based Web service method based on an anti-simulation function includes a first operation of transmitting a response including URL information to the NFC reader when the NFC tag recognizes tagging of the NFC reader, and a second operation of receiving the URL information, by the Web server, the URL information from the mobile Internet device, and transmitting Web page information corresponding to the URL information to the mobile Internet device, wherein the URL information provided by the NFC tag to the NFC reader is varied URL information including a key changed and generated whenever tagging occurs, and the key is changed and generated according to a generation algorithm shared with the Web server. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160256 | WERABLE DEVICE AS SERVICE ENABLER - A wearable device, such as a smartwatch, may be used to enable switching of network services between endpoints. The switching of network services may include transferring the telephone number associated with a user's account to a particular active device, selected from a number of possible devices, of the user. The switching may be based on a number of factors and coordinated through the wearable device. The factors may include, for example, the location of the user, the location of the user relative to the user's endpoints, user provided priority information, and/or other user-specified profile information relating to endpoint preferences. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160257 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING DEVICES AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES - A method for configuring a first device | 2018-06-07 |
20180160258 | Deterrence of User Equipment Device Location Tracking - Examples include deterrence of user equipment (UE) device location tracking. Some examples include a core network device of a telecommunication network having a processing resource and a machine-readable storage medium with instructions executable by the processing resource to receive a first service request message from the UE device that includes a pseudo-Globally Unique Temporary Identifier (p-GUTI), to send a paging message that includes the p-GUTI, and to receive a second service request message from the UE device that includes a new p-GUTI based on the p-GUTI of the first service request message matching the p-GUTI of the paging message. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160259 | NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A navigational system and method includes an application provided on a user's communication and data transfer device (“cdd”), the cdd including a display device and a speaker, the application including logic configured to cause (i) the display device to display a map showing a current location of the user relative to a desired location, (ii) the speaker at certain times to automatically provide audible route instructions, and (iii) a selectable button to be displayed on the display device, wherein when selected by the user the button is configured to initiate an audible route instruction using the user's current location to be provided by the speaker. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160260 | LOCATION BASED DYNAMIC GEO-FENCING SYSTEM FOR SECURITY - A dynamic integrated security system having a user interface with a display connected to the processor. A plurality of security devices may be situated in a geographical area. A security perimeter may be placed around a high profile entity initiated by a threat level having a predetermined magnitude. The security perimeter may be a geo-fence that encompasses a geo area around the high profile entity. The geo area may encompass one or more security devices. The one or more security devices in the geo area may be connected to the processor. The geo area may move and stay with the high profile entity upon a change of geographic position of the high profile entity. The one or more security devices within the geo area may be monitored and controlled for reducing or preventing effects of the threat level against the high profile entity. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160261 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen display, an antenna, a wireless communication circuit, a sensor, a processor, and a memory electrically, wherein, based on instructions stored in the memory, the processor is configured to collect data indicating a location of the electronic device using one of the wireless communication circuit and the sensor, temporarily store the data in the memory, while directly establishing a wireless connection with an external electronic device, transmit payment-related information to the external electronic device using the wireless communication circuit, receive or acquire information of a POI which is associated with the payment-related information and is located within a predetermined range from a payment generation location through the wireless communication circuit, and transmit, to an external server through the wireless communication circuit, a portion of the stored data and the POI information either before or after transmitting the payment-related information. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160262 | Cognitive Geofencing - A computing device and method is usable to determine a cognitive geofence according to a plurality of data points. The computing device may analyze the plurality of data points to determine a cognitive dimension associated with each of the data points and a location associated with each of the data points. The computing device may determine the cognitive geofence based at least in part on the determined cognitive dimension and the determined location associated with at least some of the plurality of data points. After determining the cognitive geofence, the computing device may transmit the determined cognitive geofence to a terminal device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160263 | Cognitive Geofencing - A computing device and method is usable to determine a cognitive geofence according to a plurality of data points. The computing device may analyze the plurality of data points to determine a cognitive dimension associated with each of the data points and a location associated with each of the data points. The computing device may determine the cognitive geofence based at least in part on the determined cognitive dimension and the determined location associated with at least some of the plurality of data points. After determining the cognitive geofence, the computing device may transmit the determined cognitive geofence to a terminal device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160264 | Cognitive Geofencing - A computing device and method is usable to determine a cognitive geofence according to a plurality of data points. The computing device may analyze the plurality of data points to determine an emotional state of a user of a user equipment and a cognitive environment in an area proximate to the user of the user equipment. The computing device may determine the cognitive geofence based at least in part on the emotional state of the user of the user equipment and the cognitive environment in the area proximate to the user of the user equipment. After determining the cognitive geofence, the computing device may transmit the determined cognitive geofence to a terminal device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160265 | Cognitive Geofencing - A computing device and method is usable to determine a cognitive geofence according to a plurality of data points. The computing device may analyze the plurality of data points to determine an emotional state of a user of a user equipment and a cognitive environment in an area proximate to the user of the user equipment. The computing device may determine the cognitive geofence based at least in part on the emotional state of the user of the user equipment and the cognitive environment in the area proximate to the user of the user equipment. After determining the cognitive geofence, the computing device may transmit the determined cognitive geofence to a terminal device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160266 | WIRELESS TRACKING OF POWER TOOLS AND RELATED DEVICES - A power distribution box and method of communicating via the power distribution box are provided. A power input in the power distribution box is coupled to a power output to provide power to external devices. A gateway device supported by the housing of the power distribution box includes a wireless network module for communicating with power tools and a cellular module for communicating via a cellular network with a power tool monitoring system. The gateway may be removable from the power distribution box. A translation controller in the gateway enables communication between the wireless network module and the external network using the cellular module. The translation controller translates messages between the power tools and external network. The messages may include location data or operational data associated with the power tool. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION IN A NETWORK - A method that identifies user equipment (UE) in both idle mode and connected mode in a cellular network is performed when an indication of an emergency situation is received. The method can identify all UEs within a geofenced area. The geofenced area can be an arbitrary shape that is automatically or manually created. The emergency system receives unique identities of UEs in the geofenced area that are provided when the location area identifier value is changed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160268 | PLACE-SPECIFIC BUDDY LIST SERVICES - An information service provides search and notifications to inform when certain people (e.g., friends, family, business contacts, etc.) are nearby so as to facilitate communications with those people. Users may define lists of people whose locations may be tracked by positioning equipment based on personal communications/computing devices carried by the people. The information service processes this people and place data to identify those of the listed people that are in the user's vicinity, and provide notifications and user-initiated search results informing the user such as via the user's personal communications/computing device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE TRACKING - A system to assist in monitoring and improving services in hotels, motels and other lodging facilities. The system includes a plurality of fixed-location wireless devices that are situated throughout the facility and each service provider or asset to be monitored or tracked is provided with a cooperating mobile wireless device. The mobile devices may periodically transmit beacons that are received by the fixed location devices. The system may determine location based on evaluation of signal strength across a plurality of fixed devices. The system may include premapped calibration data on signal strength to assist in determining location. The location information may help to assess employee performance, to assist in improving performance and to provide improved services. The system may also interact with an application running on a hotel guest's electronic device to allow the system to track guest location. Guest location information can be used to provide improved guest services. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160270 | Peer-to-peer geolocation system - A method and apparatus for location sharing, consisting of sending a location report by a location determining device to a plurality of network enabled devices over a peer-to-peer network, the location determining device being associated with a first digital key pair. A first of the plurality of network enabled devices, associated with a second digital key pair, performs a validation computation on the location report and submits a validation computation result and the location report to a remainder of the plurality of network enabled devices for inclusion in a shared ledger. Including the location report creates commercially-valued credits associated with the public key of the second digital key pair recorded in the shared ledger. A transfer of commercially-valued credits from association with the first public key of the first digital key pair to the public key of the second digital key pair is also recorded in the shared ledger. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160271 | INITIAL ACCESS OF WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK USING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION - In some examples, a device sends first information to a service, the first information comprising location information of the wireless device, and receives, from the service, assistance information that is based on the first information. The device performs initial access of a wireless access network using the assistance information to achieve power saving at the wireless device, and transmits second information to the service over the wireless access network node. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160272 | TELEMATICS FURTHERANCE VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for use in a mobile device telemetry system is disclosed. The method and apparatus relate to a telematics furtherance visualization system. The system can sense mobile device remote observation misalignment risk and reconcile mobile device remote observation alignment by communicating a subsequent log of mobile device vector data for rendering a sequence of next positions in the furtherance of a mobile device. The system can also provide an adaptive rendering based upon a phase shift, a log of mobile device vector data, or predictive rendering until receipt of the next subsequent log of mobile device vector data. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160273 | GARAGE DOOR OPENER SYSTEM HAVING AN INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A garage door opener system includes a garage door opener having a motor for moving a garage door and a controller coupled to a wireless communication interface, a user communication interface including a microphone, and a garage door opener accessory. The controller controls the garage door opener motor to move the garage door, detects a command from a user via the microphone, and generates a responsive control action to control the garage door opener accessory. The user interface may include a speaker that produces an audible response to the user. The accessory may include an object tracker that alerts a user with an audible or illuminating alert. Other accessories may include a video camera, a radio, a music player, a battery charger, an energy storage system, a garage door lock, a hinged lid, an entry door, and a window lock. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160274 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION ON BASE STATION CONNECTED TO MCE BY MME - Provided are a method for receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), information on a base station connected to a multi-cell coordination entity (MCE) from the MCE and a device supporting the same. The MME may receive the information on the base station connected to the MCE from the MCE and determine an MCE to which a cell list is to be transmitted. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160275 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUP MESSAGING - Systems and methods for sending messages to a group using a preferred or an optimal communication medium for each individual in the group are provided. Groups may be indicated by tags associated with each individual in the group. Determining a preferred or optimal communication medium for each individual may be based on various factors, including predetermined preferences, presence, and/or activity. In various embodiments, the present invention includes systems and methods for managing a plurality of groups with overlapping membership. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160276 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a communication device including an obtaining unit configured to obtain first state information representing a state of a first wireless communication device regarding a direct connection between devices via wireless communication and second state information representing a state of a second wireless communication device regarding the direct connection, and a control unit configured to establish a connection between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device via the wireless communication on the basis of the first state information and the second state information. At least one of the first state information and the second state information is obtained via near-field communication. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160277 | System and Method for Situational Awareness Driven Group Communications - A method and apparatus for situational awareness driven group communications are provided. In an embodiment, a PTT server platform receives incident information related to an incident. The PTT server platform identifies members of a first response group for responding to the incident based on the incident information, and creates a PTT call group associated with the incident. The PTT server platform configures the client devices associated with the members of the first response group with the first set of QoS parameters, and enables communications among the client devices associated with the members of the first response group. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160278 | PTX COMMUNICATION WITH DATA ANALYTICS ENGINE - A method of operating a push-to-anything (PTX) platform includes receiving, by a data analytics engine (DAE) of the PTX platform, a first input signal from a first input source; calculating, by the DAE, a risk indicator using the first input signal, the risk indicator indicating a level of a security threat; detecting a risk event, by the DAE, when the risk indicator is above a first pre-determined risk threshold, the first pre-determined risk threshold corresponding to a pre-determined level of security threat above which an emergency response protocol is initiated; generating, by the DAE, a group list in response to detecting the risk event, where the group list comprises one or more client devices of the PTX platform; sending, by the DAE, the group list to a PTX server of the PTX platform; and notifying, by the PTX server, the one or more client devices in the group list of the risk event. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160279 | MESSAGING FORMAT CONVERSION FOR A CELLULAR NETWORK - A network device may receive, from a sending device, a message in a first messaging format en route to user equipment. The first messaging format may correspond to one of a 3GPP cellular network standard or a 3GPP2 cellular network standard. The network device may determine whether the user equipment is associated with the first messaging format or with a second messaging format. The second messaging format may correspond to one of the 3GPP cellular network standard or the 3GPP2 cellular network standard. The first messaging format and the second messaging format may be associated with different cellular network standards. The device may selectively provide the message in the first messaging format or the second messaging format based on whether the user equipment is associated with the first messaging format or the second messaging format. The device may transmit an acknowledgment message based on the first messaging format. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160280 | PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL CONTENT TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for the insertion of additional content to messages sent between mobile communications devices. The system provides for a point system which allows users of the system to accumulate points for additional content sent with text messages. The points may be used for various functions such as purchasing premium services or may be applied towards the user's service charges. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160281 | AUTOMATED DETERMINATION OF NETWORK MOTIFS - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method and a system for determining co-occurrences in at least one graph with n vertices and E edges, wherein each edge is defined by a pair of vertices, the method comprising: storing a binary adjacency matrix representing a first graph in a memory; performing a calculation step for the first graph, wherein the calculation step comprises: loading a block of at most K consecutive rows of the binary adjacency matrix from the memory and storing each row into one of K caches; streaming each of the subsequent uncached rows of the binary adjacency matrix from the memory; reading pairs of rows comprising a streamed row and each one of the cached rows; computing the logical conjunction between each couple of elements of the rows at the same position in the rows for each read pair of rows; and adding the results of the logical conjunction for all the couples of elements in each read pair by means of one-bit adders to obtain the co-occurrence, wherein the calculation step is repeated for consecutive blocks of rows in the binary adjacency matrix until all the pairs of rows of the binary adjacency matrix have been read. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160282 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTERACTIVE BEACON WITH MOBILE DEVICE INTERACTION - A system and method for adapting the behavior of an interactive presence based application on a mobile computing device associated with a user; comprising: providing a plurality of multifunctional beacons; wherein the plurality of beacons provide a mesh wireless network; wherein each of the plurality of beacons provides a local wireless connection; providing an OMS backend for management of the plurality of beacons; wherein the OMS backend runs on a server; connecting by the mobile device to one or both of the mesh network and a local network; wherein the plurality of beacons report the connecting to the OMS backend; determining by the OMS backend the proximity of the mobile device to one or more of the plurality of beacons based on the reported connections; and adapting the behavior of the application and/or the beacons based on the determined proximity. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160283 | System, Method and Apparatus for Sensor Activation - A configured mode of operation of a wireless sensor node unit can selectively activate a first subset of sensor channels of data and selectively deactivate a second subset of sensor channels of data. The configured mode of operation customizes the sensor functionality in the wireless sensor node unit in support of the delivery of data streams to customers. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160284 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA USING BLUETOOTH MESH NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method and a device for a first device transmitting/receiving data through a Bluetooth mesh network wherein a first message for setting the address of the first device is received from a second device, wherein the first message comprises at least one among an address field comprising the address, or a first response field indicating a request or no request for a response to the first message, and if the response field indicates a request for a response, a first response message to the message is transmitted to the second device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160285 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT, SERVER FOR MANAGING MOBILE OBJECT, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND MOBILE OBJECT - An information processing system for a mobile object including: a mobile object pilot license; a mobile object including a first IC tag; an information communication terminal contactlessly communicating with the mobile object; and a server communicating with the information communication terminal over a network, wherein the information communication terminal transmits to the server first data that is data on the mobile object pilot license and second data that is data on the mobile object read into the information communication terminal through contactless communication, the server performs a predetermined judgment process based on the first data and the second data, and transmits third data that is based on a result of the judgment process to the information communication terminal, and the information communication terminal transmits a signal corresponding to the third data to the mobile object to permit or restrict an operation of the mobile object in accordance with the signal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160286 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEVICE AND DEVICE THEREOF - A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The method includes detecting a mobile device within a distance from the device, receiving user configuration information from the mobile device, and performing an operation of the device based on the user configuration information. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160287 | Relay Selection Method and Apparatus and System - Embodiments of this disclosure provide a relay selection method and apparatus and a system. The method includes: relay equipment broadcasts relay discovery information, the relay discovery information including identifier information (a relay UE ID) of the relay equipment and identifier information (a cell ID) of a serving cell of the relay equipment, so that remote terminal receiving the relay discovery information selects relay equipment according to the relay discovery information or transmits relay information of discovered relay equipment to an eNB, thus the eNB may select relay equipment for the remote terminal. With the embodiments of this disclosure, the serving cell may learn a cell where a relay to which the terminal accesses is located, so as to perform configuration for the terminal or perform path switching of downlink data. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING TEMPORARY MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION IN A DEVICE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR A LIMITED TIME PERIOD - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that receives a notification, from an identity proxy function, indicating an identity mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is being registered. That is, a communication device sends a registration request that includes the IMSI to a first registration function. Further, the identity proxy function intercepts the registration request and sends the first notification to the device. Also, the system, sends a first registration message to the first registration function. The first registration function includes a first registry. Further, the first registration message indicates to the first registration function to add the IMSI to the first registry. The system also sends a second registration message to a second registration function. The second registration function includes a second registry. Further, the second registration message indicates to the second registration function to remove the IMSI to the first registry. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160289 | REPORT OF SERVING NETWORK, TIME ZONE AND UCI - A method in a mobility management node for handling information in a network. The node is associated with a wireless device being served by a serving network. The node obtains information about that at least one of the serving network and a time zone and a UCI, has been changed for the device, and information about that the change has not been transmitted to a SGW. When at least one of the serving network and the time zone and the UCI, has been changed, and information about the change has not been transmitted to the SGW, the node transmits the information about at least one of the changed serving network and time zone and UCI, to the SGW, enabling the SGW to forward this information to a PGW. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160290 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A SIGNALING MESSAGE RELATED TO A COMMUNICATION SERVICE OF A CLIENT DEVICE - A device for processing a signaling message related to a communication service provided to a client device via a communication network. When the client device is connected via an access network operating in circuit mode, the device translates a first signaling message for the circuit mode into a second signaling message suitable for being carried over the access network operating in packet mode, and vice versa. When the client device is connected via the access network operating in packet mode, the processing device receives from the client device a third signaling message suitable for being carried over the access network operating in packet mode and sends the third signaling message to a server of the communication network subsystem, and vice versa, and replaces in the received third signaling message a source address, including an address of the client device, with an address of the processing device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160291 | System and method for setting up a call to a roaming party through an over-the-top (OTT) call service - A system and method that enables the setting up of an incoming call from an originating endpoint of a calling party to a mobile station of a called party who is registered as a roamer in a visited cellular network. In response to receiving a dialed number, or other call information, the system determines whether to set up the call to the mobile station of the called party through a pre determined, over-the-top (OTT) call service that bypasses the visited network. The OTT call service is offerable as a feature to the called party by the party's home mobile network operator (MNO). Call handling for the OTT call service is provided through i) an OTT feature server that is coordinating the incoming call, an application server that is affiliated with the OTT feature server, and iii) a OTT software application that is executing on the called party's mobile station. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE PROFILES FOR A DEVICE - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages reuse of mobile subscriber identity information. Further aspects may include mobile subscriber identity information used in a device having multiple device profiles indexed, directly or indirectly, by multiple k | 2018-06-07 |
20180160293 | USER TERMINAL, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICE - User terminal, and method and device for providing mobile communication service are provided. The method includes: a first subscriber card providing service through a first network, and a second subscriber card providing service through a second network; detecting that the first network currently supports providing a first type of service for a plurality of subscriber cards at the same time; notifying other subscriber card except the first subscriber card to allow the other subscriber card to provide the first type of service through the first network; detecting that the second subscriber card needs to provide the first type of service; and if performance of the second subscriber card providing the first type of service through the first network is better than performance of providing the first type of service through the second network, controlling the second subscriber card to provide the first type of service through the first network. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160294 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING AND MANAGING eSIM PROFILES - An apparatus and method for safely providing a profile to a terminal in a communication system are provided. The apparatus and method include a communication technique that combines a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond fourth generation (4G) system with Internet of technology (IoT) technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160295 | System and Process for Having Wireless Service Value Included in a SIM Card - A method and system a system for activating a wireless service includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) card having a first surface, the SIM card including a subscriber identity module (SIM), and an activation code stored with the SIM card. The activation code is linked to the SIM. A wireless device configured to receive the SIM, where the SIM is configured to be utilized in the wireless device, the wireless device including: a memory that stores an operating system of the wireless device and a wireless service activation application, a processor that processes a function of the wireless device, a display that displays information to a user, the wireless service activation application is configured to capture the activation code that authorizes the wireless device on a wireless network and authorizes a predetermined amount of wireless service for the wireless device associated with said SIM. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO MULTIPLE DEVICES AND PROVISIONING NETWORK ELEMENTS - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling use of such information by different communication devices. The use of a same generic mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on intercepting registration requests. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160297 | Method and Apparatus for Enabling an Application to Detect Specified Circumstances - Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to detect occurrence of one or more specified circumstances. A determination may be made as to whether one or more specified circumstances are detected such as responsive to one or more user actions or an occurrence of an event unrelated to a user. One or more binary digital signals may be generated to store a detection of one or more specified user circumstances in a log or memory at least partially in response to detection of the one or more specified circumstances. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160298 | COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT HAVING CALL CONTINUITY - A method for signaling and call continuity for coverage enhancement may include selecting a cell while a user equipment (UE) device is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, determining if a signal level from an evolved NodeB (eNodeB) associated with the cell is sufficient for normal coverage, exchanging data with a network in a normal UE device mode via the cell upon determining that the signal level is sufficient for normal coverage, determining if a signal level from the eNodeB associated with the cell is sufficient for enhanced coverage upon determining that the signal level is not sufficient for normal coverage, and exchanging data with the network in an enhanced UE device mode via the cell upon determining that the signal level is sufficient for enhanced coverage. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160299 | DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, CENTER SERVER, EDGE SERVER, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD - An information request describing an attribute of necessary data is distributed from a center server to a mobile terminal via an edge server; the mobile terminal transmits data, which is requested in the information request, to the edge server; the edge server notifies the center server to the effect that the data, which is requested in the information request, has been acquired; the center server distributes, with respect to data acquired by the edge server from the mobile terminal, non-necessity information indicating that collection of the data is unnecessary to the edge server and to the mobile terminal via the edge server; and when the mobile terminal receives the non-necessity information, the mobile terminal suspends acquisition of data, of which collection is deemed unnecessary in the non-necessity information, and, when the data is stored, discards the data. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160300 | IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE - The present invention provides implementation and communication methods, an apparatus and a system of a virtual subscriber identity module. The implementation method includes: receiving a VSIM application request sent by a terminal, where the VSIM application request carries an identifier of a VSIM desired by the terminal; obtaining corresponding VSIM installation information according to the identifier of the desired VSIM; and sending the VSIM installation information to the terminal, so that the terminal installs the VSIM according to the VSIM installation information. The embodiments of the present invention effectively solve a problem where an existing mobile operator network does not support the VSIM, and provide an effective and convenient operation scheme for an existing domestic or international roaming service. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160301 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING ADDRESS OF DEVICE IN BLUETOOTH MESH NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method and a device for a first device setting the address of a second device through a Bluetooth mesh network wherein a setting message for setting the address is transmitted to the second device, and a first status message is received from the second device as a response to the setting message, the first status message comprising status information indicating whether the setting of the address was successful, and the setting message comprises at least one among an address field comprising an address value to be used by the second device in the Bluetooth mesh network or a first identifier indicating a request or no request for a response to the setting message. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160302 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING AN ENCRYPTED-AUDIO SESSION - A personal mobile device receives a session-request message requesting establishment an encrypted-audio session with a call-initiating device. In response, one or more call-response inquiries are presented via a user interface of the mobile device. The one or more call-response inquiries include an accessory-status inquiry with respect to an accessory to the mobile device. The mobile device receives, via the user interface, an accessory-unready indication with respect to the accessory, which is associated with the presented accessory-status inquiry. In response to receiving the accessory-unready indication, the mobile device establishes a communication link with the call-initiating device and refrains from exchanging audio data with the call-initiating device via the established communication link. The mobile device makes an accessory-ready determination and responsively establishes the encrypted-audio session at least in part by receiving encrypted-audio data from the accessory and forwarding, via the established communication link, the encrypted-audio data to the call-initiating device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SECURITY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for applying security information in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) obtains first security information and second security information, applies the first security information to a first set of radio bearers (RBs) which is served by a master eNodeB (MeNB), and applies the second security information to a second set of RBs which is served by a secondary eNodeB (SeNB). | 2018-06-07 |
20180160304 | WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM WITH DEVICE-BASED AUTHENTICATION AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for use in a waveguide system that includes: receiving a wireless authentication request from a communication device, the wireless authentication request including a fiber authentication key; comparing, by the waveguide system, the fiber authentication key to fiber authentication data of the waveguide system to determine when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, wherein the fiber authentication data corresponds to a microwave fiber of the waveguide system; and when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, enabling communications with the communication device, wherein the communications include generating, by the waveguide system and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a frequency within a microwave frequency range. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER-BASED MULTI-REGIONAL ROAMING OF MOBILES - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, configured to receive, at a module from a provisioning server, a node identification and an access code. The module joins a network that the module has not previously joined. The module provides the node identification to the network. The network uses the node identification and access code to verify that the module is valid. The module receives from the network a new encryption key to use when sending data on the network. The module encrypts data using the new encryption key. The encrypted data is transmitted on the network. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VALIDATING MOBILE DEVICES OF CUSTOMERS VIA THIRD PARTIES - A method for authenticating a mobile device in real-time. The method includes detecting the mobile device, sending a text message containing a unique uniform resource locator (“URL”) to the mobile device, and detecting an access of the unique URL by the mobile device through a first communication path. In response to detecting the access of the unique URL, requesting and subsequently receiving, by the host system in real-time, a phone number and a subscriber identification ID associated with the mobile device through a second communication path distinct from the first communication path, and a device fingerprint of the mobile device through the first communication path. The method further includes initiating a risk analysis based on the phone number, the subscriber ID, and the device fingerprint and determining an authentication status of the mobile device based on the risk analysis. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160307 | SECURING A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK VIA A CHAIN OF TRUST - A master beacon device emits a data packet that is received and retransmitted by servant beacon devices in a wireless mesh network that enables the beacon devices to detect the received signal strength indicator (“RSSI”) of beacon devices in proximity. Each servant beacon device transmits survey data packets comprising the RSSIs and hardware identifiers of proximate beacon devices to the master beacon device, which constructs a first virtual map of the mesh network. At a later time, each servant beacon device transmits authentication data packets, which are retransmitted, each retransmitting beacon inserting an RSSI and hardware identifier of the beacon device from which the authentication data packet was received, until they reach the master beacon device, which constructs a second virtual map of the mesh network. The master beacon device compares the first virtual map to the second virtual map to determine if the network is secure. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160308 | USER ACCESS VERIFICATION - Embodiments are directed to a method of providing access verification for a system that includes activating a security control device, which is in communications with a host device. The method also includes having the security control device receiving a verification signal coming from outside the system while being locally-based, and comparing the verification signal to a table of stored criteria values. The device then chooses a response based on that comparison and sends an access determination signal based on the response. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160309 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN A CYBER-ATTACKER AND A LEGITIMATE USER - Devices, systems, and methods of detecting user identity, differentiating between users of a computerized service, and detecting a cyber-attacker. A user utilizes a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone, a tablet, or other electronic device, to interact with a banking website or application, a retailer website or application, or other computerized service. Input-unit interactions are monitored, logged, and analyzed. Based on several types of analysis of the input-unit interactions, a score is generated to reflect fraud-relatedness or attack-relatedness of the input-unit interactions. Based on the score, the system estimates or determines whether the user is an attacker, and initiates attach-mitigation operations or fraud-mitigation operations. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160310 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE MODIFYING A COMMUNICATION ZONE - A wireless communication device for communicating with one or more other wireless communication devices in a wireless network, the wireless communication device having a transmitter and/or receiver for respectively transmitting or receiving communication signals to or from the other communication devices, a border identification module for identifying one or more borders of a communication zone of the communication device, wherein the communication zone defines a region of space in which other communication devices in the network are potentially located and within which those other communication devices will be in direct communication range of the communication device, a communication zone estimator for estimating the size of the communication zone when taking into account any identified borders and a controller for modifying the settings of the transmitter and/or the receiver based on the estimated size of the communication zone. | 2018-06-07 |