25th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 89 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170180868 | LOUDSPEAKER - A loudspeaker includes a frame, a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil body, and a cover. The magnetic circuit includes a first surface facing a diaphragm, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a magnetic gap, a through-hole, and a first corner portion. The through-hole penetrates between the first surface and the second surface. The first corner portion has a first radius of curvature, and formed in such a manner as to extend over a section facing the through-hole and at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The cover has a second corner portion having a second radius of curvature larger than the first radius of curvature, and formed so as to cover at least a part of the first corner portion. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180869 | DOPED SUBSTRATE REGIONS IN MEMS MICROPHONES - Systems and methods for preventing electrical leakage in a MEMS microphone. In one embodiment, the MEMS microphone includes a semiconductor substrate, an electrode, a first insulation layer, and a doped region. The first insulation layer is formed between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate. The doped region is implanted in at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate where the semiconductor substrate is in contact with the first insulation layer. The doped region is also electrically coupled to the | 2017-06-22 |
20170180870 | SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF BODY SOUNDS - A wearable monitoring system includes a microelectromechanical (MEMS) microphone to receive acoustic signal data through skin of a user. An integrated circuit chip is bonded to and electrically connected to the MEMS microphone. A portable power source is connected to at least the integrated circuit chip. A flexible substrate is configured to encapsulate and affix the MEMS microphone and the integrated circuit chip to the skin of the user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180871 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE UNIT AND CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A condenser microphone unit that has a capacitor element with a large effective area and a high signal-noise ratio but does not have frequency-dependence occurring with sound waves beyond the audio frequency range. A solid cylindrical fixed electrode pole is used as a fixed electrode. A diaphragm includes a rectangular synthetic resin film having a length smaller than or equal to the axis length of the fixed electrode pole, and a width equal to a circumferential length of the fixed electrode pole, the synthetic resin film including an electrode film on one face and ribs on the other face and entirely partitioned by the ribs into a plurality of diaphragm regions. The synthetic resin film is attached to an entire outer periphery of the fixed electrode pole such that the ribs are in contact with the outer periphery. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180872 | Fluid Diode Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker enclosure includes a fluid diode to control air flow into and/or out of the enclosure. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180873 | Neutralizing the Effect of a Medical Device Location - Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of configuring, e.g., a hearing prosthesis comprising a beamforming microphone array having two or more microphones. Some embodiments include (i) storing a plurality of sets of beamformer coefficients in memory, where each set of beamformer coefficients corresponds to one of a plurality of zones on a recipient's head, and (ii) configuring the hearing prosthesis with a set of beamformer coefficients that corresponds to the zone on the recipient's head where the beamforming microphone array is located. Other embodiments include determining a set of beamformer coefficients based on magnitude and phase differences between microphones of the beamforming array, where the magnitude and phase differences are determined from a plurality of head related transfer function measurements for the microphones. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180874 | Power Management Features - A method performed by an electronic controller includes determining a charge level of a power supply configured to provide power to a medical device, and estimating, based on the charge level of the power supply, a first power supply life for operating the medical device according to a first mode. Further, the method includes estimating, based on the charge level of the power supply, a second power supply life for operating the medical device according to a second mode. As recited, operating the medical device according to the first mode has a different power use or consumption characteristic from operating the medical device according to the second mode. The method also includes generating a notification indicative of the first power supply life and the second power supply life. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180875 | HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM - A method of operating a hearing aid system ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170180876 | HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM | 2017-06-22 |
20170180877 | HEARING DEVICE TITLE - A hearing device includes: a sound analyser configure to receive a sound signal and determine a contribution of at least one sound source associated with the sound signal; a difference estimator coupled to the sound analyser, and configured to estimate spatial cue information of the at least one sound source for storage in the hearing device; and a communication device configured to receive from a second hearing device information related to the at least one sound source; wherein the difference estimator is configured to update the stored spatial cue information of the at least one sound source based on the information received by the communication device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180878 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A MICROPHONE CONTROL SYSTEM - A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) first and b) second input transducers located on the head, and at or in an ear canal of the user, respectively, and providing respective electric input signals, c) a signal processing unit comprising c1) a weighting unit for applying weights to the electric input signals, and c2) a hearing loss processing unit providing a processed signal. The hearing device further comprises d) an output unit to provide a stimulus perceivable by the user as sound, e) a feedback detection unit for providing a measure of the current level of feedback from the output to the input, and f) an input signal weight control unit configured to control or influence first and second weights applied to the first and second electric input signals in dependence of the measure of the current level of feedback, and a current level and frequency dependent target gain. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180879 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A FEEDBACK DETECTOR - The application relates to a hearing device comprising a) first and second input transducers for picking up sound signals from the environment and providing first and second electric input signals, b) a first and signal strength detectors for providing signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signal, the first input transducer being located at or behind an ear of the user, and the second input transducer being located at or in an ear canal of the user. The hearing device further comprises c) a signal processing unit providing a processed signal based on the first and second electric input signals, and d) an output unit comprising an output transducer for converting the processed signal or a signal originating therefrom to a stimulus perceivable by said user as sound. The hearing device further comprises e) a feedback detector comprising e1) a comparison unit operationally coupled to the first and second signal strength detectors and configured to compare the signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signals and to provide a signal strength comparison measure indicative of the difference between the signal strength estimates, and e2) a decision unit for providing a feedback measure indicative of current acoustic feedback from the output transducer to the first and/or second input transducers based on the comparison measure. In an embodiment, the feedback measure is used to control processing in the signal processing unit, e.g. a beamformer unit and/or a feedback cancellation system, and/or an amplification unit. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, in particular hearing aids comprising an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of a user and a BTE-part adapted for being located at or behind an ear or the user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180880 | RECEIVER ASSEMBLY HAVING A DISTINCT LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION - The present invention relates to a receiver assembly comprising a first receiver having a distinct longitudinal direction and a first longitudinal centre line, and a second receiver having a distinct longitudinal direction and a second longitudinal centre line, wherein the distinct longitudinal directions of the first and second receivers are arranged essentially along a distinct longitudinal direction of the receiver assembly. The receiver assembly further comprises one or more microphone units. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180881 | HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM - A method of operating a hearing aid system ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170180882 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A SENSOR FOR PICKING UP ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS FROM THE BODY - The application relates to a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprising a sensor part adapted for being located at or in an ear or for fully or partially for being implanted in the head of a user. The application further relates to a hearing system. The object of the present application is to provide an improved hearing device. The problem is solved in that the sensor part comprises an electrical potential sensor for sensing an electrical potential, and the hearing device further comprises electronic circuitry coupled to the electrical potential sensor to provide an amplified output. The invention may e.g. be used in binaural hearing aid systems to control the processing, e.g. using EarEOG. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING NETWORK RESOURCES BETWEEN HEARING DEVICES - A system for enabling a hearing device wireless access to a communication network includes a first transceiver unit in the hearing device communicating according to a first communication protocol. The system also includes a server device including an input/output unit connected to the communication network and configured to communicate according to a second communication protocol. A second transceiver unit is connected wirelessly to the first transceiver unit and configured to communicate according to the first communication protocol. A translator unit interconnects the second transceiver unit and the input/output unit and is configured to translate between the first and second communication protocol. The hearing device is configured to upload and download data to and from the communication network through the server device, and the server device is incorporated in a mobile or cellular telephone. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180884 | HEARING AID WITH ANTENNA ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A hearing aid includes: a microphone configured to receive sound; a processing unit configured to provide a processed audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user; a printed circuit board comprising a first layer; an antenna provided as an electrically conductive material on the first layer; a wireless communication unit for wireless communication; one or more flexible printed circuit board having a first flexible printed circuit board; and a polarization element configured for forming a polarization of the antenna, where the polarization element is on the first flexible printed circuit board. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180885 | ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICE WITH ANTENNA - A hearing aid includes: a hearing aid component configured to be arranged at a head of a user, and away from an ear canal of the user, the hearing aid component configured to provide a signal to an earpiece; the earpiece configured to be arranged at the ear of the user, and configured to provide an acoustic output to the user; and a coupling element configured for coupling the hearing aid component and the earpiece, the coupling element having a tube and an electrically conducting element; wherein the electrically conducting element in the coupling element of the hearing aid is configured to operate as a part of an antenna for wireless communication, and wherein the electrically conducting element is configured for electromagnetic signal emission and/or electromagnetic signal reception. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180886 | MOBILE WIRELESS CONTROLLER FOR A HEARING AID - The invention relates to a method for configuring a mobile user device as a remote controller for a hearing aid, said mobile user device, comprising a removable secure digital (SD) card, comprising a radio interface and an antenna controller for configuring said radio interface for wireless communication with said hearing aid; and, a computer-readable memory for storing a software application for remotely controlling said hearing aid via said communication module; said method comprising: requesting a communication module identifier, from said communication module; sending a request for hearing aid setting information associated with said hearing aid to a server, said request comprising said communication module identifier; receiving at least part of said hearing aid setting information if said server determines on the basis of said communication module identifier that access to said hearing aid setting information by said mobile user device is allowed; and, configuring the radio interface of said communication module on the basis of said hearing aid setting information. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180887 | Dual Power Supply - A device comprises a tank circuit including a parallel tank circuit and a series tank circuit. In this example, the parallel tank circuit and the series tank circuit share a capacitive component and an inductive component. The device also includes electronics, and circuitry configured to selectively couple the electronics to the parallel tank circuit for a first application and to couple the electronics to the series tank circuit for a second application. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180888 | BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE HAVING MAGNETS INTEGRATED WITH HOUSING - A transcutaneous bone conduction device includes magnets secured to housing of an external portion of the device. The magnets can be disposed within the housing, or secured to an external surface thereof. The magnets are disposed about a shaft that delivers vibrational stimuli to a recipient so as to evenly deliver the stimuli. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180889 | IMPLANTABLE HEARING PROSTHESIS WITH DUAL ACTUATION - A device including a hearing prosthesis configured to provide mechanical stimulation to two separate portions of a barrier between the middle ear and the inner ear in an alternating manner to evoke a hearing percept. In some embodiments, the device is configured to apply mechanical stimulation to a round window of the cochlea and an oval window of the cochlea in an alternating manner, thereby evoking the hearing percept. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180890 | BONE CONDUCTION SKIN INTERFACE - A skin interface apparatus configured as an interface of a prosthesis with skin of a recipient, including a first portion configured for direct contact with skin of the recipient, and a second portion configured for direct contact with skin of the recipient, wherein the portions have different material properties. In an exemplary embodiment, the first portion is a part of a holding plate pad of a hearing prosthesis and the second portion is part of a driving plate pad of the hearing prosthesis. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180891 | ISOLATED ACTUATOR FOR BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE - A bone conduction device utilizes discrete retention magnets to secure both a sound processor housing and a vibration actuator to a head of a recipient. Only an electrical lead connects the sound processor housing and the vibration actuator. As such, the sound processor housing and the vibration actuator are mechanically separated. This mechanical separation helps reduce or eliminate vibration transmission between the two components, thus reducing feedback caused by the vibrations. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180892 | DEVICES FOR ENHANCING TRANSMISSIONS OF STIMULI IN AUDITORY PROSTHESES - A resilient element is used to bias a vibration element of an auditory prosthesis towards the skin of a recipient. This helps improve transmission of vibration stimuli to the recipient. Additionally, the resilient element helps reduce feedback caused by the vibration element vibrating in close proximity to sound processing components contained within the auditory prosthesis. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180893 | HEARING DEVICE - A hearing device comprising a first shell member and a second shell member constituting a housing when assembled is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a chassis provided with attachment structures for attachment of the first shell member and the second shell member to the chassis. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180894 | METHOD OF FITTING A HEARING AID SYSTEM, A HEARING AID FITTING SYSTEM AND A COMPUTERIZED DEVICE | 2017-06-22 |
20170180895 | FITTING A BILATERAL HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM - A hearing prosthesis system includes a processor arranged to communicate a stimulation signal to a vibration stimulator of a first hearing prosthesis. The processor receives an indication of a measured input signal from a first transducer of a second hearing prosthesis. A processor calculates a feedback associated with the stimulation. The processor may also be further configured to adjust a gain table or an input to a feedback reduction algorithm in response to the calculated feedback. Additionally, the processor of the hearing prosthesis system may also be arranged to communicate a second stimulation signal to a vibration stimulator of the second hearing prosthesis. The processor receives an indication of a measured input signal from the first hearing prosthesis. Further, the processor calculates a second feedback associated with the second stimulation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180896 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SEALING PROPERTIES OF MICROPHONE AND/OR LOUDSPEAKER SEALS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for diagnosing sealing properties of microphone and/or loudspeaker seals in an electronic device. Sealing properties of the microphone and/or loudspeaker seals are diagnosed by comparing a representation of a total impulse response signal associated with certain stimuli with a representation of a predetermined reference total impulse response signal associated with the electronic device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180897 | Analytical Determination of Remote Battery Temperature Through Distributed Sensor Array System and Method - A system, method and wireless earpieces for determining a status of the wireless earpiece. Sensor measurements are made utilizing sensors of the wireless earpieces at a first location. The sensor measurements are analyzed. Data is extrapolated for one or more other locations utilizing the sensor measurements from the first location within the wireless earpiece. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180898 | Earphones with Ear Presence Sensors - An electronic device may be coupled to an accessory such as a pair of earphones. The earphones may have ear presence sensor structures that determine whether or not the ears of a user are present in the vicinity of the earphones. The earphones may contain first and second speakers. When both the first and second speakers are located in the ears of the user, the electronic device may perform functions such as playing audio content. When one of the speakers has been removed from the ears of the user while the other of the speakers remains in the ears of the user, the electronic device can take actions such as pausing the playback of audio content, switching from stereo to monophonic playback, or stopping the playback of content. Suitable actions such as increasing audio drive strength may be taken when both speakers have been removed from the ears. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180899 | SMART HUB - An intelligent hub for interfacing with other devices and performing smart audio or video source selection. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180900 | MEMS Device - A MEMS device includes a backplate electrode and a membrane disposed spaced apart from the backplate electrode. The membrane includes a displaceable portion and a fixed portion. The backplate electrode and the membrane are arranged such that an overlapping area of the fixed portion of the membrane with the backplate electrode is less than maximum overlapping. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180901 | Speaker Module - Disclosed is a speaker module which relates to the technical field of electroacoustic products and comprises shells ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170180902 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING A HIGHER ORDER AMBISONICS (HOA) SIGNAL, METHOD FOR DECOMPRESSING A COMPRESSED HOA SIGNAL, APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING A HOA SIGNAL, AND APPARATUS FOR DECOMPRESSING A COMPRESSED HOA SIGNAL - A method for compressing a HOA signal being an input HOA representation with input time frames (C(k)) of HOA coefficient sequences comprises spatial HOA encoding of the input time frames and subsequent perceptual encoding and source encoding. Each input time frame is decomposed ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170180903 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Audio Content - A method and apparatus for processing audio content is described. The method and apparatus include receiving ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170180904 | METHOD FOR USING A MOBILE DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST TWO MICROPHONES FOR DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF LOUDSPEAKERS IN A SETUP OF A SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM - A smartphone having two microphones is used for determining the direction of a loudspeaker in a surround system setup. This is performed using smartphone rotation in azimuth and polar angle direction while capturing in its microphones a test signal from a current one of the loudspeakers. From the microphone signals a corresponding TDOA value is calculated, and the smartphone is rotated until that TDOA value is nearly zero, resulting in a loudspeaker direction information. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180905 | EFFICIENT CODING OF AUDIO SCENES COMPRISING AUDIO OBJECTS - There is provided encoding and decoding methods for encoding and decoding of object based audio. An exemplary decoding method described is for reconstructing audio objects based on a data stream, wherein the data stream corresponds to a plurality of time frames, wherein the data stream comprises a plurality of side information instances, wherein the data stream further comprises, for each side information instance, transition data including two independently assignable portions which in combination define a point in time to begin a transition from a current reconstruction setting to a desired reconstruction setting specified by the side information instance, and a point in time to complete the transition. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180906 | TEMPORAL OFFSET ESTIMATION - A method of non-causally shifting a channel includes estimating comparison values at an encoder. Each comparison value is indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a previously captured reference channel and a corresponding previously captured target channel. The method also includes smoothing the comparison values to generate smoothed comparison values based on historical comparison value data and a smoothing parameter. The method further includes estimating a tentative shift value based on the smoothed comparison values. The method also includes non-causally shifting a target channel by a non-causal shift value to generate an adjusted target channel that is temporally aligned with a reference channel. The non-causal shift value is based on the tentative shift value. The method further includes generating, based on reference channel and the adjusted target channel, at least one of a mid-band channel or a side-band channel. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180907 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPODUCING SURROUND AUDIO SIGNALS - Method and devices for providing surround audio signals are provided. Surround audio signals are received and are binaurally filtered by at least one filter unit. In some embodiments, the input surround audio signals are also processed by at least one equalizing unit. In those embodiments, the binaurally filtered signals and the equalized signals are combined to form output signals. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180908 | PERFORMANCE OF SECURE MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A request for a first resource by a user is received. In response to receiving the request for a first resource, a second resource is determined based on the first resource and a resource usage pattern of the user. A response to the request for the first resource is provided. The response includes the first resource and the second resource. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180909 | Cloud-Based Custom Metric/Timer Definitions and Real-Time Analytics of Mobile Applications - A method for real-time capture of analytics from real users of a native mobile application (app) includes storing a custom metric/timer definition for a native mobile application (app) in a configuration file on a server. The custom metric/timer definition includes one or more identifiers of an element or object of the native mobile app selected by touch gesture input via a user interface on a mobile device running the native mobile app in a special mode. The configuration file is downloaded from the server to real users running the native mobile app on associated mobile devices. Immediately thereafter, one or more collector servers receive data beaconed in real-time from the associated mobile devices of the real users. The beaconed data includes custom metric/timer data obtained from the custom metric/timer definition. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180910 | Loop Avoidance in Middle-Node-to-Middle-Node Registration in M2M Networks - A first machine-to-machine, M2M, node registering with a second M2M node avoids registration loops using a method that begins with obtaining ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170180911 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROVIDING SMART MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FEATURES TO A USER OF A WEARABLE DEVICE - Electrical systems and related methods are disclosed. An electrical system includes a wearable mobile electronic device including cellular voice equipment configured to enable a user to participate in cellular voice calls, cellular data equipment configured to enable the wearable mobile electronic device to communicate through a cellular data network, one or more biometric sensors, and at least one audio speaker. A method includes selecting audio media based, at least in part on biometric information, and providing, with a remote server, data corresponding to the selected audio media to the wearable mobile electronic device through a cellular data network. An electrical system includes a wearable mobile electronic device including control circuitry configured to interact with a remote server to together provide smart mobile electronic device features to a user through the wearable mobile electronic device, wherein the control circuitry is alone insufficient to provide the smart mobile electronic device features. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180912 | INSTRUMENT AND SYSTEM - An instrument includes: an invitation notification receiving unit configured to receive, from a server device configured to transmit a message to a user belonging to a group, an invitation notification to the group; an approval information transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the server device, approval information approving participation in the group when the received invitation notification is valid; and a session starting unit configured to start, upon the participation in the group, a session that is processing communications of for information with another instrument participating in the group. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180913 | INTELLIGENT MULTI-CHANNEL WIRELESS DATA ACQUISITION GATEWAY - The present invention is an intelligent gateway which can receive multiple sensor data using sub-1G Hz frequency, analyze data, and transmit processed data to a database server. The intelligent gateway can receive data from up to 100 sensors using sub-1G Hz (433, 868 or 915 MHz) wireless frequency. The received data can be analyzed and the gateway can determine when to transmit data, and which packaged data to transmit to the database server. The intelligent gateway can also receive feedback and instructions from the database server. The process data can be transmitted to the database server with different protocols like WIFI, Ethernet and RS485. The intelligent gateway can also include multiple sensors including temperature and humidity sensors, pressure sensors, air speed sensors and a particulate matter sensor for detecting particulates of less than 2.5 micro meters (PM2.5). These sensors are collect additional indoor environmental quality parameters. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180914 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - The described aspects include methods and apparatus providing MTC in a wireless network. In an aspect, a narrow bandwidth within a wide system bandwidth is allocated for communicating data related to MTC. MTC control data generated for communicating over one or more MTC control channels for an MTC UE within the narrow bandwidth is transmitted over the one or more MTC control channels. The one or more MTC channels are multiplexed with one or more legacy channels over the wide system bandwidth. Other aspects are provided for transmission mode and content of the MTC control data or other MTC data. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180915 | System using NFC, Bluetooth, and/or Wi-Fi Technologies for Making a Quick Connection between a Smart Mobile Electronic Device and Audio Speakers, with an Optional Video Display System - A method and system for easy and quick wireless connection of mobile devices to audio speakers and video systems, like television, using any of NFC, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth technology. An NFC case offers an easy way to connect a legacy mobile device to a Connector Pad, where NFC is not built-into a device. The Connector Pad is small device and fits perfectly in the palm of the hand. The Connector Pad enables a quick connectivity to audio speakers and television, and it manages the performance and makes sure rules set for privacy and re-connection for uninterrupted listening and playing are made effective. An available App on Android or iOS devices offers added features to remotely control sound quality, toggle between phone calls and music, manage playlists, etc. The phone may stream music or video from a cellular network or from its own storage. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180916 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLUETOOTH LOW POWER COMMUNICATION - A method for transmitting a beacon message, the method generating, with a beacon generating device at least one beacon message, wherein the at least one beacon message is defined by a beacon message format, wherein the beacon message format comprises a preamble field, an access address field, a protocol data unit (PDU) field and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, wherein the PDU field comprises at least one electronic product code (EPC) encoded EPC-PDU field, and transmitting, with the beacon generating device, the at least one beacon message using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless communication protocol to a transmission area within a transmission range of the beacon generating device for reception by one or more beacon receiving devices located in the transmission area. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180917 | ADVERTISING WIFI FINE TIMING MEASUREMENT AVAILABILITY VIA A LOW-ENERGY COMMUNICATION LINK - Apparatus and methods for advertising fine timing measurement availability using a low-energy or BLE communication protocol or link is provided. In an example, a method can include publishing an interval for responding to fine timing measurement requests via a low-energy wireless transmitter of a first wireless communication device; and enabling a WLAN wireless receiver of the first device during the interval. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180918 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus and method for controlling a display apparatus is capable of controlling a screen of the display apparatus using a remote controller according to a standard of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) are provided. The display apparatus and method for controlling a display apparatus is capable of controlling a screen of the display apparatus using an internal sensor in a remote controller according to a standard of Bluetooth low energy (BLE). | 2017-06-22 |
20170180919 | Wireless data transmitting device and method for wireless data transmission - A wireless data transmitting device comprising a first antenna unit for receiving energy from an alternating electromagnetic field and for converting the energy into an alternating current energy signal and a rectifying unit for converting the alternating current energy signal into a direct current signal. The wireless data transmitting device further comprises a data transmitting unit configured to receive the direct current signal and to generate an aircraft related wireless data signal and a second antenna unit configured to output the aircraft related wireless data signal. Further, a system for wireless data transmission, an aircraft, and a method for wireless data transmission are presented. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - An electronic device and a method of operating the same may include: detecting mounting of a first external device through first short range communication, outputting a first object corresponding to the first external device, detecting an approach of a second external device through second short range communication, and outputting a second object corresponding to the second external device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180921 | DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A portable electronic device that is capable of existing in a low power usage scanning mode is provided. The device comprises a magnetic field sensor and optionally a signaling assembly that is configured to generate stimuli. The device may be used to link brick and mortar stores with e-commerce platforms. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180922 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a communication-apparatus-side controller. The first communication unit wirelessly communicates with plural terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. The second communication unit wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit. The communication-apparatus-side controller transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180923 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A communication system providing volume attenuation as a function of distance from the communication source to simulate natural communication. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180924 | TERMINAL POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM, TARGET TERMINAL AND POSITIONING SERVER - The present disclosure provides a terminal positioning method for a positioning server. The method includes: receiving image data transmitted by a target terminal, obtaining target feature information based on the image data, wherein the target feature information represents an environment feature of the target terminal, looking up a table of predetermined correspondences between pieces of feature information and pieces of location information, so as to determine target location information corresponding to the target feature information, and transmitting the target location information to the target terminal. According to the present disclosure for terminal positioning, more accurate target location information may be obtained to improve the positioning accuracy and reliability. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180925 | Position Tracking System - The present disclosure deals with a system and a method to track the position of moveable assets in a geographic location. Beacon generating devices, attached to moveable assets transmit beacon signals encoded with data. Sensors distributed around the geographic locations affixed to fixed assets detect the beacon signals and extract the encoded data. The Sensors transmit the data to a computing system. The computing system stores and analyzes the data. An event can be triggered by the computing system based on the analysis of the stored data. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A GUNSHOT - Control systems and methods are disclosed for automatically identifying mobile communication devices located within a vicinity of a gunshot. The control system may discriminates gunshots from other environmental noise and determine the location of the gunshot from information provided by a set of acoustic sensors. Once the gunshot location is determined, the control system may automatically trigger activation of one or more cell site simulators located near the location of the gunshot to identify mobile communication devices within the vicinity. Further precision in identifying the locations of the mobile communication devices may be obtained by using information from radio frequency (RF) sensors that intercept wireless RF transmissions from the mobile communication devices communicating with the activated cell site simulator. The control system may be used as a tool identifying and tracking perpetrators of gun crime and may also be used to located witnesses who may otherwise not have come forward. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180927 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROMPTING ACCORDING TO LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for prompting according to location-based information, which belong to the field of communication technology. The method includes: acquiring by a server designated location-based information matching with a designated device identifier in a location-based information database at least storing location-based information reported by a plurality of terminals after receiving a location-based information acquiring request sent by a designated terminal; sending by the server the designated location-based information to the designated terminal, in which the designated terminal is configured to perform a prompt according to the designated location-based information. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180928 | MAINTAINING PRIVACY IN LOCATION-BASED OPERATIONS - Various approaches discussed herein enable techniques for managing privacy with respect to location-based operations, for example by receiving point of interest (POI) data corresponding to location data such as global positioning service (GPS) data at a computing device along with various location-based rules, which when satisfied, result in attribution events being generated that indicate various characteristics associated with POIs in the POI data. The attribution events are then sent to a server without compromising the location privacy of the computing device, because the location of the computing device is not included with the attribution events. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180929 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMERGENCY DATA COMMUNICATION - Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, servers, apparatus, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving by an emergency call server an indication of an emergency condition at a device, determining whether the device is to be tracked based, at least in part, on the indication of the emergency condition, and transmitting a triggering message from the emergency call server, in response to a determination that the device is to be tracked, to trigger at the device a tracking session to cause the device to periodically collect and send tracking session data to one or more servers. The tracking session, established between the device and the one or more servers, is separate from an emergency call session established between the device and the emergency call server. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180930 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT TRACKING WITH WIRELESS BEACONS - An object tracking system can include beacons and tracking module. The object tracking method can include determining the location of a mobile device and determining the location of an object beacon. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180931 | GEO-FENCING WITH DIAGNOSTIC FEATURE - A mobile device having location services stores information pertaining to a geo-fence assigned to a building and stores a geo-fence log including one or more mobile device parameters and one or more geo-fence crossing events. The mobile device may determine the location of the mobile device via the location services and may determine when a geo-fence crossing event has occurred. Each of the geo-fence crossing events may be recorded in the geo-fence log, which may be uploaded to a remote server from time to time. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180932 | DYNAMIC GEOFENCE BASED ON MEMBERS WITHIN - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, via a first portable electronic device, contextual information and a geolocation relating to a first user in a network-based system and receiving, via a second portable electronic device, contextual information and a geolocation relating to a second user in the network-based system. A common element in the received contextual information relating to the first and second users is identified. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180933 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID WIRELESS FINE-TIMING MEASUREMENT - The disclosure relates to time-of-flight (TOF) positioning and device location within a wireless networks using a hybrid combination of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi signaling. In one exemplary embodiment, a hybrid responder engages in BLE discovery and negotiation with a mobile device seeking its location. The hybrid responder may engage its WiFi platform only to conduct the FTM procedure. By keeping the WiFi platform in deep sleep or Off mode, the hybrid responder can gain significant power savings. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180934 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING REMOTE OBJECTS - A system for locating remote objects and for directing users to remote objects, and for tracking remote objects such as eye glasses, watches, and the like, the system including an RFID transponder physically connected to the object, and RFID interrogator configured to interrogate the RFID transponder and receive a signal in response thereto, and a portable electronic device in electronic communication with the RFID interrogator and configured to process the received signal and determine a location of the object relative to the RFID interrogator and to provide information to a user regarding the location of the object. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180935 | APPROACHING USER DETECTION, USER AUTHENTICATION AND LOCATION REGISTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON RF FINGERPRINT - The present invention relates to an RF (radio frequency) fingerprint-based user authentication method, an approaching user detection method, a location registration method, and an apparatus for the same wherein there may be excellent effects in preventing a lost child, a missing elderly, a companion dog, etc. by utilizing the RF fingerprint, greater effects may be achieved in terms of security and safety compared to conventional fingerprint-based user authentication methods, and more accurate location registration of the wireless communications device for each store may be realized. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180936 | METHOD FOR REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180937 | GLOBAL-POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) UPDATE INTERVAL BASED ON SENSOR DATA - In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting at a pre-determined polling frequency an activation signal waking from a sleep mode an application on a mobile computing device and causing the application to activate a location service of the mobile computing device for a pre-determined sampling duration. The pre-determined polling frequency and the pre-determined sampling duration are determined at least in part by detecting a movement of the mobile computing device. The method also includes receiving location data from the mobile computing device after the pre-determined sampling duration. The location data is responsive to a transmission signal. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180938 | Method and System for Improving the Location of Fixed Wireless CBSD Nodes - Methods, systems and devices for determining a more precise location of a fixed wireless device and providing an enhanced location based service (eLBS). A fixed wireless device may be configured to determine its approximate location (e.g., a current location waypoint, etc.), communicate with other fixed or mobile wireless devices to receive location information, and determine a more precise location of the fixed wireless device based on the approximate location and the received location information. The fixed wireless device may use the computed location information to provide a location based service and/or send the more precise location to another wireless device for use in providing a location based service. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180939 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ASSET STATUS DETERMINATION - A system for managing data related to at least one leaf node device includes a location processing engine located on a server that is remote from the leaf node device, at least one point of interest (POI) device for collecting data via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication signals from the leaf node device on each of a plurality of channels and transmitting the collected data which includes phase angle information, a reader node device for receiving and transmitting the collected data to the location processing engine and a database of the known locations of a plurality of POI devices. The reader device or the location processing engine averages the collected data across the plurality of channels, and the known locations are used along with the averaged data as a basis for determining the location of the leaf node device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED CORRELATION OF CELLULAR AND WLAN IDENTIFIERS - Methods and systems for tracking mobile communication terminals based on their identifiers. The disclosed techniques identify cellular terminals and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) terminals that are likely to be carried by the same individual, or cellular and WLAN identifiers that belong to the same multi-mode terminal. A correlation system is connected to a cellular network and to a WLAN. The system receives location coordinates of cellular identifiers used by mobile terminals in the cellular network, and location coordinates of WLAN identifiers used by mobile terminals in the WLAN. Based on the location coordinates, the system is able to construct routes that are traversed by the terminals having the various cellular and WLAN identifiers. The system attempts to find correlations in time and space between the routes. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICE - Provided herein are system, methods and computer readable storage media in facilitating the determination of a location of at least one mobile device. In providing such functionality, the system may be configured to, for example, receive contextual data corresponding to a contextual state of a mobile device, determine the location of a mobile device, and transmit the location of the mobile device to at least one other mobile device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180942 | DETERMINING MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON A PARTICLE SWARM APPROACH - A device may include one or more processors. The device may obtain call information relating to a call. The call information may comprise a plurality of call segments. The device may perform one or more particle swarm operations to obtain approximate locations of the mobile device during at least some of the plurality of call segments. The device may combine the approximate locations to identify a location of the mobile device during the call. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180943 | System And Method For Providing A Descriptor For A Location To A Recipient - A method for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient includes receiving location data of the location from a user and using the location data to identify one or more regions near or including the location. Each region is associated with a descriptor. One of the one or more regions is selected based on a recipient's interaction with the selected region including whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region. The descriptor associated with the selected region is provided to the recipient. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180944 | ADDING LOCATION NAMES USING PRIVATE FREQUENT LOCATION DATA - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for tagging media files from a media capture device with location information gathered from a portable device when the portable device determines that a user of the media capture device frequents the location and that the media item was captured in the location. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180945 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AND REACTION TO MOBILE USER ROUTINE BEHAVIOR BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL AND REPETITIVE PATTERN ANALYSIS - One or more patterns associated with a mobile device are determined. The one or more patterns are determined at least in part by identifying within a set of time information and location information associated with the mobile device a subset comprising successive locations and times associated with a temporary pattern, converting the temporary pattern to be a pattern of the one or more patterns, adding the pattern to a list of detected patterns, generating a reduced set of time information and location information at least in part by removing from the set of time information and location information the subset comprising the successive locations and times, analyzing the reduced set of time information and location information to determine one or more additional patterns. The mobile device can be configured to exhibit a mobile device behavior associated with the determined one or more patterns. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC NOTIFICATIONS TO MOBILE DEVICES - A system, computer program product, and method for displaying a warning graphic for traffic congestion is provided. The method begins with determining a mobile device approaching a zone comprising traffic congestion. Next a first warning graphic of the traffic congestion is displayed to the at least one mobile device approaching that zone, the warning graphic displayed on the one mobile device. A location of the mobile device is tracked overtime approaching that zone. The mobile device approaching is updated that zone regarding a progress of the traffic congestion indicated in the first warning graphic by displaying at least one follow-up warning graphic on the at least one mobile device, provided prior to the traffic congestion being cleared. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180947 | IDENTIFICATION OF SIMILAR USERS - A peer group of a user may be identified on the basis of geographic information and building occupancy information for the user and for possible peers of the user. Energy usage data for each peer group member may be compared with that of the user. A comparison result may be computed between each peer group member and the user. A representation of comparison results may be provided to the user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180948 | POSITIONING MANAGEMENT - A positioning management apparatus receives first reception information from a first mobile apparatus, the first reception information having been generated based on a received radio transmission from a transmitting apparatus, and receives second reception information from a second mobile apparatus, the second reception information having been generated based on a received radio transmission from a transmitting apparatus. The apparatus compares the first reception information with the second reception information, and, if the comparison indicates that both the first mobile apparatus and the second mobile apparatus received the radio transmission from the same transmitting apparatus, determines an association of the first mobile apparatus with the second mobile apparatus for use in positioning. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180949 | MANAGEMENT OF DYNAMIC EVENTS AND MOVING OBJECTS - An embodiment of the invention includes a system, method and computer program product for managing dynamic events. The embodiment may include managing, by a first subsystem, an event in a first region of the plurality of geographic regions using a first event agent. The embodiment may include determining whether the event is predicted to spread from the first region to a second region. The embodiment may include generating a first dynamic event agent to monitor the event as a dynamic event based on predicting the event may spread from the first region to the second region. The first dynamic event agent may receive information relating to the dynamic event, update a status of the dynamic event based on the received information, and transmit the received information. The embodiment may include generating, by a second subsystem, a second dynamic event agent for handling the dynamic event in the second region. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180950 | INFORMATION BROADCAST - An apparatus includes a communications interface configured to receive a transmission from a wireless device. The transmission may include a beacon message and a date file. The apparatus may further include a memory device and a processor. The processor may be configured to determine whether a threshold is satisfied based on whether additional transmissions including the data file are received from the wireless device. The processor may be further configured to cause the memory device to store the data file in response to determining that the threshold is satisfied. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180951 | SELECTIVE PRIORITIZATION OF EVOLVED MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES IN CONCURRENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method for selectively prioritizing eMBMS includes: determining a collision metric associated with at least one of a plurality of eMBMS data streams on the first subscription; identifying a first eMBMS data stream of the plurality of eMBMS data streams having a highest collision metric amongst the plurality of eMBMS data streams on the first subscription; assigning the first eMBMS data stream with a higher QoS priority than a QoS priority assigned to paging occasions on the second subscription; and in response to detecting that an upcoming paging occasion on the second subscription coincides with an upcoming eMBMS data burst associated with the first eMBMS data stream on the first subscription, utilizing the RF chain to receive the eMBMS data burst on the first subscription based on the first eMBMS data stream on the first subscription having a higher QoS priority than the paging occasions on the second subscription. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BROADCAST MOBILE CONVERGENCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for receiving information for TV broadcast in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives first control information on a first frequency, and receives second control information on a second frequency. The first frequency may be a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long-term evolution (LTE) frequency, and the second frequency may be a TV broadcast frequency. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180953 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE REMOTE PROXY - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus performs group discovery to determine a group of proximate devices. The group of proximate devices includes the apparatus. The apparatus receives a first message from a second wireless device. The second wireless device is in the group of proximate devices. The apparatus forwards at least a portion of information included in the first message to a node. Additionally, the apparatus receives a second message from the node. The second message is in response to the forwarded information. The apparatus performs an operation corresponding to the second message. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180954 | EVENT-BASED INTERACTIVE DEVICE SYSTEM - A computer system for activating an event-based interactive device can be configured to receive, through a data input API, a unique device identifier. The unique device identifier may be associated with the event-based interactive device. Additionally, the system can be configured to receive user information associated with a user of the event-based interactive device. The system can classify event-based interactive devices into groups based upon the user information. Further, the system can be configured to transmit a command to at least one group of event-based interactive devices. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180955 | Event-Based Responder Dispatch - Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180956 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORWARDING COMMUNICATION REQUESTS BASED ON HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL ENVIRONMENT - A IP telephony service allows customers to form user groups. Each user group can include multiple members, each of whom have their own telephony device. When a member of a user group sends an outgoing communication from one of the telephony devices associated with the user group, the service obtains communication handling instructions for the user group. The outgoing communication is then processed in accordance with the handling instructions. This could include sending copies of the outgoing communication to the telephony devices of other members of the user group. This could also include sending the outgoing communication with an origination identifier associated with the user group, rather than an origination identifier associated with the member's telephony device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180957 | CALLER-SPECIFIED MEDIA IN COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - In an embodiment, a data processing method providing an improvement in calls via mobile wireless telecommunications comprises receiving at a server computer, from a calling device comprising a first mobile computing device, mobile call data comprising a media file and an identifier associated with a called device comprising a second mobile computing device; storing the media file at the server computer; transmitting the media file from the server computer to the second mobile computing device using the identifier; using the identifier, initiating a mobile wireless call between the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device; and causing displaying the media file on the second mobile computing device in conjunction with indicia indicating that the mobile wireless call is incoming. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CALL SYNCHRONIZATION - The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for automatic call synchronization. When a mobile terminal receives a called signal from a calling mobile terminal and determines that an automatic call synchronization function is enabled by itself, the mobile terminal transmits, to a wireless signal transponder, a call synchronization request which carries identification information and call information of the mobile terminal; a mode recognition unit which is connected to the wireless signal transponder performs an authentication on the mobile terminal according to the identification information of the mobile terminal; and transmits a call access request which carries the identification information and the call information of the mobile terminal to the fixed terminal via the wireless signal transponder, after the authentication on the mobile terminal is passed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180959 | ANIMAL MOBILE PHONE SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an animal mobile phone service system and method. The system comprises: a mobile terminal attached to a pet; an AMS management server for interworking with the mobile terminal attached to the pet, a mobile communication terminal of an owner or a guardian of the corresponding pet, and an AMS management server of a mobile communication network, the AMS management server providing an animal mobile phone service (AMS) including a method of training eating and bowel habits for a pet, music playing for a pet, identifying a location of a pet, a guardian notification function when a pet strays out of a predetermined zone after setting an active zone of the pet, and a vaccination and medical history management for a pet; a GIS map server for interworking with the AMS management server, displaying current location information of the mobile terminal attached to the pet, collecting a frequently moving path, and when the pet is missing or strays out of the predetermined zone, remotely tracing location information of the mobile terminal attached to the pet by providing an LBS service on a GIS map; and a text message server for, when the pet is missing or strays out of the predetermined zone, transmitting a warning message from the AMS management server to a mobile phone number of the mobile communication terminal of the owner or the guardian and generating a warning sound. Wherein the system provides, from the mobile communication terminal of the owner or the guardian of the animal to the mobile terminal of a pet, a remote voice communication service for a remote communication, a conversation with an animal, and a pet training to enable a pet or a military dog to perform a certain purpose, using human to animal (H2A) function. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180960 | Systems and Methods For The Temporal Shifting of Data Downloads or Streaming - Systems and methods for providing time-shifted data downloads over cellular networks are disclosed. The downloads can be selected using an application or other data consuming application with a “download later” feature, or similar. The application can register with a data shifting service (DSS) to receive a low-priority, or “0-rated,” download of the data. The DSS can place the application in queue waiting for predetermined network conditions (e.g., network utilization to fall below a predetermined level). Upon occurrence of the predetermined network conditions (e.g., network utilization falling below a predetermined rate), the DSS can inform the application that a low-priority download window is available. The application can then download the data from a content provider. The DSS can enable cellular networks to increase average network utilization, while reducing peak demand. The system may offer low-priority downloads at reduced cost, or free, to incentivize use of the DSS. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING MEDIA RELATED TO AN EVENT - A system for aggregating media is provided which includes a server equipped with a processor and memory and having an event database associated with it which contains a plurality of events, wherein each of the plurality of events has a temporal window and geofence associated with it; and a plurality of users, each having associated therewith a mobile technology platform equipped with a display and a memory which communicates with the server. The memory of each mobile technology platform has an instance of a software application is installed which monitors the current location of the user, prompts the user to check into events present in the event database when the user enters a geofence associated with an event within the temporal window associated with the event, associates, with one of the plurality of events, media which was captured by the user while the user was checked into the one of the plurality of events and within the temporal window and geofence associated with the one of the plurality of events, and uploads the captured media to the server. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180962 | Aircraft Data Handoff - Systems and methods for collecting aircraft data from aircrafts within proximity of one another while in-flight are provided. In one embodiment, the method can include receiving, by a first aircraft, a first transmission from a second aircraft. The first transmission can include first data associated with the second aircraft. The method can include determining a communication time period based, at least in part, on the first data. The method can include sending, to the second aircraft, a second transmission that can include second data indicative of at least the communication time period. The method can include receiving, from the second aircraft, one or more third transmissions that can include third data indicative of one or more parameters of the second aircraft. A size of the third data can be based, at least in part, on the communication time period. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMERGENCY DATA COMMUNICATION - Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, servers, apparatus, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving by a device a triggering message from an emergency call server responsive to an indication of an emergency condition at the device to trigger a tracking session to periodically collect and send tracking session data associated with the device to one or more servers, establishing the tracking session, separate from an emergency call session established between the device and the emergency call server, with the one or more servers, and sending, by the device to the one or more servers, the tracking session data collected during the tracking session by the device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180964 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT EMERGENCY CALLING - Disclosed are devices, systems, methods, and media for efficient emergency calling using digital devices. In some embodiments, a user is able to make an emergency call by a one-touch or dual-touch process. An authentication process may reduce inadvertent and unauthorized emergency calling. Persistent emergency buttons are also disclosed that may be used for calling emergency in different states of the device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180965 | Mobile Function Device - The disclosure is a mobile tool-system function device that can be disposed on an extremity of an operator, having at least one sensor unit for sensing at least one operator-specific characteristic quantity and/or at least one position-specific characteristic quantity, and having at least one computing unit, which is designed to determine at least one state, in particular an emergency situation, in dependence on the at least one sensed operator-specific characteristic quantity and/or the at least one sensed position-specific characteristic quantity. The mobile function device further comprises at least one plausibility unit, which is designed to perform a plausibility check, in particular a plausibility check in respect of the presence of an emergency situation, in dependence on the at least one sensed operator-specific characteristic quantity and/or the at least one sensed position-specific characteristic quantity. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180966 | NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCIES BASED ON WIRELESS SIGNAL RECOGNITION - A method includes distributing one or more notifications of an emergency call being placed from a mobile device to emergency responders. The distribution of such notifications is based on a configurable rule set. | 2017-06-22 |
20170180967 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS - A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The method for transmitting broadcast signals includes encoding data of PLPs (Physical Layer Pips); building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded data of the PLPs; and modulating data in the built signal frame by OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) method and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data. | 2017-06-22 |