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20120005077 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005078 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005079 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005080 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005081 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005082 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005083 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005084 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005085 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005086 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005087 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005088 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005089 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005090 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005091 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005092 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005725 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005726 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011058 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 01-12-2012 |
20120101831 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101832 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101833 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101834 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101835 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101836 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109667 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109668 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109669 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109670 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109671 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109672 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109673 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109674 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116790 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116959 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES - Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers. | 05-10-2012 |
20130268437 | SECURE ECOSYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE ENABLING MULTIPLE TYPES OF ELECTRONIC WALLETS IN AN ECOSYSTEM OF ISSUERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND ACQUIRES OF INSTRUMENTS - A platform for performing secure personalized transactions in a multi-domain ecosystem includes a personalization tier that enables service provider personalization for one or more ecosystem elements stored on a mobile device. Further, the platform includes an enabling tier for facilitating interoperation between the personalization tier and a client device. The platform further includes a service tier that may be operating independently of the enabling tier and may enable service delivery for a plurality of services. | 10-10-2013 |
20130332343 | MULTI-TIERED, SECURE MOBILE TRANSACTIONS ECOSYSTEM ENABLING PLATFORM COMPRISING A PERSONALIZATION TIER, A SERVICE TIER, AND AN ENABLING TIER - A platform for performing secure personalized transactions in a multi-domain ecosystem includes a personalization tier that enables service provider personalization for one or more ecosystem elements stored on a mobile device. Further, the platform includes an enabling tier for facilitating interoperation between the personalization tier and a client device. The platform further includes a service tier that may be operating independently of the enabling tier and may enable service delivery for a plurality of services. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339232 | WIDGET FRAMEWORK FOR SECURING ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR A PLURALITY OF ACCOUNTS IN A WALLET - A platform for performing secure personalized transactions in a multi-domain ecosystem includes a personalization tier that enables service provider personalization for one or more ecosystem elements stored on a mobile device. Further, the platform includes an enabling tier for facilitating interoperation between the personalization tier and a client device. The platform further includes a service tier that may be operating independently of the enabling tier and may enable service delivery for a plurality of services. | 12-19-2013 |
20140020068 | LIMITING WIDGET ACCESS OF WALLET, DEVICE, CLIENT APPLICATIONS, AND NETWORK RESOURCES WHILE PROVIDING ACCESS TO ISSUER-SPECIFIC AND/OR WIDGET-SPECIFIC ISSUER SECURITY DOMAINS IN A MULTI-DOMAIN ECOSYSTEM FOR SECURE PERSONALIZED TRANSACTIONS - A platform for performing secure personalized transactions in a multi-domain ecosystem includes a personalization tier that enables service provider personalization for one or more ecosystem elements stored on a mobile device. Further, the platform includes an enabling tier for facilitating interoperation between the personalization tier and a client device. The platform further includes a service tier that may be operating independently of the enabling tier and may enable service delivery for a plurality of services. | 01-16-2014 |
20140052623 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAMING SERVICE PROVIDER ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION - Ensuring security of electronic transactions between a user and a gaming service provider involves employing three-dimensional transaction authentication based on user-facilitated authentication of a device and user-facilitated authentication of a gaming service provider transaction domain. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052640 | ENSURING SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN A WALLET SERVICE CENTER AND A CLUSTER OF ELECTRONIC WALLET TRANSACTION FACILITIES - Ensuring secure electronic transactions between a wallet service center and a cluster of electronic wallet transaction facilities provided at a user device involves registering the cluster of electronic wallet transaction facilities by delivering electronic transaction facility software that provides electronic wallet capabilities to the user device, exchanging a user authentication code between the wallet service center and the user via the electronic transaction facility software, and activating an account of a registered electronic wallet transaction facility. | 02-20-2014 |
20140067690 | ENSURING SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS WITH A CLUSTER OF SERVICE FACILITIES - Ensuring secure electronic transactions between clusters of service facilities and at least one electronic transaction facility provided at a user device involves enrolling and registering the electronic transaction facility with a main service facility via software delivered from the main service facility to the user device, establishing security credentials for the clusters of service facilities with the main service facility, and configuring the electronic transaction facility with transaction credentials of at least one service facility in the clusters of service facilities when a user opts to avail a service from the service facility. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067691 | ESTABLISHING TRUST FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AMONG SERVICE PROVIDERS AND USERS - Establishing trust to conduct direct, secure electronic transactions between a user and a service provider includes establishing trust between a wallet service center and an electronic traction facility, a user of the electronic transaction facility, and a service provider. Conducting the direct secure electronic transactions involves the wallet service center providing representations of individual trust established between the wallet service center and each of the user and the service provider to the service provider and user respectively. | 03-06-2014 |
20140089113 | SELECTING ECOSYSTEM FEATURES FOR INCLUSION IN OPERATIONAL TIERS OF A MULTI-DOMAIN ECOSYSTEM PLATFORM FOR SECURE PERSONALIZED TRANSACTIONS - Selecting ecosystem features for inclusion in operational tiers includes taking a reference implementation of a specific application adapted to operate in a multi-domain computing ecosystem and, using a computer, breaking down the reference implementation into service related components, determining ecosystem participants for the reference implementation, and using a feature allocation engine to configure operational features that enable one of the service related components. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089120 | AGGREGATING MULTIPLE TRANSACTION PROTOCOLS FOR TRANSACTING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DISTINCT PAYMENT ACQUIRING DEVICES AND A TRANSACTION ACQUIRER - Aggregating multiple transaction protocols for transacting between a plurality of distinct payment acquiring devices and a transaction acquirer includes using a multi-protocol meta-model to consistently abstract a protocol of electronic messages received by each distinct payment acquiring device to a transaction acquirer compatible protocol and forwarding a transaction message based on the abstracted protocol and the original electronic message to a transaction acquirer. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089185 | ISOLATING DISTINCT SERVICE PROVIDER WIDGETS WITHIN A WALLET CONTAINER - Isolating distinct service provider widgets within a wallet container is accomplished by configuring a widget to provide access to an issuer-specific service group of services that are accessible in a service tier of a multi-tier platform for providing secure transactions, determining widget isolation requirements for operating the widget, configuring a widget descriptor with the isolation requirements, and communicating with the configured widget that has been deployed on a mobile device to provide at least one service from the issuer-specific service group. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095382 | DEPLOYING AN ISSUER-SPECIFIC WIDGET TO A SECURE WALLET CONTAINER ON A CLIENT DEVICE - Deploying an issuer-specific widget to a wallet container on a client device is accomplished by configuring a widget to provide access to an issuer-specific service group of services that are accessible in a service tier of a multi-tier platform for providing secure transactions, determining service-provider specific resource access requirements for operating the widget, configuring a widget descriptor with the access requirements, and communicating with wallet container to ensure successful deployment of the configured widget that meets the access requirements in the widget descriptor. | 04-03-2014 |
20140129430 | EXPERT ENGINE TIER FOR ADAPTING TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC USER REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSACTION RECORD HANDLING - In a platform comprising a service tier, an enabling tier, and a personalization tier, applying an expert engine to analyze one or more mobile device user and transaction environment requirements and configuring one or more platform features in accordance with the analysis. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129437 | CONFIGURING A PLURALITY OF SECURITY ISOLATED WALLET CONTAINERS ON A SINGLE MOBILE DEVICE - Configuring a plurality of security isolated wallet containers on a single mobile device includes configuring at least one mobile transaction platform-specific application programming interface for facilitating access to secure mobile transaction platform resources by a wallet container executing on a mobile device; disposing a plurality of distinct wallet containers in a memory of the mobile device, wherein each wallet container interfaces with secure mobile transaction platform resources via the at least one application programming interface; disposing at least one service provider-specific wallet in each of the plurality of distinct wallet containers; and enforcing service-provider specific wallet security by a distinct wallet container accessing a portion of the secure mobile transaction platform resources via the at least one application programming interface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129438 | SHAREABLE WIDGET INTERFACE TO MOBILE WALLET FUNCTIONS - Configuring a shareable widget interface to mobile wallet functions includes disposing a wallet module in a memory of a client device, and disposing a wallet companion applet in a secure element accessible by the client device, wherein the wallet companion applet facilitates access by at least one other applet and at least one wallet module to content that is stored in the secure element via a mobile wallet function sharable interface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140130035 | UPDATING A WIDGET THAT WAS DEPLOYED TO A SECURE WALLET CONTAINER ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Updating a widget comprises receiving a query from a mobile device for the existence of an updated widget; transmitting information indicative of the availability of the updated widget to the mobile device; receiving a request for the updated widget from the mobile device; and transmitting the updated widget to the mobile device. | 05-08-2014 |
20150088739 | LIFE OCCURRENCE HANDLING AND RESOLUTION - A method is disclosed herein in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The method may include deriving at a mobile transaction platform a multi-dimensional context from one or more user transactions and determining at least one life occurrence based, at least in part, on the multi-dimensional context. The one or more user transactions may be conducted through the mobile transaction platform. The one or more user transactions may be stored on a third-party source. In an aspect, the at least one life occurrence has yet to occur. In another aspect of the invention, the life occurrence has already occurred. The multi-dimensional context may include at least one of user location information and life occurrence location information. The multi-dimensional context may include at least one of a time of life occurrence and a current time. | 03-26-2015 |
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20100203533 | POLYMERIZED CONJUGATES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - Polymerized conjugates of at least two proteins that have increased sensitivity for detecting proteins in biological assays such as gels and blots, and methods of preparing the conjugates, and a protein assay detection kit using the conjugates. In one embodiment, proteins are polymerized by reacting a carbohydrate group on the protein that has been oxidized with an amine group. | 08-12-2010 |
20100317045 | COMPOUNDS USED AS DYES COMPERABLE TO ALEXA FLUOR 350 DYES - Compounds used as dyes comperable to Alexa Fluor 350 dyes. The inventive compounds have high fluorescence quantum yield and high photostability. The dyes facilitate analysis of biological structures with enhanced sensitivity and selectivity. | 12-16-2010 |
20120156140 | FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 06-21-2012 |
20120294807 | FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 11-22-2012 |
20130045488 | BENZOCYANINE COMPOUNDS - Compounds useful as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds are conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130230465 | BENZOCYANINE COMPOUNDS - Compounds useful as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds are conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230466 | CYANINE COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 09-05-2013 |
20130251637 | FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 09-26-2013 |
20140072515 | CYANINE COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 03-13-2014 |
20140231255 | ELECTROBLOTTING DEVICE - An electroblotting system including a cassette configured to receive a membrane and a material impregnated with at least one of proteins or nucleic acids. The cassette is connectable to a base such that a current is passable through the cassette to cause at least some of the proteins or nucleic acids to be transferred from the impregnated material to the membrane. The cassette has a first portion, a second portion configured to be releasably coupled to the first portion, and a coupling mechanism configured to releasably couple the first portion to the second portion. The cassette further includes an actuator operatively coupled to the coupling mechanism such that manual depression of the actuator causes the coupling mechanism to release the first portion relative to the second portion. | 08-21-2014 |
20140255312 | CYANINE COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 09-11-2014 |
20150083593 | ELECTROPHORETIC MATRIX STAINING COMPOSITION AND METHOD - Staining compositions and methods for use with a matrix, such as an electrophoretic gel, containing separated biopolymers. The compositions including an acid, an organic solvent, and a generally planar, fluid-permeable gel contact sheet consisting primarily of a non-cellulosic material. The acid and organic solvent may be sorbed to the fluid-permeable gel contact sheet, or may be sorbed to a layers contactable with a non-gel contact side of the gel contact sheet. In one embodiment, the composition is a source electrophoretic stain composition including a staining reagent. In one embodiment, the composition is a sink electrophoretic stain composition including a sorbent. | 03-26-2015 |
20150119281 | PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVES OF FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS - A phosphine derivative of DyLight dyes modified with ethylene glycol or (poly)ethylene glycol groups. In one embodiment, the compounds are useful in chemoselective ligation reactions. | 04-30-2015 |
20150322078 | BENZOPYRYLIUM COMPOUNDS - Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds are conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided. | 11-12-2015 |
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20120250551 | System and Method for Transmission and Reception of Control Channels in a Communications System - A method for transmitting control information to a wireless node includes determining, by a communications controller, a region for the control information in a subframe as at least one of a data region and a control region of the subframe. The method also includes modulating, by the communications controller, the control information, and mapping, by the communications controller, the modulated control information onto resources of the subframe according to the determined region. The method further includes transmitting, by the communications controller, the subframe to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250641 | System and Method for Signaling a Location of a Control Channel - A method for transmitting control information to a wireless node in a communications system includes mapping, by a communications controller, the control information onto resources associated with a wireless node specific search space, the wireless node specific search space being located in a first data region of a first subframe, the first subframe including a first common search space in addition to the wireless node specific search space. The method also includes generating, by the communications controller, a location indicator identifying a location of the wireless node specific search space. The method further includes transmitting, by the communications controller, the first subframe to the wireless node, and transmitting, by the communications controller, the location indicator to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250642 | System and Method for Transmission and Reception of Control Channels - A method for transmitting control information to a wireless node includes determining, by a communications controller, a first resource assignment parameter according to a pseudo-random sequence derived from an identifier, and mapping, by the communications controller, using the first resource assignment parameter, a demodulation reference signal associated with the wireless node onto a first resource located in a data region of a subframe. The method also includes mapping, by the communications controller, modulated control information associated with the wireless node onto a second resource located in the data region of the subframe, and transmitting, by the communications controller, the subframe to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252447 | System and Method for Transmitting and Receiving Control Channels - A method for transmitting resource allocation information to a wireless node in a communications system includes selecting a search space from one of a first search space and a second search space, the first search space associated with a first set of control channel parameters and the second search space associated with a second set of control channel parameters. The method also includes modulating the first control information, and mapping the modulated first control information onto the selected search space in a first subframe, where at least one of modulating the first control information and mapping the modulated first control information is according to a selected set of control channel parameters associated with the selected search space. The method further includes transmitting the first subframe to the wireless node, and transmitting a first parameter indicator identifying the selected set of control channel parameters to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
20130044678 | System and Method for Reducing Interference - A system and method for reducing interference are provided. A method for communications controller operations in a multi-carrier system includes generating information for a broadcast channel, preparing the information for transmission, selecting a location for an unoccupied subcarrier from a plurality of available locations, and placing the prepared information into a plurality of contiguous subcarriers, where the plurality of contiguous subcarriers includes the unoccupied subcarrier and a plurality of other subcarriers. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of contiguous subcarriers. | 02-21-2013 |
20130070689 | Method and Apparatus for Uplink Control Signaling - A system, a device and a method for allocating A/N resources are disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises indicating an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (A/N) channel of a user equipment in a first cell, the A/N channel according to a first value and a second value, wherein the first value is determined by a physical layer parameter, wherein the second value is indicated by a high layer signaling, and wherein the A/N channel corresponds to a downlink transmission of a second cell. | 03-21-2013 |
20130194956 | System and Method for Common Control Channels in a Communications System - A method for operating a communications controller includes selecting a search space configuration out of a set of candidate search space configurations for a user equipment served by the communications controller, wherein the search space configuration specifies one or more search spaces to be monitored out of a set of search spaces, and signaling the selected search space configuration to the user equipment. | 08-01-2013 |
20130223318 | System and Method for Message Acknowledgment Feedback for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a direct mobile communication (“DMC”) link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and signal a length of a sliding window to the group of UEs. In an embodiment, ACK/NACK feedback for communications over the DMC link is aggregated according to the length of the sliding window, and the ACK/NACK feedback for the communications over the DMC link is determined independently from ACK/NACK feedback for cellular transmission between the communication controller and the group of UEs. In an embodiment, the length of the sliding window is a number of subframes. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223352 | System and Method for Allocating Network Resources - A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a UE group including at least two UEs includes receiving, from a communications controller, network resources information about an allocation of a first set of network resources to the UE group and a transmission indication, where the transmission indication indicates that the UE is selected to transmit in a second set of network resources that is a subset of the first set of network resources. The method further includes transmitting, to other UEs in the UE group utilizing a direct mobile communications (DMC) link associated with the communications controller, a first message including a control indicator in a first subset of the second set of network resources, the control indicator indicating scheduling information for a second subset of the second set of network resources. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223353 | System and Method for Time Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller and a user equipment in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a first set of subframes to a group of UEs for a DMC link, allocate a second set of subframes to a particular UE in the group of UEs, transmit a first message including information about the first set of subframes to the group of UE, and transmit a second message including information about the second set of subframes to the particular UE. The second set of subframes is a subset of the first set of subframes, and information about the second set includes subframes in which the particular UE may transmit to other UEs in the group of UEs. Subframes in the first set not in the second set are allocated for reception by the particular UE. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225184 | System and Method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Timing for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a DMC link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes in one periodic group of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and transmit parameters related to a group of HARQ processes of the DMC link. In an embodiment, the communication controller uses HARQ processes for cellular UE transmission that are determined independently from HARQ processes of the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link, and the parameters are configured to enable the group of UEs to manage the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242904 | Systems and Methods for UE-Specific Search Space and ePDCCH Scrambling - Encoded control information can be mapped to an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) search space of a user equipment (UE) in accordance with an offset and aggregation level. The ePDCCH search space may include a physical resource block (PRB) set located in a data region of a downlink subframe. The encoded control information may be mapped into one or more enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) of the ePDCCH search space beginning from a starting location. The starting location is an eCCE location within the PRB set. The PRB set, as well as the starting/eCCE location within the PRB set, are identified in accordance with an offset associated with the UE. A number of eCCEs carrying encoded information corresponds to an aggregation level. | 09-19-2013 |
20130315159 | System and Method for Delay Scheduling - In one embodiment, a method for delay scheduling includes determining whether a communications controller has information for a machine type communication (MTC) device and determining a first subframe to transmit a downlink control information (DCI) message on when the communications controller has information for the MTC device. The method also includes transmitting, by the communications controller to the MTC device, the first subframe including the DCI message and the information in accordance with the first subframe. | 11-28-2013 |
20130343307 | System and Method for Contention-Free Random Access - A method for initiating a random access includes generating a first downlink control information (DCI) including random access parameters and selecting a control channel from a first downlink control channel in common search space of a first subframe and a second downlink control channel in a data region of the first subframe. The method also includes mapping the first DCI to the control channel and transmitting, by a communications controller to a UE, symbols of the first subframe including the first DCI in the control channel. Additionally, the method includes receiving, by the communications controller from the UE, a random access waveform in accordance with the random access parameters and transmitting, by the communications controller to the UE, after receiving the random access waveform, a second subframe including a second DCI in a control channel of the second subframe, where the second DCI includes scheduling information for a random access response. | 12-26-2013 |
20140029424 | Higher Layer Compression with Lower Layer Signaling - Methods and devices for reducing traffic over a wireless link through the compression or suppression of high layer packets carrying predictable background data prior to transportation over a wireless link. The methods include intercepting application layer protocol packets carrying the predictable background data. In embodiments where the background data is periodic in nature, the high layer packets may be compressed into low-layer signaling indicators for communication over a low-layer control channel (e.g., an on off keying (OOK) channel). Alternatively, the high layer packets may be suppressed entirely (not transported over the wireless link) when a receiver side daemon is configured to autonomously replicate the periodic background nature according to a projected interval. In other embodiments, compression techniques may be used to reduce overhead attributable to non-periodic background data that is predictable in context. | 01-30-2014 |
20140269392 | System and Method for Direct Mobile Communication - Embodiments are provided reducing interference between cellular and direct mobile communication (DMC) links in wireless systems. In embodiment, a method performed by a network controller includes sending, to a second network controller, information of resources for a first set of DMC links between DMC user equipments (UEs). The first set of DMC links is associated with the network controller. The method further includes receiving second information of resources for a second set of DMC links associated with the second network controller. The network controller coordinates with the second network controller the allocation of network resources for the first set of DMC links between the DMC UEs. The network resources comprise cellular and DMC resources. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269558 | System and Method for Time-Power-Frequency Hopping for D2D Discovery - Embodiments are provided to implement a time/power/frequency hopping scheme for device-to-device (D2D) discovery. The embodiments improve the UE detection of D2D discovery signals from neighboring UEs and account for large number of UEs' discovery signals. This is achieved by having neighboring UEs transmitting at different time instances and at different power levels. Further, neighboring UEs can be configured to transmit on different frequencies. This is achieved by assigning different time/power/frequency sequences to different UEs. An embodiment method includes transmitting, to a UE, parameters a hopping pattern of a first sequence of resources for transmitting a discovery signal by the UE and of a second sequence of resources for receiving a second discovery signal by the UE. The first sequence of resources comprises at least one of a sequence of time instances and a sequence of power levels. The second sequence of resources comprises time instances. | 09-18-2014 |
20140334354 | System and Method for TDD Configuration for D2D Open Discovery - Embodiments are provided to support device-to-device (D2D) communications in a time-division duplexing (TDD) communications system, and ensure that D2D discovery signals are transmitted by user devices on an uplink subframe when there is a TDD frame configuration change. In an embodiment, a user device receives form the network a TDD frame configuration selected from a set of available TDD frame configurations according to the TDD configuration. The device further receives a D2D discovery configuration for a discovery time interval. The user device then allocates a transmission resource a D2D discovery signal within the discovery time interval according to the D2D discovery configuration. The user device is also configured to receive from another device a second D2D discovery signal during the discovery time interval in accordance with the TDD configuration and the D2D discovery configuration. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335853 | System and Methods for Controlling Out-of-Network D2D Communications - Embodiments are provided herein for determining a synchronizing master for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a cellular network environment. In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) receives a discovery signal comprising a timing reference, and determines a transmitter of the discovery signal. In accordance with the determination of the transmitter of the discovery signal, the UE performs one of synchronizing to the timing reference in the discovery signal and transmitting a second discovery signal. The UE performs the synchronizing to the timing reference if the transmitter of the discovery is a cellular network. Alternatively, the UE transmits the second discovery signal upon determining that the transmitter of the discovery signal is a second UE that is out of coverage of a cellular network. | 11-13-2014 |
20140362816 | System and Method for Message Acknowledgment Feedback for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a direct mobile communication (“DMC”) link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and signal a length of a sliding window to the group of UEs. In an embodiment, ACK/NACK feedback for communications over the DMC link is aggregated according to the length of the sliding window, and the ACK/NACK feedback for the communications over the DMC link is determined independently from ACK/NACK feedback for cellular transmission between the communication controller and the group of UEs. In an embodiment, the length of the sliding window is a number of subframes. | 12-11-2014 |
20150223149 | Device, Network, and Method for Network Adaptation and Utilizing a Downlink Discovery Reference Signal - System and method embodiments are provided for network adaption and utilization of a discovery signal (DS). In an embodiment, a method in a UE for communicating in a wireless network includes receiving a parameter(s) from a network controller, wherein the parameter provides the UE with an activation time frame within which the UE can expect to receive a common reference signal (CRS) from a network component, a deactivation time frame within which the UE is not to expect to receive the CRS, and information for receiving and processing a DS from the network component; receiving the DS from the network component, wherein a structure and format of the DS conforms to the parameter received by the UE; refraining from attempting to perform CRS based procedures when the CRS is not received; and performing one of synchronization, cell identification, and DS based radio resource management (RRM) measurements according to the DS. | 08-06-2015 |
20150245330 | Systems and Methods for UE-Specific Search Space and ePDCCH Scrambling - Encoded control information can be mapped to an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) search space of a user equipment (UE) in accordance with an offset and aggregation level. The ePDCCH search space may include a physical resource block (PRB) set located in a data region of a downlink subframe. The encoded control information may be mapped into one or more enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) of the ePDCCH search space beginning from a starting location. The starting location is an eCCE location within the PRB set. The PRB set, as well as the starting/eCCE location within the PRB set, are identified in accordance with an offset associated with the UE. A number of eCCEs carrying encoded information corresponds to an aggregation level. | 08-27-2015 |
20150271810 | System and Method for Avoiding Collisions between Open Discovery and Cellular Resources - A method for signaling control information in a communications system includes identifying a first subframe to carry first control information, and determining whether the first subframe is configured as a device-to-device (D2D) subframe. The method also includes transmitting the first control information in the first subframe to an evolved NodeB (eNB) when the first subframe is not configured as a D2D subframe, wherein the first control information is encoded with a first encoding rule in accordance with a first subframe, and transmitting the first control information in a second subframe when the first subframe is configured as a D2D subframe, wherein the first control information is encoded with a second encoding rule in accordance with the second subframe. | 09-24-2015 |
20150282234 | Systems and Methods for Control Plane for D2D Communications - System and method embodiments are provided for controlling and managing in-network device-to-device (D2D) communications. In an embodiment, a method for a UE performing device-to-device (D2D) communication includes generating a D2D buffer status report (BSR) for a D2D communication link between the UE and a second UE that provides information related to an amount of D2D data available for transmission, wherein the D2D BSR comprises a D2D BSR logical channel identifier (LCID); transmitting the D2D BSR in a control element; receiving, a resource allocation for the D2D link; and transmitting D2D data over the allocated resources. | 10-01-2015 |
20150289208 | System and Method for Discontinuous Transmissions and Measurements - A method for operating a first communications controller adapted for operation in a first communications band in a communications system with a plurality of communications bands includes signaling a first higher layer message to a user device in the first communications carrier, the first higher layer message including information regarding an activation of operations in a second communications carrier, coordinating with a second communications controller adapted for operations in the second communications carrier, an opportunistic transmission opportunity in the second communication carrier, generating a first physical layer message comprising an aperiodic trigger configured to prompt a channel measurement in accordance with a reference signal transmitted in the second communications carrier, the first physical layer message serving as an indication of the opportunistic transmission opportunity, and signaling the first physical layer message to the user device in the first communications carrier. | 10-08-2015 |
20150334760 | System and Method for Device-to-Device Communication - A method for device-to-device (D2D) communication includes sensing D2D resources from a pool of resources for a predetermined duration to produce measurements of the D2D resources and determining statistics in accordance with the measurements of the D2D resources. The method also includes determining a first subset of the D2D resources in accordance with the statistics and transmitting, by a first user equipment (UE) to a second UE, data over the first subset of the D2D resources. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341953 | System and Method for Delay Scheduling - A method includes determining a first subframe on which to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) message and determining a second subframe on which to transmit a first information, where the first information is scheduled to be transmitted on the second subframe in accordance with scheduling information indicated in the first DCI message. The method also includes determining a delay between the first subframe and the second subframe and transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), the second subframe in accordance with the delay. | 11-26-2015 |
20160037524 | System and Method for Multiple Carrier Transmission - A method includes transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), a first data block on a first carrier and transmitting, by the communications controller to the UE, a first downlink control information (DCI) to initiate a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process associated with the first data block. The method also includes retransmitting, by the communications controller to the UE, the first data block and transmitting, by the communications controller to the UE, a second DCI, where the second DCI includes a first transmission indicator and an indicator of the first carrier, and where the second DCI continues the HARQ process. | 02-04-2016 |
20160066337 | System and Method for D2D Resource Allocation - When at least one of device-to-device UEs in connections of a group of D2D UEs is outside of the coverage area of mobile network of an access point, an information exchange mechanism established directly between the D2D UEs, without involving a third party, is provided. A resource allocation method for a device-to-device (D2D) communication link between two or more D2D user equipments (UEs) in a mobile communication network is provided according to an example. The method includes a first D2D UE indicating resource allocation information for the D2D communication link in a resource allocation message, wherein the resource allocation message is mapped into a resource allocation format; wherein the resource allocation format comprises one or more format flags; wherein one or more resource allocation messages are differentiated in the resource allocation format in accordance to the one or more format flags; and the first D2D UE transmitting the resource allocation format in a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) to one or more additional D2D UEs. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073408 | System and Method for Communicating Resource Allocation for D2D - When the frequency resource allocation is conveyed on a bandwidth that is different from a bandwidth on which the frequency resource allocation is sent, a receiving D2D UE needs to understand the resource allocations. A resource allocation method for device-to-device resource allocation is provided according to an example. The resource allocation method includes a first D2D user equipment (UE) receiving a downlink control information (DCI) from an access point, wherein the DCI comprises a first D2D frequency allocation and the first D2D frequency allocation comprises a first resource allocation field for transmission of data; setting a second resource allocation field of a second D2D frequency allocation of a sidelink control information (SCI) format according to the first resource allocation field; transmitting the SCI format to one or more additional D2D UEs; and transmitting the data on the resource according to the second D2D resource allocation. | 03-10-2016 |
20160095096 | System and Method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Timing for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a DMC link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes in one periodic group of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and transmit parameters related to a group of HARQ processes of the DMC link. In an embodiment, the communication controller uses HARQ processes for cellular UE transmission that are determined independently from HARQ processes of the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link, and the parameters are configured to enable the group of UEs to manage the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link. | 03-31-2016 |