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US09439550B2	One-piece foam construct The invention relates to a one-piece foam construct reversibly assembled by at least one binder, as well as the methods of making and assembling said one-piece foam construct. The construct is meant for use as a cleaning implement.
US09439549B2	Dispersible nonwoven wipe material A dispersible, nonwoven multistrata wipe material that is stable in a wetting liquid and flushable in use is provided. More particularly, the materials are layered structures including, but not limited to, one, two, three, or four layers to form the dispersible nonwoven wipe material. The layers contain cellulosic fibers and a binder or additive.
US09439548B2	Battery removal for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum component defining an aperture, and a hand vacuum including a removable battery. The hand vacuum is in removable engagement with the vacuum component, and the battery is removable from the hand vacuum through the aperture while the hand vacuum remains in engagement with the vacuum component.
US09439547B2	Cyclonic separator assembly for a vacuum cleaner A cyclonic separator assembly for use with a vacuum cleaner includes a body having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner surface. The cyclonic separator assembly also includes a cyclone unit positioned within the body between the inlet and the outlet. The cyclone unit has an outer perimeter that is spaced apart from the inner surface of the body to define an inlet space therebetween. The cyclone unit includes a plurality of first cyclones in communication with the inlet space and arranged along an outer circle adjacent the outer perimeter. The cyclone unit also includes a plurality of second cyclones in communication with the inlet space and arranged along an inner circle that is spaced apart from the outer circle such that each second cyclone is nested between two adjacent first cyclones. The plurality of first cyclones and the plurality of second cyclones are arranged in parallel.
US09439544B1	Toilet stool table assembly A toilet stool table assembly provides a table for a user seated on a toilet seat. The assembly includes a toilet having a base and a toilet bowl being attached to and positioned on the base. The toilet bowl has an upper edge, a front side, a rear side, a first side and a second side. The first and second sides are coupled to and extend between the front and rear sides. A first arm is coupled to the first side of the toilet bowl and extends along the first side of the toilet bowl. The first arm has a first end spaced from a second end. Each of the first and second ends of the first arm is coupled to the first side of the toilet bowl. A panel is coupled to the first arm.
US09439543B1	Portable aviation lavatory service apparatus A compact, self-contained servicing apparatus for onboard lavatories on private aircraft and other vehicles comprises a reservoir container with a lid coupled to a flexible hose bearing a standard lavatory clean-out coupling on its opposite end. The coupling mates with a clean-out port beneath the lavatory of the vehicle. The hose permits contents of the onboard lavatory to flow under gravity into the container. The device includes a rinse bucket for pouring rinse water through the lavatory and for refilling the lavatory with disinfect and fluid. The device also optionally contains gloves, goggles, towels and other supplies used in the self-service process, and a second lid seals the container for transporting lavatory effluent to a disposal area. In one embodiment, the components of the apparatus nest within the container to form a service kit that stores onboard the vehicle when it is not in use.
US09439539B2	Dicing tool for domestic food processing device A food processing device includes a dicing kit adapted to be received in a bowl which is coupled to a base. The dicing kit includes a dicing grid disposed within a frame which is coupled to a cover member having a rotating slicing tool disposed there between. The slicing tool is positively captured between the dicing grid frame and the cover member and is further adapted to rotate as powered by a motor disposed in the base portion of the food processor.
US09439537B2	Fully automated, twin-chamber, continuous hot oil filtration system An apparatus and process of continuous, filtration of cooking oil during food processing to reduce and control free-fatty-acids and undesirable coloration in the cooking oil, including the movement of oil from a vessel to a flat-bed pressure chamber, where the oil is filtered through a stainless steel mesh screen under pressure. Differential pressure in the chamber causes the system to run the oil to a sister filter chamber which takes over the filter function while the first chamber cleans its filter. The filters are cleaned by inducing a high pressure inert gas into the filter chamber that dries the sediment, and then a mechanical sweep removes the sediment to a waste container. The resulting alternating process of filtering and filter cleaning between two chambers is fully automated and provides filtering that considerably extends oil life.
US09439531B1	Method of using a portable beverage brewing machine Shown is a portable beverage apparatus. Also shown is a portable single serve beverage brewing apparatus designed to be used in conjunction with various single serve brewing apparatus or by itself.
US09439530B2	Intelligent cooking apparatuses and methods Intelligent cooking apparatuses incorporate wireless communication technology to carryout cooking procedures. More specifically, stoves, ovens, and cookware may send and receive data wirelessly to carryout cooking procedures. An application may guide persons through recipes and automate many of the cooking procedures. Cookware may send batch information to an application for processing, display, and analysis. Cookware may use hardware for automated cooking actions, such as a magnetic stirrer and driver for stirring the contents in cookware, all monitored by various sensors located in the cookware.
US09439527B2	Hanger A hanger for hanging an article from a supporting surface is described. The hanger comprises a base body which includes a vertical axis which, when the base body is disposed on the supporting surface, extends substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface; a catch configured to catch a portion of a handbag for hanging therefrom; an arm connected at one end to the base body and at the other end to the catch, the arm operatively connected to the base body so as to swing about the vertical axis between a stowed position wherein the catch is disposed adjacent a perimeter of the base, and a deployed position wherein the catch is spaced from the base so that it hangs downwardly from the base to support the handbag below the supporting surface.
US09439525B1	Stackable cup with plate cut-out A cup includes two compartments in a unitary structure: an upper compartment that holds the liquid drink and a lower compartment that has a configured slot to slide onto the edge of a plate. The upper compartment has an open top-end and a closed bottom-end just like any other cup. The open top-end is larger than the closed bottom-end so as to permit stacking multiple cups together. The lower compartment is connected below the closed bottom-end of the first compartment. The second compartment defines a configured slot or cut-out that is shaped to receive the edge of a plate and contact the bottom of the plate. The cut-out starts with a wide slot at the wall of the cup that transitions to a narrow slot within the cup. The narrow slot is intended for the edge of the plate. The wider slot contacts the bottom of the plate.
US09439524B2	Anti-spray drinking bottle An anti-spray drinking bottle has a body, a lid, at least one check valve, a dividing mount and a guiding element. The body has a storage recess and a screwing section. The lid is detachably connected to the body and has a threaded segment connected to the screwing section, a buffering segment connected to the threaded segment and a buffering space formed in the buffering segment. The at least one check valve is mounted on the lid. The dividing board is connected to the lid, is mounted in the body and has a dividing board, a sidewall, an outlet pipe and an abutting segment. The guiding element is connected to the dividing mount, is mounted in the body and has an elongate straw tube connected to the outlet pipe.
US09439523B2	Closure for a container, beverage container and a method of operating a closure A closure is for a container, for example a beverage container. In some examples the closure comprises an outer portion connectable to an opening of the container, an axially actuatable inner portion having a sealing member for restricting fluid flow through the closure with the inner portion in a first position and allowing fluid flow through the closure with the inner portion in a second position axially displaced relative to the outer portion, and an annular membrane connecting the outer and inner portions and configured to provide a returning force to resiliently bias the inner portion towards the first position. A beverage container comprises a closure. A method is for operating a closure.
US09439522B2	Bands with buckles and methods and apparatus for displaying band and buckle components In a personalized band closed by a side release buckle comprising a hook fixedly attached to each end of the band and a double-sided catch for receiving and securing the hooks. A display panel for separately displaying band straps and personalized catches.
US09439521B2	Angled hook and locking connector for peg and slat board A connector having a plurality of prongs at each end. The prongs can be inserted into portals, such as those of slat board. The connector can be locked in place by angling the prongs into the portals and connecting two parts of the connector to each other, such as by a male and female connector, which lock and affix in place, requiring a tool to remove. A connector arm can also be attached to the connector, extending outwards, such as at an acute angle, to the connector. On this arm, an extension arm can be further attached. Either the connecting arm or extension arm can have portals for a hook or an integrated hook from which merchandise can be hung. Each of the connecting arm, connector, and extension arm can be reversibly or removably attached one to the other by way of a depressible button on one device extending through a portal of another.
US09439518B2	Cutlery dispenser A cutlery dispenser comprising a front cover, a housing, and a pushing assembly. The front cover further includes an opening and at least stop. The at least one stop is configured to cause a utensil, such as a knife, fork, spork, or spoon, to fan through the opening for retrieval by a user. The pushing assembly urges the utensils forward in the dispenser toward the stop and toward the opening.
US09439516B2	Ergonomic twin baby carrier A child carrier for carrying two children of different sizes has a first and second child carrier portions including first and second carrier pouches, respectively, each pouch attached at its bottom to a waist support, and shoulder straps. The first and second child carrier portions are configured to be secured between the shoulder straps and directly opposite one another. At least one of the child carrier pouches is configured to extend behind the shoulder straps, such that a heavy weight in the opposite child carrier pouch that presses the shoulder straps tightly against a wearer does not compress a child therein against the wearer. Each of the child carrier pouches is curved towards a wearer to prevent a child inserted therein from facing away from the wearer and is configured to hold a child in a seated straddle position.
US09439511B2	Hangable artist's easel and accessories A space saving, door or wall-mountable artist's easel with a framework adapted to receive and hold an artist's canvas, art panel, clipboard, or some other item that would normally be affixed to an easel with a mounting bracket attached to the frame so the entire device may be hung on a door or wall. The easel can be used while mounted. In one example, a front pivoting frame enables the mounted piece to be extended outward from a back stationary frame. A height adjustment mechanism allows the mounted piece to be raised or lowered to a desired position, enabling the artist to stand or sit. The compactness of the easel enables an art piece being worked on to be left mounted to the easel for drying or viewing, and the door can still be opened and closed normally with the easel mounted to it.
US09439510B2	Retrofit shower corner shelf assembly Disclosed is a retrofit shower corner shelf assembly kit including a shelf adapted for retrofitting into an existing shower corner; an adhesive composition for securing the shelf into the existing shower corner; and optionally a decorative composition for concealing edges of the shelf directly adjacent to the existing shower corner. Disclosed is a shelf adapted for retrofitting into an existing shower corner, the shelf includes two flat edges configured for securing the shelf directly on top of a surface and a third flat, free edge, wherein the shelf includes an upper layer, a middle layer attached to the upper layer, a lower layer attached to the middle layer, and the third flat, free edges conceals middle and lower layers of the shelf.
US09439504B1	Job site workstation A mobile workstation includes a body that defines an open interior. A lid is movably connected to the body. The lid is movable between an open position and a closed position. A bracket is secured to the body and at least partially disposed within the open interior. The bracket is movable with respect to the body such that the bracket moves from a storage configuration when the bracket is positioned within the open interior and an active configuration in which at least a portion of the bracket extends outwardly from the open interior when the lid is in the opened position. A graphical display is configured to be removably coupled to the front face of the bracket. The bracket is configured to removably receive the graphical display. The graphical display moves in conjunction with the bracket between the storage configuration and the active configuration.
US09439503B2	Short wavelength visible light-emitting toothbrush with an electronic signal interlock control A short wavelength visible light-emitting toothbrush with an electronic interlock control device preventing operation when the toothbrush is removed from the user's mouth. The electronic interlock control over operation is necessary to prevent accidental eye exposure to the high intensity light source with a wavelength in the range of 400 nm to 500 nm. The light-emitting toothbrush activates upon formation of an electrical circuit between the brush handle in contact with the users hand and the brush head or brush bristles in contact with moisture contained in a human mouth such as saliva or water mixed with toothpaste but deactivates immediately when removed from the mouth, thus protecting the user's eyes from direct exposure to the high power light source contained in the brush-head.
US09439493B2	Hair dryer and smoother Apparatus (10) for drying and smoothing hair is provided. The apparatus (10) generally comprises a hair-treatment device (16), a vacuum assembly (20) and a blower assembly (22). The hair-treatment device (16) includes a passage (64) for directing a drying-air stream (66) generated by the blower assembly (22) toward the hair of a subject, and a passageway (76) for directing a return-air stream (74) away from the subject's hair under a motive force supplied by the vacuum assembly (20). The device (16) further includes a smoothing element (42) having a surface (52) against which the hair may be contacted to achieve smoothing of the hair.
US09439492B2	Wrap-n-dry towel The Wrap-n-Dry Towel has a hook strip on one side of the towel and a loop strip on the opposite side of the towel. When the towel is wrapped around a person's head to the forehead and the hook and loop are pressed together it provides a strong wrap. The towel is never twisted into a knot and is loose on the hair and allows the hair and towel to drape down the back side of the person allowing faster drying of the hair and preventing tangling of the hair for a healthier strand of hair and ease of brushing the hair out.
US09439490B2	Paperboard packaging containers and related methods of use A method for mixing substances for the treatment of keratinous substrates may comprise separating a paperboard packaging container into at least two portions. The method may also comprise removing at least two containers containing differing substances from the paperboard packaging container and mixing the at least two substances together in one of the at least two separated portions of the paperboard packaging container so as to form a mixture of the at least two substances for the treatment of keratinous substrates. The method may further comprise applying the mixture to a keratinous substrate.
US09439476B2	Decorative ornament A decorative ornament has a disc shaped plate member which is configured to fit into the top slit pocket opening of a “penny loafer” type shoe or an accessory with a similar opening. An extendable clasp is secured to the plate member. One or more decorative charms, each having a ring shaped section, are positioned around the crosspiece and extension member of the clasp. The decorative section of the charm hangs down from the clasp and extends over the upper surface of the shoe or accessory.
US09439474B2	Outsole An outsole, in which in the heel and ball regions several elements protrude downward with respect to a stop surface which surrounds the outsole on all sides. The elements can be deformed vertically and/or horizontally to all sides by the forces acting thereon during walking until they are aligned with the stop surface. At least two groups of elements are provided. With respect to the elements of a first group a force that is at least 10 N higher is required than with respect to the elements of a second group in order to bring the elements into alignment with the stop surface by vertical deformation. With respect to the elements of the first group force that is at least 5 N lower is required than with respect to the elements of the second group in order to bring the elements into alignment with the stop surface by horizontal deformation.
US09439473B2	For a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe A shoe including a sole having specific characteristics, namely a width, a length, a thickness and a front/rear profile, where the sole is made with materials having a certain type of deformation and lateral reinforcements emerging from the sole and surrounding the upper that are suitable for significantly increasing both performance, such as speed and reduced fatigue, and user comfort, such as reduced impact on knees, back, leg muscles, of the shoe, which are particularly suited for use when jogging or walking on uneven outdoor surfaces, as well as for jogging or walking on roads. Furthermore, the characteristics of the sole, such as the spike surface and deformation when contacting the ground, improve safety for a user by providing enhanced grip on sloping terrain as well as on snow-covered or wet terrain.
US09439472B2	Comfort headgear with moisture-draining and absorption mechanism This application relates to a headgear that provides a moisture wicking mechanism. In various embodiments, a headgear may include a crown with a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two sides. In various embodiments, the top, front, rear and two sides may enclose an interior space, open at the bottom. In various embodiments, the bottom may include a perimeter, and the crown may include an outer surface and an inner surface, with the inner surface facing the interior space. In some embodiments, the crown may include multiple sections joined at seams, and the seams may form a convergence at the top of the crown. In some embodiments, a dome comprised of wicking material may at least partially cover the top of the crown, may have a wicking element comprised of wicking material, and may extend through the convergence of seams into the interior space of the crown.
US09439467B2	Accessory structures for connection between straps and related methods Accessory structures for connection to straps of user-wearable accessories include a module, a first strap engagement structure disposed on a first side of the module, and a second strap engagement structure disposed on a second side of the module. The module may comprise at least one of an integral accessory device and an attachment feature configured for attachment to a separate accessory device. The strap engagement structures are configured for connection to straps of a user-wearable accessory. User-wearable accessory systems include such an accessory structure and a user-wearable accessory to which the accessory structure may be connected. Methods include the formation of such an accessory structure. Additional methods include the connection of such an accessory structure to a user-wearable accessory.
US09439463B1	Combination pillow/blanket/poncho travel accessory A system for a travel accessory being a combination blanket/poncho/pillow that includes a blanket having a hood storable in a pocket on the back thereof and having arm slits/straps so that the blanket can be placed about the shoulders of a user and used either as substantially a blanket or substantially a poncho with the hood being placed over the head of the user. Also included is an accessory pack organizer for storing items therein along with a pillow having carrying handles and back straps wherein the combination system can be carried about by the user. Also shown is a feature wherein a decorative item can be placed on the upper front portion of the hood so that the decorative item can be prominently displayed on the top of the head of the user.
US09439462B2	Protective apparel and support apparatus and method of use A protective apparel support (100) system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member (104a), a second shoulder member (104b) and a shield (202) engagement portion. A shield (202) is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel (302) is coupled to the shield.
US09439459B2	Athletic shirt An athletic shirt includes at least one chest portion adapted to dress the user chest. The chest portion has a front face dressing the user torso and a rear face, opposite to the front face, which dresses the back of the user. The front face of the chest portion has an upper portion which covers the pectoral muscles of the user and a lower portion which covers the user's abdomen. The chest portion comprises adherence means for adhering the upper portion to the pectoral muscles of the user so that to limit or completely avoid the rubbing of the upper portion itself against the user's nipples. The adherence means includes an elastic portion.
US09439456B2	Electronic cigarette device, electronic cigarette and atomizing device thereof The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette atomizing device. An atomizer includes an atomizing rod and an electric heating filament wrapped around the atomizing rod, wherein the atomizing rod has a hollow tubular structure made of a non-glass fiber material and a high temperature insulating material. A middle of the atomizing rod is equipped with a liquid guiding rope made of a non-glass fiber material. Multiple liquid guiding holes are radially formed on and penetrate side walls of the atomizing rod in such a manner that a cigarette liquid of the liquid guiding rope is capable of flowing through the liquid guiding holes to the electric heating filament for being atomized. A liquid guiding part of the atomizer is made of a non glass fiber material so as to prevent people from inhaling harmful glass fiber particles.
US09439454B2	Electrically heated aerosol generating system and method An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form the aerosol and a power supply for supplying power to the at least one heating element. The power supply includes a voltage source, two or more supercapacitors, and switches between the voltage source and the two or more supercapacitors. The switches are arranged so that, during a charging mode, the supercapacitors are connected so as to be charged by the voltage source and, during a heating mode, the supercapacitors are connected so as to discharge through the at least one heating element.
US09439451B2	Paper filled with tobacco particles What is presented is a paper for mixing into the smokeable material of a smoking article, particularly into the tobacco rod of a cigarette, wherein the paper contains a share of fibers, which comprises pulp fibers and tobacco particles.
US09439448B2	Nutritional composition to promote healthy development and growth A nutritional composition for improving the immunological function of a subject, including a lipid or fat; a protein source; about 5 to about 100 mg/100 kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which comprises docosahexanoic acid; and about 0.1 to about 1 mg/100 kcal of a prebiotic composition, wherein the prebiotic composition comprises at least 20% of an oligosaccharide which has a fermentation rate which is demonstrably slower than that of galacto-oligosaccharide.
US09439447B2	Production of high quality durum wheat having increased amylose content The present invention provides compositions and methods of altering/improving Durum wheat phenotypes. Furthermore, methods of breeding Durum wheat and/or other closely related species to produce plants having altered or improved phenotypes are provided.
US09439446B2	Dispensing apparatus Individual portions of ice cream are dispensed from a bulk container. A motor drives a lead screw, to expand a scissor linkage and drive a dispensing head against the bulk container. Pressure applied to the container causes it to collapse and discharge ice cream from an outlet. The lead screw is orthogonal with the movement of the dispensing head and the axis of collapse of the container. The container, motor and lead screw are carried on a drawer which is slidably mounted in a refrigerated housing. Pressure is monitored to regulate operation of the motor. An encoder controls the motor for a specific portion size.
US09439443B2	Apparatus and process for the production with an interleaver An apparatus for formation of products comprising an edible material and an interleaver, the apparatus including a drum with mould cavities, each with a bottom and a sidewall, in which the edible material is formed. The apparatus including an interleaver storage having one or more interleavers, and a transportation means configured to transport the one or more interleavers from the interleaver storage to a circumference of the drum where the edible material is placed on the interleaver. The bottom and/or the sidewall is made from a porous material and pressurized gas is forced through the porous material to eject the edible material from the mould cavities. After ejection, the products are stacked such that one interleaver is between two edible materials.
US09439438B2	Methods and compositions for reducing Shiga toxin induced toxicity in mammals Manganese compositions effective in reducing Shiga toxin-induced toxicity in mammals infected with Shiga toxin-producing bacteria such as E. coli O157:H7 are described. Manganese compositions described herein can be combined with antibiotic therapy as manganese can block the toxic effects of Shiga toxin released from dying bacteria.
US09439437B2	Antimicrobial and antiviral polymeric materials The invention provides an antimicrobial and antiviral polymeric material, having microscopic particles of ionic copper encapsulated therein and protruding from surfaces thereof.
US09439435B2	Method for controlling weeds using formulations containing fluthiacet-methyl and HPPD herbicides Methods for controlling weeds in a crop by applying to weeds having an average height ranging from about 4 inches to about 8 inches a herbicidally effective amount of a composition that includes (a) fluthiacet-methyl and (b) a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor are presented.
US09439433B2	Compositions and methods comprising a biocidal polyamine Compounds, compositions, and methods comprising a polyamine compound are described, which may be used to kill, disperse, treat, or reduce biofilms, or to inhibit or substantially prevent biofilm formation. In certain aspects, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods comprising polyamine compounds that have antimicrobial or dispersing activity against a variety of bacterial strains capable of forming biofilms.
US09439430B2	Method of controlling resistant harmful plants A method for controlling harmful plants resistant to active compounds from the group of the inhibitors of acetolactate synthase, acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase, photosynthesis at photosystem II, microtubuli arrangement, cell division or 5-enolpyrovylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase, in particular acetolactate synthase, is described.
US09439428B2	Herbicidal compounds The present invention relates to novel herbicidal compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound wherein R1, R2, A1, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined herein. The invention further relates to compositions which comprise the herbicidal compounds, and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
US09439427B2	Pesticidal pyrazole compounds The present invention relates to novel pyrazoles of formula I wherein the variables are as defined in the description, a method for controlling invertebrate pests, a method for protecting plant propagation material and/or the plants which grow therefrom, to plant propagation material, comprising at least one compound according to the present invention, and to an agricultural composition.
US09439425B2	Plant disease control composition and plant disease control method A composition containing a compound represented by formula (I) and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of pyriofenone, metrafenone, cyflufenamid, quinoxyfen, and proquinazid The composition has excellent control effect against plant diseases.
US09439422B2	Use of macrocyclic picolinamides as fungicides The invention relates to macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US09439421B2	Permanent attachment of ammonium and guanidine-based antimicrobials to surfaces containing -OH functionality Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to compounds, methods of making compositions (used as a linker or a linker moiety), structures having the compound covalently bonded to the surface of the structure, methods of attaching the compound to the surface of the structure having —OH functionality (e.g., Calkyl—OH), methods of decreasing the amount of microorganisms formed on a structure, and the like.
US09439419B2	Compositions of dibromomalonamide and their use as biocides A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an electrophile containing biocide, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
US09439412B2	Motion activated non-lethal animal trap Disclosed is a non-lethal animal trap that comprises a housing, a mechanically actuated trap door, a motion sensor, and a microprocessor controlled tripping mechanism. The trap includes a pathway having a first and second entrance and a first and second trap door. The pathway includes animal bait therein, whereabove a motion sensor detects objects and motion within the pathway such that the entrances to the pathway are closed by the trap doors. The motion sensor sends signals to the microprocessor, which in turn activates an electrical latch mechanism that releases the trap door mechanism from its set position to its closed position. Once closed, each trap door includes a brace that prevents the animal from forcibly opening the door. The animal is then trapped for later disposal or relocation. A plurality of indicator lights provides notification of the device operational state, including device standby, triggered, and trapped animal notification.
US09439411B2	Fishing statistics display Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for displaying fishing statistics. The method may include displaying a path traveled by a fisherman or marine vessel. The path may be recorded using a positioning system. The method may include displaying fishing statistics along the path.
US09439409B2	Fishing reel housing with adjustable line retainer assembly A fishing reel housing for attachment to a rod along a longitudinal rod axis. The housing has a shaft for accepting a central bore of a line dispensing spool and an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting the shaft in position transversely away from the rod axis while maintaining its position along the rod axis. The fishing reel housing includes an adjustable line retainer assembly which moves a line retainer radially outwardly from the shaft as the adjustment mechanism is selectively adjusted. A fishing reel comprises the adjustable line retainer and reel housing with a spool with a central bore mounted thereon.
US09439408B2	Dual-bearing reel A dual-bearing reel includes a reel unit, a spool, a spool shaft, a handle, and an attachment-detachment operating part, a lock member. The reel unit includes a frame having a first side plate and a second side plate. The attachment-detachment operating part has a protruding portion protruding towards the first side plate from a position away from an axis of the spool shaft. The first side cover is attachable to and detachable from the first side plate when the attachment-detachment operating part is at a first position. The first side cover is non-attachable to and non-detachable from the first side plate when the attachment-detachment operating part is at a second position. The lock member has an engaging groove. The engaging groove is allowed to be engaged with the protruding portion.
US09439407B2	Fishing lure with action A fishing lure for attracting fish species, the fishing lure comprising a body, a first pivot on the body, a second pivot on the body and spaced from the first pivot. A bridge is between the first pivot and the second pivot, the bridge resiliently deformable from a neutral position to a forward position. A pivot arm extends from the first pivot and is operably coupled to the bridge so that deformation of the bridge towards the forward position causes the pivot arm to rotate in a first direction and resilient recovery of the bridge towards the neutral position causes the pivot arm to rotate in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, providing a simulated action of a limb. The body maybe formed to represent a bait species such as a frog, fish, bug, insect, crab, turtle, lizard, fly, cicada, dragonfly, squid, cuttlefish or imaginary creature. Preferably the fishing lure has a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm both operably coupled to the bridge and extended beyond the first pivot and second pivot respectively, to give simultaneous bilateral action.
US09439405B2	Mouse λ light chain locus The present invention provides in a first aspect a mouse in which the λ (lambda) light chain locus has been functionally silenced. In one embodiment, the mouse λ light chain locus was functional silenced by deletion of acne segments coding for the λ light chain locus. In a further aspect, a mouse containing functionally silenced λ and κ (kappa) L chain loci was produced. The invention is useful for the production of antibodies, for example heterologous antibodies, including heavy chain only antibodies.
US09439403B2	Aquaponic method and apparatus for use in arid environments An aquaponic method and apparatus used to raise fish in fish rearing tanks is combined with hydroponic channels for growing crops, in which fertilizer nutrients from the aquaculture effluent are utilized as fertilizer. The aquaponic method and apparatus produce a first water circulation system during the day in which water is repeatedly cycled from a sump, bypassing fish rearing tanks, to a clarifier for removing solids, a degasifier for removing volatile compound, then to the hydroponic channels, and then, back from the hydroponic channels to the sump. The aquaponic method and apparatus also produce a second circulation system during the night in which water is repeatedly cycled from the sump to the fish rearing tanks, from the fish rearing tanks to the clarifier, then from the clarifier to the hydroponic channels and then back from the hydroponic channels to the sump.
US09439402B2	Aquaculture net and flotation structure An exemplary embodiment of an aquaculture cage of the invention has a buoyant structure configured to float on a water surface, an aquaculture net portion made of a material that is corrodible by salt water and attached to the buoyant structure for positioning a top of the aquaculture net portion at a distance below the water surface, where the aquaculture net portion encloses an interior of the cage from the top of the aquaculture net portion to a bottom of the aquaculture net portion to retain marine life, and an upper enclosure portion enclosing space above the aquaculture net portion for preventing the marine life from escaping over the top of the aquaculture net portion, where the upper enclosure portion comprises a material that is substantially non-corrodible by salt water.
US09439400B2	Device for rolling up and unrolling a leash A device (10, 36, 39) for rolling up and unrolling a leash, especially for leading an animal, includes a leash roller (11) and a blocking device (22), which has an actuating element (37) and a locking element (26). The leash roller (11) can be actuated by the blocking device (22) for blocking an unrolling motion of the leash roller (11). The actuating element (37) can be actuated by an actuation motion. A locking motion of the locking element (26) can be triggered for blocking the unrolling motion of the leash roller (11) based on the actuation motion of the actuating element (37). Generation of a disturbing noise, with the blocking device, is avoided by the actuation motion of the device (10, 36, 39) being transferred by a transfer device (23) into a locking motion of the locking element (26) that is greater than the actuation motion.
US09439387B2	Lepidium plant named ‘DLEPMBEAD’ A new and distinct Lepidium ruderale plant named ‘DLEPEMBEAD’ characterized by upright growth habit. Foliage is distinctively pinnatisect, crispate and durable; colored near RHS Green 137B. Plant height commonly averages 90 cm, and foliage produced is an average length of 8 cm long.
US09439385B2	Alfalfa plants having improved fast recovery after harvest and methods for producing same The invention provides alfalfa plants having improved standability and/or fast recovery after spring green-up or after harvest and methods for producing such plants. Such alfalfa plants provide increased annual yield of high quality forage.
US09439380B1	Maize inbred PH24F2 A novel maize variety designated PH24F2 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH24F2 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH24F2 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH24F2 or a locus conversion of PH24F2 with another maize variety.
US09439379B2	Buglossoides‘MALIN ’ A new and distinct Buglossoides arvensis plant named ‘MALIN’ characterized by vigorous plant growth and abundant side shoot development. Plants flower early in May and June and do not require vernalization. Seed germination rate is typically 80%. Seeds of the plant are used in the production of the oil commercially known Ahiflower oil.
US09439368B2	Apparatus and system for irrigation water An apparatus for directing apportion of a flow of water in an irrigated field having a pre-formed irrigation wheel track comprising a first trough capable of receiving a wheel of a mobile irrigation system, the first trough having an elevation. Further provided is an irrigation track system for directing a water flow having a pre-formed irrigation track comprised of (1) a first trough having an elevation and the first trough capable of receiving a wheel of a mobile irrigation system, (2) an irrigation reservoir having an elevation and (3) an irrigation canal having an elevation and connecting the first trough and the irrigation reservoir, the elevation of the first trough is higher than the elevation of the first irrigation reservoir and the elevation of the irrigation canal is higher than the elevation of the irrigation reservoir.
US09439367B2	Network enabled gardening with a remotely controllable positioning extension A watering apparatus and associated methods and systems to enable networked gardening with a remotely controllable positioning extension are disclosed. In one embodiment, the watering apparatus includes a weather-resistant housing to encompass a micro-processor and a communications circuitry. In addition, the watering apparatus includes a weather-resistant camera communicatively coupled with the weather resistant housing through the communications circuitry. An input connector directs water through a partitioned channel from the weather-resistant housing responsive to a signal from the microprocessor through a pressure regulated valve. The watering apparatus is connected to a flexible extension coupled with the weather-resistant housing to automatically transport the water through the partitioned channel to a desired location within a central view of a focused angle of the weather-resistant camera. Further, the watering apparatus may be accessed through a mobile device through a network based on an access control policy configured by a user of the watering apparatus.
US09439366B2	Dripper for drip irrigation, and drip-irrigation device provided with same A dripper for drip irrigation according to the present invention comprises a first member and a second member that are formed integrally from a resin material, and includes an inter-member flow passage formed between the members. The first member is provided with a first plate and a pipe that guides an irrigation liquid, which flows in from an inflow part, to the inter-member flow passage. The second member is provided with a second plate and a discharge port. The first member is further provided with a flow regulation valve that regulates the flow of the irrigation liquid, and the second member is provided with a flow-volume control valve that controls the flow volume of the irrigation liquid.
US09439362B2	System and method for growing plants This invention concerns apparatus for growing plants comprising a column (100) of pots (102) stacked one above the other to define an enclosure for housing plants. Each pot (102) defines a chamber (104) for holding a plant. Separators for separating pots of the column are provided and the separators define an enclosed headspace around a top of at least two of the pots where plants project from the chamber. The chamber comprises a passageway (106) that provides a continuous flow path for air through the column (100) without requiring the air to flow through the chamber (104). This flow path includes the headspaces above the at least two of the pots (102).
US09439361B2	Robotic plantlet handling system There is provided apparatus including: a workstation having an operator work portion, a material source portion, a material delivery portion and a robot arm. A housing is located at the material source portion and contains plantlet holders, the housing being closable by a lid mechanically and sealingly engaging a peripheral lip of the housing. An empty housing is located at the material delivery portion to receive the plantlet holders. A tool assembly on the robot arm includes a plantlet holder manipulator for movement of a plantlet holder between the material source portion, the operator work portion, and the material delivery portion; and an integral closure manipulator operable to engage a lid for removal from and attachment to the housing.
US09439360B2	Bale shredder A bale shredder apparatus may comprise a frame and a bale hopper mounted on the frame and defining an interior bale chamber for receiving a bale to be shredded with a bale feed opening. A bale shredding assembly may be in communication with the bale chamber through the opening to shred a bale in the bale chamber. A side wall of the hopper may be movable away from the primary side wall to permit removal of a bale from the bale chamber. A primary bale movement assembly may move a bale in a lateral direction toward the opening and a secondary bale movement assembly may move the bale in a direction substantially transverse to the lateral direction. A shredding rotor of the shredding assembly may include at least one brace including at least one leg extending outwardly from the outer surface of the rotor.
US09439358B2	Baler and an ejection arrangement for a baler A rectangular baler comprising a bale chamber; a compacting plunger moveable between a retracted position and an extended position; an ejection arrangement provided in a wall comprising a shuttle assembly with at least one dog mounted for protruding from said wall when the shuttle assembly is moving from a rest position in the forward direction to move one or more bales forward; wherein at least one end dog is located in the rest position of the shuttle assembly in a zone near of the plunger in the extended position thereof, such that when the shuttle assembly moves in the forward direction, said at least one end dog is engageable behind a bale adjacent the inlet of the bale chamber.
US09439353B2	Pull-type cotton harvester and baler A cotton harvester and baler (20) to be towed by a vehicle (24), carries at least one mechanized cotton picking unit (30), a mechanized cotton baler (32) having packing apparatus (76) for compacting the picked cotton into bales (84) which are successively discharged. Cotton conveying apparatus (34) extends between the picking unit or units (30) and the baler (32), for receiving the picked cotton and conveying it to a baling chamber (72) of the baler (32) for compaction by the packing apparatus (76). The conveying apparatus (34) can comprise all mechanical, all pneumatic, or a combination of mechanical and pneumatic apparatus. The picking unit or units (30) can be removed to allow picking up and baling material such as straw or hay.
US09439352B2	Handle height adjuster for walk behind mower A lawn mower may include a blade housing configured to house at least one blade, an engine supported at least in part by the blade housing to selectively rotate the at least one blade, a handle assembly comprising at least one handle member for guiding operation of the lawn mower by an operator walking substantially behind the lawn mower, and a handle height adjustment assembly. The handle height adjustment assembly enables the handle member to be fixed in at least a first operating position or a second operating position each of which defines different handle heights for the handle member responsive to the handle height adjustment assembly being in a locked state, and enables the handle member to be rotated between the first operating position, the second operating position, and a folded position responsive to the handle height adjustment assembly being in an unlocked state.
US09439350B2	Pointed sickle blade for use in a sickle cutter system with increased ground speed In a sickle cutting system, it has been found that a significant increase in ground speed while maintaining an acceptable level of cutting efficiency as measured by the average stubble length can be obtained by a combination of one or more of the features where the cutting stroke is reduced from the conventional length of 3.0 inches to a value of the order of 2.0 inches; the length of the cutting edge of each knife blade is increased to a length greater than 2.2 inches; the width at the rear of the ledger surface of each guard is increased to greater than 1.0 inches; and the front edge of the blade is formed with an apex to shed crop material to one or other side of the apex.
US09439349B2	Auto configuration of electrically powered reel cutting units on a reel mower A gang reel mower comprises a frame that carries a plurality of variable speed, electrically powered reel cutting units. Cutting units having different reel diameters may be installed on the frame. Upon system power up, a mower controller on the frame automatically acquires information identifying the reel size of the cutting units then installed on the frame and uses the acquired reel size information to properly set the speed of the electric motors driving the cutting units to a desired value, such as that needed to maintain a desired clip. Thus, the cutting units can be changed in size with the mower controller automatically recognizing the change in a plug and play manner.
US09439348B2	Autonomous working device An autonomous working device, in particular an autonomous lawn mower, comprising a computing unit. The autonomous working device is configured to cover a surface to be treated in strips. The computing unit is configured to adjust an overlap of the strips according to at least one parameter.
US09439345B1	Method and composition for preventing plugging in micro-irrigation systems An agricultural micro-fertigation water includes a phosphate fertilizer, a water-soluble organic acid and a water-soluble organophosphonate, and is prepared by a method wherein the phosphate fertilizer is added to the irrigation water as a chaser to (addition with or after components of) the combination of a water-soluble organic acid and water-soluble organophosphonate to fully prevent precipitation and thus prevent plugging of a micro-irrigation system despite the addition of phosphate fertilizer in water having a precipitation factor of from 125 to 1,000 ppm, wherein said precipitation factor is a combined level of total alkalinity (as CaCO3) in ppm and total hardness (as CaCO3) in ppm.
US09439344B2	Mirrored inductor segment pairs of an inductor box of an agricultural implement An agricultural product delivery system for an agricultural implement includes an inductor box with an agricultural product inlet configured to receive an agricultural product, an air inlet configured to receive an airflow, a plurality of mixing chambers, and a plurality of air bypass channels. Each mixing chamber is configured to mix the agricultural product and a respective first portion of the airflow. The plurality of air bypass channels is configured to guide a respective second portion of the airflow from the air inlet to a respective mixing chamber of the plurality of mixing chambers. The plurality of bypass channels includes inside air bypass channels that contact adjacent inside air bypass channels, and outside air bypass channels that are arranged adjacent to an exterior inductor box wall.
US09439339B2	Tillage device for agricultural machinery or implements to reduce compaction caused by wheels in a field An attachment for agricultural implements which tills soil compacted by the wheels of the agricultural implement it is attached to. In one arrangement the power and force used to till the soil is gained from the torque of the machine pulling the agricultural implement it is attached to, alternatively the tilling device is independently powered. This arrangement reduces compaction caused by the wheels of row-crop planters through the use of a shank or rolling tines. The tilling device is mounted directly behind wheels of the agricultural implement. The tilling device has the ability to raise and lower into the soil with the engaging and disengaging of the implement. In addition, in its current form it can independently be disengaged from use by raising and locking it up out of the soil, even if the implement remains engaged.
US09445535B2	High-frequency module A high-frequency module includes a substrate, an integrated circuit mounted to the substrate, a cylindrical shield enclosing the integrated circuit to block radio waves, a casing provided on an opposite side of the substrate relative to the shield to block radio waves, and a choke portion provided in an inner wall of the casing, the inner wall being opposed to the shield, or provided in the substrate, with a predetermined gap being formed relative to the shield, to create an antiphase in radio waves having a predetermined frequency emitted from the integrated circuit into a space above the substrate.
US09445529B2	Liquid cooled data center design selection Input data, specifying aspects of a thermal design of a liquid cooled data center, is obtained. The input data includes data indicative of ambient outdoor temperature for a location of the data center; and/or data representing workload power dissipation for the data center. The input data is evaluated to obtain performance of the data center thermal design. The performance includes cooling energy usage; and/or one pertinent temperature associated with the data center. The performance of the data center thermal design is output.
US09445528B2	Thermal gap pad This application relates to efficiently distributing heat within a portable computing device. More specifically an apparatus for conducting heat between internal components of the portable computing device is disclosed. The apparatus, referred to as a thermal gap pad, is configured to bridge a variably sized gap between internal components. This is accomplished by wrapping a resilient core in a layer of highly thermally conductive material. The resilient core allows a shape of the thermal gap pad to vary in accordance with a size of the gap. A resilience of the thermal gap pad can be adjusted to account for an amount of variance in the gap. In some embodiments, an electrically conductive layer can be added to facilitate the passage of electrical current through the thermal gap pad.
US09445523B2	Electronic assembly with cooling device The invention relates to an electronic assembly comprising a plurality of electronic component groups and a cooling device for cooling the electronic component groups. The cooling device provides a cooling-power distributor. A cooling power of the cooling device can be individually controlled by the cooling-power distributor for every component group. Furthermore, the assembly provides temperature-registering means for every component group for registering a temperature of every component group, and a load-determining device for determining a parameter for every component group which describes the load experienced by a component group on the basis of the temperature registered for this component group. A control unit controls the cooling-power distributor on the basis of the parameters determined for the component groups.
US09445522B2	Structurally-embedded construction, design, and maintenance record data management system and related method A novel structurally-embedded construction, design, and maintenance record data management system and a related method of operation provide immediate and on-the-property access to construction, design, and maintenance records that are electronically stored and updated in an electronic archive of the structurally-embedded construction, design, and maintenance record data management system. An authorized personnel who is physically on the property of a building, a bridge, a monument, or another construction structure for maintenance or improvement work, even after a natural disaster event, can readily access and update a history of construction, design, and maintenance records on-site. The extensive time, efforts, and expenses in tracking down various documents and information associated with a particular construction structure (i.e. for maintenance and renovation approvals and analysis by authorized personnel and various regulatory agencies) can be dramatically reduced, if the novel structurally-embedded construction, design, and maintenance record data management system is utilized.
US09445517B2	Etched multi-layer sheets A method includes creating an opening in a first outer layer of a multilayer sheet of material, the sheet of material having three or more layers of material, including the first outer layer and a second outer layer. A selective etchant is introduced through the opening, where the etchant selectively etches an interior metal layer of the multilayer sheet of material compared with the first and second outer layers. The selective etchant is permitted to etch material of the interior metal layer under the first outer layer.
US09445515B2	Circuit box A circuit box includes a housing having an internal compartment. The housing includes first and second entrances for receiving first and second electrical wires, respectively, into the internal compartment. The housing includes first and second wire receptacles that include first and second dielectric shells, respectively, and first and second contacts, respectively, that are held by the first and second dielectric shells, respectively. The first and second contacts are electrically connected together. The first and second dielectric shells include first and second cavities that include pluggable interfaces that are configured to mechanically receive first and second wire terminals, respectively, that terminate the first and second electrical wires, respectively, such that the first and second contacts mechanically mate with the first and second wire terminals, respectively. A circuit element is held within the internal compartment of the housing. The circuit element is electrically connected to the first and second electrical wires.
US09445511B2	Method for manufacturing layered circuit board, layered circuit board, and electronic device There is provided a manufacturing method of a layered circuit board in which a first board and a second board are layered. The method includes arranging an adhesive resin sheet on the first board so that one face faces the first board, the adhesive resin sheet including a plurality of variant via holes, an opening area on the one face of each of the plurality of variant via holes being larger than an opening area on the other face, filling the variant via holes with conductive paste, arranging the second board on the other face of the adhesive resin sheet after the filling with the conductive paste, and performing heat press treatment to apply pressure to the adhesive resin sheet in a layering direction of the first board and the second board under heat.
US09445506B2	Preparation method of patterned film, display substrate and display device Embodiments of the present invention provide a preparation method of a patterned film, a display substrate and a display device, avoiding falling off of a film layer occurring in the process of peeling off a photoresist layer. The preparation method of the patterned film comprises: forming a preset film layer on a surface of a preset substrate; covering the preset film layer with an isolation layer; forming a photoresist layer on a surface of the isolation layer and forming a pattern of the isolation layer with a patterning process; then removing the preset film layer which is not covered by the pattern of the isolation layer, peeling off the photoresist layer and removing the remaining, isolation layer to form a pattern of the preset film layer.
US09445504B2	Methods of manufacturing metal wiring buried flexible substrate and flexible substrates manufactured by the same Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a metal wiring buried flexible substrate and a flexible substrate manufactured by the same. The method includes coating a sacrificial layer including a polymer soluble in water or an organic solvent, or a photodegradable polymer on a substrate (Step 1), forming a metal wiring on the sacrificial layer in Step 1 (Step 2), forming a metal wiring buried polymer layer by coating a curable polymer on the sacrificial layer including the metal wiring formed thereon in Step 2 and curing (Step 3) and separating the polymer layer in Step 3 from the substrate in Step 1 by removing through dissolving in the water or the organic solvent or photodegrading only the sacrificial layer present between the substrate in Step 1 and the polymer layer in Step 3 (Step 4).
US09445502B2	Flexible circuit connecting device A flexible circuit connecting device is disclosed, including a base layer having a first surface and a second surface, and conductive traces having a grid-like structure and formed on the first surface and/or the second surface. The conductive traces of the above flexible circuit connecting device are nearly aligned with the base layer, and thus the probability of damage under a stress is reduced. Designed to be a grid-like structure, the conductive traces become more transparent, while satisfying a function of a connector. Besides, the above flexible circuit connecting device has a high density circuit trace, so that the size of the connector can be reduced and the interior space of the electronic components can be saved. In a manufacture process of the above flexible circuit connecting device, the manufacture process can be simplified, manufacture efficiency and production yield can be improved, and manufacture cost can be efficiently reduced.
US09445500B2	Epoxy resin composition and printed circuit board using same The epoxy resin composition according to one embodiment of the present invention contains an epoxy compound, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler contains spherical alumina (Al2O3).
US09445499B2	Epoxy resin composition, and printed circuit board using same According to one embodiment of the present invention, an epoxy resin composition comprises an epoxy compound, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes alumina (Al2O3) and aluminum nitride (AlN).
US09445492B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board comprises a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A ground plane is on the bottom surface. A signal trace is on the top surface along a first direction. At least two isolated power planes are on the top surface adjacent to opposite sides of the signal trace, respectively. A conductive connection along a second direction couples to the two power planes, across the signal trace without electrically connecting to the signal trace, wherein the signal trace doesn't pass over any split of the ground plane.
US09445490B2	Film system for LED applications The present invention relates to a composite assembly of plastic (1, 3) and metal films (2.1, 2.2) which can be used for the interconnection and connection of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (5). For this purpose, a flexible printed circuit board is provided, to which at least one radiation source is applied and which consists of a film system. The flexible printed circuit board has a thermal connection (6) to a heat sink (4) and the film system is composed at least of an insulating carrier layer and a metal film. The insulating carrier layer is opened at the locations at which the thermal connection to the heat sink is produced, and the metal film is subdivided into different sections.
US09445489B2	Electronic control unit and electric power steering apparatus having the same An electronic control unit includes a board, an electronic device, a heatsink, and a fastener. The board includes a protection layer and a ground pattern covered with the protection layer. The ground pattern has an exposed portion exposed outside the protection layer. The electronic device is mounted on the board and has an anode terminal and a cathode terminal connected to the ground pattern. The heatsink supports the board. The fastener is inserted though an insertion hole of the exposed portion. The fastener electrically connects the ground pattern to the heatsink and fixes the board to the heatsink. The exposed portion is located on the cathode terminal side of the electronic device.
US09445487B2	X-ray irradiation device and X-ray radiation source An X-ray radiation device comprises a plurality of X-ray radiation units, each having an X-ray tube for generating an X-ray, a drive circuit for driving the X-ray tube, and a trunk line connected to the drive circuit, and a controller having a control circuit for controlling the X-ray radiation units. The trunk lines of the plurality of X-ray radiation units are connected in series to the control circuit so that the drive circuits of the plurality of X-ray radiation units are connected in parallel to the control circuit. Since the trunk lines of the plurality of X-ray radiation units are connected in series to the control circuit, the X-ray radiation units can be connected to each other and are not required to be connected one by one to the controller. This makes it possible to increase and decrease the number of units without complicating their wiring.
US09445485B2	Detection and correction of faulty photo controls in outdoor luminaires Systems, methods and articles for providing centralized control of area lighting hours of illumination. An area illumination system includes a central control system operatively coupled to a plurality of luminaires through a data communications network. In some implementations, the data communications network may include a power-line power distribution system and/or a wired or wireless communications network. Each of the plurality of luminaires includes a local illumination control system, which may include a photosensor. The central control system identifies one or more luminaires as having a faulty local illumination control system and issues illumination commands to such luminaires through the data communications network so that the luminaires continue to operate normally without a working local illumination control system. The central control system may store data relating to luminaires having faulty illumination control systems, such as addresses, map data, routing data, or the like.
US09445483B2	Lighting device and luminaire comprising an integrated antenna The invention provides a lighting device (100) and a luminaire (200). The lighting device comprises a light emitter (110) thermally connected to a heat sink (120). The lighting device further comprises a communication circuit (130) which is coupled to the heat sink for transmitting and/or receiving a communication signal. The heat sink is electrically conductive and comprising an opening (151) having dimensions for constituting an aperture antenna (150) for a particular frequency for directionally transmitting and/or receiving the communication signal of the particular frequency via the heat sink. In the embodiment shown, the lighting device comprises an aperture antenna (150) and a further aperture antenna (160).
US09445481B2	Power supply device for LED and light emitting device having the same Disclosed is a power supply device including a wired controller receiving AC power to generate a driving voltage, and outputting a lighting driving signal, a wireless controller wirelessly receiving a lighting control signal and outputting the lighting control signal to the wired controller, and a standby power supply unit receiving a reference standby voltage based on the driving voltage, storing the reference standby voltage, and supplying the reference standby voltage to the wireless controller as standby power. In the lighting control device based on wired/wireless communication, the power is always obtained from the super capacitor to turn on the wireless controller, so that the turn-on state of the power generator of the wired controller is not always required. The power consumption is reduced by reducing the standby power.
US09445480B2	Lighting system, lighting apparatus, and lighting control method Provided is a lighting apparatus and a method for controlling the same using a mobile device. A lighting system may include a mobile terminal, a hub configured to communicate with the mobile terminal, and an LED lamp configured to communicate with the hub. The mobile terminal may be configured to display an image captured or focused using a camera at the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may transfer to the hub information corresponding to a selection of a region of the image. The hub may provide a wireless signal corresponding to the information received from the mobile terminal for changing a color of light emitted by the LED lamp. The LED lamp may be controlled based on the ZigBee communication protocol.
US09445479B2	Dimming control method and apparatus and dimming system Embodiments of the present invention disclose a dimming control method and apparatus and a dimming system. The method according to an embodiment of the invention includes: detecting a conduction angle of a dimming apparatus according to an output signal; and controlling a first shunt load according to the conduction angle to disconnect the first shunt load upon detecting a valid conduction angle of the dimming apparatus and to keep the first shunt load conducted upon detecting no valid conduction angle of the dimming apparatus, thereby lowering power consumption.
US09445477B2	Light source module and light source system A primary optical unit and a photodetector unit are arranged on a side of a optical branching unit, on which primary terminals are arranged, and a lightconversion unit, which receives primary light, converts the primary light into secondary light, and emits the secondary light, is arranged on a side of the optical branching unit, on which secondary terminals are arranged, to enable guiding of the primary light from the primary optical unit to the lightconversion unit and guiding of the secondary light from the lightconversion unit to the photodetector unit through optical fibers.
US09445463B2	LED lighting device using ballast for fluorescent lamp Disclosed is an LED lighting device using a ballast for a fluorescent lamp, the LED lighting device including: an LED part which includes at least one LED device; a rectifier which rectifies a power signal outputted from the ballast for a fluorescent lamp; and a controller which receives an output signal of the rectifier and controls power transmitted from the ballast to the LED part.
US09445460B2	Variable width transverse flux electric induction coils A variable width transverse flux electric inductor has a fixed powered coil section and associated box-like moveable passive coil sections that electromagnetically couple with magnetic flux generated by current flowing through the fixed powered section. The passive coil sections can be transversely moved across the workpiece to accommodate induction heating of workpieces having different widths or track movement of the workpiece. Alternatively the fixed powered coil section and associated moveable coil sections may be connected to each other through flexible connections, sliding contacts or other means, such as clamps, so that an electrical connection can be maintained between both in any relative position.
US09445458B2	Induction heating device and image forming apparatus having the same An induction heating device includes: a resonant circuit provided with a coil heating a workpiece inductively and a capacitor, the coil and the capacitor being coupled in parallel with each other; a switching element coupled in series with the resonant circuit; a power supply which applies to the resonant circuit, a direct-current input voltage whose instantaneous value can be changed with the lapse of time; and a power controller which controls power to the workpiece by turning the switching element ON at a certain time and changing an ON period of the switching element, and the power controller is characterized by turning the switching element ON with a delay of an integral multiple of a resonant period of the resonant circuit if a value of power to the workpiece is equal to or lower than a first threshold which is predetermined.
US09445454B2	System and method for hardware sharing A method of transceiving data includes providing a wireless transceiver chip that supports multiple wireless standards for transceiving data packets, wherein a first wireless standard comprises a first modulation and demodulation scheme, and wherein a second wireless standard comprises a second modulation and demodulation scheme, and wherein the first modulation and demodulation scheme is incompatible with the second modulation and demodulation scheme; activating only one PHY layer of the wireless transceiver chip during the transceiving of the data packets; using a MAC layer of the wireless transceiver chip to specify whether the first or second wireless standard is to be used for a given transceiving of the data packets; and the PHY layer receiving instructions from the MAC layer regarding which wireless standard is to be used for the transceiving of the data packets using hardware that is shared by the PHY layer corresponding to both wireless standards.
US09445452B2	Directed application control of user device radio Techniques described herein provide coupling an application to a radio of a user device to, for example, optimize media streaming services. Implementations include receiving, by a user device, first data of a file and second data of the file. The user device may present the first data of the file using an application implemented by the user device. In response to a determination that an amount of data in the second data is greater than a predetermined threshold, the user device may invoke a command associated with a radio of the user device by calling a radio API to place the radio into a dormant state. The radio API may be configured to couple the application to the radio.
US09445448B1	Tunneled direct link setup optimization Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with wireless direct links are described. According to one embodiment, a method comprises establishing, by a first station, a wireless connection with an access point. The first station thereafter receives a direct link request from a peer station, wherein the direct link request is a request from the peer station to set up a direct link with the first station. Parameters of the direct link request are analyzed to determine if the direct link request includes invalid parameters. In response to determining that at least one invalid parameter is found in the direct link request, dropping the direct link request and not transmitting a reply message to the peer station.
US09445443B2	Network based provisioning of UE credentials for non-operator wireless deployments Methods, systems, and devices are described for provisioning of devices, such as UEs, for service at a wireless network. One or more device parameters may be identified for use in provisioning the device on the wireless network, which may be provided to a network element. The network element may use the provided parameters to access a subscription server. The subscription server may provide verification and/or subscription parameters of the device that may then be used by the device to verify that the device is authorized to access the wireless network.
US09445442B2	Quality of service using a vehicle head unit A communication system and various methods using that communication system, including a method of providing short-range wireless communication (SRWC) in a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: (a) establishing a first wireless connection over a first communication channel between a vehicle multi-tainment unit (VMU) and a first mobile device, wherein, with respect to the first wireless connection, the VMU operates as a server and the first mobile device operates as a client; (b) establishing a second wireless connection over a second communication channel between the VMU and a second mobile device, wherein, with respect to the second wireless connection, the second mobile device operates as a server and the VMU operates as a client; and (c) following steps (a) and (b), controlling the second mobile device from the VMU to change the second wireless connection from the second communication channel to the first communication channel.
US09445438B2	Systems and methods for fast initial network link setup Systems and methods for communicating in a wireless communication system are described. Various processes for reducing the initial link set up time are described. In one aspect a method in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, at a terminal, a message including information for establishing a link with a device in the wireless communication system. The method further includes identifying, at the terminal, a time slot and a back-off amount within the identified time slot based on a value included in the received message. The method also includes abstaining from sensing a medium based on the identified time slot and the identified back-off amount. The method further includes transmitting an association request message to establish the link with the device during the identified time slot after expiration of the back-off amount.
US09445436B2	Method, device, computer program and information storage means for optimising access to a wireless medium in a communication network The invention comprises adjustment of back-off timers to provide consistency of timing in a group of collaborating nodes.The invention facilitates optimizing access to a wireless medium in a communication network accessible by a plurality of nodes, each node implementing a back-off counting based on carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance, the plurality of nodes comprising a collaborative group of nodes further implementing a back-off allocation scheme based on each node maintaining a list of expected back-off values of the other nodes of the collaborative group, the group further comprising a receiving node and an emitting node, reception of information from the emitting node being utilized by the receiving node to maintain consistency of timing through adjustment of back-off values.
US09445433B2	Wireless communication apparatus for lower latency communication According to an embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a packet generator, a queue unit, a predictor and a scheduler. The packet generator packetizes data. The queue unit temporarily stores a packet to be transmitted. The predictor predicts a transmission time of a first packet to obtain a first time. The scheduler outputs a second packet to the queue unit at a second time earlier than the first time. An interval from a third time when transmission of the second packet is complete until the first time is equal to or shorter than a predetermined period.
US09445430B2	Wireless communication system A wireless communication system is provided in which a plurality of MTC devices can connect to a base station device efficiently. Each of MTC devices in group A that transmits data to the base station device using a predetermined application format is allocated first radio resource common in group A. The MTC device transmits an access request signal to the base station device using the first radio resource. The base station device receives the request signal from the MTC device. The base station device allocates second radio resource common in group A to the MTC device. The MTC device transmits data to the base station device using the second radio resource.
US09445426B2	Apparatuses, methods and computer program products related to improvements in autonomous denial prohibition mechanisms Aspects of the invention en-compass an apparatus and corresponding method and computer program product, wherein the apparatus comprises a controller, configured to cause communication via a first and at (east a second radio access technology, provide for setting of rules, which permit the apparatus to autonomously deny communication via the first radio access technology, detect a predetermined event in terms of the second radio access technology, responsive thereto, apply the rules and deny a communication via the first radio access technology, detect an occurrence of a further predetermined event in terms of the second radio access technology, while the rules prohibit to further deny a communication via the first radio access technology, decide, responsive thereto, to violate the rules and to permit to deny a further communication via the first radio access technology, and cause transmission of a violation indication to a destination of the communication via the first radio access technology. A network entity apparatus and corresponding method and computer program product are also envisaged.
US09445425B2	Method of transmission in a communications network A method of transmission in a communications network is provided in which data is transmitted using a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The method includes providing an anchor carrier associated only with the first radio access technology and another carrier shared between the first radio access technology and the second radio access technology. Transmission via the second radio access technology is muted in the shared carrier during at least one subframe of each data frame transmitted using the second radio access technology. Data is transmitted using the first radio access technology in the shared carrier only during the at least one subframe in which transmission using the second radio access technology is muted.
US09445423B2	Communication method of a base station and a terminal Provided is a communication method of a base station and a terminal for enhancing a recovery performance of a signal using a feedback control message. The feedback control message may include information about a target received power at the base station with respect to feedback information of each of a plurality of terminals and information associated with a feedback mode of the feedback information.
US09445421B2	System and method for managing frequency layer priority assignments within mobile wireless network radio interfaces A method and system are described for managing radio frequency layer priority settings for radio access network nodes in a mobile wireless network. A programmed server is configured with an initial configuration of the trigger definitions and corresponding radio frequency layer priority settings. Thereafter, the programmed server applies current conditions bearing upon a conditional area to a conditional area trigger definition. The programmed server then issues, based upon the application of the current conditions to the conditional area trigger definition, a message to re-designate radio frequency layer priority settings for a cell. The programmed server thereafter receives network characteristics feedback.
US09445420B2	Downlink data rate-matching method and device Provided are a downlink data rate-matching method and device, the method including: a UE acquiring one of the following information: one or more sets of rate-matching resource indication information configured by a base station and used for instructing the UE to perform rate-matching, one or more sets of rate-matching resource indication information and combined rate-matching resource indication information, and rate-matching resource indication information of a serving cell of the UE acquired when the UE accesses a network; the UE determining a DCI Format corresponding to downlink grant indication information in a subframe of downlink control information transmitted by the base station; and the UE determining rate-matching resource information corresponding to the DCI Format and used for rate-matching according to the DCI Format and a preset corresponding relationship, and conducting downlink data rate-matching according to the rate-matching resource information. The solution improves rate-matching accuracy.
US09445419B2	Dual network mobile device radio resource management A single chip mobile wireless device capable of receiving and transmitting over one wireless network at a time maintains registration on two wireless communication networks that each use different communication protocols in parallel. Periodically, the mobile wireless device tunes one or more receivers from a first wireless network to a second wireless network in order to listen for paging messages addressed to the mobile wireless device from the second wireless network. The first wireless network suspends allocation of radio resources to the mobile wireless device based on receipt of a suspension message from the mobile wireless device, or based on knowledge of a paging cycle for mobile wireless device in the second wireless network, or based on detection of an out of synchronization condition with the mobile wireless device.
US09445416B2	Wireless communication system, base station, mobile station, and wireless communication method A base station sends, to a mobile station, first resource allocation information in accordance with a scheduling request from the mobile station. Furthermore, the base station sends, to the mobile station, second resource allocation information based on the buffer status that is reported from the mobile station by using the first resource allocation information. The base station includes a receiving unit and a processor. The receiving unit receives data sent from the mobile station by using the second resource allocation information. When the processor receives a scheduling request from the mobile station before the completion of the reception of data by an amount indicated by the buffer status reported from the mobile station and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the processor performs control such that the processor sends the second resource allocation information to the mobile station without sending the first resource allocation information.
US09445414B2	Method for multiplexing control signals and reference signals in mobile communications system A reference signal multiplexing method for multiple mobile stations includes: grouping together control signals for the multiple mobile stations; and multiplexing reference signals corresponding to the control signals by CDM over the same bandwidth as that of grouped control signals.
US09445411B2	Controlling uplink transmissions from interfering stations An access point to transmit a first message that instructs stations (STAs) to bypass uplink transmissions for a first time interval indicated in the first message. The access point is to transmit one or more first messages at a transmission power sufficient for a first portion of the STAs to decode the one or more first messages and insufficient for a second portion of the STAs to decode the one or more first messages. The transmission power can be determined based on minimum transmit powers associated with the STAs. Subsequent second time intervals can be determined based on uplink transmissions received from the STAs during the first time interval.
US09445410B2	Communicating with an enhanced new carrier type A method of wireless communication is presented for an enhanced new carrier type cell. The method includes transmitting downlink common signals and channels at a low duty cycle while in a dormant state. The method also includes transmitting downlink common signals and channels at a high duty cycle while in an active state.
US09445406B2	Wireless communication of channel state information using a single physical uplink channel If a plurality of channel state information reports corresponding to different cells have collided (Yes in step S2408), a mobile station device 1 selects two channel state information reports in accordance with priorities of report types and cell indices of cells, and drops the other channel state information reports (step S2412). The mobile station device 1 transmits the selected two channel state information reports using a resource for PUCCH format 3, which is used in case of collision of a plurality of channel state information reports corresponding to different cells (step S2414).
US09445403B2	Radio communication terminal, base station apparatus, radio communication system and radio communication method The present invention is designed to provide a radio communication terminal, a base station apparatus, a radio communication system and a radio communication method which can reduce the cost to be required for an MTC terminal when the LTE system is employed in the network domain of a machine communication system. A radio communication terminal according to the present invention is a radio communication terminal that performs machine communication via a base station apparatus of a radio communication system that is operated such that a frequency becomes the first band at a maximum, depending on the performance which a communication device supports, and has a receiving section that has receiving performance to be able to support the first band, and that decodes the entire band of the first band at least with respect to a time domain where a downlink control channel is allocated, and a transmission section that has transmission performance to be able to support a second band having a narrower bandwidth than the first band, and that allocates an uplink control channel and an uplink data channel to the second band.
US09445398B2	Sounding reference symbol sending method, base station, and user equipment A method for transmitting sounding reference symbol, a base station and user equipment. The method comprises: configuring, by a base station, user equipment of a CoMP transmission mode, with parameter configuration information for transmitting SRS, the parameter configuration information including a frequency comb of the SRS and one or more pieces of the following information: cyclic shift, root sequence information, power control information, and transmission duration information, of the SRS; and transmitting the parameter configuration information to the user equipment by the base station, such that the user equipment transmits the SRS to the base station according to the parameter configuration information. The method is simple and flexible, efficiently uses limited SRS resources, and solves the problem in the prior art.
US09445397B2	Method and system for initial synchronization and collision avoidance in device to device communications without network coverage A method at a first device for enabling a device-to-device wireless link, the method detecting whether a presence signal of a second device is received over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; and if the presence signal of the second device is not detected, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: transmitting a first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot; and checking for an acknowledgment to the first presence signal.
US09445395B1	Suppressing alert messages based on microphone states of connected devices A method includes generating an alert message in a device. The device is one of a plurality of connected devices. The alert message is suppressed in the device responsive to a state of a microphone of any of the plurality of connected devices indicating an active state. A device includes a microphone, a speaker, and a processor coupled to the microphone and the speaker. The processor is to generate an alert message and suppress the alert message responsive to a state of a microphone of any of a plurality of connected devices including the device indicating an active state.
US09445392B1	Method of providing non-native notifications and system thereof Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of providing non-native notifications and system thereof. These notifications are generated by non-native applications executing on a physically disjoint source device that is communicatively coupled with a target device via an account in a cloud. An application player executing on the source device is able to capture these non-native notifications. The target device is able to receive and present these non-native notifications to a user. Notifications include alerts, reminders, updates and messages generated by non-native applications. The user does not need to access the non-native applications, or the application player or source device they are executing on to see the non-native notifications. Instead, the user views these non-native notifications at a central location on the target device.
US09445390B2	Method and node for positioning in combined cell A method in a first radio base station of a wireless communication system, for transmitting a reference signal for positioning in a cell. The cell is hosted by the first radio base station and served by a plurality of transmission points. Each transmission point is associated with a value of a first attribute indicating whether transmission of the reference signal for positioning is enabled for the associated transmission point. The method comprises selecting at least one transmission point among the plurality of transmission points based on the values of the first attribute, and transmitting the reference signal for positioning in the cell from the selected at least one transmission point only.
US09445389B1	Utilization of relay nodes with beamformed communications A wireless communication device that receives wireless access from a wireless access node through a relay node associated with the wireless access node comprises a wireless communication transceiver and a processing system. The wireless communication transceiver is configured to receive communications of the wireless access node that are relayed by the relay node for delivery to the wireless communication device, wherein the relay node receives the communications over a beamformed communication transmitted by the wireless access node. The processing system is configured to process the communications to determine a request for a location of the wireless communication device for the wireless access, identify a location of the relay node, and responsive to the request for the location of the wireless communication device, report the location of the relay node instead of the location of the wireless communication device.
US09445388B2	Variable-positioning based reporting method in wireless communication system and device supporting same Provided is a reporting method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving positioning duration setting from a network, evaluating a positioning enabling condition, and if the positioning enabling condition is satisfied, starting a positioning duration timer, enabling positioning, acquiring position information through the enabled positioning, and transmitting a report message including a measurement result and the position information to the network.
US09445387B2	Method and apparatus for building Wi-Fi radio map The present invention is related to method and device for building Wi-Fi radio map. Especially, it is related to device and method for building Wi-Fi radio map that is used to position locating service that utilizes Wi-Fi fingerprints that many, unspecified mobile terminals collect and provide. Specifically, the present invention provides, as methods for estimating position data for AP (200) using Wi-Fi fingerprints collected by mobile terminals (100), 1) method for estimating position data for AP (200) by linking Wi-Fi fingerprints and time data for collecting Wi-Fi signal, or 2) method for estimating position data for AP (200) through user address data comparison between Wi-Fi fingerprints without linking signal collection time data to Wi-Fi fingerprints. Accordingly, it has effects of epoch-making economic feasibility compared to prior art that requires huge cost in collecting Wi-Fi fingerprint like war driving.
US09445386B2	Method, apparatus, and device for managing binding information on network side A method, apparatus, and device for managing binding information on the network side are provided. The method includes the following steps: an entity on a network side sends a Binding Revocation Indication (BRI) message to an entity which stores binding relations of mobile nodes (MNs), where the binding relation includes a mapping between a home of address (HoA) of an MN and plurality of care of addresses (CoAs) of the MN and the BRI message includes at least one CoA ID; and the entity which stores the binding relations of MNs deletes the corresponding binding relation of at least one CoA ID in the BRI message after receiving the BRI message from the entity on the network side. Thus, with the present invention, the network side can delete the binding relation between a specified CoA and an HoA in the case of plurality of CoAs, which makes it easier to maintain corresponding binding relations.
US09445383B2	System and method for uplink timing synchronization in conjunction with discontinuous reception A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system.
US09445378B2	Method and apparatus for coverage enhancement The present invention is method and apparatus for coverage enhancement. An embodiment of the present invention includes detecting a cell with primary synchronization signal (PSS) and/or secondary synchronization signal (SSS), detecting reference signal based on the detected synchronization signal, detecting broadcasting channel based on the detected reference signal and decoding master information block on the broadcasting channel, detecting system information block on a downlink data channel, transmitting random access preamble on random access channel based on a system information obtained from the system information block and receiving random access response corresponding to the random access preamble.
US09445373B2	Wireless communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, wireless communication method and integrated circuit A mobile station apparatus resets a first parameter or a second parameter, dependent on whether a random access response corresponds to a primary cell or a secondary cell, in a case that the random access response is received, wherein the random access response corresponding to a first serving cell is received in the first serving cell and the random access response corresponding to a second serving cell is received in the second serving cell.
US09445369B2	Mobile phone having a non-telephone function and timing reset unit A mobile phone includes: a microprocessor; a timer; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions for execution by the microprocessor, wherein the computer-executable instructions configure the microprocessor to: execute the non-telephone function; cause the timer to operate during execution of the non-telephone function, and automatically stop the execution of the non-telephone function when the timer indicates an elapse of a predetermined time period; and if the timer is being operated in response to the execution of the non-telephone function, to reset the timer to an initial state when an operation for ending a telephone call is received, wherein when the timer is reset to the initial state, the timer starts to measure the predetermined time period, and the microprocessor stops the execution of the non-telephone function at the elapse of the predetermined time period from when the operation for ending the telephone phone call is received.
US09445368B2	Optimizing keepalive and other background traffic in a wireless network Systems and methods for optimizing keepalives or other non-interactive or background traffic from applications on a mobile device are disclosed. A keepalive optimizer can detect keepalive and other background traffic and optimize such traffic by blocking keepalives, advancing or delaying execution of keepalives, delaying repeatable background requests based on radio state, device state or characteristics, policy, transaction characteristics, application characteristics, and/or the like. The disclosed keepalive optimization methods facilitate management of traffic and/or conservation of resources on the mobile device and the network. The keepalive optimization can be performed by an application sending the keepalives or by a local proxy on the mobile device.
US09445366B2	Beacon device and control method thereof A beacon device includes an antenna, a low-power RF (Radio Frequency) device, a light sensor, a microprocessor, and a battery. The low-power RF device generates an RF signal, and the antenna transmits the RF signal outwardly. The light sensor detects intensity of light nearby, and generates a detection signal. The microprocessor controls an operation mode of the low-power RF device according to the detection signal. The battery supplies electric power to the low-power RF device, the light sensor, and the microprocessor.
US09445363B2	Method of handling transmission configuration of a communication device and related communication device A method of handling transmission configuration of a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method is utilized in the communication device, and comprises determining traffic information of a plurality of packets which are transmitted between the communication device and a network of the wireless communication system according to the transmission configuration; and transmitting the traffic information to the network, for the network to configure the transmission configuration according to the traffic information.
US09445353B2	Presence platform for passive radio access network-to-radio access network device transition Profile-based passive network switching of wireless mobile devices comprises receiving at a wireless access point a device specific identifier beacon transmitted from a mobile device and extracting a device specific identifier from the beacon. The access point then transmits the device specific identifier and access point provider information to a networked server configured with presence network switching software for determining network switching requirements based on the transmitted device specific identifier. The access point then receives mobile device network switching data from the server for processing. The access point then transmits local wireless network authentication and connection information from the access point to the mobile device to facilitate activating a wireless network connection between the mobile device and the access point at which point the access point starts processing wireless communication from the mobile device over the local wireless network.
US09445348B2	Delivery of Internet based service to user equipment A base station (510), a local server (520), a user equipment (500) and Internet server (540) of a wireless communication network and respective methods therein are provided for enabling provision of an Internet based service to a user equipment, the base station being associated with the local server, which is capable of delivering the Internet based service. A user equipment requesting an Internet based service is requested by the Internet server to discover if the base station is associated with a local server capable of providing the Internet based service to the user equipment. If the user equipment discovers a local server, associated with the base station, capable of providing the Internet based service, the user equipment requests the Internet based service from the local server, via the base station.
US09445347B2	Techniques for discovery of Wi-Fi serial bus and Wi-Fi docking services Techniques are disclosed for discovery of Wi-Fi serial bus and Wi-Fi docking services. Such networks include (but are not limited to) IEEE 802.11 networks.
US09445345B2	Staggered primary channel selection in wifi communication systems Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications, and more specifically to systems, methods, and devices for staggered primary channel selection for WiFi. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications is provided. The method may be performed, for example, by an access point (AP). The method generally includes obtaining information regarding neighbor basic service sets (BSSs), selecting a primary channel based on the obtained information, and output for transmission a message signaling an intention to communicate using the selected primary channel.
US09445344B1	Preferentially assigning data slots subject to bundled acknowledgments to devices that support carrier aggregation It may be determined that a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission schedule from a radio access network (RAN) to wireless communication devices (WCDs) uses HARQ acknowledgment bundling for a first set of two or more data slots, and that the HARQ transmission schedule does not use HARQ acknowledgment bundling for a second set of one or more data slots. It may further be determined that a first WCD supports carrier aggregation when receiving communications from the RAN, and that a second WCD does not support carrier aggregation when receiving communications from the RAN. Based on the first WCD supporting carrier aggregation, the RAN may transmit a first data to the first WCD in the first set of data slots. Based on the second WCD not supporting carrier aggregation, the RAN may transmit a second data to the second WCD in the second set of data slots.
US09445343B2	Systems for switching modes in wireless sessions At least one example embodiment discloses a network control entity including a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first message from a gateway if a user equipment (UE) is in a first data transmission mode having a first bearer path and the gateway has downlink user plane data for the UE associated with a second transmission mode, the first message identifying the base station serving the UE, and send a page request to the serving base station, the page request identifying the UE and instructing the serving base station to initiate a transition to the second data transmission mode for the UE, the second data transmission mode including a second bearer path between the UE and the network, the second bearer path and the first bearer path being different.
US09445339B2	Methods and nodes supporting cell change The invention relates to a method for supporting cell change between frequency layers. The method is performed in a Radio Network node of a wireless communication network deploying two frequency layers. The Radio Network node serves a User Equipment in a cell of a first of the two frequency layers. The User Equipment is configured to perform measurements on the first frequency layer, and to exclude measurements on a second of the two frequency layers. The method comprises receiving information from the User Equipment related to a coverage of a target cell of the second frequency layer, and determining whether to change to the target cell based on the received information.
US09445338B2	Reconfiguration control channel resource mapping collision avoidance A device includes a transceiver to receive, from a base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and processing circuitry to classify downlink (DL) subframe types for a set of DL subframes associated with a first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of a hybrid automatic report request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) and perform physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapping based on the classified DL subframe Types for an acknowledgement transmission associated with PDSCH transmission reception.
US09445335B2	Handover prediction using historical data A method in an apparatus 301 for adapting play out of data packets during a handover of a user equipment (UE) 302 between a first radio network node (RNN) 304 and a second RNN 306. The packets relate to a real-time service application. The UE, first and second RNNs are comprised in a communications system 300. The method comprises generating at least one message to an adaptation control module. The at least one message is generated based on collected historical handover information and on current handover information. The method comprises further, by means of the adaptation control module, adapting the adapting the play out of the packets in dependence of the at least one message such that radio quality degradation in the real-time service application is controlled.
US09445333B2	Method and device for switching of multi-carrier A method for switching of multi-carrier and device are provided. The method comprises: receiving a message sent from a source RAN node corresponding to a first link and comprising information of a second link; according to the information of the second link, establishing a connection between a target RAN node corresponding to the first link and an RAN node corresponding to the second link, so as to perform data transmission. The first link is a link in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) network, and the second link is a link in a second RAT network. Embodiments of the present invention can ensure the continuity of the throughput of data transmission during switching under aggregation of multiple RAT carriers.
US09445328B2	Method for reselecting a cell at a user equipment in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method for enabling a terminal to reselect a cell in a wireless communication system. In more detail, the method includes receiving probability information relating to cell reselection from a network, and performing first cell reselection by using the received probability information when a specific service is received or is to be received.
US09445325B2	Method, device and system for reporting signal quality measurement result The present application discloses a method, a device, and a system for reporting a signal quality measurement result, relates to the field of communications, and implements reporting of an adjacent-frequency signal quality measurement result by a terminal. Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for reporting a signal quality measurement result, including: receiving adjacent frequency information, an adjacent-frequency signal quality reporting amount, and a reporting threshold corresponding to the adjacent-frequency signal quality reporting amount from a radio network node; according to the adjacent frequency information, performing measurement to obtain an adjacent-frequency signal quality measurement result; and reporting the adjacent-frequency signal quality measurement result in a preset bit string format to the radio network node. The embodiments of the present application are mainly used for redirection, handover, and cell change operations of a terminal.
US09445323B1	Network identifier reservation in response to handoff A method is disclosed to help keep a UE's network identifier available for reassignment to that UE even after that UE engages in a particular type of handover. In accordance with the method, a network may make a determination that a UE should engage in a particular type of handover. In response to making this determination, the network may terminate the UE's active connection. However, based on the particular type of handover in which the network determined that the UE should engage, the network may also reserve the network identifier assigned for the UE's active connection.
US09445321B2	Connected mode mobility between radio access networks A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a user equipment performs an inter-radio access technology (RAT) mobility procedure from a first network to a second network while idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) is active, locally deactivates ISR in connection with completion of the inter-RAT mobility procedure, and initiates a location management procedure in the second network. Depending on the respective type of the first and second network, and the connection state of the UE with respect to the first network, the mobility procedure may be performed in response to a mobility command received from the first network, or in response to a mobility condition of the first network as detected by the UE.
US09445319B2	Method and apparatus for controlling and resolving a handover failure when a dynamic cell off is occurred in wireless access system A method and device for preventing a handover failure by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless access system supporting cell-on/off. The method includes: initiating, by a user equipment (UE), a handover procedure to a target Base Station (BS); receiving, by the UE, cell off indication information indicating that a cell of the target BS will be powered off during the handover procedure; and discontinuing, by the UE, the handover procedure according to the cell off indication information.
US09445315B2	Method and apparatus for cell reselections In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a user equipment initiates autonomous cell reselection from a source cell to a target cell. Subsequent to the reselection, the user equipment transmits information relating to the source cell to the target cell. The network is in some embodiments configured to use the information for self-organizing network purposes by connecting source-target cell pairs as neighbors.
US09445312B2	Enhanced configuration and handoff scheme for Femto systems The enhanced configuration and handoff scheme leverages the configuration of the Femto system, the Femto access network conditions and the mobile device conditions to facilitate an attractive user-experience. In an embodiment, the invention is based on the use of the access network conditions, IP (Internet Protocol) multimedia service QoS constraints, and the user profile for an enhanced configuration and handoff scheme, in a multimode Femto system.
US09445308B2	Method for verifying and/or preprocessing data packets and control device set up to carry out the method A method for verifying and/or preprocessing data packets received by a receiving device in a vehicle during wireless vehicle-to-environment communication includes: determining, in the receiving device, relevance of the received data packets; prioritizing, and verification and/or preprocessing according to their relevance, the data packets for the determination of the relevance depending on the distance between a transmitting device and the receiving device; and checking the signature of the transmitting device of the data packets and/or preprocessing the data packets in an order predefined by the prioritizing. The determination of the relevance also depends on the type of data packet and/or the type or position of the transmitting device, taking into account the position of the transmitting device based on another safety-relevant object.
US09445307B2	Network smart cell selection Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for minimizing data overhead in a cellular network. In some embodiments a method includes receiving, by a base station of the cellular network, location information associated with a mobile device. The method may include determining, by the base station, a location of the mobile device based on the location information; and determining, by the base station, an offload alternative connection point based on the determined location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method includes disconnecting the mobile device from a current connection point; and connecting the mobile device to the offload alternative connection point.
US09445306B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving packet in wireless communication system A method for simultaneously transmitting packets having different lengths to two or more users in a wireless communication system includes: generating the packets to transmit to the respective users, the packets containing information on the maximum transmission length of the packets having different lengths; and simultaneously transmitting the generated packets to the respective users. The maximum transmission length is represented by the number of symbols, and each of the packets sequentially contains control information required for transmitting the packet, data, a tail field, and a PHY pad field, and is generated by inserting a MAC pad between the control information and the data such that the tail field and the PHY pad field are positioned at the last byte of the last symbol of the maximum transmission length.
US09445305B2	Low energy beacon encoding Techniques and tools are described for transmitting beacon messages using a wireless communication protocol, such as the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol. In some examples, beacon messages can be generated in a compact format and included in an AdvData portion of a payload of a protocol data unit of a Bluetooth Low Energy advertising channel packet. A beacon message can be transmitted from a stationary beacon generation device and broadcast to an area within a transmission range of the beacon generation device, and mobile computing devices, such as mobile phones, can receive the beacon message and perform one or more actions in response to information contained in the beacon message, all while conserving energy used by the beacon generation device and the mobile computing device.
US09445303B2	Capacity station activation method, wireless communication apparatus and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a capacity station activation method and system. A coverage station sends activation control information to a capacity station, where the activation control information enables the capacity station to send a pilot signal to a user in a power decreasing manner; receives a pilot signal measurement result from the user; determines, according to the measurement result, a capacity station that needs to be activated to meet a system requirement; and sends activation information to the determined capacity station that needs to be activated. According to the capacity station activation method and system provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the capacity station that needs to be activated can be more accurately determined, transmit power of an activated capacity station can be controlled, and power consumption of an entire system can be reduced.
US09445301B2	Method, apparatus, and system for accessing multi-operator core network Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a system for accessing a multi-operator core network. The method includes: acquiring, by a second SGSN, an LLC parameter of a first SGSN from an access network device, where the LLC parameter of the first SGSN is sent by the first SGSN to the access network device; and interacting, by the second SGSN, with an MS by using the LLC parameter of the first SGSN.
US09445299B2	System and method of rank adaptation in MIMO communication system An apparatus may include a transmitter arranged to wirelessly transmit channel status reports for channels within a transmission band to a base station and a processor. The apparatus may further include a rank adaptation (RA) module operable on the processor to direct the transmitter to send a multiplicity of sub-band channel quality indicator (CQI) reports, each sub-band CQI report comprising a measurement of a respective sub-band of the transmission band and a multiplicity of rank indicator (RI) reports, where each sub-band CQI report is accompanied by an RI report. The apparatus may further include a digital display arranged to display information transmitted via the base station to the apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09445297B2	Method of anonymously reporting minimization of drive test measurements The present invention provides a method of anonymously reporting minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements. According to the method, a mobility management entity (MME) obtains MDT data anonymity configuration which indicates whether MDT measurements are to be reported anonymously at a type allocation code (TAC) level; sends a TAC of a UE to a trace collection entity (TCE) if the MDT data anonymity configuration indicates MDT measurements are to be reported anonymously at the TAC level; sends an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI) or an international mobile equipment identity and software version (IMEISV) of the UE to the TCE if the MDT data anonymity configuration indicates other information, e.g. Trace, is adopted for anonymously reporting MDT measurements. The present invention enables an MME to send different identities of a UE to the TCE according to different requirements for anonymity to implement anonymous reporting of MDT measurements.
US09445296B2	Method, system, and device for configuring channel measurement and DL CSI feedback Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a method, system, and device for configuring channel measurement and DL CSI feedback, so as to implement measurement in a dynamic TDD system. The method for configuring channel measurement according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a network side device dividing downlink subframes into multiple downlink subframe groups according to an interference condition on the downlink subframes; and the network side device notifying a user equipment of channel measurement configuration information corresponding to the downlink subframe groups. The network side device notifies the user equipment of the channel measurement configuration information corresponding to the multiple downlink subframe groups that are obtained according to the interference condition on the downlink subframe, thereby implementing measurement in the dynamic TDD system.
US09445294B2	Terminal selection method, network device, and radio terminal In one embodiment, a mobility management device MME selects a Logged MDT implementation terminal that should implement a measurement process by Logged MDT, from among a plurality of radio terminals UE in a mobile communication system 1 compatible with the Logged MDT defined in the 3GPP standards. The mobility management device MME stores camping history information in which information indicating a TA on which a radio terminal has camped is associated with information indicating a time period during which the radio terminal has camped on the TA, for each of the plurality of radio terminals UE. Then, the mobility management device MME selects, as the Logged MDT implementation terminal, a radio terminal having a relatively long camping time period corresponding to a measurement target area on which the measurement process is to be performed, from among the plurality of radio terminals UE.
US09445293B2	Multiple band portable spectrum analyzer A device for detecting RF power information, for use as a stand alone purpose built device, or connectable to an external computing instrument such as a laptop, PDA, or cell phone, or other similarly capable technology. The device scans two or more bands in the wireless frequency and provides output to the user with wireless information about multiple bands of information.
US09445292B2	Method for transmitting channel quality information based on differential scheme A method for transmitting channel quality information based on a differential scheme is disclosed. When channel quality information of a predetermined number of sub-bands selected by a receiver in a frequency selective channel is transmitted, total average channel information is transmitted. Channel information of the selected sub-bands is transmitted as sub-band differential information associated with average channel information. In this case, the sub-band differential information may be denoted by a specific value contained in a differential-value range including only positive (+) values. If at least two channel quality information is transmitted by a MIMO system, channel quality information of one channel is transmitted, then channel quality information of the other channel is transmitted as spatial differential information. In this case, the spatial differential information is denoted by a specific value contained in a differential-value range asymmetrical on the basis of “0”.
US09445287B2	Electronic device, method and computer-readable medium for sensing spectrum usage in a cognitive radio communication system An electronic device, a method, and a computer-readable medium. The electronic device includes a circuitry configured to receive a radio communication signal for another device, configured to determine, based on the radio communication signal, one or more features that can reflect the difference between an uplink transmission mode and a downlink transmission mode, and configured to judge whether the radio communication signal is for the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission according to the one or more features.
US09445286B2	Protocol version negotiation method, mobile terminal, base station and communications system The present invention discloses a protocol version negotiation method, a mobile terminal and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a mobile terminal, an air interface message sent by a base station according to a 3GPP protocol, where the air interface message includes an information element for indicating a highest protocol version supported by the base station, and the air interface message is sent before the base station sends a request message for querying the mobile terminal capability set; obtaining the highest protocol version supported by the base station according to the information element; and if the highest protocol version supported by the mobile terminal is later than the highest protocol version supported by the base station, configuring, by the mobile terminal, a protocol version used by the mobile terminal to a protocol version same as the highest protocol version supported by the base station.
US09445285B2	Interference alignment for transmitter/receiver pairs in wireless communication systems Interference is mitigated in a wireless communication system using interference alignment techniques to cancel inter-cell interference based on a decoding order while using joint decoding to cancel intra-cell interference. Second transmitter-receiver pairs proximate a first transmitter-receiver pair may be selected so that the first transmitter-receiver pair is in a first cell and the second transmitter-receiver pairs are not in the first cell. Signals transmitted by the second transmitter-receiver pairs may be aligned to be received by the first transmitter-receiver pair in a first subspace of channels. A second subspace of the channels is free of the signals transmitted by the second transmitter-receiver pairs.
US09445279B2	Systems and methods for placing virtual serving gateways for mobility management Methods and systems for determining placement of a virtual serving gateway. The method includes obtaining a set of input information. The input information includes network information and configuration information providing one or more parameters for placing the virtual serving gateway, and includes at least one mobility insensitivity criterion. Placement of the virtual serving gateway at one or more physical hosts is determined in accordance with the network information and the configuration information. The virtual serving gateway is distributively placeable across physical hosts. A set of output information is generated. The output information includes information identifying placement of the virtual serving gateway at the physical hosts, and a hosting percentage for each physical host.
US09445274B2	Method for preventing fraud or misuse when using a specific service of a public land mobile network by a user equipment, subscriber identity module and application program A method for preventing fraud or misuse when a User Equipment uses a service of a public land mobile network. The User Equipment includes a Subscriber Identity Module, The Subscriber Identity Module includes address information used for the service of the public land mobile network. The Subscriber Identity Module includes an application program. The application program includes reference address information. The method includes: determining, by the application program of the Subscriber Identity Module of the User Equipment, that the address information does not correspond to the reference address information; and in response to the determining: blocking, by the application program, the service for the User Equipment and sending an error message to the public land mobile network; or invoking, by the application program, the service for the User Equipment using the reference address information.
US09445262B2	Authentication server, mobile terminal and method for issuing radio frequency card key using authentication server and mobile terminal A method of for issuing a radio frequency (RF) card key of an authentication server is disclosed. The method includes receiving an encrypted serial number of a smart card from a mobile terminal, decrypting the encrypted serial number, extracting an RF card key corresponding to the decrypted serial number, encrypting the RF card key, and transmitting the encrypted RF card key to the mobile terminal.
US09445261B2	Method and apparatus for reporting measurement result A method and apparatus for reporting measurement results in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment receives a measurement configuration from a base station and logs a measurement result based on the measurement configuration. The user equipment determines whether a consent for reporting privacy information is revoked while logging the measurement result. If the consent is revoked, the user equipment stops logging the measurement result.
US09445258B2	Method and apparatus for supporting CSG service in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for supporting a closed subscriber group (CSG) service is provided. The apparatus includes a memory to store CSG subscription information and a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit and memory to implement a radio interface protocol. The processor accesses a base station (BS), transmits the CSG subscription information to the BS, receives an access mode from the BS where the access mode is determined based on the CSG subscription information, and negotiates with the BS with regard to a CSG service if the access mode supports a CSG to which the apparatus belongs.
US09445257B2	Method and system for providing cloud subscriber identity module (SIM) The present invention provides a method and system for mobile communication where upon detecting a change in registration of a subscriber of a 5 client network at a visited operator, the subscribers client networks IMSI is switched to a hub operators IMSI. The hub operator is selected from a cloudSIM hub ecosystem, depending on the location of the subscriber. Thereafter, a cloudSIM hub converts between the signaling on the hub operators IMSI to signaling on the client operators IMSI. Further, the cloudSIM hub relays the converted signaling between 10 the visited operator and the client operator.
US09445256B1	Binding update forwarding between packet gateways A first home packet gateway (PGW) device may receive a binding update message on behalf of a wireless communication device (WCD). The first home PGW device may be associated with a first pool of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and the WCD may be assigned a particular IP address. It may be determined that the first pool of IP addresses does not include the particular IP address, and that the particular IP address is included in a second pool of IP addresses that is associated with a second home PGW device. Possibly in response to determining that the particular IP address is included in the second pool of IP addresses that is associated with the second home PGW device, the first home PGW device may forward the binding update message to the second home PGW device.
US09445254B2	Assisted device discovery An electronic device may communicate according to a first communication standard and a second communication standard. The first communication standard may have a longer communication range than the second communication standard. The electronic device may send a capability indication through the first communication standard. The capability indication may indicate the electronic device is capable of communicating according to the second communication standard with a shorter communication range than the first communication standard. The electronic device may discover a second electronic device capable of communicating according to the second communication standard and positioned outside of a non-extended communication range of the second communication standard. Upon discovery, the electronic device may communicate with the second electronic device at an extended range of the second communication standard even though the second electronic device is positioned outside the non-extended communication range of the first electronic device.
US09445253B2	Methods and apparatus for scanning for mesh nodes Methods and apparatus are provided for scanning for mesh nodes. A communication device monitors a shared communication channel to detect receive window start frames indicating that a mesh node is awake and available to receive data. The scanning device transmits a probe request during the awake window.
US09445250B2	Emergency call placement systems and methods Systems and methods are provided for connecting a caller to an alternate telephone number, such as 9-1-1, when a call to a private response center does not result in immediate assistance, or when it is recognized by the private response center that emergency services are needed at the caller's location. In one example, when the call to the private response center does not connect, the private response center may explicitly reject the call, causing the calling device to take action to call an emergency services telephone number, if needed. In another example, the call to the private response center may reach a customer service representative who recognizes that emergency services are needed. A signal is then sent to the calling device causing the device to call 9-1-1 directly.
US09445247B2	System and method for short message services to an instant messaging conversion Implementations of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for federating communications between a first network that transmits and receives messages formatted in a first format and a second network that transmits and receives messages formatted in a second format. The systems and methods are configured to receive a message from the first network formatted in the first format. The system then converts the message into a unified format that may be sent to the second network. After receiving the message in the unified format, the message may then be converted into the format of the second network and sent on the second network like any other message on the second network.
US09445238B2	System and method for confirming data processing system target(s) Provided is a system and method for enabling a user, of a wireless radio equipped mobile data processing system, to: aim the mobile data processing system, perform a shoot action, and subsequently confirm the target(s) shot. Aim information is transmitted outbound by radio frequency from the mobile data processing system to a remote data processing system (e.g. a targeted data processing system) for determining the target being successfully shot. Information for confirmation is transmitted inbound by radio frequency to the mobile data processing system (e.g. from a targeted data processing system), for example to complete the shoot action. Aim information may include location information, directional and posture information, distance information, target size, and/or other shooting data to further qualify the shoot action.
US09445235B2	Multi-level virtual fence A proximity fence can be a location-agnostic fence defined by signal sources having no geographic location information. The proximity fence can correspond to a group of signal sources instead of a point location fixed to latitude and longitude coordinates. A signal source can be a radio frequency (RF) transmitter broadcasting a beacon signal. The beacon signal can include a payload that includes an identifier indicating a category to which the signal source belongs, and one or more labels indicating one or more subcategories to which the signal source belongs. The proximity fence defined by the group of signal sources can trigger different functions of application programs associated with the proximity fence on a mobile device, when the mobile device moves within the proximity fence and enters and exits different parts of the proximity fence corresponding to the different subcategories.
US09445228B2	Mobile device monitor system A system detects absence of a mobile device. The system includes a mobile device detection system that detects mobile devices in communication range of the mobile device detection system. Expected device logic compares mobile devices detected in communication range of the mobile device detection system with a list of mobile devices expected to be presence during a check of mobile devices in communication range of the mobile device detection system. A notification system notifies a user when at least one mobile device in list of mobile devices expected to be presence during a check of mobile devices in communication range of the mobile device detection system is not in communication range of the mobile device detection system.
US09445222B2	Using Bluetooth low energy A method comprises receiving a signal indicative of receipt of a first Bluetooth low energy message (42), the first Bluetooth low energy message (42) including at least one transmission time adjustment parameter, determining an adjusted transmission time for a subsequent Bluetooth low energy message (44) based on the at least one transmission time adjustment parameter, and causing transmission of the subsequent Bluetooth low energy message (44) at the adjusted transmission time.
US09445220B2	Systems and methods for enabling additional devices to check in to bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons Systems and methods are provided for checking many users in to a location using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacon. The provided systems and methods may allow a BLE beacon to facilitate a check in with a remote server that processes check ins and then disconnect from the device used to check in. The device may be assigned a unique identifier that may be broadcast from the device during the check in so that the BLE beacon can quickly scan for the identifier and connect with the device based on the identifier to provide content and other information to the device.
US09445218B2	Efficient machine to machine communications Techniques described herein may provide for the organization and the control of nodes in an Machine to Machine (M2M) domain that is energy efficient and may provide for prioritized control of network traffic. Data may be received from of clusters of nodes in a M2M network, each of the clusters including one or more nodes to generate the data and a hub node to receive, from the one or more nodes, the generated data. The hub node may transmit the generated data. An update interval for the one or more nodes in each of the clusters may be set on a per-cluster basis and the update interval may define a period at which the one or more nodes in a particular cluster transmit data towards a corresponding hub node of the particular cluster. Additionally, an update interval for the hub node may be set, the update interval for the hub node being set on a per-cluster basis and defining a period at which the hub node transmits data.
US09445216B2	Actuator based on sensor actuator network and method of actuating the same In a wireless sensor actuator network system, actuators to be actuated to correspond to a plurality of sensors are selected using an A-S matrix that represents relationship strength between a plurality of actuators and the plurality of sensors based on sensing data of the plurality of sensors, and only the selected actuators determine actuation values based on values of the A-S matrix.
US09445210B1	Waveform display control of visual characteristics Waveform display control techniques of visual characteristics are described. In one or more examples, a method is described of increasing user efficiency in identifying particular sounds in a waveform display of sound data without listening to the sound data. Sound data received by a computing device is partitioned to form a plurality of sound data time intervals. A signature is computed for each of the plurality of sound data time intervals by the computing device based on features extracted from respective said sound data time intervals. The computed signatures are mapped by the computing device to one or more colors. Output of a waveform in a user interface is controlled by the computing device, in which the waveform represents the sound data and each of the sound data time intervals in the waveform have the mapped one or more colors.
US09445208B2	Emission of a commencement sound and a conclusion sound Various embodiments associated with a commencement sound and a conclusion sound are described. The commencement sound can be a firing sound, such as a sound of a bullet exiting a rifle. The conclusion sound can be an impact sound, such as a sound of the bullet impacting a concrete wall. These sounds can replicate what it sounds like to have an experience around someone without actually subjecting that person to the experience.
US09445207B2	Bone conduction device including a balanced electromagnetic actuator having radial and axial air gaps A bone conduction device configured to couple to an abutment of an anchor system anchored to a recipient's skull. The bone conduction device includes a vibrating electromagnetic actuator configured to vibrate in response to sound signals received by the bone conduction device, and a coupling apparatus configured to attach the bone conduction device to the abutment so as to impart to the recipient's skull vibrations generated by the vibrating electromagnetic actuator. The vibrating electromagnetic actuator includes a bobbin assembly and a counterweight assembly. Two axial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly and two radial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly. No substantial amount of the dynamic magnetic flux passes through the radial air gaps.
US09445200B2	Piezoelectric speaker having weight and method of producing the same The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric speaker having a weight that enables a frequency response characteristic of the piezoelectric speaker to be uniform by disposing a weight of a flexible material on an acoustic diaphragm or on and below an acoustic diaphragm of the piezoelectric speaker, thereby enhancing flatness of sound. The piezoelectric speaker having the weight includes a piezoelectric device having a piezoelectric layer and an electrode formed on or on and below the piezoelectric layer to apply an electrical signal to the piezoelectric layer; an acoustic diaphragm having a wider area than the piezoelectric device and bonded on one surface of the piezoelectric device; a frame disposed in a form that surrounds a side surface of the acoustic diaphragm; and a weight disposed above the acoustic diaphragm or above and below the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is disposed to thereby control a vibration.
US09445198B2	Polyhedral audio system based on at least second-order eigenbeams A microphone array-based audio system that supports representations of auditory scenes using second-order (or higher) harmonic expansions based on the audio signals generated by the microphone array. In one embodiment, a plurality of audio sensors are mounted on the surface of an acoustically rigid polyhedron that approximates a sphere. The number and location of the audio sensors on the polyhedron are designed to enable the audio signals generated by those sensors to be decomposed into a set of eigenbeams having at least one eigenbeam of order two (or higher). Beamforming (e.g., steering, weighting, and summing) can then be applied to the resulting eigenbeam outputs to generate one or more channels of audio signals that can be utilized to accurately render an auditory scene.
US09445196B2	Inter-channel coherence reduction for stereophonic and multichannel acoustic echo cancellation In an audio system having acoustic echo, incoming audio signals are decorrelated by applying both phase modulation and amplitude modulation. The resulting decorrelated signals are rendered by loudspeakers, and co-located microphones generate outgoing audio signals that include echo signals caused by the existence of acoustic echo paths from the loudspeakers to the microphones. Acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) is applied to the outgoing audio signals to reduce the amount of echo in those signals. Decorrelating the incoming audios signals using amplitude modulation in addition to phase modulation can increase the effectiveness of the AEC processing. In a frequency-domain implementation, the amount of amplitude modulation can be different for different frequency bands (e.g., greater amplitude modulation for lower frequencies corresponding to human speech and/or no amplitude modulation for higher frequencies).
US09445195B2	Directivity control method and device Directivity control method and device which can emphasize or suppress sound deriving from an arbitrary direction with a little computation using two microphones closely disposed are provided. An interchange circuit 2 alternately interchanges a pair of input signals InL, InR for each one sample to generate a pair of interchanged signals InA, InB. A coefficient updating circuit 3 multiplies the one InB of the interchanged signals by a coefficient m to generate an error signal between the interchanged signals InA, InB. A recurrence formula of the coefficient m containing the error signal is calculated to update the coefficient m for each one sample. Subsequently, the pair of input signals InL, InR are multiplied by the sequentially updated coefficient m, and output.
US09445194B2	Sound source separating apparatus, sound source separating program, sound pickup apparatus, and sound pickup program There is provided a sound source separating apparatus including a bidirectionality forming unit configured to form a bidirectionality by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction, among three microphones disposed at vertexes of an isosceles right triangle, a unidirectionality forming unit configured to form a unidirectionality by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located in a same direction as the target direction, among the three microphones, and a target sound extracting unit configured to extract a target sound by performing a spectral subtraction of all outputs from the bidirectionality forming unit and the unidirectionality forming unit from a signal.
US09445190B2	Masking open space noise using sound and corresponding visual Methods and apparatuses for addressing open space noise are disclosed. In one example, a method for masking open space noise includes outputting from a speaker a speaker sound corresponding to a flow of water, and displaying a water element system, the water element system generating a sound of flowing water.
US09445189B2	Noise suppressing apparatus and noise suppressing method A noise suppressing apparatus that calculates a suppression coefficient for suppressing noise of an input signal by using a frequency spectrum of the input signal includes a frequency converting section that converts the input signal into a frequency spectrum; a noise level estimating section that calculates an estimated noise level of the input signal; a weight coefficient calculating section that calculates N (N is 2 or more) weight coefficients at predetermined intervals; and a suppression coefficient calculating section that calculates a joint distribution model of sound by weighting N statistical distribution models with the N weight coefficients, derives an estimation expression for a sound spectrum of the input signal on the basis of posteriori probability using the calculated joint distribution model of sound as priori probability, and calculates the suppression coefficient on the basis of the derived estimation expression and level of the input signal.
US09445187B2	Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal A method of processing an audio signal, the method including receiving a downmix signal and a first information, the downmix signal including at least one object, the first information including object information indicating an attribute of the at least one object; receiving a second information, the second information including external preset information and applied object number information, the external preset information being an external input and including an external preset rendering parameter and external preset metadata, the applied object number information indicating a number of objects to which the external preset information is applied; generating downmix processing information controlling panning or gain of the downmix signal by using the object information and the external preset information based on the applied object number information; and modifying the downmix signal by using the downmix processing information.
US09445184B2	Active noise reduction headphone An active noise reduction earphone includes a speaker, a plurality of microphones and a feedback system. Each microphone is displaced from the speaker and the other microphones, and each microphone generates a microphone signal responsive to received acoustic noise. The feedback system receives a combination of the microphone signals and generates an inverse noise signal that is applied to the speaker. The speaker generates an inverse acoustic noise signal that substantially cancels the acoustic noise signal at a predetermined location relative to the speaker and the microphones. The feedback system can include a microphone signal combiner in communication with the microphones. The microphone signal combiner generates a signal that may be a sum or weighted sum of the microphone signals and can be used to generate the inverse noise signal. The earphone has an increased noise reduction bandwidth and improved cancellation capability relative to conventional earphones.
US09445178B2	Cord management system A cord management system includes a case and a strap. The strap has a first attachment point at a first location on the strap and a second attachment point a second location on the strap. The strap also includes at least two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, the first attachment point is attached to the second attachment point so that a first segment of the strap located between the first attachment point and the second attachment point forms a loop configured to secure a cord that is wrapped around the case. In a second mode of operation, the first attachment point is detached from the second attachment point so that the first segment no longer forms the loop. In some embodiments, the strap is permanently attached to the case, while in other embodiments the strap is semi-permanently attached to the case.
US09445176B1	Earpiece apparatus for in-ear headphones An earpiece apparatus for in-ear headphones, includes two shells, each having a speaker and an extending sound output hole, wherein at least one mounting hole is positioned on the outer surface of said shells, said mounting hole is not positioned opposite to said sound output hole, a vibrating structure is correspondingly positioned on said mounting hole, said vibrating structure contacts the earlap, said vibrating structure comprises a vibrating diaphragm and a flexible piece, said vibrating diaphragm is fixed on said flexible piece, said vibrating diaphragm is made of thin metal, plastic, or paper etc. membrane material, and said flexible piece is made of a soft material, and when the sound waves produced from said speaker vibrate within said shell, said flexible piece and said vibrating diaphragm vibrate accordingly along with the sound waves passing through.
US09445173B2	System and method for a transducer system with wakeup detection According to embodiments described herein, a circuit includes an interface circuit configured to be coupled to a transducer and a detection circuit. The interface circuit is configured to provide a digital output signal to a signal input terminal of a processing circuit. The detection circuit is configured to receive the digital output signal and provide a low power enable signal to a low power enable terminal of the processing circuit. In the various embodiments, the digital output signal is based on a transduced signal from the transducer and the low power enable signal is determined by comparing the digital output signal with a first threshold.
US09445172B2	Headphones with interactive display A novel headphone system includes a first speaker assembly, a second speaker assembly, and an interactive visual display system. The interactive visual display system includes a display operative to output visual contents according to interaction with a user. In a more particular embodiment, the headphone system includes an external device interface that enables a user to interact with the contents displayed from the screen via an external device or via the Internet. In another embodiment, the interactive visual display system is removable from the rest of the headphone system and can optionally be installed in another compatible non-headphone device.
US09445171B2	Sounder for mobile apparatus A sounder for use in mobile apparatus comprising an electronic signal generator and a electroacoustic transducer to generate an audible sound, wherein the sound comprises continuous repetitions of a pre-determined section of substantially broadband sound.
US09445168B2	Electronic device and direction switching method of the electronic device An electronic device and a direction switching method are described. The electronic device includes a housing having a first end and a second end, an audio input unit and an audio output unit. The electronic device has at least a first working direction and a second working direction, the direction from said first end to said second end is a reference direction when the electronic device is in the first working direction; and the direction from the second end to the first end is the reference direction when the electronic device is in the second working direction, wherein the audio input unit in a working state is located at the second end when the electronic device is in the first working direction; and the audio input unit in the working state is located at the first end when the electronic device is in the second working direction.
US09445166B2	Assignment of wavelengths to optical signals in an optical network A method may include determining, by a device, a wavelength identifier graph corresponding to an optical network based on a set of lightpath conflicts, for a set of optical signals, associated with a set of links and a set of nodes of the optical network. One or more optical signals may be associated with transmission via a super-channel. The method may further include selectively assigning, by the device, a wavelength identifier to an optical signal, of the set of optical signals, based on the wavelength identifier graph. The wavelength identifier being associated with a set of wavelength identifiers and corresponding to a wavelength of a set of wavelengths. The method may further include causing, by the device, the optical signal to utilize the wavelength, of the set of wavelengths, for transmission via the optical network.
US09445162B2	Interactive personal/internet protocol television reservation system, reservation plan management method and device An Interactive Personal/Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) reservation system, and a reservation plan management method and device are provided. A reservation server receives a reservation plan addition request initiated by a DVR set top box, wherein the reservation plan addition request carries a reservation plan to be added; the reservation server obtains from the shared storage server an added reservation plan which corresponds to the DVR set top box and has been added by a user; and the reservation server performs a conflict processing on the reservation plan to be added, when determining that the reservation plan to be added exceeds a recording ability of the DVR set top box according to the obtained added reservation plan. Accordingly, a problem in the related art that the load of a reservation server is too heavy and a failure processing ability of a system is relatively weak is solved, the load of the reservation server is reduced, and the failure processing ability is improved.
US09445160B2	Legacy converter filter with extended frequency range The present invention provides a converter filter that includes a bandstop frequency range to protect against overloading of the input circuits of legacy converter boxes from the relatively high power upstream return path signal between 5 and 85 MHz. The converter filter also functions to pass the downstream signal path with minimal loss and reflection. The converter filter comprises a circuit including a low pass filter and high pass filter in parallel with each other that operate to substantially pass signals in a first frequency band of approximately 5 to 52 MHz and a second frequency band of approximately 85 MHz to 2 GHz while substantially blocking signals in a third frequency band of approximately 52 MHz to 85 MHz.
US09445157B2	Specialized media presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG) An electronic program guide (EPG) may include entries that enable access to one or more images. In some implementations, when an image-related entry is selected by a user, a device presents the one or more images that are associated with the selected entry. In some implementations, portions of the EPG are presented as links. Selection of a link effectuates a search and may be followed by the visual presentation of one or more images resulting from the search. Additionally, in some implementations, an image can be communicated with an electronic communication. In response to the electronic communication, an image entry may be added to the channel lineup of the EPG. Selection of the image entry in the EPG may cause the device to visually present the image.
US09445153B2	Systems and methods for controlling media recording devices via a media recorder proxy device A method includes receiving data from a communication device at a processor of a proxy device, the data requesting a recording of media content. The method includes, sending a first command to a first media recording device and a second command to a second media recording device. The first command instructs the first media recording device to generate a first recording based on the media content, and the second command instructs the second media recording device to generate a second recording based on the media content. The first recording has a first file format and the second recording has a second file format. The second file format is compatible with a portable device.
US09445150B2	Asynchronously streaming video of a live event from a handheld device A video streaming system includes a handheld computing device that asynchronously streams video to a storage subsystem. The handheld computing device receives and buffers video data of contiguous video samples and, after a predefined amount of contiguous video samples has been buffered, assigns an index for that predefined amount of contiguous video samples and asynchronously transmits the index and those contiguous video samples to a storage subsystem of a broadcast server system. The handheld computing device, upon determining that the predefined amount of contiguous video samples has been received by the storage subsystem, transmits a notification message to an application server of the broadcast server system that includes the assigned index and indicates that the corresponding contiguous video samples are stored on the storage subsystem. The notification message causes the application server to fetch those video samples according to the index and process them for broadcasting to client computing devices.
US09445149B2	Method and apparatus for band separation for multiband communication systems Aspects of a method and apparatus for band separation for multiband communication systems are provided. One or more circuits for use in a transceiver may comprise a triplexer and a leakage processing module. The triplexer may comprise a multiband port, a Multimedia Over Coaxial Alliance (MoCA) port, a television upstream port, and a television downstream port. The leakage processing module may comprise a television downstream input port, a cable television downstream output port, a MoCA port, and a cable television upstream port. The leakage processing module may be operable to (1) process a MoCA signal to generate a first compensation signal; (2) process a cable upstream signal to generate a second compensation signal; (3) process a filtered signal based at least in part on the first and second compensation signals; and (4) output the processed filtered signal via the cable television downstream output port of said leakage processing module.
US09445148B2	Digital video recorder (DVR) implemented using supplemental device storage Techniques described herein may use a computing device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer, that is attached to a local area network, as a storage device or supplemental storage device for a set-top box (STB) that is also attached to the local area network. In one implementation, the STB may stream, to the computing device, video content corresponding to a television program that is being viewed by a user of the STB. In response to a command such as a rewind or unpause operation, the STB may request the video content from the computing device; receiving the requested video content from the computing device; and satisfying the unpause or rewind operation, based on the received video content.
US09445145B2	User terminal apparatus, display apparatus, user interface providing method and controlling method thereof A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a communication interface unit which receives user interface (UI) information data regarding a UI screen corresponding to at least one application displayed on an external apparatus in communication with the external apparatus, a storage unit which stores a UI information conversion format, an information conversion unit which converts the received UI information data using the UI information conversion format, a display unit which displays a UI screen, and a control unit which controls the information conversion unit to convert the UI information data received by the communication interface unit using the UI information conversion format and display on the display unit the UI screen corresponding to the converted UI information data.
US09445141B2	Efficient re-use of a media asset Systems and methods are provided for reusing parts of previously created media assets when creating new media assets. Files created for previous media assets are evaluated when creating a manifest file for a new media asset. If a needed file was previously created, the manifest file for the new media asset references the preexisting file. This avoids the need to recreate files when creating new media assets.
US09445140B2	Systems and methods for sharing video viewing history A method for storing user activity data is disclosed. The method includes receiving user activity data from the multiple computer programs, and identifying a subset of the user activity data in accordance with storage criteria associated with the multiple computer programs. The method also includes storing in a user activity database the subset of the user activity data identified in accordance with the storage criteria associated with the multiple computer programs, and displaying the subset of the user activity data stored in the user activity database.
US09445135B2	Method and apparatus for scrub preview services In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of streaming media with a media preview includes generating a preview data by extracting preview information from a media file to be streamed. The preview data has a multi-dimensional hierarchical data structure having a plurality of layers with increasing content of the preview information in each layer of the plurality of layers. The preview data is configured to provide a differentiated preview service.
US09445129B2	Image coding method and image decoding method An image coding method for coding an input image per block to generate a coded image signal includes: predicting for each prediction unit which is an area obtained by partitioning a target block to generate a prediction image of the target block; comparing a transform unit which is an area obtained by partitioning the target block and is a processing unit for frequency transform with the prediction unit, to detect part of a boundary of the prediction unit, the boundary being located within the transform unit; performing boundary filtering on the detected part of the boundary in the generated prediction image; calculating a difference between a filtered prediction image and the input image to generate a difference image of the target block; and performing frequency transform on the difference image for each transform unit.
US09445127B2	Method of decoding moving pictures in intra prediction A video coding method for encoding a video signal at a low data rate with high video quality is disclosed. To minimize the number of bits required for a residual signal, invalid reference pixels adjacent to a current block are generated using at least one reconstructed valid reference pixel adjacent to the current block. After valid reference pixels adjacent to the current block and the generated reference pixels are filtered, the intra-prediction mode of the current block is determined. Therefore, since a reference block most approximate to the current block is generated, the amount of data needed for the residual block of the current block can be minimized.
US09445126B2	Video filtering using a combination of one-dimensional switched filter and one-dimensional adaptive filter In one example, this disclosure describes a method of loop filtering of reconstructed video data during a video coding process. The method may comprising applying a one-dimensional (1D) switched filter to the video data in a first dimension that is either horizontal or vertical, and applying a 1D adaptive filter to the video data in a second dimension that is perpendicular to the first dimension.
US09445121B2	Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation architecture Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC is enabled in a video bit stream, and determining if OBDC is enabled for one or more macroblocks that neighbor a first macroblock within the video bit stream. The neighboring macroblocks may be transform coded. If OBDC is enabled in the video bit stream and for the one or more neighboring macroblocks, predictions may be made for a region of the first macroblock that has an edge adjacent with the neighboring macroblocks. OBDC can be causally applied. Disparity compensation parameters or modes may be shared amongst views or layers. A variety of predictions may be used with causally-applied OBDC.
US09445115B2	Coded image system and method thereof A coded image system enables a user to recover an object scene from an encoded image. The coded the image system comprises: a physical object scene; an encoding logic creating an encoded image, the encoding logic including a programmable aperture mask spaced a distance away from the physical object scene to encode the encoded image via a doubly-Toeplitz matrix, the doubly-Toeplitz matrix including two one-dimensional vectors; and a decoding logic operatively coupled to the programmable aperture mask to decode the encoded image recovering a visual representation of the object scene from the encoded image.
US09445114B2	Method and device for determining slice boundaries based on multiple video encoding processes A method of encoding an image of a video sequence, the image being represented by a plurality of coding units, the encoding comprising at least two different encoding processes for encoding the image wherein each encoding process introduces coding dependencies between coding units, the method comprising: determining a set of slice boundaries for each encoding process wherein the set of slice boundaries for each encoding process partitions the image into one or more slices for the respective encoding process, the one or more slices each including a set of coding units of the image between a pair of respective slice boundaries; the coding units of one slice being encoded independently of coding units of another of the slices of the respective encoding process; wherein the slice boundaries for each encoding process are defined as a function of at least one slice boundary defining parameter.
US09445110B2	Video compression and transmission techniques Embodiments feature families of rate allocation and rate control methods that utilize advanced processing of past and future frame/field picture statistics and are designed to operate with one or more coding passes. At least two method families include: a family of methods for a rate allocation with picture look-ahead; and a family of methods for average bit rate (ABR) control methods. At least two other methods for each method family are described. For the first family of methods, some methods may involve intra rate control. For the second family of methods, some methods may involve high complexity ABR control and/or low complexity ABR control. These and other embodiments can involve any of the following: spatial coding parameter adaptation, coding prediction, complexity processing, complexity estimation, complexity filtering, bit rate considerations, quality considerations, coding parameter allocation, and/or hierarchical prediction structures, among others.
US09445109B2	Color adaptation in video coding A video bitstream is received from an encoder, comprising encoded image portions each having a common form representing components of a channel in a color space. Each of a plurality of the encoded image portions comprises a different set of quantized values of the components, including at least a value of a first of the components being quantized from amongst a first scheme of quantized levels. Further, the received bitstream comprises a look-up table mapping the quantized levels of the first scheme to at least partially de-quantized respective levels. A de-quantizer uses the look-up table received in the bitstream to at least partially de-quantize the different quantized values of the first component in a plurality of the image portions, by converting the quantized values of the first component to at least partially de-quantized values corresponding to ones of the at least partially de-quantized levels of the first scheme.
US09445108B1	Document compression with neighborhood biased pixel labeling To compress a document, a number of edges present in a selected portion of the document are counted to determine whether the number of edges exceeds a threshold. When the number of edges exceeds the threshold, a pixel is selected from the portion and a set of neighboring pixels is identified for the pixel. For each neighboring pixel in a subset of the neighboring pixels, a corresponding label of the neighboring pixel is identified. A mask layer contains labels of pixels in the portion where a label of the selected pixel is biased using labels of neighboring pixels in the subset of the neighboring pixels. The selected pixel is designated to a foreground or a background layer of the document according to the label of the selected pixel. A compressed document is constructed corresponding to the document using the mask layer, the foreground layer, and the background layer.
US09445106B2	Picture coding method, picture decoding method, picture coding apparatus, picture decoding apparatus, and program thereof A picture coding method of the present invention codes a picture signal and a ratio of a number of luminance pixels and a number of chrominance pixels for the picture signal, and then one coding method out of at least two coding methods is selected depending on the ratio. Next, data related to a picture size is coded in accordance with the selected coding method. The data related to the picture size indicates a size of the picture corresponding to the picture signal or an output area, which is a pixel area to be outputted in decoding in a whole pixel area coded in the picture signal coding.
US09445098B2	Apparatus and method for image encoding/decoding using predictability of intra-prediction mode An apparatus and a method for video encoding/decoding using predictability of an intra-prediction mode are disclosed. The apparatus for encoding a video of the present disclosure includes: an intra-prediction mode determiner for determining an encoder prediction mode which is an intra-prediction mode of a current block of the video; an encoder for encoding a residual block generated by subtracting, from the current block, a predicted block generated by predicting the current block according to the encoder prediction mode; a mode information generator for generating mode information according to whether or not a video decoding apparatus is able to predict the encoder prediction mode; and an encoded data generator for generating encoded data including the encoded residual block and the mode information. The present disclosure can enhance compression in video encoding/decoding by using intra-prediction to predict the video with a minimum necessary bit rate.
US09445097B2	Image decoding method using intra prediction mode An image decoding method is provided which includes reconstructing an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index of a current block, constructing a first group using valid intra prediction modes of left and top blocks, and determining the intra prediction mode corresponding to the prediction mode index and the intra prediction mode group indicator. Therefore, by causing the first group to include modes having a high possibility of being equal to the prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the valid intra prediction modes of the left and top blocks of the current block and determining the intra prediction mode group indicator and the prediction mode index to be encoded using the first group, it is possible to reduce an amount of information of the intra prediction mode to be encoded.
US09445094B2	Image coding apparatus, image coding method, and program, and image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and program, relating to use of an image quality control parameter An image coding method for an image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into divisional blocks of a plurality of sizes and to perform coding on the image while controlling image quality according to a parameter value in units of divisional blocks includes acquiring a block size of a target block to be coded, acquiring a minimum block size used to control the parameter value, acquiring a state of division of the target block, acquiring the parameter value, determining whether the target block is divided according to the state of division of the target block, determining whether the block size of the target block is greater than or equal to the minimum block size; determining whether the block size of the target block is equal to the minimum block size, and coding the acquired parameter value.
US09445093B2	Multiple zone scanning order for video coding A method for encoding transform coefficients in a video encoding process includes dividing a block of transform coefficients into a plurality of zones, determining a scan order for each of the plurality of zones, and performing a scan on each of the transform coefficients in each of the plurality of zones according to their respective determined scan order. In another example, a method for decoding transform coefficients in a video encoding process includes receiving a one-dimensional array of transform coefficients, determining a scan order for each of a plurality of sections of the one-dimensional array, wherein each section of the one-dimensional array corresponds to one of a plurality of zones defining a block of transform coefficients, and performing a scan on each of the transform coefficients in each of the section of the one dimensional array of zones according to their respective determined scan order.
US09445090B2	Explicit way for signaling a collocated picture for high efficicency video coding (HEVC) using reference list0 and list1 A system is provided for determining a collocated reference picture to enable encoding and decoding of a current picture for high efficiency video coding (HEVC). The collocated picture is identified by accessing syntax that can include an index for a list0 and a list1, a reference picture set number indicating the number of pictures in list0 and list1, and a flag indicating if the collocated picture is in list0 or list1. The system can further use slice type to determine if both list0 and list1 should be accessed.
US09445088B2	LCU-based adaptive loop filtering for video coding Video encoders and video decoders filter reconstructed video data in a video encoding and/or video decoding processes and, more particularly, may perform adaptive loop filtering. Instead of implementing region adaptive (RA) classification using a fixed set of regions, a variable number of regions in a picture can be used. Additionally or alternatively, a global set of filters can be signaled in a parameter set from an encoder to a decoder, but instead of selecting filters from the global set based on an RA classification or a block adaptive (BA) classification, a filter from the global set can be explicitly signaled, for a given block, using a filter ID associated with the filter.
US09445087B2	Systems, devices, and methods for providing products and consultations Included are embodiments for a color calibration device formed from a flexible, elongate strip of material that is formable into a headband. The color calibration device includes a first color correction region comprising a plurality of color chips and a second color correction region comprising a plurality of color chips, wherein the first color correction region and the second color correction region are positioned on opposite sides of a mid-point of the flexible, elongate strip of material.
US09445080B2	Stereo camera apparatus, self-calibration apparatus and calibration method A stereo camera apparatus including an image capturing device, an optical axis controlling module and a calculating module is provided. The image capturing device is suitable for obtaining a stereo image, and the image capturing device includes a plurality of image capturing units. The optical axis controlling module is coupled to the image capturing device. The calculating module is coupled to the image capturing device and the optical axis controlling module, wherein the calculating module calculates a calibration condition according to the stereo image. The optical axis controlling module adjusts directions of imaging optical axes of the image capturing units. After being adjusted by the optical axis controlling modules, the imaging optical axes of the image capturing units are aligned. Besides, a self-calibration apparatus and a method of calibration are also provided.
US09445077B2	Method and apparatus for processing broadcast signal for 3-dimensional broadcast service The disclosed apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal including 3D content comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast signal including video data for 3D content, a decoder configured to decode the video data for the 3D content from the received broadcast signal, a signaling processor configured to parse depth information from the decoded video data, a graphic engine configured to determine a depth for displaying an on screen display, OSD, of a receiver, a formatter configured to form images including the OSD located at the depth for the 3D content, and a display unit configured to display the images, wherein the depth information includes partition information indicating partitioning pattern of an image, several regions of the image are defined by the partition information, wherein the depth information further includes max disparity information specifying maximum disparity value in the image and min disparity information specifying the minimum disparity value in a region of the several regions.
US09445073B2	Image processing methods and systems in accordance with depth information Image processing methods and systems in accordance with depth information are provided. At least one image with depth information is obtained. The image is displayed on a display unit of an electronic device. A selection of an ROI (Region Of Interest) in the image is received via a user interface. A first depth value corresponding to the selected ROI is obtained from the depth information, and the first depth value is mapped to a first effect level of an image effect, wherein the image effect has a plurality of effect levels. The image effect is applied to the image according to the depth information of the image, wherein the selected ROI is applied with the image effect in the first effect level.
US09445064B2	Display device and television device A liquid crystal display device 10 includes a panel controller 50 and a backlight controller 51. The panel controller 50 drives a liquid crystal panel 11 such that one frame display period includes a red and blue display period and a green display period. In the red and blue display period, red pixels RPX and blue pixels BPX are selectively driven. The backlight controller drives a lighting device to turn on first magenta LEDs 17M1 and the first green LEDs 17G1 until scanning of at least red pixels RPX and blue pixels BPX included in a first area A1 is finished after starting of the scanning, after finishing of the scanning, turn on the first magenta LEDs 17M1 and turn off the first green LEDs 17G1 for at least a certain period until scanning of green pixels BPX included in the first area A1 for a next green display period is started.
US09445058B2	Method for video processing using a buffer A method for processing video can include storing input video frame data at a video data buffer and outputting the stored video frame data from the video data buffer at an output video frame rate based on at least an amount of video frame data stored at the video data buffer.
US09445048B1	Gesture-initiated actions in videoconferences Systems and methods are disclosed for gesture-initiated actions in videoconferences. In one implementation, a processing device receives one or more content streams as part of a communication session. The processing device identifies, within the one or more content streams, a request for feedback. The processing device processes, based on an identification of a request for feedback within the one of the plurality of content streams, the one or more content streams to identify a presence of one or more gestures within at least one of the one or more content streams. The processing device initiates, based on an identification of the presence of one or more gestures within at least one of the one or more content streams, an action with respect to the communication session.
US09445047B1	Method and apparatus to determine focus of attention from video A method and system include identifying, by a processing device, at least one media clip captured by at least one camera for an event, detecting at least one human object in the at least one media clip, and calculating, by the processing device, a region in the at least one media clip containing a focus of attention of the detected human object.
US09445043B2	Modifying video call data A method comprising: displaying a UI for display of received video; detecting selection of a UI button; receiving a plurality of drawing inputs while the button is selected, each drawing input defining image data to be applied at a facial position on a first side of a face of a user displayed in the received video; for each drawing input, determining a further facial position on a second side of the face, that is symmetrically opposite to the facial position; and for each received video frame, the method comprises: for each drawing input (i) determining a position of the face in the frame by executing an algorithm to determine the locations of the facial position and determined further facial position on the face in the frame; and (ii) applying the image data to the facial position and the determined further facial position; and displaying the modified frame in the UI.
US09445039B2	Flat-screen display device There has been a need for a technology for effectively realizing a narrow frame in a flat-screen display device including a speaker. A liquid crystal television is provided with SP bosses (30) for attaching a speaker unit (50) to a bottom cover (20) which also serves as an appearance part. In addition, the speaker unit (50) is arranged onto a backlight chassis (12) (rear side). By arranging the speaker unit (50) and anchoring with a screw (81) so as to cause fixation holes of SP fixation portions (53) and holes of the SP bosses (30) to coincide, the speaker unit (50) is fixed to the bottom cover (20).
US09445038B2	Predictive time to turn on a television based on previously used program schedules A television has first and second electronic subsystems which collectively operate to produce a display. The television is controlled by a processor, the processor also operating to determine a period of time where no output is being produced, and to maintain the first electronic subsystem and said second electronic subsystem into a power reduced state, e.g., a sleep state. The television maintains a database of times when it is likely to operate to produce said output, and automatically removing the first electronic system from the power reduced state, and not removing the second electronic subsystem from the power reduced state at one of the times, and without an indication.
US09445035B2	Digital broadcast receiver and method for processing caption thereof A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.
US09445034B2	Method and apparatus for processing video image A method of processing video images is provided. The method includes reproducing 3-dimensional (3D) video images by generating left-eye video images and right-eye video images from a video stream, receiving a first command for activating a pop-up interactive graphics stream during the reproduction of the 3D video images, and reproducing 2-dimensional (2D) video images by generating either left-eye video images or right-eye video images from the video stream, in response to the first command for activating the pop-up interactive graphics stream.
US09445029B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus with plural column circuits arranged separately in upper and lower positions and driving method therefor A solid-state imaging apparatus of this invention includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and configured to generate signals by photoelectric conversion, a plurality of signal lines each provided on each column of the pixels, and a plurality of column circuits each provided for each of the signal lines. It is possible to select one of a first readout operation of simultaneously processing the signals of the pixels on a plurality of rows by the plurality of column circuits and a second readout operation of simultaneously processing the signal of the same pixel by different gains by the plurality of column circuits.
US09445016B2	Features such as titles, transitions, and/or effects which vary according to positions A software program for creating features for use with a plurality of media objects in a sequence. The program comprises a feature component specifying a feature having parameters affecting at least one variable aspect of the feature. An indicator component identifies a position of the specified feature relative to the media objects in the sequence. The program comprises a sequence generator for modifying the specified feature by varying its parameters of the specified feature as a function of the position of the specified feature relative to the media objects and/or relative to other features in the sequence. The sequence generator also modifies the specified feature by varying its parameters of the feature as a function of the content of the media objects around it or to which it has been applied. A rendering component renders the specified feature according to the varied parameters at the identified position.
US09445015B2	Methods and systems for adjusting sensor viewpoint to a virtual viewpoint Example methods and systems for adjusting sensor viewpoint to a virtual viewpoint are provided. An example method may involve receiving data from a first camera; receiving data from a second camera; transforming, from the first viewpoint to a virtual viewpoint within the device, frames in a first plurality of frames based on an offset from the first camera to the virtual viewpoint; determining, in a second plurality of frames, one or more features and a movement, relative to the second viewpoint, of the one or more features; and transforming, from the second viewpoint to the virtual viewpoint, the movement of the one or more features based on an offset from the second camera to the virtual viewpoint; adjusting the transformed frames of the virtual viewpoint by an amount that is proportional to the transformed movement; and providing for display the adjusted and transformed frames of the first plurality of frames.
US09445014B2	Selective image and object enhancement to aid viewer enjoyment of program A system and method is provided for enhancement of an object in a video frame, where the method includes recognizing and locating an object within an image frame and performing an automatic enhancement process on the object. The automatic enhancement process may include performing image and/or object enhancement on the object to make the object easier for an observer to detect. Such object enhancement may include enhancement to part of the object, such as the perimeter of the object, or to the entire object, and may also include varying enhancement, such as causing enhancing features to blink, flash or otherwise change to catch a viewer's attention, making the object easier to detect.
US09445013B2	System for determining a lens position A system for determining lens position includes a first sensor component disposed on a stationary housing of a camera. A second sensor component is disposed on a rotating lens component of the camera. A processor is operatively connected to the first and second sensory components to identify the position of the rotating lens component of the camera based on an angle between the first and second sensor components.
US09445005B2	Optical device capable of selecting focus detection point, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An optical device capable of selecting a focus detection point from a plurality of focus detection points for focus detection, such that the selection is performed while causing a user's intention to be reflected thereon. The optical device performs focus detection at a focus detection point selected from focus detection points in a predetermined photographing range. A face area is detected from an object image in the photographing range. The line of sight of a user is detected in the photographing range. A photographing mode is selected from a plurality of photographing modes. The priorities of face detection and sight line detection are determined according to the selected photographing mode. A focus detection point at which the focus detection is performed is determined according to the priorities.
US09445001B2	Method of reproducing multiple shutter sound and electric device thereof A method and electronic device reproducing a multiple shutter sound that reproduces a same shutter sound or a series of different shutter sounds during the period where an image is being processed by transmitting two or more interrupts to a controller by an image signal processor and an electronic device thereof. The repetitive shutter sounds can indicate to a user that the image is still being processed, so that the user does not move the camera and affect the capture of the image. The method of reproducing a multiple shutter sound includes: receiving a command for shooting a photograph; processing an image in response to the command; and transmitting at least two interrupt to a controller such that the shutter sound is reproduced at least twice while processing the image.
US09445000B2	Communication apparatus, control method therefor, and program A control method for a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device using a communication application including a first program for receiving a user operation to communicate with the communication apparatus, and a second program for communicating with the communication apparatus, notifying the external device of an operation available for the external device among operations for controlling the communication apparatus in the communication between the communication apparatus and the external device, and determining the type of the second program used by the external device. In the notifying, a different operation to be notified is provided according to the type of the second program.
US09444998B2	Method for control of camera module based on physiological signal A control method of an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input signal including a physiological signal of a subject to be examined through a sensor module of the electronic device, detecting an input operation based on at least the input signal, and acquiring an image through a camera module according to the input operation.
US09444997B2	Image processing apparatus, image capture device, and computer program An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an image processor configured to generate movie data based on image capturing data obtained in response to a shooting instruction that has been given by a user; and a controller configured to write the movie data on a storage medium. When any movie file has already been written on the storage medium, and when the movie data is related to the existent movie file or when the user decides to add the movie data, the controller adds the movie data to the existent movie file.
US09444991B2	Robust layered light-field rendering According to various embodiments, the system and method disclosed herein process light-field image data so as to prevent, mitigate, and/or remove artifacts and/or other image degradation effects. A light-field image may be captured with a light-field image capture device with a microlens array. Based on a depth map of the light-field image, a plurality of layers may be created, and samples from the light-field image may be projected onto the layers to create a plurality of layer images. The layer images may be processed with one or more algorithms such as an inpainting algorithm to fill null values, a reconstruction algorithm to correct degradation effects from capture, and/or an enhancement algorithm to adjust the color, brightness, contrast, and/or sharpness of the layer image. Then, the layer images may be combined to generate a processed light-field image.
US09444989B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, signal processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element including a plurality of focus detection pixels configured to generate a pair of image signals based on light beams passing through pupil regions different from each other in an image pickup optical system, a detection unit configured to detect a base line length of the plurality of focus detection pixels and a pupil division direction based on position information of a focus detection region in the image pickup element and information relating to the image pickup optical system, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a phase difference in the pupil division direction by using the pair of image signals.
US09444988B2	Fast image sensor for body protection gear or equipment An image sensor for body protection gear and equipment for monitoring and detection of impacts from surrounding object. The image sensor comprises multiple image processors to record images, use images to estimate and calculate environment parameters, and a controller to process the data.The controller utilizes the received information from image processors to estimate and calculate various environmental parameters which can be used to activate certain functions and devices.
US09444984B2	Device having a camera unit The invention relates to a device, comprising a camera unit, which is used to record images of the exterior area of a motor vehicle, and a cover element, which can be moved from a closed position to an open position by means of a drive, wherein the camera unit is behind the cover element and inaccessible from outside in the closed position of the cover element and images can be recorded in the open position of the cover element. For this purpose, the cover element has an outer surface facing away from the camera unit, and the drive interacts with a mechanism in such a way that the outer surface is always in the exterior area of the motor vehicle in each position of the cover element during the movement of the cover element between the closed position and the open position.
US09444983B2	Photographing device A photographing device comprises an assembling component, an image capturing component, a first annular fastener, a first stopping part and a second annular fastener. The assembling component comprises a hollow case, a protruding part, a first fastening part and a second fastening part. The hollow case has an inner surface, a first end and a second end. The protruding part is located at inner surface to form a supporting space together. The first fastening part and second fastening part are located at first end and second end, respectively. The image capturing component is located in supporting space. The first annular fastener has a third fastening part fastened to first fastening part and an annular abutting part. The first stopping part is connected to first annular fastener or first end. The second annular fastener has a fourth fastening part fastened to second fastening part and a second stopping part.
US09444981B2	Portable structured light measurement module/apparatus with pattern shifting device incorporating a fixed-pattern optic for illuminating a subject-under-test A surface measurement module for 3-D image acquisition of a subject-under-inspection. The module having: (a) a casing to house a pattern shifting device having a fixed-pattern optic through which light from a light source is passed, an output of the pattern shifting device being directed at a polarizing beam splitter and the polarized output of the splitter directed through a lens assembly comprising at least one lens element; (b) a reflector to direct the polarized output exiting the lens assembly, to illuminate a surface of the subject-under-inspection; (c) a scattered light illumination off the surface is directed back through the lens assembly for capture by an image sensor; and (d) the casing also housing the polarizing beam splitter, the lens assembly, and the image sensor. The output of the fixed-pattern optic comprises a multi-frequency pattern. The pattern shifting device may be a linear or rotating type.
US09444972B2	Image forming and processing apparatus, and method for correcting image data based on an estimated intensity of ghost light An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit, including a plurality of light-emitting units that correspond to a respective plurality of pixels and a lens array optical system, for emitting exposure light. A photosensitive member is exposed by the exposure light from the exposure unit. A correcting unit estimates, from image data, an intensity of ghost light at a position of each pixel on the photosensitive member in a case when the photosensitive member is exposed by the exposure unit, using the image data, and corrects the image data based on the estimated intensity of the ghost light.
US09444971B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and image processing program There are disclosed an image processing system which can scale up an image while maintaining a quality of the image, an image processing method, and an image processing program. An image processing system 1 includes a separating section 12 which separates an image frame into a plurality of partial regions on the basis of characteristics; a dividing section 14 which divides the plurality of partial regions into a plurality of subdivided pixels; an integrating section 16 which generates an integrated frame in which the plurality of partial regions including the plurality of subdivided pixels are integrated; a difference calculating section 18 which calculates a difference in pixel value between one pixel of a plurality of pixels obtained by dividing the integrated frame and the other pixel selected on the basis of a spatial frequency of each of the plurality of pixels; a quantizing section 20 which quantizes the other pixel on the basis of the difference; a compressed data generating section 22 which generates compressed image data including the other pixel quantized in the quantizing section 20; and a decoding section 24 which decodes the compressed image data.
US09444970B2	Apparatus and method for magnifying an image An apparatus for magnifying an image. The apparatus comprises magnification means arranged to magnify part of the image, to form a magnified image portion and an unmagnified image portion. Said magnified and unmagnified image portions together contain all the image information contained within the image. At least part of the magnified image portion and at least part of the unmagnified image portion are within a visible image portion and the magnified image portion does not obscure the unmagnified image portion. A method of magnifying an image is also provided.
US09444962B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory computer readable information recording medium An information processing unit determines, when receiving information through a reading process from a recording medium, whether a user identified by the information has transition authority for a transition from an energy saving mode to a normal mode of carrying out information processing; sends a transition request for carrying out a transition from the energy saving mode to the normal mode to a power supply control part when determining that the user has the transition authority; and carries out the transition to the normal mode in response to the transition request and, when authentication of the user is successful, displays on a user interface part a display screen page for receiving an operation concerning the information processing.
US09444954B2	Displaying scanned data in different modes dependent upon scanned data including blank pages An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit that determines a possibility that image data is determined to contain specific information and a display control unit that determines a display mode of a preview image of the image data in accordance with the level of the possibility determined by the determining unit.
US09444952B2	Image reading device A magnet is disposed on one side of a conveyance plane in which a sheet-like medium to be read is conveyed and generates a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance plane. A magnetoresistive effect element is disposed between the magnet and the conveyance plane, and detects an intensity variation in a conveyance direction component of the magnetic field in a magnetic reading area. An imaging optical system and a light receiver are disposed on the side opposite to the magnet side with respect to the conveyance plane. The imaging optical system forms an image of an optical reading area on the light receiver, the optical reading area including at least a portion in the conveyance direction of the magnetic reading area of the conveyance plane.
US09444950B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus with white reference optical adjustment portions A white reference plate includes in addition to a rectangular portion disposed at an optical adjustment position, white reference portions between an optical adjustment position and a document size detection position outside a document reading region (i.e., outside contact glass) in a main scanning direction. In response to an opening and closing detecting section detecting opening and closing of a document conveyance unit during optical adjustment, a drive section moves a scanning section from the optical adjustment position to the document size detection position. The white reference portions are disposed at locations above respective opposite end parts of the scanning section in a main scanning direction, so that optical adjustment can be performed using an output value that the scanning section obtains by reading the white reference portions without interruption even during or after the movement.
US09444949B2	Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method that ensure use of general-purpose PC A simulation apparatus includes a status-transition-frequency input, a job status unit, a job-status simulating unit, an error-occurrence-rate input unit, and a device alert unit. The status-transition-frequency input unit receives an input of a status transition frequency of a job executable by a device. The job status unit simulates a status transition of the job based on the status transition frequency. The job-status simulating unit makes a transition of a status of the job based on the status transition by the job status unit as a simulation. The error-occurrence-rate input unit receives an input of an error occurrence rate of the job. The device alert unit makes a transition of a status of the device based on the error occurrence rate as a simulation.
US09444945B1	Alert puck system with VOIP callback for emergency response A system of an alert puck, a mobile communication device, and an alert server for facilitating a VOIP session with the mobile communication device responsive to an emergency event triggered by the alert puck. The alert puck comprises a housing enclosing a sealed volume, a power supply and control circuitry that includes a personal area network (PAN) interface. The mobile communication device comprises an operating system, an alert application executing upon the operating system, and a wireless transceiver. The alert server contacts a set of one or more previously defined contact devices, conveys an emergency message, and facilitates the VOIP session with the alert application, when a button is pressed on the alert puck.
US09444944B2	Systems and methods for connecting telephony communications Systems and methods performed by an IP telephony system are designed to determine when two parties to a recently terminated telephony communication are simultaneously calling each other in an attempt to re-establish a telephony communication. When the IP telephony system determines that this situation is occurring, the IP telephony system acts to connect the two parties, rather than have both of them see their new call setup attempt fail because the other party's telephony device is indicated to be busy.
US09444942B2	Managing telephonic communications According to at least one embodiment, a computer-implemented method to manage incoming communications is described. An incoming call may be received on a landline. One or more devices may be located within a predetermined area based at least in part on the receipt of the incoming call. The incoming call may be forwarded to the one or more devices based at least in part on the locating.
US09444938B2	Multiple interaction live monitoring A system for multiple interaction live monitoring, comprising an interaction manager that receives an interaction from a contact center, a recording management server that monitors the interaction, and an administration interface that presents the monitored interaction for viewing by a human user, and a method for multiple interaction live monitoring.
US09444930B2	Service delivery platform and development of new client business models The present invention relates to systems and methods for delivering telecommunications services to customers. The systems and methods allow for the rapid creation and deployment of new telecommunications services, and the bundling of multiple services into service packages that can be sold together as a single product. Based on the systems and methods, targeted service packages may be developed and marketed toward business customers in specific industries. The systems and method provide opportunities for new business arrangements between telecommunications service providers and smaller third party providers. The new business arrangements provide access to a much wider customer pool for the third party providers, and create new sources of revenue for telecoms.
US09444925B2	Smartphone proximity card emulation Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable a portable computing device to emulate a proximity card. A portable computing device is provided that includes an antenna, storage that stores an identification number, and a processor. The processor is configured to control modulation of the identification number onto a carrier signal received by the antenna from a proximity card reader device. In this manner, an applicable function may be enabled, and the portable computing device emulates a proximity card. The antenna may be specific to proximity card emulation, or may be shared with other portable computing device functions, such as wireless charging.
US09444921B2	System to provide real loops for sidetone measurement with analog telephones A real loop and method for using the loop for testing sidetone signal level are provided. The loop is modeled from a coil of cable to represent a straight wire loop. Several conducting wires in a cable may be used. The cable may be configured in a coil and may have a first end and a second end exposed for electrical connections to an even number of wires. Each wire in the even number of wires may be capable of being identified as the same wire on each of the first and second ends of the cable. One or more pairs of wires in the even number of wires may be electrically connected to form an electrical loop. An electrical current passes in opposite directions in the wires in each pair of wires.
US09444919B2	Electronic device including removable component An electronic device is provided, including a mounting plate, a first component and a second component disposed on the mounting plate, a substrate disposed on the mounting plate and having a portion disposed between the first component and the second component, and a third component disposed on the mounting plate and electrically coupled to the substrate.
US09444916B2	Enhanced caching of domain name system (DNS) and reverse DNS queries for traffic management for signaling optimization in a mobile network Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for enhanced domain name system (DNS) caching are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for enhanced DNS caching includes, at a mobile device for operating in a wireless network, providing, within the mobile device, a local DNS cache that stores DNS-related queries and their respective responses received from a DNS server for responding to DNS-related queries issued from applications hosted within the mobile device, where each response received from the DNS server is associated with a first time-to-live (TTL) value for that response, and assigning to each query/response pair in the local DNS cache a second TTL value that is larger than that response's first TTL value, where the second TTL value is used in place of the first TTL value.
US09444914B2	Configurable parser and a method for parsing information units A system that includes a first interleaved sequence of configurable parsing engines and concatenating modules. Each parsing engine is followed by a concatenating module. The first interleaved sequence is arranged to process an information unit. Different portions of the information unit are processed by different configurable parsing engines. At least one configurable parsing engine is arranged to (a) process of a portion of the information unit in response to a previous processing result provided from a previous configurable parting engine; and to (b) generate a current processing result to be used by a next configurable parsing engine.
US09444913B2	Multi-ring reliable messaging system A multi-ring reliable messaging system is formed by interconnecting a plurality of token rings via a pair of gateways that includes an active gateway that is configured to communicate with the token rings and a standby gateway that also is configured to communicate with the token rings. The active gateway receives an original message via a first token ring, generates an associated message for a second token ring based on the original message, and propagates the associated message toward the second token ring. The active gateway supports total order delivery of messages within the token rings and causal-order delivery of messages between the token rings. The standby gateway monitors for original and associated messages received via the token rings in a manner for preventing loss of messages when the active gateway fails.
US09444912B1	Virtual mobile infrastructure for mobile devices A virtual mobile infrastructure for mobile devices includes mobile client devices and a server computer running remote mobile operating systems. The remote mobile operating systems share the same kernel, and are each implemented on a container. A mobile client device running a mobile operating system, which may be the same as or different from the remote mobile operating systems, may access one of the many remote mobile operating systems on the server computer.
US09444910B2	Validation associated with a form Form validation is disclosed, including: generating a first parameter and a second parameter in response to a request for a form from a client device; sending a first triggering message including the first parameter and the second parameter to the client device; receiving data associated with submission of the form; and determining whether the data associated with the submission of the form includes the hidden form field that matches the first parameter and a submitted value corresponding to the hidden form field that corresponds to the second parameter, in the event that the hidden form field matches the first parameter and the submitted value corresponding to the hidden form field corresponds to the second parameter, determine that the data associated with the submission of the form is successfully validated.
US09444909B2	Application verification for hosted services In a client-server environment providing hosted services, an application service server receives from a client a first request for hosted services associated with a user-specified domain name. If the server does not provide hosted services for that domain name, the server designates the first request as pending and provides a limited set of the hosted services in association with the first request. The server provides a complete set of the hosted services requested in the first request if it can be established that a first user associated with the first request has appropriate authority to make administrative changes for the network domain designated by the domain-name. In some embodiments, the server denies the first request and cancels the limited services if it is not shown within a predetermined period of time that the first user has the appropriate authority.
US09444905B2	Allocating network bandwidth to prefetch requests to prefetch data from a remote storage to cache in a local storage Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for allocating network bandwidth to prefetch requests to prefetch data from a remote storage to cache in a local storage. A determination is made of access rates for applications accessing a plurality of files, wherein the access rate is based on a rate of application access of the file over a period of time. A determination is made of an access rate weight for each of the files based on the access rates of the plurality of files. The determined access rate weight for each of the files is used to determine network bandwidth to assign to access the files from the remote storage to store in the local storage.
US09444904B2	Content distribution management system Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the data flow from a publisher entity to a consumption entity, which may be a user, system or device. The publisher entity generates and transmits entitled data to a content management server along with a set of permissions associated with the consumption entity for access to the data. Upon receiving a request for entitled data from a consumption entity, the content management server retrieves the requested data from a cache and transmits at least a subset of the cached data matching the consumption entity's permissions.
US09444902B2	Method and device for controlling peripheral devices via a social networking platform A method and device for transmitting data between a peripheral device and a user device via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, comprising: at the peripheral device: transmitting data to the user device in a simulated data stream, the transmitting comprising: identifying a first Bluetooth characteristic for writing data, the first Bluetooth characteristic having been exposed by the peripheral device to the user device; dividing a data packet into a sequence of data frames plus zero or one remainder, each data frame having a respective size equal to a predetermined data size of the identified first Bluetooth characteristic; and for each of the sequence of data frames: writing the data frame to a respective value for the identified first Bluetooth characteristic; and pushing the identified first Bluetooth characteristic for reading by the user device.
US09444900B2	System and method for providing and managing a target list on behalf of a user agent client A method and system for managing a target list on behalf of a user agent client, the method receiving a subscription request from the user agent client, the subscription request containing at least one uniform resource identifier identifying a resource; providing a subscription request to a an information owning enabler; receiving a notification containing information associated with a candidate uniform resource indicator set; evaluating information associated with the candidate uniform resource indicator set to create a selected uniform resource indicator set; and notifying the user agent client of the selected uniform resource indicator set.
US09444895B2	Apparatus and method for bidirectional pairing between devices An apparatus and a method support bidirectional pairing between devices. A connectable peripheral device is discovered. A list of discovered connectable peripheral devices is displayed. When a peripheral device is selected from the displayed list of the discovered connectable peripheral devices, an indicator operation request message for operating an indicator of the selected peripheral device is generated and transmitted to the selected device. The selected peripheral device operates the indicator according to the indicator operation request message to indicate a connection request from the device.
US09444891B2	Data migration in a storage network In one example, a method may include assigning a time requirement for a transmission of data from a first data storage node to a second data storage node, assigning a maximum channel transmission rate for each of a maximum number of available transmission channels based on predetermined parameters of a transmission channel, and transmitting the data in accordance with the time requirement and the maximum number of available transmission channels.
US09444888B2	Initiating peer-to-peer tunnels Initiating peer-to-peer tunnels between clients in a mobility domain. Client traffic in a mobility domain normally passes from the initiating client to an access node, and from the access node through a tunnel to a controller, and then through another tunnel from the controller to the destination access node, and the destination client. When initiated by the controller, the access nodes establish a peer-to-peer tunnel for suitable client traffic, bypassing the “slow” tunnels through the controller with a “fast” peer-to-peer tunnel. Traffic through this “fast” tunnel may be initiated once the tunnel is established, or traffic for the “fast” tunnel may be queued up until traffic has completed passing through the “slow” tunnel.
US09444882B2	Visually indicating a calendar event among different time zones A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed.
US09444878B1	Systems and methods for device emulation on mobile channel A user may access a website via a mobile channel using a mobile device. As the user is logged into the website, the user may call or otherwise contact a representative via another communications channel with the mobile device or another user device, such as a phone or a user computing device or another mobile device. An emulator engine may determine the type of mobile device that the user is using to access the website via the mobile channel. An emulator for the mobile device that has been determined may be retrieved from an emulator library and provided to the representative computing device. The representative may view the same user interface on the representative computing device that the user sees on the mobile device.
US09444875B2	Managing navigation and history information History and navigation information in a computer application are managed by establishing a global context that can communicate with multiple resources, each of which resides in an associated local context. State information from one or more of the local contexts is communicated to the global context, and global navigation information (for example, defining a drop-down history list or back/forward button states) is generated based on the communicated state information. Using the global navigation information, a user of the computer application can move among previously visited resources in a global manner.
US09444874B2	Automatic Ad-Hoc network creation and coalescing using WPS A device previously configured as a registrar and that has established an independent ad-hoc network is automatically discovered by another device also previously configured as a registrar. To form an ad-hoc wireless network between these two devices, each device periodically enters a scanning mode to scan for and intercept beacons transmitted by the other device. Upon such interception, one of the devices becomes an enrollee in accordance with a predefined condition and in response to a user selected option. Subsequently, the enrollee modifies its beacons to include an attribute, such as the MAC address, associated with the other device. After intercepting the modified beacon, the remaining registrar prompts it user to decide whether to allow the enrollee to join the registrar's network. If the user responds affirmatively, a handshake is performed between the two devices and a subsequent attempt is made by the enrollee to join the registrar's network.
US09444870B2	Adaptive video white spot learning and user bandwidth delivery control system A system and method that utilize a learning system to maintain a set of geographical locations indicating an area where network data coverage is poor. When it is determined that a client device is moving towards such an area, the client is forced or instructed to switch to a lower delivery bitrate for video segments in order to force the client's Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) playback buffer to fill itself with enough low-quality video segments to enable the client to cross the area without video playback interruption. Thus, the client mobile device may be preemptively forced to choose the lowest bitrate specified in a manifest file for the delivered video segments as the bitrate for downloading video segments when approaching the poor coverage area. Hence, the client device can maintain a minimum level of Quality of Service (QoS) when moving through network areas with poor data coverage.
US09444862B2	Dynamic media content output for mobile devices Embodiments of mechanisms for dynamic media content type streaming management for mobile devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive selection input pertaining to generating output from a media file containing at least two of audio data, video data, and closed-captioning data, the selection input selecting at least one of audio, video, and closed-captioning to be output during play of the media content. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate an audio output as a signal in response to the selection input including audio. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a video output as a signal in response to the selection input including video. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a closed-captioning output as a signal in response to selection input including closed-captioning.
US09444860B1	Method and system for data driven checklist sharing A method for checklist sharing. The method includes monitoring actions of a user on a computer device, identifying an action of the user, identifying a transaction record based on the action, identifying a checklist based on the transaction record, sending a notification of the checklist to the user, receiving, from the user, a download request to download the checklist, and providing the download of the checklist to the user.
US09444859B2	Event management system A system is provided that performs event management operations. The operations include receiving a request to manage an event on behalf of an event sponsor identity associated with an event sponsor, the request including event information including a description of the event, invitee identities associated with invitees to the event and invitee contact information associated with the invitees, generating an event invitation message including the description of the event and an instruction for responding to the event invitation message, directing the event invitation message to be sent to the invitee contact information associated with the invitees, determining that responses to the event invitation message have been received from a set of the invitees, generating an event update message based on a sorting of the responses from the set of the invitees, and directing the event update message to be sent to sponsor contact information associated with the event sponsor.
US09444856B2	System and method for managing adjacent channels in an adaptive streaming environment A system and method for managing adjacent channels in an adaptive streaming environment. One or more adjacent channels may be defined for a client device relative to a current streaming channel, wherein the client device is configured to pre-fetch metadata and initialization information for the defined adjacent channels based on bandwidth conditions, buffer conditions, etc. When a channel is changed, the client device is operative to use the pre-fetched data to quickly obtain encoded media content for rendering.
US09444854B2	Session initiation protocol (SIP) router Systems and methods for a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) router are described. In one aspect, the SIP router receives a SIP INVITE for an incoming call to a target mobile subscriber. Responsive to receiving the SIP INVITE, the SIP router identifies, via a Send Routing Information for Short Message (SRI/SM) request to a Home Location Register, a first address of a serving switch in a circuit-switched mobile network; a mobile telephony device associated with the target mobile subscriber is currently location-updated on the serving switch. The SIP router maps the first address to a second address for the serving switch; the second address being a SIP address. Using the SIP address, the SIP router sends the received SIP INVITE to a SIP interface of the serving switch. The serving switch being configured to process the received SIP INVITE and the incoming call to the target mobile subscriber.
US09444852B2	Bandwidth management and codec negotiation based on WAN topology A system for bandwidth management and codec negotiation, according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a configuration storage module having supported codecs storage, codec lists and preferred site settings storage, and a call manager having an extension module, a trunk module, a location service engine, a codec manager, a bandwidth manager, and a media manager. The codec manager and the bandwidth manager used for negotiating a codec for a call between two endpoints. The present invention also includes a number of methods including a method for negotiating a codec for a call, a method for managing bandwidth for a call, a method for adding a description of a new codec supported by an endpoint, a method for adding an identifier of a supported codec to a codec list and a method for editing code site codec settings.
US09444847B2	Synchronized distribution of compliance policy updates A notification is received at a workload that indicates that a compliance policy update is available for the workload at a compliance policy management system. A synchronization manager on the workload pulls the compliance policy update from the compliance policy management system and deploys it to the workload.
US09444844B2	Malicious mobile code runtime monitoring system and methods Protection systems and methods provide for protecting one or more personal computers (“PCs”) and/or other intermittently or persistently network accessible devices or processes from undesirable or otherwise malicious operations of Java TN applets, ActiveX™ controls, JavaScript™ scripts, Visual Basic scripts, add-ins, downloaded/uploaded programs or other “Downloadables” or “mobile code” in whole or part. A protection engine embodiment provides for monitoring information received, determining whether received information does or is likely to include executable code, and if so, causes mobile protection code (MPC) to be transferred to and rendered operable within a destination device of the received information. An MPC embodiment further provides, within a Downloadable-destination, for initiating the Downloadable, enabling malicious Downloadable operation attempts to be received by the MPC, and causing (predetermined) corresponding operations to be executed in response to the attempts.
US09444837B2	Process and devices for selective collision detection The present invention concerns a method in a network including at least a first device and a second device, where the sending of a packet by two devices simultaneously generates a collision. The method includes the steps of emitting by the first device a packet comprising a first part, and a second part including at least an identification of a source and a destination of the packet, receiving the first part of the packet by the second device; and in the case of the second device detecting a collision during the reception of the second part of the packet, issuing a packet indicating collision detection by the second device.
US09444836B2	Modeling and outlier detection in threat management system data Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for identifying potential threats on a network based on anomalous behavior in communication between endpoints are provided. Traffic data for a network is accumulated over some period of time. The traffic data is grouped by one or more keys, such as source IP address, and sets of metric values are calculated for the keys. A mixture distribution, such as a negative binomial mixture distribution, is fitted to each set of metric values, and outlying metric values are determined based on the mixture distribution(s). A list of outliers is then generated comprising key values having outlying metric values in one or more of the sets of metric values.
US09444832B1	Systems and methods for optimizing antivirus determinations Systems and methods for optimizing an antivirus determination for executable files. Optimization by excluding from an antivirus check executable files such as dynamic libraries and/or resource files that do not contain executable code speeds up the overall antivirus determination. An optimization system generally includes an antivirus system. The antivirus system generally includes a check tool and an executable file detection system. The executable file detection system generally includes a breakdown tool, an analysis tool, and a database. The antivirus system can be operably coupled to an antivirus server via the Internet.
US09444831B1	Malicious script detection using context-dependent script emulation One embodiment relates to a computer-implemented process for detecting malicious scripts at a client computer using a malicious script detector. A web page interceptor intercepts an access of web page data at a universal resource locator address. A script preprocessor determines script fragments embedded in the web page data and extracts variable and function names from the script fragments. A context analyzer determines whether the script fragments reference known-good scripts. The context analyzer may check variable and function names in the script fragment against a database of known-good contexts. Those script fragments which were determined to reference known-good scripts may be categorized as non-malicious. An emulator may perform emulation on remaining script fragments which were not determined to reference known-good scripts and not perform emulation on the script fragments which were determined to reference known-good scripts. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09444828B2	Network intrusion detection apparatus and method using Perl compatible regular expressions-based pattern matching technique A network intrusion detection apparatus and method that perform Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)-based pattern matching on the payloads of packets using a network processor equipped with a Deterministic Finite Automata (DFA) engine. The network intrusion detection apparatus includes a network processor core for receiving packets from a network, and transmitting payloads of the received packets to a Deterministic Finite Automata (DFA) engine. A detection rule converter converts a PCRE-based detection rule, preset to detect an attack packet, into a detection rule including a pattern to which only PCRE grammar corresponding to the DFA engine is applied. The DFA engine performs PCRE pattern matching on the payloads of the packets based on the detection rule converted by the detection rule converter.
US09444826B2	Method and system for filtering communication An e-mail relay provides message filtering services to an e-mail network. The e-mail relay monitors incoming communication and intercepts e-mail messages. The e-mail relay compares attributes of the messages to data derived from SPAM messages, which are stored in a SPAM database. The e-mail relay restricts the delivery of messages based on the comparison such as by restricting the delivery of messages having attributes close to those of SPAM messages from the SPAM database. The SPAM database is constructed by responding to user or administrator indications as to whether received messages are SPAM messages.
US09444824B1	Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing adaptive levels of assurance in a financial management system Disclosed are methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing adaptive levels of authentication assurance according to sensitivity or criticality of information accessed or actions performed in a financial management system to enhance user experience and usability of the financial management system while providing adequate security to safeguard sensitive data. Various flow nodes are associated with one or more levels of assurance which are further associated with some authentication tokens of different authentication strengths. Users are usually first authenticated with a lower authentication strength token. Risk profiles may also be accessed to examine the users' requests for access for fraud detection or prevention purposes. As users attempt to access more sensitive data at a higher level of assurance beyond the authorized level, further authentication with higher authentication strength and involving more user efforts in completing the authentication is required before users are authorized on the higher level of assurance.
US09444823B2	Method and apparatus for providing network communication association information to applications and services A system and method are provided that allow an application on a first terminal to inquire about available network communication associations that it can use to send data to another terminal, thereby avoiding the establishment of a new network communication association with the other terminal. A security information module may serve to collect and/or store information about available network communication associations between the first terminal and another terminal across different layers. The security information module may also assess a trust level for the network communication associations based on security mechanisms used to establish each association and/or past experience information reported for these network communication associations. Upon receiving a request for available network communication associations, the security information module provides this to the requesting application which can use it to establish communications with a corresponding application on the other terminal.
US09444822B1	Storage array access control from cloud-based user authorization and authentication Providing authorization and authentication in a cloud for a user of a storage array includes: receiving, by a storage array access module from a client-side array services module, a token representing authentication of user credentials and authorized access privileges defining one or more storage array services accessible by the user, where the token is generated by a cloud-based security module upon authentication of the user credentials and identification of authorized access privileges for the user; receiving, by the storage array access module from the user, a user access request to one or more storage array services; and determining, by the storage array access module, whether to grant the user access request in dependence upon the authorized access privileges represented by the token.
US09444819B2	Providing context-based visibility of cloud resources in a multi-tenant environment A secure tag generation service is associated with a cloud infrastructure. This service establishes a security context for a particular cloud tenant based on a tenant's security requirements, one or more cloud resource attributes, and the like. The security content is encoded into a data structure, such as a tag that uniquely identifies that security context. The tag is then encrypted. The encrypted tag is then propagated to one or more cloud management services, such as a logging service. When one or more cloud resources are then used, such use is associated with the encrypted security context tag. In this manner, the encrypted tag is used to monitor activities that are required to meet the security context. When it comes time to perform a security or compliance management task, any cloud system logs that reference the encrypted security context tag are correlated to generate a report for the security context.
US09444818B2	Method and system for automatically managing secure communications in multiple communications jurisdiction zones Communications and data security policy data for two or more communications jurisdiction zones is obtained that includes data indicating allowed protocols for the respective communications jurisdiction zones. Data indicating a desired exchange of data between a first resource in a first communications jurisdiction zone and a second resource in a second communications jurisdiction zone is received/obtained. The first communications jurisdiction zone communications and data security policy data and the second communications jurisdiction zone policy data is automatically obtained and analyzed to determine an allowed type of secure communications security level for the desired exchange of data that complies with both the first communications jurisdiction zone communications and data security policy data and the second communications jurisdiction zone policy data. A communications channel, including the allowed type of secure communications security level, is automatically establishing between the first resource and the second resource.
US09444814B2	Method and system for the provision of services for terminal devices Services are provided for terminal devices, each having a TPM module. The TPM module of a terminal device transmits a service request with an ID assertion signed by a configurable credential to a server for the purpose of accessing the services of the server.
US09444809B2	Secure and efficient authentication using plug-in hardware compatible with desktops, laptops and/or smart mobile communication devices such as iPhones™ A portable apparatus is removably and communicatively connectable to a network device to communicate authentication or authorization credentials of a user in connection with the user logging into or entering into a transaction with a network site. The apparatus includes a communications port to connect and disconnect the apparatus to and from the network device and to establish a communication link with the network device when connected thereto. A processor receives a secure message from the network security server via the port. The message has a PIN for authenticating the user to the network site, and is readable only by the apparatus. The processor either transfers, via the port, the received PIN to an application associated with the network site that is executing on the network device or causes the apparatus to display the received PIN for manual transfer to the application associated with the network site.
US09444807B2	Secure non-geospatially derived device presence information This invention includes a system and method to enable a device to determine the presence information of another device over a secure communication network. First, the device and a presence server establish a secure connection. Next, while the initial secure connection with the presence server is established, the device generates a randomly created token and provides it to the presence server. The token is used as a shared-secret by the device and the presence server to secure future presence communications over a non-secure connection. Next, without the need to again enter a password or establish a secure connection with the presence server, the device uses the shared-secret to sign, encrypt and convey presence information to the presence server over an arbitrary connection. Finally, the presence server may share the first device's presence information with another device.
US09444804B2	Dynamic security question generation A method of dynamically generating a security question for accessing a resource. The method comprises monitoring a behavior of said user during a monitoring period to identify automatically a deviation from a behavioral pattern indicative of repetitive behavior of a user, automatically generating a security question responded to by an indication of said deviation, receiving a user input inputted by a user in response to a presentation of said security question and said deviation, and authenticating, after said monitoring period, an access to a resource according to a match between said user input and said deviation.
US09444802B2	Device authentication using display device irregularity A device authentication server authenticates a remotely located device using data representing pixel irregularities of a display of the device. Since each display will deteriorate in a unique and randomized way, a unique mapping of pixel irregularities of a display of a device will be unique. By combining unique map of pixel irregularities of a display of the remotely located device, the device can be distinguished from similar devices when other attributes alone are insufficient to uniquely identify the device.
US09444791B2	Method and system for providing secure access to private networks Improved approaches for providing secure remote access to resources maintained on private networks are disclosed. According to one aspect, predetermined elements, such as applets, can be modified to redirect all communications to and from an application server through an intermediate server. The intermediate server in turn communicates with the application servers. According to another aspect, a communication framework can be provided to funnel communication between an applet and a server through a communication layer so as to provide managed and/or secured communications there between.
US09444787B2	Non-intrusive method and apparatus for automatically dispatching security rules in cloud environment The present invention relates to a non-intrusive method and apparatus for automatically dispatching security rules in a cloud environment. The method comprises: forming a composition application model of an application in the cloud environment, said composition application model including at least types of various servers for deploying said application; generating a topology model of said various servers in the cloud environment; automatically generating security rules to be adopted by the server-side firewalls of respective servers based on the application context of said application, said composition application model and said topology model; and dispatching said security rules to each server-side firewall based on said composition application model and topology model.
US09444786B2	Policy based auditing of workflows An auditing system is disclosed comprising a Policy Validation Mechanism Program (PVMP) that operates in conjunction with a Workflow Engine (WE), and a Policy Validation Server Program (PVSP) that operates on a Policy Validation Server (PVS) connected to the WE by a secure communication link. The PVMP converts a workflow to a workflow representation (WR) and sends the WR to the PVS. The PVSP compares the steps in the WR to a security policy identified for that WR and determines whether the WR is in compliance. In addition, the PVSP validates a checksum for the WR and logs the checksum for subsequent comparisons. The PVSP uses the checksum to determine whether a policy has changed during execution of the workflow.
US09444779B2	Dynamic and intelligent DNS routing with subzones A request to resolve an IP address is received by a Domain Name Server (DNS). A record, such as an MX record, relating to the request is obtained that comprises a unique label (e.g. record=customer-com.mail.messaging.com) that is used in determining how to resolve the request. The unique label portion of the record (e.g. customer-com) is used to identify information relating to the request such as a version of software/service to use to handle the request, a region used to handle the request, and the like. The same record may be used to direct a request to a different version and/or different region. For example, without changing the record, a request at one time may access a first version/region and a request at a different time access a different version/region.
US09444771B2	Method and device to simplify message composition A method and device to simplify message reply composition on a communications device, using a partially transparent overlay to allow a user to freely scroll and move around to other sections of a message or message chain while still being able to see and edit the reply being composed. When the reply is scrolled such that the composition field is not visible on the display screen, the device displays the overlay when the user enters text or on user request. The user may then type text into the overlay while viewing the underlying portion of the reply message, such as previous messages in the string.
US09444770B1	Method and apparatus of organizing and delivering data to intended recipients Disclosed are an apparatus and method of organizing a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information from a leader. An example method may include receiving a plurality of response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients, and determining a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received. The method may also include removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to a new group of data recipients responsive to the decrease in the plurality of response messages received.
US09444766B2	Identifying a port associated with a network node to which a selected network link is connected Exemplary embodiments for use in a communications source network node for identifying a destination port associated with a destination network node to which a selected network link is connected. The embodiments include receiving a communications protocol packet at a destination network node via said selected network link connected to the destination port associated with the destination network node; inspecting the packet for a predetermined identifier; and if the predetermined identifier is present in said packet then outputting an indication that the identifier has been received comprising an identification of the destination port via which the packet was received. The indication is output by at least one of illumination for a pre-set period of a destination switch associated with the destination port, and by an output provided via a user interface of a network interface controller associated with the destination port.
US09444758B2	Selective underflow protection in a network switch Techniques are disclosed to transmit packets by a network switch and according to a link protocol while reducing incidence of intra-packet transmission gaps unsupported by the link protocol. Whether a packet satisfies an underflow risk condition is determined by evaluating, for each of one or more cycles since receipt of one or more flits of the packet, a respective count of flits of the packet received by the network switch in the respective cycle. Only upon determining that the packet satisfies the underflow risk condition is selective underflow protection performed for the packet, including buffering an increased count of flits of the packet, prior to commencing transmission of the packet.
US09444757B2	Dynamic configuration of processing modules in a network communications processor architecture Described embodiments provide a method of updating configuration data of a network processor having one or more processing modules and a shared memory. A control processor of the network processor writes updated configuration data to the shared memory and sends a configuration update request to a configuration manager. The configuration update request corresponds to the updated configuration data. The configuration manager determines whether the configuration update request corresponds to settings of a given one of the processing modules. If the configuration update request corresponds to settings of a given one of the one or more processing modules, the configuration manager, sends one or more configuration operations to a destination one of the processing modules corresponding to the configuration update request and updated configuration data. The destination processing module updates one or more register values corresponding to configuration settings of the processing module with the corresponding updated configuration data.
US09444752B2	Distributed caching systems with configurable extended caching optimization Methods and systems for distributed caching of information using extended caching optimization are provided. According to one aspect, a method for distributed caching of information using extended caching optimization includes, at a mobile device for operating in a wireless network, monitoring requests issued from an application located within the device to an external entity not located within the device; storing, in a local cache, responses to the monitored requests received from the external entity; and, in response to identifying a request as one that meets a first criterion for optimization, applying an extended caching optimization, including preventing the identified request from being transmitted to the external entity and providing a response to the identified request from the local cache.
US09444745B2	Sending data rate information to a wireless access network node A first wireless access network node sets a data rate for communication of data between a second wireless access network node and a user equipment (UE) that is concurrently connected to the first wireless access network node and the second wireless access network node. The first wireless access network node sends information relating to the data rate to the second wireless access network node for use by the second wireless access network node in controlling data communication between the second wireless access network node and the UE.
US09444742B2	Mitigating the effects of congested interfaces on a fabric Techniques are provided for mitigating the effects of slow or no drain devices on a fabric. One or more of the described embodiments can be used alone or in combination to address problems associated with inter-switch link blocking and to address the situation where flows which are not associated with slow/no drain devices suffer the negative impacts of slow or no drain devices on a fabric.
US09444737B2	Packet data processor in a communications processor architecture Described embodiments provide a network processor having a hardware accelerator that identifies a received packet and, based on a flow identification associated with the received packet, might pre-fetch pre-established portions of data from the received packet into local data memory (e.g., local data cache) for processing by a general purpose processor core. In addition to the packet data, the software necessary for the general-purpose processor core to process the data might also be pre-fetched into local instruction memory (e.g., local instruction cache). The flow identification might be used to select different portions of the packet and different software to be pre-fetched.
US09444736B2	Selecting an interface for packet routing based on application-layer data The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for selecting an interface for routing an outbound packet. During operation, the system receives an outbound packet to be routed to a destination address. Next, the system obtains application-layer data associated with the outbound packet, including one or more of a process identifier, an application identifier and a user identifier. The system then selects an interface through which to route the outbound packet based on the application-layer data, and uses the selected interface to route the outbound packet.
US09444735B2	Contextual summarization tag and type match using network subnetting Techniques are presented herein to distribute the processing of communication to network-connected devices to routing nodes, as opposed to centralizing those operations in one device as in the traditional/classical system. Using a bitmapped Type field, advertisements and queries can be categorized. Also, by using a Subgroup field, the scope of advertisements and queries can be dynamically limited. These techniques reduce the number of matches and make the matches more relevant to the user who sent the query. Routing nodes can be any network element that routes traffic, physical or virtual (cloud-based router or switch). The intelligence to perform these techniques can be embodied as an overlay on top of a physical network.
US09444734B2	Packet switching without look-up table for Ethernet switches In one embodiment, a method for packet switching includes receiving a packet, wherein the packet comprises a header and a payload; determining, without using a look-up table, a destination port based on a destination address stored in the header; and sending the packet to the destination port.
US09444732B2	Address generation in distributed systems using tree method Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing a cluster of servers organized into nodes. A method of one aspect includes establishing a cluster; establishing a set of ultimate identifiers for nodes resulting from splitting in the cluster; and storing every new data object on a node that has a node identifier that identifies a subset of the set of ultimate identifiers, and providing for the object a universal identifier that combines (i) an object identifier that is unique on the node and (ii) a server identifier that is one of the ultimate identifiers in the subset. A method of another aspect includes generating for a new data object a universal identifier that has a node identifier part that uniquely identifies a node, a reserve part generated at least in part as a pseudo-random value, and an object identifier part that uniquely identifies the object in the node.
US09444731B2	Methods and systems for data packet routing Optimizing a bitmap data tree and a corresponding lookup operation in the bit map data tree may be provided. A number of branches for each search node of a data tree may be counted. The data tree may comprise a plurality of search nodes. Then an optimum depth for the plurality of search nodes may be identified based on the number of branches in the data tree. Next, a hash node may be added to replace a search node of the data tree when a number of branches for the search node is greater than the identified optimum depth.
US09444722B2	Method and apparatus for configuring routing paths in a custodian-based routing architecture A network-connectivity system uses one or more local endpoints to establish a set of directed network connections across network domains. During operation, the system determines a first network domain which is to function as a via that communicates data from other network devices to a predetermined endpoint of a local domain. The system then generates a via-domain description, which references the first network domain as a via for the local domain. The system also determines a second network domain which is to function as a proxy that communicates data to other network domains from a predetermined endpoint of the local domain. The system generates a proxy-domain description, which references the second network domain as a proxy for the local domain. The system then synchronizes the via-domain description with devices of the first network domain, and synchronizes the proxy-domain description with devices of the second network domain.
US09444717B1	Test generation service Systems and methods are described for testing computing resources. In one embodiment, a request is received for testing a computing configuration. A set of computing settings that can be implemented on one or more computing devices is searched. An initial test population for testing the computing configuration is determined. The initial test population is iteratively updated based on test results and a fitness function.
US09444715B2	Scalable federated policy for network-provided flow-based performance metrics The present disclosure describes methods and systems for providing and enforcing scalable federated policies for network-provided flow-based performance metrics. Due to different security concerns related to different domains, varying group policies can be applied to different domains to ensure proper sharing and receipt of flow-based performance metrics. Some policies can limit the type of performance metric being shared among the nodes in the domain. Some policies allow less information to be exposed by specifying aggregated performance metrics to be shared among the nodes in the domain. A group key management infrastructure can be provided to enforce these group policies in the network in a scalable manner.
US09444714B2	Estimating bandwidth in a network A method comprising: collecting respective observations of end-end bandwidth experienced on different occasions by multiple past communications occurring over different respective observed paths over a network, each path comprising a respective plurality of network components; modelling each of the respective network components with a bandwidth probability function characterized by one or more parameters; and estimating a component bandwidth or component bandwidth probability density for each of the network components based on the modelling, by determining respective values for said parameters such that a combination of the component bandwidths or bandwidth probability densities for the network components in the observed paths approximately matches, according to an optimization process, the observations of the end-to-end bandwidth experienced by the past communications over the observed paths.
US09444711B1	System and method of determining latency A web server monitors and receives measurements as to how long a client device takes to load or display individual items after a user first requests a web page containing the items. The measurements may be based on a duration that begins at a time between a user's navigation request and network browser's transmission of a request for a new web page. The recorded measurements received by the web server may include measurements relating to the latency experienced by the user in loading a particular item of content for a web page, such as an image, or may include the latency experienced by the user in loading an entire web page. One or more components used by the network browser, such as a network browser plug-in and or scripting language embedded in a web page, may provide one or more routines for measuring and reporting the latencies experienced by the user.
US09444710B1	System and method for frame alignment in high data rate communication systems An apparatus and method for scalable frame alignment in a high data-rate communications system. OTUk/ODUk frame alignment uses serial processing of a match vector, or serial processing of received OTUk/ODUk bytes to reduce the footprint occupied by the processing logic.
US09444708B2	Detection of outage in cloud based service using synthetic measurements and anonymized usage data Outage detection in a cloud based service is provided using synthetic measurements and anonymized usage data of the cloud based service. Synthetic measurements and usage data are processed through a shared aggregator to generate aggregated data. The synthetic measurements and the usage data are analyzed through a decision tree to correlate an outage based on the synthetic measurements and the usage data. A confidence value is assigned to the outage. An alert is generated that includes information associated with the outage and the confidence value.
US09444702B1	System and method for visualization of NoC performance based on simulation output Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable mediums for selective visualization and performance characterization of one or more transactions/messages or subsets of transaction/message of a System-on-Chip (SoC) and/or Network-on-Chip (NoC), with respect to latency, throughput, packet size, data size, hop-to-hop latency breakdown, load of one or more channels, power states of one or more elements of the NoC system, transaction data, among other like performance attributes.
US09444701B2	Identifying remote machine operating system A method for discovering an operating system of a remote machine includes monitoring network communications to detect a plurality of data packets that were generated by the remote machine. The contents of each detected data packet are read so as to extract a packet signature of each detected data packet. Each packet signature is compared with at least one signature of a database of signatures in order to determine a similarity between each packet signature and the signature from the database. A confidence level for at least one candidate operating system is calculated based on the determined similarities. A candidate operating system is selected based on the confidence level for that operating system. Relating computer program product and data processing system are also disclosed.
US09444695B2	Methods and systems for scheduling a task Disclosed are the methods for scheduling a task including at least one sub-task, on one or more computing devices in a distributed computing environment. A set of computing devices are identified from the one or more computing devices, based on an availability of a set of computational resources on the set of computing devices. Each computing device in the set of computing devices is ranked based on at least one of a monetary cost or a network cost, associated with the execution of the at least one sub-task on the each computing device. The at least one sub-task is allocated to at least one computing device from the set of computing devices for execution based on at least one of the ranking or an acceptable success probability associated with the execution of the at least one sub-task.
US09444694B1	Virtual clusters to provide fault containment Techniques to process service requests are described herein. In various embodiments, an identifier data associated with a service consumer with which a service request is associated is used to determine a subset comprising fewer than all members of a set of service instances. A selected service instance is selected from among the service instances in the subset to perform the service request.
US09444691B2	Method and devices for running technology specific push-button configuration sessions Overlapping Push Button Configuration (PBC) sessions are prevented without any deadlocks of technology specific PBC methods by controlling the run of technology specific PBC sessions within a heterogeneous network of network node devices interconnected via at least one I interface and/or over multiple hops and authenticated for the network, by enabling a two-level PBC within the heterogeneous network based on a network node device of the network node devices being authenticated for the network as registrar, which is especially selectable or determined. Level-1 of the two-level PBC performed at the abstraction layer of the heterogeneous network accomplishes the detection of the wish for PBC, prevention of overlapping PBC sessions independent of underlying communication technology, coordination of technology-specific PBC runs, whereas in level-2 of the two-level PBC performed within a technology-specific communication technology a technology-specific PBC is used, which is triggered by the level-1.
US09444689B2	Dynamically migrating virtual machines and gateways Improving a distributed network environment. A method includes determining physical element properties of physical elements in a virtualized network topology. The method further includes determining gateway placement on a first physical element of the virtualized network topology. The method further includes determining utilization of physical elements in the virtualized network topology. Based on the physical element properties, gateway placement, and utilization of physical elements in the virtualized network topology, the method further includes determining an improved virtualized network topology to improve use of physical elements in the virtualized network topology.
US09444683B2	Traffic measurement system for wireless service providers A device receives packet information associated with a traffic flow and a network segment. The network segment includes a portion of a network via which the traffic flow is transmitted. The device associates the received packet information with a period of time. The device determines that the period of time has expired, and aggregates the received packet information based on determining that the period of time has expired. The device determines a network performance parameter associated with the traffic flow over the network segment based on the aggregated packet information. The device generates performance information that identifies the network performance parameter, the traffic flow, and the network segment. The device provides the performance information.
US09444680B2	Performing value and context aware communications networking An aspect of this invention is a computer-executable method for distributing one or more features associated with information to be transported by a communications network that includes a plurality of end nodes interconnected via a plurality of network nodes. The method includes receiving one or more features associated with information to be transported by the communications network, wherein the one or more features are specified at an end node of the plurality of end nodes for receipt by a network node of the plurality of network nodes; responsive to the one or more received features, configuring at least a portion of the communications network to perform actions on information based upon the features; receiving the information using the plurality of network nodes; and based at least on the received features and the configuring, performing one or more actions with the information. Illustratively, the one or more actions comprise sending the information to one or more edge entity nodes in accordance with the configuring and the received features.
US09444677B2	Scalable edge node protection using IPv6 segment routing extension header In one embodiment, a method comprises selecting, by an ingress provider edge router, one of first or second provider edge routers as a primary router for reaching a destination via a core network, and selecting the other of the first or second provider edge routers as a backup router for reaching the destination via the core network; and inserting, into an IPv6 data packet destined for the destination, a primary label assigned by the primary router and a repair label assigned by backup router, and an IPv6 extension header specifying first and second segment identifiers associated with the respective first and second provider edge routers and a protected flag that enables fast rerouting of the IPv6 data packet to the backup router if the primary router is unavailable.
US09444671B2	Antenna direction adjustment method and OFDM reception device The present invention makes it possible to maintain the continuity of reception detection level and adjust the direction of a reception antenna even under the condition that the reception electric field is low and clock timing synchronization at a C/N ratio of 0 dB or less is lost. QAM modulation including a pilot carrier has higher correlativity in one symbol (1152 samples) correlation, and differential modulation with no pilot has higher correlativity in effective symbol (1024 samples) correction. Detection circuits are provided separately for the QAM modulation and the differential modulation, and in the differential modulation, autocorrelation with a 1024 FFT clock delay signal is performed. The higher of the respective correlation results is selected in the final stage.
US09444670B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal based on interference A signal transmitting and receiving method and an apparatus for selecting an interference pattern from a security key and transmitting and receiving a signal based on the selected interference pattern are provided.
US09444668B2	Frame synchronization in a receiver using a preamble having a specific structure A method is provided for synchronizing a receiver receiving a signal corresponding to successive samples arranged in a frame with the beginning of the frame being defined by a preamble having a repetition of a first sequence of L samples coming from a transmitter. A method of transmitting the signal is also provided. The preamble is made up of two portions, one portion constituted by the first repeated sequence and another portion constituted by a second repeated sequence. The second sequence corresponds to the symmetrical version of the first sequence limited to a number M of samples that is less than the number L of samples.
US09444667B2	Signal modulation using guard band determination for improved frequency spectrum efficiency A method for signal modulation includes determining at least one guard band between at least two continuous available sub-bands among multiple available sub-bands that can be used by a communication entity and are discrete; and using the at least one guard band in signal modulation for the communication entity.
US09444666B2	Device for generating a vector-modulated output signal and method for generating a vector-modulated output signal A device for generating a vector-modulated output signal based on a baseband signal having an in-phase component and a quadrature component, a first LO signal for the in-phase component of the baseband signal and a second LO signal for the quadrature component of the baseband signal comprises a baseband combination circuit, which is configured to combine the in-phase component and the quadrature component in order to obtain a plurality of combined IQ signals. Furthermore, the device includes a plurality of mixer cells for generating the vector-modulated output signal, based on the combined IQ signals, the first LO signal and the second LO signal.
US09444660B2	Simplified and effective offset calibration circuit for RxLOS in serdes A method for offset cancellation in a receiver loss of signal (RxLOS) circuit of a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) receiver device includes receiving a differential input signal via the first stage of a peak detector cell of the RxLOS circuit and shorting the differential output of the first stage via a control switch of the second stage of the RxLOS circuit. The control switch may further transition the RxLOS circuit from normal operating mode to an offset cancellation mode wherein the control switch may manually or automatically short the differential output of the first stage.
US09444657B2	Dynamically calibrating the offset of a receiver with a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) while performing data transport operations Dynamically calibrating an offset of a receiver with a DFE while performing data transport operations, the DFE comprising a plurality of independent data transport banks, at least one data transport bank operating a data transport mode and at least one data transport bank operating in a calibration mode, including: iteratively, while carrying out data transport operations: utilizing the data transport bank operating in the data transport mode to perform data transport operations; calibrating the data transport bank operating in the calibration mode; and upon completing calibration of the data transport bank operating in the calibration mode, switching the mode of each data transport bank.
US09444654B2	Multidrop data transfer Multi-drop communications channels can have significantly deep notches in their frequency response causing a corresponding limitation of the effective data transmission rate. A special time-ordered coding method is described which results in the emitted spectrum of the data stream transmitted into the channel having a notch at the same frequency as the notch in the channel frequency response, permitting channel receivers to successfully decode the transmitted data stream. The described coding method may be applied at various multiples of the channel notch frequency to support different throughput rates, and may be combined with other coding techniques such as group or vector signaling codes.
US09444650B2	Methods and apparatus to allocate reference signals in wireless communication systems Methods and apparatus to allocate reference signals in wireless communication systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises applying a first cyclic shift to a first reference sequence during a first time interval, and applying a second cyclic shift to a second reference sequence during a second time interval, wherein the first and second cyclic shifts are members of a set of cyclic shifts assigned to devices of a wireless region.
US09444649B2	Method for sending and receiving session history in a communications system A method is provided for receiving a session history by a Controlling Function (CF) in a communication system. The method includes sending, by a CF in a first domain, a first message requesting a session history to a Conversation Server (CS) in the first domain; receiving, from the CS in the first domain, a second message including access information to a CS in a second domain, which has a session history, when the CS in the first domain has no session history; sending a third message requesting a session history to the CS in the second domain, which has the session history, based on the access information; and receiving a fourth message including the session history from the CS in the second domain.
US09444648B1	Strategies for presenting a recommendation as supplemental information Functionality is described herein for presenting supplemental information. The functionality determines that a message includes a keyword and, based at least on the identified keyword, determines at least one item to recommend. The functionality annotates the message with an identifier of the recommended item, and responsive to activation of the identifier, presents the supplemental information regarding the item.
US09444645B2	Method and device for assessing a probative value of electronic document management systems A method for securing data assessing a probative value of document transfers. The identity of a recipient of a document is authenticated. The document is transmitted from a document sender to the recipient by processing the document processing. A probative value of the processing step is measured. The probative values of processing of the transmission are aggregated to provide a measure of the overall probative value of said document transmission. The overall probative value is associated with the transmission of the document. Also provided is a trusted third party network system for managing secure electronic correspondence which includes at least one application computer server handling a directory service for users of the system and a service for supplying the users with current correspondence accounts on the computer server.
US09444638B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting multimedia broadcast data in wireless communication system A core network node and method for use in a wireless system are provided. The method includes transmitting, by a core network node, one or more service data unit (SDUs) to a base station; and transmitting, by the core network node, a control message including respective length information of the one or more SDUs to the base station. The length information included in the control message is used by the base station for processing the one or more SDUs, and the control message is transmitted after the one or more SDUs are transmitted.
US09444637B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting multimedia broadcast data in wireless communication system A core network node and method for use in a wireless system are provided. The method includes transmitting, by a core network node, one or more service data unit (SDUs) to a base station; and transmitting, by the core network node, a control message including respective length information of the one or more SDUs to the base station. The length information included in the control message is used by the base station for determining one or more subframes impacted by a loss of consecutive SDUs, and the control message is transmitted after the one or more SDUs are transmitted.
US09444632B2	Quantum secure device, system and method for verifying challenge-response pairs using a physically unclonable function (PUF) A device for verifying at least one challenge-response pair includes a coherent light source configured to emit coherent light. A challenge creating device is configured to create an optical challenge to be sent to a physically unclonable function (PUF). A wavefront shaping device is configured to perform a verification based on an optical response from the physically unclonable function (PUF). A detector is configured to read out a result of the verification performed by the wavefront shaping device. A focusing device is configured to focus light exiting from the wavefront shaping device onto the detector for detection.
US09444627B2	System and method for providing global platform compliant trusted execution environment Method of providing a Global Platform (GP) compliant Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) starts with main processor executing an application stored in memory device. Application includes client application (CA) and trusted application (TA). Executing the application includes running CA in client process and TA in TEE host process. Client process and TEE host process are separate. Using TEE host process, a request including identifier of the TA is received from client process to open session. Using GP Trusted Services enclave included in TEE host process, TA enclave associated with the identifier is determined and loaded in the TEE host process using the GP Trusted Services enclave to establish the session. Using TEE host process, commands to be invoked in TA enclave and set of parameters needed for commands are received from client process. Using GP Internal APIs, commands in TA enclave associated with identifier are executed. Other embodiments are also described.
US09444624B2	Providing user authentication In particular embodiments, a user associated with a user account wishes to utilize their computing device to facilitate authentication of their identity. The user may provide a device key to an online system hosting the user account, wherein the device key uniquely identifies their computing device. The device key may be based on a device identifier encoded in hardware of the computing device. The online system may then store the device key in association with the user account. Subsequently, if an action related to the online system requires authentication, the user may be asked to provide authentication using their computing device. The user generates an authentication code using their device, which can be entered by the user into a user interface for comparison against an authentication code generated using the device key stored by the online system.
US09444621B2	Electronic key system In a network to which a plurality of electronic devices and a server are connected, an electronic key system controls locking and unlocking of ID information output of each electronic device. Each electronic device includes a switching device that locks or unlocks output of ID information of each electronic device. The server includes an availability changing unit and a management unit. The availability changing unit unlocks only one of the plurality of electronic devices and locks the other electronic devices. The management unit updates a state at which the locking of ID information output and the unlocking of ID information output are swapped between a pair of the electronic devices.
US09444620B1	Methods for binding a session identifier to machine-specific identifiers and systems thereof A method, computer readable medium, and apparatus for secure application delivery includes forming at a traffic management device a session identifier in response to a first request from a client device for access to a network application. The session identifier is encrypted for sending to the client device using a session variable formed by hashing at least one physical identifier associated uniquely with the client device in response to the first request. In a second request from the client device to access the network application, the encrypted session identifier is decrypted using an updated value of the session variable. The access to the network application is provided when the decrypted session identifier matches the formed session identifier, and denied when the decrypted session identifier does not match the formed session identifier.
US09444619B2	Generation of randomized messages for cryptographic hash functions Method(s) and system(s) for generation of randomized messages for cryptographic hash functions are described herein. The method includes obtaining a random value based on a randomization criterion to randomize a message. Further, a last data block of the message is populated with a randomization parameter to obtain a randomized message. The randomization parameter populated in the last block is computed using the random value.
US09444616B2	Transponder unit, system and method for contactless data transmission A transponder unit for the contactless transmission of modulated data to a reader is provided. The transponder unit includes a clock generator configured to generate a clock signal and to synchronize the clock signal in a synchronization mode, on the basis of a signal received from the reader, and a modulator, the modulator configured to modulate data on the basis of the clock signal from the clock generator. The modulator is configured to generate a modulation pause by masking out at least one modulation component, the modulation component being smaller than a modulation pulse. The modulator is further configured to send the signal for starting the synchronization mode to the clock generator during this modulation pause.
US09444614B2	Dynamic power control for CDR An apparatus and method for dynamically controlling power of a device. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit for generating a clock signal, wherein a frequency of the clock signal is dependent on a control voltage provided to the second circuit. A third circuit is coupled to receive the control voltage and is configured to adjust power consumed by the first circuit based on the control voltage.
US09444612B2	Multi-wire single-ended push-pull link with data symbol transition based clocking System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate transmission of data over a multi-wire data communications link, particularly between two devices within an electronic apparatus. A sequence of data bits is converted into M transition numbers, which are then converted into a sequence of symbols. The sequence of symbols is transmitted received over N wires. A clock signal may be effectively embedded in the transmission of the sequence of symbols. Each of the sequence of symbols may be selected based on a corresponding one of the M transition numbers and a value of a preceding one of the sequence of symbols.
US09444608B2	Control channel transmission method and apparatus to implement transmission of ePDCCHs through an eREG in a unit physical resource block Embodiments provide a control channel transmission method and apparatus. A control channel is mapped to an eREG. That corresponds to determined eREG information, among a designated number of eREGs in each unit physical resource block. Each eREG among the designated number of the eREGs is formed by a designated number of resource elements. The designated number of the resource elements are selected from corresponding resource elements at an Sth position in each group. S is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N. The control channel can be transmitted on the mapped eREG.
US09444606B2	Uplink resource allocation to control intercell interference in a wireless communication system Embodiments of the present invention exploit the reciprocity of radio channels in TDD, and longer-term correlation between average uplink and downlink path losses in FDD wireless communication systems to enable distributed schedulers in an enhanced uplink system to allocate uplink transmission resources while preemptively managing intercell interference levels. Each cell's base station transmits a downlink reference signal at a known transmission power level. A mobile station monitors the received signal strength of the downlink reference signals from multiple base stations. The transmitted and received signal strength levels can be used by the mobile station to estimate the amount of intercell interference that the mobile station's uplink transmissions cause, and the mobile station's uplink transmission parameters are adjusted accordingly. In further embodiments, the received reference signal power levels, or values derived therefrom, are transmitted by the mobile station to its serving base station, where a scheduling algorithm uses the information to adjust one or more transmission parameters relating to a grant of uplink transmission resources to the UE, thereby controlling the intercell interference generated by the mobile station's uplink transmissions.
US09444604B2	Communication system, communication method and data receiving terminal A communication system includes a data sending terminal which sends data and a data receiving terminal which sends an acknowledgement, which indicates that the data is received, to the data sending terminal in reply to receiving the data, and the data receiving terminal includes a unit which judges whether it is necessary to resend the acknowledgement on the basis of judgment whether the data receiving terminal receives new data from the data sending terminal within a predetermined time since sending the acknowledgement.
US09444599B2	Method and apparatus for generating a dedicated reference signal Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating a Reference Signal (RS) in a communication system. At least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) is allocated for a User Equipment (UE). An RS sequence corresponding to an antenna port for the UE is mapped on the at least one PRB for the UE. The RS sequence corresponding to the antenna port for the UE is based on an initial sequence derived by an initialization value based on a Cell IDentifier (ID) and an index of the at least one PRB for the UE. The antenna port includes three RE groups in a PRB pair. One RE group includes two RE pairs. One RE pair includes two consecutive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and one subcarrier in a frequency domain.
US09444597B2	Wireless communication system and communication method A wireless communication system includes a primary base station; a plurality of base stations other than the primary base station; and a mobile station. Coordinated communication is executed among the primary base station, the base stations, and the mobile station. When configuring a set of one or more transmission stations and one or more reception stations of the coordinated communication, one of the reception stations of the coordinated communication transmits information about a result of measuring a known signal as a pilot from the transmission stations in response to request signals from the other base stations, respectively, to the primary base station.
US09444596B2	Method for allocating PHICH and generating reference signal in system using single-user MIMO based on multiple codewords when transmitting uplink The present invention relates to a method for generating an uplink reference signal in a system supporting plural uplink-access transmission modes. The method comprises: a step for transmitting the reference signal configuration information about the configuration of a reference signal from a base station to a user device through an uplink grant PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), and a step for receiving from the user device a sub-frame including the reference signal that is generated based on the reference signal configuration information. The reference signal configuration information is prepared for plural uplink access transmission modes and includes a cyclic shift value for the sequence of the reference signal. The reference signal is supposed to be transmitted to an uplink, and the user device is set up to be operated in the uplink-access transmission mode that corresponding to the reference signal configuration information.
US09444594B2	Allocating orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) resources in data over cable services interface specification (DOCSIS) networks A Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) comprising a receiver configured to receive a plurality of upstream transmission request messages from a plurality of coaxial units via an electro-optical network, wherein the upstream transmission request messages each request permission to transmit a specified amount of data, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to allocate Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) minislots to each coaxial unit based on the amount of data requested in the associated upstream transmission request message, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit at least one Uplink Allocation Map (UL-MAP) message to indicate minislot allocations to the coaxial units.
US09444592B2	Method and apparatus for allocating a plurality of data symbols in a wireless communication system According to one embodiment, a method for transmitting an uplink signal includes transmitting the uplink signal including a block of data symbols. The block of data symbols are mapped to at least two sets of subcarrier blocks. Each data symbol of the block of data symbols is mapped to one of subcarriers of the at least two sets of subcarrier blocks. The at least two sets of subcarrier blocks are not contiguous in frequency. The block of data symbols are mapped in sequence starting with a first data symbol to the at least two sets of subcarrier blocks and in increasing order of subcarrier index.
US09444591B2	Methods and apparatus for channel interleaving in OFDM systems A method and apparatus for channel interleaving in a wireless communication system. In one aspect of the present invention, the data resource elements are assigned to multiple code blocks, and the numbers of data resource elements assigned to each code block are substantially equal. In another aspect of the present invention, a time-domain-multiplexing-first (TDM-first) approach and a frequency-domain-multiplexing-first (FDM-first) approach are proposed. In the TDM-first approach, at least one of a plurality of code blocks are assigned with a number of consecutive data carrying OFDM symbols. In the FDM-first approach, at least one of the plurality of code blocks are assigned with all of the data carrying OFDM symbols. Either one of the TDM first approach and the FDM-first approach may be selected in dependence upon the number of the code blocks, or the transport block size, or the data rate.
US09444589B2	Method and apparatus for puncturing data regions for signals to minimize data loss Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate puncturing codeblocks in resource blocks for muting or transmitting signals of a disparate technology such that the puncturing similarly impacts the codeblocks. Codeblocks can be mapped in order across frequency in a given data symbol before moving to a next data symbol. In this regard, utilizing data resource elements substantially evenly spaced across frequency and across data symbols in a data resource block for transmitting signals of the disparate technology can substantially equalize impact of the puncturing to related codeblocks. In addition, resources can be allocated to legacy devices, devices with bandwidth, data rate, or quality of service requirements, devices of a certain rank or geometry, etc., based at least in part on the puncturing. Moreover, a modulation and coding scheme can be selected for generating codeblocks based at least in part on the puncturing and its effect on performance.
US09444580B2	Optimized data transfer utilizing optimized code table signaling In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method for optimized data transfer utilizing optimized code table signaling is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a processor, a digital bit stream and transforming, by the processor, the digital bit stream to an encoded digital bit stream. The encoded digital bit stream comprises at least one of a gateway channel, a composite channel, or a data channel, and any combination thereof. The computer-implemented method further comprises providing, by the processor, the encoded digital bit stream to a transmission system for transmission.
US09444577B1	Calibration correction for implicit beamformer using an explicit beamforming technique in a wireless MIMO communication system A bi-directionally calibrated beamforming technique for use in a MIMO wireless communication system includes a transmitter communicating a calibration initiation signal to a receiver requesting the receiver send a non-sounding packet containing an estimated description of the forward channel. The receiver also sends a sounding packet to the transmitter. The transmitter determining a partial or full estimated description of a reverse channel based on the received non-sounding packet and/or the receiving sounding packet. The transmitter further determines one or more transmitter correction matrices from receiving estimated description of the forward channel and the partial or full estimated description of the reverse channel. The transmitter sending the partial or full estimated description of the reverse channel to the receiver, which determines one or more receiver correction matrices.
US09444575B2	Wireless communication system, receiver, transmitter, and transmission rate control method A receiver includes a first detector that detects a Received Signal Strength Indicator of a desiring signal wave transmitted from a transmitter, a second detector that detects a power of interfering wave generated by an external device, a transmission rate selection processor that selects a transmission rate, which is used to transmit a signal from the transmitter to the receiver, from among a plurality of transmission rates based on the detected Received Signal Strength Indicator of the desiring signal wave and a detected power of the interfering wave, when the second detector detects generation of the interfering wave, and a transmission rate notificator that notifies the transmitter of the transmission rate selected by the transmission rate selection processor.
US09444574B2	Integration of cellular phone detection and reporting into a prison telephone system The present subject matter is directed to an apparatus and methodology for monitoring for the occurrence of use of unauthorized telecommunications equipment within a designated area. The present subject matter has particular utility to the corrections environment in that it discloses a methodology for detecting and reporting the unauthorized operation of cellular telephones within a corrections facility. The present technology may he used advantageously in combination with inmate telephone systems to transmit information to appropriate personnel in the form of email messages and/or voice communications by way of telephone local or corrections facility external telephone lines. The present technology also provides for recordation and storage of time, date and location information for detected events.
US09444570B1	Utilization of MIMO reference signal resource blocks Reference signals (a.k.a., pilot signals) are broadcast to aid in at least channel estimation, cell selection, and handover. When a multi-antenna mode (i.e., MIMO) is used data signals on one antenna should not interfere with reference signals on another antenna. Reference signal resource elements (a.k.a., slots) being broadcast from one antenna are multiplied by a first Walsh code and the data (or reference) signal resource elements being broadcast from another antenna are multiplied by second Walsh code in the same family. Multiplication by Walsh codes reduces or eliminates the correlation between the data resource elements on a first antenna and the reference signal resource elements simultaneously broadcast on a second antenna.
US09444569B2	Method to identify and differentiate background traffic Embodiments of a system and method to identify and differentiate background traffic are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a transceiver is arranged to wirelessly transmit and receive packets over a communications network and a processor, coupled to the transceiver, is arranged to provide an indication identifying packets associated with background traffic. The indication identifying packets associated with background traffic includes a bit in a header of a packet, wherein the bit is set in a first state to indicate the packet is associated with background traffic and the bit is set in a second state to indicate the packet is associated with active traffic, or an identification of a port number and a protocol type associated with background traffic. The processor is further arranged to provide an indication for differentiating background traffic.
US09444568B2	Method for transmitting control information and apparatus for same The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in the wireless communication system, which supports carrier aggregation and operates by a TDD, and comprises the steps of: receiving periodic information for reporting CSI; generating A/N information with respect to at least one cell from a plurality of cells to transmit from an uplink subframe n; and performing an action for transmitting the CSI information from the uplink subframe n according to the periodic information, wherein the CSI information and the A/N information are transmitted from the uplink subframe n through the same physical channel when a specific condition is satisfied, and only the A/N information is transmitted from the uplink subframe n when the specific condition is not satisfied, wherein the specific condition is Mp=0, and the A/N information comprising only A/N with respect to a first piece of specific downlink data that is received through a specific SCell, wherein the Mp expresses the number of downlink subframes that corresponds to the uplink subframe n with respect to a PCell.
US09444561B2	Methods, systems and computer readable media for simulating per user equipment (UE) doppler shifts for testing air interface devices The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for simulating per-UE Doppler shifts. One exemplary method includes generating uplink signals to be transmitted from a plurality of different simulated UEs to an air interface device under test. The method further includes applying per-UE Doppler shifts to the signals, wherein applying per-UE Doppler shifts includes applying different Doppler shifts to at least some of the signals. The method further includes transmitting the signals to the air interface device under test.
US09444560B1	Method and apparatus for IQ imbalance estimation An output of a transmitter is looped back to an input of a receiver during a first time period while applying a frequency offset between the transmitter and the receiver. A first imbalance between an in-phase (I) branch and a quadrature-phase (Q) branch in the receiver is determined based on a signal received at the receiver during the first time period. The receiver is calibrated based on the determined first imbalance. After calibrating the receiver, the output of the transmitter is looped back to the input of the receiver during a second time period during which the frequency offset is not applied. A second imbalance between an I branch in and a Q branch in the transmitter is determined based on a signal received at the receiver during the second time period while the frequency offset is not applied. The transmitter is calibrated based on the determined second imbalance.
US09444553B2	Tunable coherent optical receiver and method The invention provides a tunable coherent optical receiver and a related method wherein the receiver uses low-frequency trace-tone modulation of optical WDM channels at transmission as channel IDs in order to detect which optical channels are present in the received optical WDM signal. The receiver than discriminates between the thereby detected optical channels by tuning a local oscillator to one of the received optical channels as determined based on the presence of the low-frequency tones in the received optical signal.
US09444551B2	High performance optical repeater An optical element is to be coupled to a second device by the second electrical link. The particular optical element is further to receive a first signal from the second device over a first inbound lane of the second electrical link, receive a second signal from the second device over a second inbound lane of the second electrical link, and multiplex the first and second signals on a particular optical link to send the first and second signals to the first device.
US09444550B2	Flexible virtual optical network provisioning using distance-adaptive modulation Flexible VON provisioning may include calculating a candidate mapping pattern to satisfy a virtual optical network (VON) demand based on virtual-to-physical node mapping choices. A distance-adaptive routing and spectral slot assignment evaluation of the candidate mapping pattern may be performed. When the VON demand is satisfied by the candidate mapping pattern, the candidate mapping pattern may be added to a valid mapping patterns list. A final mapping pattern may be selected from the valid mapping patterns list, the final mapping pattern having one of a lowest slot layer and a smallest overall slot usage on the valid mapping patterns list. Then, network resources may be reserved based on the final mapping pattern selected to service the VON demand.
US09444545B2	System and method for non-contact identification of a passive target A system and method includes a laser transmitter configured to form a transmitted laser beam and a laser receiver configured to receive a reflected beam based on the transmitted laser beam. An identification (ID)-filter includes a substrate, a retarder filter and a reflector, where the transmitted beam passes through the retarder filter and is reflected back through the retarder filter in an opposite direction, to the laser receiver. A processor connected with a memory executes instructions stored in the memory to determine polarization properties of the reflected beam with respect to the transmitted laser beam to determine an address of the ID-filter.
US09444538B2	Radio communication system and controlling method thereof The radio communication system includes: a transmitter that transmits a first polarized signal and a second polarized signal to a receiver and terminates the transmission of the second polarized signal in accordance with an instruction from the receiver; and the receiver that receives the polarized signal from the transmitter, determines whether or not a reception quality of the second polarized signal becomes lower than a threshold value, and issues an instruction to the transmitter to terminate transmission of the second polarized signal to the transmitter when the reception quality becomes less than the threshold value.
US09444530B2	Multiple-input-multiple-output antenna device A Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna device is adapted for connecting electrically to a radio frequency (RF) circuit for transmitting and receiving RF signals. The MIMO antenna device includes a circuit board, a plurality of antenna units, and a plurality of multiplexer units. The antenna units are disposed on the circuit board proximate to a peripheral edge thereof, are arranged in a loop formation, and are divided into a plurality of groups of the antenna units. Each of the multiplexer units is connected electrically to a respective one of the groups of the antenna units for selecting one of the corresponding antenna units and for connecting electrically the selected one of the corresponding antenna units to the RF circuit, thereby achieving the MIMO technique with the independently and simultaneously operating antenna units.
US09444529B2	Method and device for energy efficient signal transmission in massive multi-antenna wireless communication system A method for selecting a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) mode based on energy efficiency and selecting an antenna subset to be used in a communication, in a wireless communication system using a multi-user massive multi-antenna is provided. The method selects an antenna subset capable of minimizing transmission power without using all antennas, based on power consumed by an Radio Frequency (RF) circuit as well as the transmission power. The method further includes selecting a mobile station to which the signal is to be transmitted, selecting a multi-antenna technique based on power consumption of all antennas, selecting an antenna subset to transmit the signal to the mobile station among all the antennas, and transmitting the signal to the mobile station by using the antenna subset.
US09444523B2	Proximity sensing using EHF signals A system for sensing proximity using EHF signals may include a communication circuit configured to transmit via a transducer an EM signal at an EHF frequency, and a proximity sensing circuit configured to sense a nearby transducer field-modifying object by detecting characteristics of a signal within the communication circuit. A system for determining distance using EHF signals may include a detecting circuit coupled to a transmitting communication circuit and a receiving communication circuit, both communication circuits being mounted on a first surface. The transmitting communication circuit may transmit a signal toward a second surface, and the receiving communication circuit may receive a signal relayed from the second surface. The detecting circuit may determine distance between the first surface and a second surface based on propagation characteristics of the signals.
US09444522B2	Near field communications (NFC) coil and proximity sensor for portable devices Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and proximity sensing operations. For example, a proximity sensor uses a coil antenna that is utilized for near field communications (NFC) functions. The proximity sensor may be integrated into an NFC module to form a single module.
US09444521B2	Wireless communication system and method for transitioning between wireless communication and wireless power transfer The object of the invention is to achieve stable operation of a communication device, which includes an information transmission means and a power transmission means while maintaining communication quality. A mobile device of the invention has an information transmission means for executing non-contact transmission, a power transmission means, a first control means for controlling the information transmission means to repeat an active period and a sleep period, and a second control means for controlling the power transmission means to transmit a power during the sleep period.
US09444520B2	Wireless energy transfer converters Described herein are improved configurations for a wireless power converter that includes at least one receiving magnetic resonator configured to capture electrical energy received wirelessly through a first oscillating magnetic field characterized by a first plurality of parameters, and at least one transferring magnetic resonator configured to generate a second oscillating magnetic field characterized by a second plurality of parameters different from the first plurality of parameters, wherein the electrical energy from the at least one receiving magnetic resonator is used to energize the at least one transferring magnetic resonator to generate the second oscillating magnetic field.
US09444519B2	Communication device, control method, program, and front end The present technology relates to a communication device, a control method, and a program which enable reliable selection of a desired target. A CLF transmits a polling command received from a NFC reader for selecting a candidate of a final target to targets, selects the candidate of the final target, by setting a P2P application as a target having the highest priority in the selection of the candidate of the final target, selects the final target based on a command other than the polling command received from the NFC reader, and controls to lower the priority of the P2P application, in a case where the P2P application is selected as the candidate of the final target and the P2P application is not selected as the final target. The present technology can be applied to a communication device supporting an NFC standard, for example.
US09444518B2	One touch product information on mobile communication device using near field communication A one-touch application is launched by a user of a mobile communication device (MCD) selecting a single selector element on the MCD, and in response the MCD automatically and without further user interaction establishes near field communication (NFC) with an electronic product, receives identifying data from the electronic product over NFC, and uploads the identifying data wirelessly to a cloud server associated with a manufacturer of the electronic product. The server sends back to the MCD and/or to the electronic product information about the electronic product.
US09444517B2	Coupled inductor power transfer system Coupled inductor systems are disclosed in which transmitter and receiver inductors, or coils, are coupled in a configuration for wirelessly transferring power and/or data among them. In preferred implementations, the systems are used for transmitting both power and data in pairs of coupled coils. Primary side circuits in preferred embodiments of the systems of the invention employ Class D or Class G amplifiers.
US09444515B2	Short-range zigbee compatible receiver with near-threshold digital baseband An 8.1 nJ/bit 2.4 GHz receiver with integrated digital baseband supporting Q-QPSK DSSS modulation compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard is presented that targets short-range, Internet of Things applications (IoTs). The sensitivity of a wireless communication receiver in general trades with power consumption. This receiver exploits this tradeoff to achieve a total power consumption of 2.02 mW including ADCs and digital baseband processing, at a sensitivity of −52.5 dBm at 250 Kbps. The energy-efficiency of the radio frequency (RF) front-end alone is nearly two times better than the prior art. The receiver was fabricated in 65 nm CMOS with an area of 0.86 mm2.
US09444511B2	Plug-and-play time-variant antenna module for wireless communication devices A plug-and-play antenna may be used with many different types of wireless communication devices. An antenna may be coupled to an impedance tuning component and a waveform generator. A calibration control module receives radio status information, controls the waveform generator to vary a response of the antenna, and tunes the impedance tuning component to match impedances between a radio and the antenna.
US09444505B2	System and method for frequency reuse for wireless point-to-point backhaul A system and method for frequency reuse for wireless point-to-point backhaul. Frequency reuse is enabled through the cancellation of interfering signals generated by interference sources. In one embodiment, a conventional dish antenna is complemented with one or more additional auxiliary antennas (e.g., isotropic). The one or more additional auxiliary antennas enable cancellation of interfering signals whose direction of arrival (DOA) is off the dish antenna's bore-sight.
US09444503B2	Active signal processing personal health signal receivers The invention provides a receiver associated with a body, e.g., located inside or within close proximity to a body, configured to receive and decode a signal from an in vivo transmitter which located inside the body. Signal receivers of the invention provide for accurate signal decoding of a low-level signal, even in the presence of significant noise, using a small-scale chip, e.g., where the chip consumes very low power. Also provided are systems that include the receivers, as well as methods of using the same.
US09444502B2	Interference cancellation system for cancelling interference in the optical domain Systems and methods for cancelling interference from a received signal in order to properly detect a signal of interest are disclosed. A combined signal of interest plus interference signal may be received. A copy or sample of the interference signal may be determined. The interference signal and the combined signal of interest plus interference signal may be converted to the optical domain. The interference signal may be optically phase shifted by −180 degrees, which may result in an optically inverted interference signal. The optically inverted interference signal may be variably optically attenuated and/or variably optically time delayed, for example based on a detected output power of an optical subsystem of the interference cancellation system. As a result, interference cancellation of the interference signal from the combined signal of interest plus interference signal may be achieved, resulting in 50 dB or more of cancellation of the interference signal.
US09444501B1	Polar modulation using product mode Radio frequency (RF) transmitters and methods of their operation are disclosed. An exemplary RF transmitter includes an RF power amplifier (RFPA), a dynamic power supply (DPS), and a baseband processing unit. The baseband processing unit generates an amplitude modulation (AM) signal that the DPS follows to generate a DPS voltage VDD(t). The DPS voltage VDD(t) serves as a power supply for an output stage of the RFPA. Under most operating conditions the output stage is configured to operate in a compressed mode (C-mode), but is reconfigured to operate in a product mode (or “P-mode) during times low-magnitude events in the AM signal are conveyed to the DPS and become present in the DPS voltage VDD(t) produced by the DPS. Operating the output stage in P-mode overcomes the inability of C-mode operation to reproduce low-magnitude events contained in the AM signal at the RF output of the RFPA.
US09444497B1	Method and apparatus for adaptively tuning an integrated circuit A method and apparatus for adaptively tuning an integrated circuit are disclosed. For example, an integrated circuit (IC) comprises a monitored path comprising circuit elements operating on a clock signal, where a last circuit element of the circuit elements comprises a first flip flop. The IC also comprises a second flip flop operating on an early clock signal, where the early clock signal is phase shifted from the clock signal, and where the second flip flop is coupled to the monitored path prior to the last circuit element. The IC also comprises a transition detection module for detecting when an output from the first flip flop toggles, and an error prediction module to detect a potential error on the monitored path. The IC comprises a controller that is configured to scale a voltage or a frequency of the IC.
US09444495B2	System and method of interfacing co-processors and input/output devices via a main memory system A system for interfacing with a co-processor or input/output device is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes a computer processing unit, a memory module, a memory bus that connects the computer processing unit and the memory module, and a co-processing unit or input/output device, wherein the memory bus also connects the co-processing unit or input/output device to the computer processing unit.
US09444491B2	Coding method, decoding method, coder, and decoder A coding method, a decoding method, a coder, and a decoder are disclosed herein. A coding method includes: obtaining the pulse distribution, on a track, of the pulses to be encoded on the track; determining a distribution identifier for identifying the pulse distribution according to the pulse distribution; and generating a coding index that includes the distribution identifier. A decoding method includes: receiving a coding index; obtaining a distribution identifier from the coding index, wherein the distribution identifier is configured to identify the pulse distribution, on a track, of the pulses to be encoded on the track; determining the pulse distribution, on a track, of all the pulses to be encoded on the track according to the distribution identifier; and reconstructing the pulse order on the track according to the pulse distribution.
US09444487B1	Multiple stage digital to analog converter In an example, there is disclosed a multi-stage Digital to Analog Convertor, including: a first stage having a first set of circuit components, a second stage having a second set of circuit components and a third stage having a third set of circuit components, the third stage providing a load within first and second individual switchable impedance paths; wherein the DAC is operable in each of a first mode, a second mode and a third mode of operation, wherein in a first mode the first stage is switchably coupled to the second stage independently of the third stage; in a second mode, the load is coupled and presented to a first part of the second stage of circuit components and in a third mode the load is coupled and presented to a second, different, part of the second stage of circuit components. A corresponding system and method is also disclosed.
US09444483B2	Switch circuit, analog-to-digital converter, and integrated circuit A switch circuit includes: a sampling transistor including a source connected to an input node and a drain connected to an output node; a control circuit which is connected to a gate of the sampling transistor and configured to control turning on or off of the sampling transistor; a voltage holding circuit which is provided between the gate and the source of the sampling transistor and configured to maintain a voltage between the gate and the source of the sampling transistor constant when the sampling transistor is turned on; and a protection circuit which is provided in parallel to the control circuit and configured to lower a voltage that is applied to the gate of the sampling transistor when the sampling transistor makes a transition from on to off.
US09444479B2	Analogue-to-digital conversion circuitry There is disclosed current-mode time-interleaved sampling circuitry configured to be driven by substantially sinusoidal clock signals. Such circuitry may be incorporated in ADC circuitry, for example as integrated circuitry on an IC chip. The disclosed circuitry is capable of calibrating itself without being taken off-line.
US09444474B2	Crystal oscillator noise compensation method for a multi-loop PLL A multi-loop phase locked loop (PLL) system with noise attenuation has a first PLL including a local oscillator, a second PLL coupled to an output of the first PLL, and a third PLL in a feedback path between the second PLL and first PLL. A first phase comparator compares an input signal with the first feedback signal to generate a first phase error signal for the first PLL. The first phase error signal is multiplied by a scaling factor k determining the amount of noise attenuation. The third PLL has a bandwidth preferably at least ten times higher than the second PLL so that the overall transfer function of the second and third PLLs is approximately the transfer function of the second PLL. The transfer function of the third PLL is multiplied by a scaling factor 1/k. This arrangement allows the use of an uncompensated local oscillator in the first PLL. The noise generated in the uncompensated local oscillator is reduced by the attenuation factor k.
US09444468B2	Oscillator devices and methods Oscillator devices and corresponding methods are disclosed. In some embodiments an apparatus includes an oscillator circuit arrangement, a frequency variable resistor circuit coupled to an output of the oscillator circuit arrangement and a reference resistor circuit. The apparatus further includes a sample and hold circuit, wherein a first input of the sample and hold circuit is coupled to an output of the reference resistor circuit and a second input of the sample and hold circuit is coupled to an output of the frequency variable resistor circuit, wherein an output of the sample and hold circuit is coupled with an input of the oscillator circuit arrangement.
US09444462B2	Stabilization of output timing delay An integrated circuit includes an output buffer and a control circuit. The output buffer has a signal input, a signal output, and a set of control inputs. The output buffer has an output buffer delay, and a driving strength adjustable in response to control signals applied to the set of control inputs. Alternatively, the output buffer delay is variable. The control circuit is connected to the set of control inputs of the output buffer. The control circuit uses first and second timing signals to generate the control signals, and can include a first delay circuit that generates the first timing signal with a first delay, and a second delay circuit that generates the second timing signal with a second delay that correlates with the output buffer delay.
US09444461B1	Universal input buffer A universal input buffer has a pair of input pins. A first input of a multiplexer is coupled to the second input pin and a second input of the multiplexer receives a common mode voltage of a differential signal applied to the first pin. The multiplexer is responsive to a selection signal to select either of the first and second inputs of said multiplexer. A pair of single-input buffers have inputs coupled respectively to the first and second input pins. A first input of a first differential buffer is coupled to the first input pin, a first input of a second differential buffer is coupled to the second input pin, the second input of the first differential buffer is coupled to the output of the multiplexer, and the second input of the second differential buffer receives a common mode voltage of a differential signal applied to the second pin.
US09444459B2	Logic circuit and semiconductor device The logic circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a main logic circuit portion that is electrically connected to the input terminal and the output terminal, and a switching element electrically connected to the input terminal and the main logic circuit portion. Further, a first terminal of the switching element is electrically connected to the input terminal, a second terminal of the switching element is electrically connected to a gate of at least one transistor included in the main logic circuit portion, and the switching element is a transistor in which a leakage current in an off state per micrometer of channel width is lower than or equal to 1×10−17 A.
US09444457B2	Circuit and method of driving the same In order to reduce power consumption, an arithmetic circuit having a function of performing a logic operation processing based on an input signal, storing a potential set in accordance with the result of the logic operation processing as stored data, and outputting a signal with a value corresponding to the stored data as an output signal. The arithmetic circuit includes an arithmetic portion performing the logic operation processing, a first field-effect transistor controlling whether a first potential, which is the potential corresponding to the result of the logic operation processing is set, and a second field-effect transistor controlling whether the potential of the output signal data is set at a second potential which is a reference potential.
US09444456B2	Circuit and method for powering an integrated circuit having first and second power regulators respectively configured and arranged to provide regulated power at main and standby power levels Power supply is facilitated. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a power regulator circuit includes first and second regulators and a controller for controlling operation of the power regulator circuit in standby and normal operational modes. The first and second regulators respectively provide regulated power at main and standby power levels, the standby power level being lower than the main power level. For the standby mode, the controller operates the second regulator for supplying power to an integrated circuit at the standby power level. For transitioning to the normal mode, the controller turns the first regulator on while continuing to operate the second regulator for supplying power to the integrated circuit during a start-up period. After a start-up period (e.g., when the first regulator is up to full power), the controller operates the first regulator for supplying power for operating the processor in a high-frequency mode.
US09444453B2	Measuring body capacitance effect in touch sensitive device Measuring an effect of body capacitance in a touch sensitive device is disclosed. This effect can be caused by poor grounding of a user or other objects touching the device or of the device itself. The device can operate in a stray capacitance mode to measure a body capacitance effect and in a normal mode to detect a touch on the device. During the stray capacitance mode, the device can obtain a body capacitance measurement from the device. During the normal mode, the device can obtain a touch measurement from the device. The device can calculate a body capacitance factor based on a ratio between the body capacitance measurement and the touch measurement and use the body capacitance factor to compensate for erroneous or distorted touch output values from the device. Various components of the device can be switchably configured according to the particular mode.
US09444451B2	Switch circuit Provided is a switch circuit capable of reliably controlling the transmission or interruption of a voltage of from GND to VDD to an internal circuit even when a positive or negative voltage is input to an input terminal. By adding PMOS transistors to NMOS transistors constituting the switch circuit and controlling gates of the PMOS transistors by a voltage of the input terminal, the transmission or interruption of the voltage of from GND to VDD can be reliably controlled.
US09444450B2	Scan driving circuit A scan driving circuit is disclosed, and the scan driving circuit has a pull-up control module, a pull-up module, a pull-down module, a pull-down maintaining module, a bootstrap capacitor and a constant low-level voltage source; the pull-up control module is connected to the pull-up module, the pull-down module, the pull-down maintaining module and the bootstrap capacitor respectively, and the constant low-level voltage source is connected to the pull-down maintaining module and the pull-down module respectively. The electrical leakage phenomenon can be efficiently avoided, and the reliability of the scan driving circuit is thus improved.
US09444447B2	Load drive circuit A switch electrically connected to a first terminal and a second terminal. A first comparator detects a load open state where the switch is off and a load is not connected to the second terminal. Upon detecting, a clamp circuit clamps the voltage of the second terminal to a clamp voltage higher than a first reference voltage and lower than an input voltage. A second comparator detects an output-to-supply short circuit state where the switch is off and the second terminal is connected to the power supply. A capacitor with one terminal connected to the second terminal and another terminal connected to a third terminal. A bootstrap circuit supplies a charge current to the third terminal at a constant voltage. A clamp voltage rise prevention circuit prevents the clamp voltage of the clamp circuit from rising, when the first comparator detects the load open state.
US09444442B2	Open-loop correction of duty-cycle error and quadrature phase error A Phase Interpolator (PI) may be employed as a precisely-controlled delay element in a transmit path, for example in clock forwarded serial links. Methods and circuits are disclosed for estimating a delay needed to correct duty-cycle/and or phase errors of the received clock. These corrections or delta values may be transmitted back to the transmitter side, preferably expressed directly in terms of PI phase codes, for convenient adjustment in the transmitter clock circuitry. Various techniques also are disclosed for measuring and mitigating the effects on PI integral non-linearity.
US09444441B2	Zero-crossing detection circuit and method for synchronous step-down converter In one embodiment, a zero-crossing detection circuit for a synchronous step-down converter, can include: (i) a state determination circuit configured to compare a drain voltage of a synchronous transistor of the synchronous step-down converter against a reference voltage, and to generate a state digital signal indicative of whether a body diode of the synchronous transistor is turned on; (ii) a logic circuit configured to convert the state digital signal into a counting instruction signal; (iii) a plus-minus counter configured to generate a numerical signal in response to the counting instruction signal; (iv) a DAC configured to generate a correction analog signal based on the numerical signal; and (v) a zero-crossing comparator configured to receive the correction analog signal and the drain voltage of the synchronous transistor, and to provide a zero-crossing comparison signal to a driving circuit of the synchronous step-down converter.
US09444439B2	Pulse generating circuit for audio-frequency amplifiers and regulated power supplies A circuit for generating a series of pulses in response to a first signal, the circuit comprising: a lossy integrator which receives a second signal as its input; and a comparator which: receives the output of the lossy integrator at one of its inputs; and receives the first signal at the other of its inputs. This circuit can be incorporated into, for example, audio-frequency amplifiers and regulated power supplies.
US09444438B2	Frequency doubler and related method of generating an oscillating voltage A frequency doubling device suitable to generate an output terminal voltage oscillating at a differential frequency double the frequency of the input differential voltage, includes a first differential pair of P-type transistors and a second differential pair of N-type transistors controlled by the differential input voltage, as well as an LC oscillator including a LC resonant dipole through which the absorbed current is forced by two differential pairs of transistors.
US09444437B2	Circuits and methods for DFE with reduced area and power consumption A 1/n-rate decision feedback equalizer (DFE) and method include a plurality of branches. Each branch includes a separate summer circuit configured to add a respective feedback signal to a received input and a latch configured to receive an output of the summer circuit to provide different partial bit sequences based on a clock signal. A feedback circuit includes a multiplexer configured to multiplex the different partial bit sequences of each branch to assemble a full rate bit sequence and a filter configured to provide cancellation of intersymbol interference (ISI) from the received input.
US09444434B1	Systems, methods and apparatus for voltage clamping A voltage clamping system includes: (a) a first electronic device connected to a first power source and having a signal output node, a voltage clamp high node, and a voltage clamp low node, wherein the voltage clamp high node and the voltage clamp low node are coupled to a second power source different than the first power source; and (b) a second electronic device powered by the second power source and having a signal input node coupled to the signal output node of the first electronic device. The signal output node of the first electronic device is passively clamped, with low distortion, approximately rail-to-rail with respect to the second power source such that the second electronic device is protected from damage due to excessive voltage levels.
US09444433B2	Wideband FM demodulation by injection-locked division of frequency deviation A novel and useful wideband FM demodulator operating across an 8 GHz IF bandwidth for application in low-power, wideband heterodyne receivers. The demodulator includes an n-stage ring oscillator that is injection locked to a wideband input signal. Locking to the input frequency, it divides the FM deviation by n, thereby facilitating as well as reducing the energy required for wideband demodulation. The quadrature-phased output of the ring oscillator is phase correlated using a low-power folded CMOS mixer capable of detecting FM up to 400 Mb/s over a 2-10 GHz IF frequency range.
US09444430B1	Cavity filtered qubit A technique relates to a microwave device. A qubit is connected to a first end of a first coupling capacitor and a first end of a second coupling capacitor. A resonator is connected to a second end of the first coupling capacitor and a second end of the second coupling capacitor. The resonator includes a fundamental resonance mode. A filter is connected to both the qubit and the first end of the first or second coupling capacitor.
US09444423B2	Method for adjusting volume and electronic device thereof An apparatus and method for selectively provide an automatic volume adjustment service considering an audio output signal in an electronic device. A method for adjusting a volume includes identifying a second signal which is output through a speaker while a first signal is input through a microphone, and determining whether a volume of an audio signal to be output through the speaker is increased, based on a correlation between the first signal and the second signal.
US09444418B1	Frequency enhanced active transistor A transistor cell can be modeled as a transistor with a collector, a base, and an emitter operating with a current at the collector to produce a minimum transconductance in the transistor cell that increases a current gain and improves at least one operating characteristic of the transistor cell. The operating characteristics include bandwidth, gain, and output power.
US09444413B2	High bandwidth amplifier An amplifier (100) comprising: first, second, third and fourth transistors (M1, M2, M3, M4), an input (10) for an input signal, and a first output (22) for a first amplified signal; a first terminal (T11) of the first transistor (M1) coupled to a first voltage rail (12), a second terminal (T12) of the first transistor (M1) coupled to a first terminal (T31) of the third transistor (M3), and a gate (G1) of the first transistor (M1) coupled to the input (10); a first terminal (T21) of the second transistor (M2) coupled to a second voltage rail (14), a second terminal (T22) of the second transistor (M2) coupled to the first output (22), and a gate (G2) of the second transistor (M2) coupled to the input (10); a load (40) coupled between a second terminal (T32) of the third transistor (M3) and a third voltage rail (20), and a gate (G3) of the third transistor (M3) coupled to a bias node (16) for applying a bias voltage to the gate (G3) of the third transistor (M3); a first terminal (T41) of the fourth transistor (M4) coupled to the first output (22), a second terminal (T42) of the fourth transistor (M4) coupled to a fourth voltage rail (24), and a gate (G4) of the fourth transistor (M4) coupled to the second terminal (T32) of the third transistor (M3); and a first capacitive element (C1) coupled between the second terminal (T32) of the third transistor (M3) and the first output (22).
US09444410B1	Wide-band single-ended-to-differential low-noise amplifier using complementary push-pull structure A wide-band single-ended-to-differential low-noise amplifier using a push-pull architecture with an input node coupled to the sources of a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, a positive output node coupled to the drains of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor, a negative output node coupled to the drains of a second PMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor, and bias circuitry coupled to the gates of the first and second PMOS and first and second NMOS transistors. The source of the first PMOS transistor is coupled to the gate of the second PMOS transistor, the source of the first NMOS transistor is coupled to the gate of the second NMOS transistor, the source of the second PMOS transistor is coupled to a first supply voltage, and the source of the second NMOS transistor is coupled to a second supply voltage.
US09444402B2	High frequency integrated circuit and device using same Provided is an amplifier with a test oscillator for a high frequency characteristic monitor, which has small power loss in a normal operation state and secures good noise performance while it is possible to equip both a transmitter IC and a receiver IC with the amplifier. In a high frequency IC including an amplifier including an inductive load and a test oscillator arranged in a same chip, the test oscillator commonly uses the inductive load of the amplifier, the amplifier has a bias voltage terminal to switch an operation state into an active state/inactive state, and the oscillator has a bias voltage terminal to switch an operation state into an active state/inactive state. In a test operation mode, the amplifier is inactivated and the test oscillator is activated and in a normal operation mode, the amplifier is activated and the test oscillator is inactivated.
US09444401B1	Methods and devices for the generation of high frequency clock signals Methods and devices for the generation of high frequency clock signals. In a transmission line a signal is reflected back and forward. The electric length of the transmission line determines the frequency of the oscillation. A start signal at the switching device initiates a signals traveling down the transmission line. At the other end of the transmission line the signals is reflected back. At the tapping point along the transmission line, part of the energy of the signal in the transmission line is coupled out to form the feedback signal. The feedback signal activates the switching device. The switching device injects energy into the transmission line and sustains the oscillation on the transmission line. The position of the tapping point on transmission line determines the shape of the feedback signals and can hence be used as a design parameter optimize the performance of the system. High voltage swings in the transmission lines can be used to improve the phase noise or jitter performance of the oscillator.
US09444398B2	Semiconductor structure and fabricating process for the same A semiconductor structure and a fabricating process for the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a micro battery cell coupled to a solar cell by a semiconductor fabricating process.
US09444392B2	Motor control device and motor control system A motor control device includes: a control processing unit that controls the driving of a motor based on a command signal input from a controller and a detection signal which is a detection result of the operation of the motor; an abnormality determining unit that detects an abnormality in the controller, the motor control device, and the motor according to the command signal, the detection signal, and a control signal generated in the motor control device and that determines a level of repeatability of the detected abnormality on the basis of a predetermined criterion; a specific abnormality storage unit that stores occurrence information of a specific abnormality which is determined to have high repeatability on the basis of the predetermined criterion; and an abnormality releasing unit that erases the occurrence information of the specific abnormality stored in the specific abnormality storage unit according to an erasure command signal.
US09444391B2	Protective module and method against torque peaks between a motor and an electric machine A protective method is provided against torque peaks between a motor adapted for setting a shaft of the motor into rotation and an electric source adapted for electrically powering an electric assembly and including a fixed section and a rotating adapted for rotating with the shaft. The method includes a step for controlling the operation of the electric source forcing the rotary movement of the rotating section with the shaft to observe an instruction relating to the torque of the rotating section applied to the shaft of the motor, the instruction being adapted depending on at least one element characterizing a current operating state of the motor.
US09444390B2	Apparatus and method for reducing common mode voltage An apparatus and a method for that reduce a common mode voltage are provided. The apparatus includes a detecting unit that is configured to detect a common mode voltage between a drive shaft and a frame of a drive motor. In addition, a gate resistance unit of a power module is connected to the drive motor. A controller is configured to adjust a magnitude of resistance of the gate resistance unit, based on a magnitude of the detected common-mode voltage and a magnitude of a predetermined reference voltage.
US09444389B2	Derating control of a power inverter module A system includes a DC battery pack, an inverter coolant loop, first and second temperature sensors, a polyphase electric machine, and a power inverter module (PIM) connected to the battery pack and electric machine. The PIM includes a plurality of semiconductor switches. The controller is operable to selectively derate the PIM and thus reduce a commanded torque to the electric machine. The controller is programmed to execute a method and thereby receive a coolant temperature from the first temperature sensor and a PIM temperature from the second temperature sensor, and to determine a set of electrical values of the electric machine. The controller estimates a junction temperature of the semiconductor switches using the temperature of the coolant, the temperature of the PIM, and the set of electrical values. The controller selectively derates the PIM using the estimated junction temperature when the temperature of the PIM exceeds a calibrated maximum temperature.
US09444388B2	Medium voltage inverter system A medium voltage inverter system is provided. The inverter system includes a controller configured to short-circuit the output terminal of the inverter unit when failure occurs, a supply unit configured to supply an electric power to the controller, and an auxiliary rectifying unit configured to rectify the AC voltage provided through the input terminal and to supply the rectified AC voltage to the supply unit.
US09444385B2	Control apparatus for vibration type actuator A control apparatus for a vibration type actuator, which uses a vibration wave excited by a vibrating member to actuate a movable member in contact with or indirectly connected to the vibrating member, includes a command unit which gives a command indicating at least one parameter, an AC voltage generator which generates the AC voltage for applying the excitation force to the vibrating member, a variable adding unit which adds a predetermined variable to each of one or more parameters, a frequency response characteristic measuring unit which receives as an input a variable output and outputs a physical quantity and obtains a frequency response characteristic at one or more predetermined frequencies, a resonance frequency estimation unit which estimates a resonance frequency of the vibrating member, and a frequency range limiter which determines a frequency range for the AC voltage output by the AC voltage generator.
US09444383B2	Method for open-loop and closed-loop control of an electromagnetic machine Electromagnetic state variables of an electromagnetic machine are represented by space vectors. A setpoint value for the vector of a manipulated voltage at the stator is preset and an actual value of the vector of the current at the stator is measured. A vector of an induced voltage is determined from the setpoint value and the actual value of the vector of the current. A value of a vector of the magnetic flux is estimated from a preset correction voltage and the induced voltage. A phase angle and a rotating field frequency are estimated from the vector of the magnetic flux. A factor is multiplied into the vector of the correction voltage when a torque-forming component of a current at the stator has an opposite mathematical sign to the estimated value of the rotating field frequency.
US09444380B2	Power converter and control method for power converter A control section is configured to, when it is detected that a voltage of a B-terminal of a power generator has exceeded a first predetermined voltage value, turn on all switching elements of a negative arm of a bridge circuit connected to one set of armature windings and turn off all switching elements of a positive arm, and reduce a field current flowing in a field winding. The control section is configured to thereafter turn off all the turned-on switching elements when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US09444377B2	Motor drive control device A motor drive control device uses a rotor position sensorless control scheme to drive a motor. The motor drive control device includes a rotational speed deriving component, a startup component and a changing component. The rotational speed deriving component derives rotational speed of the motor just before startup of the motor. The startup component starts up the motor by outputting to the motor a drive signal based on at least one of a direct-current excitation scheme that fixes the rotor position in a predetermined position by performing direct-current energization, and a forced drive scheme that accelerates the motor to a predetermined rotational speed by performing forced energization that applies a predetermined voltage and frequency. The changing component changes the drive signal based on at least one of the direct-current excitation scheme and the forced drive scheme in accordance with the rotational speed of the motor derived.
US09444376B2	Variable link sensorless brushless direct current motor controller for space and hardened applications A sensorless motor controller includes a variable link control, including a radiation-hardened field programmable gate array (FPGA) and a back electromotive force (EMF) decoder circuit. The back EMF decoder infers the position of a rotor of the motor. A filter on the decoder conditions the back EMF signal and has multiple cutoff frequencies which can be dynamically controlled by the FPGA in order to compensate for phase shift in the back EMF signal. The FPGA also controls a variable DC link and its digital speed control loop.
US09444375B2	Control system for a synchronous machine and method for operating a synchronous machine The invention relates to a method for operating a synchronous machine, comprising the following steps: determining a difference value between the rotor inductance of the synchronous machine in the polar axis direction and the rotor inductance of the synchronous machine in the pole-gap direction for each of a plurality of different 2-tuples from values of useful current adjusted in the rotor-fixed coordinate system of the synchronous machine; preparing a characteristic diagram for the determined difference values in dependence on the 2-tuples of the values of useful current; determining a torque-dependent operating-point trajectory for the 2-tuples of the values of useful current taking into account the magnitude of the determined difference values along the operating-point trajectory to be determined; and operating the synchronous machine according to the determined operating-point trajectory.
US09444372B2	Vortex resonance wind turbine Wind turbine consisting of an anchoring to the ground or to a base and a mast, the natural oscillation frequency of which is purposely adjusted to the frequency of appearance of the air vortices or eddies produced after the collision of a laminar and stationary airflow against the surface thereof. The aeroelastic energy thus absorbed is converted into electrical energy due to the use of materials with high electromechanical coupling.
US09444371B2	Device for recovering and converting heat energy into electrical energy A device for converting heat energy into electrical energy including cells, the cells including: a first cavity with one wall for contacting a heat source; a second cavity with one wall for contacting a cold source; a primary channel between the first cavity and the second cavity transporting a fluid as liquid drops, the primary channel providing transport of liquid fluid drops from the second cavity to the first cavity; at least one secondary channel between the first cavity and the second cavity transporting the fluid as a gas; a piezoelectric material provided in one of the cavities; and a fluid as a liquid and gas contained within the cell.
US09444370B2	Electronic device To reduce attenuation of vibration in provision of a tactile sensation when both of a piezoelectric element for providing a tactile sensation and a piezoelectric element for transmitting sound are provided to a panel, an electronic device 1 includes a panel 10, a first piezoelectric element 31 and a second piezoelectric element 32 that are attached to the panel 10, and a control unit 50 for controlling such that the second piezoelectric element 32 is driven to output sound and, when the panel 10 detects a contact, such that the first piezoelectric element 31 is driven, and that the control unit 50, when the panel 10 detects the contact, controls such that the second piezoelectric element 32 is driven as well as the first piezoelectric element 31.
US09444369B2	Power conversion apparatus and electric power steering apparatus having the same A power conversion apparatus includes: an inverter unit having high and low potential-side switching elements corresponding to each phase of a winding of a rotating electrical machine; a current detecting unit; a current obtaining unit obtaining a current detection value with a fixed interval sampling timing; and a control unit controlling the switching elements based on a PWM reference signal and a duty instruction value. The control unit includes: a phase current computing device; a voltage instruction value computing device; and a duty computing device. The phase current computing device computes a correction current based on positive and negative side corrected current detection values. The positive-side corrected current detection value is obtained when a duty is adjusted to a positive side, and the negative-side corrected current detection value is obtained when the duty is adjusted to a negative side.
US09444364B2	Adaptive peak power control A switching power converter includes a controller configured to transition from a first operating mode to a second operating mode by determining the operating conditions at the transition point between the operation modes. The controller uses the value of the voltage-time product determined at the boundary between the first and second operating modes to predict the voltage to be applied to the primary-side of the transformer. Using the predicted voltage, the controller can adjust the peak-power control threshold on a cycle-by-cycle basis without the transformer reaching saturation.
US09444363B1	Circuit arrangement with a rectifier circuit In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes receiving by a drive circuit electrical power from a voltage tap of a first rectifier circuit that includes a load path and a voltage tap, and using the electrical power by the drive circuit to drive a second rectifier circuit that includes a load path. The load path of the first rectifier circuit and the load path of the second rectifier circuit are coupled to a common circuit node.
US09444362B2	Rectifier circuit with current injection The present invention relates to a rectifier circuit with a three-phase rectifier arrangement (1) of semiconductor valves (2), preferably a bridge rectifier circuit of diodes, wherein the rectifier arrangement (1) comprises a three-phase mains input (3) and a DC output (4), and at least one of the three phases (U, V, W) at the mains input (3) is connected to a first pole connection (A) of a three-pole circuit (5) for diverting an injection current (ih3) into the three-pole circuit (5). It is provided in accordance with the invention that each phase (U, V, W) can respectively be connected with a switching element (S1, S2, S3) to the first pole connection (A) of the three-pole circuit (5), and a second and third pole connection (B, C) of the three-pole circuit (5) is respectively connected to an output line (PDC,NDC) of the DC output (4) for control currents (icp,icn), wherein the three-pole circuit (5) comprises controllable semiconductor valves (Scp+,Scp−,Scn+,Scn−), preferably IGBTs, for the active control of the control currents (icp,icn) and/or the injection current (ih3), and at least one choke (7) is arranged on one of the output lines (PDC,NDC) at the DC output (4), and a time-variable load (6) is provided at the DC output (4).
US09444359B2	Power conversion apparatus with induction control Disclosed is a power conversion apparatus with further reduced inductance of conductors coupling condensers. The power conversion apparatus includes a smoothing circuit having first and second electrolytic condensers connected to each other in series and third and fourth electrolytic condensers connected to each other in series. The distance between a positive terminal of the first electrolytic condenser and a negative terminal of the third electrolytic condenser is shorter than the distance between the positive terminal of the first electrolytic condenser and a positive terminal of the fourth electrolytic condenser. The distance between the positive terminal of the fourth electrolytic condenser and a negative terminal of the second electrolytic condenser is shorter than the distance between the positive terminal of the fourth electrolytic condenser and the positive terminal of the first electrolytic condenser.
US09444356B2	Power supply device and power supply switching method A power supply device (10) includes a plurality of constant current output circuits (14) that can supply power to a load (12). The constant current output circuit includes a pulse generation unit (20), and a PI feedback control unit (30) that performs feedback control on the pulse voltage output from the pulse generation unit. When an abnormality occurs in the constant current output circuit that supplies power to the load and the constant current output circuit that supplies power to the load is switched, a cycle of the feedback control, which is performed for the pulse generation unit of the constant current output circuit corresponding to a switching destination, is changed to a second cycle higher than a first cycle in the constant current output circuit that is not yet switched.
US09444354B2	Voltage converter that steps up low starting voltages to higher voltages The present invention relates to a voltage converter circuit for transforming a low voltage applied to its input into a higher output voltage at an output. The voltage converter circuit comprises at least one first to fourth controllable switch of a first type, which are connected to each other in the form of an H-bridge, which is arranged between the input voltage and a reference potential, and a transformer with at least one primary winding arranged in a transversal branch of the H-bridge, and with a secondary winding, at which a transformed voltage can be tapped for generating the output voltage. In parallel to at least one of the controllable switches at least one controllable switch of a second type is arranged, which is conductive without a control potential being applied. The secondary winding of the transformer is furthermore connected with the control inputs of the controllable switches for feeding back the transformed voltage.
US09444350B2	DC-DC converter with LC resonance circuit and transformer A DC-DC converter includes a capacitor configured to be charged for a predetermined period by an external voltage, an inductor configured to constitute an LC resonance circuit together with the capacitor, a closed-loop current path configured to release energy accumulated in the capacitor after the predetermined period to cause a current flowing in the LC resonance circuit to oscillate, a transformer configured to receive a current flowing in the closed-loop current path, and a rectifying circuit situated on an output side of the transformer.
US09444349B2	DC/DC converter, control circuit thereof, power supply, power adapter and electronic apparatus using the same A control circuit of a DC/DC converter having a transformer, a switching transistor, and a detector includes: a feedback terminal receiving a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter; a current detection terminal receiving a detection voltage generated in the detection resistor; a conversion circuit configured to amplify, attenuate and/or level-shift at least one of the feedback voltage and the detection voltage, wherein a gain and/or a shift of the conversion circuit are variable; and a gain controller configured to control the gain and/or the shift of the conversion circuit.
US09444348B2	Electronic apparatus and power controlling method thereof An electronic apparatus and a power controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a system unit supplied with power to conduct an operation, and a power supply unit including a power control unit controlling output of standby power, and supplying the standby power to the system unit. The power control unit includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) generation unit generating a PWM signal and a first switching unit switched on/off based on an external input signal to selectively supply power to the PWM generation unit. Thus, power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the standby mode is minimized to facilitate conformance with power regulations in accordance with an energy saving policy.
US09444347B2	Switched mode power supply with a simplified start-up supply A switched mode power supply (SMPS) is disclosed in which a simple primary side controller is used to send a single pulse of energy to the secondary side to switch on an output voltage controller. The pulse is sent across the main power train and a filtering arrangement is provided on the secondary side to minimize the energy at the output of the SMPS while maximizing the energy supplied to the output voltage controller. Advantageously, the SMPS is configured such that the maximum amount of energy transferred from the primary side to the secondary side during a start-up operation is inherently limited. Protection against short circuit conditions and malfunctions is therefore provided without requiring complicated circuitry.
US09444346B2	Apparatus and efficiency point tracking method for high efficiency resonant converters A converter comprises an input stage coupled to a power source, wherein the input stage comprises a plurality of power switches, a resonant tank coupled to the plurality of power switches, a transformer coupled to the resonant tank, an output stage coupled to the transformer, an efficiency point tracking indicator coupled to the converter, a detector coupled to the efficiency point tracking indicator and a control circuit configured to receive an efficiency point tracking signal from the detector and adjust a switching frequency of the power switches based upon the efficiency point tracking signal.
US09444345B2	Switch mode power supply module and associated hiccup control method The invention concerns a method and device for controlling the switching operation in a switch mode power supply module. The switch mode power supply module is intended to supply power to an item of equipment. The method comprises the steps of measuring, in the switch mode power supply module, the load current and comparing the measured load current with a predefined load current threshold value, and, cyclically interrupting the switching operation if the measured load current inside the device is less than the predefined load current threshold value.
US09444344B2	Methods and apparatuses for obtaining voltage information based on charge packets input at different timings Disclosed is a voltage obtaining apparatus. The voltage obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of conversion units, which are connected to each other in parallel and respectively convert charge packets into voltages, and a control unit that controls a timing when the charge packets are respectively input to the plurality of conversion units. The control unit is configured to control the timing so that a corresponding charge packet is input to an nth conversion unit (where n denotes number of the conversion units) at a timing when an operation of an (n−1)th conversion unit is ended.
US09444340B2	Circuits and methods for providing current to a load The present disclosure includes switching regulator circuits and methods. In one embodiment, cross coupled circuits are provided. In one embodiment, a first switching regulator stage has an output coupled to a first node, and a second switching regulator stage has an output coupled to a second node. The first switching regulator stage includes a feedback input coupled to the second node, and the second switching regulator stage includes a feedback input coupled to the first node. The first and second nodes may be coupled together through a capacitor.
US09444324B2	Synchronous DC-DC converter Disclosed is a synchronous DC-DC converter including: a clock signal generator which generates a clock signal; a gate driving part which is connected to the clock signal generator and outputs a first delay clock signal and a second delay clock signal with respect to the clock signal; a switching part which is connected to the gate driving part and includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are complementarily switched according to each of the first delay clock signal and the second delay clock signal; and a controller which is connected to the switching part and generates a control signal which is usable by the gate driving part in order to control a dead time between the first switching element and the second switching element.
US09444323B2	Power conversion system having a harmonic distortion limiter An electrical power conversion system having a harmonic distortion limiter. The power conversion system includes a power converter having a power input, a power output, a current measurement output signal, and a control signal input. The system further includes a controller having a voltage control subsystem arranged to measure a voltage present at the power output of the power converter and generate a corresponding current reference signal. A current control subsystem of the controller is arranged to receive the current reference signal and the current measurement output signal and generate a corresponding modulation command signal, the modulation command signal of the controller being electrically coupled to the control signal input of the power converter. The power converter is responsive to the modulation command signal to limit harmonic distortion at the power output of the power converter.
US09444319B2	Power transmission apparatus An electric rotating machine includes a power transmission mechanism and an armature. The power transmission mechanism is equipped with a first, a second, and a third rotor. The first rotor includes n soft-magnetic members. The second rotor includes k soft-magnetic members. Note that n and k are an integer more than one. The third rotor is made up of magnets whose number of pole pairs is m where m is an integer more than or equal to one. The armature faces the third rotor. The first, second, and third rotors are arranged so as to establish a magnetic coupling among them. The soft-magnetic members of the first and second rotors and the magnets of the third rotor meet a relation of 2m=\|k±n\|. This arrangement is capable of achieving the transmission of power regardless of electric energization of the armature.
US09444318B2	Magnetic gear with first and second members arranged to interact in a magnetically geared manner Embodiments of the present invention relate to magnetic gears comprising first and second moveable members arranged to interact in a magnetically geared manner via a first electrical winding arrangement arranged to generate, at least in part, a first magnetic flux having a first number of pole-pairs, and one or more pole-pieces arranged to modulate the first magnetic flux to interact with a second magnetic flux having a second number of pole-pairs, wherein the first number of pole-pairs is less than the second number of pole-pairs.
US09444317B2	Electric rotating machine A magnetic resistance changing mechanism for changing a magnetic resistance of a stator magnetic path including a stator yoke portion and each tooth portion by mechanically changing the stator magnetic path is provided. A pair of side protruded portions are formed on circumferential sides of a rotor side end portion of each tooth portion. The rotor side end face of each tooth portion is shaped so that a gap between the rotor side end face of each tooth portion and an outer periphery of the rotor is increased continuously or stepwisely from a circumferential intermediate portion of the rotor facing end face toward circumferential end portions thereof.
US09444314B2	Automotive rotary electric machine and stator manufacturing method that is used therefor The stator winding has winding assemblies that are disposed in a stator core so as to be stacked in three or more layers in a radial direction such that slot-housed portions line up in single columns in a clot depth direction inside slots, and radial widths of return portions of the winding assemblies that are mounted so as to be stacked in a radial direction are made sequentially narrower in order of return portions of a winding assembly that is positioned centrally, return portions of a winding assembly that is positioned on an inner circumferential side, and return portions of a winding assembly that is positioned on an outer circumferential side.
US09444311B2	Electric driving device and method for manufacturing electric driving device Provided is an electric driving device including an electric motor (1), and a control device (20) arranged on an axis line of a rotation shaft (2) of the electric motor, for controlling the electric motor. The electric motor includes a motor terminal (13) extending toward the control device in parallel to a direction of the axis line of the rotation shaft, and a slit (13a) is formed at an end portion of the motor terminal on the control device side. The control device includes a motor connection terminal (34) formed on an extension line of the motor terminal and connected to the motor terminal. The slit of the motor terminal is press-fitted and fixed to the motor connection terminal, and an insulating member (33) for holding the motor connection terminal is fixed to the heat sink (35).
US09444308B2	Linear motor cooling system An apparatus includes an electric machine. The electric machine includes an internal housing, an armature coil disposed within the internal housing and separated from the internal housing by a gap, and a magnetic core associated with the armature coil. The apparatus also includes a fan configured to cause air to flow in the gap between the armature coil and the internal housing.
US09444303B2	Device for mounting a shaft in a housing, and assembly having a device according to the invention The invention relates to a device (10) for mounting a shaft (1; 26) in a housing (100), having a bearing (5; 5b; 5c) which is connected to the shaft (1; 26) and which is arranged at least indirectly in the housing (100) by means of a positive or non-positive fit, wherein the bearing (5; 5b; 5c) is held in a separate holding body (11; 11a to 11c). It is provided according to the invention that the holding body (11; 11 a to 11c) is held so as to be fixed to the housing (100) in at least one direction by means of a positive and/or non-positive fit, and that the holding body (11; 11a to 11c) is connected directly to components of an electric motor (25).
US09444301B2	Motor Disclosed is a motor including: a housing formed by means of insert injection molding in such a manner as to locate a stator assembly inside a mold, the stator assembly having a stator core, an upper insulator adapted to be coupled to the upper side of the stator core, and a lower insulator adapted to be coupled to the lower side of the stator core; a printed circuit board adapted to mount an integrated circuit device thereon; and at least one or more screws adapted to be inserted into screw holes formed on the top peripheral portion of the housing and having screw heads formed thereon, the screw heads being engagedly coupled to the peripheral portion of the end cover and the end portions of the screws being brought into contact with the stator core.
US09444298B2	Insulation system for an electric machine A bar wound stator includes a stator core defining a plurality of slots. Bar-type conductors are disposed within each slot. Each slot includes a slot liner and an insulator cap. Each slot liner includes an end portion disposed against an inner wall surface, and side portions disposed against a first wall surface and a second wall surface respectively. Each insulator cap includes a base portion disposed against an outer wall surface, and side portions disposed against the first wall surface and the second wall surface respectively. The side portions of the insulator cap in each slot overlap the side portions of the slot liner in each slot along the first wall surface and the second wall surface respectively. Each slot includes a recessed feature in each of the first wall surface and the second wall surface to accommodate the overlapping side portions of the insulator cap and the slot liner.
US09444297B2	Electrical conductors and related devices A method of spacing a plurality of electrical conductors for carrying electrical current in an electrical machine may include positioning between the electrical conductors an uncured spacer body. The uncured spacer body may include a curable material, and an activatable heat generating material mixed with the curable material. The method may further include activating the activatable heat generating material to heat the curable material to form a cured spacer to thereby space the electrical conductors in the electrical machine.
US09444296B2	Stator winding of electrical rotating machine In a three-phase, four-pole, four-parallel-circuit stator winding of an electrical rotating machine, each of two sets of U-phase output terminals U1, U2 is formed of two sets of parallel circuits each formed of windings having a same pitch (one is formed of first and second winding circuits 1, 2 and the other is formed of third and fourth winding circuits 3, 4). The winding of each winding circuit is formed of two serially-connected coil phase bands (coil phase bands a and b form the first winding circuit 1 and coil phase bands c and d, coil phase bands e and f, and coil phase bands g and h form the second, third, and fourth winding circuits 2, 3, 4, respectively). A voltage vector phase difference and a voltage difference between the winding circuits can be eliminated without providing a jumper wire to winding end portions.
US09444293B2	Rotary electric machine In a rotary electric machine, a cylindrical stator core holding frame is cantilevered on a housing. A cylindrical stator core is fitted together and held inside the stator core holding frame. The stator core holding frame includes: a flange portion that is fixed to the housing; and a frame cylindrical portion that is coupled to the flange portion, and that holds the stator core. A thickness of the flange portion is greater than a thickness of the frame cylindrical portion.
US09444292B2	Electric motor and compressor with same An electric motor according to the present invention includes stator (10) which has ring-shaped yoke (11) and a plurality of teeth (12) disposed at the inner peripheral part of yoke (11). Yoke (11) and teeth (12) configure slots (13) in which windings (15) are wound via electric insulator (14). Moreover, the motor includes rotor (20) that is rotatably held and faces the inner periphery of stator (10) via a slight gap. The rotor includes rotor iron core (21) having permanent magnets (22) that are disposed in the inside or on the surface of the core. Furthermore, a plurality of yoke recesses (16) is disposed only in the yoke (11) parts of slots (13).
US09444286B2	Uninterruptible power supply system An uninterruptible power supply system, including: a plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices which are connected in parallel with respect to a load, and switch between power supplies supplying power to the load depending on states of the power supplies; a control unit controlling an operation of switching between the power supplies by the uninterruptible power supply devices; and a storage battery connected to the plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices in common. The uninterruptible power supply device has a converter converting AC power of an AC power supply into DC power, a contactor switching between the DC power converted by the converter and DC power input from the storage battery, and an inverter inverting the DC power into AC power and supplying the power to the load. The control unit deactivates the converter which does not contribute to supplying a power amount required for the load, of a plurality of converters.
US09444277B2	Charger integrating network interface conversion apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a charger integrating a network interface conversion apparatus, which is used with a wireless mobile gateway device. The charger includes a first interface, a power interface, a second interface, a charging circuit, and a network interface adapter circuit. The power interface is connected to an input end of charging circuit. An output end of the charging circuit is connected to the first interface and a power supply terminal of the network interface adapter circuit. The second interface is connected to a signal terminal which has a corresponding format and is of the network interface adapter circuit, and the first interface is connected to a signal terminal which has a corresponding format and is of the network interface adapter circuit.
US09444273B1	Peer-to-peer wireless communication network among rechargeable batteries An apparatus and method for operating a peer-to-peer wireless communication network among batteries. A first step includes providing a plurality of batteries with each internally housing a processor and a wireless communication transceiver. A next step includes designating one of the batteries as a master in the network, and the remaining batteries as slaves. A next step includes measuring at least one battery operating parameter for each battery by its associated processor. A next step includes peer-to-peer communicating a health indication of each battery, based on the at least one battery operating parameter, to the master that can determine which of the batteries is the healthiest, and inform a user of the healthiest batteries.

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