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| US09510904B2 |
Methods and systems for accessing a pericardial space and preventing strokes arising from the left atrial appendage
The invention presents methods and systems for accessing a pericardial space and preventing strokes arising from a left atrial appendage (“LAA”) by achieving a complete occlusion of the LAA using an epicardial approach without creating a puckering of the LAA ostium. A complete occlusion of the LAA is desired because blood clots arising from the LAA often leads to embolic strokes. Due to the peculiar anatomy of the LAA ostium, traditional LAA ligation techniques using sutures can lead to puckering, thus compromising the occlusion of the LAA. The invention achieves a complete occlusion and a more effective hemostatic seal with the use of inflatable balloons having electromagnetic coils internally, as well as hydrogels, sponges, and caliber tubes attached to the respective balloon's exterior, anchoring balloons, a closure device having a suture looped through two semi-rigid hollow tube that can be coated with hydrogel or silicone, and locking mechanisms. |
| US09510903B2 |
Irrigated flexible ablation catheter
A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body. |
| US09510902B2 |
Ablation catheters and systems including rotational monitoring means
The present disclosure provides an improved ablation catheter. In particular, the present disclosure provides an improved renal denervation ablation catheter and system including a catheter handle and a means for tracking, monitoring, and/or recording the circumferential angular history of the renal denervation ablation catheter handle. The renal denervation ablation catheters in accordance with the present disclosure are well-suited for use with a renal denervation ablation system that can record the circumferential angular history of the renal denervation catheter handle, and hence the circumferential angular ablation history of the catheter electrode within a vessel, and use this data in combination with other known information to estimate the percent circumferential denervation of the vessel. |
| US09510900B2 |
Electrosurgical device for creating a channel through a region of tissue and methods of use thereof
An electrosurgical device and methods are disclosed for creating a channel through a region of tissue. The device comprises an elongate member for receiving the energy from an electrical energy source. An electrical insulation layer surrounds the elongate member along the device proximal region. An electrode tip is coupled to the distal end of the elongate member for delivering the energy, the electrode tip being configured and sized for delivering the energy in a manner such that electrical arcing is generated in the region of tissue in order to create a channel through at least a portion of the region of tissue. An electrically insulative thermal shield is disposed between the electrode tip and the device proximal region for preventing arcing therebetween during the delivery of the energy and for thermally protecting the device proximal region from heat produced by the delivery of the energy through the electrode tip. |
| US09510899B2 |
Method and apparatus for dermatological treatment and tissue reshaping
The present invention provides improved methods and apparatus for skin treatment and tissue remodeling. The apparatus includes an array of needles that penetrate the skin and serve as electrodes to deliver radio frequency current or other electrical or optical energy into the tissue being treated, causing thermal damage in controlled patterns. The damaged regions promote beneficial results such as uniform skin tightening by stimulation of wound healing and collagen growth. |
| US09510897B2 |
RF-electrode surface and method of fabrication
A system for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue comprising a probe, an energy-delivery surface, and an energy source. The energy-delivery surface is elastomeric with an electrically conductive knit component. The energy-delivery surface can be expanded within an interior of a patient's body to engage tissue and energy delivered from the source through the expanded surface. |
| US09510895B2 |
Surgical instrument with modular shaft and end effector
A surgical instrument operable to sever tissue includes a body assembly and a selectively coupleable end effector assembly. The end effector assembly may include a transmission assembly, an end effector, and a rotational knob operable to rotate the transmission assembly and the end effector. The body assembly includes a trigger and a casing having a distal aperture configured to receive a portion of the end effector assembly. First and second coupling mechanism portions cooperatively couple the end effector assembly to the body assembly for use. The coupling may mechanically and/or electrically couple the end effector assembly to the body assembly via various coupling mechanisms. For instance, a threaded slip nut may couple to threads within the body assembly. In one configuration, the end effector assembly may have locking tabs that rotate into rotational recesses in the body assembly. The locking tabs may include electrical contacts and/or optically perceivable indicators. |
| US09510893B2 |
System and method for selectively energizing catheter electrodes
The present invention is directed to a system, a method and a catheter that provide improved ablation capabilities and improved energy efficiency by selectively energizing catheter electrodes on the basis of impedance measurements. In particular, the invention is directed to the selective energization of catheter radial electrodes that together with a tip electrode form a generally continuous tissue contact surface, wherein the selection is made on the basis of impedance measurement as an indication of the amount of tissue contact of each radial electrode. |
| US09510891B2 |
Surgical instruments with structures to provide access for cleaning
A surgical instrument configured to facilitate access to interior components thereof for cleaning and refurbishment purposes. The instrument includes a housing assembly, an elongated shaft assembly and an end effector. The housing assembly includes an actuator, and the elongated shaft assembly includes an interior control member operatively coupled to the actuator. The elongated shaft assembly also includes outer cover including first and second cover members and a hinge coupling the first and second cover members to one another such that the outer cover may be selectively moved between a closed configuration wherein the interior control member is enclosed within the outer cover and an open configuration wherein the interior control member is exposed. The end effector is supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft assembly, and is operatively associated with the interior control member. |
| US09510889B2 |
Apparatus for coagulating tissue
An apparatus for coagulating tissue, including a gas-delivering device for delivering a plasma comprised of an ionized inert gas from the outlet of the gas-delivering device, an electrode adapted to supply a high-frequency current that projects out of the gas-delivering device and a guiding device disposed at a distal end of the electrode. The relative configuration of the outlet of the gas-delivering device and the guiding device are such that the plasma (and an electric arc) can be directed in any direction 360° with respect to the outlet of the gas-delivering device. The plasma is directed along a path of least electric resistance, thus causing the plasma to be directed to a tissue to be treated, regardless of a position of the tissue relative to a rotational position of the outlet of the gas-delivering device. |
| US09510884B2 |
Biodegradable implant and fabrication method thereof
The present invention can suitably be used even in a site where hydrogen gas is metabolized slowly, such as the osseous tissue. Provided is a biodegradable implant including a biodegradable magnesium member formed of a magnesium alloy and coating layers that coat the biodegradable magnesium member, thereby reducing the degradation rate thereof in a living organism, wherein a depression to be infiltrated by an osteoblast is formed in a surface of the biodegradable magnesium member. |
| US09510882B2 |
Grooved crimp with a set screw
A device for binding a cable about a fractured bone to stabilize a fracture includes a slot including a distal opening sized to receive an enlarged end of a cable and a proximal opening sized to permit the cable to slide therethrough while preventing the enlarged end from passing therethough and a bore sized to slidably receive the cable, the bore extending to a proximal opening in combination with a locking element channel extending to a distal end opening into the bore and a locking element movable into a locking position in which a distal end of the locking element extends into the bore to engage a portion of the cable received therein and lock the cable in a desired position within the bore. |
| US09510881B2 |
Method of stabilizing a fracture at a metaphysis defining a concave articular surface
A volar distal radius plate includes a shaft and a head. The head includes a radial side that seats below the volar rim, and an ulnar side with two extending tabs that provide a buttress support to ulnar fragments from the volar rim. The tabs are contoured to be atraumatic to the overlying soft tissue. The tabs can be readily re-orientated to better approximate the volar rim and provide close support to the volar fragments. Each tab includes a single hole specifically sized to closely receive a K-wire in a fixed angle orientation, and which permits the K-wire to apply a bending load to a tab in situ to bend the tab about a lower recess between the tab and the remainder of the head. Therefore, the plate does not require a dedicated bender. The tabs can also accommodate sutures. |
| US09510880B2 |
Polyaxial locking mechanism
A bone plate system comprises a bone plate including a first surface and a second surface, the bone plate including at least one threaded aperture, the threaded aperture being tapered between the first surface and the second surface. The bone plate system further comprises at least one fastener including an elongate shaft and a threaded head, the threaded head being tapered between a proximal end of the threaded head and a distal end of the threaded head, wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses are formed in the threaded head and define a plurality of threaded tabs. The at least one fastener is configured for insertion within the at least one threaded aperture at a plurality of different insertion angles while achieving a locking engagement between the threaded head and the threaded aperture. |
| US09510874B2 |
Medical instrument for holding and handling a surgical securing element, and vertebral column stabilization system
A medical instrument for holding and handling a surgical securing element has a proximal and a distal end. The surgical securing element includes a securing part and a holding part, and is assembled such that in an assembled disposition, the holding part for a connection element is movable in relation to the securing part. The instrument defines a longitudinal axis and includes a pulling part and, movable in relation to the latter in the direction of the longitudinal axis, a pushing part. The proximal end is temporarily couplable to the securing element in the assembled disposition. The instrument further includes an uncoupling device for actively transferring the instrument from a coupled position, in which the pulling part and the holding part are coupled, to an uncoupled position, in which the pulling part and the holding part are separable from one another. |
| US09510861B2 |
Method of anchoring an implant in tissue
A method of anchoring an implant in hard tissue, and/or hard tissue replacement material, includes the steps of providing an initial opening in the hard tissue, providing a thermoplastic augmentation element, a tool and a counter element, compressing the augmentation element between the tool and the counter element while energy is coupled into the tool and while a periphery of a liquefaction interface of the tool and the augmentation element and/or of a liquefaction interface of the augmentation element and the counter element is in the opening, thereby liquefying material of the augmentation element at the liquefaction interface(s) to yield liquefied material, causing portions of the liquefied material to penetrate into structures of the hard tissue, allowing the liquefied material to harden and to thereby become augmentation material, removing the tool and the counter element, and anchoring the implant in the opening including at least some of the augmentation material. |
| US09510860B2 |
Sleeve for a transfixation device for an external skeletal fixator
Disclosed is a sleeve for a transfixation device for an external skeletal fixator having a longitudinal axis, a right portion, a left portion, an outer wall, an interior wall and a lumen. The sleeve is implantable across the opposed cortices of a long bone. The lumen is adapted to receive a pin that is connectable to an external supporting structure of the external skeletal fixator. The lumen includes at least one contraction in the right portion and at least one contraction in the left portion. The at least two contractions serve as supports for the pin for avoiding contact between the pin and the interior wall, except at the contractions. Also disclosed is a transfixation device for an external skeletal fixator including a sleeve such as described and one or more pins. |
| US09510857B2 |
System and method for making and using a lead introducer for an implantable electrical stimulation system
A lead introducer includes a multi-piece insertion needle insertable into a splitable member. The multi-piece insertion needle includes an outer insertion needle that defines an open channel that extends along substantially entirely a length of the outer insertion needle and an inner insertion needle configured and arranged for insertion into the open channel of the outer insertion needle. The splitable member includes at least two pull-apart tabs and at least one weakened region extending along at least a portion of a length of the splitable member from between the at least two pull-apart tabs. The at least one weakened region is configured and arranged for separating when the at least two pull-apart tabs are pulled apart. |
| US09510856B2 |
Drug delivery medical device
Provided is a coated implantable medical device, comprising: a substrate; and a coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating comprises at least one polymer and at least one pharmaceutical agent in a therapeutically desirable morphology and/or at least one active biological agent and optionally, one or more pharmaceutical carrying agents; wherein substantially all of pharmaceutical agent and/or active biological agent remains within the coating and on the substrate until the implantable device is deployed at an intervention site inside the body of a subject and wherein upon deployment of the medical device in the body of the subject a portion of the pharmaceutical agent and/or active biological agent is delivered at the intervention site along with at least a portion of the polymer and/or a at least a portion of the pharmaceutical carrying agents. |
| US09510855B2 |
Method and apparatus for allowing blood flow through an occluded vessel
A device arranged to sustain and/or provide at least partial patency of a small blood vessel exhibiting an occlusion, the device constituted of a tubular body expandable from a first small diameter state for manipulation to, and through, the occlusion of the small blood vessel and a second large diameter state, the inner dimensions of the second large diameter state being no more than 50% of the diameter of the small blood vessel at the occlusion location, the device presenting a conduit for blood flow through the occlusion when in the large diameter state. In one embodiment the small blood vessel is an intracranial blood vessel. |
| US09510851B2 |
Fluid jet device, drive device of fluid jet device, surgical instrument, and method of driving fluid jet device
A fluid jet device including a fluid chamber with variable capacity and a capacity varying section adapted to vary the capacity of the fluid chamber in response to supply of a drive signal. A drive waveform section making the capacity varying section operate so as to compress the capacity of the fluid chamber and a restoring drive waveform section making the capacity varying section operate to restore the capacity of the fluid chamber before compressing the capacity in a signal waveform. The drive signal supply section controls supply content of the drive signal to provide a restoring period adapted to restore a steady state of the fluid flowing toward an inside of the fluid chamber in a period from when the compressing drive waveform section in the drive signal is supplied to when a subsequent compressing drive waveform section is supplied. |
| US09510850B2 |
Ultrasonic surgical instruments
In various embodiments, a surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument comprises a blade defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the blade comprises a distal end, a lumen, a first opening adjacent to the distal end and communicating with the lumen, and a first cutting edge positioned over the first opening and projecting away from the longitudinal axis, wherein the first cutting edge extends along a curved contour defined in a cutting plane, and wherein the cutting plane is transverse to the longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument further comprises, one, a suction port communicating with the lumen, wherein the blade is configured to allow suction to be applied from the suction port to the first opening and, two, at least one ultrasonic transducer operably coupled to the blade. |
| US09510847B2 |
Targeted illumination for surgical instrument
An illuminated surgical instrument has a working area located near an end of the instrument. An array of optical fibers terminates near the end of the instrument. The array of optical fibers is located adjacent to the instrument such that the array of optical fibers provides targeted illumination to the working area only on one side of the instrument. |
| US09510845B2 |
Methods for maintaining a filtering device within a lumen
In one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a method of filtering blood flow in a lumen by positioning an open loop filter support structure within a lumen; maintaining a position of the open loop filter support structure within the lumen using radial force generated by the open loop filter support structure; and filtering blood flow in the lumen using a filter supported by the open loop filter support structure. In one aspect, there is also applying radial force generated by the open loop filter support structure along the axial dimension of the lumen. |
| US09510843B2 |
Discectomy instrument
A discectomy instrument capable of removing portions of the spinal disc between adjacent vertebrae in a controlled manner that is efficient and easy to use. The discectomy instrument may include a handle, a rotary scraper, a barrel, a drive shaft, an outer sleeve and a retaining clip. |
| US09510835B2 |
Methods and systems for endovascularly clipping and repairing lumen and tissue defects
An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques, and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening. |
| US09510831B2 |
Magnetic compression anastomosis device
An apparatus for joining organ wall portions of first and second hollow organs, including first and second connectors, wherein the first and second connectors are magnetically attracted to one another. A device for delivering and deploying the first and second connectors to portions of the first and second hollow organs can be provided, wherein the device is configured and dimensioned to axially align the first and second connectors for performing circular anastomosis of the first and second hollow organs. |
| US09510828B2 |
Conductor arrangements for electrically powered surgical instruments with rotatable end effectors
A surgical instrument that includes a housing that has an elongated shaft assembly attached thereto that is configured to be rotated relative to the housing. The surgical instrument further includes a conductor arrangement that facilitates transfer of electrical power or current from a power source which may be located in the housing or external to the housing to a distal portion of the elongated shaft assembly or to a surgical end effector coupled thereto. The surgical instrument may further include a travel limiting arrangement for limiting the amount of rotary travel of the elongated shaft assembly relative to the housing to a predetermined range of rotary travel. |
| US09510827B2 |
Micro surgical instrument and loading unit for use therewith
A loading unit configured for engagement with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The loading unit comprises a proximal body portion and a tool assembly. The proximal body portion defines a longitudinal axis. The tool assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the proximal body portion and includes a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. At least one of the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly is movable with respect to the other between an open position and an approximated position to engage tissue therebetween. The cartridge assembly is configured to house a plurality of fasteners therein. The diameter of the tool assembly is less than or equal to about 8 mm. |
| US09510826B2 |
Endoscopic instrument
An endoscopic surgical instrument for deploying a two part fastener having a male fastener part and a female fastener part, includes a tube having a proximal end and a distal end. An end effector is coupled to said distal end of said tube and is configured to hold the male fastener part and the female fastener part in opposed relation. An actuator is coupled to said proximal end of said tube and is configured to actuate the end effector. A shearing device may be positioned proximate the end effector to shear off a tip of the male fastener part after the male and female fastener parts are moved into locking relation. In addition, the surgical instrument may include a male fastener part having a shaft with a plurality of detent positions. Further, the male fastener part may include a base and a shaft pivotally connected to the base. |
| US09510823B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for wound closure
A wound closure device includes outer and inner members. The inner member is configured for receipt of a suture passer and is pivotably coupled to the outer member. The inner member is pivotable relative to the outer member between a first position, wherein the inner member is coaxially disposed relative to the outer member, a second position, wherein the distal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in a first direction and the proximal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in a second, opposite direction, and a third position, wherein the distal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in the second direction and the proximal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in the first direction. |
| US09510821B2 |
Method and apparatus for coupling anatomical features
An assembly for coupling a first portion of an anatomy to a second portion of the anatomy includes an anchor having an anchor body and a first and second bores through the anchor body. A first adjustable suture construct having a body portion passes through the first bore of the anchor and includes first and second adjustable loops slidable relative to a passage portion defined in the body portion of the first adjustable suture construct. A similar second adjustable suture construct passes through the second bore of the anchor. |
| US09510818B2 |
Twist-grip anchors and methods of use
Devices, systems and methods are provided for anchoring implantable medical devices to maintain an implanted position. In particular, twist-grip anchors are provided. In some embodiments, the twist-grip anchor comprises a first support having a first lumen, a second support having a second lumen, and a sleeve having a first end fixedly attached to the first support and a second end fixedly attached to the second support, wherein the first and second supports and the sleeve are aligned to allow the passage of the elongate device through the first lumen, second lumen and sleeve, and wherein rotation of at least the first support twists the sleeve so that the sleeve engages the elongate device in a manner that resists movement of the elongate device in relation to the sleeve. The anchor is then attached to the tissue, such as by suturing. |
| US09510817B2 |
Apparatus for manipulating and securing tissue
Apparatus for manipulating and securing tissue are described herein. In creating tissue folds within the body of a patient, a tissue manipulation assembly may generally have an elongate tubular member, an engagement member slidably dispose through the tubular member and a distal end adapted to engage tissue via a helical member, tissue stabilizing members positioned at the tubular member distal end which are adapted to stabilize tissue therebetween, and a delivery tube pivotable about the tissue stabilizer. The stabilizing members can be adapted to become angled relative to longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular member. Moreover, one or all the articulation controls and functions can be integrated into a singular handle assembly connectable to the tissue manipulation assembly via a rigid or flexible tubular body. |
| US09510815B2 |
Method and apparatus for the removal of intervertebral discs
A method for the removal of an intervertebral disc or parts thereof to be treated that includes: inserting a first longitudinal bone anchor into a pedicle of a first vertebra; inserting a second longitudinal bone anchor into a pedicle of a second vertebra; bridging the first and second anchors using a bridging element including a first and second clamp; attaching adjustable extension arms to each of the two clamps; introducing a longitudinal guiding element into the intervertebral disc or the subchondral bone of one of the vertebral bodies adjacent of intervertebral disc; fixing a retractororthogonally on the longitudinal guiding element; connecting the free ends extension arms to the retractor; immobilizing the extension arms to obtain a rigid assembly; and using the retractor as an anatomically positioned platform for performing the removal of the intervertebral disc to be treated or parts thereof, and a kit and apparatus for performing the method. |
| US09510814B1 |
Surgical apparatus and method of use thereof
A surgical apparatus for use in assisting the performance of a procedure on an eye, the eye having a front and rear, a cornea, an iris defining a pupil, and a lens capsule behind the iris. The apparatus has a frame with a front and rear, a first portion and a second portion. The frame is reconfigurable between (i) a first collapsed state for being inserted through an incision in a cornea and (ii) a second operative state for being operatively connected to an iris. The frame first portion is configured to be generally residing within a plane in the second operative state. The second frame portion is configured to be operatively connected to an iris in the second operative state exerts a pressure upon the iris at at least a first location that is spaced from the plane to maintain the pupil in an enlarged state. |
| US09510813B2 |
Medical device
This invention generally relates to a medical device assembly for facilitating a sealed working channel into a pressurized body cavity, and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a hollow body that is splittable along its length and being configured to move between an open configuration for operably coupling with a surgical instrument and a closed configuration, in which in the closed configuration, the device provides a seal that prevents gas leakage from an incision site of a body cavity while the instrument is in the body cavity. |
| US09510802B2 |
Reflective ultrasound technology for dermatological treatments
Embodiments of a dermatological cosmetic treatment and imaging system and method can include use of transducer and a reflective surface to simultaneously produce multiple cosmetic treatment zones in tissue. The system can include a hand wand, a removable transducer module, a control module, a graphical user interface and/or a parabolic reflector. In some embodiments, the cosmetic treatment system may be used in cosmetic procedures, including brow lifts, fat reduction, sweat reduction, and treatment of the décolletage. Skin tightening, lifting and amelioration of wrinkles and stretch marks are provided. |
| US09510795B2 |
Radiographic X-ray equipment
Radiographic X-ray equipment includes a revolution driving device that causes an X-ray irradiating member and an X-ray imaging member to perform a revolving movement around a subject with a revolution center line as the center, and a main body control unit that controls the revolution driving device, a secondary driving device controlled by the main body control unit to cause the X-ray imaging member to perform a local movement different from the revolving movement, with a movement width in a predetermined direction, a storing means that stores electric power for the X-ray imaging member, and a supplying means that supplies electric power to the storing means. The X-ray imaging member and the storing means are connected to each other, and the secondary driving device causes the storing means and the X-ray imaging member to perform the local movement as a unit without moving relative to each other. |
| US09510791B2 |
Diagnostic efficiency
Doctor and patient communication is improved by electronically transmitting a series of questions to a computing device of the patient, and electronically receiving answers to the questions provided by the patient. A computer server analyzes the answers to the questions to determine if a state of health of the patient is serious and requires the immediate attention of the doctor. If the software determines the state of health to be serious, the server transmits an alert to a computing device of the doctor. The alert can include a series of lights, for example in the form of a traffic light, to quickly convey to the doctor the state of health of the patient. |
| US09510787B2 |
Method and system for reconstructing sampled signals
A method reconstructs a signal by sampling the signal using a sampling procedure to obtain an input signal. A consistent set is determined from the input signal including the first elements such that applying the sampling procedure to the first elements results in the input signal. According to the type of the signal, a guiding set is determined including second elements disjoint from the first elements. A reconstruction set including third elements is generated so that the third elements minimize a sum of a first similarity measure of the third elements to the second elements and a second similarity measure of the third elements to the first elements. A transformed signal that minimizes a function on the reconstruction set is determined. A reconstructed signal is rendered so that a third similarity measure of the reconstructed signal to the transformed signal is smaller than a tolerance. |
| US09510786B2 |
Optical pressure measurement
Sensing apparatus, consisting of a housing, including a medium having an elastic, transparent outer surface configured to contact a tissue within a living body and to deform in response to a force exerted by the body tissue on the surface. The apparatus has a radiation source contained in the housing and configured to direct radiation toward the surface, as well as a radiation detector contained in the housing and configured to sense the radiation that is reflected from the surface and to output a signal indicative of an amplitude of the reflected radiation. The apparatus further has a processor, which is coupled to measure a change in the signal due to deformation of the surface and, responsively to the change, to output an indication of the force. |
| US09510779B2 |
Analyte monitoring using one or more accelerometers
The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for measuring a blood analyte, such as glucose. The disclosure relates more specifically to the use in such methods, devices, and systems of one or more accelerometers to aid in the collection of data, operation of the device, filtering, and other uses. In some embodiments, the accelerometers are three-dimensional accelerometers. An accelerometer can be used in conjunction with analyte monitoring that may be performed with infrared, near infrared, or other wavelength spectroscopy. The accelerometer may allow a monitoring instrument to expect noisy measurement data, indicate positioning of a measurement site for improved expected results, indicate position of the instrument, or help the user properly place or control the instrument. It may also improve analyte monitoring by providing motion information that can be used to help determine and reduce or remove movement-related signal artifacts or noise that may be present within the monitoring signal. |
| US09510777B2 |
Monitoring of neuromodulation using biomarkers
Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on detecting changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers associated with neuromodulation, as well as methods and processes of performing neuromodulation that incorporate monitoring of neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in level or activity of one or more target biomarkers. |
| US09510775B2 |
Motion determination apparatus
The invention relates to a motion determination apparatus for determining motion of a moving object, wherein the motion determination apparatus (1) comprises a multi-axial accelerometer (2) for being positioned at the moving object (4), wherein the multi-axial accelerometer (2) is adapted to generate accelerometer signals indicative of the acceleration along different spatial axes. The motion determination apparatus further comprises a motion signal generation unit (3) for generating a motion signal indicative of the motion of the object (4) by combining the accelerometer signals of different spatial axes. The combination of the accelerometer signals of different spatial axes yields a motion signal having a large signal-to-noise ratio, even if an axis is located close to a rotational axis of the movement. |
| US09510773B2 |
Multi-electrode apposition judgment using pressure elements
Apparatus and methods for determining positioning of a energy delivery element include deploying a energy delivery element at a treatment site proximal to a vessel wall; using a multi-region pressure sensing apparatus to sense pressures applied in a plurality of directions about the energy delivery element; and determining an orientation of the energy delivery element based on the pressures measured in the plurality of directions about the energy delivery element. |
| US09510771B1 |
Systems and methods for performing spine surgery
The present application includes a position tracking system for tracking the location of surgical objects within the surgical field, a neuromonitoring system for detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures during a surgical procedure, and a processing system communicatively linked to both the position tracking system and the neuromonitoring system. |
| US09510770B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and SAR estimation method
In order to further improve the accuracy of SAR estimation by accurately estimating, for each object, the energy of RF pulses absorbed into a part of an object, for example, a head, on the basis of measurement performed before main imaging, a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus estimates a head SAR by calculating a signal Sh generated from the head and a signal Sb generated from the whole object, calculating the ratio α between the signal generated from the head and the signal generated from the whole object, and calculating the energy Eh absorbed into the head using the ratio of the signals. |
| US09510766B2 |
Insertable probe
A device and method for measuring the structural integrity and structural health of the female pelvic floor, or other lumenal organ, is disclosed. Said device comprises an insertable probe with a pressure chamber capable of distending the walls of said lumenal organ. The invention also comprises means for positioning the pressure chamber and adjusting its location along the lumen. Said device also comprises means for changing and recording the volume and pressure of a balloon which is part of the pressure chamber, and means for determining and recording the location of the walls of the balloon. Said device also comprises a means for integrating information obtained to determine important biomechanical information, such as stress-strain curves, which a medical clinician can use for diagnostic purposes. Said method comprises the insertion of said probe, the expansion and contraction of the pressure chamber under desired condition, and means for analyzing obtained data for increased usefulness to the clinician. |
| US09510763B2 |
Assessing intra-cardiac activation patterns and electrical dyssynchrony
Techniques for evaluating cardiac electrical dyssynchrony are described. In some examples, an activation time is determined for each of a plurality of torso-surface potential signals. The dispersion or sequence of these activation times may be analyzed or presented to provide variety of indications of the electrical dyssynchrony of the heart of the patient. In some examples, the locations of the electrodes of the set of electrodes, and thus the locations at which the torso-surface potential signals were sensed, may be projected on the surface of a model torso that includes a model heart. The inverse problem of electrocardiography may be solved to determine electrical activation times for regions of the model heart based on the torso-surface potential signals sensed from the patient. |
| US09510762B2 |
Electrode arrays
Electrode arrays have a plurality of electrodes. These arrays may have any combination of the following improvements. The arrays may have features that enable easier electrical connections and reduced bending stiffness by having a stop region and a torsion relief region, respectively. The arrays may have a shielding feature that may reduce electrical interference. The arrays may come in pairs that are designed to simplify measurements of electric signals of bilateral organs and tissues, such as eyes and ears. |
| US09510760B2 |
Method for estimating central aortic pulse pressure by cuff pressure pulse wave oscillation signals and device thereof
A method and device for estimating central aortic pulse pressure by cuff pressure pulse wave oscillation signals. The method comprises (I) providing an equation for estimating central aortic pulse pressure; (II) measuring pressure pulse wave oscillation signals in a cuff, which comprise a brachial systolic blood pressure, a diastolic blood pressure and a waveform of the pressure pulse wave oscillation signals in the cuff; (III) averaging the waveform of the pressure pulse wave oscillation signals and calibrating the averaged waveform; (IV) analyzing the calibrated pressure pulse wave oscillation signal waveform to obtain a plurality of predicting variables; and (V) obtaining an estimate of the central aortic pulse pressure by values of predicting variables in step (IV) and the equation in step (I). |
| US09510759B2 |
Pulse wave propagation time measurement device
A pulse wave propagation time measurement device including a first signal processor section that filters an electrocardiographic signal detected by an electrocardiographic sensor, a second signal processor section that filters a photoelectric pulse wave signal detected by a photoelectric pulse wave sensor, peak detectors respectively that detect peaks of the electrocardiographic signal and the photoelectric pulse wave signal, delay time obtaining sections respectively that obtain a delay time of the electrocardiographic signal and of the photoelectric pulse wave signal, peak correctors respectively that correct the peaks of the electrocardiographic signal and the photoelectric pulse wave signal based on the delay time of the electrocardiographic signal and the photoelectric pulse wave signal, and a pulse wave propagation time measurement section that obtains a pulse wave propagation time from a time difference between the corrected peaks of the electrocardiographic signal and the photoelectric pulse wave signal. |
| US09510755B2 |
ECG monitoring sytstem with docking station
An ECG monitoring system for ambulatory patients includes a battery-powered ECG monitor which attaches to a patient to receive patient electrical signals. A processor continuously processes received ECG signals and stores the signals in memory in the monitor. A wireless transceiver in the ECG monitor transmits the processed ECG signals to a cellphone handset. The battery of the monitor is recharged when the monitor is properly positioned in a charging dock, during which time the ECG signals are sent to the cellphone handset. Preferably the cellphone handset is recharged by the charging dock at the same time. At the conclusion of recharging and data transfer the monitor performs a self-test. A light on the charging dock is illuminated if any of the operations performed while the monitor is docked is unsuccessful. |
| US09510753B2 |
Asymmetric aperture for eyetracking
An asymmetric aperture device for a camera is provided that improves light gathering properties by increasing both the light gathering opening of the aperture and the number of light producing light sources placed on the aperture. An asymmetric aperture design is provided that utilizes a significantly larger portion of the camera lens. The tradeoff between the competing objectives of maximizing camera depth of field and maximizing the production of useful focus-condition information within the camera image is optimized. More illumination is provided without significantly increasing the lateral size of the illuminator pattern. |
| US09510741B2 |
Medical camera with selection of different working modes
A camera hand-piece for medical use includes a lighting system, an optical window, a fixed part in turn having an optical system for acquiring images through an optical window, an image sensor, electronic circuits for image processing, and optionally a prism. The hand-piece has an external part, which is mobile with respect to the internal fixed part, and rotatably commutable between at least two different working positions having different optical or lighting features, which are freely selectable by an operator. In one embodiment, the lighting system for lighting the framed field is positioned in the internal fixed part of the camera hand-piece, and the mobile distal part, non comprising electronic parts, can be sterilized in an autoclave. |
| US09510739B2 |
Endoscope small imaging system
An endoscope camera, including a cylindrical enclosure having an enclosure diameter, and an imaging array mounted within the enclosure so that a plane face of the imaging array is parallel to the enclosure diameter. The camera includes a right-angle transparent prism having a rectangular entrance face, an exit face, and an hypotenuse configured to reflect radiation from the entrance face to the exit face. The entrance face has a first edge longer than a second edge, and the prism is mounted within the enclosure so that the first edge is parallel to the enclosure diameter and so that the exit face mates with the plane face of the imaging array. The camera further includes optics, configured to receive incoming radiation from an object, which are mounted so as to transmit the incoming radiation to the imaging array via the entrance and exit faces of the prism. |
| US09510738B2 |
Instrument system
An instrument system is provided. The instrument system has an endoscopic instrument with a work head that is mounted on one end of a flexible support arm and can be inserted into a patient. The instrument system has a trocar that can be placed in the body surface of the patient and has a main body which can be fixed in position relative to the patient and which has a through-opening for the instrument, a guide body which, when the instrument is inserted, encloses and guides a longitudinal portion of the support arm with a guide channel in such a way that a spatial guiding direction of the support arm is defined at least thereon, with an adjustment element acting on the guide body and allowing a specific change of a relative position of the guiding direction with respect to the main body. |
| US09510733B2 |
Endoscope and a method for chemical modification of the members thereof
An endoscope and a method for chemical modification of the members thereof are provided, on one hand, a transparent isolation film is utilized such that the tissue fluid inside a subject cannot stick to a lens of the endoscope to maintain the optimal image capturing status of the lens of the endoscope without the need to extract the endoscope frequently from the body of the subject, such that not only the time consumed in the examination process may be reduced, but also the uncomfortable feeling of the subject in the examination process may be decreased; on the other hand, a chemical modification method for members of the endoscope is provided to reduce the negative impact on the lens of the endoscope resulted from liquid pollutant or mist, moisture. |
| US09510731B2 |
Ultrasound endoscope and ultrasound balloon for endoscope
An ultrasound endoscope includes an insertion portion that is inserted into a subject, an ultrasound transducer portion that is arranged at a distal end portion of the insertion portion and includes an ultrasound transmitting and receiving surface for transmitting and receiving ultrasound, a first balloon groove that is a groove formed between the insertion portion and the ultrasound transducer portion and is for locking a balloon that covers the ultrasound transmitting and receiving, a distal end face that is arranged on a distal end side with respect to the ultrasound transducer portion and is disposed spaced apart from the ultrasound transmitting and receiving surface, and a convex portion that is provided on the distal end face and on which stress concentrates when a finger is slid on the distal end face. |
| US09510723B2 |
Household appliance having antennas
A household appliance, such as a dishwasher, for treating an item according to at least one automatic cycle of operation includes multiple antennas for transmitting and receiving data with an external network. The multiple antennas can be coupled with a radio also located within the appliance. |
| US09510722B2 |
Method of cleaning residue from a surface using a high efficiency disposable cellulosic wiper
A method of cleaning residue from a surface includes providing a disposable cellulosic wiper including a percentage by weight of pulp-derived papermaking fibers, and a percentage by weight of regenerated independent cellulosic microfibers having a number average diameter of less than about 2 microns and a characteristic Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) value of less than 175 ml. The microfibers are selected and present in amounts such that the wiper exhibits a relative wicking ratio of at least 1.5. The wiper is applied, with a predetermined amount of pressure, to a residue-bearing surface. The surface is wiped with the applied wiper, while applying the predetermined amount of pressure, to remove residue from the surface, such that the surface has less than 1 g/m2 of residue after being wiped under the predetermined amount of pressure. |
| US09510721B2 |
Floor cleaning apparatus
A floor treatment apparatus is provided that includes a chassis that supports at least one cleaning element. The chassis is supported by a plurality of wheels, one which is steerable via a steering wheel interconnected to a housing also associated with the chassis. The chassis provided includes a plurality of movable housing members, one of which is associated with the steering wheel. To access the internal components of the floor treatment apparatus, the front housing is rotated or moved away from the other housings wherein the steering wheel does not require disconnection to allow this movement. |
| US09510719B2 |
Vacuum cleaners and methods of controlling a motor driven by a battery source in a vacuum cleaner
Vacuum cleaners and methods of controlling a motor driven by a battery source in a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner has a motor, a battery source for providing power to the motor, a voltage measuring unit for measuring a voltage over the motor, and a current measuring unit for measuring a current flowing through the motor. Further, the vacuum cleaner comprises a control unit for controlling, based on the measured voltage and/or the measured current, the power provided to the motor from the battery source to attain a target motor power value during a specified time period running from start-up of the motor, and to gradually decrease the power provided to the motor after the time period ends. |
| US09510717B2 |
Self-moving dust suction apparatus to facalitate cleaning
A self-moving dust suction apparatus to facilitate cleaning comprises a dust suction base, a detachable dust collection unit and an airflow directing element. The dust suction base includes an air drawing mechanism to draw airflow, a housing space corresponding to the air drawing mechanism, an opening communicating with the housing space and a trigger driven mechanism. The detachable dust collection unit is held in the housing space through the opening and includes a dust suction inlet corresponding to the air drawing mechanism. The airflow directing element is disposed on the detachable dust collection unit and includes an elastic barrier plate which partially surrounds the dust suction inlet and extends towards a floor from the detachable dust collection unit to confine direction of the airflow flowing into the dust suction inlet. |
| US09510714B2 |
Refill article for wipes dispenser and assembly of both
An apparatus for refilling a cylindrical wipes dispenser. The apparatus includes a plurality of rectangular wipes configured in a flat stack and having packaging that contains an opening mechanism. The opening mechanism is operable for opening the apparatus to allow common removal of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes are interleaved and folded to form an indentation along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes is operable to be folded along the indentation to form a V shape for insertion into a cylindrical dispensing container. The width of the rectangular flat stack wipes is slightly larger than the diameter of the dispensing cylinder. |
| US09510712B2 |
Drain wall for a prefabricated shower module
A prefabricated, polyurethane reaction injection molded, leak-proof shower module suitable for use in constructing a tiled shower includes a plurality of sidewalls, a floor bounded along at least one peripheral edge by at least one sidewall extending substantially vertically from the edge, and a drain wall defining a drain aperture and having an outer surface and an inner surface. In one embodiment, the floor slopes toward the drain wall at a pitch equal to or greater than ⅛ inch per foot. A prefabricated drain assembly is integrated into the floor and encased inside the drain wall, or a drain fixture is inserted into the drain aperture after fabrication of the floor. In one embodiment, the maximum thickness of the drain wall, measured from the outer surface to the inner surface, is equal to or less than 1 ½ times the smallest inner diameter. |
| US09510710B1 |
Food grinder with automatic off controller and method
A food grinder (10) makes a sound or vibrates with a frequency that changes between a first mode when the grinding mechanism (22, 24, 36) is performing a grinding operation while there is bulk food ingredient within the grinding chamber, and a second mode when the grinding mechanism (22, 24, 36) is performing a grinding operation while there is no bulk food ingredient within the grinding chamber, has a detector (44) for sensing the change in frequency and a controller (42) responsive to the detector (44) for controlling the application of electrical power to the grinding mechanism (22, 24 36). Power is first applied when a start grind switch is manually actuated and is later automatically removed in response to a timer (54) a preselected time period after the detector senses that the grinding chamber is empty of bulk food ingredient to be ground. |
| US09510709B2 |
Herb chopper
An herb chopper includes a bottle, an upper chopper, a lower chopper, an agitator, and a dust cap. The bottle can hold a herb to be ground. The upper chopper is positioned inside of and opposite to the lower chopper and can rotate with respect to the lower chopper. The bottle is positioned on the upper chopper partially inside of the lower chopper. The bottle is rotated relative to the lower chopper causing the herb leaves to be chopped by the upper and lower choppers and dispensed out of the chopper through dispensing holes formed in the lower chopper. |
| US09510708B2 |
Oil quality sensor and adapter for deep fryers
A system for measuring the state of degradation of cooking oil or fat includes at least one fryer pot; a conduit fluidly connected to the fryer pot for transporting cooking oil from the fryer pot and returning the cooking oil back to the fryer pot. A pump for re-circulating cooking oil to and from the fryer pot; and a sensor disposed in fluid communication with the conduit that measures an electrical property of the cooking oil as the cooking oil flows past the sensor and is returned to the at least one fryer pot is provided. |
| US09510701B1 |
Drinking container with handle on cup maintained below opening in lid
A drinking container (1) including a cup (2) and a lid (3), wherein the lid (3) includes an opening (4) and the cup (2) includes only one handle (5), wherein, when the lid (3) is fully engaged with the cup (2), the opening (4) in the lid (3) can only be maintained on the same side of the cup as the handle (5), above and aligned with the handle (5); and a method of making the drinking container (1). |
| US09510700B2 |
No-spill drinking cup apparatus
An improved no-spill cup construction and valve assembly which provides an extremely secure seal against accidental liquid flow from the cup spout. An initially blocked opening in a flexible material moves up along a protruding member until the opening is unblocked, so as to allow fluid flow. |
| US09510697B2 |
Commercial shelf product alignment device
A commercial shelf product alignment device for facilitating neat and straight alignment of commercial products on a shelf in a market includes a handle having a first end and a second end. An elongated shaft is coupled to and extends from the handle. A bend is positioned in the shaft defining a first section and a second section of the shaft. The first section defines a right angle with the second section wherein the shaft is configured for aligning products on a commercial shelf by abutting the products against the first section of the shaft. |
| US09510693B2 |
Bidirectional communication between an infant receiving system and a remote device
An infant device, such as in infant swing, establishes a wireless connection with a parent's existing portable electronic device, such as a smartphone. The portable electronic device sends messages to control any of the functions associated with the infant device. The portable electronic device also sends video and voice to be output at the infant device, allowing the child to remotely see and hear the parent's face and voice. The infant device sends messages with status information on the system enabling the portable electronic device to remotely monitor the system. The infant device also sends messages to the parent's existing portable electronic device containing audio and/or video information recorded from the child, allowing the parent to remotely see and hear the child in the system. |
| US09510691B1 |
Method and apparatus for double sling chair
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel double sling chair. The double sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction. The double sling chair comprises a chair frame having a back section with an upper rail and a lower cross member, a decorative cross member, and a seat section, a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame, a first fabric back panel having length is coupled to the upper rail and the decorative cross member without having to thread the first fabric back panel to the decorative cross member, a second fabric back panel having length is coupled to the lower cross member and the decorative cross member without having to thread the second fabric back panel to the decorative cross member to form a back rest for the back section. |
| US09510690B2 |
Foam spring mattress configured with variable firmness
This disclosure concerns a method of configuring a foam spring mattress including assigning a relevance rating to a foam spring location in the mattress, wherein the relevance rating relates to the relevance of the location to the impact it has on the firmness feel of the mattress and configuring a plurality of foam springs of varied firmnesses in a mattress according to a placement pattern to obtain a firmness, wherein the placement pattern is generated based on a match between a foam spring of a particular firmness and the relevance rating. |
| US09510686B2 |
Ergonomic support apparatus and method for assisting sleep
The present invention relates to the field of assisting sleep, including apparatus and methods for assisting sleep. In one form, the invention provides a postural support apparatus comprising a first supporting means (5) adapted to support the head of the user, a second supporting means (15) adapted to support the rib cage of the user, and a recess (3) intermediate the first supporting means (5) and the second supporting means (15), the recess (3) being adapted to accommodate at least part of an arm of the user, wherein the apparatus aligns the head and spine of the user such that the user's airways are kept open. |
| US09510684B2 |
Chair
A chair includes a base, a support element and a torsion element. The support element is coupled to the base and includes a seat region, a backrest region and a transition region connecting the seat region and the backrest region. The backrest region is reclinable relative to the seat region by way of elastic deformation of the support element. The torsion element is coupled to the base and to the backrest region. The torsion element controls the reclining of the backrest region relative to the seat region. The support element is exclusively connected to the torsion element above a lumbar region, wherein the backrest region can be inclined and/or twisted in relation to the seat region. |
| US09510682B2 |
Nestable chair
A chair includes a support device that is capable of fitting support devices of another chair, a backrest that is attached to the support device or an intermediate support member provided for the support device so that the backrest is capable of being tilted rearwards, and a seat that is capable of being raised from an unfolded posture to a raised posture overlapping with a front side surface of the backrest, a plurality of chairs being capable of being fitted with each other back and forth by raising the seats thereof. The seat is attached to the support device, the backrest or the intermediate support member so that the seat is capable of being raised and rotated and so that the seat is capable of taking at least one movement of forward movement, retreat movement and tilting at the unfolded posture. |
| US09510681B2 |
Monobloc rocking chair
The present disclosure is directed to a monobloc rocking chair. The rocking chair includes a seat, backrest, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, and rockers extending between front and rear legs. The chair is molded of a single material include a downwardly opening cavity and formed to taper outwardly from top to bottom. The cavity is formed by the seat being supported directly from below by front legs and being supported directly from above by a backrest. Rear legs are spaced from the seat. This allows two identical chairs to nest when vertically stacked for compact shipping, storage, or display. The monobloc rocking chair can include one or more arms or be armless. |
| US09510680B2 |
Shelf for a desktop computer
A shelf for a desktop computer is disclosed, as are shelf and desktop computer combinations. The desktop computer is generally of the type having a computing unit and a support arm that extends downward at an angle and tapers. The shelf has an open slot along a rear edge. The slot allows the shelf to be placed on the support arm, where it remains, cantilevered, extending generally horizontally from the support arm at a defined vertical position. The shelf is without external mounting hardware, support flanges, or other such elements, although in some embodiments, small, internal set screws may be included. |
| US09510675B2 |
Retractable storage system
A pull-out and drop-down storage system maximizing storage space and providing a user with convenient access to otherwise difficult to access storage space. The storage system may comprise a stationary support structure, a moveable section, and a guide rail linked to the top of the moveable section by a connector to direct the motion of the movable section between a retracted position and a more accessible position. The guide rail may be configured to lead the movable section through a confined space during deployment and retraction. The storage system may include vertical guide rails extending vertically from the bottom to the top of the rear part of the movable section and a sliding carriage assembly attached to the stationary support structure that in concert with the vertical guide rails provide stability and control during a substantially vertical motion of the movable section. The storage system may include a pair of wheels attached to the movable section and horizontal guide rails that extend horizontally at the base of the stationary support structure from the rear to the front of the stationary support structure to assist in the motion of the movable section. In some embodiments, travel of the movable section may be defined by a full-extension horizontal slide mounted to the movable section and traveling along vertical rail guides when the movable section is extended outside an enclosing frame. |
| US09510673B2 |
Positionally restrained lap-supported devices
Lap-supported devices are provided which are especially adapted for use by seated individuals, and include a base member, an opposed pair of clamp arms extending outwardly from a bottom surface of the base member and spaced apart from one another so as to accommodate therebetween a lap region of an individual, and a biasing assembly which exerts a bias force onto each of the clamp arms and thereby provide a clamping force against the respective lateral thigh regions of an individual. Some embodiments will have pivotal clamp members which include a torosional spring assembly to provide clamping force against the individual's lateral thigh regions. Alternatively or additionally, other embodiments may be provided with slide plates which carry the clamp arms and a tension spring assembly operatively connected to the slide plates. |
| US09510670B2 |
Height-adjustable table
A height-adjustable table can include a frame supporting a work surface; a pair of lower legs supporting the frame; a pulley mechanism coupling the frame and the pair of lower legs for vertically moving the frame relative to the pair of lower legs; and a spring located within a passage extending through the frame. The spring may have a fixed end secured to the frame and a movable end movable relative to the frame over a first distance for exerting a force over the first distance. The table can have a block-and-tackle assembly located within the passage and coupling the movable end of the spring to the pulley mechanism. The block-and-tackle assembly can transfer the force exerted by the spring over the first distance to vertical movement of the frame relative to the pair of lower legs over a second distance greater than the first distance. |
| US09510666B1 |
Training toothbrush
A training toothbrush is for a user to hold its handle and to have his/her upper and lower tooth rows engaging with respective tooth-accommodating indentations while gliding the training toothbrush to and fro along curves of his/her upper and lower tooth rows. At the rear ends of the user's upper and lower tooth rows, the training toothbrush uses flexible tooth-cleaning bristles to scrub laterals of teeth at the ends of the upper and lower tooth rows. When the user glides the training toothbrush, its flexible connecting plates radially wiggle, and at the same time the flexible tooth-cleaning bristles are driven to axially move outward, thereby effectively cleaning the laterals of teeth at the ends of the upper and lower tooth rows. |
| US09510657B2 |
Tweezer head for epilation
The invention relates to an epilation head for an epilation device, in particular for plucking hair from human skin. The epilation head having a rotating cylinder rotating around a rotational axis and having a number of plucking units for grasping and plucking out hair. Each plucking unit includes a movable clamping unit, and a stationary clamping unit. The movable clamping unit and the stationary clamping unit form a closable plucking gap. The movable clamping unit has a hair guiding device which is associated with the movable clamping unit. |
| US09510649B1 |
Using a snap button to make disconnectable connection of electronic devices to fabrics
A disconnectable snap button connection for connecting electronic devices to fabrics, the disconnectable snap button connection and a method for making the same is described herein. The disconnectable snap button connection includes a component, a piece of conductive material, a piece of non-conductive material; wherein the piece of conductive material is attached to the piece of non-conductive material, a male portion of the disconnectable snap button, wherein the male portion of the disconnectable snap button is attached to the component, and a female portion of the disconnectable snap button, wherein the female portion of the disconnectable snap button is attached to the piece of conductive material. When the male portion of the disconnectable snap button is inserted into the female portion of the disconnectable snap button, a connection is made between the component and the piece of conductive material. |
| US09510645B2 |
Article of footwear with multi-directional sole structure
An article of footwear with a multi-directional sole structure including a flex groove system is disclosed. The flex groove system includes a plurality of longitudinal flex grooves and lateral flex grooves that divide the sole structure into a plurality of segments. The flex groove system also includes a plurality of diagonal flex grooves that intersect the corners of the plurality of segments. The flex grooves system can provide enhanced flexibility for the sole structure and can enhance multi-directional flexing. |
| US09510643B2 |
Sport orthotics
A pair of sport shoe inserts may be shaped differently to provide support to different areas of the feet during movement while participating in a sporting event. The right, back corner of the right foot may be supported by a lateral flange having an inclined slope that declines inwardly and forwardly. The left, back corner of the left heel may be supported with a lateral flange having an inclined slope that declines inwardly and forwardly, but at a smaller degree than with the right heel. The right heel may have a medial area that is uncovered or unsupported, such as to allow the right ankle to roll during a swing or other movement. The left heel may have a medial area that is supported with an arch or other support that may provide for push off during a swing or other player movement. |
| US09510642B2 |
Shoe with waterproof and vapor-permeable upper and sole
A shoe with waterproof and vapor-permeable upper and sole, including: an upper assembly including, in a stratified manner, a vapor-permeable or perforated outer upper, a vapor-permeable inner lining, and, between them, a functional element; an insole including at least one waterproof vapor permeation region; and a bottom with a breathable sole. The functional element of the upper is firmly joined to the upper which ends toward the insole with a sealing band covered by an edge associated with a perimetric rim of the insole. The insole selectively includes or is joined to at least one lower functional element including at least one band which is free from the protective element. A mutual waterproof seal is provided between the functional element of the upper, at the sealing band, and the at least one lower functional element at the band. |
| US09510641B1 |
Waterproof boot assembly
A waterproof boot assembly provides waterproof boots that can be collapsed and stored in a storage case while not in use. The assembly includes a boot having an upper end, a lower end, and a perimeter wall extending between the upper and lower ends. The perimeter wall defines a hollow body having the upper end being open. The boot is comprised of a waterproof material. A sole has a top side being attached to the lower end. A first pad is coupled to the boot. The first pad is positioned in and lines the hollow body. A second pad is coupled to the first pad such that the first pad is positioned between the boot and the second pad. |
| US09510639B2 |
Hockey skate
A hockey skate includes a composite boot form having a rigid lower portion and a less rigid upper portion. The upper portion may be made of a thermoformable material that conforms to the shape of a wearer's foot and ankle. The construction of the boot form—particularly the lower portion of the boot form—may be varied across different size ranges by, for example, varying the fiber angles in the composite material. Varying the stiffness of the lower portion of the boot form in this manner allows the flexibility of different sized boots to be substantially equalized. A skate quarter and other skate-boot features may readily be attached to the upper portion of the boot form via stitching, rivets, or other connectors. The boot form also may include an integral toe cap having a flange or other element to which the skate tongue and other elements may be connected. |
| US09510634B2 |
Hat lanyard
The present invention relates to articles, devices, methods, and systems for securing a hat to a wearer. In certain non-limiting embodiments, it includes the use of a hat lanyard including a lower strap having a first end and a second end and a lower strap fastening mechanism that is adapted to releasably fasten the lower strap to a user's article of clothing; an upper strap comprising a first end and a second end with a first and second fastening section that are adapted to releasably attach to form a loop; and a connector strap having a first end a second end that connects the upper strap to the lower strap. |
| US09510629B2 |
Stitched garment with opening incorporated into stitched pattern and method of manufacture
The present disclosure relates to a stitched garment comprising a stitched background, a stitched pattern sewn into the background, and an opening through which an article can be inserted. The opening is integrated into the stitched pattern such that the opening is hidden from view by the stitched pattern. |
| US09510626B2 |
Sleeve-fit respirator cartridge
A respirator apparatus includes a respirator body, a filter cartridge receiver integral with and extending from the respirator body, and a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge includes a nozzle element being integral with the filter cartridge. The respirator body and filter cartridge are configured to be fluidically coupled through sleeve-fit engagement between the filter cartridge receiver and nozzle element and the filter cartridge receiver and nozzle element define an airflow channel. |
| US09510625B2 |
Two-tab cuff closure
The two tab cuff closure is a closure for the sleeve(s) of a shirt. The two tabs are positioned on one edge of the cuff and will connect to fasteners that are positioned on the opposing cuff edge. The double tab design ensures that the cuff fabric will lay flat and not pucker or bulge. The tab structure arrangement could be adapted for utilization with cuff links or buttons. |
| US09510623B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, at least one air inlet operable to deliver air to a central air passage upstream of the heater, and a mouth end insert having at least two diverging outlets. The electronic cigarette can also include an air flow diverter which directs incoming air away from a heating zone of the heater. |
| US09510619B2 |
Apparatus for mounting a coconut for processing
The apparatus is for mounting a coconut firmly for making an initiating saw cut in the middle circumference of its shell in a direction transverse to the grain of the shell such that the coconut can be split into two desired half sections easily and simply by inserting a wedge into the saw cut and splitting it with a twisting motion over an intended coconut water receptacle. It has a three-point mount for securing the coconut and a pivotable V shape saw guide for positioning a sawing instrument in making the initiating cut. The apparatus can also be used for mounting a split half section of the coconut securely for grating its flesh with a grater. |
| US09510618B2 |
Juice extracting device
A juice extracting device contains a collecting assembly, a covering set, a body, and a pumping member. The collecting assembly includes a cavity defined, an open segment having a pouring hole, a collection segment having a guiding hole, and at least one limiting seat. The covering set includes a hollow neck and a circular holder. The body includes a filtering disc, a plurality of defining ribs for retaining with the at least one limiting seat, a hollow column; a hollowly conical post having a cutting edge, a stop piece, and an extraction portion. The pumping member is served to draw juices in the collecting assembly and includes a spray head and a drawing tube for drawing the juices. |
| US09510616B2 |
Method of defrosting a food item
A method of defrosting a food item, including: monitoring a temperature of a first part of a first food item; and controlling a surrounding temperature of the first food item in dependence on said monitored temperature. The controlling includes: decreasing the surrounding temperature of the first food item, using an unheated fluid having a temperature less than the surrounding temperature of the first food item, when the surrounding temperature is greater than a target surrounding temperature for a given temperature of the first part. Embodiments also relate to a control system, apparatus and a computer program product. |
| US09510613B2 |
Panaxadiol-containing composition
A panaxadiol-containing composition, containing: panaxadiol; and at least one of sucrose fatty acid ester and lecithin. |
| US09510609B2 |
Seamless capsule and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention is related to a seamless capsule which easily dissolves in the oral cavity etc. The present invention provides a seamless capsule comprising a capsule content solution, and a capsule shell enclosing the capsule content solution, wherein the capsule shell comprises a gelatin having a bloom value of 50 to 190 and wherein the seamless capsule has a capsule shell-dissolution time of 60 seconds or less when the dissolution time is determined by a disintegration test using water as a test solution. |
| US09510608B2 |
Method and apparatus for making an air-containing mixture
A new method for making an air-containing mixture introduces air into a viscous mass of raw mixture for forming the air-containing mixture. The introduction of air is performed in connection with introducing the mixture in a treating unit. The raw mixture is pumped under pressure through a nozzle for forming at least one jet which is sprayed through an air space against the surface of the mixture. Air is entrained in the jet of the mixture. The air-entraining jet enters the mixture, forming the air-containing mixture. The air-containing mixture formed thereby is subsequently introduced into the treatment unit. |
| US09510606B2 |
Method of making dairy compositions
The invention relates to a method of separating components from milk. The invention also relates to compositions prepared from the separated components. The present invention relates to nutritional milk compositions and products which are designed to include per serving size a specified percentage range of one or more components separated from milk. The compositions of the present invention can optionally include non-essential but nutritionally functional components. The complete nutritional milk compositions of the present invention can be provided as unflavored milks, flavored milks, ice creams, yogurts and milk powders. |
| US09510604B2 |
Outdoor cooker and smoker, and fuel combustor therefor
An apparatus for cooking or smoking and a fuel combustor therefor. In the cooking or smoking apparatus and method, combustion products produced by the combustor, by a gas burner, or by other means are preferably delivered upwardly through an upwardly extending inner flow gap which at least partially surrounds a cooking or smoking chamber. The combustion products are preferably then delivered downwardly through the cooking or smoking chamber and then upwardly through an upwardly extending outer flow gap which is outside of the inner flow gap and which also at least partially surrounds the cooking or smoking chamber. |
| US09510598B2 |
Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds for plant disease control
The present invention relates to novel isoxazoline carboxamide derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials. |
| US09510595B2 |
Pesticidal mixtures
The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising a component A and a component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I) R2 is group X wherein A is A1 or A2 and X1, X2, X3, B1, B2, B3, Y1, Y2, Y3, Z, k, R1 and R5 are as defined in claim 1 and component B is an insecticide. The present invention also relates to methods of using said mixtures for the control of plant pests. |
| US09510594B2 |
Use of SDHI fungicides on conventionally bred ASR-tolerant, stem canker resistant and/or frog-eye leaf spot resistant soybean varieties
The present invention relates to a method for controlling Asian soybean rust (ASR) of a conventionally bred ASR-tolerant, Stem canker resistant and/or Frog-eye leaf spot resistant soybean variety comprising the application of a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicide to said plant, plant propagation material, or at its locus of growth. |
| US09510589B2 |
Use and agrochemical composition of carboxylic acid dibutylamides
The invention relates to the use of C16-C18-carboxylic acid dibutylamides in agrochemical formulations, agrochemical formulations which comprise such compounds and the use as tank mix additives. |
| US09510587B1 |
Animal trap
An animal trap has a fixed jaw that serves as a base, and an opposed moveable jaw that operatively closes down upon the base. A trigger is provided between the base and moveable jaw. A bait holder is provided within the moveable jaw, most preferably at a location that requires a rodent or other animal to step upon the trigger while both raising their head and twisting their neck to try to reach the bait. The trigger may be covered with a set of posts that are sized and spaced from each other to prohibit any flat placement of paws onto the trigger, thereby forcing the animal to grasp the post tops, while allowing a paw to slip between and potentially be trapped by adjacent posts if the animal tries to move suddenly. |
| US09510586B2 |
Systems and methods for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region
A system for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region to prevent propagation of designated plant material outside of the growing region includes an imaging sensor configured to remotely detect plant material outside of the growing region, a vehicle including a sampling implement configured to collect a sample of plant material, a plant sensor configured to analyze the sample of plant material, a deactivation device configured to deactivate plant material, and a controller configured to direct the vehicle to the plant material detected by the imaging sensor, cause the sampling implement to collect the sample from the detected plant material, cause the plant sensor to analyze the sample, and, when the sample is determined to be designated for deactivation, cause the deactivation device to deactivate the detected plant material. |
| US09510580B2 |
Fish handling and weighing system
A fish handling and weighing system that generally includes a handle having a lower end and an upper end, length indicia attached to the side of the handle, an upper connector attached to the upper end of the handle for connecting to a scale device, and a hook attached to the lower end of the handle for engaging a fish. |
| US09510579B1 |
Fishing sinker
A sinker configured to be attached to fishing line and used during fishing to position a fishing hook at or in proximity to the bottom of the body of water. The sinker may include a main body that has a folded construction. The body may include one or more sets of paired cavities. Each of the cavities align together in the folded, closed orientation to form an enclosed space to hold one or more of a fish attractor or weight. The sinker may also include additional attachments that attach to the main body and are configured to receive additional weight and/or fish attractor. The sinker may also include an anchor configured to engage with the bottom of the fishing location, and may also include a stabilizer for additional stabilization. |
| US09510577B2 |
Fishing reel having hybrid clutch
Disclosed herein is a fishing reel having a hybrid clutch. The clutch controls rotation of a spool such that when casting a fishing line, the rotation of the spool is not restricted, and only when a handle is rotated to reel in the fishing line is the rotation of the spool restricted so that the spool can be rotated only in the direction in which the fishing line is reeled in. For this, the fishing reel includes: an integrated clutch unit including a clutch link coupled to the clutch bar, and a clutch cam connected to the clutch link and rotated around a shaft of the spool; and a ratchet pawl coupled to the clutch cam by a hinge and selectively coming into contact with a ratchet provided on a rotating shaft of the handle depending on rotation of the clutch cam, thus controlling the rotation of the spool. |
| US09510576B2 |
Spinning reel
The present spinning reel includes a reel body unit, a spool shaft, a spool, a drag mechanism, and a seal member. The spool includes a line winding cylinder part and a front flange. The drag mechanism includes a spool braking unit and a drag adjuster. The seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member protrudes from the drag adjuster side toward the front flange so as to close a space that is formed between the front flange and the drag adjuster. The seal member is configured to abut the front flange disposed on the front side of the line winding cylinder part. |
| US09510575B2 |
Fishing reel
Various embodiments provide a fishing reel having a light-weight, compact and easy-to-assemble magnetic seal mechanism which allows greater freedom in material selection of the rotating member. A fishing reel according to one embodiment comprises a rotating body rotatably supported via a ball bearing and a magnetic seal mechanism for sealing the ball bearing. In one aspect, the magnetic seal mechanism comprises a magnet disposed in parallel with either a magnetic inner or outer ring of the ball bearing, and magnetic fluid disposed between the magnet and said inner or outer ring, magnetic fluid being retained by a magnetic circuit formed therebetween to seal space defined between the magnet and said inner or outer ring. |
| US09510566B2 |
Wearable canine and feline collar with camera and added features
A multifunction animal collar. The collar including a plurality of electronic components for collecting and transmitting audio and visual information to and from a remote user in real time. The plurality of electronic components including a satellite communication chip, a GPS chip, a camera, a thermographic camera, infrared camera, a microphone, a speaker, and a light. The satellite communication chip capable of transmitting and receiving viewed images and sounds to a remote user for viewing on an external electronic device and back to the animal in real time. |
| US09510564B2 |
Treat dispenser
One embodiment of a treat dispenser for an animal comprises a support and a plurality of coaxially stackable and nestable pods slidably disposed along the support, each pod having an interior for receiving a treat, a sidewall, a first opening and a second opening coaxial with the first opening, the first opening being dimensioned for slidable movement along the support, the second opening being larger than the first opening for the dispensing of treats to an animal. |
| US09510559B2 |
Cage for breeding small animals
The cage for breeding small animals according to the present invention comprises a casing with an opening on an upper surface thereof, and a lid for covering the opening of the casing. The lid comprises a frame body attached to an upper end edge of the casing, and an opening for a water supply apparatus to which the water supply apparatus is attached in an openable and closable fashion. A partition board is placed in the casing to divide the housing section within the casing into two. A ventilation section is provided in the partition board, for ventilation between one room and the other room of the divided housing section in the casing. A communicating section for placing a tip of a nozzle of the water supply apparatus is provided by cutting out the partition board. |
| US09510558B2 |
Sanitation device for domestic animals
An area for accommodating a domestic animal, which is arranged to receive the excretions thereof and which includes an animal discharge-pipe leading into a human discharge-pipe placed between an area for accommodating humans, which is arranged to receive the excretions of the latter, and a sewage-discharge pipeline, the area for accommodating a domestic animal further including a rotatable sealing device having a first position for enabling the animal excretions to be received, and a second position for enabling the animal excretions to be discharged. |
| US09510556B2 |
Dosage valve for a backflushing and teat dip applicator system
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit. |
| US09510555B2 |
Teatcup liner series with varying mouthpiece flexibility
A teatcup liner comprises an upper mouthpiece, an intermediate barrel and a lower connecting tube. The upper mouthpiece further comprises a mouthpiece transition, a mouthpiece lip, and a groove formed in an outer surface of the upper mouthpiece. The intermediate barrel extends along an axial direction for receiving a teat inserted axially thereinto through said mouthpiece. An inner dimension of the upper mouthpiece defines a cavity bore and the groove is located substantially in line with the largest diameter of the cavity bore. |
| US09510554B2 |
System and method for improved attachment of a cup to a dairy animal
In an exemplary embodiment, a system includes a milking cup, a pulsating device coupled to the milking cup, a robotic arm comprising a gripper, and a controller communicatively coupled to the robotic arm and the pulsating device. The controller is operable to instruct the gripper of the robotic arm to grip the milking cup, instruct the robotic arm to move the milking cup proximate to a teat of a dairy livestock, and instruct the robotic arm to move the milking cup towards the teat. The controller is further operable to instruct the pulsating device to apply pressure to the milking cup before attaching the milking cup to the teat and instruct the gripper of the robotic arm to release the milking cup. |
| US09510553B2 |
Arrangement and method for a milking system
A combined teat position and breeding rating determining arrangement for a milking system having a milking stall, a movable robot arm for automatically attaching teat cups to the teats of the milking animal, and a control device for controlling the movement of the robot arm based on determined positions of the teats of the milking animal. The arrangement includes a three-dimensional camera directed towards the udder of the milking animal that repeatedly records three-dimensional images of the udder, and a processing unit that repeatedly detects the udder or teats of the milking animal, determines their positions based on the recorded three-dimensional images, automatically determines the shapes of the udder or teats based on the repeatedly recorded three-dimensional images, and automatically calculates a breeding rating based on the determined shapes of the udder or teats of the milking animal. |
| US09510552B2 |
Lettuce variety 79-459 RZ
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-459 RZ, which may exhibit a combination of traits including resistance against downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel) races B1:1 to B1:31, and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, and currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribignisi) biotype Nr:0, an extraordinary high number of intense to very intense red oakleaf-shaped leaves of substantially equal size, and a low to medium plant weight. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-459 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-459 RZ. |
| US09510551B1 |
Soybean variety 01050909
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050909. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050909. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050909 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050909 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09510550B1 |
Soybean variety 01050509
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050509. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050509. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050509 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050509 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09510548B1 |
Soybean variety 01052178
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01052178. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01052178. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01052178 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01052178 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09510547B1 |
Soybean variety 01051813
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051813. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051813. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051813 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051813 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09510545B2 |
Soybean variety 01050923
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050923. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050923. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050923 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050923 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09510544B2 |
Soybean variety 01050893
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050893. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050893. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050893 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050893 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09510540B2 |
Canola variety D3155C
Provided is a canola variety designated D3155C and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety D3155C with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into D3155C through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety D3155C, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety D3155C are disclosed. |
| US09510537B1 |
Maize hybrid X13F218W
A novel maize variety designated X13F218W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13F218W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13F218W through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13F218W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13F218W. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13F218W. |
| US09510535B2 |
Bean variety SV1286GW
The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV1286GW. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV1286GW, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV1286GW with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SV1286GW, including the pods and gametes of such plants. |
| US09510534B1 |
Soybean variety 10CR149116
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 10CR149116, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123072. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 10CR149116 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program. |
| US09510532B1 |
Inbred corn line XHK16
An inbred corn line, designated XHK16, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line XHK16, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line XHK16 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line XHK16 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHK16, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHK16 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods. |
| US09510530B2 |
Pepper hybrid SV2040PB
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV2040PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV2040PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US09510529B2 |
Squash line PN301
A squash cultivar, designated squash line PN301, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of squash line PN301, to the plants of squash line PN301 and to methods for producing a squash plant by crossing the squash line PN301 with itself or another squash cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a squash plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic squash plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to squash cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from squash line PN301, to methods for producing other squash cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from squash line PN301 and to the squash plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid squash seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing squash line PN301 with another squash cultivar. |
| US09510528B2 |
Squash hybrid SV8655YL and parents thereof
The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV8655YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV8655YL and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US09510522B2 |
Boom structure
A boom structure (2) on a work machine (1) including at least two boom branches (2a, 2b) and a main boom structure (2c) extending from their convergence area (4) substantially in a working direction. Thus the boom structure (2) provides a fork-like structure. |
| US09510520B2 |
Greenhouse for the underwater cultivation of terrestrial plant species as well as an underwater cultivation assembly using it
The present invention refers to a greenhouse (10) for underwater cultivation of terrestrial plant species as well as to an underwater cultivation assembly using it, in which the greenhouse (10) for underwater cultivation of terrestrial plant species is characterised in that it comprises a balloon (11) adapted to being filled with air in an underwater environment (50), the balloon (11) comprising an aperture (12) for lower access, the balloon (11) being made from material that is impermeable to water and permeable to light, the balloon (11) comprising at least one inner support shelf (17) for housing at least one seedbed (53) and means for restraining (14) to the floor (51) of the aquatic basin. |
| US09510515B2 |
Rootzone heating for energy conservation using latent heat storage
The invention provides improved compositions and methods for growing and cultivating plants, wherein the compositions and methods comprise placing phase change materials (PCMs) close to, in contact with, or substantially in contact with, a plant root system, a plant pot or a plant soil (containing plant roots) to absorb the heat from the day and release it at night. |
| US09510508B2 |
Monitoring system for controlling the position of an implement for an agricultural vehicle while taking the vehicle dynamics into account
A control unit is connected to an actuator to adjust the position of the implement relative to the vehicle. A ground-profile determining device is connected to the control unit and is designed to determine a ground profile in front of the vehicle. The control unit is programmed to determine an expected vertical movement of the vehicle because of the ground profile and to prospectively transmit to the actuator a control signal that is dimensioned such that the implement is continuously guided in a predeterminable position above the ground profile. The control device considers the expected deformation of the ground profile because of the tires or tracks of the vehicle or an expected vertical movement of the vehicle relative to the ground profile. |
| US09510503B2 |
Grass mowing machine operator platform
A grass mowing machine operator platform includes a one-piece plastic composite molded structure with a top surface and an outer wall, and a plurality of slots in the top surface and outer wall. A pair of steering levers may be pivotably mounted to steering pivot bolts in the slots in the top surface, and a brake lever pivotably mounted in a slot in the outer wall. The slots where the steering levers and brake lever are mounted have integral bearing surfaces. |
| US09510501B2 |
Dispensing system for an agricultural spreader machine
A metering system is proposed for an agricultural distributor for dispensing granular or granulated material with which a vertical cell wheel arrangement in combination with an adjustable cell wheel floor achieves great variability of the adjustable metering volumes with reduced drive energy requirement. |
| US09510500B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying matter to a field
An apparatus (30) for applying matter to a field is disclosed. The apparatus (30) comprises a macerator (54) for macerating the matter, at least one ground-engaging tool (42) for tilling the field, and an outlet (47) from which the macerated matter is able to be extruded into or onto the tilled field. |
| US09510497B2 |
Aerator with active turf calibration of ground sensor
An aerator with active turf calibration of a ground sensor that provides signals to a controller relating to changes in slope of a ground surface. The controller adjusts the position of a coring head based on signals from the ground sensor. The controller determines an offset from a neutral position of the ground sensor based on signals from the ground sensor on a flat surface during aeration compared to the neutral position of the ground sensor on a flat surface from static calibration. |
| US09510496B2 |
Tillage implement with scraper/deflector
An agricultural tillage implement including a carriage frame assembly and pull hitch towed by a tractor and secondary frames supported by the carriage frame assembly. The secondary frames mount gangs of disk blades for tilling the soil in a travel direction. Bearing hanger assemblies support the gangs of disk blades below the secondary frames and deflector/scraper elements are mounted on the bearing hanger assemblies for scraping soil and residue from the disk blades and deflecting it away from the travel direction. |
| US09516795B2 |
Printed circuit board cover
A sheet metal cover for a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a plurality of legs continuous with a substantially planar elevated section. The legs are attached to the PCB, and electrical connections are provided between the legs and an internal ground plane of the PCB at the attachment locations. The sheet metal cover is thereby grounded, inhibiting the transmission of electromagnetic signals through the sheet metal cover. The elevated section of the sheet metal cover prevents select electronic devices on the PCB from being viewed or probed. Openings through the sheet metal cover allow heat sinks or heat generating electronic devices (e.g., inductors) to be exposed through these openings, thereby facilitating cooling of these elements by airflow. An electrically conductive gasket attached to the underside of the elevated section may contact the heat sinks, further minimizing the radiation of EMI emissions. |
| US09516790B2 |
Thermoelectric cooler/heater integrated in printed circuit board
A circuit board is provided that includes at least one Peltier heat pump device with at least one pair of semiconductor members arranged thermally in parallel and electrically in series. The at least one pair of semiconductor members is at least partially embedded in the circuit board. |
| US09516785B2 |
Portable electronic device
The electronic portable device of the invention includes a housing, a lifting mechanism, a controlling unit, and a heat dissipation fan. The housing includes an opening. The lifting mechanism is movably disposed in the housing and corresponds to the opening. The lifting mechanism is configured to move toward or away from the opening. The control unit is coupled to the lifting mechanism and configured to control the lifting mechanism to move toward or away from the opening. The heat dissipation fan is disposed on the lifting mechanism and corresponds to the opening. When the lifting mechanism moves towards the opening, the heat dissipation fan is lifted toward the opening by the lifting mechanism, and is protruded from an outer surface of the housing through the opening. |
| US09516784B2 |
Electrical switchgear system
An electrical switchgear system includes a first compartment supplied with cooling air and in fluid communication with an exhaust plenum. A second compartment is in fluid communication with the exhaust plenum. A deflector is operative to deflect an amount of the cooling air from the first compartment and direct it into the second compartment. An electrical switchgear system having switchgear in an enclosure includes a first compartment disposed inside the enclosure and supplied with cooling air. A second compartment is disposed inside the enclosure. A deflector is operative to capture an amount of the cooling air from the first compartment and direct it into the second compartment. |
| US09516782B2 |
Arrangement for cooling electronic components and/or assemblies
Components and/or assemblies are applied on a substrate. The substrate has a populating side and a heat sink side, to which a heat sink is fitted. The populating side is provided with a cover, which together with a heat sink on the heat sink side of the substrate forms a type of housing for the populated substrate. Between substrate and heat sink, a guide channel for a cooling medium (e.g. air, etc.) is provided and the substrate has an opening. A fan is fitted above the opening in such a way that a cooling flow of the cooling medium generated by the fan is conducted through the guide channel on the heat sink side of the substrate and over the populating side of the substrate and thus over the mounted components and/or assemblies. The heated cooling medium is then conducted away with the aid of the cover. |
| US09516780B2 |
Device for accommodating mounting rail module cases
The invention relates to an accommodating device having a one-piece support that prevents damage to a circuit board and its contacts even with frequent installation and dismantling of mounting rail module cases. This is achieved in particular by the fact that the module case can be detached from an integral mounting rail of the support by pivoting it in the direction of the circuit board. This special pivoting is made possible by the fact that the integral mounting rail and the holding area of the circuit board are separated from one another spatially so that even in the installed state, the mounting rail module case and the circuit board are mechanically decoupled. |
| US09516777B2 |
Rack module
A module for mounting in a rack, the module including a frame and a tray, the frame being arranged such that it may be mounted to the rack, and the tray being slidably and pivotably connected to the frame, such that the tray may be moved between a first position, in which the tray is received within the frame and lies substantially parallel to the frame, and a second position, in which the tray lies outside the frame and at an angle to the frame. |
| US09516775B2 |
Flexible display apparatus including curvature changing member
A display apparatus includes a display module including a flexible display panel, a curvature-changing member configured to adjust a curvature of the display module, and a bottom chassis in which is disposed the display module and the curvature-changing member. The curvature-changing member includes a wire, a first movement control part which moves the wire, a plurality of wire guiders through which the wire passes, disposed at predetermined intervals in a moving path of the wire to guide the moving path of the wire; and a plurality of wire stoppers which is coupled to the wire at predetermined intervals along a length of the wire limiting the movement of the wire along the moving path. In an unbent state of the curvature-changing member, intervals between adjacent wire guiders among the plurality of wire guiders are larger than intervals between adjacent wire stoppers among the plurality of wire stoppers. |
| US09516769B2 |
Electronic control device
An electronic control device, comprising: a circuit board on which an electronic component having a heat generating characteristic is mounted; a resin made cabinet housing the circuit board; and a ventilation passage whose one end is opened to an inside of the cabinet and whose other end is opened to an outside of the cabinet to communicate between the inside of the cabinet and the outside of the cabinet, wherein the one end of the ventilation passage is opened to the electronic component having the heat generating characteristic and a standing wall is formed along an outer peripheral edge of the one end opening. |
| US09516766B2 |
Portable electronic device assembly having sterilizable housing
A sterilizable housing for a personal electronic device includes a base, a cover and a user interface. The base is configured for receiving the personal electronic device. The cover is selectively engageable to the base. Both the base and the cover are sterilizable. The user interface provides selective access to the personal electronic device, and is at least partially contiguous with a corresponding user interface of the personal electronic device. |
| US09516761B2 |
Encapsulated modular power converter with symmetric heat distribution
A method of encapsulating a panel of electronic components such as power converters reduces wasted printed circuit board area. The panel, which may include a plurality of components, may be cut into one or more individual pieces after encapsulation with the mold forming part of the finished product, e.g. providing heat sink fins or a surface mount solderable surface. Interconnection features provided along boundaries of individual circuits are exposed during the singulation process providing electrical connections to the components without wasting valuable PCB surface area. The molds may include various internal features such as registration features accurately locating the circuit board within the mold cavity, interlocking contours for structural integrity of the singulated module, contours to match component shapes and sizes enhancing heat removal from internal components and reducing the required volume of encapsulant, clearance channels providing safety agency spacing and setbacks for the interconnects. Wide cuts may be made in the molds after encapsulation reducing thermal stresses and reducing the thickness of material to be cut during subsequent singulation. External mold features can include various fin configurations for heat sinks, flat surfaces for surface mounting or soldering, etc. Blank mold panels may be machined to provide some or all of the above features in an on-demand manufacturing system. Connection adapters may be provided to use the modules in vertical or horizontal mounting positions in connector, through-hole, surface-mount solder variations. The interconnects may be plated to provide a connectorized module that may be inserted into a mating connector. |
| US09516760B2 |
Methods for providing electrically-conductive articles
A method is used to provide an electrically-conductive article. This method includes: forming an electrically-conductive pattern on first supporting side of a transparent substrate that also comprises an opposing second supporting side; and forming a dry outermost polymeric coating over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 μm, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C. |
| US09516758B2 |
Extremely stretchable electronics
In embodiments, the present invention may attach at least two isolated electronic components to an elastomeric substrate, and arrange an electrical interconnection between the components in a boustrophedonic pattern interconnecting the two isolated electronic components with the electrical interconnection. The elastomeric substrate may then be stretched such that the components separate relative to one another, where the electrical interconnection maintains substantially identical electrical performance characteristics during stretching, and where the stretching may extend the separation distance between the electrical components to many times that of the un-stretched distance. |
| US09516756B2 |
Circuit module system
A circuit module system includes a first and a second circuit module, the first circuit module includes a first circuit board and a first connecting housing, the first connecting housing includes a first base connected to a side of the first circuit board and at least one first conductor. A top surface of the first base forms a fillister connecting to outside, the first conductor is clamped on the first base and electrically connects the first circuit board to outside. The second circuit module includes a second circuit board and a second connecting housing, the second connecting housing includes a second base connected to a side of the second circuit board and at least one second conductor. A protruding part protrudes from an outer side of the second base, the second conductor is clamped on the second base and electrically connects the second circuit board to outside. |
| US09516755B2 |
Multi-channel memory module
Embodiments of the invention describe a motherboard PCB having a memory bus to receive signal data from a channel of memory chips/devices of a memory module. Electrical contacts, communicatively coupled to the memory bus, securely couple the PCB to the memory chips/devices of the memory module. Embodiments of the invention further include a receiving housing that includes said electrical contacts and has a height less or equal to the height of the memory module. Embodiments of the invention further describe a memory module having a memory card housing, first and second pluralities of memory chips/devices included in the housing, and first and second pluralities of memory module electrical EO terminals for coupling the first and second pluralities of memory chips/devices to PCB, respectively. In embodiments of the invention, the above described first and second pluralities electrical EO connectors are disposed on different sides of the housing. |
| US09516750B2 |
Control unit for a motor vehicle
A control unit for a motor vehicle has an electrical SMD (surface mounted device) component having at least one corresponding connection pin and a circuit board. The circuit board has at least one soldering surface. The soldering surface is permanently connected to the circuit board. The soldering surface and the connection pin are connectable to each other in an electrically conductive and firmly bonded manner by a soldering process. According to the disclosure, a contact hold-down piece is permanently connected to the circuit board. The connection pin is positioned in such a manner by the contact hold-down piece that, when the connection pin is connected to the soldering surface in an integrally bonded manner, the connection pin and the circuit board have a predetermined distance from each other. |
| US09516746B2 |
Metal-clad laminate and printed wiring board
A metal-clad laminate of the present invention includes an insulating layer and a metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer. The insulating layer is formed by laminating at least a center layer and surface resin layers disposed on both surfaces of the center layer. The center layer contains a heat-curable resin and includes a core layer containing at least one fibrous base material and a heat-curable resin layer that does not contain a fibrous base material. The ratio of the thickness of the surface resin layer to the thickness of the heat-curable resin layer is between 0.5 and 10. |
| US09516745B2 |
Flexible display apparatus, organic light emitting display apparatus, and mother substrate for flexible display apparatus
A flexible display apparatus, an organic light emitting display apparatus, and a mother substrate for flexible display apparatus that have improved durability and image quality. The flexible display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, a display region that is defined on the flexible substrate and that comprises a pixel unit and a circuit unit, a pad unit that is formed adjacent to the display region, and a deformation prevention unit that is disposed around the display region, that is separated from the pad unit, and that comprises a material having a greater rigidity than that of the flexible substrate. |
| US09516742B2 |
Electric device
The present invention discloses an electric device, which comprises at least one transparent/semi-transparent substrate; a plurality of electric conduction elements arranged on at least one of two opposite surfaces and a lateral surface of the transparent/semi-transparent substrate; and at least one module arranged on the transparent/semi-transparent substrate and electrically connected with the electric connection units. The present invention also discloses an electric device, which comprises a plurality of transparent/semi-transparent substrates; a plurality of electric conduction elements selectively arranged on the transparent/semi-transparent substrates; and a plurality of modules arranged on outer surfaces of the transparent/semi-transparent substrates or interposed between the transparent/semi-transparent substrates, and electrically connected with the electric conduction elements. The electric device has electric functions and features transparency esthetics. |
| US09516737B2 |
Plasma cutting machine and cutting method
A plasma torch is provided with an electrode for generating a plasma arc, a nozzle having an opening through which the plasma arc passes, and a cover member. The cover member is arranged to cover the nozzle in the jetting direction of the plasma arc from the nozzle. The cover member has an opening through which the plasma arc passes. The cover member is made from a magnetic material. |
| US09516735B2 |
Torches and methods of using them
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to a torch that includes a lanthanide or actinide material. In some embodiments, the torch can include one or more other materials in combination with the lanthanide or actinide material. In some embodiments, the torch can comprise cerium, terbium or thorium. In other embodiments, the torch can comprise a lanthanide or actinide material comprising a melting point higher than the melting point of quartz. |
| US09516732B2 |
Radiation source
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radiation source comprising: a nozzle configured to direct a stream of fuel droplets (70) along a trajectory towards a plasma formation location; a laser configured to direct laser radiation at a fuel droplet at the plasma formation location to generate, in use, a radiation generating plasma; wherein the laser comprises: a seed laser (50) for providing a seed laser beam (52); a beam splitter (54) for receiving the seed laser beam from the seed laser; an optical amplifier (58) for receiving the seed laser beam from the beam splitter and performing optical amplification; a first reflector (60) located downstream of the optical amplifier, configured to direct the seed laser beam back through the optical amplifier and on to the beam splitter; and a second reflector (70) located further downstream of the beam splitter, configured to receive the seed laser beam from the beam splitter and to direct at least a portion of the seed laser beam back toward the beam splitter. |
| US09516729B2 |
Variable radius mirror dichroic beam splitter module for extreme ultraviolet source
A laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet laser source comprising at least one variable radius mirror. The at least one variable radius mirror to adjust a beam diameter of a main pulse at a specified distance from a pre-pulse focal plane, where the pre-pulse radiates droplets into target droplets and the main pulse radiates the target droplets into a plasma state to generate the extreme ultraviolet radiation. |
| US09516728B2 |
ESD protection device
An ESD protection device 1 includes an insulating member 10, first and second discharge electrodes 21 and 22, a first outer electrode 31, a second outer electrode 32, and inner conductors 41 and 42. The first and second discharge electrodes 21 and 22 are provided in the insulating member 10. The first outer electrode 31 is provided on an outer surface of the insulating member 10. The first outer electrode 31 is electrically connected to the first discharge electrode 21. The second outer electrode 32 is provided on an outer surface of the insulating member 10. The second outer electrode 32 is electrically connected to the second discharge electrode 22. The inner conductors 41 and 42 are provided in the insulating member 10. The inner conductors 41 and 42 are connected to the first outer electrode 31 or the second outer electrode 32. |
| US09516722B2 |
Power quality enhancement
A power supply includes an alternating current input, a rectifier operable to generate a rectified signal based on the alternating current input, a voltage multiplier operable to generate a multiplied voltage based on the alternating current input, and an output operable to yield an electrical current based on the rectified signal from the rectifier and on the multiplied voltage from the voltage multiplier. The rectified signal from the rectifier is connected to the output when a voltage of the rectified signal is higher than the multiplied voltage, and the multiplied voltage from the voltage multiplier is connected to the output when the multiplied voltage is higher than the voltage of the rectified signal. |
| US09516718B2 |
LED luminescence apparatus
An LED luminescence apparatus is provided, which includes a rectifying unit rectifying an AC voltage and generating a rectified voltage; a plurality of LEDs connected in series to an output terminal of the rectifying unit; a plurality of switches having drain terminals connected to cathodes of the plurality of LEDs, respectively; and a switch control unit sensing current through a plurality of resistors connected to source terminals of the plurality of switches, respectively, comparing the sensed current with a set reference current, and outputting a voltage corresponding to a difference between the sensed current and the set reference current to a gate terminal of each of the plurality of switches. |
| US09516715B2 |
Driving circuit and light emitting device
A light emitting device and driving circuit for driving a light emitting circuit in the light emitting device including a plurality of light emitting elements connected in series. The driving circuit includes a first thyristor, a first current limiting resistor, a current detecting resistor, a controllable switch and a voltage dividing circuit. An end of the first thyristor is connected to ground, and another end of the first thyristor is connected to a driving end providing a driving voltage via the first current limiting resistor. The controllable switch has one end connected to the light emitting circuit, another end connected to ground via the current detecting resistor, and a controlling end connected to a first node between the first thyristor and the first current limiting resistor. The voltage dividing circuit has an end connected to the controlling end and has another end connected to a second node between the current detecting resistor and controllable switch. |
| US09516711B2 |
Circuit arrangement for an LED light source
A light-emitting diode module is provided that includes a housing and a printed circuit board, which is connected to a light-emitting diode and which has an LED driver, a control module, and a circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement has a DC/DC converter and a bypass connected in parallel to the DC/DC converter. The bypass is activatable by a comparator circuit. The comparator circuit is arranged between an input of the circuit arrangement and the DC/DC converter and detects the level of an input voltage of the circuit arrangement and compares it with a first and second threshold value. The comparator circuit activates the bypass when the input voltage is below the first threshold value and deactivates the bypass when the second threshold value is exceeded. |
| US09516709B2 |
Driver circuit between fluorescent ballast and LED
A driver circuit includes: a rectifier for exchanging a first current signal having a first frequency with an active fluorescent ballast, and for supplying a second current signal to a load which includes at least one light emitting diode; a switch circuit coupled to or forming part of the rectifier and configured to control an amount of power supplied to the load; and a controller configured to control the switch circuit. The switching frequency of the switch circuit is less than or equal to twice the first frequency. The controller is configured to synchronize the switching frequency of the switch circuit and the switching frequency of the active electronic ballast, which is equal to the first frequency. |
| US09516702B2 |
Honeycomb structure
There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including a tubular honeycomb structure part having porous partition walls with which a plurality of cells are formed and an outer peripheral wall, and a pair of electrode parts arranged on a side surface of the honeycomb structure part, an electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure part is from 10 to 200 Ωcm, each of the pair of electrode parts is formed into a band-like shape extending in a direction in which the cells extend, in a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the cells, the one electrode part is disposed opposite to the other electrode part via the center of the honeycomb structure part, and the electrode part has portions having a thickness of 0 to 70% of the maximum thickness of the electrode part. |
| US09516697B2 |
Mobile WLAN gateway
A technique for operating a mobile station as wireless local-area network [“WLAN”] gateway. The mobile station is provided with a gateway application to control the following operations: activating (3-0) the WLAN means as a WLAN base station capable of communicating with at least one WLAN terminal over a WLAN network; creating a network identifier (3-2, 3-4) for the WLAN base station; assigning (3-8, 3-10) an internet protocol address for the at least one WLAN terminal; resolving domain name service [“DNS”] queries (3-12 . . . 3-18) in cooperation with an external DNS service system; assigning at least one port number for each protocol supported by the gateway application; and tunneling internet traffic (3-30 . . . 3-36) between the at least one WLAN terminal and an internet host over the broadband connection. |
| US09516694B2 |
Method and apparatus for inter radio access technology (IRAT) cell reselection
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for inter radio access technology (IRAT) cell reselection. For example, the method may include identifying that a user equipment (UE) in an idle or a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode is camped on a cell of a first RAT, determining that the cell the UE is camped on is not broadcasting any neighbor cell of a second RAT, scanning for one or more frequencies of the second RAT based on the determination, and triggering a cell reselection to a cell of the second RAT, wherein the cell of the second RAT is associated with a frequency identified during the scanning. As such, an autonomous IRAT cell reselection may be achieved. |
| US09516691B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing proximity service in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method for a base station to control a proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system including the steps of: tracking at least two or more terminals which camp on the base station and have a ProSe relationship with each other on a direct data path; and determining whether to switch the direct data path in the case where one or more terminals from among the two or more terminals try to perform a handover or in the case where the distance between the two or more terminals is equal to or greater than a preset value. |
| US09516690B2 |
Wireless communication device with connection restoration and methods for use therewith
A wireless communication device includes a wireless charging circuit configurable to receive a wireless power signal from a power transmitting unit and to charge the wireless communication device under control of a processing device and in conjunction with a charging session with the power transmitting unit. A wireless interface device operates under control of the processing device to establish a wireless connection with the power transmitting unit via a connection establishment procedure, wherein the wireless connection is separate from the wireless power signal. Control data is exchanged with the power transmitting unit via the wireless connection, wherein the control data is used by the processing device to implement the charging session with the wireless charging circuit. A response is generated to a disruption event of the wireless communication device that includes implementing a restoration procedure for restoring the wireless connection, without implementing the connection establishment procedure. |
| US09516687B2 |
Communication system and method, information processing apparatus and method, information processing terminal and method
The present invention relates to a communication system and a method thereof, an information processing apparatus and a method thereof, an information processing terminal and a method thereof, which can start wireless communication easily and promptly. When an electromagnetic wave radiated from a reader/writer of a PDA is received in a reader/writer of a personal computer, the personal computer notifies the PDA of device information stored therein. The PDA establishes synchronization for Bluetooth communication with the personal computer in accordance with a Bluetooth address contained in the device information and selects a service in accordance with a service record contained in the device information to establish communication via Bluetooth. The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer or a PDA. |
| US09516686B2 |
Method and apparatus for establishing and maintaining peer-to-peer (P2P) communication on unlicensed spectrum
Techniques for establishing and maintaining peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are described. In an aspect, P2P communication on an unlicensed spectrum may be established and maintained with network assistance. In one design, a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a wide area network (WAN) to establish P2P communication with at least one other UE on a first frequency band that is not licensed to the WAN. For example, the UE may receive an assignment of at least one frequency channel in the first frequency band for P2P communication. The UE may then communicate peer-to-peer with the other UE(s) on the at least one frequency channel. The UE may also communicate with the WAN to maintain P2P communication with the other UE(s), e.g., to switch to another frequency channel if necessary. |
| US09516683B2 |
System, method and computer readable medium for bearer activation in a core network for wireless devices
The method includes storing a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier; receiving, by the base station, a service request message from a device; establishing, by the base station, a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message; receiving, by the base station, one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer; modifying, by the base station, the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier; and sending, by the base station, the modified uplink data packet to a gateway. |
| US09516682B2 |
Device for providing wireless communication-based universal serial bus service and associated connection management method
Disclosed is a method of managing a connection with a device for a wireless communication-based Wireless universal Serial Bus (WSB) service in a host, including controlling to create an initial channel to connect to a target device for a WSB service, considering a device class of the target device, and configured to create a new channel to substitute for the initial channel considering a particular service, at a user's request, to provide the particular service through association with the target device. |
| US09516681B2 |
Method, device and system for accessing core network by means of non-3GPP access
A method, device and system for accessing a core network by means of non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access are disclosed, so as to acquire capability information of a User Equipment (UE) and/or capability information of a non-3GPP access system, and decide, according to the acquired capability information, whether the UE transfers information required for establishing an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) session. The disclosure can enhance the capability of the UE to support establishment of an extra Packet Data Network (PDN) connection and service continuity during switching between access systems. Meanwhile, the capability of a peer can be acquired through the UE and a network, so that the network may support normal access by an existing UE and an enhanced UE simultaneously. |
| US09516679B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic aggregation of bandwidth
Systems and methods are presented for the dynamic aggregation of communications network bandwidth. Communication devices are bonded in a community in which the communication resources of a bonded device can be used to transfer data on behalf of another bonded device. In an exemplary embodiment, communication devices are bonded wirelessly to share wireless wide area network communication channels. Bandwidth aggregation is performed dynamically based on user communication requirements and the current states of the bonded communication devices. Methods are presented by which communication devices can be automatically bonded when a predetermined bonding condition is satisfied. The methods and systems of the invention optimize utilization of communication resources in a cost-effective manner that provides a user high quality service as well as location mobility. |
| US09516678B2 |
Supporting an access to a destination network via a wireless access network
For supporting an access to a destination network by a mobile device via a wireless access network, the mobile device generates a predetermined request, which is addressed to a connectivity test server in the destination network. The predetermined request is transmitted to the wireless access network. In case the predetermined request reaches the connectivity test server, it generates a predetermined response and transmits it to the mobile device via the wireless access network. The mobile device determines whether a response to the predetermined request is received from the wireless access network and whether a received response corresponds to the predetermined response. |
| US09516677B2 |
System and method for collision resolution
A method embodiment includes receiving, by a network device, collided first and second transmissions, signaling a retransmission request to a first source of the collided first transmission, receiving a retransmitted first transmission, and recovering the collided second transmission using the collided first and second transmissions and the retransmitted first transmission. |
| US09516675B2 |
Method for accessing wireless local area network, access point and wireless local area network system
This application discloses a method for accessing a wireless local area network, an access point and a wireless local area network system. The access point obtains an uplink access collision value and broadcasts a first clear to send signal to all the stations associated with the access point when it is determined that the uplink access collision value exceeds a preset threshold. The first clear to send signal includes a media access control address of a first station associated with the access point. Data sent by the first station is received. |
| US09516671B2 |
Shared HARQ feedback channels for virtual grouping in a wireless relay network
Various embodiments are disclosed, which may include transmitting a transmission schedule for a data burst to a plurality of relay stations in a wireless relay network. The transmission schedule may identify a data channel for transmission of the data burst and a corresponding shared negative acknowledgment feedback channel for transmission of a negative acknowledgment. The negative acknowledgment feedback channel may be shared by the plurality of relay stations. |
| US09516670B2 |
PDCCH monitoring method and apparatus in a carrier junction system
A method is described for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) from a base station (BS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes monitoring a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates having the same payload size in a common search space and a UE-specific search space on a primary cell to receive the DCI. The common search space and the UE-specific search space are overlapped. If the UE is configured with a carrier indicator field (CIF), the method further includes determining that only a PDCCH in the common search space is transmitted from among the plurality of PDCCH candidates. |
| US09516668B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for uplink rank adaptation
A method, an apparatus and a system for uplink rank adaptation are provided in the present invention, wherein the method comprises: estimating the maximum supportable data rate and channel information of a user equipment in uplink transmission; comparing the maximum supportable data rate with one or more predetermined thresholds, wherein the predetermined thresholds are associated with corresponding ranks; and determining a rank used by the user equipment in the uplink transmission based on a result of the comparison and the estimated channel information. With the present invention, a base station can quickly determine a rank for uplink MIMO transmission, decrease the rank estimating error, and lower the computation complexity for estimating the rank and the subsequent pre-coding vector. |
| US09516657B2 |
Controlling inter-cell interference in forward access channel (Cell—FACH) state
Since common E-DCH resources may be assigned from a single Node B, uplink macro-diversity may not be possible between neighboring Node B's. In addition, a user equipment (UE) assigned a common E-DCH resource may not be allowed to perform cell reselection. Thus, maintaining the assignment of a common E-DCH resource to a given UE for more than a few hundred milliseconds may result in unacceptable inter-cell interference, for example, when the UE moves closer to a neighboring cell controlled by a non-serving Node B. To overcome inter-cell interference and allow a more extensive utilization of the Cell_FACH state, a method may be used to detect and/or control inter-cell interference. |
| US09516656B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating resources by a femtocell base station to a terminal connected thereto
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to method and apparatus for transmitting information. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for allocating resources by a femtocell base station (BS) to a first terminal connected to said femto-cell BS, comprising the steps of: receiving information, which is transmitted by a macro base station (BS) to a second terminal connected to said macro BS; calculating a distance between said second terminal and said femtocell BS using first information for allocating resources to said second terminal from among said received information; and transmitting, to said first terminal, a resource allocation signal for allocating resources to said first terminal, when the calculated distance is equal to or greater than a predefined threshold distance. |
| US09516651B2 |
Handling band combinations with reduced performance in carrier aggregation
Techniques are disclosed for identifying carrier-aggregation band combinations that may be supported by a mobile terminal with limited performance. According to one example method, a mobile terminal sends (710) a band capability information element to the network (e.g., to a 3GPP eNB). The band capability information element contains data indicating which band combinations the mobile terminal supports for carrier aggregation. In addition, the mobile terminal sends (720) additional information (e.g., one or more new parameters) associated with at least one specific band combination. In some cases, this new information indicates that a specific band combination has limited support. In these or in other embodiments, the new information contains information about an amount or type of limitation. This latter information may be present on its own, or in combination with the information that more generally indicates that the mobile terminal is capable of only limited support for a specific band combination. |
| US09516649B2 |
Telecommunication system and method using distributed asynchronous beamforming in the MISO interference channel
A cellular telecommunication system comprising at least two communicatively coupled radio transmitter stations is described, wherein the stations are communicatively coupled via a backhaul link. Each base station is capable of beamforming, i.e. controlling the propagation direction of a transmitted radio signal. The radio base stations mutually exchange information regarding the beamforming in order to iteratively optimize the system performance (e.g. throughput, fairness, etc.). |
| US09516648B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method for inverse discrete-fourier-transforming a frequency domain signal into a time domain symbol sequence
A communication apparatus includes a receiver, a combiner, and a transformer. The receiver receives signals mapped on plural frequency bands. A size of at least one of the frequency bands is a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers, which are integer numbers greater than 1 and are different from each other. An exponent for at least one of the prime numbers is an integer greater than 1. The combiner combines the received signals into a combined signal. The transformer transforms the combined signal in a frequency domain into a symbol sequence in a time domain with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) having a size that is a product of powers of plural values. The values are integer numbers greater than 1 and are different from each other. An exponent for at least one of the values is an integer greater than 1. |
| US09516642B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting a frame in a wireless RAN system
A method of transmitting data in a wireless local area network; and a device therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes generating, by a transmitting station, a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), the PPDU including a signal field and a data field; and transmitting, by the transmitting station, the PPDU to the receiving station. The signal field includes a class type indicating whether a transmission type of the PPDU is an uplink transmission or a downlink transmission. |
| US09516640B2 |
System and method for a media access control scheduler for a long term evolution unlicensed network environment
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may determining, by a first communication device, whether one or more other communication devices are communicating wireless signals in a particular channel of an unlicensed band of the communication network; scheduling one or more Long Term Evolution Unlicensed (LTE-U) sub-frames within a frame schedule for a user equipment (UE) based, at least in part, on determining that one or more communication devices are communicating wireless signals in the particular channel; and communicating the one or more LTE-U sub-frames to the UE according to the frame schedule. |
| US09516632B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in cellular radio communication system using cooperative multi-point scheme
An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (COMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE. |
| US09516631B2 |
Base station device, mobile station device, program, uplink synchronization requesting method, and synchronization-shift measurement signal transmitting method
A mobile station device that receives downlink control information which is used to selectively provide downlink scheduling or a random access order, on a physical downlink control channel from a base station device. The mobile station device also transmits a random access preamble using a random access channel to the base station device based on receiving the downlink control information which provides a random access order, where the downlink control information provides a downlink resource allocation in a case that the downlink control information is used to provide the downlink scheduling and where a preset value is set for a field of the downlink resource allocation in a case that the downlink control information is used to provide the random access order. |
| US09516628B2 |
Method and apparatus for coordination of self-optimization functions in a wireless network
A network management device and method for coordination of self-optimization functions in a wireless network. A network management device for coordination of self-optimization functions includes one or more processors and an interface. The interface communicates with a plurality of enhanced node Bs (eNodeBs). The interface is arranged to receive a request to change a coverage or a capacity of an enhanced node B (eNodeB). The interface is further arranged to transmit a query to the eNodeB to obtain a self-optimizing network (SON) coordination state of the eNodeB. The one or more processors are arranged to determine whether to grant or deny the request based on a coordination policy and the SON coordination state. |
| US09516624B2 |
Communication terminal, network component, base station and method for communicating
According to an aspect of this disclosure, a communication terminal is provided including a first determiner configured to determine, for a software application installed on the communication terminal, a desired communication behavior of the communication terminal for the exchange of data for the software application; a second determiner configured to determine a time for the exchange of data between the communication terminal and a mobile communication network depending on the determined desired communication behavior; and a transceiver configured to communicate with the mobile communication network at the determined time. |
| US09516622B2 |
System and method for message notification based on text modification
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling a telecommunications terminal to notify its user of the arrival of a message via an acoustic or visual signal whose properties are based on attributes of the message. A network infrastructure element (e.g., a switch, a private branch exchange [PBX], a server, etc.) receives a message directed to a terminal and sets the values of ringtone properties (e.g., tempo, volume, pitch, rhythm, etc.) based on attributes of an incoming message (e.g., the sender, a priority, a subject, the location from which the message was sent, etc.). In a first illustrative embodiment the network infrastructure element sends the message and the instantiated ringtone to the terminal, while in a second illustrative embodiment the network infrastructure element sends the message and the property values to the terminal, and the terminal plays a locally-stored ringtone in accordance with the property values. |
| US09516619B2 |
Mobile communication system, communication control method and a mobile station
The present invention is to provide the mobile communication system which enables power consumption reduction for the mobile station with dual mode capability by unifying the location registration and paging processing for every mobile communication system. The mobile communication system is so arranged to perform location registration processing and paging processing for the mobile station by only one of radio communication systems. And the mobile station can access to any other radio communication systems. |
| US09516617B1 |
High-speed platform telemetry system
A high-speed platform telemetry system (“HSPTS”) within a high-speed platform (“HSP”), for compensating for high Doppler in a telemetry stream is disclosed. The HSP is in signal communication with a first station, the telemetry stream is transmitted between the HSP and the first station, and the high Doppler is created by the HSP as the HSP moves along a travel path that passed near the first station. The HSPTS may include a platform transmitter, an on-board storage device having a real-time Doppler map database and navigation information corresponding to the travel path of the HSP, a position location device, a processor in signal communication with the position location device and on-board storage device, and a frequency offset circuit in signal communication with the platform transmitter and processor. |
| US09516616B2 |
Method and apparatus for estimating frequency errors
A frequency error embodied in a series of values is determined by processing each of two or more selected values with another value in the series, each other value being spaced from its respective selected value by a first spacing, to generate processed values that all comprise substantially the same phase component; combining the processed values to generate a combined value that comprises substantially the same phase component as the processed values; repeating the processing and combining with the same selected values but a second spacing, different from the first spacing, to generate a combined value comprising a different phase component from the combined value generated using the first spacing, reflecting the frequency error; and determining the frequency error in dependence on the combined values generated using the first and second spacings. |
| US09516615B2 |
Selection of synchronization stations in a peer-to-peer network environment
A system, apparatus and method for selecting one or more synchronization stations, or masters, in a peer-to-peer communication environment. Synchronization (or sync) stations broadcast periodic synchronization frames to advertise future availability windows, during which devices rendezvous for discovery and communication. Devices that can act as sync stations advertise preference values, which indicate their preference or suitability for the role. All devices execute the same algorithm to sort the preference values and identify a root sync station and any number of branch sync stations; leaf devices synchronize with the root or a branch sync station. This passive synchronization scheme allows individual devices to conserve power, because they need not actively discover other devices and services, and can power off their radios for periods of time without sacrificing discoverability. Synchronization and peer-to-peer communication as provided herein coexist with other device demands, such as Bluetooth® operations and infrastructure-based communications. |
| US09516612B2 |
Dynamic power management scheme in wireless networks based on power over ethernet (POE)
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for managing power of a connection point in a wireless communication system are provided. A connection point may discover a mobile node, send to a gateway a request to increase an amount of power that the connection point can consume to service the discovered mobile node, and receive from the gateway a response related to the request to increase the amount of power. In an aspect, a gateway receives from a first connection point a request to change an amount of power that the first connection point is allowed to consume to service a discovered mobile node, determines whether to accept the request from the first connection point, and sends a first command to increase the amount of power that the first connection point is allowed to consume to service the discovered mobile node if the request is accepted. |
| US09516610B2 |
Power headroom control element, method of communicating power information from a user equipment, method for processing received power information as well as a corresponding user equipment and base station
The present invention relates to a power headroom control element for communicating power information from a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS), a corresponding method, a method for processing received power information at a radio access network (RAN) as well as to a user equipment for communicating power information and a base station configured to process received power information, which particularly enable simple handling and processing of transmission power information, respectively. A power headroom control element is structured to comprise a power headroom field containing power headroom information and having a predetermined number of bits in the power headroom control element, and an indicator field associated with the power headroom field, wherein the indicator field serves to indicate whether a transmission power field with a predetermined number of bits is present in the power headroom control element. |
| US09516608B2 |
Power control method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a method for power control by a first terminal that performs device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first signal including power control information defined for D2D communication; and transmitting a second signal according to transmission power determined on the basis of the received first signal, wherein the power control information indicates one of broadcast and groupcast, and the second signal is differently masked and transmitted according to a transmission method of the second signal. |
| US09516607B2 |
Method for determining transmission power
There is a provided a method for deciding transmission power to securely transmit data, the method comprising: determining a transmission rate toward an intended receiver, based on an upper limit of a decoding error probability of the intended receiver and a lower limit of a decoding error probability of an unwanted over hearer; and deciding a transmission power toward the intended receiver based on the upper limit and the lower limit. Here, if the upper limit is lower than the lower limit, the transmission toward the intended receiver is not performed. |
| US09516606B2 |
Terminal apparatus, method, and integrated circuit
In a terminal apparatus communication with a base station apparatus, transmit power for a PUSCH transmission is set based on a beta offset in a case where a delta MCS is enabled. In regard to control data sent via the PUSCH without the UL-SCH data in subframes belonging to a first subframe set, a value of the beta offset is based on third information. In regard to the control data sent via the PUSCH without the UL-SCH data in subframes belonging to a second subframe set, the value of the beta offset is based on fourth information. |
| US09516603B2 |
Communication device for communicating using TV white space and method thereof
A communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with a counterpart communication device using a television (TV) white space; a measurer configured to measure power of a signal received from the counterpart communication device; a memory configured to store information corresponding to an initial power level; and a controller configured to determine a transmission power level based on the power measured by the measurer and control the transceiver to communicate with the counterpart communication device while gradually increasing a transmission power of a signal transmitted to the counterpart communication device from the initial power level to the transmission power level. Accordingly, the effect on surrounding broadcast receiving apparatuses can be minimized. |
| US09516600B1 |
Closed-loop downlink transmit power assignments in a small cell radio access network
A method for assigning downlink transmit power levels to radio nodes (RNs) in a small cell radio access network (RAN) includes assigning initial power levels to the RNs. For each cell, first events are counted indicating that UEs receiving a signal from their serving cells with a signal strength below a specified value have entered a coverage hole. For each cell, second events are counted indicating that UEs have re-established a previous connection on one of the cells. For each pair of cells, a coverage hole is identified between them if the number of first events for one cell exceeds a threshold and a number of second events or re-establishment of a previous connection on the other cell exceeds another threshold. For each identified coverage hole, the downlink transmit power level is increased of at least one RN in the pair of cells between which the coverage hole is identified. |
| US09516598B2 |
Information processing apparatus including communication function
An information processing apparatus includes: a communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external apparatus; a first control unit that switches between a normal state and a low electric power consumption state that suppresses electric power consumption to less than the normal state; and a second control unit that operates at lower electric power consumption than the first control unit, in which the information processing apparatus controls a connection state of the communication unit with the first control unit and the second control unit, based on a state of the information processing apparatus. |
| US09516595B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronization within a neighborhood aware network
Methods, devices, and computer program products for synchronization of wireless devices in a peer-to-peer network are described herein. In one aspect, a method for synchronizing a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving one or more synchronization messages, each synchronization message having timing information and a cluster identifier, the timing information comprising anchor timing information, the cluster identifier being the same value as a cluster identifier of the apparatus. The method further includes determining whether a difference between a time value when a received synchronization message last received anchor timing information and a time value maintained for the apparatus is greater than a threshold. The method further includes discarding the received synchronization message if the difference exceeds the threshold. |
| US09516593B2 |
Communication method of a terminal and an access point for multi-user transmission opportunity (TXOP) power saving
Provided is a terminal and an access point in an active mode for multi-user transmission opportunity (TXOP) power saving that may decrease power consumption by changing an operation state of the terminal from an awake state to a sleep state if there is no stream of data to be transmitted during a TXOP duration. |
| US09516591B2 |
Enhanced UE data transmission for power consumption optimization
Methods for enhanced UE data transmission for power consumption optimization are disclosed. A UE detects UE conditions and determines a UE traffic characteristic. The UE performs power consumption optimization based on the traffic characteristic. In one novel aspect, based on the UE condition, the UE determines that the traffic characteristic is low priority traffic or mobile originated only traffic. In one embodiment, the UE aligns prescheduled low priority data transmission with mobility management messages, or group multiple low priority prescheduled data transmission together. In another embodiment, the UE reduces NAS retry process upon detecting application triggered low priority traffic. In another embodiment, the UE turns off RF module until next data transmission for MO only traffic. In another novel aspect, the UE detects and sends UE conditions to the network. The network determines a UE traffic characteristic and performs power consumption optimization accordingly. |
| US09516589B2 |
Trading spectrum for energy savings in green cognitive cellular networks
Technologies are generally described for reducing overall power consumption of a wireless network such as a cellular network through spectrum trading. According to some examples, spectrum may be shared between primary base stations (PBSs) and secondary base stations (SBSs) to reduce a power consumption of PBSs and increase the spectral efficiency of cellular networks. A PBS may share a portion of its licensed bandwidth with SBSs, to provide data services to primary users (PUs) within SBSs' coverage area. Due to their proximity to the PUs, the SBSs may satisfy the PUs' quality of service (QoS) requirements by utilizing a portion of the allocated bandwidth. Thus, PBSs may reduce their power consumption by offloading some of the PUs to SBSs. Because the SBSs typically use lower power compared to the PBS, the overall power consumption of the network may be reduced as well. |
| US09516588B2 |
Method of selecting a cell in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
The present invention discloses a method of performing a cell selection at a first communication module of a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method includes receiving offset information from a network, measuring a cell for the cell selection, and determining whether to select the measured cell by applying the offset information to a measurement result, if a frequency on the measured cell is an unusable frequency. |
| US09516584B2 |
Method for setting up high-speed link in WLAN system and device for same
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method for setting up a high-speed link in a WLAN system and a device for the same. A method for setting up a high-speed link by a station (STA) in a WLAN system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: transmitting a frame including identification information and/or fragment identification information of a previous access point (AP) from the STA to a current AP; and receiving Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) query response information from the current AP, wherein when the identification information of the previous AP is included in the frame, the GAS query response information can be acquired by the current AP from the previous AP. |
| US09516579B1 |
Social bandwidth and connectivity sharing
A decryption key and a network name are received by a cloud-based social bandwidth manager from an Internet-connected device that acts as a wireless access point for a wireless network, wherein a beacon broadcasted by the Internet-connected device includes the network name and an encrypted passphrase, and wherein the encrypted passphrase can be decrypted using the decryption key. An indication that a wireless enabled device is an authorized device to associate with the wireless network and share an Internet connection of the Internet-connected device is received from the Internet-connected device The network name and the decryption key are transmitted to the authorized wireless enabled device, wherein the authorized wireless enabled device is configurable to detect the beacon and decrypt the encrypted passphrase included in the beacon using the decryption key and associate with the wireless network using the decrypted passphrase to share the Internet connection of the Internet-connected device. |
| US09516577B2 |
Dynamic activation of ANDSF policies
A method for managing ANDSF policies in a 3GPP access network includes defining ANDSF rules and structuring the ANDSF rules into sets of ANDSF policies. A set identifier is defined for each set of the ANDSF policies as an ANDSF Set-ID. The ANDSF Set-IDs are conveyed to targeted UEs via a 3GPP control plane. The sets of the ANDSF policies are provisioned to the targeted UEs. A respective one of the ANDSF Set-IDs is provided such that it is used by UE logic in order to apply the respective ANDSF policy. |
| US09516575B2 |
Mobile device based proxy for browser-originated procedures
An example method of facilitating communication between a mobile device positioned within an internal network and a target peer includes intercepting, at a proxy executing on a mobile device, a communication to initiate a real-time communication connection with a target peer. The mobile device is coupled to a cellular network, and the internal network is separated from one or more external networks by network address translation (NAT). The example method also includes determining whether the target peer is reachable via the cellular network. The example method further includes when it is determined that the target peer is reachable via the cellular network, sending over the cellular network to the target peer a request to communicate in a first protocol. |
| US09516573B2 |
Data transfer management in a radio communications network
A mobile communications system including a network with a source network node and a target network node that supports a handover procedure, and a mobile terminal that is allowed to access the source network node and access the target network node according to the handover procedure, in which information related to a reception status of user data is delivered between at least two among a group including the mobile terminal, the source network node, and the target network node such that the target network node may receive status information from the source network node and the target network node may receive a status report from the mobile terminal. |
| US09516571B2 |
Methods and apparatus for opportunistic small cell triggering
Methods and apparatus are described for opportunistic small cell triggering. The methods and apparatus include determining, by a user equipment (UE) connected to a cell, a change of location of the UE. Further, the methods and apparatus include requesting small cell information from a database based at least in part on the change of location of the UE. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include attempting to detect a small cell based on the small cell information. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include transmitting a message to turn on the small cell when no the small cell is not detected. |
| US09516567B2 |
Methods and apparatus to handle bearers during circuit switched fallback operation
Methods and apparatus to provide packet switched service continuity during circuit switched fallback operation are described. One example method includes determining a set of access technologies available to a User Equipment (UE); identifying a WLAN access network from the set of access technologies; identifying a 3GPP RAT from the set of access technologies; prioritizing the WLAN access network type with respect to types of 3GPP RAT; and selecting one access technology from amongst the identified WLAN access network and the 3GPP RAT according to the prioritizing. |
| US09516566B2 |
Inter-system hand-over of a mobile terminal operable with a first and a second radio access network
A method and device for initiation a mobile originating service-based inter-system handover. At least two radio access networks (RANs) of different types, i.e. RAN of a first type and a RAN of a second type. A dual-mode mobile terminal communicates with the communication system via the RAN of the first type. The initiation of the inter-system handover is included in a transmission including a bearer capability (BC) field. The BC field indicates that a requested service is only operable with the RAN of the second type. In particular, at least one BC field is set to a parameter value, which serves as indication for the receiving network and its processing entities, respectively, which receiving network indicated to carry out the inter-system handover initiated by the mobile terminal. |
| US09516562B2 |
Neighbour information update in a cellular system
A method for a cellular system with a plurality of cells with mobile terminals, MSs, and a plurality of Base Stations, BSs. An MS can be handed over from a first BS to a second BS. The method comprises letting the second BS inform the first BS that an update has taken place in the system information of the second BS, and also comprises letting the first BS acquire the updated system information of the second BS, and letting the first BS transmit at least part of the updated system information of the second BS to MSs in the cell of the first BS. |
| US09516561B2 |
Method and device for supporting group handover
A method supporting group handover, which is applied to a User Equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a Relay Node (RN), is provided. The method includes a base station (e.g., an S-DeNB) hands over an RN to a base station (e.g., a T-DeNB) and the S-DeNB hands over the UE served by the RN to the T-DeNB, wherein the handovers are performed simultaneously or separately. The various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a base station supporting group handover. The technical scheme set forth in the present disclosure can reduce an unnecessary signaling procedure, the possibility of network congestion, and can reduce the signaling procedure of handover when group handover occurs, so as to reduce the failure of the handover process and enhance the continuity of service. |
| US09516559B2 |
Methods of performing cell change without receiving description of resources in a target cell
Methods and systems of performing cell change for a circuit-switched call without a mobile station receiving a description of resources in a target cell are provided. In some embodiments, a command is generated at the serving cell which indicates to the mobile station to perform a cell change without first receiving a description of resources in the target cell. In some embodiments, a command is generated at the target cell which may be like a handover command, but which indicates to the mobile station to perform the cell change without an allocation of resources. |
| US09516552B2 |
Ensuring quality of bandwidth in a Wi-Fi connection to an internet access point
A method ensures Quality of Bandwidth (QoB) in a Wi-Fi connection between one or more wireless devices and an access point to an Internet. A hardware access point controller receives a plurality of requests for data transmission bandwidth between multiple wireless devices and an access point. The access point provides access to the Internet, the requests are for overlapping time periods. The hardware access point controller dynamically allocates subsets of bandwidth capacity provided by the access point to each of the wireless devices. A position detector detects a movement of a specific wireless device relative to the access point. The hardware access point controller identifies a change in data transmission bandwidth between the specific wireless device and the access point caused by the movement of the specific wireless device, and adjusts the subsets of bandwidth capacity by adjusting available frequencies for the specific wireless device. |
| US09516544B2 |
Method for managing service policy in a telecommunications network
A method for managing the service policy applied to a black network comprising a radio link and to a red network connected to this black network managed by a predetermined set of profiles is proposed. The congestion of the radio link is detected by any means by the black domain. The congestion of the radio link is detected by a method for detecting congestion which operates by means of exchanges within the red domain. A service policy profile then established matches for each domain to a detected congestion level. |
| US09516542B2 |
Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for channel contention in wireless communication devices
Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for channel contention in wireless communication devices. The wireless communication device may include hardware processing circuitry configured to: determine to adapt the channel contention, and configured to adapt the channel contention settings by changing a level of a clear channel assessment (CCA) and adapting at least one additional channel contention setting. The hardware processing circuitry may be configured to adapt the channel contention settings by raising a level of the clear channel assessment (CCA) and by decreasing a power used to transmit, raising a back-off time, or modifying a portion of or parameter to a distributed coordination function (DCF). The hardware processing circuitry may be configured to adapt the channel contention settings by decreasing the clear channel assessment (CCA) and increasing a power used to transmit or decreasing an amount of time to wait after a CCA determines the channel is free. |
| US09516538B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing measurement report considering in-device coexistence interference
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for performing measurement reporting considering in-device coexistence interference. The present invention provide a user equipment transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system, comprising an interference detection unit, an assistant information generation unit, a measurement controller and a transmitter According to the present invention, a measurement procedure can be clearly defined in an interference delicate band where in-device coexistence interference occurs and scheduling restrictions on an eNodeB due to measurement reporting about an interference delicate band can be reduced. |
| US09516534B2 |
Reference signal received quality measurement bandwidth adaption
Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate bandwidth selection for interference measurements. For example, evolved universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) radio access network (E-UTRAN) systems may benefit from reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurement configurations that take into account an identified need. |
| US09516521B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of transferring control of a remote radio head between base-band unit (BBU) processing pools
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of transferring control of a Remote Radio Head (RRH) between Base-Band Unit (BBU) processing pools. For example, a Base Band Unit (BBU) processing pool may include a transport network interface to communicate with a plurality of Remote Radio Heads (RRHs) via a transport network; and a pool processor to manage a plurality of BBUs, the plurality of BBUs configured to control the plurality of RRHs according to a RRH control protocol, the pool processor being configured to transfer control of at least one RRH of the plurality of RRHs from at least one BBU of the plurality of BBUs to at least one target BBU processing pool. |
| US09516517B2 |
Communication device, control method of communication device, and program
A communication procedure for providing or receiving communication parameters can be performed by an easy operation even between devices having both a base station function and a slave station function. A communication device of the present invention determines a role of a device when performing a predetermined communication procedure for providing or receiving communication parameters, and selects operating as a base station or operating as a slave station based on the determined role. The communication device selects based on the determined role operating as a providing device or operating as a receiving device. |
| US09516514B2 |
Method for measuring position using a positioning access point, and device, system, and access point for same
The present disclosure provides in some aspects a method for positioning by a positioning access point, and an apparatus, system and access point for the same. A positioning system includes an AP including a positioning AP for delivering a positioning WLAN signal containing a dedicated positioning information and a telecom AP for delivering a telecom WLAN signal; database for storing an identification information of the access point and a location information belonging to the AP and matching the identification information; terminal for communicating with the AP; and WLAN-based positioning server responsive to a positioning request from the terminal for comparing a parameter of a WLAN signal received from the terminal with an identification information of the positioning AP on a priority basis, and when there is a match of information, granting the location information of the relevant access point the highest priority to determine the location of the terminal. |
| US09516511B2 |
Communication system
A wireless telecommunication system is described comprising a shared base station able to divide resources between multiple network operators sharing the base station. The base station resources are divided into resource pools having their own set of sharing rules and associated scheduling method that may be configured independently for each resource pool. A number of techniques are described that may be used to ensure flexibility and fairness of access to the base station resources for the multiple network operators. |
| US09516510B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmitting/receiving a signal of a device using a non-licensed band in a wireless communication system includes: receiving available channel information by a first type device; and determining a first channel for transmitting a signal from the first type device to a second type device, and a second channel for receiving a signal from the second type device, among the available channels. |
| US09516509B2 |
Wireless communication in radar transmission channels
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for wireless communication in radar transmission channels. The method may include receiving, by a first computer comprising one or more processors from a second computer, a request to initiate wireless communication, the first computer in communication with a wireless access point. Additionally, the method may include determining, by the first computer, that the wireless access point is communicating in a radar transmission channel. Further still, the method may include establishing wireless peer-to-peer communication between the first computer and the second computer in the radar transmission channel. |
| US09516508B2 |
System and method for heterogenous spectrum sharing between commercial cellular operators and legacy incumbent users in wireless networks
Described herein are systems and methods for telecommunications spectrum sharing between multiple heterogeneous users, which leverage a hybrid approach that includes both distributed spectrum sharing, spectrum-sensing, and use of geo-reference databases. |
| US09516505B2 |
Security mechanism for mobile users
A wireless communication device for use in a cellular network. The device comprises a radio interface for enabling communication between the device and a base station of the cellular network over a radio link, and a transfer entity for exchanging user data packets with a core network node of said cellular network over a signalling connection within a Non Access Stratum, via said radio link. The device further comprises a data transmission verification entity for using a verifiable acknowledgement, received from said core network node over a signalling connection within a Non Access Stratum, to confirm delivery of a user data packet sent to the core network node over a signalling connection, the data transmission verification entity being configured to selectively include with a user data packet sent to said core network node across a signalling connection, a request to return to the device a verifiable acknowledgement for the sent user data packet. |
| US09516500B2 |
ID-based control unit-key fob pairing
A method for pairing a key fob with a vehicle is provided. A pairing device and a key fob execute an ID authenticated key agreement protocol based on a KFID to authenticate one another and to generate an encryption key DHKey1. The pairing device encrypts a control unit identification (CUID) with DHKey1. The pairing device transmits the encrypted CUID to the key fob. The key fob and a control unit executes an ID authenticated key agreement protocol based on the CUID to authenticate one another and to generate an encryption key DHKey2. The control unit encrypts an operation key with DHKey2 and transmits the encrypted operation key to the key fob. |
| US09516497B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting call provenance from call audio
Various embodiments of the invention are detection systems and methods for detecting call provenance based on call audio. An exemplary embodiment of the detection system can comprise a characterization unit, a labeling unit, and an identification unit. The characterization unit can extract various characteristics of networks through which a call traversed, based on call audio. The labeling unit can be trained on prior call data and can identify one or more codecs used to encode the call, based on the call audio. The identification unit can utilize the characteristics of traversed networks and the identified codecs, and based on this information, the identification unit can provide a provenance fingerprint for the call. Based on the call provenance fingerprint, the detection system can identify, verify, or provide forensic information about a call audio source. |
| US09516496B2 |
Data transmission method, evolved NodeB and user equipment
The embodiments disclose a data transmission method, an evolved NodeB (eNB) and a User Equipment (UE), which can avoid data transmission conflict, and improve data transmission performance and scheduling flexibility. The method according to the embodiments comprises: selecting, by an eNB, a second subframe from a plurality of subframes, when the eNB does not correctly receive a data packet transmitted by a UE in a first subframe; and transmitting, by the eNB, a scheduling signaling to the UE, so that the UE transmits a retransmission packet of the data packet in the second subframe. The embodiments further provide an eNB and a UE. The embodiments of the present invention can effectively avoid data transmission conflict, and improve data transmission performance and scheduling flexibility. |
| US09516493B2 |
Tone detection for inter-operability testing
This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for testing operability of a mobile device with a reader device. In some embodiments, a testing system is set forth for automatically placing the mobile device proximate to the reader device in order to initiate a wireless transaction between the mobile device and the reader device. Depending on whether the mobile device is determined to be operable with the reader device, the testing system can automatically place the mobile device proximate to another reader device for testing. In this way, reductions in testing time can be manifested as a result of automating the testing process. |
| US09516492B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting a personal communication device in a vehicle
An apparatus for detecting a personal communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes one or more near field communication (NFC) devices positioned about a driver zone of the vehicle for being wirelessly coupled to the PCD. The PCD is configured to (i) determine if the vehicle is moving above a predetermined vehicle speed, (ii) wirelessly transmit a first signal to the one or more NFC devices in the vehicle, and (iii) determine that the PCD is positioned in the driver zone of the vehicle in response to a second signal from the one or more NFC devices. |
| US09516489B2 |
Method of searching for device between electronic devices
A method of searching for an electronic device between electronic devices is provided. The method includes advertising, by a first electronic device, a request signal, receiving, by the first electronic device, a response signal from a second electronic device having received the request signal, updating, by the first electronic device, the request signal to include identification information identifying at least part of the second electronic device, advertising, by the first electronic device, the updated request signal, and receiving, by the first electronic device, the response signal from the at least part of the second electronic device. |
| US09516487B2 |
Automated account provisioning
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for allowing an issuer to initiate account provisioning on a mobile device without interacting with an accountholder. The issuer may initiate the process by sending a provisioning information request message to a mobile device with a secure element. The mobile device may recognize the provisioning request message and gather the requisite provisioning information without requiring user input. The provisioning information may include information associated with the secure element of the mobile device. The mobile device may then send a provisioning request message to a provisioning system. The provisioning request message may include the requisite provisioning information to allow the provisioning system to provision the financial account on the secure element of the mobile device. |
| US09516482B2 |
Call request processing method and device
Provided are a call request processing method and device. The method includes: obtaining state information of a second communication identification card located in a same terminal with a first communication identification card; processing a call request according to the state information, wherein the call request is used for calling the first communication identification card. According to the solution, the technical problem that because only one radio frequency transceiving chip is set in a dual-mode dual-card phone, if one card is in a communication state, a call to another card is easily lost is solved, thereby reducing call loss. |
| US09516481B2 |
System for using communication terminal
The system for using a communication terminal has a portable telephone user having a portable telephone, and a vehicle-mounted system is provided in a shared vehicle. In the portable telephone, an NFC is provided, and the vehicle-mounted system in the shared vehicle, an R/W for NFC communication is provided. When communication is performed for a first communication time between the R/W for NFC communication and the NFC by holding up the portable telephone to the R/W for NFC communication provided in the shared vehicle, door locking is performed. In addition, when communication is performed for a second communication time, a usage finishing process is performed. |
| US09516478B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a personalized texting base
A system and method for creating a texting base. The system and method include functionality for allowing a primary user to upload contact information having unique recipient data, store the same onto a system database, and create group messages having core content and unique recipient data. The messages are sent individually by the system utilizing a system assigned telephone number. |
| US09516477B2 |
Method and system for delivering multimedia content cached in wireless cellular network nodes using multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS)
A method and system for delivering multimedia content to at least one User Equipment (UE), using a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) in a wireless cellular network is provided. The method includes initiating a MBMS session for delivering the multimedia content cached at a local cache server of at least one wireless cellular network node, by at least one cached content manager, defining new control interfaces for communicating between the at least one cached content manager and at least one of: a Multi-Cell Multicast Coordination Entity (MCE) and a MBMS Gateway (MBMS GW), sending a notification on a new control interface to the MCE for establishing the MBMS session, and signaling at least one Radio Access Network (RAN) node to deliver the multimedia content using the established MBMS session by the MCE. |
| US09516474B2 |
Passive indoor occupancy detection and location tracking
An approach to determine occupancy of a space passively with smart devices, where the smart device detects a beacon associated with a room or area in a building. |
| US09516471B2 |
System and method for estimating the probability of movement of access points in a WLAN-based positioning system
Methods of and systems for estimating the probability of movement of access points in a WLAN-based positioning system are provided. Disclosed are methods to quantify the probability that a particular location estimate of a mobile device made by a Wi-Fi based positioning system is correct to within an arbitrary accuracy. Implementations use observed access point cluster size, age information for access point location determination, and/or the probability that one or more access points detected by the mobile device have relocated based on historic information about the movement of a collection of access points to make the probability determinations. |
| US09516468B2 |
Mobile terminal, content panel display method, and mobile terminal program
A content based on location information is provided to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal 10 communicatively connected to a location information related content providing server 200 performs a wireless communication or a short-range wireless communication, acquires a wireless ID of a counterpart terminal used for the wireless communication or the short-range wireless communication, and transmits the acquired wireless ID or location information acquired from the wireless ID to the location information related content providing server 200. The mobile terminal 10 receives a content associated with the transmitted location information or location information identified by the transmitted wireless ID from the location information related content providing server 200, and displays a link to the content as a panel on a screen. |
| US09516465B1 |
Location-based messaging
Systems and methods are described for location based messaging. In one embodiment a mobile device is configured to receive a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input, and a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area. The mobile device then initiates communication of the first content message from the mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area. |
| US09516460B2 |
Systems and methods for security checkpoint condition information and sharing
Various embodiments discussed herein disclose a system comprising a user location engine, a checkpoint identification engine, a checkpoint identification engine, a presence notification engine, a checkpoint information engine, and an interuser connection engine. The user location engine determines an initial location when a user enters a given distance of a security checkpoint. The checkpoint identification engine provides a checkpoint identifier of the security checkpoint when the user is at the initial location. The presence notification engine receives a selection of the checkpoint identifier. The checkpoint information engine that receives user-generated information about the security checkpoint and also comprises a condition crowdsourcing engine to integrate the user-generated information into crowdsourced condition data associated with the security checkpoint. The interuser connection engine that provides the crowdsourced condition data to another user. Various systems and methods discussed herein may also discloses related methods and related computer-readable media. |
| US09516458B2 |
Image forming apparatus equipped with NFC tag, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
A technique enabling automatic start of a desired application without being dependent on an OS of a mobile terminal only by causing the terminal to touch an image forming apparatus. The apparatus is equipped with an NFC tag capable of performing short-range wireless communication with the terminal. A Web browser operating on the terminal accesses an RUI of the apparatus. User agent information is acquired from the Web browser having accessed the RUI. The OS of the terminal is determined based on the acquired user agent information. Application information is written in the NFC tag based on the determined OS. A mobile NFC reader/writer of the terminal reads the application information, and if the associated application has been installed in the terminal, the application is started, whereas if not, an application download service is started to download the application. |
| US09516452B2 |
Wireless data transfer with improved transport mechanism selection
Generally, this disclosure describes devices, systems and methods for wireless data transfer with improved transport mechanism selection. The device may include a near field communication (NFC) circuit configured to initiate a data transfer between a first communication device and a second communication device; a Soft Access Point (Soft AP) data transport circuit configured to transfer data between the communication device and the second communication device; one or more additional data transport circuits configured to transfer data between the communication device and the second communication device; and a transport mechanism selection circuit coupled to the NFC interface circuit and further coupled to the one or more data transport circuits, the transport mechanism selection circuit configured to select one of the data transport circuits for the data transfer, wherein the selection is based on a determination of the size of the data transfer. |
| US09516451B2 |
Opportunistic system scanning
Opportunistic scans can be performed by identifying, using at least one processing device, a detection of a particular computing device on a network of a computing environment. At least one scan to be performed on the detected particular computing device can be is identified and a particular scan engine, in a plurality of scan engines, is identified that is adapted to perform the at least one scan. The at least one scan is caused to be performed on the detected particular computing device while the detected particular computing device is on the network using the particular scan engine. |
| US09516450B2 |
Methods for transmitting physical-layer control information and higher-layer data to a terminal device
A method communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, for example an LTE-based system. The wireless communication system uses plural frequency sub-carriers spanning a system frequency band. Physical-layer control information for the terminal device is transmitted from the base station using sub-carriers selected from across the system frequency band, for example to provide frequency diversity. However, higher-layer data for the terminal device is transmitted using only sub-carriers selected from within a restricted frequency band which is smaller than and within the system frequency band. The terminal device is aware of the restricted frequency band, and as such need only buffer and process data within this restricted frequency band during periods where higher-layer data is being transmitted. The terminal device buffers and processes the full system frequency band during periods when physical-layer control information is being transmitted. |
| US09516447B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating and restoring downmixed signal
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for generating a downmixed signal, including: performing a time-frequency transform on a received left sound channel signal and a received right sound channel signal to obtain a frequency domain signal, and dividing the frequency domain signal into several frequency bands; calculating a sound channel energy ratio and a sound channel phase difference of each frequency band; calculating a phase difference between the downmixed signal and a first sound channel signal in each frequency band according to the sound channel energy ratio and the sound channel phase difference; and calculating a frequency domain downmixed signal according to the left sound channel signal, the right sound channel signal, and the phase difference between the downmixed signal and the first sound channel signal in each frequency band. This method effectively improves quality of stereo encoding and decoding. |
| US09516445B2 |
Media content based on playback zone awareness
Systems and methods are provided for providing audio content based on playback zone awareness. In an example implementation, a computing system receives, from a media playback system, (i) zone data that identifies a particular zone of the media playback system and (ii) a request to identify audio content based on the zone data. In response to receiving the request to identify audio content, the computing device identifies audio content based on the zone data. The computing device sends, to the media playback system, an indication of the audio content identified based on the zone data, which may be played back by one or more playback devices of the media playback system. |
| US09516443B2 |
Non-linear control of loudspeakers
A nonlinear control system is disclosed. More particularly, a nonlinear control system including a controller, an audio system, and a model is disclosed. The controller is configured to accept one or more input signals, and one or more estimated states produced by the model to produce one or more control signals. The audio system includes one or more transducers configured to accept the control signals to produce a rendered audio stream therefrom. |
| US09516441B2 |
Intelligent amplifier activation
Example implementations described herein may involve activating an amplifier in a playback device based on an anticipated command. An example implementation involves a first playback device determining that a command associated with the first playback device is anticipated. Based on the determination that that the command is anticipated, the first playback device identifies one or more second playback devices of a zone group that is associated with the playback device and causes the one or more second playback devices of the zone group to activate respective amplifiers. |
| US09516439B2 |
Hearing aid fitting system and a method of fitting a hearing aid system
A hearing aid fitting system (100, 200, 300) adapted for remote fitting of a hearing aid system (110), wherein a direct communication channel between a hearing aid fitting part and an external device (102, 302), adapted to communicate directly with the hearing aid system (110), is established by a control server (103) based on unique identifications of the hearing aid fitting part, the external device and the hearing aid fitter. The invention also provides a method of remote fitting of a hearing aid system. |
| US09516438B2 |
Hearing aid fitting system and a method of fitting a hearing aid system
A hearing aid fitting system (100, 200, 300) adapted for remote fitting of a hearing aid system (110), wherein a direct communication channel between a hearing aid fitting part and an external device (102, 302), adapted to communicate directly with the hearing aid system (110), is established by a control server (103) based on unique identifications of the hearing aid user and the external device and the hearing aid system. The invention also provides a method of remote fitting of a hearing aid system. |
| US09516435B2 |
Hearing aid adapter for easy conversion of open ear to closed ear fitting
An open fitted hearing aid adapter allows a user to quickly transition between an open fitted style hearing aid and a closed fitted style hearing aid. This allows the user to conveniently benefit from the different advantages offered by both styles of hearing aids, according to the user's current needs. The open fitted hearing aid adapter has a custom ear mold, at least one receiving surface channel 19, and a tube securing mechanism. The receiving surface channel 19 is the component in which the open hearing aid component(s) (e.g., tubing, wiring, speaker, and/or microphone) of an open fitted hearing aid is positioned. The open hearing aid component(s) is positioned within the receiving surface channel 19 through a tubing slit, rather than being threaded through the custom ear mold and generally affixed in a permanent manner. The tube securing mechanism acts to hold the open hearing aid component(s) in place. |
| US09516430B2 |
Binaural hearing assistance system comprising binaural noise reduction
A binaural hearing assistance system includes left and right hearing assistance devices, and a user interface. The left and right hearing assistance devices comprises a) at least two input units for providing a time-frequency representation of an input signal in a number of frequency bands and a number of time instances; and b) a multi-input unit noise reduction system comprising a multi-channel beamformer filtering unit operationally coupled to said at least two input units and configured to provide a beamformed signal. The binaural hearing assistance system is configured to allow a user to indicate a direction to or location of a target signal source relative to the user via said user interface. |
| US09516428B2 |
MEMS acoustic transducer, MEMS microphone, MEMS microspeaker, array of speakers and method for manufacturing an acoustic transducer
A MEMS acoustic transducer includes a substrate having a cavity therethrough, and a conductive back plate unit including a plurality of conductive perforated back plate portions which extend over the substrate cavity. A dielectric spacer arranged on the back plate unit between adjacent conductive perforated back plate portions, and one or more graphene membranes are supported by the dielectric spacer and extend over the conductive perforated back plate portions. |
| US09516424B2 |
Micromechanical sensor system combination and a corresponding manufacturing method
A micromechanical sensor system combination, and a corresponding manufacturing method, includes an interposer chip including a first front side and a first back side which includes first electrical contacts on the first front side and second electrical contacts on the first back side, the interposer chip having first electrical vias which electrically connect the first electrical contacts to the second electrical contacts; as well as a micromechanical sensor chip system including a second front side a second back side including at least one first sensor device and a second sensor device which are laterally adjacent, the first front side being attached on the second front side so that the first sensor device and the second sensor device are electrically and mechanically connected to the first electrical contacts. |
| US09516423B2 |
Membrane arrangement for a microelectromechanical measuring transducer and method for producing a membrane arrangement
The disclosure relates to a micro-electromechanical membrane arrangement with a substrate, which has a multiplicity of recesses on a surface, a first electrically conductive electrode layer, which is arranged on the surface of the substrate and has a multiplicity of first depressions coinciding with the recesses, and an electrically conductive membrane layer, which can be deflected in a direction perpendicular to the active surface of the substrate, is arranged over the first electrode layer and is kept at a distance therefrom by a first distance value. |
| US09516422B2 |
Weaving method for a damper of a loudspeaker
A weaving method for a damper of a loudspeaker includes the steps of: a preparation step: providing a plurality of traditional warps and a plurality of conductive warps to extend in a vertical direction; and a weaving step: providing a plurality of wefts to extend in a horizontal direction transversely crossing the vertical direction in such a manner that each of the wefts passes alternately over and under each of the plurality of traditional warps and each of the plurality of conductive warps in order to form the damper. |
| US09516419B2 |
Playback device setting according to threshold(s)
Embodiments described herein involve configuring a playback device based on the detection of a barrier remaining in proximity to the playback device until a gating condition is satisfied. In an example embodiment, a playback device receives sensor data, and determines, based on the received sensor data, that a barrier has remained within a threshold proximity to the playback device for at least a threshold duration of time. In response to determining that the barrier has remained within the threshold proximity to the playback device for at least the threshold duration time, a playback configuration is applied to the playback device. This playback device may adjusts audio output of the playback device at one or more frequency ranges. After applying the playback configuration, the playback device play backs audio content according to the playback configuration. |
| US09516412B2 |
Directivity control apparatus, directivity control method, storage medium and directivity control system
A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. A beam forming unit forms a beam in a direction from the sound collecting unit toward a sound source corresponding to a position designated in an image on a display unit. A magnification setting unit sets a magnification for magnifying or demagnifying the image in the display according to an input. The beam forming unit also changes a size of the formed beam in accordance with the magnification set by the magnification setting unit. |
| US09516405B2 |
Multimedia playing system and sound channel control method thereof
A multimedia playing system is provided. A portable electronic device includes a first dock port, a second dock port, a power module, an audio processor and a controller. When a first single-ear wireless earphone connects with the first dock port, the power module charges the first single-ear wireless earphone via the first dock port. When a second single-ear wireless earphone connects with the second dock port, the power module charges the second single-ear wireless earphone via the second dock port. The audio processor provides a left sound channel signal and a right sound channel signal. When the first single-ear wireless earphone separates from the first dock port, the controller provides one of the left sound channel signal and the right sound channel signal to the first single-ear wireless earphone according to a relative position between the first dock port and a user. |
| US09516404B2 |
Wireless earplug with improved sensitivity and form factor
An improved wireless communications earplug for use with a magnetic field transmitter. The wireless earplug has a receiver made of a coil of wire on a magnetic bobbin, mounted in close proximity or in contact with a magnetic case of a speaker. The magnetic case of the speaker serves to increase the magnetic flux through the receiver and improves the efficiency of the earplug. The speaker is acoustically coupled to an eartip, and the earplug may be molded into a custom earplug body. |
| US09516398B2 |
Method and system of extending battery life of a wireless microphone unit
A method of extending battery life of a wireless microphone unit includes muting the wireless microphone unit responsive to a mute signal from a base station unit, transmitting, by the wireless microphone unit, compressed muted audio data, wherein the compressed muted audio data is compressed via a first compression scheme, determining, by the wireless microphone unit, whether an unmute signal has been received from the base station unit, and responsive to a determination that the unmute signal has been received, unmuting the wireless microphone unit. The method further includes discontinuing transmission of the compressed muted audio data and transmitting compressed audio data via a second compression scheme, wherein the first transmitting step causes the wireless microphone unit to consume less power per unit of transmission time than the second transmitting step. |
| US09516397B1 |
Loudspeaker amplifier integration system
A loudspeaker assembly linked to a amplifier includes a loudspeaker assembly having a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and four side walls in which a high frequency driver and a midrange driver are mounted. The loudspeaker assembly further includes a transceiver and associated microprocessor. The amplifier is linked to the loudspeaker assembly. The amplifier includes a transceiver and associated microprocessor. The transceiver of the loudspeaker assembly is paired with the transceiver of the amplifier for the exchange of information with the amplifier. |
| US09516396B2 |
Loudspeaker bracket
A bracket for attachment to a first speaker and for suspending a second speaker therefrom. The bracket comprises a suspension member configured for attachment to a second speaker and defining an axis about which a second speaker is free to rotate when attached to the suspension member and an adjustable end stop configured to limit the maximum amount of rotation of a second speaker about the axis of rotation. |
| US09516395B2 |
Systems and methods for sensor synchronization
A sensor system may comprise a sensor, an oscillator, a receiver, a processor, and a data interface. The sensor may be configured to detect an environmental condition and produce a sensor signal in response. The receiver may receive a signal comprising a time reference having a first frequency. The oscillator may be configured to produce a precision time reference signal having a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. The processor may be configured to generate a time stamp using a combination of the time reference and the precision time reference signal and package data from the sensor signal with the time stamp. The data interface may be configured to transmit the packaged data over a network. |
| US09516390B2 |
Scaling video delivery
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for scaling video delivery. A method includes, in a corporate network comprising at least a first server linked to a computing system having a video player, receiving an output of a chunked video protocol in the first server, sending the output from the first server via a multicast to a receiver and, in the receiver, processing the output to enable consumption by the video player. |
| US09516388B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating electronic program guide
An apparatus and a method for generating electronic program guide (EPG) are provided. The EPG generating apparatus comprises a receiving interface and a processor. The receiving interface receives an inputting keyword group. The processor generates a program name keyword group according to the program name corresponding to a program description. The processor constructs a semantic similarity degree matrix according to the inputting keyword group and the program name keyword group, and constructs an undirected graph according to the semantic similarity degree matrix. The processor finds a maximum clique set of the undirected graph, and generates a match score according to the program description and the maximum clique set. The processor determines a recommendation sequence of the program name in the EPG according to the match score. |
| US09516385B2 |
Technique for obtaining a multicast address that matches an IP version supported by a terminal
A method for obtaining a multicast address. A first request message is sent to the EPG device to obtain program guide information. The program guide information is returned by the EPG device. A multicast address matching a current user terminal is obtained according to the program guide information. A multicast request message is sent according to the multicast address. |
| US09516382B2 |
Apparatus and method for content directory server presentation
A method and apparatus for content directory server presentation is described. The method includes connecting a device to media content sources, identifying a media content source as a temporary content source, the temporary content source not permanently connected to the home network, scanning, at a periodic rate, the media content source to identify media content, the rate being higher than a rate for a media content source that is not a temporary content source, and updating a catalog of media content available to the media device based on scanning the media content source. The apparatus includes a receiver scanning media content sources to identify available media content, and a controller determining if a media content source is not permanently connected to the home network, the controller increasing a periodic rate of scanning if the at least one media content source is not permanently connected to the home network. |
| US09516380B2 |
Automatic transition of content based on facial recognition
Methods and systems for automatically transitioning content based on facial recognition, wherein the method may include receiving a signal from a camera, identifying a face of a viewer within an area, retrieving a user identifier associated with the face of the viewer, selecting a program, and displaying the program. |
| US09516378B1 |
System and method for detecting and monitoring advertisements in broadcasted media
A method for detecting and monitoring advertisements in broadcasted media comprising providing an application to a user for installation on a user's computerized apparatus, determining a channel of a broadcasted medium currently selected by the user, monitoring the selected channel for presence of advertisements, determining presence of at least one advertisement, generating, in real time, an alert to the user regarding the presence and/or absence of advertisements, based on the determined presence of at least one advertisement, and the alert causing the application to display on the user's computerized apparatus a list of monitored channels along with indications regarding the presence or absence of advertisements in the listed channels, and a system for performing the same. |
| US09516375B2 |
Edge optimized transrating system
A system and method for bandwidth management by controlling the bit rate of a signal stream in real time according to available link bandwidth. Applications include multiple-channel video data streams over a limited-bandwidth link such as a Digital Subscriber Line. A video signal is transrated at the head end to multiple streams having different bit rates, by a multirating device which sends the multiple streams over a network, along with metadata containing information about the data structure and parameters of the streams. At the network access edge, a demultirating device uses the metadata to select the stream with the highest video quality whose bit rate does not exceed the available bandwidth of the end-user's access link. This scheme provides multiple unicast signals to different end-users in place of a single multicast signal, supports multiple high-definition channels over a limited bandwidth link, and is compatible with standard encryption methods. |
| US09516374B2 |
Coordinated second-screen advertisement
An application on a second-screen device can receive an advertisement stream and an interactive component. The application can display at least a partial display of the advertisement stream and the interactive component in a video display area on the second-screen device. The displayed advertisement stream can be associated with an advertisement stream being displayed by a primary display with the two advertisement streams being associated with the same content and substantially synchronized. |
| US09516372B2 |
Multimedia I/O system architecture for advanced digital television
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a multimedia I/O system architecture for advanced digital television. An embodiment of a multimedia system includes an I/O (input/output) control chip, the I/O control chip including one or more audio/video sub-processing engines for the processing of one or more data streams; a processing core chip for the processing of data, including audio/video data received from the I/O control chip; and one or more shared I/O channels for the transfer of data between the I/O control chip and the processing core chip. |
| US09516369B2 |
Systems and methods for variable video production, distribution and presentation
Methods, apparatus, systems and machine readable medium for variable video production, distribution and presentation are disclosed. An example video player to play a variable video includes an input interface to request first relevance data from a first intended viewer of a first version of the variable video and to request second relevance data from a second intended viewer of a second version of the variable video. The example video player also includes an assembler to assemble a first sequence of two or more of a plurality of scenes charted in a video file based on the first relevance data and at least one vector tagged to the plurality of scenes based on content of the plurality of scenes and to assemble a second sequence of two or more of the plurality of scenes charted in the video file based on the second relevance data and at least one vector. |
| US09516367B2 |
Systems and methods for allocating bandwidth in switched digital video systems based on interest
Systems and methods for allocating bandwidth in a switched digital video (SDV) system based on charmed interest. In some embodiments, bandwidth is deallocated from channels and allocated to requested channels having a higher interest. Tiered approaches for allocating bandwidth are disclosed. Embodiments in which QAMs are allocated across services in a multi-service system based on interest are also disclosed. Embodiments for accommodating emergency access system (EAS) functionality in a SDV system are also disclosed. |
| US09516359B2 |
Session based watermarking of media content using encrypted content streams
Methods for session based watermarking of media content using encrypted content streams are provided. At least two content streams of the same media content are watermarked with different watermark information and encrypted using different encryption percentages. During a playback session, a unique sequence is generated and provided to a client device for use by the client device in selecting consecutive content segments from the different content streams to produce the original media content with a watermark that uniquely identifies a user of the client device. When selecting the different content segments, the client device compares the encryption percentage of certain selected content segments with the expected encryption percentage for those content segments to determine whether the content streams have been tampered with. |
| US09516353B2 |
Aggregating media content
A method for generating a set of aggregated media content includes storing a plurality of segments of media data. The method further includes organizing the segments into a set of aggregated content including content for generating a plurality of sets of assembled content. The plurality of segments includes a first segment and a second segment. The method further includes generating a first set of metadata for the first segment specifying a first source index location of the first segment in the set of aggregated media content and a first target index location of the first segment in a first set of assembled media content, and a second set of metadata for the second segment specifying a second source index location of the second segment in the set of aggregated media content and a second target index location of the second segment in a second set of assembled media content. |
| US09516346B2 |
Image processing system and method
A system and method for processing an image is provided. The system includes an encoder configured to subdivide the image into N subregions. The value of N is computed based upon a spatial resolution of the image, a granularity value and a level of wavelet decomposition. The encoder is configured to perform wavelet decomposition on each of the N subregions. The system includes memory circuitry configured to store image data resulting from the decomposition for later transmission. |
| US09516342B2 |
Method and apparatus for transition encoding in video coding and decoding
The invention is related to video coding and decoding. More precisely, the present invention is dedicated to a coding method investigated in the scope of screen content coding, called palette mode. It particularly concerns the encoding of level values based on the use of patterns to predict the level value in order to avoid their transmission. It has been devised to avoid the transmission of level value when the value may be predicted based on the neighbourhood of the pixel to encode. This neighbourhood is matched against memorized pattern so as to predict the level value due to the repetitive occurrence of these patterns. It proposes to save a pattern table in addition to the palette table. This pattern table is constructed symmetrically by the encoder and the decoder and allows to retrieve some predicted level value and to avoid their transmission. |
| US09516339B2 |
Hierarchical motion estimation method and apparatus based on adaptive sampling
A hierarchical motion prediction apparatus and method. The hierarchical motion prediction method splits a current frame and a reference frame into pixel groups, changes a pixel location of each pixel group, and selects one pixel, and thus resolutions of the current frame and reference frame are reduced. A motion vector of a down-sampled current block is obtained based on a down-sampled current frame and reference frame, and is expanded to a motion vector of an original resolution based on a down sampling rate. |
| US09516337B2 |
Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding
A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined. The display time difference is then encoded into a digital representation of the video picture. In a preferred embodiment, the nearby video picture is the most recently transmitted stored picture. For coding efficiency, the display time difference may be encoded using a variable length coding system or arithmetic coding. In an alternate embodiment, the display time difference is encoded as a power of two to reduce the number of bits transmitted. |
| US09516336B2 |
Video decoding device, video decoding method, video decoding program, and video decoding integrated circuit
With use of a simplified program or calculating device for motion compensation, a video decoding device decodes video data compressed by motion detection operations on macroblock units, as in the MPEG-4AVC standard. The video decoding device splits compressed data blocks of the prescribed size, 16×16 pixels for instance, to generate sub-blocks, which are smaller than the blocks and on which the video decoding device is able to execute motion compensation operations. The video decoding device duplicates a motion vector assigned to a given block to generate as many motion vectors as there are sub-blocks in the given block, and executes motion compensation on each sub-block using the corresponding duplicate motion vector. Data resulting from the motion compensation operation on each sub-block is combined to obtain a target block corresponding to the given block. |
| US09516335B2 |
Wireless display encoder architecture
A method and system may include an interface to receive a video signal and an encoder to compress the video signal on a per-slice basis. In one example, compression of the video signal involves the use (50) of a hash value and an allowable distortion of each slice to select (56) a quantization parameter for the slice. The selected quantization parameter can be used to encode (58) the slice. In addition, a processor can manage wireless transmission of the compressed video signal. |
| US09516330B2 |
Virtual field buffer based decoding
Aspects of virtual field buffer based decoding are described. In one embodiment, a current picture field is read from a coded picture buffer comprising coded pictures of video, for example. The current picture may be associated with a top or bottom field polarity. According to decoding and picture output orders, the current picture field is assigned to an available field entry of a virtual field buffer, and an available frame index of a virtual frame map is assigned to the current picture field. The assignment of the available frame index to the current picture field is indicated to a decoder that decodes the current picture field with reference to the assigned frame index. According to aspects of the embodiments described herein, rather than determining complimentary picture fields after decoding, the assignment of complimentary picture fields to virtual frame indexes before decoding provides certain efficiencies. |
| US09516329B2 |
Method for dual pass rate control video encoding
A method of dual-pass rate control video encoding and an encoder are disclosed. Uncompressed input video is received with a video encoder. First pass encoding is performed, and a second pass encoding is performed with the video encoder at a delay relative to the first pass. The first pass encoding detects scene changes within the input video, assigns macroblocks to a pre-determined number of activity classes, and determines a complexity of each picture within the sequence of pictures. Information from the first pass encoding concerning the scene changes, the activity classes, and the complexity are used for rate control determined in second pass encoding for producing and outputting a bit stream of compressed video. During at least one of the first pass and second pass encoding, boundaries of at least some of the GOPs are adjusted to be aligned with the scene changes. |
| US09516323B2 |
Method for determining color difference component quantization parameter and device using the method
Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization. |
| US09516315B2 |
Perceptually lossless and perceptually enhanced image compression system and method
An apparatus is provided for generating perceptually lossless image data or perceptually enhanced image data including: a color transform unit for color transforming a received image to a desired color space, forming converted color-space (CCS) images; a transform unit for receiving CCS images and transforming the CCS images into transformed CCS images each containing a set of transform coefficients; a quantization unit to quantize the transformed CCS images to form quantized CCS images; an image processor for receiving and processing transformed or quantized CCS images to produce optimized CCS images that are perceptually lossless or perceptually enhanced in quality; and an encoder for compressing the optimized CCS images; wherein the compressed optimized CCS images are subsequently prepared for storage and/or transmission. |
| US09516314B2 |
Picture decoding device with a motion compensation prediction
A candidate list construction unit selects a plurality of blocks each having one or two pieces of motion information containing at least information about a motion vector and information about a reference picture from a plurality of neighboring encoded blocks of an encoding target block and constructs a candidate list containing candidates of the motion information used for the motion compensation prediction from the motion information of the selected blocks. A selected candidate generator generates a new candidate of the motion information by combining the motion information of a first prediction list derived by the first motion information deriving unit and the motion information of the second prediction list derived by a second motion information deriving unit. |
| US09516312B2 |
Method and apparatus for building motion vector list for motion vector prediction
Relating to the field of video coding, a method and an apparatus for building a motion vector list for motion vector prediction, which solve a problem of building motion vector lists of at least two PUs in a same coding unit in a serial manner, and improve the parallel processing capability. The method includes: obtaining spatial neighboring blocks of a current prediction block, where the current prediction block is located inside a current coding unit; determining available neighboring blocks of the current prediction block according to a partition manner of the current coding unit, where the available neighboring blocks are located outside the current coding unit; and obtaining motion vector predictors from the available neighboring blocks in a preset sequence according to motion vector predictors of the available neighboring blocks, and adding the obtained motion vector predictors to the motion vector list. |
| US09516310B2 |
Moving image data generation device, moving image display device, moving image data generation method, moving image displaying method, and data structure of moving image file
Frames of a moving image are configured as a hierarchical structure where each frame is represented with a plurality of resolutions. Some layers are set as original image layers, and the other layers are set as difference image layers in hierarchical data representing a frame at each time step. In the case that an area is to be displayed in the resolution of the difference image layer, to respective pixel values of a difference image of the area, respective pixel values of an image of a corresponding area retained by the original image layer of lower resolution, the image enlarged to the resolution of the difference image layer, are added. A layer to be set as a difference image layer is switched to another layer as time passes. |
| US09516303B2 |
Timestamp in performance benchmark
A method is provided for a computer to measure performance. The method includes capturing frames of at least a portion of a video on the computer and detecting timestamps on the captured frames, and determining a frame rate of the video playback based on the timestamps. Each timestamp includes data elements of first and second colors that are spaced apart from each other and set against a background of a third color so adjacent data elements are separated by areas of the third color. |
| US09516301B2 |
Multidirectional display system
An optical display system includes a projection system for outputting images having an image refresh frequency and a two-dimensional screen for receiving the images. The screen is coupled to a motion unit which allows a motion of the screen at a frequency which is equal to the refresh frequency of the images. |
| US09516294B2 |
Digital broadcasting reception method capable of displaying stereoscopic image, and digital broadcasting reception apparatus using same
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image includes a demultiplexing unit configured to demultiplex a received digital broadcast signal; a PSIP or PSI/SI processor configured to extract extension view video information from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; a decoder configured to decode an extension view video stream and a base view video stream from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; and an output formatting unit configured to format the extension view video stream and the base view video stream based on the extension view video information. |
| US09516292B2 |
Image transfer apparatus and method
An image transfer apparatus comprises an input operable to receive a signal comprising two images for different respective non-stereoscopic viewpoints of a virtual environment, a first output operable to transmit a signal comprising the two images formatted as a stereoscopic image to at least a first display, and a transmitter operable to transmit control signals to at least two active shutter glasses, the control signals arranged to allow respective wearers of the glasses to only view a respective one of the two images. |
| US09516290B2 |
White balance method in multi-exposure imaging system
A white-balance method for use in a multi-exposure imaging system having an image capturing unit is provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing the image capturing unit to simultaneously capture a first image and a second image of a scene with a first exposure value and a second exposure value, respectively, wherein the second exposure value is smaller than the first exposure value, and the first exposure value and the second exposure value have individual exposure time and exposure gain; performing light source detection on the second image to obtain light source information and a corresponding light source color ratio of the scene; and performing a color gain process on the first image according to the light source color ratio to generate an output image. |
| US09516289B2 |
Video image projection apparatus, video image projection method, and storage medium
In a method for inhibiting an object contained in an image from becoming hard to be visually recognized when the image is divided and then projected in order to avoid an area on which a projected image is hard to be visually recognized, if, when an input image is to be divided by an unsuitable-for-projection area, a predetermined object exists at a position where the input image is divided, the position of division of the input image is changed to such a position that the object within an area corresponding to the unsuitable-for-projection area is not divided. Then, on areas that exclude the unsuitable-for-projection area, the divided input images are projected after being adjusted to sizes that match the areas. |
| US09516287B2 |
Imaging device, image reading device, image forming apparatus, and method of driving imaging device
The present invention is concerning an imaging device comprising: a photoelectric conversion unit that generates imaging signals corresponding to imaging light received from an imaging object; a summation unit that performs summation of the imaging signals generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; a summation controller that controls the summation unit such that the summation unit performs, per line, an operation of summation of imaging signals acquired from the photoelectric conversion unit during the time period of one line for the number of plural times in periods that are twice as much as that of the spatial frequency of the imaging object or more; and a signal generator that generates and outputs an imaging signal of each line from plural sum outputs generated per line. |
| US09516285B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program
An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program by which deformation such as distortion caused by an imaging optical system can be corrected with high precision without increase in memory capacity and processing time. The image processing device comprises a vertex sampling coordinate computing section (30) for computing a sampling position on an input image by a high-order expression so as to cancel out distortion at the position of a predetermined pixel of an output image, a sampling coordinate interpolation computing section (31) for interpolating the sampling position on the input image, at the position of a pixel other than the position of the predetermined pixel of the output image, from a sampling position of a predetermined output pixel located near the pixel, and a sampling unit (32) for sampling a pixel value of the input image at the sampling position computed via the vertex sampling coordinate computing section (30) and the sampling coordinate interpolation computing section (31). |
| US09516284B2 |
Communication and monitoring system
An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module. |
| US09516281B1 |
Systems and methods for automated cloud-based analytics for security surveillance systems with mobile input capture devices
Systems and methods for cloud-based surveillance for a target surveillance area are disclosed. At least two input capture devices and at least one user device are communicatively connected to a cloud-based analytics platform. At least one input capture device is a mobile device with visual sensors. The cloud-based analytics platform automatically analyzes received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D display for a target surveillance area. |
| US09516279B1 |
Systems and methods for automated cloud-based 3-dimensional (3D) analytics for surveillance systems
Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D analytics for a target surveillance area. |
| US09516278B1 |
Systems and methods for automated cloud-based analytics and 3-dimensional (3D) playback for surveillance systems
Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D display for a target surveillance area. |
| US09516276B2 |
Method of measuring a property of a trajectory of a ball with a mobile computer device
Methods for determining a property of a trajectory of a ball with a mobile computer device are described, which include: (a) capturing a sequence of video frames of the ball with a camera of the mobile computer device; (b) determining a first picture coordinate of the ball in a first video frame of the sequence; (c) determining a second picture coordinate of the ball in a second video frame of the sequence; and (d) computing a property of the trajectory of the ball based on a difference of the first and second picture coordinates, a time difference between the first and second video picture and a reference quantity, which may be determined based on a form and/or dimension of the ball in a picture taken with the camera. |
| US09516274B2 |
Sensing system and method for detecting moving objects
The present invention presents a sensing system 1 and a corresponding method for detecting moving objects 11 in the surroundings of a vehicle 10. The sensing system 1 comprises an imaging unit 2 for obtaining an image stream 2a, a computing unit 3 for analyzing the image stream 2a, and a control unit 4 for controlling the vehicle 10 based on the analysis result of the computing unit 3. The sensing system 1 particularly employs a background-model-free estimation. The sensing system 1 is configured to perform a local analysis of two neighboring motion vectors 6, which are computed from points 7a in images 5a, 5b of the image stream 2a, and to determine, whether the points 7a corresponding to these motion vectors 6 belong to a particularly moving object. |
| US09516273B2 |
Indication of trickplay availability via a remote control device
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a controllability indicator at a portable communication device, the controllability indicator received from a stationary communication device. The controllability indicator indicates whether a trickplay feature is available for controlling a presentation of multimedia content, and is determined from a characterization of the multimedia content. The method further includes presenting a trickplay indicator at the portable communication device according to the controllability indicator to indicate whether the trickplay feature is available. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09516272B2 |
Adapting a continuous presence layout to a discussion situation
A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions. |
| US09516270B2 |
System and method for providing a two-way interactive 3D experience
A system for providing a two-way interactive 3D experience includes a first video capture system configured to capture a first set of images of a first person in a first location, and a first display system in the first location. A second video capture system is configured to capture a second set of images of a second person in a second location. A second display system is in the second location. A two-way communication link is configured to deliver the first set of images to the second display system for display and deliver the second set of images to the first display system for display. The second display system is configured to generate a substantially life-sized 3D display of the first person based on the first set of images. |
| US09516266B2 |
Sharing content
A user terminal comprising: a network interface; a display; a content sharing module configured to display content shared with a further user terminal on the display, and receive position data from the further user terminal via the network interface, said position data indicating a position within the shared content associated with a user at the further user terminal; and a communications module. The communications module configured to: receive video data from the further user terminal over a communications network during a communication event with at least said further user terminal via the network interface; and control the video data received from said further user terminal to be displayed on said display in dependence on the position within the shared content associated with the user at the further user terminal. |
| US09516265B2 |
System for integrating video calls in telephone call centers
A communication system particularly for managing voice, video and data services between the station of an operator and the station of a user, the system including at least one device controlled by the operator to receive telephone calls forwarded by a call routing center and at least one unit that is controlled by the user and provided with elements for entering and displaying information and generating telephone calls. The device further includes elements for disabling the audio component of a telephone call generated by the at least one unit and elements for establishing with the unit a video call associated with the telephone call. |
| US09516262B2 |
System and methods for managing telephonic communications
A communication filtering system comprising an authorization module and a management module. The authorization module is configured to selectively authorize an incoming call according to media content rendered by a media renderer. The management module is configured to manage filtering of multiple incoming calls directed to a telephony system according to the selective authorizations of the multiple incoming calls by the authorization module. |
| US09516261B2 |
Real-time false color reduction system and method for color interpolation
A false color reduction system and method for color interpolation is disclosed in the present invention. The false color reduction system includes a red/blue color interpolation signal reference level estimator, a red/blue color interpolation signal noise analyzer and a red/blue color interpolation signal noise regulator. The red/blue color interpolation signal reference level estimator receives a RGB image array and a red/blue color interpolation signal of the RGB image array to generate a green difference signal. The red/blue color interpolation signal reference level estimator generates a red/blue reference level according to the green difference signal and an average signal. The red/blue color interpolation signal noise analyzer analyzes received signals to generate analysis result. The red/blue color interpolation signal noise regulator receives the analysis result to correct the red/blue color interpolation signal. |
| US09516259B2 |
Capturing media content in accordance with a viewer expression
Systems and methods for capturing media content in accordance with viewer expression are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes: at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: detecting display of a media content item; while the media content item is being displayed: detecting a viewer expression corresponding to a predefined viewer expression; and in response to detecting the viewer expression: identifying a portion of the media content item corresponding in time to the viewer expression. In some implementations, the viewer expression—selected from one of: a facial expression, a body movement, a voice, or an arm, leg or finger gesture—is presumed to be a viewer reaction to the portion of the media content item. |
| US09516255B2 |
Communication system
A user device has a display, a user interface and a network interface. The network interface receive a video data stream from another user interface. A user of the user device is able to pause the video stream. The paused image of the video stream and the video stream are both displayed on the display. The user is able to annotate the paused image. |
| US09516254B2 |
Display apparatus connected to plural source devices and method of controlling the same
A television controlled by a remote controller and including includes an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller; a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller; a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen. Further, the controller is further configured to control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received RF signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller, control the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to the specific content, from the remote controller, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content according to the received RF signal corresponding to the designated key of the remote controller, and control the display to display related content information, the related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata. In addition, when the related content information is selected by the pointer, the controller further controls the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content and the second item to identify a second source providing the another content, the second source is different from the first source. |
| US09516253B2 |
Prioritized placement of content elements for iTV applications
Preferred placement of programming content is provided by a system and method to organize or sequence the display of a set of programmable content elements of an iTV application to a viewer, using business rules that describe the preferred placement conditions or criteria. Such criteria include brand, content owner, application location, current channel, current channel family, current channel category, time of day, content category, current program, current program genre, current iTV application, current content type, and/or subscriber and set-top box profile and behavior data. In one implementation, the present invention allows for managing the ‘shelf space’ within and for iTV applications. |
| US09516252B2 |
Methods and apparatus for implementing dynamic program guides on mobile devices
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a mobile device to dynamically obtain program guide data. A mobile device having the capability of playing media streams is configurable to dynamically request program guide structure information followed by program guide content information. In one example, the program guide structure information allows a user to begin navigating the program guide data in an active and dynamic manner. Program guide content information including data such as program titles, times, icons, and links are then downloaded and displayed as needed. Potentially limitless amounts of program guide data can be provided on a mobile device. Program guide content information can be provided in a generic manner while allowing user layout customization. Program guide information can also be preemptively provided to a mobile device based on a variety of criteria. |
| US09516250B2 |
Universal remote control systems, methods, and apparatuses
An exemplary method includes a universal remote control device programming the universal remote control device for remotely controlling a target device configured to process media content associated with the target device for presentation to a user of the target device, adding a new button associated with a configuration for remotely controlling the target device to a device selector palette, the new button being selectable by the user to activate the configuration for remotely controlling the target device, and displaying at least one of text and graphics related to the media content associated with the target device. Corresponding systems, methods, and apparatuses are also disclosed. |
| US09516246B2 |
Image sensing device with shared pixel architecture and efficient readout circuitry
An image sensing device includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in row and column directions; a row control portion suitable for controlling a part of a plurality of rows included in the pixel array by an unit of two or more sequential rows so that pixel signals are simultaneously outputted from the pixel array through the sequential rows; a first readout circuit portion suitable for sequentially reading out a part of the pixel signals in row sequence order; a second readout circuit portion suitable for sequentially reading out the rest of the pixel signals in row sequence order; and a storage portion suitable for storing on row by row basis the read out signals sequentially read out in row sequence order from the first and second readout circuit portions. |
| US09516243B2 |
Method and system for emissivity determination
A surface of an object is irradiated using an infrared light beam. The infrared light beams reflected at the object are received by an infrared camera which captures a first intensity of the reflected infrared light beams on a detector of the infrared camera. Ambient radiation reflected at the object and the characteristic radiation of the object are detected by capturing a second intensity of the reflected ambient radiation and the characteristic radiation of the object on the detector of the infrared camera. The emissivity of the object is calculated based on the first intensity and the second intensity. |
| US09516241B2 |
Beamforming method and apparatus for sound signal
A beamforming method and apparatus for acquiring a sound signal in an electronic device includes selecting at least one object for beamforming to acquire a sound, measuring a first distance between the at least one object selected and a sensor for distance measurement, calculating a second distance between the at least one object and a plurality of microphones based on the first distance, and determining a weight for sound beamforming using at least one of time delay and phase delay corresponding to the second distance between the object and the microphone. |
| US09516240B2 |
Imaging apparatus, client device, imaging system, control method of imaging apparatus, control method of client device, and control method of imaging system
An imaging apparatus is connected to a client device and has an infrared cut filter to cut infrared light, a toggling unit to toggle an infrared cut filter state between on and off, and reception, control, and transmission units. The reception unit receives automatic adjustment information relating to the state, along with an imaging setting command for the imaging apparatus to automatically control the state. The control unit automatically controls the toggling unit based on the imaging setting command. The transmission unit transmits setting information relating to the automatic adjustment information to the client device. The setting information transmitted by the transmission unit indicates whether automatic adjustment information used by the control unit can be set in each of a case where the state is turned on to enable the infrared cut filter or a case where the state is turned off to disable the infrared cut filter. |
| US09516238B2 |
Noise suppression
A method and apparatus apply one of a plurality of different levels of noise suppression to a pixel based on a difference between illuminance values for the pixel in the presence of (a) both a flash and ambient light and (b) without the flash. |
| US09516235B2 |
Fluorescence observation apparatus and fluorescence observation method
Provided is a fluorescence observation apparatus including a fluorescence-image generating portion that generates a plurality of fluorescence images by capturing fluorescence from an observation subject at a time interval; a position identifying portion that, in the individual fluorescence images generated by the fluorescence-image generating portion, identifies high-luminance positions having gradation values equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold; a storage portion that stores the high-luminance positions identified by the position identifying portion; a track-image generating portion that generates a track image that has gradation values at the plurality of high-luminance positions stored in the storage portion; and a display portion that displays the track image generated by the track-image generating portion. |
| US09516232B2 |
Moving member control apparatus and imaging apparatus incorporating the same
The invention disclosed herein provides a small-format image-shake correction apparatus and an imaging apparatus incorporating the same. The moving member control apparatus is comprising a base part 10, a moving part 30 that is movable relatively to the base part 10, a first driving part 71 that applies an driving force to the moving part 30, a second driving part 72 that applies an driving force to the moving part 30, a third driving part 73 that applies an driving force to the moving part 30 from a position different from the first 71 and the second driving part 72, a control part 2 that gains control of the driving forces of the first 71, the second 72 and the third driving part 73, and a correction part 3 that makes correction of a first output value Ix1 produced from the control part 2 to the first driving part 71 and a second output value Ix2 produced from the control part 2 to the second driving part 72, depending on a third output value Iy produced from the control part 2 to the third driving part 73, as shown in FIG. 12. |
| US09516228B2 |
Photographing apparatus, motion estimating apparatus, image compensating method, motion estimating method, and computer-readable recording medium
A photographing apparatus, a motion estimating apparatus, an image compensating method, a motion estimating method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The photographing apparatus includes: an image sensing unit which continuously captures a plurality of images by using a rolling shutter method; and an image processor which compensates for a uniformly accelerated motion of the photographing apparatus by using the plurality of images. |
| US09516225B2 |
Apparatus and method for panoramic video hosting
A server includes an input node to receive video streams forming a panoramic video. A module forms a suggested field of view in the panoramic video. An output node sends the suggested field of view to a client device. |
| US09516224B2 |
Navigation device
In one embodiment, a car navigation device is provided. The device comprises: at least one wide-angle camera; a video correction unit for acquiring video data from the wide-angle lens and correcting the video data; a video merging unit for acquiring corrected video data from video correction unit and merging the corrected video data; an image recognition unit for acquiring video from the video merging unit and performing image recognition to the video; and a driving assistant unit for acquiring data from the image recognition unit and assisting driving in accordance with the recognized content. The navigation device provided by various embodiments in accordance with the present invention can correct and recognize the images taken by fisheye lens in real-time so as to assist the driver for driving or drive the car automatically without a human being. |
| US09516222B2 |
Array cameras incorporating monolithic array camera modules with high MTF lens stacks for capture of images used in super-resolution processing
A variety of optical arrangements and methods of modifying or enhancing the optical characteristics and functionality of these optical arrangements are provided. The optical arrangements being specifically designed to operate with camera arrays that incorporate an imaging device that is formed of a plurality of imagers that each include a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. In many optical arrangements the MTF characteristics of the optics allow for contrast at spatial frequencies that are at least as great as the desired resolution of the high resolution images synthesized by the array camera, and significantly greater than the Nyquist frequency of the pixel pitch of the pixels on the focal plane, which in some cases may be 1.5, 2 or 3 times the Nyquist frequency. |
| US09516221B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing image in camera device and portable terminal using first and second photographing information
A method for processing an image in a camera device includes processing a preview image in which first photographing information for controlling a camera drive in a preview mode and second photographing information collected in the image processing are obtained, and both photographing information is stored with a corresponding frame image; and processing a still image in which a specific frame image selected from the frame images stored in a buffer is processed by using the corresponding photographing information during a capture mode. |
| US09516219B2 |
Camera system and switching device
A camera system includes a plurality of camera devices and a switching device. The switching device transmits a reference signal to the camera devices via a network. Each of the camera devices transmits a video signal based on the time when the camera device receives the reference signal. The switching device determines one or more priority images for transmitting video signals with priority, in accordance with operation by a user. The camera system has a configuration in which transmission of a video signal from each of one or more of the camera devices not capturing the one or more priority images is delayed relative to transmission of a video signal from each of one or more of the camera devices capturing the one or more priority images. |
| US09516218B1 |
Grouping digital images based on detected objects
A user captures images on a user computing device. The user signs in to an application, which transmits the user's images to an account management system, which recognizes objects within the images and assigns one or more object categories to the images and recognizes multiple images comprising objects in a common object category. After receiving user consent, the application groups the images on the user computing device according to object category. The user computing device captures an image of another object. The application transmits the image to the account management system, which detects objects within the image, identifies the object category, and saves the image to the corresponding object category group on the user computing device. After receiving user consent, the account management system finds information for each image in the object category group of images and transmits the information to the user computing device. |
| US09516213B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and control method thereof
An image processing apparatus comprises an acquiring unit configured to acquire pixel signals in which light fluxes from a subject are stored, each pixel signal being such that a pixel has stored a pupil-divided light flux obtained by performing pupil division on the light flux; a determination unit configured to determine, with respect to pixels of the pixel signals that are associated with a predetermined region, whether or not a pixel value of each pixel satisfies a predetermined relationship to a pixel value of a pixel having stored another light flux from the same subject; and a detection unit configured to detect that there is an external factor that varies the pixel value in the predetermined region if the pixels of the pixel signals include a predetermined number or more of pixels that are determined to satisfy the predetermined relationship. |
| US09516210B2 |
Method and apparatus for prioritizing data transmission in a wireless broadcasting system
Systems, methods, and computer program code are disclosed for prioritizing data transmission in wireless broadcasting systems and include capturing, by one or more sensors, data at an event site. Scene description data (SDD) is extracted from the data, and the SDD is transmitted in SDD packets, over a wireless communication network, to a processing system. The SDD packets are transmitted over the wireless communication network having a transmission priority based on information in at least one of the SDD packets. The sensors may include a video camera that provides video data also transmitted in video packets over the wireless communications network. |
| US09516209B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector. |
| US09516208B2 |
Methods for analyzing thermal image data using a plurality of virtual devices and methods for correlating depth values to image pixels
Thermal imaging camera images are obtained from a thermal imaging camera that rotates through a plurality of stop positions. The camera captures images at a constant frame rate and at least some of the images correspond to stop positions. Thermal imaging camera images that correspond to a stop position are retained, while images that do not correspond to a stop position are discarded. Retained images are sent in a video stream to a video processor. The video stream is separated into individual thermal imaging camera images and stored for corresponding virtual camera devices that correspond to specific stop positions. In addition, the position of the camera and individual pixels of images are both correlated to geographical location data, and depth values for the pixels are determined based on the geographical data. |
| US09516206B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit. |
| US09516202B2 |
Wireless bridge to local devices on personal equipment system
Some embodiments are provided for providing a wireless bridge to local devices on personal equipment systems. Personal equipment systems can include wireless communication systems that allow external systems, users, or both to communicate with and access data from local devices on the personal equipment systems. Personal equipment systems are provided having one or more local devices coupled thereto and in wired communication with one another. Personal equipment systems can include a wireless system and local devices attached to a headgear system, the local devices being in wired communication with one another and in wireless communication with external systems. The wireless communication system is configured to establish a wireless connection with external systems for communicating with and accessing local devices that are in wired communication with each other. |
| US09516199B2 |
Camera assembly for the extraction of image depth discontinuity and method of use
A machine vision system is provided. The machine vision system includes a camera. A first flash unit is in communication with the camera and adapted to emit light or a first range of wavelengths in synchronization with operation of the camera. A second flash unit is in communication with the camera and adapted to emit light of a second range of wavelengths in synchronization with operation of the camera. The light of the first range of wavelengths does not overlap the wavelength of the light of the second range of wavelengths. |
| US09516196B2 |
Image forming apparatus that performs calibration for maintaining image quality
An image forming apparatus corrects image data using a correction condition. An image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium, based on the corrected image data. Read data is obtained by a reading unit reading a measurement image formed on the recording medium. A determination unit determines a process condition used when the image forming unit forms the image based on the image data, based on the read data. A conversion unit converts the read data to density data, using a conversion condition corresponding to the recording medium. A first generation unit generates the correction condition, based on the density data. A storage unit stores a first conversion condition corresponding to a specific recording medium. A second generation unit controls the image forming unit to form a first image pattern on the specific recording medium and forms a second image pattern on another recording medium. |
| US09516195B2 |
Decoloring apparatus
A decoloring apparatus includes a reading section that reads the image formed on a sheet and generates image data corresponding to the read image. A decoloring section decolors the image formed on the sheet. If the reading section reads only a portion of the image formed on the sheet due to an error, the image data corresponding to the read portion of the image is stored. After the error is resolved, the sheet is conveyed to the reading section again to read a remainder portion of the image that was not initially read in the reading section and to generate image data corresponding to the remainder portion of the image. The image data corresponding to the read portion of the image is combined with the image data corresponding to the remainder portion of the image. |
| US09516194B2 |
Method for correcting shading and scanner device
A shading correction of removing a plurality of shading factors is performed. A scanner device performs a shading correction in a manner such that a low-pass filter circuit (14) extracts a broad waveform change component caused by a temperature characteristic and a temporal change in light source or sensor sensitivity as shading factors, a phase/amplitude synchronizing circuit (15) extracts a phase shift of a cycle pattern of a lens array, a first multiplying circuit (16) synthesizes the waveforms of the extracted factors so as to form a correction-purpose image signal waveform, and the correction-purpose image signal waveform is divided from an image signal waveform subjected to a dark level correction (offset). |
| US09516193B2 |
Contact image sensor, output correction device for contact image sensor, and output correction method for contact image sensor
A light source unit emits light for irradiating a document. A light guide in which light emitted from the light source unit propagates has a first exit part for emitting light to the document and a second exit part, which is a different part from the first light part, for emitting light to the outside. A corrective light receiver is disposed in an area receiving direct light of the light emitted from the second exit part, and outputs reference data corresponding to the direct light. A controller compares predetermined criterion data with the reference data output from the corrective light receiver, and performs processing for correcting a bright output based on a result of the comparison. |
| US09516189B2 |
Image processing apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for generating code image expressing acquired attribute information
Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition section that acquires one or more sets of attribute information which indicates an attribute of a publication, identification information which identifies the publication, and label information which indicates at least one of an arrangement of the publication in an establishment and a period during which the publication is not permitted to be lent, a conversion section that converts the acquired identification information into a code image, a generation section that generates a label image based on the acquired label information, and an image forming section that forms an image which expresses some or all of the acquired attribute information, the code image which is acquired through conversion, and the generated label image on one or more media such that image groups corresponding to one set are formed on one piece of medium. |
| US09516185B2 |
Information processing apparatus enabling cooperation with a network service and control method therefor
A first application installed on a multifunction peripheral (MFP) request a network communication unit to check a second application installed on the MFP to use an external service. The first application controls, according to a result of checking of the second application, registration processing for registering function information (intent element) used to cooperate with the external service by a relay function using a mechanism of Web Intents, or invocation processing by the relay function for invoking the external service using the registered function information. |
| US09516182B2 |
Image forming apparatus that enhances operability on screen displayed as split screens
An image forming apparatus includes a display unit and a split screen processor. The display unit includes a display area on a first screen, splits the display area on the first screen to display a third screen on one split display area, and displays a second screen on another split display area. The split screen processor controls the display unit so as to split the display area on the first screen corresponding to display content on the first screen and display content on the second screen in response to an operation for split screen when accepting a user operation on the first screen, displays the third screen resized from the first screen on the one split display area to continuously accept an operation from the user, and displays the second screen to accept an operation simultaneously with the third screen on the other split display area. |
| US09516181B2 |
Output setting device and computer-readable storage medium for computer program
An output setting device for setting a scale ratio for image size change when an image is reduced or enlarged to be placed in an output page is provided. The device includes a touch-sensitive panel capable of detecting a multi-touch; and a setting portion setting, when a multi-touch gesture for giving a command to change the image size is made on the touch-sensitive panel, as the scale ratio for image size change, a scale ratio closest to a present scale ratio from among scale ratios available when the image is reduced or enlarged in accordance with the multi-touch gesture in such a manner that at least one of a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension of the image size is made equal to any one of a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension of any one of standard sizes with an aspect ratio of the image remaining unchanged. |
| US09516180B2 |
Storage medium, device information acquisition system, and device information acquisition method
A portable terminal issues a response request to an electronic device. According to a response of the electronic device to the response request, the portable terminal determines a power state of the electronic device and issues a notification of a determination result of the power state. The portable terminal acquires, from an information carrier, location information indicating a location of a main power switch of the electronic device and issues a notification of the location information. |
| US09516179B2 |
Image capturing unit, color measuring device, image forming apparatus, color measuring system and color measurement method capturing a subject outside of the image capturing unit
An image capturing unit includes a sensor unit that image-captures a predetermined area including a subject; and a reference chart unit that is arranged in the predetermined area and captured with the subject by the sensor unit. |
| US09516178B2 |
Multiple media format support for printers
A system for operating a multiple media printing device includes a memory module that stores print control data that corresponds to a plurality of data storage formats, a media reader module that selects one of the plurality of data storage formats based on one of a plurality of files stored on an external media storage device, and a media format module that processes image data stored on the media storage device based on the print control data that corresponds to the selected data storage format. |
| US09516177B2 |
Image display apparatus, image display method and image display program
An image display apparatus connected to a printer, for displaying an image to be printed by the printer, includes display section for displaying taken image data as a thumbnail, control section for generating edited image data by editing the taken image data selected by a user and generating an additional thumbnail of the edited image data, and select section for selecting a taken image displayed on the display means to be edited, an editing operation for the taken image, and a print image. As the taken image is edited, the control means displays the additional thumbnail of the edited image data in addition to a thumbnail of the taken image data on the display means to allow each of the thumbnail and the additional thumbnail to be selected as the print image. |
| US09516176B2 |
Long term evolution network billing management
A device in a network may monitor a communications session (such as a traffic flow) and determine that the session has been affected by an adverse network condition such as equipment failure or heavy congestion. The effect of the network condition may be provided to a billing system that may proactively adjust charging for a customer associated with the traffic flow. Various data may be taken into account in determining the adjustment, including a service type, a subscriber identifier, an emergency identifier, and a traffic condition index. |
| US09516175B2 |
Transmission system, participation fee management method, computer program product, and maintenance system
A transmission system includes: a transmission management system and a fee management system. The transmission management system manages participation time information using a given transmission terminal. The fee management system manages participation fee information. The transmission management system includes a transmission unit that transmits the participation time information to the fee management system. The fee management system includes: a user management unit that manages user identification information and terminal identification information in a manner linked; a reception unit that receives the participation time information transmitted from the transmission management system; a participation time calculation unit that calculates a total participation time of conversation; a participation fee calculation unit that calculates a participation fee; and a participation fee summing unit that refers to the user management unit, sums up participation fees of each transmission terminal, and calculates a total participation fee for each user. |
| US09516172B2 |
Enriching and analyzing CDR data to identify voice traffic routing through an intermediate provider
A method describes enriching a Call Detail Record (CDR) to identify traffic routing through network providers. The method comprises the steps of obtaining Operator Carrier Numbers (OCNs) assigned to network providers operating in a network; obtaining trunk group identifiers for identifying trunks configured to interconnect an Originating Provider's network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) with network providers; and identifying network providers configured to communicate through the trunk groups with the Originating Provider's network, including the MSC. The method also obtains a Called Party Number (CdPN) from the CDR; and associates the CdPN with an OCN of a network provider. The method also determines whether the OCN associated with the trunk group and the OCN of the CdPN are the same. If they are the same, then the method concludes that the Originating Provider, including the MSC is communicating directly with the network provider without any other network provider operating as an Intermediate Provider; if they are not the same, then the method concludes that the Originating Provider including the MSC is communicating indirectly with the network provide involving another network provider operating as an Intermediate Provider. |
| US09516169B2 |
Automatic contact center expansion and contraction
A contact center, methods, and mechanisms are provided for dynamically scaling a contact center based on scaling triggers and monitored activity. The monitored activity includes information provided from one or more sources. This information serves to indicate whether a contact center activity is increasing, decreasing, or maintaining a steady-state. When the activity at a contact center is increasing, a scaling mechanism increases a number of resources provisioned to the contact center according to rules. When the activity at a contact center is decreasing, a scaling mechanism decreases a number of resources provisioned to the contact center according to rules. The scaling triggers are created, removed, modified, or otherwise classified as correlations between monitored activity and contact center scaling are observed. |
| US09516168B2 |
Managing, directing, and queuing communication events using near-field communications
Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed for initiating a call-back sequence using NFC technology. Embodiments include capturing an image using an NFC reader determining an identification of active queues, displaying an indication of the active queues on a display screen using a session queuing component, obtaining a user selection of a queue as a selected queue using the session queuing component, sending a request to a communication system in a data format for an expected wait time associated with the selected queue, receiving the expected wait time from the communication system, and sending a confirmation to the communication system in a data format for a call-back. |
| US09516163B2 |
Analyzing telephone calls
The method includes receiving a telephone call from a first client device that is intended for a second client device. The method further includes identifying data associated with the first client device comprising at least one of: a telephone number, a name of a user associated with the first client device, an address of the user, and a business name associated with the first client device. The method further includes responsive to determining that the identified data associated with the first client device does match data stored in a database, determining, by one or more computer processors, whether to block the telephone call from the first client device to the second client device based on information comprising historical data associated with the first client device and preset information of the second client device. |
| US09516160B2 |
Monitoring voice over internet protocol (VoIP) quality during an ongoing call
A method for calculating a mean opinion score (MOS) during an ongoing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call is provided. The method may include determining a time delay between a VoIP source and a VoIP destination connected by a communications network. A start recording message is sent from the VoIP source to the VoIP destination. A first recorded call sample from the VoIP source and a second recorded call sample from the VoIP destination are generated, whereby the first and the second recorded call sample are generated with a recording delay value corresponding the determined time delay for synchronizing the first and the second recorded call sample. Using an intrusive call quality measurement, a first MOS value is calculated based on the first and the second recorded call sample. Using a non-intrusive call quality measurement, a second MOS value is calculated based on the first MOS value. |
| US09516156B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing bookmark service in communication terminal
An apparatus and a method for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal are provided. The method includes accessing a website, determining whether a favicon exists in the accessed website, and when the favicon exists in the website, setting the favicon as a bookmark of the website. |
| US09516154B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing conversational contents with contacts in a terminal
An apparatus and method for managing conversational content associated with a contact in a terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store contact information including a name of each of contacts and a corresponding number, a management unit configured to preserve conversational information associated with one of the contacts, which includes the corresponding number of the one contact, the one contact, a time of occurrence and a detailed content associated with each of conversational messages, and to form a conversational content with the one contact to be displayed for a user based on the contact information and the conversational information, and a display unit configured to display the conversational content with the one contact formed by the management unit for the user. |
| US09516153B2 |
Method and system for telecommunication session output integration
A method and system for integrating telecommunication session output with one or more applications are provided herein. The method for integrating telecommunication session output with one or more applications includes communicating with one or more second devices in a telecommunication session using a first application disposed on a first device; tracking attributes associated with the telecommunication session; recording at least a portion of the telecommunication session on the first device to produce a session recording; and storing the attributes and at least one of the session recording, or a text transcription of the session recording in a second application on the first device. |
| US09516144B2 |
Cut-through forwarding of CCNx message fragments with IP encapsulation
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates cut-through forwarding of message fragments over a network. During operation, the system receives a packet that corresponds to a fragment of a message and contains a fragment header. The system stores in a data structure a mapping relationship between the fragment header and a hierarchically structured variable-length identifier (HSVLI), wherein the HSVLI comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The system makes a forwarding decision for the packet based on the fragment header prior to receiving all fragment packets associated with the message, thereby facilitating cut-through forwarding of the message fragments over a network. |
| US09516141B2 |
Method and system for processing machine-to-machine sensor data
An approach is described for registering a plurality of gateway devices to a sensor platform operated by a service provider, detecting at the gateway devices, one or more sensors from a personal area network of a subscriber, determining corresponding identifiers of the sensors, collecting data from the sensors over one or more coordinated personal area networks, and designating each of a plurality of agents to process the collected data for local analysis and acting on this analysis, wherein the agents are configured to communicate with other agents. |
| US09516140B2 |
Broadcast receiving apparatus, server, method for controlling the broadcast receiving apparatus, and method for controlling the server
A broadcast receiving apparatus is provided, which includes an interface unit connected to a server; a storage unit storing information on the broadcast receiving apparatus, a display unit displaying a UI (User Interface) for selecting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus, and a control unit controlling the interface unit to transfer the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus selected through the UI to the server. |
| US09516138B2 |
Method and apparatus to process interest messages and data messages based on priorities in content-centric network (CCN)
A method and apparatus to process interest messages and data messages based on priorities in a Content-Centric Network (CCN) are provided. The method and apparatus to process interest messages and data messages based on priorities in a CCN provides different Quality of Service (QoS) based on type of contents by extracting a traffic type of each of the contents. |
| US09516134B2 |
Viral engine for network deployment
A private network system operates over a public network to provide an asymmetric service to members with information from other members and non-members. The system includes central servers and databases connected via the public network to client systems of public network users. The users may be members who communicate with a private protocol or non-members who communicate with the public protocol. A process for the private service includes communication of information between users via the private service servers. The private service server implements the private service, which includes a viral engine for network deployment. Features of the viral engine include genetic algorithms, data mining, personalization, frictionless service setup, user maximization, and member-controlled privacy. A sample setup process and contact update wizard that include several viral engine features are described. |
| US09516133B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method and information processing program
An information processing device includes: a control section that displays, in response to an operation of an operation section, a piece of map information on a display section and acquires, in accordance with the piece of map information displayed on the display section, a list of content related to the piece of map information. |
| US09516132B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing communication activities of a communication device
Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, selecting a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices to analyze activities of the first communication device, presenting at a device activity information associated with the activities of the first communication device, facilitating an exchange of messages between the device and the first communication device, receiving a request from the device to transfer control of the first communication device to the device responsive to the device receiving an unsatisfactory response from the first communication device, and receiving control information from the device to adjust an operational aspect of the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09516130B1 |
Canonical API parameters
A caching system receives a request Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that includes multiple parameters. The request URI is modified to create a canonical request URI including: ordering the parameters by name while keeping a relative order of any of the parameters that have a same name but different value; normalizing a case of the parameters; and removing any of the parameters that are determined to have no effect on a resource that corresponds to the request URI. The modified request URI is hashed thereby creating a hash value. The hash value is used to determine whether the resource that corresponds to the request URI is available in cache. |
| US09516125B2 |
Identifying and using identities deemed to be known to a user
The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user's communications. For example access to a user's online presence may be restricted based on the known people such that access to presence is provided only to those people that the user knows. |
| US09516124B2 |
Method and apparatus for updating and providing presence information based on position information
A presence service providing system and method is disclosed that provides presence information regarding presentities to watchers. The presence system sets mapping information, which contains the presence information that matches position information corresponding to at least one presentity. When the position information is received via a positioning system, the presence system detects the presence information, which matches the received position information, from the set mapping information. The detected presence information is transmitted from the presence system to a watcher. The presence service providing system can provide a variety of presence information according to the location of the presentity, so that watchers can more specifically and clearly identify the states of the presentity from the presence information. |
| US09516120B2 |
Location ranking using social graph information
In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user. |
| US09516115B2 |
Softphone user interface system and method
A softphone feature interface method, system, and apparatus are provided for operating a mobile communication device as a softphone to place Internet phone calls by displaying a home user interface on a touch screen with a unified view having a display interface area and a keyboard interface area, and then displaying a second user interface on the touch screen for displaying user call information in response to receiving touch input on the home user interface of the touch screen to display a list of contacts that match a contact result search entered on the search keypad or to display a contacts user interface or voicemail user interface in response to detecting a slide operation on the home user interface or to display one or more calling methods available for selection in response to detecting a call button being pressed for a minimum specified hold time. |
| US09516113B2 |
Apparatus, method and server for providing content
A method for providing content includes transmitting to the content providing server a user's location detection signal; receiving the user's location detection signal from the content providing apparatus; transmitting a user's activity recognition signal; receiving the user's activity recognition signal; transmitting a user's bio-signal; receiving the user's bio-signal; determining a user's status based on the user's location detection signal and the user's activity recognition signal. Further, the method includes estimating a user's biological activity based on the determined user's location and the user's bio-signal; transmitting the content corresponding to the user's biological activity; receiving the content corresponding to the user's biological activity from the content providing server; and providing the received content. |
| US09516112B1 |
Sending alerts from cloud computing systems
A system is described for sending alert messages collected for cloud computing system to external systems. The alert messages may be sent according to determined protocols, such as the syslog protocol and/or SNMP trap, among other appropriate protocols. Partitioning and/or fragmenting of the alert message may be provided based on the use of various types of message identifications and/or other information in which, by virtue of the partitioning and fragmenting, an alert message, regardless of its length, may be sent and reconstructed at the external system. The system advantageously provides for transmission of alert messages using mechanisms other than the syslog protocol and with additional included alert attribute information. |
| US09516111B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer program product
According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a receiving unit, an obtaining unit, and an analyzing unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive first obtaining method information, which is sent by an information processing unit to a network and which indicates a method of obtaining first data from the network. The obtaining unit is configured to, on behalf of the information processing unit, obtain the first data based on the first obtaining method information received by the receiving unit. The analyzing unit is configured to extract, from the first data obtained by the obtaining unit, second obtaining method information that indicates a method of obtaining second data which needs to be obtained along with obtaining the first data. The obtaining unit also obtains the second data based on the second obtaining method information. |
| US09516110B2 |
Data replication across servers
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for replicating data between redundant sources. In one embodiment, during a reverse replication process, roles of a source system and target system are altered such that the target system controls the replication process. The target system can identify objects to be transferred, build batches of objects for efficient transfer, and transmit the batches of objects to the source system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention can reduce inefficient communication between a source system and a target system that might otherwise occur during replication processes controlled by the source system. |
| US09516107B2 |
Secure local server for synchronized online content management system
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for securely accessing locally stored synchronized content using a local web server. A client application on a client device may receive from a web browser on the client device a request to access a local content stored on a client device. The client application may be configured to synchronize the local content with a remote content stored in an online content management system. The client application may issue a challenge for the web browser. The client application or the online content management system may then receive a response to the challenge. If the response is a valid response to the challenge, the web browser may be allowed to access the local content via the client application. |
| US09516105B1 |
Fractional redundant distribution of media content
A method and system for a client device to download media content directly from a group of other client devices which play a role of edge servers placed by a content service provider. According to some embodiments, an end user can use his/her client device to stream or download media content from the source client devices selected based on the geographic locality, network topology, etc. The fractions of data corresponding to a portion of media content are stored on the source client devices such that only a subset of the fractions of data are needed to recreate the corresponding portion. That is, by using the first received of the minimum number of fractions to reconstruct each portion of media content, the system does not need to wait for the slowest fractions to arrive, which contributes in reducing latency. |
| US09516103B2 |
Managing linear multimedia content delivery
Users are assigned to virtual groups. Virtual groups are associated with server assets. Achieving load-balancing during the delivery of linear multimedia content, for example, may be achieved through reassigning users to different virtual groups. Server assets can include server clusters that are assigned to the virtual groups. New hardware can be added to server assets without having to directly associate users to the new hardware. |
| US09516102B2 |
Server to client reverse persistence
Embodiments may be directed towards enabling one or more load balance servers to maintain connection flow persistence if the server initiates to the communication to a client. A packet traffic management device may (PTMD) intercept the request from the server and generate reverse persistence information. The PTMD may include a portion of the reverse persistence information in the request before forwarding the request to the targeted client device. The client device may send the response to the PTMD. The PTMD may employ reverse persistence information to identify the target server. The PTMD may remove the reverse persistence information from the response sent by the client and forward the response to the determined server. Removing the reverse persistence information may remove evidence that the PTMD intervened in the connection between the client and server. |
| US09516095B2 |
Data management system and method for displaying data
A user information management method for a hub server connected to a terminal and service provider server, the method including registering user information for the terminal or the service provider server, receiving history information including data created by a user from the registered terminal or the registered service provider server, storing integrated history information obtained by sorting the received history information based on the user information, and transmitting the integrated history information in response to an integrated history information request message received from the registered terminal. Thus, the user can check the functions executed by the terminals owned by the user in an integrated manner and the data generated by multiple diverse terminals and service provider servers are managed in an efficient and integrated manner. |
| US09516094B2 |
Event-responsive download of portions of streamed applications
Disclosed here are implementations involving an application program that includes an event handling portion. The event handling portion monitors for an event associated with execution of an initial portion of the application program downloaded with the event handling portion that involves an additional portion of the application program not yet downloaded. In response to detecting the event, the execution of the initial portion of the application program is paused by the event handler and downloading of the additional portion is initiated. Upon downloading the additional portion of the application program, execution of the initial portion of the application program can resume. |
| US09516085B2 |
Constrained fidelity Adaptive Bit Rate encoding systems and methods
This disclosure describes and adaptive bit rate encoding and distribution techniques for conserving bandwidth usage in a channel. The invention comprises, an encoder or transcoder, a video fragmenter, a video-quality analyzer that output complexity values, a streaming server, a process by which individual fragments are selected for distribution, a video-quality threshold, and, optionally a bandwidth reclamation factor. A video-quality analyzer inspects any combination of the input and output of the encoder, transcoder, or fragmenter, and produces a video-quality metric for each fragment. A fragment-selection process responds to request from a client device. If the video-quality value of the fragment requested exceeds the video-quality threshold, a different fragment having a lower vide-quality value is selected instead. Otherwise, the fragment that would have been selected is selected. In some embodiments, the video-quality threshold can be dynamically adjusted to permit varying amounts of bandwidth reclamation. |
| US09516082B2 |
System and method for advancing to a predefined portion of a decompressed media stream
A computer system generates a first decompressed media stream based on a first compressed media stream. While providing the first decompressed media stream to a presentation device, the computer system receives a content-transition indication for providing a second decompressed media stream to the presentation device instead of the first decompressed media stream. The content-transition indication corresponds to a request to display the second decompressed media stream starting at a respective point within a predefined portion of the second decompressed media stream. The computer system receives a second compressed media stream corresponding to the second decompressed media stream. In response to receiving the content-transition indication, the computer system generates the predefined portion of the second decompressed media stream and provides a subset of the predefined portion, that does not include content prior to the respective point, to the presentation device instead of the first decompressed media stream. |
| US09516081B2 |
Reduced latency electronic content system
An architecture for selecting and providing content items to a device includes cloud-based resources of a device management service and one or more content sources. The device is configured to receive instructions and a portion of the content item from the device management service. The instructions direct the device to obtain and buffer the content item from the content source, while simultaneously outputting the portion of the content item to a user. |
| US09516075B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of managing data, and recording medium
A transmission terminal includes: a memory to store, for each one of a plurality of candidate counterpart terminals that the transmission terminal is capable of communicating, address information indicating at least a location of the candidate counterpart terminal on a network; a user interface to receive a user input of address information of a counterpart terminal, and a communication start request that requests to start communication with the counterpart terminal; a processing circuitry to store the address information of the counterpart terminal received at the user interface in the memory, to register the counterpart terminal as a candidate counterpart terminal for the terminal; and a transmitter to send a request to start communication with the counterpart terminal using the address information of the counterpart terminal that is received at the user interface. |
| US09516074B2 |
Transfer of items between social networking websites
A first website earns rewards, e.g. points and items, for carrying out activities. Those rewards can be transferred to a second website. For example, a parent's website allows the parent to carry more adult tasks and also earn points. The points can be transferred to the child's website. A center of the universe website allows obtaining rewards for any of these websites. A social networking component operates across multiple websites. |
| US09516072B2 |
Device, system and method for generating application data
A device is described. The device comprises: a display configured to display first application data; a processor configured to communicate with a further device. The processor is further configured to: detect an event associated with the further device and generate, in response to the detected event, first application data pertaining to a display of second application data associated with applications executable on the further device; and output the first application data to the display. A system and method are also described. |
| US09516070B2 |
Method for establishing channel for managing IPV4 terminal and network gateway
A method can be used for establishing a channel for managing an IPv4 terminal. An identifier of a network port of an IPv4 terminal is sent by a home gateway. A listening port is allocated to the IPv4 terminal according to the identifier of the network port of the IPv4 terminal, so as to establish a channel for managing the IPv4 terminal between the network port and the listening port, so that the IPv4 terminal is remotely managed by a management device. An identifier of a network port of an IPv4 terminal sent by the IPv4 terminal through a home gateway is received and a listening port is opened for the IPv4 terminal according to the identifier of the network port and used for receiving a management message sent by a management device. |
| US09516066B2 |
Rights management services integration with mobile device management
Rights management services (RMS) integration with mobile device management (MDM) may be provided. A functionality associated with a document may be restricted according to a document management policy. After the document has been transmitted to a receiving device, a request to un-restrict the at least one functionality associated with the document may be received. If it is determined that the receiving device complies with the document management policy, the functionality associated with the document may be un-restricted. |
| US09516063B2 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for performing automated security validation on a virtual machine
An automated build server communicates with an automated build client to build virtual clients hosted by a virtual server. The automated build client communicates with the automated build server to obtain a configuration of the virtual client. The configuration specifies a previously approved security baseline for configuring the resources of the virtual client. The virtual client then obtains a security validation tool that audits the security baseline of the newly built virtual client. Based on the results of the security audit, the virtual client is placed in an operational mode or in a restricted operating mode. The restricted operating has limitations on resources when compared with the operational mode. An administrator is then notified of the security audit failure, who can then update the configuration stored by the automated build server to conform it with the security baseline used by the security validation tool in its security audit. |
| US09516062B2 |
System and method for determining and using local reputations of users and hosts to protect information in a network environment
A method in an example embodiment includes correlating a first set of event data from a private network and determining a local reputation score of a host in the private network based on correlating the first set of event data. The method further includes providing the local reputation score of the host to a security node, which applies a policy, based on the local reputation score of the host, to a network communication associated with the host. In specific embodiments, the local reputation score of the host is mapped to a network address of the host. In further embodiments, the first set of event data includes one or more event indicators representing one or more events, respectively, in the private network. In more specific embodiments, the method includes determining a local reputation score of a user and providing the local reputation score of the user to the security node. |
| US09516047B2 |
Time zero classification of messages
Detecting infectious messages comprises performing an individual characteristic analysis of a message to determine whether the message is suspicious, determining whether a similar message has been noted previously in the event that the message is determined to be suspicious, classifying the message according to its individual characteristics and its similarity to the noted message in the event that a similar message has been noted previously. |
| US09516046B2 |
Analyzing a group of values extracted from events of machine data relative to a population statistic for those values
A metric value is determined for each event in a set of events that characterizes a computational communication or object. For example, a metric value could include a length of a URL or agent string in the event. A subset criterion is generated, such that metric values within the subset are relatively separated from a population's center (e.g., within a distribution tail). Application of the criterion to metric values produces a subset. A representation of the subset is presented in an interactive dashboard. The representation can include unique values in the subset and counts of corresponding event occurrences. Clients can select particular elements in the representation to cause more detail to be presented with respect to individual events corresponding to specific values in the subset. Thus, clients can use their knowledge system operations and observance of value frequencies and underlying events to identify anomalous metric values and potential security threats. |
| US09516045B2 |
Resisting the spread of unwanted code and data
A method or system of receiving an electronic file containing content data in a predetermined data format, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the electronic file, determining the data format, parsing the content data, to determine whether it conforms to the predetermined data format, and if the content data does conform to the predetermined data format, regenerating the parsed data to create a regenerated electronic file in the data format. |
| US09516044B2 |
Method and system for correlating self-reporting virtual asset data with external events to generate an external event identification database
A method and system for correlating patterns of operating virtual assets with external events includes receiving an identification of one of the external events, from one or more electronic sources, and receiving first patterns from one or more first virtual assets, according to one embodiment. The method and system include populating a database with the first patterns and the identification of the one of the external events to map the one of the external events to the first patterns, according to one embodiment. The method and system include receiving second patterns from one or more second virtual assets, and comparing the second patterns to the first patterns, according to one embodiment. The method and system include distributing the identification of the one of the external events to the one or more second virtual assets, if the second patterns are similar to the first patterns, according to one embodiment. |
| US09516042B2 |
Apparatus for switching between multiple servers in a web-based system
A main server and a mirror server hold the same content. A server switching apparatus sets only one of the web servers to be active. In the case where the mirror server has not been attacked in an immediately-previous operating period, the server switching apparatus switches from the main server to the mirror server. Upon receiving a request from a client computer, the server switching apparatus transfers the request to the active web server. The active web server then sends the requested content. |
| US09516034B2 |
Inheritance based network management
Systems and methods for normalization of physical interfaces having different physical attributes are provided. According to one embodiment, information regarding multiple network devices is presented to a network manager. The network devices have substantially identical function. Two physical interfaces of two network devices that are to be normalized are identified. The physical interfaces are normalized by creating a virtual interface (VI) to which both correspond. A policy applicable to the VI is received. Configuration files, in which policies or rules contained therein are expressed in terms of the VI, are created for the network devices while they are offline. Physical interface configurations for the physical interfaces are resolved during installation of the network devices by resolving references to the VI in the configuration files into the respective physical interfaces. |
| US09516033B2 |
Providing restricted access to given devices by constructing abstract devices
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing restricted access to given devices by constructing abstract devices are provided herein. A method includes generating a virtual device based on one or more physical devices; mapping multiple device actions of the one or more physical devices to multiple device actions of the virtual device exposed by the virtual device; incorporating (i) discretionary access control techniques, (ii) policy-based access control techniques, and (iii) a physical device-level partial ordering of actions to determine a resolution in response to a set of multiple user access requests for two or more of the multiple device actions of the virtual device; and executing the two or more device actions of the virtual device on the virtual device for one or more given users in accordance with said resolution by coordinating the execution of two or more corresponding device actions of the one or more physical devices on the one or more physical devices based on said mapping. |
| US09516030B2 |
Communications system for residents of secure facility
A system and a method are provide for two-way communications, automated request handling, and push notifications, via SMS, MMS, IM, email, and other electronic messaging systems, between (1) residents confined to a secure facility, such as a jail or a prison, and (2) persons located outside the secure facility who have friendly or family relationships with the confined residents. |
| US09516027B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing media services subject to viewing restrictions
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining that a communication device is outside of a restricted viewing area associated with media content and transmitting the media content for presentation at the communication device responsive to that determination. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09516025B2 |
Reduced authentication times in constrained computer networks
In one embodiment, a capable node in a low power and lossy network (LLN) may monitor the authentication time for one or more nodes in the LLN. The capable node may dynamically correlate the authentication time with the location of the one or more nodes in the LLN in order to identify one or more authentication-delayed nodes. The node may then select, based on the location of the one or more authentication-delayed nodes, one or more key-delegation nodes to receive one or more network keys so that the key-delegation nodes may perform localized authentication of one or more of the authentication-delayed nodes. The capable node may then distribute the one or more network keys to the one or more key-delegation nodes. |
| US09516024B2 |
Connection authentication
One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for connection authentication are provided herein. A mobile device or device may act as an initiator of a connection with a vehicle, which acts as a target. A user utilizing the device may initiate a connection request by launching an application or browser on the device. The device transmits the connection request to the vehicle. The vehicle may receive the connection request and respond with a device identifier (ID) request. A user of the device may select whether or not to continue. If the user continues, the device transmits a device ID of the device to the vehicle. An interface component may render the connection request for an occupant of the vehicle, such as the driver, and await a response. In this way, a driver of a vehicle may act as a gatekeeper for connections. |
| US09516022B2 |
Automated meeting room
Methods and systems for automatic setup and initiation of meeting resources are described herein. A meeting room, area, or resource may be equipped with a camera or other proximity based sensor to determine when a user enters the meeting area. The camera may perform initial recognition of a user, e.g., based on facial or body recognition. The system may then authenticate the user as the meeting organizer using a second recognition technique, e.g., voice recognition. Based on the user authentication, the system may query the meeting organizer's calendar (or other resource) for meeting information, download an associated meeting presentation from cloud storage, initiate meeting (e.g., screen sharing) software, notify any missing attendees that the meeting has begun, and launch the presentation on a shared screen. The meeting organizer may then control the presentation using video and/or voice. All may be completed without the meeting organizer being required to touch anything. |
| US09516021B2 |
Secure management of a smart card
A smart card includes a processing circuit, a memory that contains a protected object, an activity detector that receives a signal that describes a planned activity of a person who is in physical possession of the smart card, and an activity analyzer that evaluates features of the planned activity. In response to the activity analyzer determining that a predefined risk associated with the planned activity exceeds a predetermined value, the activity analyzer issues an instruction to a user to provide a biomarker to a biosensor. A blending logic blends real-time biometric data with a security object to generate a hybrid security object. A conversion logic uses the hybrid security object to convert a protected object into a usable object that can be utilized by the processing circuit within the smart card. A matrix barcode generator generates a matrix barcode that contains information about the user of the smart card. |
| US09516017B2 |
System and device for consolidating SIM, personal token, and associated applications for electronic wallet transactions
The present invention relates generally to a smart card device that is configured to facilitate wireless network access and credential verification. Specifically, the device is configured to meet the physical and electrical specification for commercially available mobile devices utilizing a standard Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for network access. The device combines the features of the SIM with Common Access Card or Personal Identity Verification card features to allow a network subscriber to invoke secure payment transactions over a carrier's network. The system includes data storage for maintaining a plurality of network and transaction instrument profiles and a profile gateway for receiving transaction information from a payment gateway, sending an authorization request to a user's mobile device, receiving a transaction authorization from the mobile device, and sending transaction information to a payment gateway to finalize the payment transaction. |
| US09516012B2 |
Method and server of electronic safes with information sharing
A method of managing electronic safes implemented by a server on behalf of at least one user possessing at least a first electronic safe, said method comprising a step of implementing access means designed to provide said user with access, via a second safe belonging to said user, to a set of data forming part of a content accessible via the first electronic safe, said implementation step being intended to be carried out in the event of authentication of said user as the user owning the first electronic safe. |
| US09516009B2 |
Authenticating redirection service
A redirection service may receive a destination URI plus a set of conditions for reaching the URI. The conditions may include authentication conditions. The service may generate an intermediate URI which may direct to an intermediate service. The intermediate service may execute the various conditions, then redirect to the destination URI. In some cases, the intermediate service may pass data to the destination URI, and such data may include data gathered while executing the various conditions. The intermediate service may accessed through an Application Programming Interface (API). An example use scenario for the redirection service may be to generate publically publishable URIs for a private chat service, where an intermediate URI may be generated for a specific user or group of users, and may permit only those users to access a private chat room through the publically available URI. |
| US09516008B2 |
Generating challenge response sets utilizing semantic web technology
Embodiments of the present invention relate to generating challenge response sets utilizing semantic web technology. In response to detecting an authentication session for a user, a computing device generates a first challenge question that is semantically related to a second challenge question previously responded to by the user, wherein the authentication session seeks to validate an identification of the user. The computing device determines whether a response to the challenge question by the user is valid. In response to determining that the response to the challenge question by the user was valid, the computing device generates a third challenge question or a notification that the response to the challenge question validates the identification of the user. |
| US09516005B2 |
Individual-specific content management
A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for facilitating individual-specific content management. For example, a method is provided that includes receiving information regarding at least one prerequisite condition relating to at least one individual, receiving information regarding the at least one individual, determining whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied, and causing individual-specific content associated with the at least one individual to be transmitted. At least a portion of the individual-specific content comprises protected content configured to be unviewable and/or unmodifiable. The method further includes receiving at least one access credential and causing at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable and/or modifiable. |
| US09516003B2 |
Unified cloud computing network interface
A cloud computing network device is disclosed. The device is configured to receive a request from a joining device for access to the cloud computing network, and in response to the request, authenticate the joining device according to an authentication protocol. The device is also configured to receive from the joining device an indication of one or more items local to the joining device to be made available to other devices on the cloud computing network, and in response to the indication, provide information identifying items to the other devices on the cloud computing network. |
| US09516002B2 |
Systems and methods for securing data in motion
Two approaches are provided for distributing trust among certificate authorities. Each approach may be used to secure data in motion. One approach provides methods and systems in which a secure data parser is used to distribute trust in a set of certificate authorities during initial negotiation (e.g., the key establishment phase) of a connection between two devices. Another approach of the present invention provides methods and systems in which the secure data parser is used to disperse packets of data into shares. A set of tunnels is established within a communication channel using a set of certificate authorities, keys developed during the establishment of the tunnels are used to encrypt shares of data for each of the tunnels, and the shares of data are transmitted through each of the tunnels. Accordingly, trust is distributed among a set of certificate authorities in the structure of the communication channel itself. |
| US09516000B2 |
Runtime instantiation of broadcast encryption schemes
Embodiments of the present invention relate to runtime instantiation of broadcast encryption schemes. In one embodiment, a method of and computer program product for runtime instantiation of broadcast encryption schemes is provided. A broadcast encryption definition is read. The broadcast encryption definition defines a broadcast encryption scheme and includes a plurality of function definitions. Based on the plurality of function definitions, it is determined whether the broadcast encryption definition defines encrypting or decrypting content. Based on the plurality of function definitions a type of the broadcast encryption scheme is determined. |
| US09515999B2 |
Automated access, key, certificate, and credential management
Certain embodiments provide means for managing automated access to computers, e.g., using SSH user keys and other kinds of trust relationships. Certain embodiments also provide for managing certificates, Kerberos credentials, and cryptographic keys. Certain embodiments provide for remediating legacy SSH key problems and for automating configuration of SSH keys, as well as for continuous monitoring. |
| US09515996B1 |
Distributed password-based authentication in a public key cryptography authentication system
An authentication system comprises a plurality of servers storing respective shares of a private key, and a controller associated with the servers. The authentication system is configured to receive a message comprising a password encrypted using a public key corresponding to the private key. The controller directs performance of distributed password-based authentication in the authentication system based at least in part on the encrypted password utilizing the shares of the private key stored in the respective servers. The message is formatted in a manner consistent with an authentication protocol that normally utilizes public key signatures as a mechanism for authentication but is modified to support password-based authentication. For example, the message may be formatted in a manner consistent with a request message of a Kerberos PKINIT protocol extension. |
| US09515981B2 |
Method and system for increasing speed of domain name system resolution within a computing device
A system for resolving domain name system (DNS) queries, contains a communication device for resolving DNS queries, wherein the communication device further contains a memory and a processor that is configured by the memory, a cache storage for use by the communication device, and a network of authoritative domain name servers, where in a process of the communication device looking up a DNS request within the cache storage, if the communication device views an expired DNS entry within the cache storage, the communication device continues the process of looking up the DNS request in the cache storage while, in parallel, sending out a concurrent DNS request to an authoritative domain name server that the expired DNS entry belongs to. |
| US09515980B2 |
Scaled domain name service
A method or system for transferring information during the domain name service (DNS) lookup to more effectively utilizing the content delivery network (CDN) is disclosed. Information gathered from DNS request is used to identify information on how to serve the content with a chosen IP address returned from the DNS lookup. The DNS server selects from a number of possible IP addresses after analyzing information from the DNS request and popularity of associated content. The different IP addresses will result in different edge servers providing content. An IP address could be provided for popular content in a way that will tend to populate more content caches from the pool of edge servers in one embodiment. |
| US09515978B1 |
System and method for verified delivery of e-mail messages
A system and method delivers e-mail messages if it can validate the master name server, MX record, or both for the mail domain in the address of the message. Otherwise, the message may be sent by alternate means, such as a message printed and mailed. |
| US09515977B2 |
Time based electronic message delivery
An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification. An enhancement engine reconfigures the electronic message to the enhanced notification if stored information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification. Reconfiguring the electronic message may include reconfiguring the message to provide special handling, routing or presentation. |
| US09515973B1 |
System and method for analyzing and filtering journaled electronic mail
A system, method, and program for the processing of large amounts of email based on user-configurable criteria in close to real-time. The invention enables filtering of all journaled emails in an organization for the duration of a regulatory proceeding, or for audit purposes, thus greatly reducing the manual effort required to produce a targeted set of emails. The journaling feature copies all unique emails coming through the distributed email server farm to a smaller set of email mailboxes. The filtering application could run as a batch operation on each of those “journaling” mailboxes at periodic intervals or could run interactively. The user-defined filter criteria are applied to the emails filling up the “journaling” mailboxes, and matches are separated from the non-matches for analysis. The invention can be executed on offline data, such as personal message stores or individual compound message files. |
| US09515968B2 |
Controlling access to ideograms
Particular embodiments of a method comprise providing one or more ideograms (e.g., written characters, symbols or images that represent an idea or thing) for insertion into a message. A request may be received from a user for a restricted one of the ideograms. A determination may be made as to whether the user is authorized to access the restricted ideogram. This determination may be based on whether the user is a member of a group of authorized users, whether an attribute of the user meets a restriction requirement, or whether the request comprises an authorization code or token. If the user is authorized to access the restricted ideogram, then the restricted ideogram may be displayed to the user in association with the message. Otherwise, a restricted-content response may be generated. |
| US09515966B2 |
Interactive web collaboration systems and methods
A topic room is provided in which one or more individuals or other entities may collaborate on topics of mutual interest. Multiple individuals or participants may use the topic room to communicate in real or non-real time and may work together to create, browse, modify, comment on, and perform any other suitable action on content. A chat room within the topic room receives, records, and transmits the communications and all activity in the topic room to all participants as messages. Client processes at a participant's user equipment may listen to the messages and take particular actions. For example, one participant can follow another participant as that participant browses through material by using the messages received from that participant. |
| US09515965B2 |
Managing data paths in an operator graph
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and, system for processing data such as a stream of tuples. The method can include receiving the stream of tuples to be processed by a plurality of stream operators operating on one or more computer processors. The method can include creating an overflow path that includes at least one stream operator that performs processing duplicative to at least one stream operator from the plurality of stream operators. The method can include monitoring a stream operator for a triggering condition. The method can include identifying a tuple from the stream of tuples to process on the overflow path. The method can include processing, on the overflow path, the identified tuple from the stream of tuples in response to the presence of the triggering condition. |
| US09515963B2 |
Universal network interface controller
A universal network interface controller (UNIC) is provided for interfacing a host computer to a switch fabric, a packet network, or both. The UNIC includes encapsulation logic configured to encapsulate a CBP communication for transmission as switch fabric data on the switch fabric. Finally, the UNIC includes transmit logic configured to transmit the encapsulated CBP communication to the remote CBP device using the switch fabric. |
| US09515960B2 |
Obtaining information from data items
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining and processing information from a predetermined portion of a header of a data item such as an IP packet transmitted via a communication network such as a packet network, the portion carrying a codepoint selected from a first set of codepoints each of which has a pre-defined meaning according to a first pre-defined communication protocol. The method comprises: receiving the data item; inspecting the header whereby to determine the codepoint carried by the predetermined portion thereof; identifying whether the codepoint is a member of a second set of codepoints, the second set comprising fewer possible codepoints than the first set; and in the event that the codepoint is identified as being a member of the second set, and in dependence on such an identification being made, interpreting that codepoint according to a different pre-defined communication protocol as having a different pre-defined meaning and routing the data item via the communication network via the second pre-defined communication protocol. |
| US09515959B2 |
Systems and methods for reduced bandwidth data transmission between network connected devices
Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing bandwidth during the transmission of data between first and second devices over a network. One method includes: receiving a first data request from the first device; generating a first request identifier associated with the first data request; transmitting to the first device a response to the first data request and the first request identifier associated with the first data request; receiving, from the first device, a partial second data request, the partial second data request including the first request identifier associated with the first data request, and a differential between the first data request and the second data request; and constructing, at the second device, a full second data request, based on a comparison between the first data request, fetched using the first request identifier, and the received differential between the first data request and the second data request. |
| US09515958B2 |
Accessing a cloud-based service using a communication device linked to another communication device via a peer-to-peer ad hoc communication link
Arrangements described herein relate to accessing a cloud based service. Responsive to a user of a first communication device initiating access to the cloud based service via the first communication device, a prompt for a valid password to be entered to access the cloud based service can be received by the first communication device. Responsive to the valid password required to access the cloud based service not being stored on the first communication device, the first communication device can automatically retrieve the valid password from a second communication device via a peer-to-peer ad hoc communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device. The valid password can be automatically provided, by the first communication device, to a login service for the cloud based service to obtain access by the first communication device to the cloud based service. |
| US09515952B2 |
Method of and system for managing computing resources
According to one example of the present invention there is provided a method of managing a set of computing resources accessible to a client via a network. The method comprises monitoring computing resources of the set of computing resources and managing the computing resources in accordance with a set of computing resource guidelines. The method further comprises generating, based on the steps of monitoring and managing, a computer resource configuration change request, the request identifying a computing resource, identifying, from the identified computing resource, a client associated with the resource, determining whether the requested configuration change request is compatible with a client service level agreement, SLA, associated with the identified client; and, where it is so determined, authorizing the requested configuration change request to be made. |
| US09515951B2 |
Computing system architecture that facilitates forming of customized virtual disks
A computing system architecture that facilitates constructing a virtual disk that is customized for an application is described herein. An exemplary computing system having such architecture includes a first plurality of homogeneous storage servers, each storage server in the first plurality of storage servers comprising respective data storage devices of a first type. The exemplary computing system also includes a second plurality of homogeneous storage servers, each storage server in the second plurality of storage servers comprising respective data storage devices of a second type. A virtual disk that is customized for an application is constructed by mapping a linear (virtual) address space to portions of storage devices across the first plurality of storage servers and the second plurality of storage servers. The storage servers are accessible over a full bisection bandwidth network. |
| US09515949B2 |
Managing content delivery network service providers
A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains client computing device requests for content. The network storage provider processes the client computing device requests and determines whether a subsequent request for the resource should be directed to a CDN service provider as a function of the updated or processed by the network storage provider storage component. |
| US09515947B1 |
Method and system for providing a virtual network-aware storage array
A multi-tenant virtual network-aware storage array device is disclosed and includes a storage array manager component for storing and managing data associated with a plurality of tenants. The storage array manager component is configured to provide a plurality of storage entities, where each of the plurality of storage entities is associated with a tenant of the plurality of tenants. The storage array manager component generates a virtual network instance (“VNI”) for a first tenant, where the VNI is associated with a first storage entity and with a virtual network identifier (“VNID”) identifying the VNI. In addition, a virtual network tunnel endpoint (“VTEP”) for the VNI is generated. The storage array manager component encapsulates content relating to the first storage entity with the VNID for presentation to a first tenant system of the first tenant over a transport network via the VTEP. |
| US09515936B1 |
System and methods for identifying and remedying traffic imbalances and inequities between networks
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a system and methods for balancing network loads across distinct provider networks. In one implementation, a virtual network representative of at least a first provider network is established having at least one interconnection point where network traffic is exchanged between the first provider network and a second provider network and having at least one provider edge port and at least one potential interconnection point. A measurement of a bandwidth between the at least one provider edge port and the at least one interconnection point is obtained. A measurement of a distance between the at least one provider edge port and a geographically closest of the at least one potential interconnection point or the at least one interconnection point is obtained. A network load indication for the first provider network as a function of the bandwidth measurement and the distance measurement is obtained. |
| US09515935B2 |
VXLAN based multicasting systems having improved load distribution
A virtual extensible local area network (“VXLAN”) system includes servers having VXLAN tunnel end points (“VTEP”) and virtual machines (“VMs”), multiple routers to transmit network data using bidirectional groups (“BIDIRs”) and rendezvous points (“RPs”), and an associated management and provisioning entity (“MPE”) adapted to arrange BIDIRs dynamically based upon network traffic such that traffic is more evenly distributed across the VXLAN. Some of the routers can be preconfigured as potential RPs, and the MPE can activate and deactivate these routers to and from RP status as needed. The MPE creates and rearranges BIDIRs based upon volume thresholds of traffic being reached in BIDIRs, such as by splitting overloaded BIDIRs. Network traffic can be monitored by VTEPs and RPs. |
| US09515929B2 |
Traffic data pre-filtering
A network appliance includes a first and second compliance checker and an action identifier. Each compliance checker includes a first and second lookup operator. Traffic data is received by the network appliance. A field within the traffic data is separated into a first and second subfield. The first lookup operator performs a lookup operation on the first subfield of the traffic data and generates a first lookup result. The second lookup operator performs a lookup operation on the second subfield of the traffic data and generates a second lookup result. A compliance result is generated by a lookup result analyzer based on the first and second lookup results. An action is generated by an action identifier based at least in part on the compliance result. The action indicates whether or not additional inspection of the traffic data is required. The first and second lookup operators may perform different lookup methodologies. |
| US09515924B2 |
Method and apparatus providing single-tier routing in a shortest path bridging (SPB) network
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) and gateway Media Access Controller (MAC) distribution is presented. At least one subnet associated with a Layer 2 Virtual Switching Network (L2VSN) is provided on a network device. A message is propagated to a distributed Datapath. Network devices install the message as a routable MAC address on the L2VSN for the Layer 3 Virtual Switching Network/Virtual Routing and Forwarding (L3VSN/VRF) associated with the message. Edge devices route packets on the L2VSN addressed to the gateway MAC address. |
| US09515923B2 |
Method and device for processing interconnected ring in multi-protocol label switching
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for processing an interconnected ring in multi-protocol label switching. The method includes classifying to-be-processed services as a single ring service for an original ring and a cross-ring service for an interconnected ring corresponding to the original ring, determining information about a virtual point corresponding to the interconnected ring, creating a virtual channel of the original ring according to the information about the virtual point, using the virtual channel to forward the cross-ring service to the interconnected ring, and processing the single ring service according to a pre-created actual channel of the original ring. |
| US09515922B2 |
Distributed fibre channel forwarder
A distributed Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Forwarder (FCF) and a distributed Fiber Channel Switch are described. The Distributed FCF is realized by instantiating respective connections between at least one Controlling FCF and a plurality of FCoE Data-Plane Forwarder (FDF) devices and between individual FDF devices. The Distributed FC Switch is realized by instantiating respective connections between at least one Controlling Switch and a plurality of FC Data-Plane Forwarder (FCDF) devices and between individual FCDF devices. |
| US09515919B2 |
Method and apparatus for protection switching in packet transport system
In order to perform protection switching of a frame that is transmitted and received between a packet processor and a host processor, when an input frame is a receiving frame and a signal failure has occurred, by transporting a message including a protection switching command to a packet processor, protection switching is performed. Information representing that protection switching is performed is recorded in a header of the receiving frame, and a frame including a message including a corresponding header is transported to the host processor. |
| US09515916B2 |
Redirection of requests for target addresses
In one embodiment, a first network device may receive a request for an identifier of at least one target to service a client. The first network device may obtain an identifier of each of two or more targets. The first network device may then determine whether to redirect the request. The first network device may redirect the request to a second network device according to a result of the determining step, where the first network device is in a first autonomous system and the second network device is in a second autonomous system. |
| US09515914B2 |
Path computation element proxying for deterministic wireless networks
In one embodiment, an agent device discovers a set of path computation elements (PCEs) and corresponding available capabilities and resources, and determines particular capabilities and resources of interest in a particular computer network. Upon building a simplified view of the available capabilities and resources of the set of PCEs based on the particular capabilities and resources of interest, the agent device advertises the simplified view of the available capabilities and resources into the particular computer network. |
| US09515911B2 |
Method and a processing device for distributed network monitoring
The invention relates to a method for distributed network monitoring. The network comprises a central processing device and a multitude of N measuring devices. Each measuring devices has received from the central device a granularity value. A granularity value is a measure which defines when a report is transmitted to the central processing device and consequently a measure of detected but not reported data. The granularity values Ginit 1 . . . Ginit N initially assigned to the measuring devices form a monotonic series. The central processing device detects when the largest granularity value has to be changed to ensure that a global value derived from the reports will not exceed a threshold value more than a maximal error. |
| US09515910B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying and remedying traffic imbalances and inequities between networks
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for balancing network loads across distinct provider networks using enriched network traffic flow data. In one implementation, network traffic flow data representative of network traffic exchanged between a first provider network and a second provider network is generated. The network traffic flow data is enriched using at least one enrichment feed. A network load indication for the first provider network is calculated using the enriched network traffic flow data. The network load indication is a function of a bandwidth measurement and a distance measurement. |
| US09515907B2 |
Monitoring method of monitoring module
A monitoring method of a monitoring module is applied to a server. The server includes the monitoring module and a system. The monitoring module receives a status message from the system every monitoring time interval, and the status message reflects a status of the system. When the status message received by the monitoring module is OFF status message, the monitoring chip records the status of the system as ON status and starts counting. When a number of the monitoring module counting does not reach to a designated number, the monitoring chip records the status of the system as ON status. When the number of the monitoring chip counting reaches to the designated number, the monitoring chip records the status of the system as OFF status. |
| US09515906B2 |
Transceiver integrated circuit device and method of operation thereof
A transceiver integrated circuit (IC) device for a multi-channel, and a method of operating the same are provided. The transceiver IC device transmits and receives information and data between a central gateway (CGW) and a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) using a controller area network (CAN). The transceiver IC device includes a plurality of CAN transceivers and a monitoring sensor that detects whether a transceiver IC device operates normally. A wake-up detector detects a wake-up signal transmitted via a network and a controller transmits and receives a CAN signal to and from the plurality of CAN transceivers. In addition, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) communication portion transmits and receives information and data from the controller to and from a microcomputer of the CGW. |
| US09515904B2 |
Monitoring streaming media content
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media content are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to monitor streaming media content comprises extracting first metering data from media content to be provided to a content presentation device via a transport stream, the first metering data identifying at least one of the media content or a source of the media content, combining the first metering data with second metering data obtained independently of the media content, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the content presentation device, and transcoding the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the content presentation device. |
| US09515901B2 |
Automatic asynchronous handoff identification
Asynchronous handoffs between threads and other software components may be automatically detected, and the corresponding working objects may be tracked. The system may report monitoring information for an overall transaction that includes the original request and corresponding asynchronous requests. Automatically detecting asynchronous requests may include instrumenting a virtual machine, such as a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), to detect the creation of thread handoff objects and the object and/or thread execution. Thread handoff objects may automatically tracked, tracked based on data learned over time, tracked based on user input, and otherwise configured. In some embodiments, after detecting the creation of a thread handoff object, an identification of the object of the call may be identified as being tracked in another server or application. |
| US09515900B2 |
Measuring latency within a networking device
Presented herein are techniques to measure latency associated with packets that are processed within a network device. A packet is received at a component of a network device comprising one or more components. A timestamp representing a time of arrival of the packet at a first point in the network device is associated with the packet. The timestamp is generated with respect to a clock of the network device. A latency value for the packet is computed based on at least one of the timestamp and current time of arrival at a second point in the network device. One or more latency statistics are updated based on the latency value. |
| US09515898B2 |
Method and system for information processing for receiving place information and recording medium for the same
The present invention relates to an information processing method and system, and a recording medium for the same. An information processing system includes a place terminal side transceiver for receiving place identification information and network ID information set to a communication network device disposed in a place from a terminal disposed in the place; a storing section for storing the connections among at least one place identification information per a place, the network ID information set to the communication network device disposed in each place, and place information corresponding to each place into a storing medium(1); a wireless terminal side transceiver for receiving identification information of a wireless terminal and communication network ID information accessed with the wireless terminal through an application equipped in a user's wireless terminal; an information checking section for firstly checking the network ID information to be matched with the communication network ID information received by the wireless terminal side transceiver through the storing medium(1), and secondly checking at least one of the place identification information and place information connected to the firstly checked network ID information; a registering requesting section for transmitting at least one of the place identification information and the place information checked through the information checking section by the application equipped in the wireless terminal and requesting automatic output registration of place information for the place; and a registering processing section for processing to register and store the identification information of the wireless terminal connectively with at least one of the place identification information and the network ID information set to the communication network device disposed in the place into a storing medium(2), if registration-approval information corresponding to the automatic output registration request through the registering requesting section is received by the application equipped in the wireless terminal. |
| US09515893B2 |
System and method to provide a domain split display
In various example embodiments, systems and methods for a domain split display are provided. A first request call directed to a first domain is received. In response, first served content including content retrieved based on the first domain is transmitted to a client device. The first served content is used by the client device to generate a parent page comprising a content iframe, which is associated with a second domain. A second request call directed to a second domain is received and second served content is transmitted to the client device. The second served content includes content retrieved from the second domain. The second served content causes a data receiver iframe associated with the first domain and an event receiver iframe associated with the second domain to be displayed within the content iframe. User-generated content for display in the data receiver iframe is then transmitted. The user-generated content is retrieved from the second domain, whereby the second domain is different from the first domain. The data receiver iframe may communicate a size required to display the user-generated content to the event receiver iframe, which in turn, communicates the size to the parent page. |
| US09515891B2 |
Aggregated, interactive communication timeline
Described is a technology by which an interactive timeline user interface shows communication data aggregated from various sources (e.g., a telephone service, a website, an application and/or the like) in time order. To reduce the number of items in the timeline, certain items may be combined into a compressed item, e.g., items from the same source and/or of the same type may be rolled up into a rolled up item. The user may also interact to reply to a data item. For example, an editor may be provided upon interaction with a data item in the timeline, and the type of reply that is sent may automatically match the type of data item, (e.g., a text message reply to a text message). |
| US09515889B2 |
Geographic location system and method
A method for determining a derived geographic location of a target Internet host includes identifying plural landmark Internet hosts communicatively coupled with the target Internet host by a network. The method also includes measuring network latencies of probe packets transmitted to the target and landmark Internet hosts along different network pathways and calculating relative distances between the target Internet host and one or more of the landmark Internet hosts based on the network latencies. The method further includes comparing the relative distances to identify at least one of the landmark Internet hosts that is geographically closer to the target Internet host than one or more other landmark Internet hosts and determining the derived geographic location of the target Internet host based on a geographic location of the at least one of the landmark Internet hosts that is geographically closer to the target Internet host. |
| US09515885B2 |
Handling crowd requests for large geographic areas
A system and method are provided for processing a request for crowd data for a large geographic area. In one embodiment, a central system, which includes one or more servers, operates to obtain current locations for users of mobile devices and form crowds of three or more users based on the current locations of the users. In order to provide access to crowd data for crowds for a large geographic area, the central system receives a request for crowd data from a requesting device, establishes a bounding region for the request, and identifies one or more starting points within the bounding region for the request. Crowds are identified, crowd data for the crowds is generated, and the crowd data is returned to the requesting device in an iterative manner for a series of two or more outwardly radiating, concentric geographic regions centered at the one or more starting points. |
| US09515882B2 |
Managing imaging of computing devices
Systems and methods for managing imaging of computing devices are provided. A device image manager enables selection of one or more device images on the basis of various computing device criteria. The device image manager may obtain hardware qualification information associated with one or more device images, and obtain device configuration information associated with a computing device. The device image manager may select a set of appropriate device images for the computing device based on the hardware qualification information, device configuration information, or various device image selection criteria. |
| US09515880B1 |
Integrated circuits with clock selection circuitry
An integrated circuit device may include processing circuits that can be dynamically reconfigured to perform different tasks each of which utilizes different system clock resources. The device may include clock selection circuitry that can selectively route desired clock signals to corresponding processing circuits. The clock signal provided to each processing circuit may be selected based on a current configuration of that processing circuit. Client processing circuits in a network switch may be coupled to interchangeable client networks. The client processing circuits may be dynamically reconfigured based on characteristics of the client networks that are currently coupled to the network switch. By dynamically selecting which clock resources are provided to the processing circuits, clock resources such as global clock signals that are relatively scarce may be reserved for processing circuits that can only function with the relatively scarce clock resources. Arranged in this way, clock resource utilization may be continuously optimized. |
| US09515879B2 |
Establishing an action list for reconfiguration of a remote hardware system
Establishing an action list for reconfiguration of a remote hardware system includes: receiving, by an action list generator via a graphical user interface (‘GUI’) presenting a graphical representation of the remote hardware system, a command to record subsequent actions; while recording: receiving, by the action list generator via the GUI, a series of user operations; identifying, for each user operation in the series, an action associated with the user operation; recording, by the action list generator, each identified action in an action list ordered in accordance with the series of user operations; and receiving a command to cease recording of subsequent actions. |
| US09515877B1 |
Systems and methods for enrolling and configuring agents
A method of managing an agent by an administrative server is described. The method includes receiving an enrollment request from the agent. The agent is disconnected from a core server, and the core server is periodically connected to the administrative server. The method also includes performing a provisional enrollment procedure with the agent. The method further includes performing an enrollment procedure between the agent and the core server. The method additionally includes performing a configuration procedure between the agent and the core server. |
| US09515875B2 |
Zero touch deployment of multi-tenant services in a home network environment
An example method for zero touch deployment of multi-tenant services in a home network environment is provided and includes receiving router configuration information of a home router located in a home network, the router configuration information including at least one slice setting for a service deployment at the home router, and configuring the slice setting on the home router for the service from a remote network separate from the home network. The slice setting can logically divide the home router to enable separation of the service from other services provisioned and configured on the home router. In specific embodiments, the method further includes receiving a request for the service from a service user entity, sending a slice provisioning request to a router manager for provisioning the service in the home router, and receiving a slice provisioned response comprising the router configuration information from the router manager. |
| US09515874B2 |
Efficient use of dynamic host configuration protocol in low power and lossy networks
In one embodiment, each of a plurality of devices in a computer network is configured to i) transmit a unicasted dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) solicit message to a neighbor device having a route to a border router as an assumed DHCP relay without regard to location of a DHCP server, and ii) operate as a DHCP relay to receive unicasted DHCP solicit messages and relay the solicit message to the border router of the network without regard to location of the DHCP server, and to relay a DHCP reply to a corresponding requestor device. |
| US09515870B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving data in wireless access system and apparatus for same
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless access system supporting relay nodes, and an apparatus for same. In particular, the present invention comprises the steps of: sending a request for a retransmission to an adjacent second terminal, in case the recovery of data from a first signal received from a base station fails due to interference by the second terminal adjacent to a first terminal; the first terminal receiving a second signal from the second terminal; and the first terminal recovering data from the first signal, using the second signal, wherein the base station schedules a terminal other than the first and second terminals at the point of transmitting the second signal. |
| US09515869B2 |
Systems and methods for server cluster application virtualization
Application instances can be virtualized and operate in a fault tolerant and load-balanced means across a cluster of servers while still maintaining access to a common pool of data. Each application instance is instantiated so to operate on top of a virtual host that possesses a distinct virtual Internet protocol address. Each node within a server cluster environment can possess one or more virtual hosts wherein upon server failover the virtual host and its associated virtual Internet protocol address can be relocated to another server without disturbing the instantiation of the application on the virtual host. |
| US09515868B2 |
System and method for communication
A communications system includes: a first node device provided in a first network; a first controller controlling the first node device; a second node device provided in a second network and connected to the first node device; and a second controller controlling the second node device. The first controller sets the first node device with a processing rule according to which packets transferred between the first and second controllers are processed. The second controller sets the second node device with a processing rule according to which the packets are processed. The first and second controllers exchanges the packets each other through at least the first and second node devices. |
| US09515864B2 |
Differentiated service behavior based on differentiated services code point (DSCP) bits
A device may be configured to receive an Internet Protocol (IP) packet from a client device. The IP packet may include DiffServ Code Points (DSCP) information and payload data. The device may read the DSCP information included in the IP packet. The device may determine a module to load based on the DSCP information and before reading the payload data included in the IP packet. The device may load the module and provide a service to the client device based on the loaded module and the IP packet. |
| US09515862B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an input formatter for input formatting input streams, wherein the input formatting includes a divider for dividing the input streams into each data transmission path including one or multiple service or service component, wherein each of the input streams includes at least one IP (Internet Protocol) packet having a variable length, wherein each IP packet includes a packet header and a packet payload, a compressor for compressing each the packet header, an encoder for encoding data in the each data transmission path, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame, wherein each the signal frame includes the encoded data and a signaling data and a modulator for modulating at least one of the signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme. |
| US09515860B2 |
Wideband and narrowband receiver
Systems and methods provide a receiver design capable of both wideband (high symbol rate) and narrowband (low symbol rate) operations requirements without compromising narrowband performance. Moreover, such a receiver design can be very low cost, and eschewing the need for any expensive and/or specialized elements. A receiver configured in accordance with various embodiments utilizes a fully integrated tuner in which narrowband filters are configured to be bypassable when in wideband (high symbol rate) mode in favor of fixed wideband filters. Additionally, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) can be implemented with digital gain for wideband operation, as well as digital data bit mapping to accommodate industry standard application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) interfaces, such as from a 12 bit ADC core to an 8 bit digital interface. |
| US09515859B2 |
Delta modulated low-power EHF communication link
A system for communicating modulated EHF signals may include a modulation circuit responsive to a bi-level transmit information signal for generating a transmit output signal. The transmit output signal may have an EHF frequency when the transmit information signal is at a first information state and may be suppressed when the transmit information signal is at a second information state. A transmit transducer operatively coupled to the modulation circuit may be responsive to the transmit output signal for converting the transmit output signal into an electromagnetic signal. |
| US09515852B1 |
Loss of signal detection on CDR
The present invention is directed to data communication. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a technique for detecting loss of signal. An incoming data stream is sampled and a recovered clock signal is generated accordingly. An output clock signal of a higher frequency than the recovered clock signal is generated by a transmission PLL. The frequency of the recovered clock signal is compared to a divided frequency of the output clock signal. If a difference between the recovered clock signal and the output clock signal is greater than a threshold, a loss of signal indication is provided. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US09515851B1 |
Reduced dimension time domain channel estimation in a wireless communication network
Methods and systems for obtaining improved joint channel estimates for a multi-user, frequency-multiplexed data transmission such as SC-FDMA or OFDM begins by estimating separate contributions of users (and/or other signal sources) to the received signal based on joint frequency domain channel estimates. A reduced data set is obtained by subtracting contributions of one or more users from the received data, leaving only the estimated contributions of the remaining users, with noise and residual estimation error signal. Time domain joint channel estimation is then performed on the reduced data set, which is feasible because the number of users has been reduced. In exemplary embodiments, the reduced data set includes only one estimated user contribution. This process is repeated to obtain time domain estimates for all of the users. The method can be repeated by using the TD channel estimates to re-estimate the user contributions and calculate revised TD channel estimates. |
| US09515850B2 |
Non-validated emergency calls for all-IP 3GPP IMS networks
An emergency call in an all Internet Protocol (IP) network having GPRS access is able to be completed without a valid SIM. A valid Subscriber Identity Module is substituted for the missing or invalid SIM only when an emergency call is attempted. The emergency call is either sent via an IMSI from an embedded SIM provided by the UE making the emergency call, or the emergency call is modified with an IMSI substituted by an Emergency SIM Pool Function prior to being sent to the HLR for validation. The SIM is valid for the UE's emergency call so the emergency call is completed because the UE is considered validated by the network. |
| US09515849B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing communication faults
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may utilize, for example, a method involving receiving from a first communication device a service request while providing back-up services to an out-of-service network element, detecting a deficiency in call state information to process the service request, transmitting to the first communication device an error message that prevents termination of an active Internet Protocol (IP) communication path between the first communication device and a second communication device, and receiving from the first communication device a request for an alternate IP communication path for communicating between the first and second communication devices which resolves the deficiency in call state information. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09515845B2 |
Utility communication method and system
An exemplary method and system of the present disclosure use the Parallel Redundancy Protocol PRP (IEC 62439-3) for traffic duplication and redundant transport of the duplicated traffic in a single packet-switched wide-area communication network including a plurality of nodes interconnected via inter-node links in a meshed topology. The method involves identifying, between a send and receive node, two distinct communication paths with no link or node in common except for the send and receive node, and configuring the send and receive nodes to operate according to the Parallel Redundancy Protocol PRP. At any time during regular operation, and for any critical message to be transmitted from the send to the receive node, two redundant packets can be generated, and each of the redundant packets is sent via one of the two communication paths, resulting in an increased availability of the communication network without incurring the cost of full network duplication. |
| US09515837B1 |
Policy implementation during charging server interruption
Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for providing default policy information from a policy and charging rules function (PCRF). In one example, a PCRF is configured to identify an interruption in communications with an online charging server. Responsive to this identification, the PCRF transfers a default policy requirement notification to a packet data network gateway. Based on the default policy requirement notification, the packet data network gateway transfers a default policy rule request to the PCRF. In response to the request, the PCRF identifies default policy rules and transfers the default policy rules to the packet data network gateway to be implemented. |
| US09515830B2 |
Universal hash function computing device, method and program
A universal hash function calculation device includes a message register sequentially outputs a message of which the bit number is a prime number and of which the length is such that the smallest primitive root when the bit number is set as the modulo is 2, outputting said message one bit at a time. A cyclic key register cyclically permutates a key having the same number of bits as the message, and sequentially outputs a cyclic key vector obtained as a result of the cyclical permutation. On the basis of the sequentially-output cyclic key vector and a message bit that is sequentially output one bit at a time, a logical product calculation unit outputs the cyclic key vector when the message bit is 1, and outputs an all-zero vector having the same bit number as the cyclic key vector when the message bit is 0. A cumulative sum calculation unit accumulates calculation results having the same number as the output bit number and calculates the exclusive disjunction. |
| US09515829B2 |
Information distribution method, information distribution system and in-vehicle terminal
[Objective] When installing software into an in-vehicle terminal from a server, it is required to prevent the software from being installed into an unsuitable terminal, and to reduce time and efforts for data input and download, thereby improving the convenience of the user.[Solution] In an information distribution system, terminal identification information and a terminal unique key for an in-vehicle terminal are stored in a server as well as in itself. The in-vehicle terminal transmits the terminal identification information to the server for terminal authentication via a communication terminal after encrypting with the terminal unique key, and then the server transmits encrypted software to the communication terminal. The communication terminal transmits the encrypted software to the in-vehicle terminal, which in turn obtains a software unique key encrypted with the terminal unique key from the server and decrypts the encrypted software for installation using the software unique key. |
| US09515825B2 |
Method for password based authentication and apparatus executing the method
Provided are an authentication method and an apparatus for the method. An authentication method includes generating, at a terminal, an identifier (ID)-based secret key using an ID of a user of the terminal and key generation factors exchanged with a server, encrypting, at the terminal, a password of the user using a symmetric key encryption algorithm taking the generated secret key as a symmetric key, and requesting authentication for the terminal user by transmitting the encrypted password to the server, and receiving, at the terminal, a response to the authentication request from the server. |
| US09515820B2 |
Protection against side channels
The description pertains in particular to a method of protecting an electronic device (SCARD), when the electronic device implements a cryptographic algorithm (AES), against side channel attacks. The cryptographic algorithm (AES) operating on an array of states which forms the subject of a secure processing. The description relates also to an electronic device (SCARD), a computer program and a storage medium for the implementation of such a method. |
| US09515816B2 |
Latency-optimized physical coding sublayer
Method and apparatus for reducing latency in a networking application comprises receiving data at a physical coding sublayer (PCS) from a media access control (MAC) sublayer, wherein the MAC sublayer utilizes a first clock domain operating at a first clock frequency. The method further comprises performing one or more functions in the PCS on the data in the first clock domain. The method also includes transmitting the data on one or more physical medium attachment (PMA) lanes, wherein the one or more PMA lanes utilize a second clock domain operating at a second clock frequency, wherein the first clock frequency and the second clock frequency have a fixed ratio. The method also comprises performing one or more functions in the PCS on the data in the second clock domain. |
| US09515807B2 |
Uplink interference management method, node, and system
Embodiments of the present application provide an uplink interference management method, node, and system, which relate to the field of wireless communications and can reduce interference caused by a macro cell UE to an adjacent micro cell, thereby improving an uplink capacity of the micro cell. The method of the present application includes: receiving, by a micro cell node, an interference cancellation request sent by a macro cell node, where the interference cancellation request includes uplink configuration information of a user equipment (UE), uplink scrambling code information of the UE, and location information for determining an uplink dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) of the UE; and cancelling interference according to the interference cancellation request. The embodiments of the present application are mainly used in a process of cancelling the interference caused by the macro cell UE to the micro cell. |