241 |
Wireless device configured to operate under a plurality of different brands and a plurality of different networks and configured to be customized to one brand and one network |
US14057570 |
2013-10-18 |
US09143887B2 |
2015-09-22 |
Satish Ramprasad; Sergio Rivera |
A process of configuring an electronic device and an electronic device configured to operate under a plurality of different brands and with a plurality different networks. The brand and network to be utilized are designated at the point-of-sale, during activation, by the seller, and/or by the user. The electronic device including a processor configured to execute instructions and a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor. The electronic device further including a memory configured to store the instructions to operate the electronic device. The processor further configured to execute a component to designate a brand and network to be utilized at the point-of-sale, during activation, by the seller, and/or by the user. |
242 |
Methods and apparatus to control accessories |
US13649787 |
2012-10-11 |
US09131327B2 |
2015-09-08 |
Ahmed Abdelsamie; Marc Élis Meunier; Antoine Gilles Joseph Boucher; Danqing Jiang; Jeff Chi Shing Chan |
Methods and apparatus to control accessories are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a first close-proximity communication connection via a first protocol by providing connection information via a second close-proximity communication connection via a second protocol, obtaining configuration information via the second close-proximity communication connection, and configuring a response to an event associated with the second close-proximity communication connection. |
243 |
Location-aware mobile application management |
US13715356 |
2012-12-14 |
US09125000B2 |
2015-09-01 |
Anthony G. LaMarca; Kirk W. Skeba; Jaroslaw J. Sydir |
Described herein are techniques related to managing mobile applications (“apps”) of a mobile device based, at least in part, upon the determined location of the device. The techniques described herein are especially suited for situations where the present location differs from the locations associated with particular apps that are already installed on the mobile device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
244 |
Method and apparatus for wireless communications in a process control or monitoring environment |
US13416876 |
2012-03-09 |
US09124999B2 |
2015-09-01 |
Kenneth W. Junk |
A method in a communication device that implements a communication stack to wirelessly communicate with a remote device according to a general purpose wireless communication protocol, where the remote device operates in a process control environment, includes receiving a request from a software module to establish a wireless communication link with the remote device, establishing a direct connection between the software module and the communication stack, where the direct connection is free of intermediate services, and communicating process data between the software module and the remote device in accordance with an industrial automation protocol over the wireless communication link, where the wireless communication link utilizes the general purpose wireless communication protocol. |
245 |
Method and apparatus for blackout, retune and subscription enforcement in a cellular network multimedia distribution system |
US14571202 |
2014-12-15 |
US09100770B2 |
2015-08-04 |
Gordon Kent Walker |
A method for blackout, retune and roaming enforcement in a cellular network multimedia distribution system. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of service regions in the cellular network multimedia distribution system; determining an affiliation of the client with one of the service regions in the plurality of service regions; and, processing a service region specific message based on the affiliation. An apparatus, as well as a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method are also disclosed. |
246 |
SECURE MANIPULATION OF EMBEDDED MODEM CONNECTION SETTINGS THROUGH SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE COMMUNICATION |
US14151531 |
2014-01-09 |
US20150195364A1 |
2015-07-09 |
Brian Petersen; Praveen Yalavarty; Ritesh Pandya; Joseph Paul Rork |
A vehicle may include at least one controller configured to maintain a communication channel over a network between a vehicle and a vehicle service server accessible through an access point node. The at least one controller may be further configured to receive, over the network out-of-band from the communication channel, an update message including updated communication channel connection information, and upon receiving the message, reconnect the communication channel according to the updated connection information. A secure server may be configured to generate the update message specifying at least one of updated access point node information and updated address information, encrypt the update message according to an encryption key shared with a vehicle destination, and provide the update message over a network to the vehicle out-of-band from the communication channel. |
247 |
Software-Defined Network Infrastructure Having Virtual Range Extenders |
US14106483 |
2013-12-13 |
US20150171953A1 |
2015-06-18 |
Petar Djukic; Amine Maaref; Hang Zhang |
An embodiment method includes selecting, by a network infrastructure manager, a first user equipment (UE) as a destination UE and selecting a second UE as a relay UE for the destination UE. The method further includes negotiating installation of a virtual range extender (vREX) UE on the destination UE, and negotiating installation of a vREX forwarding agent (FA) on the relay UE. The vREX FA is configured to act as a FA for the vREX UE. |
248 |
Adaptive thresholding for image recognition |
US14046814 |
2013-10-04 |
US09055384B2 |
2015-06-09 |
Volodymyr V. Ivanchenko; Geoffrey Scott Heller; Richard Howard Suplee, III; Daniel Bibireata |
Various approaches for providing textual information to an application, system, or service are disclosed. In particular, various embodiments enable a user to capture an image with a camera of a portable computing device. The computing device is capable of taking the image and processing it to recognize, identify, and/or isolate the text in order to forward the text to an application or function. The application or function can then utilize the text to perform an action in substantially real-time. The text may include an email, phone number, URL, an address, and the like and the application or function may be dialing the phone number, navigating to the URL, opening an address book to save contact information, displaying a map to show the address, and so on. Adaptive thresholding can be used to account for variations across an image, in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of text recognition processes. |
249 |
Method and system for provisioning telecommunication services and equipment using sequential or parallel processing |
US12959608 |
2010-12-03 |
US09026657B2 |
2015-05-05 |
Jay H. Colson; Michael A. Bellomo |
The delay in provisioning telecommunication services and equipment via a network is reduced significantly by performing substantially all of the provisioning processes sequentially on a single server. That is, through the counterintuitive approach of using sequential processing on a single server rather than parallel processing on a plurality of servers, the time required to provision telecommunication services and equipment is reduced. Preferably, telecommunication services and equipment are provisioned through a network by classifying the orders to be provisioned as two types. When the order is of a first type, the provisioning processes are performed on a set of servers (shared), and when the order is of a second type, substantially all of the provisioning processes are performed on a single server. |
250 |
MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF |
US14494292 |
2014-09-23 |
US20150087289A1 |
2015-03-26 |
Youngjin AHN; Kyuseok KIM |
A method of processing data in a first mobile terminal, and which includes registering, via a controller of the first mobile terminal, a second mobile terminal as a master device and the first terminal as a slave device; storing, via a memory associated with the first mobile terminal, status information indicating previous success or non-success of receiving a positive response from the second mobile terminal for a request to activate an application on the first mobile terminal; transmitting, via a wireless communication unit of the first mobile terminal, an application activation request signal to the second mobile terminal based on the stored status information; receiving, via the wireless communication unit, a response signal corresponding to the application activation request signal from the second mobile terminal; and activating, via the controller, the application in response to the received response signal. |
251 |
Signaling control for reduced signaling storm and improved user equipment battery life |
US13645354 |
2012-10-04 |
US08989092B2 |
2015-03-24 |
Shuqing Xing; Yuqiang Tang |
A UE comprising a transmitter configured to transmit data from a network; and a processor coupled to the transmitter and configured to execute an application that performs signaling with a wireless network via the transmitter, determine that the application is assigned to an application group based on signaling requirements of the application, and determine that the application group is associated with a connection parameter that limits network signaling of all applications in the group, and initiate a network signaling link for the application according to the connection parameter. |
252 |
Data card and method and system for customizing its application service |
US13641750 |
2011-04-15 |
US08984052B2 |
2015-03-17 |
Yuanyuan Chen; Daming Lu; Jiangfeng Shang |
The present invention provides a method for customizing application services of a data card. The system comprises a data card and an over-the-air server. The method comprises: the data card sending an application service customization request to the over-the-air server when an application service is required to be customized; and the over-the-air server receiving the application service customization request, and then returning a configuration command corresponding to configuration information to the data card if it is determined that an operation of the data card to request customization of the application service is valid according to the stored and managed configuration information of all application services supported by the data card. |
253 |
GPS pathfinder cell phone and method |
US13536618 |
2012-06-28 |
US08930458B2 |
2015-01-06 |
Scott Lewis |
A device and system for use before and after a disaster which incorporate a “Whole Community” response is illustrated. The system can be readily customized for use in other markets and scenarios and easily adapted into uses by emergency management. The device incorporates a GPS radio and/or cell phones with, pre-programmed instructions which are uploaded automatically in the device's memory via wireless technology prior to the unit's first use. Radios on the units can enable the searchers to audibly communicate with each other without cell towers. The system can be employed by cleanup teams, insurance adjusters, and any number of pre/post response teams focused on mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery operations. The system can contain a modifiable and functional, virtual badge and can export data gathered in the field, as well as integrate this data with other, pre-existing software via software APIs contained within the system and cell phone software. |
254 |
Apparatus and method for exchanging information on device in communication between devices |
US13752311 |
2013-01-28 |
US08929824B2 |
2015-01-06 |
Youn-Jo Oh; Hee-Jeong Lee |
To provide information of a device in communication between devices, an operating method of a device includes including device information of the device in a message defined by a communication protocol used to connect to the other device; and transmitting the message comprising the device information using the communication protocol. The device information comprises at least one of a device type, support of a mirror link, mobile communication network connection support, automatic execution of an application corresponding to the device, vendor identification information, and product identification information. |
255 |
Techniques for sessionless reporting by device management client |
US13311012 |
2011-12-05 |
US08924544B2 |
2014-12-30 |
Kong Posh Bhat |
A device and method for performing sessionless reporting are provided. The device includes a memory for storing code of a Device Management (DM) Client and a Sessionless Report Configuration Management Object (MO), the Sessionless Report Configuration MO including one or more nodes, a processor for executing the code of the DM Client stored in the memory, a communications unit for sending and receiving information for the DM Client, and the DM Client for sending one or more sessionless reports to a DM server, and, while awaiting acknowledgement of the one or more sessionless reports from the DM Server in a subsequent DM Session, for controlling sessionless reporting based on criteria specified in at least one node included in the Sessionless Report Configuration MO. |
256 |
CONFIGURATION CONNECTION DEVICE |
US13923826 |
2013-06-21 |
US20140376528A1 |
2014-12-25 |
Robert Madonna; Michael Silva; Cory Haflett; Michael Noonan; Zev Eisenberg; Duarte Avelar; Matthew Aguiar |
In one embodiment, a connection device couples a mobile device having a touch-sensitive display screen to a component of home automation system. The connection device couples a wired serial communication interface of the mobile device to a wired serial communication interface of the component. The mobile device executes a configuration application (app), whose a user interface is displayed on the touch-sensitive display screen. Using the user interface, a user may configure the component to join a Wi-Fi network, as well as configure more advanced settings of the component. Similarly, in response to further input on the user interface, the configuration app on the mobile device may send additional control commands via the connection device, or the Wi-Fi network, to the component, to configure additional settings of the component. |
257 |
Push notifications for updating multiple dynamic icon panels |
US13084017 |
2011-04-11 |
US08910081B2 |
2014-12-09 |
Theron Thomas Fennel |
The present application is directed to push notifications that can be used to dynamically update multiple icon panels. For example, the push notifications can be used to update two or more icon panels associated with the same application or two or more panels (i.e., sides) of a three-dimensional icon. In one embodiment, one or more push notifications can be used to independently update content on the panels. In another embodiment, a user can choose settings to assign panels that are to be updated using push notifications. A third party server can be automatically informed of an identification for the panel so that future push notifications incorporate the identification information. |
258 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically adding participants into an existing talk group |
US12821440 |
2010-06-23 |
US08855698B2 |
2014-10-07 |
Mark Conrad Gonsalves; Douglas J. Hall |
In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a dynamic group call, detecting a call alert, and identifying a user system responsible for the call alert. The dynamic group call includes at least one original participant, and is initiated such that an ability to automatically add at least one new participant to the dynamic group call is enabled. Identifying the user system includes obtaining an indicator from the call alert. The indicator is associated with the user system. Finally, the method includes automatically adding the user system to the dynamic group call. |
259 |
Apparatus and method for providing shortcut service in portable terminal |
US13682666 |
2012-11-20 |
US08849260B2 |
2014-09-30 |
Woo-Up Kwon |
An apparatus and a method provide a shortcut service to execute a service in a portable terminal. The method for setting the shortcut service includes when a shortcut service setup event generates, determining a service to map onto a shortcut service button among at least one service provided by the portable terminal; and storing the shortcut service button and service information mapped onto the shortcut service button. |
260 |
Provisioning an embedded subscriber identity module |
US13617069 |
2012-09-14 |
US08843179B2 |
2014-09-23 |
Li Li; Arun G. Mathias; Ben-Heng Juang |
Provisioning an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) in a user equipment (UE) device with personalized subscriber information. A request may be transmitted for personalized subscriber information. The personalized subscriber information may be received. The personalized subscriber information may be installed in an eSIM in the UE device. |