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United States Patent 9,946,356
Liberty April 17, 2018
3D pointing devices with orientation compensation and improved usability
Abstract
Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the 3D pointing device) into a second frame of reference (e.g., a user's frame of reference). One exemplary embodiment of the present invention removes effects associated with a tilt orientation in which the 3D pointing device is held by a user.
Inventors:
Liberty; Matthew G. (Gaithersburg, MD)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
IDHL Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003237067
Appl. No.:
15/015,745
Filed:
February 4, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160154470 A1 Jun 2, 2016
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11640677 Dec 18, 2006 7262760
11119719 May 2, 2005 7158118
60566444 Apr 30, 2004
60612571 Sep 23, 2004
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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: G06F 3/017 (20130101); G06F 3/033 (20130101); G06F 3/0346 (20130101); H04N 21/42222 (20130101); G06F 3/0383 (20130101); H04N 2005/4432 (20130101); H04N 5/4403 (20130101)
Current International Class: G06F 3/033 (20130101); G06F 3/01 (20060101); H04N 21/422 (20110101); G06F 3/038 (20130101); G06F 3/0346 (20130101); H04N 5/44 (20110101)
Field of Search: ;345/156-169 ;178/18.01-18.07,19.01-19.06
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United States Patent 9,948,414
Comsa , et al. April 17, 2018
WTRU measurements handling to mitigate in-device interference
Abstract
A method for performing measurements in a device with at least two radio access technologies (RATs) is disclosed. The method may include establishing a first measurement schedule on a first RAT, and establishing a first transmission schedule for a second RAT. The method may further include changing at least one of the first measurement schedule or the first transmission schedule to prevent measurements of the first measurement schedule from occurring contemporaneously with transmissions of the first transmission schedule. Transmissions from the second RAT may interfere with measurements on the first RAT. The method may include transitioning from the first measurement mode to a second measurement mode based determining the second RAT is operating on potentially interfering frequency.
Inventors:
Comsa; Virgil (Montreal, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003238814
Appl. No.:
15/424,697
Filed:
February 3, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170149514 A1 May 25, 2017
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Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13289984 Nov 4, 2011 9591499
61410589 Nov 5, 2010
61441808 Feb 11, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 17/345 (20150115); H04W 72/082 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 17/345 (20150101); H04W 24/10 (20090101); H04W 72/08 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/252,395.4
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United States Patent 9,949,180
Di Girolamo , et al. April 17, 2018
Method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions to and from an enhanced Cell_FACH state
Abstract
A method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions includes executing a cell reselection. A medium access control (MAC)-ehs reset is performed.
Inventors:
Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003240081
Appl. No.:
15/399,230
Filed:
January 5, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170118682 A1 Apr 27, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14855703 Sep 16, 2015 9565601
14190971 Nov 10, 2015 9185739
13360208 Apr 22, 2014 8705491
12112097 Mar 6, 2012 8130724
60955578 Aug 13, 2007
60915048 Apr 30, 2007
60944661 Jun 18, 2007
60944540 Jun 18, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/27 (20180201); H04W 36/0072 (20130101); H04W 76/18 (20180201); H04W 52/0216 (20130101); H04W 36/0061 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 52/02 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,949,189
Reddiboyana , et al. April 17, 2018
Systems and methods for establishing and maintaining multiple cellular connections and/or interfaces
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing multiple connections or interfaces at the same time may be disclosed herein. For example, in an embodiment, a first RRC connection may be established between a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) or user equipment (UE) and network node such as an eNB and a second RRC connection may be established between the WTRU or UE and the network node such as the eNB or another network node such as another eNB. The first RRC connection and the second RRC connections may then be maintained in parallel (e.g. at the same time).
Inventors:
Reddiboyana; Murali (Bangalore, IN), Tomici; John L. (Southold, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA), Reznik; Alexander (Titusville, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Reddiboyana; Murali
Tomici; John L.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Reznik; Alexander
Bangalore
Southold
Blue Bell
Titusville
N/A
NY
PA
NJ
IN
US
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003240079
Appl. No.:
14/232,195
Filed:
July 11, 2012
PCT Filed:
July 11, 2012
PCT No.:
PCT/US2012/046283
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 02, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2013/009892
PCT Pub. Date:
January 17, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140219248 A1 Aug 7, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61506635 Jul 11, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/14 (20130101); H04W 76/15 (20180201); H04W 76/22 (20180201); H04W 36/0027 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/14 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/235,331,335,390 ;455/404.1,502
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United States Patent 9,949,225
Sezgin , et al. April 17, 2018
User equipment and base station for frame timing and cell group synchronization
Abstract
Methods and systems for receiving a primary and secondary synchronization signal from a cell are provided. The secondary synchronization signal may be derived from at least one of a set of sequences and received based on the timing of the received primary synchronization signal. Determining a time slot within a frame of the received secondary synchronization signal and a group of the cell is provided, wherein the time slot and the group are determined by at least one sequence of the secondary synchronization signal and at least one carrier out of a plurality of carriers used for one sequence out of the at least one sequence of the secondary synchronization signal. Determining a frame timing and a sequence used by the cell, based on the received primary synchronization signal and the secondary synchronization signal is further provided.
Inventors:
Sezgin; Nadir (Brooklyn, NY), Ozluturk; Fatih M. (Sands Point, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003239444
Appl. No.:
15/088,868
Filed:
April 1, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160219542 A1 Jul 28, 2016
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Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14070824 Nov 4, 2013
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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 56/002 (20130101); H04B 1/7083 (20130101); H04B 1/7093 (20130101); H04B 1/70735 (20130101); H04L 5/14 (20130101); H04W 56/00 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 27/2053 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04J 2011/0006 (20130101); H04W 88/02 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 56/00 (20090101); H04B 1/7093 (20110101); H04B 1/7073 (20110101); H04B 1/7083 (20110101); H04L 27/20 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/14 (20060101); H04J 11/00 (20060101); H04W 88/02 (20090101); H04W 88/08 (20090101)
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I would like to think that this sale is of Xcellair is worth just as much as our patent sale to Intel in June of 2012 which was $375 million. This would be just enough to cash in all of the outstanding Convertible Bond issue that opened its window for redemption through April 18, 2018. (Just my wishful thinking.)
Fon buys XCellAir to boost carrier WiFi smarts
By Keith Dyer// 12 April 2018
Fon has bought XCellAir, the cloud WiFi optimisation technology company launched by InterDigital.
The deal sees XCellAir’s technology and staff – including the founders – join FON’s carrier-WiFi focussed technical business, Fontech, for an undisclosed sum. XCellAir has developed a cloud-based WiFi quality of experience and analytics product – XCellRAN – that can be thought of as SON for WiFi.
Vendor-neutral, the cloud platform works in tandem with a small software agent that can be installed on any wireless AP to monitor certain KPIs, taking action to automatically optimise elements such as power levels, band and channel selections. Analytics can also be exposed to other operations departments in the business, such as customer service teams. Fon sees the vendor-neutral and cloud-based solution as complementary to its own solutions for operator-managed WiFi.
It also gives Fon greater market presence in North America where XCellAir has gained most of its early market traction, backing up the recent re-location of Fontech COO Enrique Farfan to the region.
The passive approach of operators towards home WiFi monitoring is no longer acceptable
Alex Puregger, CEO of Fon, said to TMN that the main driver for the acquisition was to give FON’s carrier customers a greater ability to manage the quality of WiFi in people’s homes as more devices get connected, and more services rely on high quality WiFi.
“The passive approach of operators towards home WiFi monitoring is no longer acceptable as we more frequently experience problems related to our connectivity, largely due to the increasing number of connected devices in our homes. It generates user frustration and results in high customer service costs and eventually loss of customers.
“Service providers need more precise visibility about what is going on in their WiFi networks in order to ensure better troubleshooting and customer service, and this is exactly the need that we are meeting with this acquisition.
“In the competitive world of telecoms, our solution will allow operators to differentiate themselves from the competition, as well as regain control of the home WiFi arena which is currently under threat from new OTT players.”
XCellAir’s Todd Mersch, Co-founder and EVP Sales & Marketing, said that the deal would enable XCellAir to accelerate its existing plans, including in time commercial expansion beyond the home environment.
“As XCellAir we made the strategic decision to focus primarily on operator managed home WiFi, but the vision remained a common solution to automate the management and optimisation of the entire wireless footprint. FON, specifically the Fontech business, addresses not just Home WiFi, but community, enterprise, public and venue segments as well. You can envision plugging in the RRM, SON, visibility and analytics capabilities of the XCellRAN solution with the various different products Fontech provides for these segments.”
The deal is in-step with a wider trend in carrier networking to move towards more automation of networks based on capturing and analysing specific customer experience KPIs. Although Fontech and XCellAir intend to focus on WiFi for now, Mersch said the company is “uniquely positioned to help customers beyond WiFi as well.”
http://the-mobile-network.com/2018/04/fon-buys-xcellair-to-boost-carrier-wifi-smarts/
Fon Acquires XCellAir to Reinforce Fontech's Home WiFi Solution and Strengthen Its North American Presence
Date : 04/12/2018 @ 1:41PM
Source : PR Newswire (US)
Stock : Interdigital, Inc. (IDCC)
Fon Acquires XCellAir to Reinforce Fontech's Home WiFi Solution and Strengthen Its North American Presence
MADRID and SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Fon has acquired XCellAir, a commercial initiative by mobile research and development company InterDigital Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC), focused on WiFi Quality of Experience (QoE). The acquisition strengthens Fontech, Fon's technology arm, which is focused on the development of wireless solutions for operators and enterprises, and further establishes Fon's position in the North American market where XCellAir's sales and technical teams are located. XCellAir's innovative technology enables unified management and optimization of dense WiFi and cellular network deployments for service providers. The addition of XCellAir's expertise and products builds on Fontech's proven ability to empower operators to further optimize available WiFi capacity and greatly enhance user experience through improved latency and throughput.
In addition to acquiring XCellAir's team of wireless QoE experts, Fontech will be incorporating XCellAir's core product, the XCellRAN™ carrier WiFi solution, into its WiFi portfolio. The powerful, cloud-based and scalable platform is suitable for an operator's entire WiFi footprint and for any vendor equipment, both existing deployed and next-generation WiFi access points. Combined with Fontech's solutions that cover every aspect of WiFi delivery, from homes and workplaces to venues and public spaces, the new technology fits seamlessly into the company's offering.
XCellAir has developed cloud-based self-organizing network (SON) and radio resource management (RRM) technologies that provide cellular service levels and control to WiFi networks, allowing providers to offer a reliable, high-performance WiFi experience to their customers. It also gives aggregated, network-wide visibility, QoE analytics and remote diagnostic and debugging capabilities. These analytics and troubleshooting tools deliver actionable insights about network and service quality for operation teams and exceptional customer support capabilities helping reduce churn and support costs and further strengthening Fontech's Home WiFi and Carrier WiFi solutions.
Alex Puregger, CEO of Fon, commented on the acquisition, "For years, we have been working with leading operators to help them better utilize WiFi. With our Home WiFi Solution we give operators real-time visibility of home WiFi usage and provide their customers with a great, fully-managed in-house WiFi experience. This will become even more important in the future as the number of connected devices in our homes soars. We have known XCellAir for a long time and have always been impressed by their product, vision, and team, which are all complementary to Fon. We are very excited to welcome them to Fon. The acquisition of XCellAir will further boost our technology and product leadership in the area of operator-managed WiFi."
Amit Agarwal, CEO of XCellAir, highlighted, "We are proud to have established XCellAir as a leader in the WiFi management and optimization space and, in particular, enabling operators to deliver the best home WiFi experience. The acquisition of XCellAir by Fon enables us to take the business to the next-level, immediately increasing scale and global reach. The entire team is excited to join the Fon family."
In recent months, Fontech has been making moves in North America. Enrique Farfán, the company's COO and Managing Director in North America recently relocated to the region and expanded their local sales team. This acquisition is a natural move for the technology provider looking to strengthen its position within the North American market.
About Fon and Fontech
Fon is the global WiFi network. We pioneered residential WiFi sharing over a decade ago and, together with leading telcos, we've built the world's largest WiFi community of over 21 million hotspots. We are experts in keeping people seamlessly connected by aggregating residential and prime public WiFi footprints, as well as facilitating interconnection between WiFi networks. Our global clients include AT&T, British Telecom, Eurona, KPN, Proximus, Travel Club, and Virgin Mobile. Discover more at fon.com
Fontech, the technology arm of Fon, makes managing and operating WiFi smart and simple for operators and enterprises. Our portfolio of software-based solutions and team of experts empower our clients to deliver carrier-grade WiFi services in a secure, scalable, and uniquely flexible way, enabling an exceptional WiFi experience for their customers. We are the trusted WiFi software provider to top-tier global telcos and enterprises such as the Deutsche Telekom Group, SoftBank, Telstra, and Vodafone Group. More information at fontech.com
About XCellAir
XCellAir is a commercial initiative launched by InterDigital, Inc. in 2015. XCellAir brings order to the potential chaos of using unlicensed spectrum when deploying a dense radio network of WiFi access points and cellular small cells. Based in San Diego, CA, XCellAir provides a cloud-based Quality of Experience (QoE) solution that automates the management and optimization of these networks. XCellAir enables wireless service providers to meet the challenges and capture the opportunity presented by the insatiable thirst for data and ubiquitous connectivity. More information at xcellair.com
SOURCE Fon Technology
InterDigital Inc. (IDCC) Moves Higher on Volume Spike for April 10
Equities Staff ? Follow | Tuesday, 10 April 2018 17:18 (EST)
InterDigital Inc. (IDCC) traded on unusually high volume on Apr. 10, as the stock gained 2.37% to close at $77.80. On the day, InterDigital Inc. saw 441,644 shares trade hands on 2,867 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 236,102 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.
Generally speaking, when a stock experiences a sudden spike in trading volume, it may be seen as a bullish signal for investors. An increase in volume means more market awareness for the company, potentially setting up a more meaningful move in stock price. The added volume also provides a level of support and stability for price advances.
The stock has traded between $93.00 and $67.55 over the last 52-weeks, its 50-day SMA is now $75.36, and its 200-day SMA $74.67. InterDigital Inc. has a P/B ratio of 3.15. It also has a P/E ratio of 15.5.
InterDigital Inc functions within the communication segment. It develops technologies that enable and enhance wireless communications.
Headquartered in Wilmington, DE, InterDigital Inc. has 360 employees and is currently under the leadership of CEO William J. Merritt.
For a complete fundamental analysis analysis of InterDigital Inc., check out Equities.com’s Stock Valuation Analysis report for IDCC.
https://www.equities.com/news/interdigital-inc-idcc-moves-higher-on-volume-spike-for-april-10
United States Patent 9,942,007
Aghili , et al. April 10, 2018
Method and apparatus for time-based fast ACK/NACK response operation with enhanced general packet radio service 2 uplink
Abstract
A method and apparatus for time-based fast positive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) reporting (FANR) operation with enhanced general packet radio service 2 uplink (HUGE) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configures downlink FANR operation and EGPRS-2 mode uplink transmission not to be in conflict. A modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the EGPRS-2 mode may be limited to an MCS containing at most two RLC data blocks. Alternatively, three or more piggybacked ACK/NACK (PAN) bits may be used for a time-based FANR operation if an EGPRS-2 mode is configured. Alternatively, at least one PAN bit may indicate an ACK/NACK for a group of RLC data blocks. The number of PAN bits for a time-based FANR operation may be configured by the network. The downlink FANR operation may be dynamically switched between time-based and SSN-based.
Inventors:
Aghili; Behrouz (Melville, NY), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA), Dick; Stephen G. (Nesconset, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Aghili; Behrouz
Rudolf; Marian
Dick; Stephen G.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Melville
Montreal
Nesconset
Blue Bell
NY
N/A
NY
PA
US
CA
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003225139
Appl. No.:
12/241,256
Filed:
September 30, 2008
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20090086685 A1 Apr 2, 2009
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
60976701 Oct 1, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1664 (20130101); H04L 1/1685 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 3/00 (20060101); H04L 1/16 (20060101)
Field of Search: ;370/336
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United States Patent 9,942,007
Aghili , et al. April 10, 2018
Method and apparatus for time-based fast ACK/NACK response operation with enhanced general packet radio service 2 uplink
Abstract
A method and apparatus for time-based fast positive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) reporting (FANR) operation with enhanced general packet radio service 2 uplink (HUGE) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configures downlink FANR operation and EGPRS-2 mode uplink transmission not to be in conflict. A modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the EGPRS-2 mode may be limited to an MCS containing at most two RLC data blocks. Alternatively, three or more piggybacked ACK/NACK (PAN) bits may be used for a time-based FANR operation if an EGPRS-2 mode is configured. Alternatively, at least one PAN bit may indicate an ACK/NACK for a group of RLC data blocks. The number of PAN bits for a time-based FANR operation may be configured by the network. The downlink FANR operation may be dynamically switched between time-based and SSN-based.
Inventors:
Aghili; Behrouz (Melville, NY), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA), Dick; Stephen G. (Nesconset, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Aghili; Behrouz
Rudolf; Marian
Dick; Stephen G.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Melville
Montreal
Nesconset
Blue Bell
NY
N/A
NY
PA
US
CA
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003225139
Appl. No.:
12/241,256
Filed:
September 30, 2008
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20090086685 A1 Apr 2, 2009
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
60976701 Oct 1, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1664 (20130101); H04L 1/1685 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 3/00 (20060101); H04L 1/16 (20060101)
Field of Search: ;370/336
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United States Patent 9,942,021
Gauvreau , et al. April 10, 2018
Method and apparatus for monitoring and processing component carriers
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described.
Inventors:
Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Montral, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003227675
Appl. No.:
15/358,392
Filed:
November 22, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170078075 A1 Mar 16, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
15138557 Apr 26, 2016 9537643
14591505 May 24, 2016 9351290
13940879 Feb 10, 2015 8953548
12578673 Aug 20, 2013 8514793
61110209 Oct 31, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0098 (20130101); H04W 24/02 (20130101); H04W 24/08 (20130101); H04W 72/048 (20130101); H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); Y02D 70/00 (20180101); H04L 5/0096 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 24/02 (20090101); H04W 24/08 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,942,927
Wang , et al. April 10, 2018
Method and apparatus for accelerated link setup
Abstract
A method for performing active scanning by a non-AP STA may comprise transmitting, to a group of APs, one or more probe request frames and receiving in response, configuration chance count (CCC) values from first and second APs of the group of APs. The CCC values may be integer values that represent configuration instances of the respective APs. The CCC values may be stored in a memory of the non-AP STA. A determination may be made, based on the information stored in the memory, as to which AP is preferred. An association procedure may be performed with the preferred AP. Other disclosed methods employ passive scanning.
Inventors:
Wang; Lei (San Diego, CA), Targali; Yousif (Sammamish, WA), Grandhi; Sudheer A. (Pleasanton, CA), Wang; Xiaofei (Cedar Grove, NJ), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003227004
Appl. No.:
15/651,744
Filed:
July 17, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170318614 A1 Nov 2, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
15362305 Nov 28, 2016 9713181
14942127 Nov 29, 2016 9510375
13738589 Dec 1, 2015 9204473
61585420 Jan 11, 2012
61719663 Oct 29, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/11 (20180201); H04L 12/06 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 48/08 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04W 76/10 (20180201); H04L 9/0844 (20130101); H04L 63/0428 (20130101); H04W 12/04 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/06 (20060101); H04W 88/08 (20090101); H04W 48/08 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 12/04 (20090101); H04L 9/08 (20060101
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United States Patent 9,942,938
Pragada , et al. April 10, 2018
Registration for device-to-device (D2D) communications
Abstract
A dual-radio access technology (dual-RAT) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit, over a cellular RAT, a registration message that includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) device identifier (ID) for a WLAN associated with the dual-RAT WTRU. A transceiver of the dual-RAT WTRU may receive, from the cellular network over the cellular RAT, assistance information that includes a security key for the WLAN. A processor of the dual-RAT WTRU may perform, over a WLAN RAT, device-to-device D2D direct discovery using the WLAN device ID and the security key for the WLAN.
Inventors:
Pragada; Ravikumar V. (Collegeville, PA), Ahmad; Saad (Montreal, CA), Raghothaman; Balaji (Chester Springs, PA), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Kirkland, CA), Deng; Zhuorong (Brooklyn, NY), Adjakple; Pascal M. (Great Neck, NY), Sternberg; Gregory S. (Mt. Laurel, NJ), Wang; Guanzhou (Longueuil, CA), Reznik; Alexander (Titusville, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003226210
Appl. No.:
13/871,837
Filed:
April 26, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130287012 A1 Oct 31, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61639352 Apr 27, 2012
61645335 May 10, 2012
61645282 May 10, 2012
61653769 May 31, 2012
61720640 Oct 31, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/22 (20180201); H04W 76/25 (20180201); H04W 76/14 (20180201); H04W 76/23 (20180201); H04W 68/00 (20130101); H04W 76/28 (20180201)
Current International Class: H04W 68/00 (20090101)
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Microsoft Store will include LTE data plans for eSIM PCs
By: Costea Lestoc ? April 10, 2018
LTE data plans microsoft store
Microsoft will soon allow users to activate a mobile data plan on their computers. Users will be able to purchase mobile data from the Microsoft Store when always-connected laptops go on sale.
The update will only work with laptops with built-in eSIMs
Redstone 4 is scheduled for release this Spring it will bring the update described above. Users will be able to choose a data plan from major US wireless carriers from the Store.
The new data plan interface will only be compatible with laptops that come with built-in eSIMs. These allow carriers to identify it without users having to install a physical SIM. There are not so many laptops that are currently equipped with eSIMs, and they include the Surface Pro and the Asus Nova Go which is scheduled for release shortly.
The Asus NovaGo has a smartphone-class CPU, and the LTE modem included allows the device to stay connected to the web even when it’s asleep, having minimum impact on battery life.
Microsoft is teaming up with various carriers
PCMag reports that Microsoft is negotiating with a few carriers to offer their plans via the Microsoft Store, but at the moment we don’t know which these are. Pricing details are also not available yet.
The Store currently has a limited number of pay-as-you-go data offerings from reseller Transatel.
64-bit ARM apps are on their way
The ability to select a data plan might make laptops such as the Asus NovaGo mentioned above more exciting for on the go users, but there’s also a downside involved. Their ARM-based Qualcomm CPUs, unfortunately, trigger slower computing performance, and this is quite understandable considering that these were originally created to power smartphones and not laptops.
The good news is that this is set to change with a future SDK targeted at developers which would allow them to translate their 64-bit Windows apps into software that runs natively on CPUs based on ARM. This will, of course, result in faster and more reliable performance.
https://windowsreport.com/microsoft-store-lte-data-esim-pcs/
InterDigital Announces Date for First Quarter 2018 Financial Results
Date : 04/09/2018 @ 9:30AM
Source : GlobeNewswire Inc.
Stock : Interdigital, Inc. (IDCC)
InterDigital Announces Date for First Quarter 2018 Financial Results
Interdigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC)
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Today : Monday 9 April 2018
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the company will release its first quarter 2018 financial results before market open on Thursday, April 26, 2018. InterDigital executives will host a conference call that same day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company's financial performance and other company matters.
For a live Internet webcast of the conference call, visit http://www.interdigital.com/ and click on the link to the live webcast on the Investors page. The company encourages participants to take advantage of the Internet option.
For telephone access to the conference, call (866) 548-4713 within the United States or +1 (323) 794-2093 from outside the United States. Please call by 9:50 a.m. ET on April 26th and give the operator conference ID number 8688615.
An Internet replay of the conference call will be available on InterDigital's website in the Investors section. In addition, a telephone replay will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET April 26 through 1:00 p.m. ET May 1. To access the recorded replay, call +1 (719) 457-0820 or +1 (888) 203-1112 and use the replay code 8688615.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital and Kyocera Corporation Sign Multi-Year Patent License Agreement
Date : 04/04/2018 @ 8:30AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the company’s patent licensing subsidiaries have signed a multi-year, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Kyocera Corporation.
The agreement covers sales by Kyocera Corporation and its affiliates of terminal unit products designed to operate in accordance with WCDMA and LTE standards, providing Kyocera expanded coverage for products in addition to those covered under their existing license agreement with InterDigital.
“Kyocera is a pioneer in providing ruggedized mobile devices, and have positioned themselves for success in the wireless market for years to come. InterDigital is pleased to build upon its relationship with Kyocera, a long standing licensee of InterDigital,” said Tim Berghuis, Chief Licensing Officer at InterDigital.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
United States Patent 9,936,215
He , et al. April 3, 2018
Reference picture set mapping for standard scalable video coding
Abstract
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for reference picture set mapping for scalable video coding. A device may receive an encoded scalable video stream comprising a base layer video stream and an enhancement layer video stream. The base layer video stream and the enhancement layer video streams may be encoded according to different video codecs. For example, the base layer video stream may be encoded according to H.264/AVC and the enhancement layer may be encoded according to HEVC. The enhancement layer video stream may include inter-layer prediction information. The inter-layer prediction information may include information relating to the base layer coding structure. The inter-layer prediction information may identify one or more reference pictures available in a base layer decoded picture buffer (DPB). A decoder may use the inter-layer prediction information to decode the enhancement layer video stream.
Inventors:
He; Yong (San Diego, CA), Ye; Yan (San Diego, CA), He; Yuwen (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Vid Scale, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
VID SCALE, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003210276
Appl. No.:
14/433,493
Filed:
October 4, 2013
PCT Filed:
October 04, 2013
PCT No.:
PCT/US2013/063345
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 03, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/055805
PCT Pub. Date:
April 10, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150264377 A1 Sep 17, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61709970 Oct 4, 2012
61847225 Jul 17, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04N 19/50 (20141101); H04N 19/114 (20141101); H04N 19/12 (20141101); H04N 19/159 (20141101); H04N 19/167 (20141101); H04N 19/573 (20141101); H04N 19/177 (20141101); H04N 19/184 (20141101); H04N 19/187 (20141101); H04N 19/30 (20141101); H04N 19/39 (20141101); H04N 19/172 (20141101)
Current International Class: H04N 19/39 (20140101); H04N 19/172 (20140101); H04N 19/167 (20140101); H04N 19/159 (20140101); H04N 19/573 (20140101); H04N 19/187 (20140101); H04N 19/177 (20140101); H04N 19/114 (20140101); H04N 19/30 (20140101); H04N 19/12 (20140101); H04N 19/184 (20140101); H04N 19/50 (20140101
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United States Patent 9,936,500
Proctor, Jr. April 3, 2018
Transmitting acknowledgement messages using a staggered uplink time slot
Abstract
A downlink communication is transmitted/received in at least one downlink time slot. In response to the received downlink communication, an acknowledgement message is received/transmitted in an uplink time slot a fixed integer number of uplink time slots after transmission/reception of the received downlink communication. The uplink and downlink time slots are staggered by substantially a half of a time slot.
Inventors:
Proctor, Jr.; James A. (Indialantic, FL)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003210470
Appl. No.:
15/365,159
Filed:
November 30, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170142714 A1 May 18, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14492931 Sep 22, 2014
13312257 Sep 23, 2014 8842642
12246190 Dec 6, 2011 8072944
09691874 Oct 7, 2008 7433340
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04L 69/16 (20130101); H04L 5/0055 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,936,423
Pani , et al. April 3, 2018
Method and apparatus for enhancing RLC for flexible RLC PDU size
Abstract
Enhancements are provided for the radio link control (RLC) protocol in wireless communication systems where variable RLC packet data unit (PDU) size is allowed. When flexible RLC PDU sizes are configured by upper layers, radio network controller (RNC)/Node B flow control, RLC flow control, status reporting and polling mechanisms are configured to use byte count based metrics in order to prevent possible buffer underflows in the Node B and buffer overflows in the RNC. The enhancements proposed herein for the RLC apply to both uplink and downlink communications.
Inventors:
Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Miller; James M. (Verona, NJ), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Grandhi; Sudheer A. (Pleasanton, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003210424
Appl. No.:
15/375,357
Filed:
December 12, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170094560 A1 Mar 30, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13920202 Jun 18, 2013 9554398
12025381 Jul 30, 2013 8498284
60913728 Apr 24, 2007
60895471 Mar 18, 2007
60887831 Feb 2, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/10 (20130101); H04L 43/0882 (20130101); H04L 47/225 (20130101); H04L 47/10 (20130101); H04L 47/14 (20130101); H04L 43/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 28/10 (20090101); H04L 12/26 (20060101); H04L 12/801 (20130101); H04L 12/815 (20130101)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As previously disclosed on a Form 8-K filed on January 31, 2018, on January 30, 2018, Scott A. McQuilkin, Senior Executive Vice President, Innovation, and Lawrence F. Shay, Senior Executive Vice President, Future Wireless, and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, each notified InterDigital, Inc. (the “Company”), of their intention to retire from their respective positions at the Company effective April 1, 2018 (the “Retirement Date”).
In consideration of each executive’s distinguished service to the Company and the Company’s desire to ensure smooth transitions to their respective successors, the Company entered into Retirement & Transition Agreement and Releases with each of Mr. McQuilkin (the “McQuilkin Retirement Agreement”) and Mr. Shay (the “Shay Retirement Agreement”), on April 2, 2018.
Under the McQuilkin Retirement Agreement, Mr. McQuilkin agrees to provide limited transition services on a part-time basis for a period of 100 calendar days following the Retirement Date in exchange for $120,000, payable in 3 equal payments on May 1, 2018, June 1, 2018, and July 1, 2018, in order to facilitate and ensure a smooth transition to his successor. If the transition services terminate prior to the end of the transition period, then the transition payment will be paid on a pro-rata basis. Additionally, Mr. McQuilkin will receive (i) a lump sum payment of $596,814 by March 15, 2019, and (ii) health continuation coverage for him and his covered dependents for a period of 12 months (“McQuilkin Retirement Payment”) in exchange for his continued compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in Mr. McQuilkin’s employment agreement with the Company and his release of claims in favor of the Company and its designated releasees. Mr. McQuilkin’s Company equity awards ceased to vest as of the Retirement Date, and there will be no continued vesting during the transition period. Mr. McQuilkin must not revoke the McQuilkin Requirement Agreement and must reaffirm the release and restrictive covenants set forth in the McQuilkin Retirement Agreement following the end of his transition period in order to receive the McQuilkin Retirement Payment.
Under the Shay Retirement Agreement, Mr. Shay agrees to provide limited transition services on a part-time basis for a period of 100 calendar days following the Retirement Date in exchange for $120,000, payable in 3 equal payments on May 1, 2018, June 1, 2018, and July 1, 2018, in order to facilitate and ensure a smooth transition to his successor. If the transition services terminate prior to the end of the transition period, then the transition payment will be paid on a pro-rata basis. Additionally, Mr. Shay will receive (i) a lump sum payment of $596,814 that will be deferred under the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan (“NQDC”) and (ii) health continuation coverage for him and his covered dependents for a period of 12 months (“Shay Retirement Payment”) in exchange for his continued compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in Mr. Shay’s employment agreement with the Company and a release of claims in favor of the Company and its designated releasees. The deferred payment under the NQDC is scheduled to be paid on the fifth anniversary of Mr. Shay’s separation from service from the Company (which separation date is expected to be July 11, 2018). Mr. Shay’s Company equity awards ceased to vest as of the Retirement Date, and there will be no continued vesting during the transition period. Mr. Shay must not revoke the Shay Retirement Agreement and must reaffirm the release and restrictive covenants set forth in the Shay Retirement Agreement following the end of his transition period in order to receive the Shay Retirement Payment.
The summaries of the McQuilkin Retirement Agreement and the Shay Retirement Agreement set forth above do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents . The Company will file each agreement as an exhibit to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2018.
U.S. regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services
Reuters Staff March 29, 2018 / 6:02 PM / 3 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites.
“This is the first approval of a U.S.-licensed satellite constellation to provide broadband services using a new generation of low-Earth orbit satellite technologies,” the Federal Communications Commission said in a statement.
The system proposed by privately held SpaceX, as Space Exploration Holdings is known, will use 4,425 satellites, the FCC said.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in February had endorsed the SpaceX effort, saying: “Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach.”
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on April 2 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. “The rocket will carry a communications satellite,” the FAA said.
The FCC said SpaceX has been granted authority to use frequencies in the Ka (20/30 GHz) and Ku (11/14 GHz) bands.
Musk, who is also the founder and chief executive of electric automaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), said in 2015 that SpaceX planned to launch a satellite-internet business that would help fund a future city on Mars.
SpaceX wanted to create a “global communications system” that Musk compared to “rebuilding the internet in space.” It would be faster than traditional internet connections, he said.
“This is an important step toward SpaceX building a next-generation satellite network that can link the globe with reliable and affordable broadband service, especially reaching those who are not yet connected,” SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell said.
Over the past year, the FCC has approved requests by OneWeb, Space Norway and Telesat to access the U.S. market to provide broadband services using satellite technology that the FCC said “holds promise to expand internet access in remote and rural areas across the country.”
About 14 million rural Americans and 1.2 million Americans on tribal lands lack mobile broadband even at relatively slow speeds.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, said on Thursday that the agency needs “to prepare for the proliferation of satellites in our higher altitudes.”
She highlighted the issue of orbital debris and said the FCC “must coordinate more closely with other federal actors to figure out what our national policies are for this jumble of new space activity.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-fcc/u-s-regulator-approves-spacex-plan-for-broadband-satellite-services-idUSKBN1H537E
Who needs the US? Huawei profits jump 28%
by Sherisse Pham @Sherisse
March 30, 2018: 7:34 AM ET
Huawei may be under fire in the United States, but it's powering ahead in other markets.
The Chinese tech company reported Friday that its profit jumped 28% in 2017 to $7.3 billion, a major rebound from the previous year when it hardly grew at all.
Huawei said the improved performance was driven by cost cuts, strong sales in its home market and smaller foreign currency losses. Sales increased by double digits -- 16% -- but growth was slower than in recent years.
The profit boom comes after multiple blows to the Chinese company's ambitions in the United States.
Huawei is the world's third largest smartphone maker behind Samsung (SSNLF) and Apple (AAPL). It's also a leading provider of telecom equipment in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
But the company has struggled in the United States because of official concerns that the Chinese government can use Huawei smartphones and other products for intelligence gathering.
Huawei has repeatedly denied the allegations, saying it has won trust and confidence in 170 countries.
US intelligence agencies warned Americans in February not to buy smartphones made by Huawei or ZTE, another Chinese company, saying the devices posed a security threat.
Huawei has faced other setbacks in the United States.
Best Buy confirmed last week it has stopped ordering Huawei phones.
Talks between Huawei and the wireless carrier AT&T collapsed earlier this year.
And in March, President Donald Trump killed a $117 billion takeover of US chip-maker Qualcomm (QCOM) by its rival Broadcom (AVGO) because of concerns that the deal would give Huawei an advantage in the race to introduce 5G technology.
Huawei posted strong sales in markets outside of the United States in 2017, including in Asia, Europe and Africa.
The company had a tougher time in Latin America, where it said a decline in telecommunication investment caused revenue to drop nearly 11%.
Smartphones accounted for 39% of Huawei's total sales.
Kitty Fok, an analyst at research firm IDC, said the earnings report was in line with expectations, except for a lackluster performance in Huawei's enterprise business, which provides services like cloud computing.
"Huawei put a lot of investment in this business," said Fok. "But it's less than 10% [of total revenue], which is disappointing."
One of Huawei's top executives, Ken Hu, said in a statement that its ultimate aim is to "stand out as an iconic global tech brand."
That goal could be hard to achieve if the company remains locked out of the US market.
CNNMoney (Hong Kong)
First published March 30, 2018: 7:34 AM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/30/technology/huawei-profit-revenue-2017-us-market/index.html
United States Patent 9,930,568
Murray , et al. March 27, 2018
Method and apparatus for coordinating change of operating frequency
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described. According to a method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) communicates with a base station using a first base station operating frequency and a set of cell configuration parameters. The WTRU receives information indicating a second base station operating frequency to use for communications with the base station at a given time. The WTRU communicates with the base station using the second base station operating frequency and the same set of cell configuration parameters on or after the given time.
Inventors:
Murray; Joseph M. (Schwenksville, PA), Ye; Chunxuan (San Diego, CA), Lin; Zinan (Melville, NY), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Demir; Alpaslan (East Meadow, NY), Cuffaro; Angelo A. (Laval, CA), DiGirolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Miller; James M. (Verona, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Murray; Joseph M.
Ye; Chunxuan
Lin; Zinan
Gauvreau; Jean-Louis
Demir; Alpaslan
Cuffaro; Angelo A.
DiGirolamo; Rocco
Miller; James M.
Schwenksville
San Diego
Melville
La Prairie
East Meadow
Laval
Laval
Verona
PA
CA
NY
N/A
NY
N/A
N/A
NJ
US
US
US
CA
US
CA
CA
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003200264
Appl. No.:
14/002,044
Filed:
February 27, 2012
PCT Filed:
February 27, 2012
PCT No.:
PCT/US2012/026749
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
December 10, 2013
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2012/118740
PCT Pub. Date:
September 07, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140086208 A1 Mar 27, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61447512 Feb 28, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/04 (20130101); H04W 36/0072 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04W 36/08 (20130101); H04W 36/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 36/08 (20090101); H04W 28/04 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 36/06 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,930,696
Ozluturk March 27, 2018
Random access channel for OFDM-MIMO system
Abstract
In orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) selects a random access channel (RACH) and a phase for a constant amplitude zero auto correlation (CAZAC) sequence for RACH transmission. The WTRU then transmits a RACH transmission to a Node B via the selected RACH. Once the RACH transmission is detected, the Node B sends an acknowledgement (ACK) to the WTRU over an ACK channel. The Node B may transmit the ACK on a shared channel. The WTRU may ramp up transmit power while the RACH transmission is transmitted, or steps up transmit power of a subsequent RACH transmission. The RACH transmission and data transmission may be either time multiplexed or frequency multiplexed. A plurality of RACHs may be defined and one of the defined RACHs may be selected randomly or based on predetermined criteria.
Inventors:
Ozluturk; Fatih M. (Port Washington, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003198587
Appl. No.:
14/827,917
Filed:
August 17, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150359006 A1 Dec 10, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13845606 Mar 18, 2013 9113484
13224463 Mar 19, 2013 8400986
11746363 Sep 6, 2011 8014361
60798970 May 9, 2006
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 74/0833 (20130101); H04B 7/0413 (20130101); H04J 13/0059 (20130101); H04W 74/004 (20130101); H04W 74/0866 (20130101); H04L 27/2637 (20130101); H04L 27/2608 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 74/00 (20090101); H04L 27/26 (20060101); H04B 7/0413 (20170101); H04J 13/00 (20110101)
Field of Search: ;370/329,343
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United States Patent 9,930,709
Tu , et al. March 27, 2018
Methods and apparatus for determining device-to-device transmission patterns
Abstract
Embodiments include methods and apparatuses for the design, construction and selection of base patterns and associated control signaling for direct device-to-device (D2D) communication, independent of a network. An embodiment includes the selection and transmission, by a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU), of base patterns in a scheduling period when the number of medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) is larger than the number of MAC PDUs that a family of pre-determined base patterns can support. An embodiment may include the selection and transmission, by a WTRU, of base patterns in a scheduling period when the number of MAC PDUs is smaller than the number of MAC PDUs that a family of pre-determined base patterns can support. In addition, embodiments may include the selection, by a WTRU, of a base pattern or base patterns to minimize interference with other communications and to use resources efficiently.
Inventors:
Tu; Chao-Cheng (Brossard, CA), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003200233
Appl. No.:
14/819,245
Filed:
August 5, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160044729 A1 Feb 11, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
62034025 Aug 6, 2014
62054809 Sep 24, 2014
62075604 Nov 5, 2014
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/14 (20180201); H04W 74/0833 (20130101); H04W 74/04 (20130101); H04W 72/1252 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 74/04 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328,329
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Here's the Philly-area wireless company you never heard of but use every day
Updated: March 26, 2018 — 5:05 PM EDT
by Bob Fernandez, Staff Writer @bobfernandez1 | bob.fernandez@phillynews.com
At almost $500,000 in profits per employee, InterDigital Inc. is one of the world’s most successful smartphone companies nobody has ever heard of.
And it’s based right here.
The firm — with a Wilmington headquarters and Conshohocken research office — licenses its 19,000-patent portfolio to Apple, Samsung and Huawei, and is now knocking on the doors of other tech companies in Asia and America that it believes use InterDigital stuff without paying for it.
And while many U.S. companies — and President Trump — complain about China ripping off American technology, Chinese companies have gone to court claiming that InterDigital has abused its wireless patent holdings with high prices, bundling of patent deals across multiple generations of products, and other anti-competitive behavior. InterDigital says it negotiates a fair price for its patents.
“It’s more than smartphones,” InterDigital’s Lawrence “Larry” Shay, chief intellectual property counsel, said of the company’s licensing. “It’s anything that has wireless capability also has our technology,” such as laptops or iPads with WiFi. Other companies that license InterDigital’s portfolio are Sharp, Toshiba, LG and Sony.
“We don’t make products so you don’t see our names on the products,” Shay added.
The Wilmington’s company’s core business model is to patent technologies upon which 3G, 4G or 5G global wireless standards are based and then license those patents to consumer product companies. In this way, smartphones from different companies can connect with each other — such as an Apple iPhone interacting with a Samsung Galaxy, and so forth. As wireless speeds have gotten faster and the technology more ubiquitous, companies have been more willing to license InterDigital’s patents.
Over roughly the last two years, the company’s stock price has finally attained the heights last reached in the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, though it’s down over the last year. InterDigital stock closed up 95 cents to $72.95 on Monday.
InterDigital also has positioned itself to be a major patent holder for 5G wireless technology. Industry experts say that 5G could offer high-speed broadband internet services to compete with Comcast Corp. and other cable companies. Shay sees driver-less cars, robotics and home automation as future sources of growth for its patents. Wireless “has become part of the fabric of everyday life,” he said.
Founded in the early 1970s by Sherwin I. Seligsohn, who was fascinated with digital communications, InterDigital has put about $1 billion into researching wireless technology since 2000.
Seligsohn — something of a tech visionary — also founded Universal Display Corp., which develops specialized flexible flat-panel displays for smart phones and other popular electronics. The company is based in Ewing, N.J.
Several years ago, InterDigital decided against selling itself as such tech giants as Google and Intel looked to acquire wireless patent portfolios. But InterDigital wasn’t happy with the offers. So, instead, the company licenses patents itself and now claims to be one of the most profitable companies in America on a per-employee basis, making $498,000 profits for each secretary, support staffer, manager, engineer and executives in 2017, according to its 10-K annual report filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. InterDigital has a total of 350 employees at its operations in London, Montreal, and Seoul, in addition to Wilmington and Conshohocken.
Comcast, which boasts 40 percent margins in its big Philadelphia-based cable division, produced $138,414 profits per employee last year, its annual report says. Comcast employs 164,000 total in its Cable and NBCUniversal units, including Universal theme parks.
An August 2013 story by Bloomberg cited InterDigital with the headline “America’s most profitable company per employee makes your phone work – and it’s not Apple.” The story pegged InterDigital’s profits per employee at $937,255 per worker, though they were inflated because InterDigital had sold some patents to Intel for $375 million.
InterDigital’s revenues rose to $532.9 million in 2017 from $325.4 million in 2013. Profits boomed to $174.3 million from $38.1 million over the same period. InterDigital has reached a deal to acquire an additional 21,000 patents and patent applications, mostly video-related, from French company Technicolor.
Shay, 59, was raised in Upper Darby. His father, F. Raymond, who was mayor of the town, died in 2014. The younger Shay attended St. Joseph’s University for economics and then Temple University law school. He clerked for Louis C. Bechtle, then-judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, and then joined Dilworth Paxson.
In the late 1990s, Shay jumped ship for an e-commerce company in Chester County. But venture capital dried up when the dot-com bubble popped. He moved to InterDigital as general counsel in 2001. “It was a company I had never heard of even though I had been in the area my whole life,” Shay said. He was promoted to the patent-licensing business in 2008.
Shay is retiring at the end of March. Tim Berghuis, who has been promoted to chief licensing officer and has worked with Shay for years, will replace him. “We are a much more stable company and we are in a good place,” Shay said, adding of this retirement that “it’s a good time to take a break.”
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United States Patent 9,922,253
Asbun , et al. March 20, 2018
Gaze-driven augmented reality
Abstract
Augmented reality (AR) systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed. A user's gaze point may be estimated and may be used to search for and present information, e.g., information relating to areas on which the user is focusing. The user's gaze point may be used to facilitate or enable modes of interactivity and/or user interfaces that may be controlled by the direction of view of the user. Biometric techniques may be used to estimate an emotional state of the user. This estimated emotional state may be used to be the information that is presented to the user.
Inventors:
Asbun; Eduardo (San Diego, CA), Reznik; Yuriy (Seattle, WA), Zeira; Ariela (Huntington, NY), Sternberg; Gregory S. (Mt. Laurel, NJ), Neff; Ralph (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003187167
Appl. No.:
15/028,233
Filed:
October 10, 2014
PCT Filed:
October 10, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/060016
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 08, 2016
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/054562
PCT Pub. Date:
April 16, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160259977 A1 Sep 8, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61889900 Oct 11, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 4/30 (20180201); G06K 9/00671 (20130101); A61B 5/0022 (20130101); A61B 5/1112 (20130101); A61B 5/165 (20130101); A61B 5/742 (20130101); G06F 3/013 (20130101); G06K 9/00302 (20130101); G06K 9/00604 (20130101); G02B 27/017 (20130101); G06F 3/015 (20130101); A61B 5/0476 (20130101); A61B 5/0533 (20130101)
Current International Class: G09G 5/00 (20060101); A61B 5/00 (20060101); G06K 9/00 (20060101); G06F 3/01 (20060101); G02B 27/01 (20060101); A61B 5/11 (20060101); A61B 5/16 (20060101); A61B 5/053 (20060101); A61B 5/0476 (20060101)
Field of Search: ;345/633,156,8,441 ;382/103
PPP
United States Patent 9,923,683
Wang , et al. March 20, 2018
Method and apparatus for local data caching
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for local data caching are disclosed. Data may be stored in a local data storage connected to a base station or network nodes. The data flow may be split. The base station may coordinate with a cooperating base station for split-data transmission of locally cached data. Data may be split at different layers.
Inventors:
Wang; Carl (Melville, NY), Pragada; Ravikumar V. (Collegeville, PA), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Wang; Carl
Pragada; Ravikumar V.
Pietraski; Philip J.
Kaur; Samian
Melville
Collegeville
Jericho
Plymouth Meeting
NY
PA
NY
PA
US
US
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003184745
Appl. No.:
14/009,917
Filed:
April 6, 2012
PCT Filed:
April 06, 2012
PCT No.:
PCT/US2012/032549
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
February 18, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2012/139016
PCT Pub. Date:
October 11, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140153504 A1 Jun 5, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61473023 Apr 7, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0035 (20130101); G06F 17/30902 (20130101); H04L 47/40 (20130101); H04L 67/288 (20130101); H04L 67/289 (20130101); H04W 4/18 (20130101); H04W 28/14 (20130101); H04W 72/12 (20130101); H04L 67/2842 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04L 67/22 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 28/14 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 4/18 (20090101); H04L 12/893 (20130101); G06F 17/30 (20060101); H04W 88/08 (20090101); H04L 29/08 (20060101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,166
Ye , et al. March 20, 2018
Sampling grid information for spatial layers in multi-layer video coding
Abstract
Sampling grid information may be determined for multi-layer video coding systems. The sampling grid information may be used to align the video layers of a coding system. Sampling grid correction may be performed based on the sampling grid information. The sampling grids may also be detected. In some embodiments, a sampling grid precision may also be detected and/or signaled.
Inventors:
Ye; Yan (San Diego, CA), He; Yuwen (San Diego, CA), Dong; Jie (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
VID SCALE, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
VID SCALE, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003186580
Appl. No.:
13/960,523
Filed:
August 6, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140037015 A1 Feb 6, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61680244 Aug 6, 2012
61809102 Apr 5, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04N 19/33 (20141101); H04N 19/46 (20141101); H04N 19/59 (20141101); H04N 19/186 (20141101); H04N 19/85 (20141101); H04N 19/80 (20141101); H04N 19/597 (20141101)
Current International Class: H04N 7/12 (20060101); H04N 19/186 (20140101); H04N 19/33 (20140101); H04N 19/59 (20140101); H04N 19/80 (20140101); H04N 19/46 (20140101); H04N 19/85 (20140101); H04N 19/597 (20140101)
Field of Search: ;375/240.01-240.29 ;382/238,268 ;348/43,443,458,581
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,350
Cave , et al. March 20, 2018
Utilizing a plurality of uplink carriers and a plurality of downlink carriers for multi-cell communications
Abstract
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may communicate on a primary cell and a secondary cell. A transceiver of the WTRU may receive a medium access control (MAC) message indicating activation or deactivation of the secondary cell. A processor of the WTRU may start a timer in response to the activation of the secondary cell. The WTRU may deactivate the secondary cell on a condition that the timer expires.
Inventors:
Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003186562
Appl. No.:
14/930,241
Filed:
November 2, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160056944 A1 Feb 25, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12625845 Nov 25, 2009
61168750 Apr 13, 2009
61141926 Dec 31, 2008
61117854 Nov 25, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/28 (20180201); H04W 8/26 (20130101); H04L 5/0098 (20130101); H04W 28/021 (20130101); H04W 72/02 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04W 72/0453 (20130101); H04W 28/0284 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 8/26 (20090101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 72/02 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,366
Schmidt , et al. March 20, 2018
Platform validation and management of wireless devices
Abstract
Methods, components and apparatus for implementing platform validation and management (PVM) are disclosed. PVM provides the functionality and operations of a platform validation entity with remote management of devices by device management components and systems such as a home node-B management system or component. Example PVM operations bring devices into a secure target state before allowing connectivity and access to a core network.
Inventors:
Schmidt; Andreas (Frankfurt am Main, DE), Greiner; David G. (New Hyde Park, NY), Guccione; Louis J. (East Chester, NY), Howry; Dolores F. (Malvern, PA), Meyerstein; Michael V. (Martlesham Heath, GB), Pattar; Sudhir B. (Mount Laurel, NJ), Shah; Yogendra C. (Exton, PA), Cha; Inhyok (Gangnam-Ku, KR), Leicher; Andreas (Frankfurt, DE), Case; Lawrence (Austin, TX)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003185286
Appl. No.:
14/699,509
Filed:
April 29, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150237502 A1 Aug 20, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12718480 Mar 5, 2010
61158242 Mar 6, 2009
61173457 Apr 28, 2009
61222067 Jun 30, 2009
61235793 Aug 21, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 12/10 (20130101); H04W 12/08 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 12/10 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 12/08 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,410
Wang , et al. March 20, 2018
Efficient medium access control (MAC) header
Abstract
A medium access control (MAC) frame may have a MAC header that includes two address fields and a MAC frame version indicator. The MAC header may also include control information that indicates a presence of a third address field in the MAC header. A time interval for transmission of the MAC frame may be determined by multiplying a duration value in a first message field by a multiplier value in a second message field.
Inventors:
Wang; Xiaofei (Cedar Grove, NJ), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003185315
Appl. No.:
15/394,205
Filed:
December 29, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170111820 A1 Apr 20, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13875721 May 2, 2013 9538420
61724099 Nov 8, 2012
61668598 Jul 6, 2012
61642741 May 4, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/06 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04L 69/22 (20130101); H04L 45/74 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 28/06 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 12/741 (20130101); H04L 29/06 (20060101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,413
Adjakple , et al. March 20, 2018
Method and apparatus for supporting local IP access and selected IP traffic offload
Abstract
A method and apparatus for home Node-B (HNB) mobility with a local IP access (LIPA) packet data network (PDN) connection are described. A target home node-B (HNB) may receive a handover request message from a source HNB to handover a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). A path switch request may be transmitted to a local gateway (LGW) to change a downlink data path towards the target HNB in response to the handover request message. The LGW may act as a mobility management and local mobility anchor for the handover; and informing an HNB gateway (GW) about the handover so that the downlink data path for core network (CN) traffic is modified towards the target HNB.
Inventors:
Adjakple; Pascal M. (Great Neck, NY), Ahmad; Saad (Montreal, CA), Watfa; Mahmoud (St. Leonard, CA), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Kirkland, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Adjakple; Pascal M.
Ahmad; Saad
Watfa; Mahmoud
Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises
Great Neck
Montreal
St. Leonard
Kirkland
NY
N/A
N/A
N/A
US
CA
CA
CA
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003186542
Appl. No.:
13/535,961
Filed:
June 28, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130003697 A1 Jan 3, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61503669 Jul 1, 2011
61543102 Oct 4, 2011
61544997 Oct 7, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/12 (20180201); H04W 36/0011 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04W 8/082 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 8/08 (20090101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/254-350
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,417
Wang , et al. March 20, 2018
Method and apparatus of signaling and procedure for sequence hopping pattern change during handover
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for updating a sequence hopping (SH) pattern of an uplink channel during handover from a current cell having a current SH pattern. At least one downlink channel of each neighbor cell of the current cell is monitored. Information indicative of the monitored downlink channels of the neighbor cells is transmitted to the current cell. Prior to receiving a handover command from the current cell a target cell from among the neighbor cells is anticipated and a common downlink channel of the anticipated target cell is monitored to determine information representative of a target SH pattern of the target cell.
Inventors:
Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ), Levy; Joseph S. (Merrick, NY), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003185319
Appl. No.:
14/946,425
Filed:
November 19, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160080986 A1 Mar 17, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12273598 Nov 19, 2008 9204344
60989327 Nov 20, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/0061 (20130101); H04J 13/0074 (20130101); H04W 36/0055 (20130101); H04W 16/02 (20130101); H04B 2201/70702 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04J 13/00 (20110101); H04W 16/02 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,924,560
Cave , et al. March 20, 2018
Method and apparatus for simultaneously receiving on two carriers and performing discontinuous transmission and reception in dual cell high speed downlink packet access
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for simultaneously receiving on two carriers and performing discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) in dual cell high speed downlink packet access (DC-HSDPA) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a message for activating DRX for at least one of an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier and applies the same DRX pattern to the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier upon reception of the message. The message may be received via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order. The WTRU may activate or de-activate the supplementary carrier based on the physical layer signal. Upon activation of the supplementary carrier, the WTRU may apply the same DRX pattern on both the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier. The WTRU may flush a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer associated with the supplementary carrier upon de-activation of the supplementary carrier.
Inventors:
Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003185913
Appl. No.:
15/424,225
Filed:
February 3, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170150440 A1 May 25, 2017
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
15048357 Feb 19, 2016 9609686
14554673 Apr 5, 2016 9307572
12429797 Jan 6, 2015 8929301
61047878 Apr 25, 2008
61085051 Jul 31, 2008
61113149 Nov 10, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 1/1835 (20130101); H04W 76/28 (20180201); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04W 52/0216 (20130101); Y02D 70/00 (20180101)
Current International Class: H04W 52/02 (20090101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101)
PPP
InterDigital CEO: Representatives Stivers and Foster Spur American Innovation With New Stronger Patents Act
Date : 03/20/2018 @ 10:00AM
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William J. Merritt, President and CEO of mobile technology research and development company InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), today announced his support for the new STRONGER patent legislation introduced by Representatives Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Bill Foster (D-IL), stating:
“The bipartisan effort to introduce the STRONGER Patents Act marks an important step forward for technological innovation in the U.S. Just a few weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a new study finding that the U.S. patent system continues to lag, falling to 12th, whereas a few years ago the U.S. routinely ranked first. This new legislation will help reverse the downward trend by offering strong protections for the research and intellectual investments of U.S. scientists and engineers. Both Congressmen Stivers and Foster recognize the importance of U.S. innovation, and they are proof that Washington can still work together on common sense policy that boosts our economy.”
The bill strengthens the protection of inventors’ intellectual property rights and would increase the pace of innovation and advance U.S. competitiveness in the global economy.
Jannie K. Lau, InterDigital’s Chief Legal Officer, added:
“By providing better protections for patents and the products of innovative research, companies like InterDigital will have an effective and reliable way to protect their ideas, which will ultimately boost the development of next generation wireless communications and other cutting-edge technologies. In today’s global economy, this means leading the way on the development and implementation of 5G, autonomous vehicles, and the Internet of Things.”
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
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Beyond passwords: Companies use fingerprints and digital behavior to ID employees
by Selena Larson @selenalarson March 18, 2018: 12:13 PM ET
More companies are ditching passwords and using fingerprints and other biometrics to stop hackers.
"We're seeing a very rapid evolution from what used to be passwords, then smart cards, and now to biometrics," said Alex Simons, director of program management in Microsoft's identity division.
Biometric authentication uses face, fingerprint or iris scans to quickly confirm a person's identity. You probably already use it by touching the home button to unlock your phone.
In the workplace, employees are increasingly using biometrics to log in to phones and computers, and to access data stored on those devices and in the cloud.
Spiceworks, a professional network for people in the IT industry, says nearly 90% of businesses will use biometric authentication by 2020, up from 62% today. Fingerprint scanning is currently the most common type of biometric authentication: 57% of organizations use it. Far fewer, just 14%, use facial recognition.
Companies such as Microsoft (MSFT) and Facebook (FB) are trying to get rid of passwords completely.
In 2015, Microsoft introduced Windows Hello with Windows 10. The new software uses face scans or fingerprints to log in to Windows devices. More than 50 million people use Windows Hello to log in to their PCs both in the home and at the office.
The Windows 10 Spring Creators Update launching in April will include a new authentication standard developed in collaboration with other tech companies, including Google. Called FIDO 2.0, the standard will enable Windows consumers to use multiple devices — including third-party security keys or a security monitors that track your heart rate — to automatically log in to their computers without a password.
Related: Google's face match feature doesn't work in Illinois and Texas
"Passwords are the weak link. They have terrible characteristics about them, and they're hard for you to keep track of," Simons said. "Passwords are also super expensive for companies."
At Microsoft, Simons said he spends over $2 million in help desk calls a month helping people change their passwords.
Passwords are still widely used, of course, and one benefit is that they're easy to change if they're stolen. But you can't change your face or fingerprints, and biometrics can be stolen, too. In 2015, a breach at the federal Office of Personnel Management leaked 5.6 million people's fingerprints.
It's unclear for now what hackers can do with fingerprints. Experts worry that if they're adopted widely for authentication, it could lead to widespread identity theft. Researchers have already shown it's possible to use spoofed fingerprints to log in to smartphones.
Researchers have already tricked facial recognition by using a photo on older Windows devices and a Samsung smartphone.
Companies and consumers are also worried about third parties that are getting access to people's face scans through products like the iPhone X. Last year, Apple introduced facial recognition unlocking technology on the iPhone X and privacy advocates cited concerns about third-party companies having access to people's face scans. But the data shared with iOS developers reportedly can't unlock phones.
Meanwhile, Simons said biometrics collected with Windows are stored on the device directly and not shared to the cloud or with other third-party companies. Microsoft also provides the option to use a pin number instead of a biometric scan for anyone who is wary of sharing physical attributes.
State laws restricting biometric collection have hindered face and fingerprint-scanning tools or apps in some states. In 2008, Illinois passed a law that requires companies to let users know when biometric identifiers are collected and how they will be used. It's also necessary to obtain consent from users before collecting and storing that data. In 2009, Texas passed a similar law.
Data protection regulations about to go into effect in the European Union will also require consent before processing biometric data.
Biometrics will probably become just one part of a broader security strategy, perhaps as a second-factor login in addition to a password. Spiceworks' data shows just 10% of information technology workers think biometrics are secure enough to be the only form of authentication.
Other companies are using employee behavior to detect hacks.
Security firm BioCatch provides tools for companies to learn employees' digital behavior and identify when an unauthorized person is trying to access information.
Companies can add BioCatch software to apps and websites. It runs in the background to build a "behavior profile" of a user, and learns activities like how someone holds the phone, whether they type with one or two hands, and how they scroll or toggle between screens.
"The connected economy is forcing a need to redefine digital identity and to rely on new ways to make sure people are who they claim to be," said Frances Zelazny, vice president at BioCatch. "Your name and your pet's name, knowing that does not guarantee you really are a legitimate person."
Banks and the financial services industry are most interested in behavioral biometric technology. The Royal Bank of Scotland uses BioCatch.
People may be cautious about having their behavior tracked, but the trend toward biometrics should only grow.
"As we get better at explaining to the world how it works and as refine the software to make it easier to setup and use, more people are using it," Simons said. "Rather than trying to convince people that we're right, we're trying to give people options. We are trying to do everything in an upstanding manner to protect your privacy."
CNNMoney (San Francisco)
First published March 18, 2018: 12:08 PM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/18/technology/biometrics-workplace/index.html
Intel CEO bucks Broadcom rumors: 'We're heads down' on Altera, Mobileye acquisitions
•"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer sits down with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich to discuss developments at Intel, including a recent security flaw and takeover rumors.
•Krzanich addresses the transformation of his business to a more data-centric model.
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"I can't speak about rumors, but I can tell you we've made two big acquisitions – biggest acquisitions in Intel's history – with Altera and Mobileye," Krzanich told CNBC's Jim Cramer in a Thursday interview on "Mad Money."
"We're heads down on making those successful and right and they're our growth engines for the future," the CEO said.
On March 9, the Wall Street Journal reported that Intel, closely watching the recently ended takeover talks between Broadcom and Qualcomm, was considering a bid for Broadcom.
The rumored bid would have bolstered Intel's 5G, or fifth-generation wireless connectivity, networks, reports said. But on Thursday, Krzanich argued that Intel didn't need the boost.
"5G is important, but we think we already have the end-to-end product, from the data center, which is important in 5G, all the way out to the modem. We have those products already," he told Cramer.
As Intel undergoes a broader strategic shift to focus more on data, Krzanich highlighted how the company's new lines of business — namely the data center, Altera's circuits business and the internet of things — are changing how Intel makes money.
"Those businesses are growing double digits and they are making up now close to 50 percent of our revenue and more than 50 percent of our profit," the CEO said.
"I think Wall Street's just now starting to believe and understand just what that means," he continued. "And you see it in our stock price. You see people believing it now."
Krzanich also acknowledged that investors grew wary of Intel amid its transformation and recent news of security flaws in some of the company's semiconductor chips.
"Security is an ongoing thing," Krzanich said. "I always remind people it's kind of like your house. As long as you have a door or window to get in, somebody's going to try and bust it open."
The CEO maintained that the security flaws were patched quickly, and that a seemingly suspicious sale of his own Intel stock had nothing to do with the issues in the chips.
"This was about me just simply doing a diversification. Intel has a very complete process that I go through any time I want to sell that ensures I have no insider information," he told Cramer.
"It's still my biggest single investment I have," Krzanich added.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/15/intel-ceo-bucks-broadcom-rumors-says-focus-is-on-altera-mobileye.html