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United States Patent 9,807,778
Ma , et al. October 31, 2017
Dynamic spectrum management
Abstract
Described herein are methods, metrics and apparatus for bandwidth allocation for cognitive radio. Information that needs to be passed between different components of a dynamic spectrum management (DSM) system for dynamic bandwidth allocation along with the corresponding interfaces is identified. Methods and associated metrics for measuring network performance, evaluating channel sensing results and handling various bandwidth allocation scenarios are presented. Also provided is an admission control mechanism for quality of service support. Alternate channel monitoring may be performed in the background so that when a new channel is needed, an alternate channel may be immediately allocated and service disruption to the DSM system is reduced. A channel may be dynamically assigned as the primary channel in multiple channel scenarios to support tasks such as transmission of acknowledgment frames. Hybrid mode devices that may access a television white space (TVWS) database and perform spectrum sensing are also described.
Inventors:
Ma; Liangping (San Diego, CA), Touag; Athmane (Laval, CA), Freda; Martino M. (Laval, CA), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Ye; Chunxuan (San Diego, CA), Demir; Alpaslan (East Meadow, NY), Chincholi; Amith V. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923634
Appl. No.:
14/733,759
Filed:
June 8, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150271834 A1 Sep 24, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13270438 Oct 11, 2011 9083568
61391901 Oct 11, 2010
61412189 Nov 10, 2010
61413137 Nov 12, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/085 (20130101); H04L 1/00 (20130101); H04L 5/0037 (20130101); H04L 5/0058 (20130101); H04L 27/0006 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101); H04W 52/367 (20130101); H04W 72/0453 (20130101); H04W 16/10 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101); H04W 24/00 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 29/02 (20060101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 16/10 (20090101); H04W 16/14 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04L 27/00 (20060101); H04W 72/08 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 24/00 (20090101); H04W 24/10 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,807,782
Kaur , et al. October 31, 2017
Method and apparatus for a multi-radio access technology layer for splitting downlink-uplink over different radio access technologies
Abstract
A multi radio access technology layer (MRL) is a convergence layer solution, located between the protocol layers and the technology-dependent MAC layers. The MRL layer is technology independent and uses the information received from the underlying technologies to select the most appropriate uplink and downlink technologies to match the respective service requirements.
Inventors:
Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Reznik; Alexander (Pennington, NJ), Castor; Douglas R. (Norristown, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923638
Appl. No.:
15/019,907
Filed:
February 9, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160165621 A1 Jun 9, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12859863 Aug 20, 2010 9295092
61235791 Aug 21, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/1215 (20130101); H04W 76/026 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04W 88/06 (20090101
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Taiwan FTC closes four-year investigation of InterDigital, finding no antitrust violations
Taiwan October 27 2017
Announcing its third quarter financial results on Thursday, InterDigital told investors that Taiwan’s antitrust regulator has ended its probe into the company, having found no violations of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Act. The decision is a good result for the company led by Bill Merritt, providing a validation of the its SEP licensing practices at a time when competition watchdogs around the region are carefully scrutinising this market.
The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) had been looking into InterDigital since 2013. In a call with analysts, Merritt said he was not surprised by the findings. To come through to the other side of the investigation after years of very close scrutiny, he suggested, is a reflection of how reasonable InterDigital’s licensing programme is. Asked whether the outcome will clear the way for any additional licence agreements, he stated: “We certainly will tout it with folks, but it's not something that was a stumbling block in deals we do.”
The result looks especially good for InterDigital considering that only two weeks ago, the TFTC hit Qualcomm with a record $773m fine for abuse of its SEP patent position. The summary of that decision, which has been translated into English since IAM’s initial reporting on it, faults Qualcomm for refusing to license to rival chipmakers, adopting a “no licence, no chip” policy and offering exclusive rebates to certain implementers. Qualcomm says it will appeal the penalty in Taiwan’s courts.
InterDigital has come through on the other side of several disputes that involved antitrust claims in both China and Taiwan. The company made several commitments in China to get a suspension of an NDRC investigation back in 2014; now the company has a licence deal in place and an R&D relationship with Huawei. That same year, it got into a dispute with a Taiwan-based mobile manufacturer called Arima Communications. Arima filed antitrust lawsuits in both mainland China and Taiwan, as well as a TFTC complaint. The two parties settled in 2015.
The wrap-up of the TFTC inquest lifts a potential cloud over a very impressive stretch for InterDigital and Merritt. Huawei, Apple and Samsung are all under licence, and the company reported recurring revenue during the quarter just ended of $88.5 million, a 5% increase over the same period last year.
With two big decisions out of previously quiet Taiwan and IAM yesterday reporting big divisions within the European Commission over upcoming SEP guidelines, the last couple of weeks have provided plenty of fresh antitrust developments to discuss at IPBC Asia 2017, which kicks off this Sunday at the Palace Hotel in Tokyo. A Monday morning plenary will tackle all this and more.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b0f2ec99-8650-4867-9998-331f452594bd
Qualcomm suspends 5G cooperation with Taiwan's ITRI
2017/10/25 19:30:27
Taipei, Oct. 25 (CNA) Qualcomm Inc., a U.S.-based smartphone chip designer, has suspended its collaboration with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on the development of 5G technology, the ITRI confirmed Wednesday.
The decision came in the wake of a NT$23.4 billion (US$774 million) fine imposed on Qualcomm by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for violation of the country's antitrust regulations.
Qualcomm, however, did not state a reason for its withdrawal from the cooperation deal, under which the ITRI would have obtained early access to Qualcomm's 5G small cell technology, according to the institute.
The U.S. company has not given any indication either of whether it plans to resume the cooperative effort any time in the future, the ITRI said, adding that it was still assessing the impact of the decision.
In the meantime, the ITRI said, it will continue its own efforts to develop the 5G technology since it is crucial to Taiwan's industrial development.
The suspension of cooperation between the ITRI and Qualcomm is likely to slow the pace of building 5G communications base stations in Taiwan and hamper the country's efforts to launch 5G technology by 2020, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), which oversees the ITRI's operations.
The ministry said it has asked the ITRI to make every effort to resume its cooperation with Qualcomm.
In February 2015, the FTC launched an investigation into allegations of anti-trust violations by Qualcomm of its chip technology.
After two years of investigations, the FTC ruled that Qualcomm was involved in direct or indirect practices to prevent other smartphone designers from competing in the Taiwan market for at least seven years.
The fine of NT$23.4 billion against Qualcomm was the heaviest ever imposed on a single company since the FTC was established in 1991 and was reported by some media as the reason why the U.S. company had decided to end its partnership with the ITRI on 5G technology.
Qualcomm has disputed the FTC decision, saying the fine bears no rational relationship to the amount of its revenues or activities in Taiwan and that it plans to seek a stay on the penalty and appeal the ruling.
According to the FTC, the official notice of its decision was delivered to Qualcomm on Monday and the fine would have to be paid within 15 days if an appeal in not filed in a Taiwan court during that period.
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/ast/201710250021.aspx
InterDigital, Inc. - Common Stock
Settlement Date
Short Interest
Percent Change
Average Daily Share Volume
Days to Cover
10/13/2017 1,422,896 (6.22) 257,481 5.53
09/29/2017 1,517,206 (9.60) 391,107 3.88
09/15/2017 1,678,350 (2.83) 298,575 5.62
08/31/2017 1,727,151 0.13 266,895 6.47
08/15/2017 1,724,910 (12.22) 292,042 5.91
07/31/2017 1,964,963 (0.33) 381,081 5.16
07/14/2017 1,971,455 (0.19) 265,936 7.41
06/30/2017 1,975,204 (9.87) 276,097 7.15
06/15/2017 2,191,388 8.55 329,036 6.66
05/31/2017 2,018,758 6.65 348,544 5.79
05/15/2017 1,892,844 12.79 364,662 5.19
04/28/2017 1,678,167 2.89 379,025 4.43
04/13/2017 1,631,084 (2.05) 316,395 5.16
03/31/2017 1,665,246 4.75 277,431 6.00
03/15/2017 1,589,686 2.37 355,660 4.47
02/28/2017 1,552,902 17.72 754,104 2.06
02/15/2017 1,319,121 26.28 407,973 3.23
01/31/2017 1,044,573 14.88 269,677 3.87
01/13/2017 909,276 2.05 329,518 2.76
12/30/2016 890,985 (10.60) 345,662 2.58
12/15/2016 996,635 (4.05) 498,068 2.00
11/30/2016 1,038,670 (18.76) 244,995 4.24
11/15/2016 1,278,516 (7.84) 366,671 3.49
10/31/2016 1,387,344 (22.13) 463,007 3.00
United States Patent 9,800,998
Wang , et al. October 24, 2017
Device initiated triggers
Abstract
Embodiments contemplate wireless communication that may include sending machine type communication (MTC) application data from a services capability server (SCS) to an MTC user equipment (UE/WTRU) using a device trigger. The device trigger may be used to instruct an MTC device application to initiate communications with an SCS. Embodiments also contemplate that a first device trigger (DT) request may be received from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a machine-type-communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) may be determined in response to the first DT request. A second DT request may be sent to the MTC-IWF; and a first DT response may be received from the MTC-IWF. The first DT response may include a first information regarding a second WTRU.
Inventors:
Wang; Chonggang (Princeton, NJ), Starsinic; Michael F. (Newtown, PA), Dong; Lijun (San Diego, CA), Li; Qing (Princeton Junction, NJ), Ding; Zongrui (Portland, OR)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002909609
Appl. No.:
14/443,650
Filed:
November 19, 2013
PCT Filed:
November 19, 2013
PCT No.:
PCT/US2013/070741
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
May 18, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/078837
PCT Pub. Date:
May 22, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150312700 A1 Oct 29, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61727934 Nov 19, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 4/005 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04L 61/2007 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04L 29/12 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101
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United States Patent 9,801,072
Somasundaram , et al. October 24, 2017
Non-access stratum architecture and protocol enhancements for long term evolution mobile units
Abstract
A method and apparatus performs processing of the non-access stratus (NAS) layer (layer 3) in long term evolution (LTE) wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), which allows the NAS protocol layer to route layer 3 messages to the correct NAS entity, and to encode new NAS message types and information elements. A new architecture is presented that enables NAS security. When a NAS message is generated, a determination is made as to whether or not to cipher, de-cipher and/or integrity check the NAS message based on at least one of a protocol discriminator (PD) of the NAS message, an indicator field in a header of the NAS message, the type of the NAS message, a NAS security state variable, and an indication by an upper layer protocol. The NAS security state variable indicates whether NAS security is currently active or not and may comprise one bit.
Inventors:
Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Mukherjee; Rajat P. (Toronto, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002909673
Appl. No.:
15/225,443
Filed:
August 1, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160345177 A1 Nov 24, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14635533 Mar 2, 2015 9408080
14021436 Mar 3, 2015 8971847
12254265 Sep 10, 2013 8532614
60982698 Oct 25, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 12/08 (20130101); H04W 12/00 (20130101); H04W 80/02 (20130101); H04W 12/10 (20130101); H04W 12/02 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04M 1/66 (20060101); H04W 12/08 (20090101); H04W 12/02 (20090101); H04W 12/10 (20090101); H04W 80/02 (20090101); H04W 12/00 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,801,077
Di Girolamo , et al. October 24, 2017
Method and apparatus for performing discontinuous reception and downlink inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology measurements in CELL.sub.--FACH state
Abstract
A method and apparatus of performing discontinuous reception (DRX) and downlink inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements in CELL_FACH state are disclosed. While in DRX mode, a wireless transmit/receive unite (WTRU) may perform inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurements in a measurement occasion that fall into a DRX period. The WTRU may take the measurements on first predetermined number of frame in which a DRX frame would coincide after a last reception frame if DRX operation was ongoing. The WTRU may periodically wake up for downlink reception in CELL_FACH state in accordance with common DRX pattern that is common to all WTRUs in a cell or may wake up from DRX upon reception of the order and receiving a common traffic.
Inventors:
Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Cave; Christopher (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Roy; Vincent (Longueuil, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002909678
Appl. No.:
13/761,220
Filed:
February 7, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130148530 A1 Jun 13, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12363278 Jan 30, 2009 8400934
61025002 Jan 31, 2008
61110033 Oct 31, 2008
61025354 Feb 1, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 24/00 (20130101); H04L 43/00 (20130101); H04W 36/0088 (20130101); H04W 36/14 (20130101); H04L 43/16 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 3/14 (20060101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 24/00 (20090101); H04L 12/26 (20060101); H04W 36/14 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/310-350,252-253
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United States Patent 9,801,161
Marinier , et al. October 24, 2017
Method and an apparatus for providing control information for multi-carrier uplink transmission
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing control information for multi-carrier uplink transmission are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may set a happy bit for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions on each uplink carrier considering aggregated transmission capability over all uplink carriers. The happy bit is set to "unhappy" if the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current serving grant, the WTRU has enough power available to transmit at a higher rate, and total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) requires more than a pre-configured period to be transmitted with a current effective data rate aggregated over all uplink carriers. The WTRU may send scheduling information including power headroom measured on the anchor uplink carrier and/or power headroom measured on the supplementary uplink carrier. For power headroom measurements, the WTRU may initiate a short-lived dedicated physical control channel loop on the supplementary carrier.
Inventors:
Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Cave; Christopher (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Cai; Lujing (Morganville, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDING, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002909758
Appl. No.:
13/766,180
Filed:
February 13, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130155984 A1 Jun 20, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12610289 Oct 31, 2009 8400935
61109978 Oct 31, 2008
61117851 Nov 25, 2008
61141638 Dec 30, 2008
61148818 Jan 30, 2009
61232531 Aug 10, 2009
61245734 Sep 25, 2009
61250097 Oct 9, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04L 5/0007 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04W 52/365 (20130101); H04W 72/1284 (20130101); H04L 27/2601 (20130101); H04W 52/286 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04L 27/26 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 24/10 (20090101); H04W 52/28 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/395.4,395.41,395.42,468
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United States Patent 9,801,233
Laha , et al. October 24, 2017
Method and apparatus for supporting femtocell service capabilities for services
Abstract
Techniques for supporting utilization of femtocell service capabilities for services are disclosed. A network device may be configured to implement a femto services gateway. The femto services gateway may reside in a femtocell and provide application programming interfaces (APIs) to services to enable applications implementing the services to make use of functionalities of femtocell service capabilities. The APIs may be a subset of or an extended set of Open Service Access Parlay or Parlay-X APIs. The services may be either femtocell-hosted, mobile APIs network operator core network-hosted, or Internet-hosted. The femtocell service capabilities may include a framework service capability feature (SCF), a call control SCF, a user interaction SCF, a mobility SCF, a terminal capability SCF, a data session control SCF, a connectivity manager SCF, an account management SCF, a charging management SCF, a policy management SCF, a presence and availability management SCF, or a multimedia messaging SCF.
Inventors:
Laha; Kushanava (Haryana, IN), Tomici; John L. (Southold, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Laha; Kushanava
Tomici; John L.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Haryana
Southold
Blue Bell
N/A
NY
PA
IN
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002909826
Appl. No.:
13/813,757
Filed:
August 2, 2011
PCT Filed:
August 02, 2011
PCT No.:
PCT/US2011/046279
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
January 21, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2012/018824
PCT Pub. Date:
February 09, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140146801 A1 May 29, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61369915 Aug 2, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 84/10 (20130101); H04L 67/20 (20130101); H04W 4/18 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20130101); H04L 67/24 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101); H04L 67/16 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 84/10 (20090101); H04W 4/18 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04L 29/08 (20060101); H04W 88/16 (20090101)
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olddog967 - It seems odd to me that IDCC waited so long to file the confirmation: from August 2nd [when the Tribunal issued their Final Award] until October 20th [when IDCC filed to confirm this same award].
I also note that on September 14th, IDCC made their press release to increase both the cash dividend and stock buyback.
Hopefully the conference call on October 26th will be interesting.
IDCC After Hours Volume:
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Apple and Samsung head for yet another patent damages trial
Judge Lucy Koh also details how to determine what "article of manufacture" actually did the infringing.
by
Shara Tibken / October 22, 2017 7:05
Get ready for Apple versus Samsung, round number -- oh, forget it, we don't remember, either.
The two tech giants will head back to district court for yet another trial looking into design patent infringement. Judge Lucy Koh, in an order signed Sunday, has told the companies to meet again in a courtroom to determine how much Samsung owes Apple for infringing three patents.
The decision follows a Supreme Court ruling a year ago that said damages could be determined differently than they typically had been in the past. Damages for design patent infringement, the justices said, can be based only on the part of the device that infringed the patents, not necessarily on the entire product.
"The Court finds that the jury instructions given at trial did not accurately reflect the law and that the instructions prejudiced Samsung by precluding the jury from considering whether the relevant article of manufacture ... was something other than the entire phone," Koh wrote in the order, handing Samsung a victory in its quest for a retrial.
Apple and Samsung didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
The companies have been battling over patents since 2012, and a question about how much money could be owed for infringing design patents made it all the way to the Supreme Court in late 2016. In December, the highest court in the land, in a unanimous opinion, issued its ruling on the scope of the infringing "article of manufacture."
That ruling reshapes the value of designs and how much one company may have to pay for copying the look of a competitor's product. Before that time, the law said an award could be collected on the entire profits of an infringing device. In this case, that's the $399 million Samsung paid Apple last last year.
But the Supreme Court didn't give guidance on how damages should be decided, and in February, an appeals court punted the case back to district court for the Northern District of California.
Apple had asked for the appeals court to uphold the earlier damages ruling because Samsung never showed an "article of manufacture" to be anything other than an entire phone. Samsung, meanwhile, wanted the case sent back to district court for a new damages trial.
Koh, in her order on Sunday, detailed how to define an "article of manufacture" at question in a case. Previously, Apple had argued that the article of manufacture was an entire phone. Koh said the test for determining what item has been infringed will be based on four factors:
•"The scope of the design claimed in the plaintiff's patent, including the drawing and written description;
•The relative prominence of the design within the product as a whole;
•Whether the design is conceptually distinct from the product as a whole; and
•The physical relationship between the patented design and the rest of the product, including whether the design pertains to a component that a user or seller can physically separate from the product as a whole, and whether the design is embodied in a component that is manufactured separately from the rest of the product, or if the component can be sold separately."
Koh said the plaintiff, Apple, "shall bear the burden of persuasion on identifying the relevant article of manufacture and proving the amount of total profit on the sale of that article."
In a separate ruling, Koh said that a case management meeting set for Oct. 25 will still be held and that both Apple and Samsung must file plans "advancing the case schedule and trial date" by that point.
https://www.cnet.com/news/saving-great-barrier-reef-simulated-oceans-and-3d-coral/
olddog967 - I read it as creating a new patent pool as a compliment to an existing and totally separate patent pool.
olddog967 - But Via is a defensive patent portfolio only where as Avanci retains rights to exert its patents in an offensive manner also (at least this what I think based on prior reading but I have no idea where to dredge up the links to those articles...)
Via Licensing Forms Defensive Aggregation Patent Bank for LTE Patents
New patent bank provides additional risk reduction for Via LTE pool licensees
October 18, 2017 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Via Licensing Corporation today announced the creation of a defensive patent bank, a wholly-owned entity that provides a defensive aggregation solution in connection with the company’s Long Term Evolution (LTE) patent pool offering.
“Creating a defensive patent bank to support the patent pool allows us to offer further value to the wireless industry and reduce barriers to innovation,” said Joe Siino, President of Via Licensing Corporation.
Via’s new patent bank serves as a resource for collecting rights to high-quality and essential LTE patents that might otherwise pose a risk for licensees, and providing licenses to these assets through Via’s LTE Patent Pool at no extra cost to licensees. All licensees in Via’s patent pool receive licenses to the relevant patents.
“With the introduction of its new defensive patent bank, Via continues to be a leader in promoting the LTE ecosystem, fostering technological advances, and making the licensing process easier and more transparent for everyone,” said Ira Blumberg, Vice President, Intellectual Property, Lenovo.
Via’s patent bank provides additional risk mitigation for current and future licensees of the Via pool because their licenses will include a greater number of high-quality LTE patents. In accordance with Via patent pool procedures, all patents offered for licensing by the patent bank through the pool are confirmed as essential to the LTE standard by an independent neutral evaluator.
"What Via is doing here is quite innovative. They are combining the benefits of a traditional patent pool, which are very significant, with a form of risk reduction in the area of patent litigation,” said Professor Robert Merges, a patent pool expert and professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. “By taking unaffiliated patents 'out of circulation' they make life easier for pool members."
Products and services that use LTE technologies include smartphones, tablet and laptop computers, the Internet of Things (IoT), and automobiles. LTE technology is the next generation of wireless connectivity technologies that are being deployed worldwide.
About Via Licensing Corporation
Via Licensing Corporation is a global intellectual property solutions provider dedicated to enabling innovation in partnership with technology and entertainment companies and universities around the world. Via develops and manages licensing programs on behalf of highly innovative companies in markets such as audio, wireless, broadcast, and automotive. Via is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., a company with more than 50 years of experience in innovation and technology licensing. For more information about Via, please visit http://www.via-corp.com.
Contacts
Via Licensing Corporation
Tony Carter, 404-316-0201
info@vialicensing.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171018005224/en/Licensing-Forms-Defensive-Aggregation-Patent-Bank-LTE
Qualcomm's Apple Suit to Play Out in Specialist Beijing Court
Bloomberg News October? ?17?, ?2017? ?3?:?00? ?PM
As Qualcomm Inc. turns to a Chinese court in its battle with Apple Inc., the task of deciding who prevails in a dispute that could affect a million workers falls to a relatively new arm of the country’s judiciary.
The Beijing Intellectual Property Court is one of three specialist venues in the Chinese judiciary set up to rule exclusively on such cases. Since being established in 2014, they’ve proven popular with plaintiffs asserting copyright because of a perceived willingness to mete out stiffer penalties and have heard other cases involving Qualcomm and Microsoft Corp.
Qualcomm made its court filing Sept. 29, seeking to ban production and sale of iPhones in China. That would hit Apple in its biggest overseas market and the country where most of its products are made. It’s the latest step in a global battle over patent licensing fees and is being waged in a venue created just for complex technology and intellectual property disputes.
The ramifications are huge. Through assemblers such as Foxconn Technology Group and Pegatron Corp., Apple is the biggest factor for the roughly 1 million workers at factories from Shenzhen to Zhengzhou. A ruling against it could more than disrupt production, it would jeopardize jobs that are a major force in lifting regional economies from poverty.
The Beijing IP court handles patent, trademark and some administrative cases involving copyright and unfair competition, with the power to issue injunctions and award damages. Its verdicts can be appealed to the High Court in Beijing, according to jurisdiction rule.
“Qualcomm may think it’s good timing to file the case as Apple is slowly declining here in China,” said Jin Di, an analyst at IDC. “Neither side is apparently backing down and the best solution could be going back to the negotiation table.”
It won’t be Apple’s first experience in this court, with the company winning a dispute with little-known smartphone vendor Shenzhen Baili over design patents. In a dispute between Microsoft and China’s trademark approval committee earlier this year, the software giant won its case at the court. It also ruled in favor of Qualcomm in a high-profile patent dispute against Alibaba-backed smartphone maker Meizu.
If Qualcomm’s dispute is to play out in the court, it could take months. The average time to close a case is 125 days, compared to 18 months in Europe and more than two years in the U.S., according to the Supreme Court’s website.
“The Chinese judicial system doesn’t have a time frame set for patent lawsuits involving overseas companies,” said Cheng Yongshun, director of the Beijing IP Institute. “As a matter of fact, the courts handle cases involving foreign companies with extra caution and delicacy, which will also prolong the trial.”
Complicating matters, there’s little precedent for a Chinese court issuing injunctions at the behest of an American company. Cases involving foreign companies can be unpredictable. Last year, Apple took a handbag maker to task for using the "iphone" label --- and lost.
The Beijing IP Court is also struggling with a massive workload -- it accepted more than 10,000 cases in 2016, a burden that’s growing more onerous, according to law firm Hogan Lovells.
Qualcomm and Apple’s dispute is centered on patent licensing. While the San Diego-based company gets the bulk of its revenue from making phone chips, it pulls in most of its profit from charging fees for patents. It charges fees based on the price of a handset using its patents even if a Qualcomm chip isn’t inside.
The dispute has seen Apple cut off payments to Qualcomm while the chipmaker has countered with a suit arguing the iPhone-maker encouraged regulators from South Korea to the U.S. to take action against it based on false testimony. It’s also asking U.S. authorities to ban the import of some versions of the iPhone, arguing they infringe on its patents.
Qualcomm’s best hope in the short term may be to bring a more conciliatory Apple to the negotiating table. By threatening its crucial supply chain, in a massive market with which it has little experience waging costly legal battles, Qualcomm may yet get Apple to come to a compromise.
“Having two sides trying to blow each other up is not good for anyone but lawyers,” said Erick Robinson, Director of Patent Litigation at Beijing East IP who managed IP issues for Qualcomm in Asia about three years ago.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/qualcomm-s-apple-suit-to-play-out-in-specialist-beijing-court
United States Patent 9,793,975
Zhang , et al. October 17, 2017
Range extension in wireless local area networks
Abstract
A method for associating a new end-station (end-STA) with a relay access point (R-AP) in a relay transmission. An assignment of a new identifier is transmitted to the new end-STA, wherein traffic indication map indications for the new end-STA in a beacon from the R-AP follows the transmission of the new identifier assignment. A message is sent to a root access point (AP), the message including an indication of a number of information fields in the message and at least one information field, each of the at least one information fields including an identifier of one end-STA associated with the R-AP. An acknowledgement is received from the root AP on a condition that the root AP correctly receives the message and associates an identifier of the end-STA with an identifier of the R-AP.
Inventors:
Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Wang; Xiaofei (Cedar Grove, NJ), Lou; Hanqing (Syosset, NY), Grandhi; Sudheer A. (Pleasanton, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002895174
Appl. No.:
14/760,103
Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/011031
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
July 09, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/110361
PCT Pub. Date:
July 17, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150358067 A1 Dec 10, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61751646 Jan 11, 2013
61774310 Mar 7, 2013
61832102 Jun 6, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 7/15507 (20130101); H04W 40/244 (20130101); H04W 52/0216 (20130101); H04W 52/0229 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101); Y02B 60/50 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 1/10 (20060101); H04W 40/24 (20090101); H04B 7/155 (20060101); H04W 52/02 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,794,031
Terry , et al. October 17, 2017
Method and apparatus for implementing a data lifespan timer for enhanced dedicated channel transmissions
Abstract
A wireless communication system, which supports enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) data transmissions, includes a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one Node-B and a radio network controller (RNC). The WTRU includes a buffer, a data lifespan timer, a data retransmission counter, a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process and a controller. The timer establishes a lifespan for at least one data block stored in the buffer. If physical resources have not been allocated for a data block associated with a lifespan timer that is close to expiration, the WTRU sends an urgent channel allocation request. If physical resources have been allocated, the data block is prioritized for transmission with respect to other data blocks. The data block is discarded if the lifespan timer expires or if the WTRU receives feedback information indicating that the data block was successfully received by the Node-B.
Inventors:
Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Farmingdale, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Terry; Stephen E.
Zhang; Guodong
Northport
Farmingdale
NY
NY
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002895229
Appl. No.:
12/652,082
Filed:
January 5, 2010
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20100113052 A1 May 6, 2010
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
11117579 Jan 5, 2010 7643419
60568937 May 7, 2004
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/1883 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 1/1877 (20130101); H04L 1/1607 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04L 1/16 (20060101
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United States Patent 9,794,824
Zhang October 17, 2017
Transmission of first and second buffer status information messages in a wireless network
Abstract
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a first buffer status information message over an uplink shared channel with buffered data and a second buffer status information message over the uplink shared channel with buffered data. The second buffer status information message may have less bits and use a different format than the first buffer status information message. The WTRU may also transmit a scheduling request without buffered data on a condition of not have a scheduling grant. The WTRU may initiate, subsequent to a predetermined number of subframes after transmission of the first buffer status information message, transmission of another first buffer status information message.
Inventors:
Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002895925
Appl. No.:
13/932,818
Filed:
July 1, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130286988 A1 Oct 31, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
11677091 Feb 21, 2007 8477695
60776345 Feb 24, 2006
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0278 (20130101); H04L 47/12 (20130101); H04L 47/14 (20130101); H04L 47/26 (20130101); H04L 47/283 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04W 72/1284 (20130101); H04W 74/004 (20130101); H04W 74/0833 (20130101); H04W 28/12 (20130101); H04W 28/14 (20130101); H04W 28/20 (20130101); H04W 72/1268 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04L 12/801 (20130101); H04L 12/825 (20130101); H04L 12/841 (20130101); H04W 74/00 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 28/20 (20090101); H04W 28/12 (20090101); H04W 28/14 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,794,913
Lee , et al. October 17, 2017
Systems and/or methods for providing EPDCCH in a multiple carrier based and/or quasi-collated network
Abstract
ePDCCH may be provided. For example, a WTRU may receive a configuration for monitoring an ePDCCH resource. Based on the configuration, the WTRU may be configured to monitor and may monitor the ePDCCH resource on a particular subframe. Additionally, a WTRU may derive an aggregation level for a subframe associated with an aggregation level number N.sub.AL. The WTRU may transmit or monitor an ePDCCH using the aggregation level associated with the N.sub.AL for the subframe. A WTRU may also receive a reference signal. The WTRU may then determine the type of reference signal received. The WTRU may perform a demodulation of the PDSCH or ePDCCH using a demodulation timing based on the determined type. The ePDCCH or PDSCH may also be monitored or received by identifying a demodulation reference timing implicitly based on a location of one or more ePDCCH resources where the WTRU may receive DCI.
Inventors:
Lee; Moon-il (Farmingdale, NY), Koo; Changsoo (Melville, NY), Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet A. (Little Neck, NY), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA), Xi; Fengjun (Huntington Station, NY), Kini; Ananth (Philadelphia, PA), Hosseinian; Seyed Mohsen (East Northport, NY), 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:
1000002896002
Appl. No.:
13/751,114
Filed:
January 27, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130194931 A1 Aug 1, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61591508 Jan 27, 2012
61612834 Mar 19, 2012
61688164 May 9, 2012
61644972 May 9, 2012
61678612 Aug 1, 2012
61706119 Sep 26, 2012
61720646 Oct 31, 2012
61753279 Jan 16, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 1/16 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,794,916
Beluri , et al. October 17, 2017
Data and control multiplexing for uplink MIMO with carrier aggregation and clustered-DFT
Abstract
A method and apparatus for signal processing in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), including generating a plurality of data bits and a plurality of control bits, mapping the data bits and control bits to one or more codewords, multiplexing the data bits and control bits, dividing the bits into layers, allocating control bits to each layer based on a channel quality of each codeword and a channel quality of each layer, and channel interleaving each layer for output to one or more antennas.
Inventors:
Beluri; Mihaela C. (Jericho, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Bala; Erdem (Farmingdale, NY), Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (Saint James, NY), Koo; Chang-Soo (Melville, NY), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet A. (Little Neck, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002896005
Appl. No.:
14/622,343
Filed:
February 13, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150156770 A1 Jun 4, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12725215 Mar 16, 2010 8958494
61160594 Mar 16, 2009
61160599 Mar 16, 2009
61304376 Feb 12, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/0417 (20130101); H04B 7/0486 (20130101); H04L 1/0036 (20130101); H04L 1/1671 (20130101); H04L 1/1861 (20130101); H04L 5/006 (20130101); H04L 5/0023 (20130101); H04L 5/0037 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04L 5/0055 (20130101); H04L 5/0057 (20130101); H04L 5/0064 (20130101); H04L 25/03343 (20130101); H04B 7/063 (20130101); H04B 7/0632 (20130101); H04B 7/0634 (20130101); H04B 7/0639 (20130101); H04B 7/0697 (20130101); H04L 1/0026 (20130101); H04L 1/0041 (20130101); H04L 2025/03414 (20130101); H04L 2025/03426 (20130101); H04L 2025/03802 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04B 7/0417 (20170101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04B 7/04 (20170101); H04L 25/03 (20060101); H04L 1/16 (20060101); H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04W 88/08 (20090101)
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Apple to appeal five-year-long patent battle after $439.7 million loss
by Jacob Kastrenakes Oct 16, 2017, 12:42pm EDT
Apple has been ordered to pay $439.7 million to the patent-holding firm VirnetX for infringing on four patented technologies that were apparently used in FaceTime and other iOS apps. While this is the final judgement from the US District Court the case is being argued in, Apple tells The Verge that it plans to appeal the ruling — continuing this long-running patent battle, which began back in 2012.
VirnetX first filed suit against Apple in 2010, winning $368 million just two years later. It then sued again in 2012, which is the suit that’s being ruled on today. Apple initially lost the suit, then filed for a mistrial. It won a new trial, lost that trial, was ordered to pay around $300 million, then lost some more and is now having that amount upped even further. That’s because a judge found Apple guilty of willful infringement, bumping its payment amount from $1.20 per infringing Apple device to $1.80 per device. Those include certain iPhones, iPads, and Macs. VirnetX says the ruling is “very reasonable.”
All of the patents were recently ruled invalid
Apple didn’t issue a statement other than to say that it plans to appeal. While $440 million isn’t a lot of money for Apple, there’s principle at stake here: VirnetX is a patent troll that makes its money from licensing patents and suing other parties. The company’s SEC filing states, “Our portfolio of intellectual property is the foundation of our business model.”
Tech giants have been barraged with lawsuits over the years from “patent assertion entities,” which generally don’t make products of their own and instead just sue other companies for money. Sometimes they just settle to put an end to the legal battles, but other times they’ll see them through in an attempt to invalidate patents or make further damage harder to prove.
That could be what Apple is hoping for here. The US Patent and Trademark Office recently invalidated all four of the patents that VirnetX is suing over. But VirnetX can appeal that decision; and until all appeals are decided, the patents remain enforceable, which is why Apple is still on the hook.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/16/16482568/apple-virnetx-facetime-patent-battle-loss-appeal-planned
Qualcomm Lawsuits Seek To Cripple Apple With iPhone Production And Sales Ban In China
by Brandon Hill — Friday, October 13, 2017
The gloves are coming off I'm the legit brawl between two major players in the smartphone industry: Qualcomm and Apple. While we've detailed the legal bickering between the two tech giants on this site on numerous occasions, Qualcomm's latest move is aimed at crippling Apple's base of manufacturing in China.
The majority of Apple's iPhones are manufactured in China, and Qualcomm has filed lawsuits in that country that seek to have production halted and ban all sales. Qualcomm alleges that Apple is infringing upon three non-standard patents, which include the technology that enables Force Touch on the iPhone 6s and later models, and certain power management aspects of the iPhone.
"Apple employs technologies invented by Qualcomm without paying for them," said Qualcomm spokeswoman Christine Trimble. "[These] are a few examples of the many Qualcomm technologies that Apple uses to improve its devices and increase its profits."
Any halt in iPhone production would be absolutely devastating to Apple. At last count, the iPhone family represents roughly two-thirds of Apple's revenue stream. And the timing couldn't be any worse for Apple; the company is still ramping up production of the newly released iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Apple's future big money maker, however, will no doubt be the iPhone X. With a starting price of $999, Apple will definitely be looking to pad its profits once the smartphone is available to customers on November 3rd.
Apple typically reports blockbuster earnings during the final quarter of the year, since it not only coincides with an uptick in sales due to new-model introductions, but it also marks the peak holiday shopping season.
Earlier this year, Apple filed a $145 million lawsuit against Qualcomm over chip licensing. Qualcomm countersued Apple accusing it of undermining its business operations across the globe. Qualcomm latest sought a U.S. import ban on iPhones and attacked Apple's suppliers with lawsuits. Apple, for its part, sought the help of Microsoft and Google (among others) to fight off Qualcomm's advances. Needless to say, it's starting to get downright ugly.
Qualcomm's actions against Apple come just a day after Taiwan hit the American chip company with a $773 million antitrust ruling. "Qualcomm holds big number of standard essential patents in CDMA, WCDMA and LTE segments and is the dominant provider of CDMA, WCDMA and LTE baseband chips," wrote Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission. "It abused its advantage in mobile communication standards, refused to license necessary patents."
Qualcomm vows to appeal the ruling.
https://hothardware.com/news/qualcomm-lawsuits-apple-iphone-production-sales-ban-in-china
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Qualcomm Fined Record $773 Million in Taiwan Antitrust Probe
Bloomberg News
Updated on October 11,2017
Qualcomm Inc. was fined a record NT$23.4 billion ($773 million) by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission in the latest blow from regulators over the way the U.S. company prices mobile phone chips and patents.
The company has been violating antitrust rules for at least 7 years and Qualcomm collected NT$400 billion in licensing fees from local companies during that time, the Taiwanese regulator said on its website Wednesday. Qualcomm disagrees with the decision and intends to appeal, the San Diego-based company said in a statement.
Qualcomm has attracted scrutiny from regulators around the world, with it practices probed in South Korea, China, Japan, the European Union and elsewhere. The company is engaged in a fierce battle with Apple Inc. that has seen the iPhone maker cut off billions of dollars in payments to Qualcomm.
The Taiwanese regulator said Qualcomm has monopoly market status over key mobile phone standards and by not providing products to clients who don’t agree with its conditions, the U.S. company is violating local laws. It said Taiwanese companies had purchased $30 billion worth of Qualcomm baseband chips.
“Qualcomm holds big number of standard essential patents in CDMA, WCDMA and LTE segments and is the dominant provider of CDMA, WCDMA and LTE baseband chips,” the FTC said. “It abused its advantage in mobile communication standards, refused to license necessary patents.”
Besides the fine, the Fair Trade Commission told Qualcomm to remove previously signed deals that force competitors to provide price, customer names, shipment, model name and other sensitive information as well as other clauses in its agreements.
Qualcomm will “seek to stay any required behavioral measures and appeal the decision to the Taiwanese courts after receiving the TFTC’s formal decision, which is expected in the next several weeks,” according to the statement. “The fine bears no rational relationship to the amount of Qualcomm’s revenues or activities in Taiwan, and Qualcomm will appeal the amount of the fine and the method used to calculate it.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-11/qualcomm-fined-773-million-in-taiwan-for-antitrust-violations
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United States Patent 9,788,227
Pragada , et al. October 10, 2017
Method and apparatus for integrating different radio access technologies using carrier aggregation
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are described. A method of configuring a Radio Resource Control (RRC)_Connected wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless local area network (WLAN) cell measurement includes receiving, by the WTRU, an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message. The RRCConnectionReconfiguration message includes a measurement configuration that includes at least one WLAN measurement object on which the WTRU is to perform measurement and at least one measurement reporting configuration including at least an indication that measurement reporting is to be at least one of periodic and event-triggered. At least one measurement is performed on the at least one WLAN measurement object. A measurement report is provided based on the at least one measurement reporting configuration.
Inventors:
Pragada; Ravikumar V. (Collegeville, PA), Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Castor; Douglas R. (Norristown, PA), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Roy; Arnab (East Norriton, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002881761
Appl. No.:
15/076,101
Filed:
March 21, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160205580 A1 Jul 14, 2016
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Patent Number
Issue Date
13646160 Oct 5, 2012 9294926
61653753 May 31, 2012
61544853 Oct 7, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 24/10 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101); H04W 24/08 (20130101); H04W 36/0083 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04W 92/02 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101); H04L 5/003 (20130101); H04W 36/14 (20130101); H04W 48/12 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 24/10 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 36/14 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 88/06 (20090101); H04W 48/12 (20090101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04W 16/14 (20090101); H04W 24/08 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 92/02 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,788,252
Perras , et al. October 10, 2017
Stable local breakout concept and usage
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for routing internet protocol (IP) traffic flows when connected to a mobile network and a local network. A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) determines whether to offload an IP traffic flow from the mobile network to the local network based on the destination address of the IP traffic flow. When the destination address is local, the WTRU routes the IP traffic flow through local network. The WTRU determines whether to offload IP traffic to the local network based on the stability state of the local network When the local network connection is sufficiently stable for the application associated with the IP traffic, the IP traffic is offloaded to the local network by selecting the local IP address as the source IP address.
Inventors:
Perras; Michelle (Montreal, CA), Reznik; Alexander (Titusville, NJ), Livet; Catherine (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Perras; Michelle
Reznik; Alexander
Livet; Catherine
Montreal
Titusville
Montreal
N/A
NJ
N/A
CA
US
CA
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002881785
Appl. No.:
14/001,290
Filed:
February 24, 2012
PCT Filed:
February 24, 2012
PCT No.:
PCT/US2012/026435
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
March 28, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2012/116252
PCT Pub. Date:
August 30, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140219242 A1 Aug 7, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61446343 Feb 24, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/22 (20130101); H04W 8/082 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101); H04W 80/04 (20130101); H04W 8/26 (20130101); H04W 28/08 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/22 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 8/08 (20090101); H04W 8/26 (20090101); H04W 80/04 (20090101); H04W 28/08 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,788,286
Pelletier , et al. October 10, 2017
Method and apparatus for radio link synchronization and power control in CELL.sub.--FACH and idle mode
Abstract
A method and apparatus for radio link synchronization and power control in CELL_FACH state and idle mode are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) transmits a random access channel (RACH) preamble and receives an acquisition indicator acknowledging the RACH preamble via an acquisition indicator channel (AICH) and an index to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource. The WTRU determines a start of an E-DCH frame. An F-DPCH timing offset is defined with respect to one of the RACH access slot and an AICH access slot carrying the acquisition indicator. A relative F-DPCH timing offset may be signaled to the WTRU and the WTRU may determine a start of an E-DCH frame based on the relative F-DPCH timing offset and timing of an AICH access slot including the acquisition indicator. The WTRU may transmit a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power control preamble before starting an E-DCH transmission.
Inventors:
Pelletier; Benoit (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Montreal, CA), Cave; Christopher R. (Montreal, CA), Kim; In H. (Norristown, PA), Di Girolamo; Rocco (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002881818
Appl. No.:
15/417,619
Filed:
January 27, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170142669 A1 May 18, 2017
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Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
15076099 Mar 21, 2016 9560607
14714763 Mar 22, 2016 9295013
14090643 May 19, 2015 9036617
12346617 Dec 24, 2013 8615002
61025695 Feb 1, 2008
61018059 Dec 31, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 52/38 (20130101); H04W 74/08 (20130101); H04W 56/0045 (20130101); H04W 56/0005 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 52/38 (20090101); H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 56/00 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,788,311
Bala , et al. October 10, 2017
Control channel signaling and acquisition for carrier aggregation
Abstract
A method and apparatus for handling a control channel for carrier aggregation in wireless communications. The method includes determining which component carrier to listen to, detecting the downlink control channel, processing mapping information related to downlink and uplink transmissions and operating discontinuous reception with respect to carrier aggregation. The method also includes detecting a component carrier, determining the component carrier type and locating the anchor component carrier, if necessary, where the anchor component carrier carries the carrier aggregation information.
Inventors:
Bala; Erdem (East Meadow, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Pietraski; Phillip J. (Jericho, NY), Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA), Levy; Joseph S. (Merrick, NY), Grieco; Donald M. (Manhasset, NY), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (Saint James, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002881841
Appl. No.:
14/744,713
Filed:
June 19, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150296492 A1 Oct 15, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14191153 Feb 26, 2014 9094957
12582459 Apr 22, 2014 8705461
61106810 Oct 20, 2008
61111573 Nov 5, 2008
61142429 Jan 5, 2009
61157758 Mar 5, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 5/0007 (20130101); H04L 5/0092 (20130101); H04W 48/12 (20130101); H04W 72/02 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04L 5/0094 (20130101); H04W 84/042 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 72/02 (20090101); H04W 48/12 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 84/04 (20090101
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United States Patent 9,788,358
Pelletier , et al. October 10, 2017
Operating with multiple schedulers in a wireless system
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a WTRU to operate using multiple schedulers. The WTRU may exchange data with the network over more than one data path, such that each data path may use a radio interface connected to a different network node and each node may be associated with an independent scheduler. For example, a WTRU may establish a RRC connection between the WTRU and a network. The RRC connection may establish a first radio interface between the WTRU and a first serving site of the network and a second radio interface between the WTRU and a second serving site of the network. The RRC connection may be established between the WTRU and the MeNB and a control function may be established between the WTRU and the SCeNB. The WTRU may receive data from the network over the first radio interface or the second radio interface.
Inventors:
Pelletier; Ghyslain (Laval, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Adjakple; Pascal M. (Great Neck, NY), Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002881887
Appl. No.:
14/794,493
Filed:
July 8, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150312957 A1 Oct 29, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13974946 Aug 23, 2013 9113450
61863311 Aug 7, 2013
61821186 May 8, 2013
61821071 May 8, 2013
61753323 Jan 16, 2013
61753334 Jan 16, 2013
61726448 Nov 14, 2012
61692548 Aug 23, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/046 (20130101); H04L 5/0032 (20130101); H04W 16/32 (20130101); H04W 36/00 (20130101); H04W 36/0072 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04W 72/1268 (20130101); H04W 74/04 (20130101); H04W 76/025 (20130101); H04W 72/1263 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101); H04W 24/00 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04W 84/042 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/00 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 74/04 (20090101); H04W 76/04 (20090101); H04W 76/00 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 16/32 (20090101); H04W 24/00 (20090101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04W 88/06 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101)
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InterDigital Announces Date for Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results
Date : 10/10/2017 @ 8:30AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the company will release its third quarter 2017 financial results before market open on Thursday, October 26, 2017. 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 (877) 830-2636 within the United States or +1 (785) 424-1802 from outside the United States. Please call by 9:50 a.m. ET on October 26 and give the operator conference ID number 6767363.
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 October 26 through 1:00 p.m. ET October 31. To access the recorded replay, call (888) 203-1112 or +1 (719) 457-0820 and use the replay code 6767363.
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.
Observation: IDCC trading volume on 10/6/17
@ 3:50 trading volume was 89,200
@ 4:00 trading volume was 138,982 (includes 17,133 shares executed at the close but reported as After Hours trading. Another 554 shares traded a few minutes after the close.)
* observation: over 35% of today's volume occurred in the last 10 minutes of the trading day
United States Patent 9,780,930
Hoffmann , et al. October 3, 2017
Communicating reference and data information in a wireless network
Abstract
A mobile device may generate reference bits. The mobile device may also produce a frame to send in an uplink transmission having two portions selectively with the reference bits or data bits.
Inventors:
Hoffmann; John E. (Indialantic, FL), Nelson; George Rodney (Merritt Island, FL), Proctor; James A. (Indialantic, FL), Rouphael; Antoine J. (Escondido, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002868886
Appl. No.:
14/602,982
Filed:
January 22, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150131620 A1 May 14, 2015
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Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12339969 Dec 19, 2008 8958457
11103202 Jan 27, 2009 7483473
09766875 Jun 7, 2005 6904079
60181071 Feb 8, 2000
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0046 (20130101); H04B 1/707 (20130101); H04B 2201/70701 (20130101); H04L 7/041 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04B 1/707 (20110101); H04L 7/04 (20060101)
Field of Search: ;370/328-338,342,500
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United States Patent 9,781,626
Farley , et al. October 3, 2017
Wireless channel allocation in a base station processor
Abstract
A system and method are provided for allocating wireless channels in a base station processor to messages sent between a subscriber and the base station processor in a wireless network. A latency period is determined corresponding to a return message to be received from a responsive node in response to an outgoing message sent from a sender via the base station processor. A latency manager in the base station processor computes the latency period and stores the latency period in an allocation table. A scheduler schedules a channel to be available at the end of the latency period indicated in the allocation table. At the end of the latency period, the return message is received and the scheduler allocates a channel as defined in the allocation table. The scheduled channel is used to transmit the message to or from the corresponding subscriber.
Inventors:
Farley; Kevin L. (Wake Forest, NC), 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:
1000002869491
Appl. No.:
13/975,711
Filed:
August 26, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130343183 A1 Dec 26, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13366973 Feb 6, 2012 8521862
09565095 Nov 27, 2012 8321542
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0247 (20130101); H04W 72/12 (20130101); H04W 72/04 (20130101); H04W 72/085 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101)
Current International Class: G06F 15/173 (20060101); H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 72/08 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 88/08 (20090101)
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