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20080311773 | Attenuation of an Electrostatic Charge on a Cable Prior to Coupling the Cable with an Electronic System - Embodiments may include connectors with discharge elements integrated into the connectors to interconnect conductors of a cable to attenuate or discharge an electrostatic charge built up on the conductors. In some embodiments, the conductors are momentarily connected to ground as the connector couples with another connector to interconnect a cable with, e.g., a computer. In further embodiments, the discharge elements interconnect the conductors of a cable to redistribute an electrostatic charge and thereby minimize the impact of a discharge when the cable couples with an electronic system such as a computer. Another embodiment comprises a male connector with discharge elements, which ground conductors of the cable as the cable is being inserted into the connector. The discharge elements are pushed out of the way of the conductors as the conductors couple with the connector. | 12-18-2008 |
20090325412 | ATTENUATION OF AN ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE ON A CABLE PRIOR TO COUPLING THE CABLE WITH AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - Embodiments may include connectors with discharge elements integrated into the connectors to interconnect conductors of a cable to attenuate or discharge an electrostatic charge built up on the conductors. In some embodiments, the conductors are momentarily connected to ground as the connector couples with another connector to interconnect a cable with, e.g., a computer. In further embodiments, the discharge elements interconnect the conductors of a cable to redistribute an electrostatic charge and thereby minimize the impact of a discharge when the cable couples with an electronic system such as a computer. Another embodiment comprises a male connector with discharge elements, which ground conductors of the cable as the cable is being inserted into the connector. The discharge elements are pushed out of the way of the conductors as the conductors couple with the connector. | 12-31-2009 |
20110016181 | Reducing Errors in Sending File Attachments - The claimed subject matter comprises a technology to scan a document for file attachments, generate alternative file names corresponding to a particular attachment, determine whether or not the particular file attachment is the latest version of a file or has a name and/or file path that could be confused with the name and/or path of another file. In the event one of the above conditions are met, the technology provides the means for a user to verify that the file attachment is the desired file and, if necessary, to select an alternative file for attachment. | 01-20-2011 |
20120046999 | Managing and Monitoring Continuous Improvement in Information Technology Services - A method for managing performance of an IT service delivery process to ensure the changes meet service performance objectives. Key performance metrics (KPIs) of a service delivery process are collected in a continuous manner at defined time intervals, both before a change to improve performance is applied to the process (baseline measurements) and after a change is applied to the process (post-change measurements). A process behavior graph is generated comprising each baseline and post-change performance measurement at the time interval collected, the time interval at which the change was applied to the process, and the performance objectives for the process. The graph is displayed to a user to enable the user to determine the impact the change has on the service delivery process in view of differences between the baseline and post-change performance measurements, and to determine whether the process meets performance objectives in view of the performance objectives. | 02-23-2012 |
20120130987 | Dynamic Data Aggregation from a Plurality of Data Sources - A method for dynamically aggregating data is provided. A server device receives a subscriber request for a report based on a subset of metadata contained in a data dimensions catalog. The server device analyzes data aggregation requirements from a plurality of data sources for the report based on the subset of metadata defined in the subscriber request. The server device generates a data access plan for movement of data from the plurality of data sources based on the data aggregation requirements for the report. Then, the server device executes the data access plan to fetch the data from the plurality of data sources based on the data aggregation requirements for the report. A computer system and computer program product for dynamically aggregating data are also provided. | 05-24-2012 |
20120259962 | REDUCTION OF ALERTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention dynamically reduce a frequency at which IT infrastructure automatically generates alerts. Historical data across a plurality of data sources in the IT infrastructure is analyzed. An opportunity to reduce the frequency at which the IT infrastructure automatically generates the alerts is identified. A new alert policy addressing the opportunity to reduce alert frequency is generated. An impact of the new alert policy on a set of predefined service level objectives (SLOs) and service level agreements (SLAs) is evaluated. The new alert policy is deployed in the IT infrastructure. | 10-11-2012 |
20130013624 | Reducing Errors in Sending File Attachments - The claimed subject matter comprises a technology to scan a document for file attachments, generate alternative file names corresponding to a particular attachment, determine whether or not the particular file attachment is the latest version of a file or has a name and/or file path that could be confused with the name and/or path of another file. In the event one of the above conditions are met, the technology provides the means for a user to verify that the file attachment is the desired file and, if necessary, to select an alternative file for attachment. | 01-10-2013 |
20130132551 | REDUCTION OF ALERTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention dynamically reduce a frequency at which IT infrastructure automatically generates alerts. Historical data across a plurality of data sources in the IT infrastructure is analyzed. An opportunity to reduce the frequency at which the IT infrastructure automatically generates the alerts is identified. A new alert policy addressing the opportunity to reduce alert frequency is generated. An impact of the new alert policy on a set of predefined service level objectives (SLOs) and service level agreements (SLAs) is evaluated. The new alert policy is deployed in the IT infrastructure. | 05-23-2013 |
20130198116 | LEVERAGING USER-TO-TOOL INTERACTIONS TO AUTOMATICALLY ANALYZE DEFECTS IN IT SERVICES DELIVERY - An approach is presented for identifying related problem tickets in an information technology (IT) environment. User interactions with a computer program are stored. The user interactions include inputs to the computer program to search for problem tickets issued in the IT environment that have the same characteristics. One or more user interaction patterns within the user interactions are recognized. A user interaction pattern of the one or more user interaction patterns is selected based on an evaluation of effectiveness of each of the one or more user interaction patterns. Based on the user interaction pattern, a rule is generated for determining which problem tickets in the IT environment share a common characteristic. The rule is applied to additional problem tickets issued in the IT environment to identify which of the additional problem tickets share the common characteristic. | 08-01-2013 |
20140324541 | USING REAL-TIME ONLINE ANALYTICS TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE AN APPROPRIATE MEASUREMENT SCALE - A method and associated systems for using real-time online text analytics and real-time online semantic analytics to automatically generate an appropriate measurement scale for a questionnaire, survey, interview, or other information-gathering instrument. The method uses known techniques, procedures, and models of real-time online analytics to infer meaning from a subject's unstructured response to a questioner's solicitation of information. It next uses these results to select one or more measurement scales from a repository of measurement scales and to customize those selected scales into forms appropriate to the researcher's solicitation. The processor then delivers the customized scale or scales to the researcher quickly enough to allow the researcher to use the delivered scales to immediately quantize or otherwise characterize the unstructured response. | 10-30-2014 |
20150033077 | LEVERAGING USER-TO-TOOL INTERACTIONS TO AUTOMATICALLY ANALYZE DEFECTS IN IT SERVICES DELIVERY - An approach is presented for identifying related problem tickets in an information technology (IT) environment. A pattern of actions included in interactions with a computer program is determined to be effective at proactively preventing a problem in the IT environment based on a frequency at which user(s) performed the interactions which perform text and statistical analyses of content of historical problem tickets. A script based on the pattern of actions is generated. A root cause of the problem is determined based on the text and statistical analyses. Responsive to a receipt of a new problem ticket, the script is executed to automatically perform the pattern of actions. The new problem ticket is classified as being in a group of problem tickets which are related to the problem and included in the historical problem tickets. The new problem ticket is determined to specify the problem which has the root cause. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120009888 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN COMMUNICATING DATA WHICH INCLUDES THE SELECTION OF AN RF CHANNEL FOR COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile communication device includes a first radio frequency (RF) transceiver and a second RF transceiver. The first RF transceiver is operative for communications in accordance with a first radio protocol (e.g. BLUETOOTH®) using a first set of RF channels, and the second RF transceiver is operative for communications in accordance with a second radio protocol (e.g. IEEE 802.11) using a second set of RF channels. The mobile device identifies a list of noisy RF channels in the first set of RF channels, detected through operation of the first RF transceiver in accordance with the first radio protocol. The mobile device selects one of the RF channels from the second set based on the identified list of noisy RF channels. The mobile device then controls operation of the second RF transceiver in accordance with the second radio protocol for communicating data to another communication device over the selected RF channel of the second set. | 01-12-2012 |
20130196673 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND CELLULAR SCHEDULING AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications may include a housing, a cellular transceiver carried by the housing and configured to operate based upon power levels, and a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver carried by the housing. The cellular transceiver may be configured to send timing information to the WLAN transceiver. The WLAN transceiver may be configured to schedule WLAN communications based upon the timing information and the selected power level of said cellular transceiver. | 08-01-2013 |
20130242960 | Methods And Apparatus For Providing Communications With Use Of First And Second RF Transceiver Modules - A method of communicating using first and second radio frequency (RF) transceiver modules of a communication device involves reserving selected timeslots for a wireless communication link of a first RF transceiver module; communicating data via the second RF transceiver module during the selected reserved timeslots; and simultaneously communicating data via the first RF transceiver module during remaining unreserved timeslots of the wireless communication link. | 09-19-2013 |
20140087785 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CO-EXISTING RADIOS OF DIFFERING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - Methods and systems for addressing interference between co-existing radios of differing radio access technologies (RATs) are provided. One RAT radio send an indication to a second RAT radio when it is transmitting, but does so after determining there is an actual likelihood that the first RAT transmission will interfere with reception by the second RAT radio. Optionally, the second RAT radio makes its own determination of whether there is a likelihood of interference, and ignores the indication if it is determined interference is not likely. Alternatively, the second RAT radio sends an indication to the first RAT radio when it is receiving, only after determining there is a likelihood that first RAT transmissions will interfere with reception by the second RAT radio. | 03-27-2014 |
20140171082 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IMPROVING NETWORK COVERAGE FOR VOICE OR DATA CALLS - To improve network coverage or reduce false handover triggering, at least one client terminal is set to operate as a virtual access point (VAP) in a first wireless network by an AP controller. If a mobile device detects that a signal quality estimate of communications via an AP or the first wireless network is below a first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure to the VAP. While maintaining the call via the VAP, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is beck above the first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure back to the AP of the first wireless network. On the other hand, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is below a second value which is less than the first value, the mobile device performs a vertical handover procedure from the VAP to a base station of a second wireless network. | 06-19-2014 |
20140241182 | Access Point And Channel Selection In A Wireless Network For Reduced RF Interference - For each access point in a first network of a first type, a mobile device identifies a frame error rate of communications. The frame error rate is measured while simultaneously communicating with a second network of a second type. The mobile device stores the frame error rate in association with an access point identifier of the access point. Upon encountering, the first network again, the mobile device prioritizes the selection of an access point based on a ranking of the access points according to their associated frame error rates from lowest to highest. Further, the mobile device may use adjusted hysteresis parameters for making a handover decision in order to reduce a “ping-pong” selection between access points. Additionally or alternatively, the mobile device may select or suggest a channel of the access point based on a signal strength of signals from the second network. | 08-28-2014 |
20140243042 | Methods And Apparatus For Reducing The Impact Of RF Interference Based On Estimation Of Colored Noise - A mobile device having first and second RF transceivers performs a communication function in accordance with a communication protocol of the second RF transceiver. During performance of this function, the mobile device estimates the RF interference on a channel of the first RF transceiver, and stores parameters which characterize the estimated RF interference in association with an identifier corresponding to the function. These actions are repeated for a plurality of channels of the first RF transceiver, as well as for a plurality of different communication functions. When performing a communication function again, the mobile device receives an identifier corresponding to the function and retrieves stored parameters corresponding to the received identifier. The mobile device applies the retrieved parameters to the first RF transceiver for reducing the adverse effect of RF interference during reception on the channel of the first RF transceiver. | 08-28-2014 |
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20120044913 | Methods And Apparatus For Providing Communications With Use Of First And Second RF Transceiver Modules - A mobile communication device is operative to perform a first communication function (e.g. inquiry or paging function for discovery) with use of a first radio frequency (RF) transceiver (e.g. BLUETOOTH transceiver) and a second communication function (e.g. voice telephony function) with use of a second RF transceiver (e.g. IEEE 802.11 transceiver). In response to identifying an indication to invoke the first communication function while the second communication function is being performed, the mobile device reserves selected timeslots of a wireless communication link with the first RF transceiver for establishing a synchronous link. The mobile device then causes data of the first communication function to be communicated, via the first RF transceiver, during remaining unreserved timeslots of the wireless communication link. The mobile device further causes data of the second communication function to be communicated, via the second RF transceiver, during the reserved timeslots of the synchronous link. | 02-23-2012 |
20120099562 | Methods And Apparatus For use In Improving Network Coverage For Voice Or Data Calls - To improve network coverage or reduce false handover triggering, at least one client terminal is set to operate as a virtual access point (VAP) in a first wireless network by an AP controller. If a mobile device detects that a signal quality estimate of communications via an AP of the first wireless network is below a first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure to the VAP. While maintaining the call via the VAP, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is back above the first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure back to the AP of the first wireless network. On the other hand, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is below a second value which is less than the first value, the mobile device performs a vertical handover procedure from the VAP to a base station of a second wireless network. | 04-26-2012 |
20120134390 | CO-EXISTENCE OF NARROW-CHANNEL TRANSMITTER AND WIDE-CHANNEL RECEIVER - A narrow-channel transmitter in a dual-radio communication device reduces its bandwidth for the benefit of a wide-channel receiver in the dual-radio communication device. Narrow channels are marked as unavailable based on actual off-line adjacent channel rejection ‘ACR’ information that characterizes tolerance of the wide-channel receiver to adjacent channel interference ‘ACI’ caused by transmissions from the narrow-channel transmitter. | 05-31-2012 |
20120258759 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING WLAN RADIO RECEIVER GAIN IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method for adjusting a gain level for a receiver of a first radio simultaneously operational with a transmitter of a second radio, comprising: determining a signal-to-noise ratio (“SNR”) value for signals received by the receiver from an access point (“AP”); and, when the first radio is associated with the AP and the transmitter is not transmitting, if the SNR value exceeds a SNR threshold, reducing the gain level for the receiver from an initial level and initiating transmission from the transmitter, otherwise maintaining the gain level for the receiver at the initial level and initiating transmission from the transmitter; wherein the SNR threshold is a SNR value above which beacon signals from the AP can be successfully received by the receiver. | 10-11-2012 |
20130182650 | Scheduling Transmission of Traffic Treated Less Preferentially Despite Timing Requirements - A source device has a wireless communication interface. Through the wireless communication interface, the source device establishes a communication session over a wireless medium with a sink device and determines a maximum capacity of a buffer at the sink device for receipt of audio samples to be transmitted in packets from the source device to the sink device in an asynchronous connectionless link over the wireless medium. Scheduling access to the wireless medium by the wireless communication interface for transmission of audio samples on the link takes into account the maximum capacity of the buffer. | 07-18-2013 |
20130295989 | Co-existence Aware Rate Support - An apparatus has a first communication module and a second communication module. The first communication module is compatible with a first wireless communication technology, and the second communication module is compatible with a second wireless communication technology that differs from the first wireless communication technology. Transmissions by the second communication module may contribute to interference at the first communication module. The first communication module refrains from advertising support for any data rate that is not expected to be sufficiently resilient in the face of interference caused by transmissions from the second communication module. | 11-07-2013 |
20140044007 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH A NODE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY NODE - The disclosure describes a system, method, device and server for establishing communication links in a network for a device. Communications may be carried from the device through an intermediary communication device to an access point in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: monitoring for a first trigger condition to seek the intermediary communication device, where the trigger condition is related to at least one of the communication device or the network; and upon detection of the first trigger condition identifying the intermediary communication device in the network, establishing a first connection between the communication device and the intermediary communication device and a second connection between the intermediary communication device and the access point to transmit communications from the communication device to the access point and transmitting a message from the communication device for the access device using the first connection and the second connection. | 02-13-2014 |
20140071904 | Resource Block Indication and Allocation for In-Device Coexistence Interference Avoidance - A method is provided for reducing radio frequency interference between a first device and a second device co-located on a UE. The method comprises transmitting, by the UE, to a network element, responsive to the UE detecting IDC interference between the first device and the second device, an output power level of the first device, an amount of de-sense experienced by the second device, and information regarding a plurality of RBs on which the UE requests to perform an uplink transmission. | 03-13-2014 |
20140129626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING ELECTRONIC GROUPS - Methods, computer readable media, and electronic devices are provided for forming an electronic group by determining that a plurality of electronic devices satisfy at least one proximity criterion; determining a plurality of candidate members for the electronic group according to contact list information for at least one of the plurality of electronic devices; and forming the electronic group from the plurality of candidate members. | 05-08-2014 |
20140207466 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING VOICE TAGS THROUGH USER OPERATION - A method for automatically identifying voice tags on an electronic device. After failure to initiate a communication using a voice input command, the user may then subsequently contact the recipient using an application program of the electronic device. The original audio of the voice input command may be identified as a potential voice tag for the now-identified recipient. The method includes: receiving, through a voice interface program, a voice input command, the voice input command including a command element and a content element; ending the voice interface program without performing the voice input command; receiving, through an application program, a user input which identifies data for executing an application program command; performing the application program command; and identifying audio of the content element as a voice tag associated with the data identified by the user input. | 07-24-2014 |
20140331263 | INPUT LAG ESTIMATION FOR WI-FI DISPLAY SINKS - A source device comprising a processor and a Wi-Fi module for communicating with a sink device to stream audio/video data. The processor is configured to one of either A) identify manufacturer and model of the sink device, retrieve input lag data for the sink device from a database indexed by manufacturer and model of the sink device, and optimize encoding of the audio/video data by adjusting transmission parameters based on the input lag data; or B) generate a signal, detect the signal reproduced at the sink device, measure the input lag between generation of the signal and reproduction thereof at the sink device, and optimize encoding of the audio/video data by adjusting transmission parameters based on the input lag data. | 11-06-2014 |
20140335787 | SHORT RANGE WIRELESS FILE SHARING - In one embodiment, for example, a method of short range wireless peer-to-peer file sharing is provided. The method includes establishing a short range wireless communications link between a local computing device and a peer computing device and transmitting to the peer computing device over the short range wireless communications link a consolidated catalog of accessible files stored locally in the local computing device, remotely in a remote computing device, or both. The method further includes receiving from over the short range wireless communications link a request by the peer computing device to retrieve a selected one of the files. The method includes responding to a determination that the selected one of the files is stored remotely in the remote computing device by facilitating the retrieval by the peer computing device of the selected one of the files from the remote computing device for delivery to the peer computing device. | 11-13-2014 |
20140370867 | Apparatus and Method Pertaining to the Obtainment and Use of Call Information - An apparatus, such as a portable communication device, has a wireless transceiver configured to conduct voice calls, a close-proximity reader (such as, but not limited to, a near-field communications (NFC) reader), and a control circuit that operably couples to the wireless transceiver and the close-proximity reader. The control circuit uses the close-proximity reader to obtain call information from another device and uses the wireless transceiver to initiate a call using the call information to thereby permit joining, or establishing, a conference call with three or more access points. | 12-18-2014 |
20150036733 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF REAL-TIME MEDIA - A method, wireless communication device, and computer readable medium, are disclosed, for wireless transmission of real-time media from a source to a sink over a wireless transmission channel. The wireless device initiates a peer-to-peer communication session between the sink and the source, and determines based on a time-allocation for the wireless transmission, an available bandwidth for the wireless transmission. The wireless device encodes the real-time media for the wireless transmission such that a time-required for transmission of the first frame-type is less than or equal to a period-of-availability for transmission defined in the time-allocation for the wireless transmission. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036735 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF REAL-TIME MEDIA - A method, wireless communication device, and computer readable medium, are disclosed, for encoding real-time media for wireless transmission from a source to a sink over a wireless transmission channel. The wireless device initiates a peer-to-peer communication session between the sink and the source, then determines based on a time-allocation for the wireless transmission, an available bandwidth for the wireless transmission. The wireless device then encodes the real-time media for the wireless transmission based on the available bandwidth or a throughput constraint. | 02-05-2015 |
20150055516 | MITIGATING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CO-LOCATED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES - An apparatus has a first communication module that is compatible with a first wireless communication technology, and a second communication module that is compatible with a second, different, wireless communication technology. Transmissions by each communication module may contribute to interference at the other communication module. In one example, a Block Acknowledgement Request is transmitted by the apparatus during a downlink period of the second communication module so that the Block Acknowledgement transmitted in response is received during the downlink period. In another example, the apparatus calculates a maximum size of A-MPDU to receive and notifies an access point of that maximum size. In a further example, the apparatus, having notified an access point of operation in a power save mode, polls the access point for buffered frames at the start of a downlink period of the second communication module. | 02-26-2015 |