Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080219323 | FAST AND RELIABLE CHANNEL CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS IN BLUETOOTH NETWORKS TO DETECT AND AVOID 2.4 GHZ INTERFERERS - Aspects of a method and system for fast and reliable channel classification in Bluetooth networks to detect and avoid channel interferers may include one or more processors that may enable performance of signal strength measurements on received Bluetooth signals at a current selected frequency. At least one data packet received via the Bluetooth signals may be processed to determine the presence of bit errors. The processor(s) may enable characterization of the Bluetooth signals at the current selected frequency based on the signal strength measurements and/or the processing of the data packets. The current selected frequency may be selected during adaptive frequency hopping based on the characterization. | 09-11-2008 |
20080232523 | Method And System For Mixing A Plurality Of Audio Sources In An FM Transmitter - A plurality of digital audio signals from a plurality of sources utilizing different clocks may be processed and transmitted via an FM transmitter. The plurality of signals may have different sample rates which are converted to one same sample rate by a plurality of rate adapters. The plurality of rate adapters may be clocked at one same sample rate. The energy levels of the signals may be adjusted relative to one another and as a group. Energy level adjustments may improve FM modulation signal characteristics and audible energy levels for an end listener. The plurality of digital audio signals may be combined into one composite signal and FM modulated in the digital domain. The FM modulated signal may be converted to analog signal prior to being filtered, amplified and coupled to an antenna for transmission. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233883 | Method And System For Detecting Channels Suitable For FM Transmission In An Integrated FM Transmit/Receive System - A method and system is provided processing channel information may include in a mobile FM radio system including an integrated FM radio transmitter and FM radio receiver, dynamically generating a list of local FM channels, ranking local FM channels in the generated list, and selecting one of the ranked local FM channels for use by the FM transmitter based on neighboring channel interference. The FM radio receiver may detect FM channels being transmitted or not being transmitted, detect a pilot signal or a channel transmission pause. A tuning frequency of the FM radio receiver may be adjusted for scanning and detecting the local FM channels based on knowledge of a location of the FM radio receiver, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), dynamically scanning for local FM channel based on received RDS/RDBS data or country code, and/or carrier error of a related FM signal. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233897 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS FM TRANSMISSION ON A SELECTED CHANNEL AND ITS CORRESPONDING IMAGE FREQUENCY - Aspects of a method and system for simultaneous signal transmission on multiple selected frequencies may include generating from a single baseband signal, a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals each at a different radio frequency, wherein the single baseband signal comprises an in-phase signal component and/or a quadrature signal component. The single baseband signal, to generate said plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, may be modulated in a single radio frequency transmission chain, the radio frequency transmission chain comprising intermediate frequency modulation and radio frequency modulation. The plurality of radio frequency transmission signals may be a radio frequency signal and a corresponding image frequency signal, based on the intermediate frequency modulation and the radio frequency modulation. The signals resulting from the intermediate frequency modulation and the radio frequency modulation may be filtered to preserve the radio frequency signal and the corresponding image frequency signal. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233907 | Method And System For Determining Channel Spacing And Configuring An FM Transmitter - In a wireless communication system which may include a mobile device having an integrated FM radio transmitter and a FM radio receiver, a geographic location of the mobile device may be determined. A FM channel map may be determined based on the location and the FM radio transmitter may be configured for transmitting FM signals based on the FM channel map, which may include a list of ranked FM channels. The geographic location may be acquired from received RDS or RBDS signals, received GPS signals, other received wireless signals, and/or from user data. Channel spacing, channel offset and/or frequency band may be determined for the FM channel map. A frequency for transmitting FM signals via the FM radio transmitter may be selected based on the determined FM channel map. The FM radio receiver may also be configured for receiving FM signals based on the determined FM channel map. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233954 | Method And System For Processing Results Derived From Detecting Channels Suitable For FM Transmission In An Integrated FM Transmit/Receive System - A method and system is provided for enabling communication, where a FM radio system including an integrated FM radio transmitter and FM radio receiver may use an in-band FM or out of band transmitter to communicate a dynamically generated list with alternate local FM channels to an in-band or out of band receiver of another FM radio device with a FM radio receiver. The generated list of local FM channels may be ranked according to the least neighboring channel interference and may be selected for tuning the FM radio device. The FM radio system and the FM radio device may both scan to generate a substantially matched list of local FM channels. In response to detecting a new signal of a transmitted channel by the FM radio system, the FM radio device may tune to the same channel using an open loop, closed loop or semi-open loop method. | 09-25-2008 |
20080284646 | USE OF BROADCAST POSITION DATA FOR SUBSEQUENT GPS LOCATION FIX - A radio device that is capable of positioning itself within a broadcast radio system includes a radio receiver operable to receive a plurality of broadcast radio signals, each broadcast from a respective one of a plurality of broadcast radio signal sources, and a GPS receiver coupled to receive a broadcast parameter determined using the broadcast radio signals and operable to calculate a GPS location of the radio device using the broadcast parameter. | 11-20-2008 |
20080291086 | POSITION DETERMINATION USING AVAILABLE POSITIONING TECHNIQUES - A radio device that is capable of positioning itself using one or more available positioning techniques includes a selection parameter defined to enable selection of at least one of the available positioning techniques supported by the radio device for use in calculating the location of the radio device. At least one of the positioning techniques supported by the radio device is a broadcast positioning technique that uses broadcast radio signals broadcast from radio stations to calculate the location of the radio device. | 11-27-2008 |
20080311870 | POSITION DETERMINATION USING RECEIVED BROADCAST SIGNALS - A radio device that is capable of positioning itself within a broadcast radio system includes a receiver operable to receive a plurality of broadcast radio signals, each broadcast from a respective one of a plurality of broadcast radio signal sources. The radio device further includes processing circuitry operable to determine respective call station identification information for each of the broadcast radio signal sources from the broadcast radio signals, measure respective signal quality characteristics for each of the received broadcast radio signals, identify station position data associated with each of the broadcast radio signal sources from the respective call station identification information, and calculate a location of the radio device using the signal quality characteristics and station position data associated with at least three broadcast radio signal sources. | 12-18-2008 |
20080311896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE MULTI-SERVICE INTERFACE DEVICE - A mobile communication interface (MCI) device may enable utilizing a plurality of communication interfaces to enable connectivity to a plurality of available networks, user interface devices, resources, and/or communication devices; and to support a plurality of users of the MCI device. The communication interfaces may be wired and/or wireless; and may be based on standard network interfaces and/or device-based interfaces. The user devices and/or resources may be local and/or remote, and may comprise service provider devices. Users may interact directly with the MCI device and/or indirectly via communication interfaces. The MCI device may enable concurrent use of the device by a group of supported users; and user specific profiles may be utilized enable determining each user's preferences and operation settings. The user specific profiles may be generated, stored, updated, and/or utilized via the MCI device directly and/or external to the MCI device via its connectivity. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EVOLVING USER PREFERENCES - A system and method for managing evolving user preferences. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example and without limitation, comprise maintaining a user preference profile in which is stored a variety of information, including information indicating the manner in which a user desires an electronic device to operate. Information of the manner in which a user utilizes an electronic device may, for example, be obtained, and the user preference profile may be maintained in accordance with such information. The user profile information may, for example, be transferred between various computing systems and/or devices. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A NETWORKED SELF-CONFIGURING COMMUNICATION DEVICE UTILIZING USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION - A first personal electronic (PE) device may enable generation, updating, and/or storage of user configuration information. The user configuration information may comprise information pertaining to device configuration and/or operational preferences specific to the device user and/or various use settings, connectivity, and/or use of available resources. The generation, updating, and/or storage of the user configuration information may be performed manually and/or automatically, and may be performed directly within the first PE device and/or via networked devices, which may communicatively coupled to the first PE device. A second PE device may be enabled to be communicatively coupled to the first PE device and/or the networked devices. The second PE device may then be enabled to download existing user configuration information from the first PE device and/or the networked device, and the downloaded user configuration may be utilized to configure the second PE device. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313558 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA WITH VIRTUAL DIRECTORIES - A system and method for managing media files (e.g., utilizing virtual directories). Various aspects of the present invention, for example, comprise interacting with a user to define one or more virtual file directories and/or associated media file characteristics. One or more media file characteristics may, for example, be associated with a media file. Such associated media file characteristics may, for example, be analyzed to determine whether to associate a media file with one or more virtual directories. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING SPARE SYSTEM RESOURCES - A system and method for allocating and/or utilizing spare computing system (e.g., personal computing system) resources. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example and without limitation, provide a system and/or method that communicates incentive information with computing systems, and/or representatives thereof, regarding the allocation of computing resources for utilization by other computing systems and/or incentives that may be associated with such utilization. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example, allocate one or more resources of a computing system for utilization by another computing system based, at least in part, on such communicated incentive information. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316863 | DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE OR MICROPHONES FOR POSITION DETERMINATION - Directional microphone or microphones for position determination. One or multiple directional microphones are implemented in various locations to perform acoustic wave capture of acoustic waves associated with object (e.g., a player, a gaming object, a game controller, etc.). The generator of such acoustic waves may be co-located with the object (e.g., integrated into the object if the object is a device such as a gaming object, a game controller, etc., or integrated into clothing worn by a player such as on a hat, a jacket, etc.). The acoustic waves described herein may be generated by any number of means/devices including audio output devices, speakers, pulse wave generators, audio oscillators, etc. Moreover, such acoustic waves may be ultrasonic. A game module and/or processing module processes directional vectors associated with positions of the directional microphones when detecting relative maximum amplitude of an acoustic wave emits by an acoustic wave generator. | 12-25-2008 |
20090021413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PROXY DEVICE OVER A NETWORK BY A REMOTE DEVICE - Methods and systems for wireless communication are disclosed and may include generating via a wireless mobile communication device (WMCD), persistent remote agents (PRAs) that may be enabled to perform one or more tasks. The PRAs may be communicated to remote devices to perform the tasks. The preferences of a user of the WMCD may be incorporated into the PRAs. The result of the tasks may be received by the WMCD from the remote devices. The PRAs may be communicated from the WMCD to the remote devices via one of a plurality of wireless protocols. At least one additional PRA may be spawned from the PRAs at the remote devices, and may be communicated to additional remote devices. The tasks may be performed by the PRAs periodically. The WMCD may communicate a message to the remote devices to initiate performance of the tasks by the PRAs. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022061 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-STANDARD MESH OF NETWORKS - Aspects of a method and system for quality of service management in a multi-standard mesh of networks are provided. In a wireless mobile communication device (WMCD) enabled to communicate utilizing a variety of communication networks, QoS information, such as latency, available bandwidth, and/or throughput, communicated to the WMCD may enable the coordination of data transfers to and/or from the WMCD. In this regard, the WMCD and each of the networks may comprise a QoS management entity. A QoS management entity may be enabled to poll other QoS management entities to discover QoS information. Similarly, a QoS management entity may be enabled to receive QoS information broadcast by other QoS management entities. A QoS management entity may enable selecting a network and/or communication protocol for the transmission and/or reception of data based on exchanged QoS information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022091 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING STANDARDIZED INTERFACE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE TO DISCOVER AND USE LOCAL AND REMOTE RESOURCES - A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may discover available networks, and available local and/or remote resources. The WMC device may configure routes utilizing one or more of discovered resources and one or more available networks. The routes may be utilized to performed operations requested via the WMC device. A standardized language and/or protocol may be utilized in discovering and/or communicating with available resources and/or networks. The standardized language and/or protocol may enable commonality among the discovered networks and/or resources, and encryption of data communicated through the established routes. The standardized language and/or protocol may be updated and/or modified to incorporate new resources either by direct interactions between said new resources and the WMC device, or via existing available resources and/or networks. The discovery of resources and/or establishment of routes may be user-triggered, or it may be based on user preference information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022096 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION BY A DEVICE BASED ON AUTO-DISCOVERY OF LOCAL RESOURCES AND GENERATING PREFERENCE INFORMATION FOR THOSE RESOURCES - Methods and systems for environment configuration by a device based on auto-discovery of local resources and generating preference information for those resources are disclosed and may include discovering available networked resources utilizing a wireless mobile communication device (WMCD). Wireless communication may be established with one or more of the available networked resources utilizing the WMCD, which may then configure the resources according to user preferences. The user preferences may be stored internal or external to the WMCD, and may be modified based on subsequent changes to the configuring of the resources. The WMCD may communicate with the resources utilizing one or more of a plurality of wireless protocols, which may comprise cellular, WLAN, near-field communication, Bluetooth, and radio frequency identification. The WMCD may auto-discover as well as determine and authenticate access privileges for the resources, which may comprise devices for adjusting a user's local environment. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY SETTING UP AND TEARING DOWN CONNECTIONS IN MESH NETWORKS - Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in near proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices may form and/or tear down intra-mesh connection with other WMC devices in the same mesh network. WMC devices may utilize information related to other WMC devices in the mesh network in determining formation and tearing down of intra-mesh connections. This information may comprise relative speeds, locations, and directions of movement of the WMC devices forming/tearing intra-mesh connections. Other information including data bandwidth and/or power consumption may be utilized in such determination. This information may also comprise available services advertised by WMC devices in the mesh network. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022117 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HANDHELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING CONNECTION TO AND USE OF LOCAL AND REMOTE RESOURCES - Methods and systems for a handheld portable communication device for configuring connection to and use of local and remote resources are disclosed and may include discovering available networks and resources, establishing a route between the handheld wireless communication device and a selected one or more of the available resources via a selected one or more of the available networks based on user preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device, and communicating multimedia data between the handheld wireless communication device and the selected one or more of the available resources via the established route. The established route may be dynamically adjusted, based on network availability and bandwidth. The handheld wireless communication device may communicate utilizing a plurality of wireless protocols. The preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device may be dynamically adjusted. The resources may be local or remote to the handheld wireless communication device. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ATOMIZING FUNCTION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and systems for an atomizing function for a mobile device are disclosed and may include discovering available resources via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) and assessing respective cost functions for processing tasks by the HWCD and/or the discovered resources. The tasks may be apportioned for local and/or remote execution by the HWCD and/or the discovered resources based on the assessed cost functions. The assessed cost functions may be dependent on factors comprising communication bandwidth, memory space, CPU processing power, and battery power, which may be weighted. The cost functions may be dynamically assessed, enabling dynamic reapportioning of the tasks, which may be apportioned based on latency, quality of service (QoS), priority and/or user preferences associated with the local and/or remote execution. The apportioning of the processing of the tasks may be based on the assessed cost functions, and a priority and/or a QoS associated with the task. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022119 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PERSISTENT REQUEST GENERATED BY A WIRELESS DEVICE, EXECUTED REMOTELY AND OUTPUT TO CONFIGURABLE LOCAL RESOURCES - Methods and systems for a persistent request generated by a wireless device, executed remotely and output to configurable local resources are disclosed and may include generating via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) a persistent request for a user that may be communicated to remote devices for execution and storage of results. The stored results may be received from local resources local which may be configured by the remote devices based on user preferences to deliver the stored results to the user. The stored results may be received by the user via the HWCD or another wireless communication device, and the identity of the user may be authenticated prior to receiving the stored results. The remote devices may discover the local resources based on the detection of the user logging into the network. User preferences may be stored in networked devices or may be stored in the HWCD. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022120 | Method And System For Enabling Rendering Of Electronic Media Content Via A Secure Ad Hoc Network Configuration Utilizing A Handheld Wireless Communication Device - An ad hoc network enabled to handle secure data may be created for a specified user via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) such that rightful access to protected data stored on one or more networked devices may be extended to one or more distributed rendering devices. The HWCD and/or the user may be authenticated. The HWCD may enable configuration of one or more dynamic connections on the ad hoc network as needed until communication of data is complete. Bandwidth and throughput of one or more communication links may be adjusted according to bandwidth availability. The data may be buffered via the HWCD and/or one or more of the distributed rendering devices. Processing data tasks may be assigned to one or more networked resources on the ad hoc network. The data may undergo format conversion and be consumed on the one or more distributed rendering devices and/or the HWCD. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022122 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION OUTSIDE A MESH BY INCLUDING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION IN ROUTER CONFIGURATION MESSAGES - A Wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and the device user. WMC devices located in near proximity of each other may be enabled to form an ad hoc wireless network wherein each WMC device within the network may function as a router for other devices. Utilizing such routing capability within an ad hoc wireless network may allow WMC devices that are out of their wireless coverage area to use other WMC devices within such ad hoc wireless network to route any impending communication through such other WMC devices wherein these devices may have wireless connectivity to their coverage networks. WMC devices that are may have external connectivity may be enable to be selective in routing information and/or data from other WMC devices in the ad hoc network. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022169 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A QUEUING SYSTEM INSIDE A MESH NETWORK - Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in operating proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices in a mesh network may form a queuing system wherein each WMC device may store data forwarded to and/or from other WMC devices in the mesh network. Each WMC device in the mesh network may have different queuing capability based on a plurality of factors that may comprise internal factors such as processing, storage, power, and/or connectivity. The mesh network may comprise an internal addressing scheme that may enable utilization of the queuing system whether or not WMC devices in the mesh network are communicatively coupled to external networks. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023393 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO EXECUTE A FUNCTION OR RECEIVE A SERVICE IN ONE OR MORE REMOTE TRANSMIT/RECEIVE DEVICES BASED ON USER PREFERENCE DATA - A system and method is provided for a wireless mobile communication device (WMCD) to communicate a signal that may include user preference data to execute a function and/or receive a service in one or more identified remote transmitting/receiving (TX/RX) devices. The signal may be encrypted, and may be used to poll the availability and identity of the one or more remote TX/RX devices. The user preference data may be formatted in a standardized universal language with commands understandable by most remote TX/RX devices for rendering functions or services. If the one or more remote TX/RX devices receive competing and/or conflicting user preference data from a plurality of WMCDs, each of the remote TX/RX devices may arbitrate which function or service to perform according to privileges of each of the user preference data of the respective WMCDs or based on an arbitration decision in the one or more remote TX/RX devices. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023422 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION BASED ON DETECTED BIOMETRIC EVENT DATA - A system and method is provided for processing and storing captured data in a wireless communication device based on detected biometric event data. The captured data may be acquired through a data acquisition system with devices or sensors in an integrated or distributed configuration. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event with time, date and/or location stamping, and captured physiological and behavioral biometric event data in response to the event. The captured data may be dynamically stored in a data binding format or as raw data in a local host device or communicated externally to be stored in a remote host or storage. At least one user preference may be specified for linking a biometric event data to the mapped, analyzed, categorized and stored captured data in a database. Captured data may be retrieved by matching biometric event data to at least one user preference from the database. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SECURE NETWORK LINKS UTILIZING A USER'S BIOMETRIC IDENTITY ON NETWORK ELEMENTS - An ad hoc network may be established between a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) and one or more network resources utilizing biometric identity information. The biometric identity information may be associated with a user of the HWCD and utilized to select one or more network resources thus enabling secure communication between the HWCD and the one or more network resources. The HWCD may acquire the user's biometric identity information from the user and validate it utilizing stored biometric identity information. The one or more network resources may acquire the HWCD user's biometric identity information from the user and sign the biometric identity information with a private key. The HWCD may receive signed biometric identity information and associated public keys from each of the one or more network resources and validate the signed biometric identity information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED JOURNAL BASED ON COLLECTING LINKS TO INFORMATION AND ANNOTATING THOSE LINKS FOR LATER RETRIEVAL - A system and method is provided for handling data in wireless communication devices where data may be captured and linked to a personal journal via indexing and mapping of context data tags abstracted from captured data. The captured data may be retrieved by matching a query to one or more context data tags indexed and mapped to the personal journal. A user preference utilizing one or more of the context data tags linked to the personal journal may facilitate captured data retrieval. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event pre-tagged with indexed information such as user ID, time, date, location and environmental condition or optionally one or more user's biometric data in response to the event. The pre-tagged captured data may be stored in the local host device or transferred to a remote host or storage for later retrieval or post processing. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAGGING DATA WITH CONTEXT DATA TAGS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to generate and/or maintain multimedia data files. Context data tags may be created to tag the generated multimedia data files, enabling identification of multimedia data files without directly accessing the contents of the multimedia data files. Context data tags may comprise such attributes as time/date stamps, location, subject, environment, scheduling, and/or biometric information. The WMC device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and/or to a specific device user. The user preference information may be utilized to specify attributes that may be utilized in creating context data tags for multimedia data files. The user preference information may be maintained in the WMC device and/or externally. Tagging operation may be performed dynamically, and a remote device may be utilized to perform tagging operations and/or to maintain the user preference information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023433 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING AND MODIFYING USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION TO CREATE CONTEXT DATA TAGS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A Wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to generate and/or maintain multimedia data files. Context data tags may be utilized to tag the generated multimedia data files to enable convenient identification of multimedia data files. Context data tags may comprise time/date stamps, subject, and/or location attribute. User preference information that is unique to the WMC device and/or a specific device user may be utilized to create context data tags for multimedia data files. The user preference information may be modified and/or updated. Modifications and/or updates of user preference information may be based on post-processing operations, biometric information, and/or self-learning techniques that may comprise operations performed on the multimedia data files. Post-processing operations may be performed on multimedia data files in the WMC device and/or a remote device. Tagged multimedia data files may be re-tagged based on modification to user preference information and/or post-processing operations. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023452 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY SPLITTING JOBS ACROSS MULTIPLE AGNOSTIC PROCESSORS IN WIRELESS SYSTEM - Dynamically splitting jobs in wireless system between agnostic processor may comprise evaluating a job that a wireless mobile communication device may be requested to perform. The wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may evaluate a requested job to determine if one or more tasks may be sent to a remote device. The WMC device may consider such factors as information pertaining to the WMC device itself, information relating to the connection between the devices, and/or information pertaining to the remote device. This information may comprise such data as power availability in the wireless mobile communication device, processing load in the WMC device, processing and/or storage capabilities of the remote device, and characteristics of the connectivity between the two devices. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL LAYERS TO RETAIN QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be determine a quality of service (QOS) required to communicate data. The WMC device may utilize a plurality of physical layers available in the WMC device to retain the QOS throughout the data communication. The physical layers may comprise a plurality of wireless technologies and/or a plurality of transmission power levels within each wireless technology. Selection of physical layers that may be utilized may comprise determination of available QOS through the physical layers, available power in the WMC device, and/or power requirement for communicating data via the physical layers. Data encoding may also be utilized to alter size of communicated data while retaining the required QOS. Data encoding may comprise utilizing encoding schemes, data compression, and/or redundancy bits. A set of deadlines may be utilized to enable switching between available physical layers to ensure maintaining and/or achieving required QOS. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023457 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING POSITIONAL INFORMATION OF TAGGED DATA WHEN PROCESSING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS DEVICES - A Wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to tag data generated and/or maintained in the WMC device with positional information. Positional information may comprise location and/or directional attributes. Positional attributes may be derived from operations, application, and/or accessory devices. Positional information of tagged data may be utilized to subsequently control the WMC device wherein operations may be performed and/or predicted in said WMC device based on match between current positional information of the WMC device and positional information of tagged data. User preference information and/or biometric data may be utilizing in tagging data with positional information and/or in utilizing positional data for controlling the WMC device. A remote device may be utilized for performing tagging operations, and/or storage of user preference information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024641 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING CONTEXT DATA TAGS TO CATALOG DATA IN WIRELESS SYSTEM - A Wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and the device user. The WMC device may modify and/or update the user preference information based on device use and information ascertained from applications running on the WMC device itself; for example scheduling applications. The user preference information may be utilized to create context data tags for generated data on the WMC device. Context data tags may comprise such information as time/date stamping, subject information, and/or location information. The context data tags may be utilized to tag the generated data, enabling continuous and improved cataloging. Improved cataloging may enable improved searchability of tagged data. Tagged data alternatively and/or additionally may be transferred and stored in a remote device for improved and secure back-up storage. The remote device may utilize context data tags for cataloging and storing received data. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMATTING RETURNED RESULT FROM REMOTE PROCESSING RESOURCE IN WIRELESS SYSTEM - A result may be formatted after a task is performed in a remote processing resource in a wireless system. A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may determine a task to be performed at a remote processing resource as part of a job the WMC device is requested to perform. Once the task is performed at the remote processing resource, formatted result is generated. The formatting of the result is based on different factors that may comprise, but not limited to, display limitations at the WMC device, power limitations at the WMC device, processing load/capability at the remote processing resource, and the connectivity limitation between the WMC device and the remote processing resource. Result formatting in such situations as internet searches may comprise generating a virtual webpage at the remote processing resource, and sending a link to this virtual webpage to the WMC device. | 01-22-2009 |
20090025081 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING LOCAL AND REMOTE RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH RENDERING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ON DISSIMILAR FORMAT DEVICES BASED ON USER BIOMETRIC DATA - A system and method is provided for communication of information in a mobile communication device (WMCD) configured to network connection may include discovering via a wireless mobile communication device, available communication resources based on acquired biometric data for a user of the WMCD, and communicating multimedia information between the WMCD and one or more of the discovered available resources. The acquired biometric data may include physical and behavioral biometric data to be authenticated and validated by a pattern recognition database. A connection between the WMCD and one or more discovered available resources may be established through linking the acquired biometric data to resources in available local or remote network. The established connection may enable the WMCD to consume or redirect media from the available resources and may be dynamically adjusted and updated based on dynamic sensing of the acquired biometric data in the available network or available resources. | 01-22-2009 |
20090081965 | CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A configurable antenna structure includes a plurality of switches, a plurality of antenna components, and a configuration module. The configuration module is operable to configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a first antenna for receiving a MFBMS signal. The configuration module continues processing by identify a signal component of interest of a plurality of signal components of interest within the MFBMS signal. The configuration module continues processing by configuring the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a second antenna. | 03-26-2009 |
20090132186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPORTING BATTERY STATUS BASED ON CURRENT ESTIMATION - A charge stored in a battery is estimated by multiplying estimated charge currents supplied during charge phases and estimated discharge currents discharged during operational modes by the respective amounts of time of charging and discharge. The state of charge of the battery is calculated from the estimated stored charge. Furthermore, parameters of the battery may be measured to be used to adjust the estimated state of charge of the battery. In a first case, the estimated stored charge may be adjusted to a charge value corresponding to the detected completion of a constant current charge phase. In a second case, the estimated stored charge may be adjusted to a charge value corresponding to the detected completion of a constant voltage charge phase. In a third case, the estimated stored charge may be adjusted to a charge value corresponding to a detected predetermined discharge level of the battery. | 05-21-2009 |
20090147763 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-RADIO COEXISTENCE AND A COLLABORATIVE INTERFACE - Aspects of a method and system for multi-radio coexistence and a collaborative interface may include exchanging information between a plurality of radio transceivers integrated within a single device to enable coexistence, and coordinating sharing of transmit and receive resources between the plurality of radio transceivers by controlling access to the transmit and receive resources, where any one of the plurality of radio transceivers may be enabled to be selected to control the access based on the exchanged information. Selecting one of the radio transceivers for the controlling of the access band may be based on processing capability or priority of communication. The resources may comprise frequency bands, time slots, and antenna access. The information may be exchanged via a serial bus between the plurality of radio transceivers, where the serial bus may conform to an I2C (I-square-C) multi-master serial bus. Each of the radio transceivers may conform to one or more radio frequency technology. | 06-11-2009 |
20090180464 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLUETOOTH CONDITIONAL SYNCHRONIZATION - Aspects of a method and system for Bluetooth conditional synchronization are provided. In this regard, a synchronization code of a piconet may be included in each transmitted Bluetooth packets and a portion of the received synchronization code may be used for a synchronization process. The received synchronization code may be selectively sampled at a Bluetooth device. The Bluetooth device may determine a puncturing pattern to detect selected samples in the received synchronization code. The punctured received synchronization code may correlate to a reference code derived from a Bluetooth device address of the master device. The correlation value may be compared to a predetermined threshold value to indicate a success or a failure of the synchronization process. The threshold value as well as the puncture pattern may be user specific or centrally controlled, and they may be programmed or updated dynamically based on various conditions. | 07-16-2009 |
20090180649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHED BATTERY CHARGING AND LOADING IN A STEREO HEADSET - Methods and systems for wireless communication are disclosed and may include controlling a loading and/or a charging of a battery source in each earpiece of the wireless stereo headset. The loading control may include switching between the battery sources powering the headset. A remaining power level may be monitored for each of the battery sources. Both earpieces in the headset may be powered utilizing one or both of the battery sources. One of the earpieces in the headset may be powered utilizing one of the battery sources. A total usage time may be stored for each of the battery sources. The loading and charging of the battery sources may be controlled by equalizing the total usage time for each of the battery sources. The earpieces in the headset may be coupled via a tether line, or may be coupled wirelessly. | 07-16-2009 |
20090195294 | Method and System for Signal Generation via a Temperature Sensing Crystal Integrated Circuit - Aspects of a method and system for signal generation via a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit are provided. In this regard, a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit (TSCIC) comprising a memory and a crystal or crystal oscillator may generate a signal indicative of a measured temperature. The generated signal and data stored in the memory may be utilized to configure one or more circuits communicatively coupled to the TSCIC. The data stored in the memory may characterize behavior of the TSCIC as a function of temperature and/or time. The data characterizing the behavior of the TSCIC may indicate variations in frequency of the crystal or crystal oscillator as a function of temperature and/or time. The data characterizing the behavior of the TSCIC may comprise one or both of a frequency value and a frequency correction value. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196322 | Method and System for a Temperature Sensing Crystal Integrated Circuit with Digital Temperature Output - Aspects of a method and system for a temperature sensing crystal Integrated circuit with digital temperature output are provided. In this regard, an indication of temperature may be generated in an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a memory, a crystal or crystal oscillator, and at least a portion of an analog-to-digital converter. The temperature indication may be digitized via the analog-to-digital converter. Operation of one or more circuits may be controlled based on the digital temperature indication. The digital temperature indication may be communicated over a communication bus. An analog portion of the analog-to-digital converter may be integrated in the IC and may comprise, for example, a delta-sigma modulator. A digital portion of the analog-to-digital converter may be external to the IC and may comprise, for example, a digital filter. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196323 | Method and System for an Energy Efficient Temperature Sensing Crystal Integrated Circuit - Aspects of a method and system for an energy efficient temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit (TSCIC) are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits in a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit (TSCIC) may be configured to control power consumption of the TSCIC. The one or more circuits in the TSCIC may comprise a memory and a crystal. The one or more circuits in the TSCIC may be operable to generate an indication of temperature of the crystal. The one or more circuits in the TSCIC may be configured to control a current supplied to the crystal within the TSCIC, wherein the configuring is based on phase noise requirements of a signal generated by the crystal. Generation of the temperature indication may be enabled or disabled. The enabling or disabling may occur based on a rate of change of a temperature in the TSCIC. | 08-06-2009 |
20090198469 | Method and System for Compensating Temperature Readings from a Temperature Sensing Crystal Integrated Circuit - Aspects of a method and system for compensating temperature readings from a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit are provided. In this regard, a temperature indication and calibration voltages from a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit (TSCIC) may be digitized and the digital signals may be utilized to calculate a compensated temperature indication. Data derived from a memory integrated within the TSCIC may be retrieved based on the compensated temperature indication. The retrieved data may be utilized to control operation of one or more circuits. The compensated temperature indication may be calculated by removing a gain error and/or offset error from the digitized temperature indication. The compensated temperature indication may be utilized as an index for a data table. The compensated temperature indication may be a normalized compensated temperature indication. The calibration voltages may comprise a minimum voltage and/or a maximum voltage that the TSCIC is operable to output. | 08-06-2009 |
20090221320 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLUETOOTH TRANSPORT SHARING TO CARRY GPS OR OTHER TYPES OF DATA - Aspects of a method and system for Bluetooth transport sharing to carry GPS or other types of data are provided. A multi-standard Bluetooth enabled device may operate via integrated radios such as a GPS radio. The Bluetooth transport path may be shared to carry both Bluetooth data and non-Bluetooth data. The non-Bluetooth data may be converted to Bluetooth vendor specific packets using the assigned vendor specific commands. The Bluetooth vendor specific packets may be multiplexed with other Bluetooth HCI packets and communicate over the Bluetooth transport path. The Bluetooth vendor specific packets may be de-multiplexed based on the assigned vendor specific command and routed properly. Non-Bluetooth devices may be an on-chip and off-chip devices. The multi-standard Bluetooth enabled device may enable a downloadable driver to ensure communication with the off-chip devices. The Bluetooth transport path may be UART, USB, SPI, and/or I | 09-03-2009 |
20090243553 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER AND CHARGING CONTROL IN A BLUETOOTH HEADSET - Methods and systems for power and charging control in a Bluetooth headset are disclosed and may include measuring a load current during charging of batteries in a mobile device. A completion time of the charging may be predicted. The charging may be terminated based on a sum of the load current and a known charge complete threshold current of the batteries, which may include lithium batteries. A current or voltage source may be controlled for the charging. A current from the current source may be compared to the sum via a current comparator. A rate of charging may be controlled for charging to a desired end voltage based on the predicted completion time. A user preference based on the predicted completion time may be stored, where the user preference may be utilized to control one or more subsequent charges. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247096 | Method And System For Integrated FM Recording - Aspects of a method and system for integrated FM recording are provided. A multimedia device with various integrated systems such as an integrated FM radio may provide content-based multimedia content recording, recorded content retrieval, and playback of desired or potentially relevant contents. The multimedia device may receive multimedia content along with information identifying the received multimedia content via the various integrated systems. A segment of the received multimedia content may be recorded selectively by comparing the corresponding content information with a favorite content list. The favorite content list may be generated and updated based on the multimedia content and/or program selection data. The multimedia device may have access to additional related stored multimedia contents to retrieve and render the stored segment of the received multimedia content. Device power consumption may be reduced by utilizing the local stored contents without access to the integrated systems' archives of broadcast program contents. | 10-01-2009 |
20090258706 | GAME DEVICE WITH WIRELESS POSITION MEASUREMENT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A game device includes a first transceiver that receives gaming position data from at least one gaming object. A wireless measurement module generates device position data corresponding to the game device. A processor executes a game application that generates display signals for display on a display device, wherein the game application is based on the gaming position data and the device position data. | 10-15-2009 |
20090276546 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION FOR A NON-USB SERIAL INTERFACE OVER USB CONNECTOR - According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a non-Universal Serial Bus (non-USB) serial interface, a USB connector, a first protection circuit connected between a first data connection of the non-USB serial interface and a first data connection of the USB connector, a second protection circuit connected between a second data connection of the non-USB serial interface and a second data connection of the USB connector, a processor, and a detection circuit connected to the second data connection of the USB connector, the detection circuit configured to output a signal to the processor indicating an attachment or connection of a second non-USB serial interface to the USB connector. | 11-05-2009 |
20090305631 | Method And System For A Bluetooth Headset With A Clock - Aspects of a method and system for a Bluetooth headset with a clock are provided. A Bluetooth headset may have an access to real-time clock information such as a real-time clock value at a specific time instant and generate corresponding audio and/or visual representations to a user via Bluetooth communication. The real-time clock information to the Bluetooth headset may be originated within or external to the Bluetooth headset. The timing of the real-time clock of the Bluetooth headset may be maintained by a Bluetooth clock of the BT headset. The Bluetooth headset may provide respective real-time updates by pressing a button on the Bluetooth headset or from timing events such as calendar entries or personal alarms downloaded into the BT headset from a Bluetooth device, and/or from timed Bluetooth messages communicated to the Bluetooth headset from the peer device. | 12-10-2009 |
20090309417 | Method and System For a Multiple Output Capacitive Buck/Boost Converter - Methods and systems for a multiple output capacitive buck/boost converter are disclosed and may include charging one or more input capacitors via an input voltage. One or more output voltages may be generated on a chip by switching the charged input capacitors to output capacitors via a switch array on the chip. The switch array may be controlled via a state machine. A constant current and/or voltage may be generated for the one or more output voltages via one or more current and/or voltage comparators. A variable resistance may be coupled in series with one or more switches in the switch array. The one or more input capacitors may be discrete capacitors external to the chip and/or integrated within the chip. One or more of the output voltages may be greater than the input voltage, or may be less than the input voltage. | 12-17-2009 |
20090310523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEX HUM NOISE CANCELLATION - Methods and systems for TDD hum noise cancellation are disclosed and may include correlating a received audio signal to a time division duplexed (TDD) envelope signal, controlling a feedback signal based on the correlating, and cancelling a TDD noise signal via the feedback signal. The amplitude and delay of the feedback signal may be configured for controlling. A least mean square (LMS) filter may be utilized for the correlating and may include a finite impulse response filter. The TDD envelope signal may be generated on the chip or may be received from a source external to the chip. The feedback signal may be added to the received audio signal for the cancelling. | 12-17-2009 |
20090315708 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIMITING AUDIO OUTPUT IN AUDIO HEADSETS - Aspects of a method and system for limiting an audio signal output in an audio device are provided. An exposure meter may provide measurements of SPL values of the audio signal. When a volume or exposure level of the audio signal may approach or exceed a specified limit, the audio signal may be enforced to a predetermined limit. The audio signal may be an input or an output signal of a speaker of an audio device such as a stereo headset. A trend of the measured SPL values may be predicted based on the measured SPL values and device specific reference SPL values. When the volume or exposure level of the audio signal may not be within the specified limit, the audio signal may be limited and an alarm may be sent out to listener. A set of audio volume level parameters may be determined and applied, accordingly. | 12-24-2009 |
20100009632 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLUETOOTH 802.11 ALTERNATE MAC/PHY (AMP) TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL (TPC) - Aspects of a method and system for Bluetooth 802.11 alternate MAC/PHY (AMP) transmit power control (TPC) may include one or more processors, receiver circuits and/or transmitter circuits that are operable to determine a maximum input level based on signals received via a Bluetooth basic rate (BR) connection and/or via a Bluetooth extended data rate (EDR) connection. The processors and/or circuits may be operable to determine a transmitted signal power level based on the determined maximum input level. The processors and/or circuits may be operable to transmit subsequent signals via a distinct Bluetooth connection based on the determined transmitted signal power level. The data rate for signal transmission via the distinct Bluetooth connection may exceed the data rate for signal transmission via the BR connection and the data rate for signal transmission via the EDR connection. | 01-14-2010 |
20100020729 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HALF DUPLEX AUDIO IN A BLUETOOTH STEREO HEADSET - Aspects of a method and system for half duplex audio in a Bluetooth stereo headset are provided. A service type and/or service activity levels may be detected over a link in a duplex communication system. The link may be dynamically changed according to the detected service activity levels in both direction of the link. The duplex communication system may be a communication system capable of supporting duplex communication, for example, a Bluetooth system, or a 3GPP system, or a WiMAX system, or a WiFi system. The link may be a synchronous connection-oriented (SCO) link such as the SCO link. The duplex communication system may be enabled to determine an operating mode, whether symmetric or asymmetric, based said detected service type and/or said detected service activity levels over the SCO link. In this regard, the SCO link may be dynamically switched from symmetric to asymmetric operating mode and vice versa. | 01-28-2010 |
20100109765 | REDUCING CURRENT LEAKAGE AND IMPROVING SHELF LIFE TIME OF BATTERY-BASED-DEVICES - An electronic device includes a rechargeable battery, an electrical circuit, a battery safety circuit, and a power down mode circuit. The electrical circuit is configured to generate a power mode control signal. The power down mode circuit receives the power mode control signal. If the power mode control signal has a first value, the power down mode circuit is configured to force a voltage at a first port of the battery safety circuit to a voltage value that is less than an under voltage lock out (UVLO) threshold value of the battery safety circuit to transition the electronic device from a normal operating mode to a low current power down mode. The electronic device may further include a wake up mode circuit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110910 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH DEDICATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols. An environmental monitoring receiver processes received RF signals over a broadband spectrum and that generates environmental data in response thereto. A processing module processes the environmental data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the environmental data. In an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental monitoring receiver can be implemented via one of the plurality of transceivers when operating in an environmental monitoring mode. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110941 | MANAGEMENT UNIT NETWORK FOR COLLABORATIVELY MANAGING A PLURALITY OF MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A management unit includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the multiservice communication devices. At least one of the multiservice communication devices includes a collaboration module. A network interface receives network resource data from a plurality of networks. A management processing unit processes the inbound control data and the network resource data and that generates the outbound control data in response thereto to collaboratively establish at least one device setting of at least one of the multiservice communication devices via the collaboration module. The wireless control channel may be separate from the communication between the multiservice communication devices and the networks or embedded in network communications. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110977 | MANAGEMENT UNIT NETWORK FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A management unit network manages a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The management unit includes a plurality of local management units, each of the plurality of local management units engaging in bidirectional data communication with at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to the at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices. A first regional management unit processes the inbound data to produce the outbound data and for sending the outbound data to the at least one of the plurality of local management units and on to the multiservice communication devices. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110997 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COGNITIVE RADIO TRANSCEIVER - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein the plurality of transceivers includes at least one cognitive radio transceiver that is configured based on cognitive transceiver configuration data received from a management unit in communication with the multiservice communication device via a control channel. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110998 | SERVICE AGGREGATOR FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO A PLURALITY OF MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A service aggregator allocates network resources to a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The service aggregator includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices, wherein the wireless control channel is separate from the communication between the plurality of multiservice communication devices and the plurality of networks. A network interface receives network resource data from the plurality of networks. A management processing unit processes the inbound control data and the network resource data and that generates the outbound control data in response thereto, wherein the inbound control data includes at least one transaction request and the service aggregator allocates at least one resource of at least one of the plurality of networks based on the inbound control data and the network resource data. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111033 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH DEDICATED CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols. A control channel transceiver transceives control channel data with a remote management unit including local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111034 | MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR FACILITATING INTER-NETWORK HAND-OFF FOR A MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A management unit allocates network resources to a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The management unit includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices, wherein the wireless control channel is separate from the communication between the plurality of multiservice communication devices and the plurality of networks. A network interface receives network resource data from the plurality of networks. A management processing unit generates the outbound control data in response thereto, wherein the management processing unit facilities the handoff of a real-time service accessed by the at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a first network of the plurality of networks to a second network of the plurality of networks. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111051 | MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A management unit manages a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The management unit includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices. A network interface receives network resource data from the plurality of networks. A management processing unit processes the inbound control data and the network resource data and that generates the outbound control data in response thereto. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111052 | MANAGEMENT UNIT WITH LOCAL AGENT - A management unit manages a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The management unit includes a device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices via either a logical or physical control channel. A network interface receives network resource data from the plurality of networks. A management processing unit includes a local agent that gathers environmental data, wherein the management processing unit processes the inbound control data, the environmental data and the network resource data and that generates the outbound control data in response thereto. | 05-06-2010 |
20100113088 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 05-06-2010 |
20100142508 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MULTIPLE STANDARD DEVICE WITH REDUCED BLOCKER - A device includes a transcevier and a processing module. The transceiver is operable to receive a wireless communication request from a requesting wireless communication device and to convert the wireless communication request into a baseband or near baseband request signal. The processing module is operable to determine multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) capabilities of the requesting and the target wireless communication devices based on the baseband or near baseband request signal. When the devices have at least two frequency band standards in common, the processing module allocates a communication resource of one of the two frequency band standards for a first communication path from the requesting wireless communication device to the target wireless communication device and allocates a communication resource of another one of the two frequency band standards for a second communication path from the target wireless communication device to the requesting wireless communication device. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144285 | EXTENDED ANTENNA MODULE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An extended antenna module includes an antenna section and an extended wireless interface. The antenna section is operable to receive an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal when an antenna select signal is in a first state and/or transmit an outbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in the first state. The extended wireless interface is operable to wirelessly receive the outbound RF signal from a unit wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state and wirelessly transmit the inbound RF signal to the unit wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144288 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MULTIPLE STANDARD TRANSCEIVER - A transceiver includes a receiver section and a transmitter section. The receiver section converts an inbound Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal into a down converted signal, wherein the inbound MFBMS signal includes a desired signal component and an undesired signal component. In addition, the receiver section determines spectral positioning of the undesired signal component with respect to the desired signal component and adjusts at least one of the MFBMS signal and the down converted signal based on the spectral positioning to substantially reduce adverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desired signal component to produce an adjusted signal. The transmitter section converts an outbound symbol stream into an outbound MFBMS signal. | 06-10-2010 |
20100194442 | Method And System For Monitoring Silicon Process Properties For Power And Performance Optimization - Signal processing within an integrated circuit (IC) may be monitored by a silicon process monitor, where one or more inputs to the IC may be controlled. The controlled input may comprise a variable frequency signal, a variable voltage level, an analog signal and/or a known input with a corresponding expected output. The controlled input may drive a plurality of components on the IC. The IC output signal variations may be due to temperature and/or silicon manufacturing processes variations and may affect performance and/or power consumption. IC output signal variations may be detected based on the controlled inputs. Controlled inputs may be adjusted based on the detected output variations and may be adjusted to modify the output. The variations may be detected based on relative frequency between output and the controlled input. In addition, logical operations and/or counters may be utilized to detect variations. | 08-05-2010 |
20100231307 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIFT REDUCTION IN A LOW POWER OSCILLATOR (LPO) UTILIZED IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio circuit may be driven by a high frequency oscillator such as a crystal oscillator that may have sleep and wake time intervals. The sleep time interval length may be adjusted. A low frequency oscillator or low power oscillator (LPO) that may experience frequency drift may regulate the sleep and/or wake time intervals. The frequency drift may be detected based on two or more LPO calibrations and/or one or more clock adjustments. The LPO frequency drift may be detected based on an LPO frequency sampled after a first LPO calibration and a corresponding LPO clock adjustment, a second LPO frequency sampled after a second LPO calibration and a time interval between the two frequency samples. The LPO may be calibrated based on the HFCXO output. Sleep time intervals may be adjusted by adding and/or subtracting a time interval to an expected time to wake the radio circuit. | 09-16-2010 |
20100261435 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL FREQUENCY BAND COMPRESSION - A wireless device includes processing circuitry and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver section. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals for receipt that are carried by a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands with first frequency band separation. The RF receiver section, for each information signal of the set of information signals, down-converts the RF MFBMS signal by a respective shift frequency to produce a respective baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal and band pass filter the respective BB/IF information signal. The RF receiver section combines the BB/IF information signals corresponding to the set of information signals to form a BB/IF MFBMS signal having second frequency band separation of the information signals that differs from the first frequency band separation(s). The processing circuitry extracts data from the first and second information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261437 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL UNIVERSAL FRONT END - A wireless device includes processing circuitry, a receiver section, a transmitter section, and an antenna. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals of a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal. The receiver section includes a plurality of receive paths, each having down-conversion circuitry that down-converts a portion of the RF MFBMS signal by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal. A combiner combines the plurality of BB/IF information signals to form a BB/IF MFBMS signal, from which the processing circuitry extracts data. The transmitter section includes a plurality of transmit paths, each having up-conversion circuitry operable to up-convert a respective BB/IF information signal received from the processing circuitry by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding RF information signal and a combiner that combines the RF information signals to form a RF MFBMS signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261438 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL UNIVERSAL FRONT END WITH ADJUSTABLE ADC(S) - A wireless device includes processing circuitry, a receiver section, a transmitter section, and an antenna. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals of a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal. The receiver section down-converts a portion of the RF MFBMS signal by one or more respective shift frequencies to produce a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal from which the processing circuitry extracts data. The transmitter section converts a respective BB/IF information signal received from the processing circuitry by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding RF information signal and a combiner that combines the RF information signals to form a RF MFBMS signal. The receiver section and the transmitter section include ADCs and/or DACs, respectively, that are adjustable based upon characteristics of the RF MFBMS signal, the BB/IF MFBMS signal, and/or based upon signals carried therein, e.g., modulation type, SNR requirements, etc. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261443 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL UNIVERSAL FRONT END WITH ADJUSTABLE ANALOG SIGNAL PATH COMPONENTS - A wireless device includes processing circuitry, a receiver section, a transmitter section, and an antenna. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals of a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal. The receiver section down-converts a portion of the RF MFBMS signal by one or more respective shift frequencies to produce a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal from which the processing circuitry extracts data. The transmitter section converts a respective BB/IF information signal received from the processing circuitry by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding RF information signal and a combiner that combines the RF information signals to form a RF MFBMS signal. Each of the receiver section and the transmitter section may include analog signal path elements that are adjustable based upon characteristics of the RF MFBMS signal, the BB/IF MFBMS signal, and/or based upon signals carried therein, e.g., modulation type, SNR requirements, etc. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261500 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MULTIPLE STANDARD INFORMATION SIGNAL MODULAR BASEBAND PROCESSING MODULE - A wireless device includes processing circuitry and Radio Frequency (RF) receiver and transmitter sections. An antenna transmits and receives a Radio Frequency (RF) Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of RF information signals within respective information signal frequency bands. The receiver/transmitter sections down-convert/up-convert between the RF MFBMS signal and a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal based upon at least one shift frequency. During receipt, the processing circuitry enables a set of information signal modules corresponding to the set of information signals to service receipt and extraction of data from the set of BB/IF information signals using the enabled set of information signal modules. During transmission, the processing circuitry enables a set of information signal modules corresponding to the set of information signals and produces an outgoing BB/IF MFBMS signal. The processing circuitry further determines the at least one shift frequency, which varies over time. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261501 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL FREQUENCY BAND CONVERSION - A wireless device includes processing circuitry and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver section. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals for receipt, the set of information signals carried by a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands. The processing circuitry determines a shift frequency based upon the determination. the RF receiver section receives the RF MFBMS signal and down-converts the RF MFBMS signal by the shift frequency to produce a baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) MFBMS signal. The processing circuitry then extracts data from the set of information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20100273426 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC SELECTION OF A COEXISTENCE METHOD AND TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL BASED ON CALIBRATION DATA - Aspects of the invention may comprise calibrating operations of wireless transmitters and/or receivers in a communication device to mitigate interference caused during concurrent communications via the wireless interfaces in the communication device. Calibration may be performed dynamically, and may comprise managing system parameters and/or physical resources of the communication device and/or the wireless transmitters and/or receivers; managing characteristics of wireless communication performed via the wireless transmitters and/or receivers; and/or managing isolation between two or more of said plurality of wireless transmitters and/or receivers in said communication device. The calibration may be performed based on data generated, via the wireless transmitters and/or receivers, during active and/or idle phases of operations. The data may be based on monitoring of RF effects caused by operations of other wireless transmitters and/or receivers. A coexistence manager may exchange data and/or control signaling with the wireless transmitters and/or receivers during to performing the calibration. | 10-28-2010 |
20100301813 | METHOD FOR CHARGING LITHIUM BATTERIES WITH POWER DISSIPATION CONTROL - Herein described are at least methods and systems to control power dissipation while charging a device. In a representative embodiment, the method comprises first monitoring a first voltage output by a charger used for said charging a battery of a device, second monitoring a second voltage at the battery, first determining a first current based on a power dissipation value associated with the device, the first voltage, and the second voltage, second determining a minimum of the first current and a second current, wherein the second current equals the maximum charging current during a typical charge cycle of the device, and applying a control signal to a control circuit to generate the minimum, wherein the control circuit is communicatively coupled to the charger at a first port, and the battery at a second port. An exemplary system comprises one or more circuits operable for, at least performing the aforementioned method. | 12-02-2010 |
20110013677 | CONFIGURABLE TRANSCEIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A configurable radio frequency (RF) transceiver integrated circuit (IC) includes an RF input/output (IO) module, a plurality of switching modules, and a plurality of components. The RF IO module and selected components of the plurality of components are inter-connected via the at least some of the plurality of switching modules based on a configuration instruction to produce at least one of: at least a portion of a receiver and at least a portion of transmitter. | 01-20-2011 |
20110018761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A FULL GNSS CAPABLE MULTI-STANDARD SINGLE CHIP - A multi-standard single chip integrated within a multi-standard mobile device concurrently receives multi-standard radio frequency signals by corresponding two or more integrated radios. The multi-standard single chip generates full GNSS measurement comprising pseudo-range information using the received radio frequency signals. The multi-standard single chip comprises a GNSS radio and multiple non-GNSS radios such as Bluetooth. The full GNSS measurement is generated using GNSS radio frequency signals received by the integrated GNSS radio and communicated over, for example, Bluetooth radio. GNSS satellite reference information embedded in radio frequency signals received by the integrated non-GNSS radios is extracted to assist the full GNSS measurement. A full GNSS navigation solution for the multi-standard mobile device is generated internally to and/or externally to the multi-standard single chip depending on the location of a navigation engine. The generation of the full GNSS measurement is independent of a host processor within the multi-standard mobile device. | 01-27-2011 |
20110018762 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A LOCAL GNSS CLOCK USING NON-GNSS SYSTEM CLOCKS IN A GNSS ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - A GNSS enabled mobile device is operable to receive two or more system clocks via from a plurality of associated non-GNSS communication networks, for example, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, EDGE, EGPRS, LTE, WiMAX, high-speed wireless LAN (WiFi), and/or short-range wireless (Bluetooth). The received system clocks are used to calibrate an local GNSS clock for the GNSS enabled mobile device. The GNSS enabled mobile device communicates the received system clocks with an associated GNSS receiver without using an external circuitry. The GNSS receiver selects a calibration clock from the received system clocks based on the status (active or inactive) of corresponding system clocks. An active system clock is selected as the calibration clock. The associated local GNSS clock is calibrated by removing clock errors from the associated local GNSS clock using the selected calibration clock. The calibrated local GNSS clock is used for detecting GNSS signals and/or processing detected GNSS signals. | 01-27-2011 |
20110018764 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING CLOCK SOURCES TO SAVE POWER ON A GNSS ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - A GNSS enabled mobile device selects an associated local GNSS clock or host clock as a clock source to operate a GNSS radio and one or more non-GNSS radios within the GNSS enabled mobile device. When the GNSS radio is in a GNSS active mode, the local GNSS clock is turned ON and selected to be shared with the host. The host operates the GNSS radio and the non-GNSS radios only using the local GNSS clock instead of the host clock. The host clock is turned OFF to save power. When the GNSS radio is in a GNSS inactive mode, the host clock is turned ON and selected to operate the non-GNSS radios. The local GNSS clock is turned OFF to save power. The non-GNSS radios comprise a Bluetooth radio, a WiFi radio, a FM radio, a cellular radio and/or a WiMAX radio. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTENNA DIVERSITY WITH GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) - A wireless device including one or more receivers may selectively couple one or more antennas to one or more receivers based on a directionality of the antennas and an orientation of the antennas with respect to sources of the received wireless signals, which may include global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals. The orientation may be determined utilizing orientation sensors integrated in the wireless device, and may include a MEMS sensor and/or a magnetic compass. The antennas may be selectively coupled to the receivers based on a location of the wireless sources and the orientation of the directionality with respect to sources of the received wireless signals. A received signal strength indicator (RSSI) may be measured for each configuration. The antennas may be coupled sequentially to the receivers to determine a maximum of the RSSI. The antennas may include patch antennas and/or dipole antennas. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021244 | TETHERED ANTENNA HAVING SERVICED DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE - An antenna system includes a wired communications interface, an antenna, and antenna system control circuitry. The wired communications interface is operable to couple to a serviced host device and includes a control interface and an antenna interface. The antenna couples to the antenna interface and has configurable antenna characteristics. The antenna system control circuitry couples to the control interface and to the antenna and is operable to communicate the configurable antenna characteristics to the host device and to configure the antenna based upon communication with the host device. In other constructs the antenna may not be configurable and the antenna characteristics communicated are fixed. The antenna system may further include Radio Frequency (RF) transmit circuitry and/or RF transmit circuitry. Such RF transmit circuitry and RF receive circuitry may be configurable or fixed in its operations. | 01-27-2011 |
20110034180 | POSITION DETERMINATION USING RECEIVED BROADCAST SIGNALS - A radio device that is capable of positioning itself within a broadcast radio system includes a receiver operable to receive a plurality of broadcast radio signals, each broadcast from a respective one of a plurality of broadcast radio signal sources. The radio device further includes processing circuitry operable to determine respective call station identification information for each of the broadcast radio signal sources from the broadcast radio signals, measure respective signal quality characteristics for each of the received broadcast radio signals, identify station position data associated with each of the broadcast radio signal sources from the respective call station identification information, and calculate a location of the radio device using the signal quality characteristics and station position data associated with at least three broadcast radio signal sources. | 02-10-2011 |
20110115604 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM HAVING TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL FOR USER ID - Operating a remote control to identify a user by receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive element of the remote control that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input corresponds to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the remote control and transmitted to a multimedia system console via a communications interface of the remote control for processing of the at least partially processed touch pad input to identify the user via pattern recognition. At least partially processing the touch pad input can be by identifying at least one finger orientation, at least one finger spacing, at least one finger width, a plurality of finger knuckle/joint locations, and/or a plurality of finger lengths based upon the touch pad input. | 05-19-2011 |
20110115742 | TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL DETECTING HOVERING FINGER - A touch sensitive pad with a plurality of touch sensitive elements and processing circuitry coupled to a communications interface and to the touch sensitive pad for scanning the plurality of touch sensitive elements to measure a plurality of touch sensitive element values. The plurality of touch sensitive element values is compared to a hovering finger threshold pattern. Upon a favorable comparison, a hovering finger condition is determined, and a position of the hovering finger in three-dimensions is detected with respect to the touch sensitive pad. The plurality of touch sensitive element values is compared to a touching finger threshold pattern. Upon a favorable comparison, a touching finger condition is determined, and a position of the touching finger is detected upon the touch sensitive pad. | 05-19-2011 |
20110118024 | ADJUSTING OPERATION OF TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL OF GAME CONTROLLER - Operating a game controller by setting initial operational parameters of at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller. The touch sensitive pad has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. Touch pad input is received from the at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller. The touch pad input corresponds to a user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the game controller and transmitted to a game console via a communications interface of the game controller for processing. Upon meeting an operational parameter alteration condition, the operational parameters of the at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller are altered. | 05-19-2011 |
20110118030 | DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS VIA INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATION PATH - A communication device that may comprise one of a cell phone or a game controller system that further includes a game console and a pair of game controllers that communicate via a human body path. Generally, the communication device communicates by way of a touch pad array through a human body path using capacitive coupling in one embodiment of the invention. Encryption parameters and user contact information may be exchanged through the human body path. For example, a pre-shared key may be transmitted through the human body path to support subsequent encrypted wireless communications. The touch pad array may be a part of a display of the communication device but is not required to be so. | 05-19-2011 |
20110127843 | WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE CONTROL CHANNEL PROTOCOLS - A wireless power system includes a wireless power transmit and receive units. The wireless power transmit unit includes a wireless power transmit circuit that generates a wireless power magnetic field and a transmit unit transceiver that transceives a communication regarding the wireless power magnetic field in accordance with a control channel protocol. The wireless power receive unit includes a wireless power receive circuit, a transceiver, and a processing module. The wireless power receive circuit converts the wireless power magnetic field into a voltage. The receive unit processing module is operable to: identify the control channel protocol; determine whether the receive unit transceiver is capable of communication using the control channel protocol; and, when the receive unit transceiver is capable of communication using the control channel protocol, coordinate configuration of the receive unit transceiver to transceive the communication regarding the wireless power magnetic field via the control channel. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127844 | Low pin count wireless power IC - A low pin count IC includes a wireless power receive coil, a rectifying circuit, an output circuit, circuit modules, a power management unit (PMU), a die, and a package substrate. The wireless power receive coil generates an AC voltage from a wireless power electromagnetic signal and the rectifying circuit generates a rectified voltage from the AC voltage. The output circuit generates a DC voltage from the rectified voltage. The PMU manages distribution of the DC voltage to the circuit modules. The die supports the circuit modules and the PMU, wherein the die includes return pads for coupling to circuit return nodes and a PMU return node. The package substrate supports the die and includes return pins for coupling to the return pads, wherein at least one of the die and the package substrate support the wireless power receive coil, the rectifying circuit, and the output circuit. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127845 | Wireless power circuit board and assembly - A circuit board assembly includes a multiple layer substrate, a wireless power transmitter control module, a wireless power coil assembly, and a plurality of ICs. The wireless power transmitter control module is supported by a layer of the multiple layer substrate and the wireless power coil assembly is fabricated on an inner layer of the multiple layer substrate. The ICs are mounted on an outer layer of the multiple layer substrate, wherein an IC of the plurality of IC is aligned to substantially overlap a coil of the wireless power coil assembly and is wirelessly powered by the wireless power transmitter control module via the coil. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127951 | DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER - A device includes an integrated power receive circuit, a battery charger, a battery, a processing module, one or more input/output modules, and one or more circuit modules. The integrated power receive circuit is operable to generate a DC voltage from a received magnetic field in accordance with a control signal. The battery charger is operable to convert the DC voltage into a battery charge voltage. The battery is coupled to the battery charger in a first mode and is coupled to supply power in a second mode. The processing module is operable to: generate the control signal based on desired electromagnetic properties of at least one of the received magnetic field and the integrated power receive circuit; process outbound data to produce processed outbound data; and process inbound data to produce processed inbound data. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127952 | IC CONTROLLED WIRELESS POWER OPERATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An integrated circuit (IC) for use in a device includes a wireless power receiver circuit, a transceiver, and a processing module. The wireless power receiver circuit is operable to convert an electromagnetic signal into a voltage. The transceiver, when operable, transceives a control channel communication. The processing module is operable to: transition the device from an idle state to a charge state when a wireless power transmitter unit is detected; transition the device from the idle state to a wireless power operated state when a wireless power transmit circuit is detected and the device is enabled; and transition the device from the idle state to a battery operated state when the device is enabled and the wireless power transmit circuit is not detected. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127953 | WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM - A wireless power system includes a primary device and a secondary device. The primary device includes a power conversion unit, a function module, and a transceiver. The peripheral device includes a wireless power receiver circuit, a peripheral transceiver, and a peripheral unit. The power conversion unit converts a power source into an electromagnetic signal. The functional module executes a function regarding peripheral information. The transceiver communicates information regarding the electromagnetic signal and the peripheral information. The wireless power receiver circuit converts the electromagnetic signal into a voltage. The peripheral transceiver communicates the information regarding the electromagnetic signal and the peripheral information. The peripheral unit processes the peripheral information. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127954 | Battery with integrated wireless power receiver and/or RFID - A battery includes one or more rechargeable cells, a wireless power coil, a battery charger circuit, and may further include an RFID module. The wireless power coil is operable to generate an AC voltage from a wireless power electromagnetic field. The battery charger circuit is operable to generate a battery charge voltage from the AC voltage in accordance with a battery charge control signal and, when enabled, to charge the one or more rechargeable cells via the battery charge voltage. If the battery further includes the RFID module, it is operable to generate the battery charge control signal and communicate with a wireless power transmitter device. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130093 | Wireless power and wireless communication integrated circuit - An integrated circuit (IC) includes a wireless power receive circuit, a wireless communication module, and a circuit module. The wireless power receive circuit generates a supply voltage from a wireless power electromagnetic signal. The wireless communication module converts inter-chip outbound data into an inter-chip outbound wireless signal; transmits the inter-chip outbound wireless signal to another IC; receives an inter-chip inbound wireless signal from the other IC; and converts the inter-chip inbound wireless signal into inter-chip inbound data. The circuit module is powered by the supply voltage and is operable to generate the inter-chip outbound data; and process the inter-chip inbound data. | 06-02-2011 |
20110156953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING AN OSCILLATOR FOR PROCESSING CELLULAR RADIO SIGNALS AND GNSS RADIO DATA SIGNALS BY DEFERRING AFC CORRECTIONS - A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) enabled mobile device comprising a crystal oscillator and an automatic frequency correction (AFC) circuit may be operable to share the crystal oscillator between processing of cellular radio signals and processing of GNSS data messages. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to enforce an AFC correction when the crystal oscillator drifts beyond a specific frequency error. The AFC correction may be allowed during time intervals corresponding to GNSS words at which decoding of these words is not required. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to disable the AFC correction during time intervals associated with decoding of words while the crystal oscillator may drift within the specific frequency error range. After the decoding of one or more of words is completed, the AFC correction may be allowed during the time intervals corresponding to these words. | 06-30-2011 |
20110181110 | Smart Power Delivery System and Related Method - According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart power delivery system includes a power conversion unit having a communication module and a power management module that can convert mains power into an optimized voltage and limited current used to power an electronic device. In one embodiment, a power conversion unit can optimize an output voltage by communicating with a connected electronic device and exchanging parameters representing desired characteristics of the output voltage. In one embodiment, an electronic device receives power from a power conversion unit through a wired power conduit. In another embodiment, an electronic device receives power from a power conversion unit through a wireless power conduit. In one embodiment, an optimal voltage is selected after negotiation between multiple electronic devices and a power conversion unit. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181111 | Smart Powering and Pairing System and Related Method - According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart powering and pairing system includes a power conversion unit (PCU) having a communication module, a power management module and a pairing module. The PCU can convert mains power into a form that can be used to power a plurality of electronic devices. In one embodiment, the PCU can transparently pair a connected electronic device to a group of subsequently connected electronic devices by accepting pairing information from the connected electronic device and using it to pair the subsequently connected devices. In another embodiment, the PCU can transparently pair a group of connected electronic devices by applying generated security data to all the connected devices. In another embodiment, a power conversion unit can use security data to un-pair connected electronic devices. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181235 | Smart Charging System and Related Method - According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart charging system includes a power conversion unit having a communication module and a charging integrated circuit that can convert mains power into a managed charging power used to charge any of several electronic devices. In one embodiment, a power conversion unit can manage a charging process by communicating with a connected electronic device and exchanging a charge profile representing ideal characteristics of the charging power. In one embodiment, an electronic device receives a charge from a power conversion unit through a wired power conduit. In another embodiment, an electronic device receives a charge from a power conversion unit through a wireless power conduit. In one embodiment, the smart charging system includes a battery usable to charge an electronic device when a mains adapter of the smart charging system is not powered. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181401 | Smart Power Management System and Related Method - According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart power management system includes a power conversion unit having a communication module and a power management module that can convert mains power into a form that can be used to power a plurality of electronic devices. In one embodiment, the power conversion unit can selectively disconnect power availability provided for a particular electronic device and reduce phantom load waste by communicating with a connected electronic device and exchanging information. In another embodiment, the power conversion unit can selectively disconnect power availability provided for a particular electronic device by monitoring the electronic device's power usage over time and determining an appropriate power availability based on predetermined power management parameters. In another embodiment, the power conversion unit can communicate with other power conversion units to form a mesh network. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183629 | Mobile Communication Devices Having Adaptable Features and Methods for Implementation - Provided are communication devices having adaptable features and methods for implementation. One device includes at least one adaptable component and a processor configured to detect an external cue relevant to operation of the at least one adaptable component, to determine a desired state for the at least one adaptable component corresponding to the external cue, and then to dynamically adapt the at least one adaptable component to substantially produce the desired state. One adaptable component comprises at least one adaptable speaker system. Another adaptable component comprises at least one adaptable antenna. | 07-28-2011 |
20110193809 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Touch Sensing - Provided are systems and methods for providing enhanced touch sensing. One system providing enhanced touch sensing includes a multi-mode touch screen and a processor configured to apply at least one test signal to a sense element of the multi-mode touch screen, detect at least one return signal from the sense element, and then determine a relative position of an object corresponding to the at least one return signal, the multi-mode touch screen being capable of sensing the first object using first and second detection modes. One multi-mode touch screen comprises a multi-mode multi-touch touch screen. One processor is configured to apply an adaptive test signal to a sense element of a touch screen. | 08-11-2011 |
20110199304 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Motion Detection - Provided are systems and methods for providing enhanced motion detection. One system providing enhanced motion detection includes a smart display, an interface subsystem including a human interface device (HID), and a console having a processor configured to form communication links with the smart display and the interface subsystem and to provide motion detection feedback, using the smart display, to a user of the HID, where the HID is configured to sense motion of the HID and utilize a predictive model to characterize the motion of the HID. One interface subsystem includes a camera to sense motion of a user of the HID. One processor is configured to negotiate a reduced response latency with the smart display. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199909 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Audio Latency - Provided are systems and methods for providing reduced audio latency in wireless communications. One electronic system providing reduced audio latency includes a host unit for converting audio data, a digital interface coupling the host unit and a wireless transceiver, where the wireless transceiver has a controller including a rate adapter, and where the controller is configured to monitor a rate mismatch between the host unit and the wireless transceiver and to compensate for the rate mismatch using the rate adapter, thereby reducing the audio latency. One controller includes an audio codec for encoding and decoding the audio data, where the controller is further configured to align a frame of encoded audio data and a transmission packet of the wireless transceiver, thereby further reducing the audio latency. | 08-18-2011 |
20110216671 | Environment Configuration by a Device Bases on Auto-Discovery of Local Resources and Generating Preference Information for those Resources - Methods and systems for environment configuration by a device based on auto-discovery of local devices and generating preference information for those resources are disclosed and may include discovering available devices utilizing a wireless mobile communication device (WMCD). Wireless communication may be established with one or more of the available devices utilizing the WMCD, which may then configure the resources according to a user's preferences or a plurality of user preferences. The user preferences may be stored internal or external to the WMCD, and may be modified based on subsequent changes to the configuring of the resources. The WMCD may communicate with the resources utilizing one or more of a plurality of wireless protocols, which may include cellular, WLAN, near-field communication, Bluetooth, and radio frequency identification. The WMCD may auto-discover as well as determine and authenticate access privileges for the resources, which may include devices for adjusting a user's local environment. | 09-08-2011 |
20110294432 | FAST AND RELIABLE CHANNEL CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS IN BLUETOOTH NETWORKS TO DETECT AND AVOID 2.4 GHZ INTERFERERS - A method for frequency selection in a wireless communication system, includes performing in a wireless device, receiving at least one signal at a current frequency; processing at least one data packet received via the received at least one signal to determine the presence of bit errors; characterizing the received at least one signal received at the current frequency based on the processing of the at least one data packet; classifying the current frequency based on at least the characterization of the received at least one signal; and selecting the current frequency based on the classification. At least one signal strength measurement may be performed on the received at least one signal, and the processing of the at least one data packet may be performed within a current channel classification update interval. | 12-01-2011 |
20110300803 | System and Method for Secure Short-Range Communication - A system and method for enabling secure short-range communication. A close proximity transmitter is used that is designed with a relatively poor radiator as compared to a conventional transmitter supporting conventional transmissions such as mobile phone communications, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth communication. The close-proximity transmitter and the conventional transmitter are selectively activated based on a communication mode. | 12-08-2011 |
20110312421 | APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETECTION USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - An apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver device, which includes a receiver section and a processing module. The transmitter transmits a high carrier frequency signal. The receiver section includes first and second antennas that have an antenna radiation relationship for receiving the high carrier frequency signal. A receiver module of the receiver section determines first and second signal properties of the received high carrier frequency signal. The processing module determines a position of the receiver device with respect to the transmitter based on the first and second signal properties and maps the position to a coordinate system. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319020 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-STAGE DEVICE FILTERING IN A BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY DEVICE - A Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device receives advertising packets from an advertising BLE device. The BLE device filters the received advertising packets utilizing hardware to search for the advertiser. If the advertiser is not found by the hardware, the packet filtering continues utilizing firmware. Device identity information, comprising non-private and/or private device identities, of preferred BLE devices is partitioned to form a different white list for the hardware, firmware, and host, respectively, to concurrently support privacy and white listing. If the advertiser is found by the hardware, the hardware sends a response to the advertiser following a successful CRC check performed in the hardware. If the advertiser is found by the firmware, the device identity information of the advertiser is inserted in the white list for the hardware. The host may be awakened based on the device configuration and/or attribute type information of the received advertising packets. | 12-29-2011 |
20120010839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL GENERATION VIA A TEMPERATURE SENSING CRYSTAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Aspects of the invention may comprise an integrated circuit comprising a memory, a temperature sensor, a crystal, and a communication module. Data stored in the memory may indicate a frequency of the crystal as a function of temperature and/or time. The memory may be writable via the communication module. Data stored in the memory of the integrated circuit may be updated based on an age and/or time of use of the integrated circuit. The time of use may be one or both of: how long the crystal has been oscillating since its most-recent start up, and how long the crystal has been in use over its lifetime. An electronic device may calculate a frequency of an oscillating signal output by the crystal based on a temperature indication from the temperature sensor and data read from the memory of the integrated circuit. | 01-12-2012 |
20120021706 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION ON MULTIPLE SELECTED FREQUENCIES - Aspects of a method and system for simultaneous signal transmission on multiple selected frequencies may include generating from a single baseband signal, a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals each at a different radio frequency, wherein the single baseband signal comprises an in-phase signal component and/or a quadrature signal component. The single baseband signal, to generate said plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, may be modulated in a single radio frequency transmission chain, the radio frequency transmission chain comprising intermediate frequency modulation and radio frequency modulation. The plurality of radio frequency transmission signals may be a radio frequency signal and a corresponding image frequency signal, based on the intermediate frequency modulation and the radio frequency modulation. The signals resulting from the intermediate frequency modulation and the radio frequency modulation may be filtered to preserve the radio frequency signal and the corresponding image frequency signal. | 01-26-2012 |
20120066221 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED JOURNAL BASED ON COLLECTING LINKS TO INFORMATION AND ANNOTATING THOSE LINKS FOR LATER RETRIEVAL - A system and method is provided for handling data in wireless communication devices where data may be captured and linked to a personal journal via indexing and mapping of context data tags abstracted from captured data. The captured data may be retrieved by matching a query to one or more context data tags indexed and mapped to the personal journal. A user preference utilizing one or more of the context data tags linked to the personal journal may facilitate captured data retrieval. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event pre-tagged with indexed information such as user ID, time, date, location and environmental condition or optionally one or more user's biometric data in response to the event. The pre-tagged captured data may be stored in the local host device or transferred to a remote host or storage for later retrieval or post processing. | 03-15-2012 |
20120079112 | Method And System For Enabling Rendering Of Electronic Media Content Via A Secure Ad Hoc Network Configuration Utilizing A Handheld Wireless Communication Device - A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content. | 03-29-2012 |
20120104994 | SINK CURRENT ADAPTATION BASED ON POWER SUPPLY DETECTION - Techniques are provided for selecting a charge current to be sunk by a mobile electronic device. A charging device is received at a connector of the mobile electronic device. The charging device is configured to supply a charge current to a rechargeable battery of the mobile electronic device. One or more data signals is/are received from the charging device at an interface circuit of the mobile electronic device on one or more data signal lines through the connector. One or more control signals are applied to the interface circuit to enable data signal values to be generated for the data signal(s) based on the control signal(s) and a type of the charging device. The data signal values are mapped to a maximum charge current for the rechargeable battery. The charge current supplied by the charging device to the rechargeable battery is limited to the selected maximum charge current. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105637 | Multi-Level Video Processing Within A Vehicular Communication Network - A system for performing multi-level video processing within a vehicle includes a pre-processing module for determining an encoding mode and enabling one or more levels of encoding based on the encoding mode. The pre-processing module further receives a video stream from a camera attached to the vehicle via a vehicular communication network and encodes the video stream based on the encoding mode to produce a packet stream output. The system further includes a video decoder for receiving the packet stream output and decoding the packet stream output in accordance with the encoding mode to produce a decoded video output. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106350 | BRIDGE ROUTING MODULE - A bridge routing module can be incorporated into a closed network fabric, such as a vehicular network. The bridge routing module includes an interface circuit to be coupled to other elements of the closed network fabric, for example other bridge routing modules or switch modules. The bridge routing module includes memory to store information associating packet content types with packet routing parameters, among other things. A processing module included in the bridge routing module analyzes packets to identify the type of content carried by the packets, and determines packet routing parameters based on the packet's content type. Ingress and egress of the packet are controlled in accordance with the packet routing parameters determined by the processing module. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106446 | Managing Devices Within A Vehicular Communication Network - A network node module within a vehicle operates to manage devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle based on a use mode defining rights and privileges for operating in the vehicular communication network. Upon being configured in accordance with a particular use mode of a set of use modes, the network node module can identify a device coupled to the vehicular communication network and enable the device to operate within the vehicular communication network in accordance with the use mode. The network node module is securely reconfigurable to any use mode in the set of use modes. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106447 | PRIORITY PACKET PROCESSING - A network node in a vehicular network processes packets based on a prioritization scheme. The prioritization scheme uses packet type, priority, source, destination, or other information to determine a priority of the packets. Packets can be stored in one of multiple queues organized according to packet type, or other criteria. In some cases, only one queue is used. The packets are time stamped when put into a queue, and a time to live is calculated based on the timestamp. The time to live, as well as other factors such as packet type, packet priority, packet source, and packet destination can be used to adjust a packet's priority within the queue. Packets are transmitted from the queues in priority order. In some cases, the network node can identify a top-priority packet, and transmit the top priority packet without first storing the packet in the queue. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106469 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK INCLUDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A wired and wireless vehicle communication network includes network node modules, switch modules, bridge-routing modules, and a network manager. The network manager is operable to determine a wired packet communication mode and/or a wireless packet communication mode. When the network is in the wireless packet communication mode, the network manager coordinates wireless communication of packets among the network node modules, the switch modules, and the bridge-routing modules based on individual content of the packets and wireless channel mapping. When the network is in the wired packet communication mode, the network manager coordinates wired communication of packets among the network node modules, the switch modules, and the bridge-routing modules based on the individual content of the packets and in accordance with a global vehicle network communication protocol. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106526 | SWITCH MODULE - A switching module can route packets between a network fabric and a local network, both of which form a closed network such as a vehicular network. The switching module provides local network management functions, and handles packet transfers between the local network and the network fabric. The switching module uses network information, which can include information about packet content type and network topology, to determine a packet's priority, and an appropriate switching protocol to use for processing and routing packets. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106537 | VEHICLE NETWORK NODE MODULE - A vehicle network node module includes device buffers, a network buffer, a switch circuit, and a processing module. The device buffers temporarily store outgoing device packets from, and temporarily store incoming device packets for, vehicle devices in accordance with a locally managed prioritization scheme. The network buffer receives incoming network packets from, and outputs the outgoing network packets to, a vehicle network fabric in accordance with a global vehicle network protocol. The network buffer also temporarily stores the incoming network packets and the outgoing network packets in accordance with the locally managed prioritization scheme. The switching circuit selectively couples the network buffer to individual ones of the device buffers in accordance with the locally managed prioritization scheme. The processing module interprets the outgoing device packets and the incoming network packets to determine types of packets and determines the locally managed prioritization scheme based on the types of packets. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106544 | VEHICLE NETWORK LINK MODULE - A vehicle network link module includes network fabric ports, a port, a switching circuit, and a link manager. The network fabric ports are operable for coupling to corresponding network fabric ports of another vehicle network fabric link module. The port is operable for coupling to a port of a vehicle network module. The switching circuit is operable to connect an active network fabric port to the port. The link manager determines whether vehicle network packet conveyance via the active network fabric port has degenerated below a threshold. When the vehicle network packet conveyance has degenerated below a threshold, the link manager determines use mode of the active network fabric port. The link manager processing module then selects a new active network fabric port based on the use mode. The link manager then activates the new active network fabric port for coupling via the switching circuit to the port. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106549 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT MODULE FOR A VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A network management module includes a network interface module, memory, and a processing module. The network interface module is operable for coupling the network management module to a vehicle communication network. The processing module is operable to manage a global vehicle network communication protocol that includes instituting a content-based network packet processing protocol and managing the vehicle communication network to support the network packet processing protocol. The content-based network packet processing protocol includes determining content type of a packet, determining a processing requirement of the packet, and prioritizing execution of the processing requirement based on the content type. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106550 | VEHICULAR NETWORK WITH CONCURRENT PACKET TRANSMISSION - A vehicular network is a closed network with known sources, destinations, and network connections that can be mapped in advance, and used to identify network resources needed to transmit a packet from a source to a destination. A network module can determine the source destination, and a priority of a packet based on the packet's content. Using the source and destination information, along with a network topology data, the network module can determine if two packets need the same network resources to be delivered to their destination. When the two packets do not use the same resources, there is no conflict, and the packets can be transmitted concurrently regardless of whether one of the packets has a higher priority than another packet. If there is a conflict, the network module transmits the packets based on the packets' priorities. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106551 | DATA BRIDGE - A data bridge controls packet transfers between network fabrics forming a closed network, such as a vehicular network. The data bridge includes two or more sets of modules, each of which communicates with a different network fabric. When a packet is to be delivered between network fabrics, a first set of modules, which is used to communicate with a first network fabric, decides whether to accept the packet or discard it. If the packet is accepted, it is delivered to a second set of modules, which is used for communicating with a second network fabric. The second set of modules makes a second, independent decision about whether the packet will be sent to the second network fabric. Each set of modules can base its decision on packet content type, and may discard any packet not to be delivered to the other network. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106565 | DATA BRIDGE - A data bridge controls the transfer of packets between different priority network fabrics of a closed network, e.g. high and low priority network fabrics a vehicular network. Processing circuitry determines first priority routing of a first packet from the first network fabric to the second network fabric based on packet content type of the first packet and priority conditions of the second network fabric. A determination is also made regarding whether a second packet is to be delivered from the second network fabric to the first network fabric. If the second packet is to be delivered, second priority routing of the second packet is made based on packet content type of the second packet and priority conditions of the first network fabric. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106653 | MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A head end unit for performing multimedia processing within a vehicle is capable in one embodiment of overlaying video graphics onto video streams to produce enhanced video streams. The head end unit is further for converting a high-resolution file to a low-resolution file for rendering on one or more low-resolution clients of the vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109406 | UNIFIED VEHICLE NETWORK FRAME PROTOCOL - A vehicle communication network includes a network fabric, a plurality of vehicle control modules, memory, one or more multimedia processing modules, and a network manager. The network manager is operable to coordinate communication of packets, via the network fabric, among the vehicle control modules, the memory, and the multimedia processing modules based on individual content of the packets and in accordance with a global vehicle network communication protocol. The network manager is further operable to facilitate network resource management to support the communication of packets via the network fabric in accordance with the global vehicle network communication protocol. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109407 | POWER MANAGEMENT WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Power management within a vehicle is achieved by maintaining individual and/or power island power saving options for each of a plurality of devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle. Upon determining that power savings should be enabled for a device, at least one of the power saving options for the device is selected and applied. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109446 | VEHICLE CONTROL MODULE - A vehicle control module includes a vehicle device and a vehicle network interface. The vehicle device is operable to perform a vehicle function. The vehicle network interface facilitates communication regarding the vehicle function between the vehicle device and a vehicle network fabric in accordance with a global vehicle network communication protocol. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109447 | VEHICLE BLACK BOX - A vehicle black box includes a memory device for receiving and storing real-time data associated with the vehicle during a recording time window. Upon determining that an accident has occurred, circuitry freezes the recording time window and stores the real-time data within the frozen recording time window within a one-time programmable (OTP) memory. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110356 | PROVIDING POWER OVER ETHERNET WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A power distribution system within a vehicle operates to provide power over Ethernet to a plurality of network node modules coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
20120129606 | MULTI-MODE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSOR AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A mobile communication device includes a motion sensor for generating motion signals in response to motion of the mobile communication device. A motion data generation module generates motion data based on the motion signals. At least one transceiver sends the motion data to a game device in a gaming mode of operation and transceives wireless telephony data with a wireless telephony network in a telephony mode of operation. | 05-24-2012 |
20120165033 | DYNAMICALLY SPLITTING JOBS ACROSS MULTIPLE AGNOSTIC PROCESSORS IN WIRELESS SYSTEM - Dynamically splitting jobs in wireless system between agnostic processor may comprise evaluating a job that a wireless mobile communication device may be requested to perform. The wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may evaluate a requested job to determine if one or more tasks may be sent to a remote device. The WMC device may consider such factors as information pertaining to the WMC device itself, information relating to the connection between the devices, and/or information pertaining to the remote device. This information may comprise such data as power availability in the wireless mobile communication device, processing load in the WMC device, processing and/or storage capabilities of the remote device, and characteristics of the connectivity between the two devices. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173900 | PROVIDING POWER OVER ETHERNET WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A power distribution and management system within a vehicle operates to provide power over Ethernet to a plurality of powered devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173905 | PROVIDING POWER OVER ETHERNET WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A power distribution and management system within a vehicle operates to provide power over Ethernet to a plurality of powered devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle. | 07-05-2012 |
20120214543 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL FREQUENCY BAND CONVERSION - A wireless device includes processing circuitry and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver section. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals for receipt, the set of information signals carried by a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands. The processing circuitry determines a shift frequency based upon the determination. the RF receiver section receives the RF MFBMS signal and down-converts the RF MFBMS signal by the shift frequency to produce a baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) MFBMS signal. The processing circuitry then extracts data from the set of information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS signal. | 08-23-2012 |
20120223858 | Method and System for Sharing an Oscillator for Processing Cellular Radio Signals and GNSS Radio Data Signals By Deferring AFC Corrections - A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) enabled mobile device comprising a crystal oscillator and an automatic frequency correction (AFC) circuit may be operable to share the crystal oscillator between processing of cellular radio signals and processing of GNSS data messages. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to enforce an AFC correction when the crystal oscillator drifts beyond a specific frequency error. The AFC correction may be allowed during time intervals corresponding to GNSS words at which decoding of these words is not required. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to disable the AFC correction during time intervals associated with decoding of words while the crystal oscillator may drift within the specific frequency error range. After the decoding of one or more of words is completed, the AFC correction may be allowed during the time intervals corresponding to these words. | 09-06-2012 |
20120230297 | MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR FACILITATING INTER-NETWORK HAND-OFF FOR A MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A management unit allocates network resources multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The management unit includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with the multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at multiservice communication devices. The wireless control channel is separate from the communication between multiservice communication devices and the networks. A network interface receives network resource data from the networks. A management processing unit generates the outbound control data in response. The management processing unit facilities the handoff of a real-time service accessed by the multiservice communication devices via a first network to a second network. | 09-13-2012 |
20120246284 | Method and System for Enabling Rendering of Electronic Media Content Via a Secure Ad Hoc Network Configuration Utilizing a Handheld Wireless Communication Device - A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content. | 09-27-2012 |
20120252375 | Method and System for Dynamic Selection of a Coexistence Method and Transmit Power Level Based on Calibration Data - Aspects of the invention may comprise a control system in communication with a radio frequency (RF) front-end subsystem. The RF front-end subsystem comprises a plurality of antennas coupled to a plurality of wireless transmitters or receivers. Each of the wireless transmitters or receivers is operable to communicate via one or more of a plurality of wireless interfaces in the communication device. The control system is configured to detect, based on interference data provided by the RF front-end system, potential interference by an interfering one of said plurality of wireless transmitters or receivers with operations of an interfered-with one of said plurality of wireless transmitters or receivers. The control system is further configured to mitigate said detected interference operation by providing calibration data to said interfered-with one or more of said plurality of wireless transmitters or receivers. | 10-04-2012 |
20120272300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING LOCAL AND REMOTE RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH RENDERING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ON DISSIMILAR FORMAT DEVICES BASED ON USER BIOMETRIC DATA - A system and method is provided for communication of information in a mobile communication device (WMCD) configured to network connection may include discovering via a wireless mobile communication device, available communication resources based on acquired biometric data for a user of the WMCD, and communicating multimedia information between the WMCD and one or more of the discovered available resources. The acquired biometric data may include physical and behavioral biometric data to be authenticated and validated by a pattern recognition database. A connection between the WMCD and one or more discovered available resources may be established through linking the acquired biometric data to resources in available local or remote network. The established connection may enable the WMCD to consume or redirect media from the available resources and may be dynamically adjusted and updated based on dynamic sensing of the acquired biometric data in the available network or available resources. | 10-25-2012 |
20120276858 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MULTIPLE STANDARD TRANSCEIVER - A transceiver includes a receiver section and a transmitter section. The receiver section converts an inbound Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal into a down converted signal, wherein the inbound MFBMS signal includes a desired signal component and an undesired signal component. In addition, the receiver section determines spectral positioning of the undesired signal component with respect to the desired signal component and adjusts at least one of the MFBMS signal and the down converted signal based on the spectral positioning to substantially reduce adverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desired signal component to produce an adjusted signal. The transmitter section converts an outbound symbol stream into an outbound MFBMS signal. | 11-01-2012 |
20120289280 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 11-15-2012 |
20120297023 | Method and System for a Persistent Request Generated by a Wireless Device, Executed Remotely and Output to Configurable Local Resources - Methods and systems for a persistent request generated by a wireless device, executed remotely and output to configurable local resources are disclosed and may include generating via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) a persistent request for a user that may be communicated to remote devices for execution and storage of results. The stored results may be received from local resources local which may be configured by the remote devices based on user preferences to deliver the stored results to the user. The stored results may be received by the user via the HWCD or another wireless communication device, and the identity of the user may be authenticated prior to receiving the stored results. The remote devices may discover the local resources based on the detection of the user logging into the network. User preferences may be stored in networked devices or may be stored in the HWCD. | 11-22-2012 |
20120299868 | High Noise Immunity and High Spatial Resolution Mutual Capacitive Touch Panel - A mutual capacitive touch panel providing improved noise immunity and improved spatial resolution is described. The touch panel includes a drive line having a plurality of drive electrodes. The touch panel further includes a sense line arranged at an angle with respect to the drive line and the sense line having a plurality of sense electrodes, such that each of the plurality of sense electrodes overlies one of the plurality of drive electrodes. The touch panel is further configured such that a perimeter of each of the plurality of drive electrodes encompasses a perimeter of at least one of the plurality of sense electrodes. | 11-29-2012 |
20120314650 | Quality of Service, Battery Lifetime, and Latency in Wireless Communication Devices - Embodiments for processing media over Internet Protocol (IP) packets in a wireless device are provided. Embodiments enable downlink and uplink media over IP flows within the wireless device that reduce the load on the application processor (AP) of the wireless device. In an embodiment, media over IP flows bypass the AP entirely allowing the AP to enter a power saving mode during media over IP sessions. This results in increased battery lifetime and reduced power consumption of the wireless device. In addition, the media over IP session quality is improved by the reduced latency resulting from bypassing the AP. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315991 | APPARATUS POSITION DETECTION USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - An apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver device, which includes a receiver section and a processing module. The transmitter transmits a high carrier frequency signal. The receiver section includes first and second antennas that have an antenna radiation relationship for receiving the high carrier frequency signal. A receiver module of the receiver section determines first and second signal properties of the received high carrier frequency signal. The processing module determines a position of the receiver device with respect to the transmitter based on the first and second signal properties and maps the position to a coordinate system. | 12-13-2012 |
20130009698 | REDUCING CURRENT LEAKAGE AND IMPROVING SHELF LIFE TIME OF BATTERY-BASED-DEVICES - An electronic device includes a rechargeable battery, an electrical circuit, a battery safety circuit, and a power down mode circuit. The electrical circuit is configured to generate a power mode control signal. The power down mode circuit receives the power mode control signal. If the power mode control signal has a first value, the power down mode circuit is configured to force a voltage at a first port of the battery safety circuit to a voltage value that is less than an under voltage lock out (UVLO) threshold value of the battery safety circuit to transition the electronic device from a normal operating mode to a low current power down mode. The electronic device may further include a wake up mode circuit. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016008 | Method and System for a Full GNSS Signals That Indicate - A multi-standard single chip integrated within a multi-standard mobile device concurrently receives multi-standard radio frequency signals by corresponding two or more integrated radios. The multi-standard single chip generates full GNSS measurement comprising pseudo-range information using the received radio frequency signals. The multi-standard single chip comprises a GNSS radio and multiple non-GNSS radios such as Bluetooth. The full GNSS measurement is generated using GNSS radio frequency signals received by the integrated GNSS radio and communicated over, for example, Bluetooth radio. GNSS satellite reference information embedded in radio frequency signals received by the integrated non-GNSS radios is extracted to assist the full GNSS measurement. A full GNSS navigation solution for the multi-standard mobile device is generated internally to and/or externally to the multi-standard single chip depending on the location of a navigation engine. The generation of the full GNSS measurement is independent of a host processor within the multi-standard mobile device. | 01-17-2013 |
20130023290 | MULTI-MODE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSOR AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A mobile communication device includes a motion sensor for generating motion signals in response to motion of the mobile communication device. A motion data generation module generates motion data based on the motion signals. At least one transceiver sends the motion data to a game device in a gaming mode of operation and transceives wireless telephony data with a wireless telephony network in a telephony mode of operation. | 01-24-2013 |
20130046967 | Proactive Power Management Using a Power Management Unit - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for proactively managing power in a device. A power management unit (PMU) receives information from various subsystems of a device and estimates the total power required by each subsystem of the device. Based on this information, the PMU can predict power requirements for a particular subsystem or for one or more application(s) to execute. Based on this prediction, the PMU can reconfigure the subsystems so that the device executes more efficiently given the current battery life of the device. Proactive power management advantageously gives the PMU the capability to predict power needs of various subsystems of a device so that the power supplied to these subsystems can be managed in an intelligent way before battery resources are exhausted. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047166 | Systems and Methods for Distributing an Aging Burden Among Processor Cores - Systems and methods are presented for reducing the impact of high load and aging on processor cores in a processor. A Power Management Unit (PMU) can monitor aging, temperature, and increased load on the processor cores. The PMU instructs the processor to take action such that aging, temperature, and/or increased load are approximately evenly distributed across the processor cores, so that the processor can continue to efficiently process instructions. | 02-21-2013 |
20130077527 | Method and System for Dynamically Setting Up and Tearing Down Connections in Mesh Networks - Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in near proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices may form and/or tear down intra-mesh connection with other WMC devices in the same mesh network. WMC devices may utilize information related to other WMC devices in the mesh network in determining formation and tearing down of intra-mesh connections. This information may comprise relative speeds, locations, and directions of movement of the WMC devices forming/tearing intra-mesh connections. Other information including data bandwidth and/or power consumption may be utilized in such determination. This information may also comprise available services advertised by WMC devices in the mesh network. | 03-28-2013 |
20130089053 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COGNITIVE RADIO TRANSCEIVER - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein the plurality of transceivers includes at least one cognitive radio transceiver that is configured based on cognitive transceiver configuration data received from a management unit in communication with the multiservice communication device via a control channel. | 04-11-2013 |
20130102318 | Method and System for a Handheld Wireless Communication Device for Configuring Connection to and Use of Local and Remote Resources - Methods and systems for a handheld portable communication device for configuring connection to and use of local and remote resources are disclosed and may include discovering available networks and resources, establishing a route between the handheld wireless communication device and a selected one or more of the available resources via a selected one or more of the available networks based on user preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device, and communicating multimedia data between the handheld wireless communication device and the selected one or more of the available resources via the established route. The established route may be dynamically adjusted, based on network availability and bandwidth. The handheld wireless communication device may communicate utilizing a plurality of wireless protocols. The preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device may be dynamically adjusted. The resources may be local or remote to the handheld wireless communication device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130111493 | DYNAMICALLY SPLITTING JOBS ACROSS MULTIPLE AGNOSTIC PROCESSORS IN WIRELESS SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130117626 | Adaptive Ultra-Low Voltage Memory - Embodiments provide an adaptive memory that allows for low voltage modes of operation. In the low voltage modes of operation, the supply voltage provided to the memory is reduced below Vcc(min), which allows for significant savings in the power consumption of circuit components (e.g., the CPU) whose minimum voltage is dictated by Vcc(min). According to further embodiments, the memory can be configured dynamically according to various configurations depending on desired power savings (e.g., target Vcc(min)) and/or performance requirements (e.g., reliability, cache size requirement, etc.). | 05-09-2013 |
20130124694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING RENDERING OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA CONTENT VIA A SECURE AD HOC NETWORK CONFIGURATION UTILIZING A HANDHELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content. | 05-16-2013 |
20130154560 | BATTERY WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER AND/OR RFID - A battery includes one or more rechargeable cells, a wireless power coil, a battery charger circuit, and may further include an RFID module. The wireless power coil is operable to generate an AC voltage from a wireless power electromagnetic field. The battery charger circuit is operable to generate a battery charge voltage from the AC voltage in accordance with a battery charge control signal and, when enabled, to charge the one or more rechargeable cells via the battery charge voltage. If the battery further includes the RFID module, it is operable to generate the battery charge control signal and communicate with a wireless power transmitter device. | 06-20-2013 |
20130172047 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 07-04-2013 |
20130183911 | CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A configurable antenna structure includes a plurality of switches, a plurality of antenna components, and a configuration module. The configuration module is operable to configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a first antenna for receiving a multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) signal. The configuration module continues processing by identify a signal component of interest of a plurality of signal components of interest within the MFBMS signal. The configuration module continues processing by configuring the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a second antenna. | 07-18-2013 |
20130223573 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL UNIVERSAL FRONT END WITH ADJUSTABLE ADC(S) - A wireless device includes processing circuitry, a receiver section, a transmitter section, and an antenna. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals of a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal. The receiver section down-converts a portion of the RF MFBMS signal by one or more respective shift frequencies to produce a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal from which the processing circuitry extracts data. The transmitter section converts a respective BB/IF information signal received from the processing circuitry by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding RF information signal and a combiner that combines the RF information signals to form a RF MFBMS signal. The receiver section and the transmitter section include ADCs and/or DACs, respectively, that are adjustable based upon characteristics of the RF MFBMS signal, the BB/IF MFBMS signal, and/or based upon signals carried therein, e.g., modulation type, SNR requirements, etc. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225085 | Method and System for Auto Coexistence Priority Selection For A SCO Link - Methods and systems for auto coexistence priority selection for a SCO link are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a first Bluetooth device communicating with a collocated WLAN device via a coexistence method. The first Bluetooth device, prior to executing a non-SCO task, which may comprise tasks that do not involve SCO packet transfer, may communicate low priority via the coexistence method if a Bluetooth SCO link is present between the first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device, and if a current task being handled by the first Bluetooth device is a high priority task. If a SCO link is not present between the first and second Bluetooth devices, and if the current non-SCO task is a high priority task, the first Bluetooth device may communicate high priority via the coexistence method prior to executing the non-SCO task. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229066 | WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE CONTROL CHANNEL PROTOCOLS - A wireless power system includes a wireless power transmit and receive units. The wireless power transmit unit includes a wireless power transmit circuit that generates a wireless power magnetic field and a transmit unit transceiver that transceives a communication regarding the wireless power magnetic field in accordance with a control channel protocol. The wireless power receive unit includes a wireless power receive circuit, a transceiver, and a processing module. The wireless power receive circuit converts the wireless power magnetic field into a voltage. The receive unit processing module is operable to: identify the control channel protocol; determine whether the receive unit transceiver is capable of communication using the control channel protocol; and, when the receive unit transceiver is capable of communication using the control channel protocol, coordinate configuration of the receive unit transceiver to transceive the communication regarding the wireless power magnetic field via the control channel. | 09-05-2013 |
20130237169 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MULTIPLE STANDARD TRANSCEIVER - A transceiver includes a receiver section and a transmitter section. The receiver section converts an inbound Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal into a down converted signal, wherein the inbound MFBMS signal includes a desired signal component and an undesired signal component. In addition, the receiver section determines spectral positioning of the undesired signal component with respect to the desired signal component and adjusts at least one of the MFBMS signal and the down converted signal based on the spectral positioning to substantially reduce adverse affects of the undesired signal component on the desired signal component to produce an adjusted signal. The transmitter section converts an outbound symbol stream into an outbound MFBMS signal. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ATOMIZING FUNCTION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for apportioning tasks among devices. One such method is performed in handheld wireless communication device (HWCD). The method includes discovering available resources in a network and dynamically assessing cost functions for performing a task on the HWCD and on each of the discovered resources. Each of the respective cost functions is based on performance factors associated with the HWCD or with one of the devices. Based on change in the cost functions, the task is apportioned for local execution by the HWCD or remote execution by the available resources. | 09-12-2013 |
20130250933 | MANAGING DEVICES WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A network node module within a vehicle operates to manage devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle based on a use mode defining rights and privileges for operating in the vehicular communication network. Upon being configured in accordance with a particular use mode of a set of use modes, the network node module can identify a device coupled to the vehicular communication network and enable the device to operate within the vehicular communication network in accordance with the use mode. The network node module is securely reconfigurable to any use mode in the set of use modes. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252617 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH DEDICATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols. An environmental monitoring receiver processes received RF signals over a broadband spectrum and that generates environmental data in response thereto. A processing module processes the environmental data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the environmental data. In an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental monitoring receiver can be implemented via one of the plurality of transceivers when operating in an environmental monitoring mode. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262491 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION BASED ON DETECTED BIOMETRIC EVENT DATA - A system and method is provided for processing and storing captured data in a wireless communication device based on detected biometric event data. The captured data may be acquired through a data acquisition system with devices or sensors in an integrated or distributed configuration. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event with time, date and/or location stamping, and captured physiological and behavioral biometric event data in response to the event. The captured data may be dynamically stored in a data binding format or as raw data in a local host device or communicated externally to be stored in a remote host or storage. At least one user preference may be specified for linking a biometric event data to the mapped, analyzed, categorized and stored captured data in a database. Captured data may be retrieved by matching biometric event data to at least one user preference from the database. | 10-03-2013 |
20130279500 | SWITCH MODULE - A switching module can route packets between a network fabric and a local network, both of which form a closed network such as a vehicular network. The switching module provides local network management functions, and handles packet transfers between the local network and the network fabric. The switching module uses network information, which can include information about packet content type and network topology, to determine a packet's priority, and an appropriate switching protocol to use for processing and routing packets. | 10-24-2013 |
20130308603 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH DEDICATED CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols. A control channel transceiver transceives control channel data with a remote management unit including local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 11-21-2013 |
20130343584 | HEARING ASSIST DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - Hearing assist devices and devices and services that are capable of providing external operational support thereto are described. In accordance with various embodiments, the performance of one or more functions by a hearing assist device is assisted or improved in some manner by utilizing resources of an external device and/or service to which the hearing assist device may be communicatively connected. Such performance assistance or improvement may be achieved, for example and without limitation, by utilizing power resources, processing resources, storage resources, sensor resources, and/or user interface resources of an external device or service to which the hearing assist device may be communicatively connected. | 12-26-2013 |
20130343585 | MULTISENSOR HEARING ASSIST DEVICE FOR HEALTH - A hearing assist device is associated with an ear of a user. Health characteristics of the user are measured by sensors of the hearing assist device. The measured health characteristics may be analyzed in the hearing assist device, or transmitted from the hearing assist device for remote analysis. Based on the analysis, alerts, instructions, and other information may be displayed to the user in the form of text or graphics, or may be played by the hearing assist device in the form of sound/voice. Medical personnel may be alerted when problems with the user are detected by the hearing assist device. The user may provide verbal commands to the hearing assist device. The hearing assist device may be configured to filter sounds, and may be configured for a personal hearing frequency response of the user. The hearing assist device may be configured for speech recognition to recognize commands. | 12-26-2013 |
20140016608 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING STANDARDIZED INTERFACE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE TO DISCOVER AND USE LOCAL AND REMOTE RESOURCES - A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may discover available networks, and available local and/or remote resources. The WMC device may configure routes utilizing one or more of discovered resources and one or more available networks. The routes may be utilized to performed operations requested via the WMC device. A standardized language and/or protocol may be utilized in discovering and/or communicating with available resources and/or networks. The standardized language and/or protocol may enable commonality among the discovered networks and/or resources, and encryption of data communicated through the established routes. The standardized language and/or protocol may be updated and/or modified to incorporate new resources either by direct interactions between said new resources and the WMC device, or via existing available resources and/or networks. The discovery of resources and/or establishment of routes may be user-triggered, or it may be based on user preference information. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036922 | PRIORITY PACKET PROCESSING - A network node in a vehicular network processes packets based on a prioritization scheme. The prioritization scheme uses packet type, priority, source, destination, or other information to determine a priority of the packets. Packets can be stored in one of multiple queues organized according to packet type, or other criteria. In some cases, only one queue is used. The packets are time stamped when put into a queue, and a time to live is calculated based on the timestamp. The time to live, as well as other factors such as packet type, packet priority, packet source, and packet destination can be used to adjust a packet's priority within the queue. Packets are transmitted from the queues in priority order. In some cases, the network node can identify a top-priority packet, and transmit the top priority packet without first storing the packet in the queue. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL GENERATION VIA A TEMPERATURE SENSING CRYSTAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed are various embodiments involving correction of signals generated by a crystal oscillator. An age of an integrated circuit or a time of use of the integrated circuit may be determined. A signal generated from a crystal of the integrated circuit may be modified based at least in part on the determined age of the integrated circuit or the determined time of use of the integrated circuit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140057567 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-STAGE DEVICE FILTERING IN A BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY DEVICE - A Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device receives advertising packets from an advertising BLE device. The BLE device filters the received advertising packets utilizing hardware to search for the advertiser. If the advertiser is not found by the hardware, the packet filtering continues utilizing firmware. Device identity information, comprising non-private and/or private device identities, of preferred BLE devices is partitioned to form a different white list for the hardware, firmware, and host, respectively, to concurrently support privacy and white listing. If the advertiser is found by the hardware, the hardware sends a response to the advertiser following a successful CRC check performed in the hardware. If the advertiser is found by the firmware, the device identity information of the advertiser is inserted in the white list for the hardware. The host may be awakened based on the device configuration and/or attribute type information of the received advertising packets. | 02-27-2014 |
20140068004 | Method and System for a Persistent Request Generated by a Wireless Device, Executed Remotely and Output to Configurable Local Resources - Methods and systems for a persistent request generated by a wireless device, executed remotely and output to configurable local resources are described and may include generating via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) a persistent request for a user that may be communicated to remote devices for execution and storage of results. The stored results may be received from local resources local which may be configured by the remote devices based on user preferences to deliver the stored results to the user. The stored results may be received by the user via the HWCD or another wireless communication device, and the identity of the user may be authenticated prior to receiving the stored results. The remote devices may discover the local resources based on the detection of the user logging into the network. User preferences may be stored in networked devices or may be stored in the HWCD. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071923 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND INFORMATION SIGNAL FREQUENCY BAND COMPRESSION - A wireless device includes processing circuitry and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver section. The processing circuitry determines a set of a plurality of information signals of interest within a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal. The RF receiver section down-converts the plurality of information signals by a shift frequency to produce a plurality of down-converted signals and filters the plurality of down-converted signals to produce a plurality of filtered signals corresponding to the set of the information signals of interest. The processing circuitry further extracts data corresponding to the set of the information signals from the plurality of filtered signals. | 03-13-2014 |
20140073324 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140091626 | Power Receiving Device Having Device Discovery and Power Transfer Capabilities - A wireless power transfer system is disclosed that includes a power station and a chargeable device. The power station transmits discovery beacons in order to detect a chargeable device within its vicinity using any available communication protocols and/or standards. Once a device is discovered, the power station can perform coil selection with the device in order to select preferred coils for power transfer. In addition, the chargeable device is capable of detecting the beacon signal and providing a response to notify the power station of its presence. The chargeable device is capable of performing its own coil selection for further optimization and includes various assistance functionality to aid a user in optimizing a connection with the power station. | 04-03-2014 |
20140091633 | Adaptive Multi-Pathway Wireless Power Transfer - Adaptive multi-pathway wireless charging is described. In one aspect, embodiments enable one or more wireless charging pathways to be established concurrently in a wireless charging environment. The wireless charging pathways use same or different frequencies, powers, wireless power transfer (WPT) standards, and WPT configurations. Embodiments for adaptively configuring wireless charging based on detected events or changes in WPT characteristics are also provided. | 04-03-2014 |
20140091755 | Wireless Power Transfer Adaptation Triggers - Adaptive multi-pathway wireless charging is described. In one aspect, embodiments enable one or more wireless charging pathways to be established concurrently in a wireless charging environment. The wireless charging pathways use same or different frequencies, powers, wireless power transfer (WPT) standards, and WPT configurations. Embodiments for adaptively configuring wireless charging based on detected events or changes in WPT characteristics are also provided. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094116 | Power Transmitting Device Having Device Discovery and Power Transfer Capabilities - A wireless power transfer system is disclosed that includes a power station and a chargeable device. The power station transmits discovery beacons in order to detect a chargeable device within its vicinity using any available communication protocols and/or standards. Once a device is discovered, the power station can perform coil selection with the device in order to select preferred coils for power transfer. In addition, the chargeable device is capable of detecting the beacon signal and providing a response to notify the power station of its presence. The chargeable device is capable of performing its own coil selection for further optimization and includes various assistance functionality to aid a user in optimizing a connection with the power station. | 04-03-2014 |
20140112196 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION OUTSIDE A MESH BY INCLUDING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION IN ROUTER CONFIGURATION MESSAGES - A Wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and the device user. WMC devices located in near proximity of each other may be enabled to form an ad hoc wireless network wherein each WMC device within the network may function as a router for other devices. Utilizing such routing capability within an ad hoc wireless network may allow WMC devices that are out of their wireless coverage area to use other WMC devices within such ad hoc wireless network to route any impending communication through such other WMC devices wherein these devices may have wireless connectivity to their coverage networks. WMC devices that are may have external connectivity may be enable to be selective in routing information and/or data from other WMC devices in the ad hoc network. | 04-24-2014 |
20140117772 | WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE CONTROL CHANNEL PROTOCOLS - A wireless power system includes a wireless power transmit and receive units. The wireless power transmit unit includes a wireless power transmit circuit that generates a wireless power magnetic field and a transmit unit transceiver that transceives a communication regarding the wireless power magnetic field in accordance with a control channel protocol. The wireless power receive unit includes a wireless power receive circuit, a transceiver, and a processing module. The wireless power receive circuit converts the wireless power magnetic field into a voltage. The receive unit processing module is operable to: identify the control channel protocol; determine whether the receive unit transceiver is capable of communication using the control channel protocol; and, when the receive unit transceiver is capable of communication using the control channel protocol, coordinate configuration of the receive unit transceiver to transceive the communication regarding the wireless power magnetic field via the control channel. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125623 | BASELINE RECALCULATION AFTER FREQUENCY RECONFIGURATION OF A MUTUAL CAPACITIVE TOUCH CONTROLLER - Systems and methods are provided that allow a touch sensor, such as a mutual capacitive touch panel, to switch from an operative transmit (TX) frequency at which the mutual capacitive touch panel is driven to an alternative TX frequency. When switching to an alternative TX frequency, an alternative baseline capacitance value corresponding to the alternative TX frequency may be utilized to determine whether a touch event has occurred on the mutual capacitive touch panel. Frame scans can be repeatedly performed at the operative TX frequency and the alternative TX frequency in rapid succession, and an average difference of the frame scans can be calculated and utilized to generate the alternative baseline capacitance value which may be insensitive to sudden ambient changes and moving touch events affecting the mutual touch capacitive panel. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132483 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING RENDERING OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA CONTENT VIA A SECURE AD HOC NETWORK CONFIGURATION UTILIZING A HANDHELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content. | 05-15-2014 |
20140177441 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A QUEUING SYSTEM INSIDE A MESH NETWORK - Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in operating proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices in a mesh network may form a queuing system wherein each WMC device may store data forwarded to and/or from other WMC devices in the mesh network. Each WMC device in the mesh network may have different queuing capability based on a plurality of factors that may comprise internal factors such as processing, storage, power, and/or connectivity. The mesh network may comprise an internal addressing scheme that may enable utilization of the queuing system whether or not WMC devices in the mesh network are communicatively coupled to external networks. | 06-26-2014 |
20140183964 | Power Transmitting Device Having Power Theft Detection and Prevention - A wireless power transfer system is disclosed that includes multiple levels of authentication and several different options for implementing theft prevention. The power station can perform a first authentication procedure to collect billing information of the device to receive power. If the first authentication succeeds, the power station then performs a second authentication procedure in which it sends one or more test power signals to the receiving device. The power station estimates the amount of power that should actually be received by the receiving device and compares the estimate to a reported value sent from the receiving device to ensure that the reported value is within an acceptable margin of the estimate value. If either authentication fails, the power station can take power theft prevention methods to prevent the receiving device from acquiring free power. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184148 | Power Transfer Architecture With Charging History - An apparatus and method are disclosed to increase the efficiency of communications between wireless power transfer (WPT) devices. During an initial power transfer and/or communication between WPT devices, characteristics regarding the operation and capabilities of the devices are shared and stored on one or both of the WPT devices. On subsequent power transfers and/or communications, a WPT device can quickly match the capabilities and preferences for the same WPT device. Various systems are presented to generate, access, and implement the stored information to quickly tailor and improve a communication session for a specific WPT device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184150 | Method and System for Wireless Power Transfer Calibration - In a WPT system, varying parameters, such as coupling coefficient, may cause the system to fall out of resonance and/or tuning. By monitoring one or more signals within a coil module of the WPT device, this detuning can be detected. Moreover, the WPT system can retune itself by modifying one or more parameters in a transmitting WPT device and/or a receiving WPT device. For example, coil circuits in the transmitting and/or receiving WPT devices can be configured to allow for adjusting of effective capacitance, effective inductance, load resistance, and/or load inductance. In addition, frequency can be modified to permit adjusting power transfer efficiency. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184152 | Power Transfer Architecture Employing Coupled Resonant Circuits - An apparatus and method are disclosed to control the mutual coupling between wireless power transfer (WPT) enabled devices. Wireless power transfer is best achieved when both the transmitting and receiving device are tuned to substantially the same frequency. Because WPT-enabled devices are coupled to one another during WPT, tuning one WPT-enabled device can cause both devices to converge to a resonance together. Furthermore, a WPT enabled receiving device can be intentionally detuned to avoid coupling excessive power from a WPT-enabled transmitter device. These concepts can be extended to WPT-enabled device pairs that each has WPT transmission and reception qualities. When multiple WPT-enabled devices interact, tuning information can be stored in one or both of the devices to make the configuration procedure for subsequent WPT interactions more efficient. Various systems are presented to control the mutual coupling between WPT-enabled devices to improve the WPT. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184554 | Methods and Systems for Hybrid Multi-Touch Capacitive (MTC) and Active Stylus Touch Device - Embodiments for a hybrid multi-touch capacitive (MTC) and active stylus touch device are provided. Embodiments enable various ways for reusing system resources to enable simultaneous detection of conducting objects in contact with the device and/or active styluses in proximity to the device. In an embodiment, receiver channels are reused in a time multiplexed manner between an MTC mode and an active stylus mode of operation. In another embodiment, the use of system resources, including receiver channels, is adjusted based on the presence/absence of conducting objects and/or active styluses. Embodiments for improving the detection of conducting objects and/or active styluses are also provided, including embodiments for reducing the interference between conducting objects and active styluses. | 07-03-2014 |
20140211803 | BRIDGE ROUTING MODULE - A bridge routing module can be incorporated into a closed network fabric, such as a vehicular network. The bridge routing module includes an interface circuit to be coupled to other elements of the closed network fabric, for example other bridge routing modules or switch modules. The bridge routing module includes memory to store information associating packet content types with packet routing parameters, among other things. A processing module included in the bridge routing module analyzes packets to identify the type of content carried by the packets, and determines packet routing parameters based on the packet's content type. Ingress and egress of the packet are controlled in accordance with the packet routing parameters determined by the processing module. | 07-31-2014 |
20140320369 | SHIELDING LAYER FOR A DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ANTENNAS - A shielding layer is provided that reduces the coupling between magnetic field lines emanating from a plurality of antennas in an electronic device. In one embodiment, the shielding layer is a heterogeneous shielding layer that has different regions. Each region is configured to be positioned adjacent to a respective antenna. Each region is a different type of material, has a different thickness, and/or has other non-uniformities (e.g., different permeabilities) to concentrate magnetic field lines in accordance to the properties of the respective antenna. In another embodiment, a heterogeneous shielding layer is provided that has different regions that are formed of a same material that is configured to concentrate magnetic field lines. Each region is configured to be positioned adjacent to a respective antenna. The different regions are separated by gap to isolate the magnetic field lines emanating from the respective antenna, which reduces the coupling between the magnetic field lines. | 10-30-2014 |
20140346885 | Power Transmitting System Capable of Power Flashing and Selective Power Distribution - A wireless power transfer system is disclosed that allows for directed power distribution. A power station that transmits the power can also transmit a distribution instruction that authorizes and/or prohibits various systems/components within a receiver device to receive power. A manager and power router within the receiver device route the power as directed by the distribution instruction. When multiple components/systems are authorized to receive the power, the receiver device can monitor power need and route as needed between authorized components/systems. in addition, the receiver device can act as a transmitter to wireless flash power to another device. The flash consists of bursting a large amount of power over a relatively short time. Several constraints, configurations, and considerations are required to perform this function. | 11-27-2014 |
20140355522 | Systems and Methods for Splitting and Recombining Communications in Multi-Network Environments - Systems and methods for providing dynamic substream definition and handover are provided. In embodiments, a user device includes a multiple radio access technology (RAT) communications modules and a communication controller. Each RAT communication module is further configured to communicate using a different RAT. The user device identifies available networks for communication. Then, the controller determines whether a need to split a communications stream exists (e.g., the user device is engaged in a bandwidth intensive application). If the communications stream is to be split, the controller defines the substreams (either equally or unequally) and assigns a first substream to a communication pathway in a first available network and assigns a second substream to a communication pathway in a second available network. The destination then recombines the substreams. In embodiments, the controller inserts synchronization in the substreams. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355565 | System and Method for Adaptive Access and Handover Configuration Based on Prior History in a Multi-RAT Environment - Systems and methods for adaptive access and handover configuration based on historical data are provided. Access and handover decisions are optimized in a multiple radio access technology environment using historical data associated with network performance. Future needs for access and handovers are predicted using historical data associated with the user and historical data associated with network performance. Performance metrics are received periodically or continuously from nodes in one or more networks at a centralized controller. The centralized multi RAT controller correlates these performance metrics and determines predicted handovers for a user device. Preparations for the predicted handovers can then be made prior to the handover event. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355566 | Cross Radio Access Technology Access with Handoff and Interference Management Using Communication Performance Data - Systems and methods for adaptive access and handover configuration based on historical data are provided. Access and handover decisions are optimized in a multiple radio access technology environment using historical data associated with network performance. Future needs for access and handovers are predicted using historical data associated with the user and historical data associated with network performance. Performance metrics are received periodically or continuously from nodes in one or more networks at a centralized controller. The centralized multi RAT controller correlates these performance metrics and determines predicted handovers for a user device. Preparations for the predicted handovers can then be made prior to the handover event. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357224 | Application Layer Integration Into a Multi-Rat Access and Handover Environment - A wireless communication device communicating with a serving base station in a wireless communication environment may have one or more applications running. When seeking to handover from the serving base station to a target base station, the wireless communication device adjusts the configurations of the applications based on the new communication link properties. Likewise, when an application is loaded that prefers communication link properties that exceeds a current communication link's capabilities, the wireless communication device may seek out and hand over to other communication links. By cooperatively coordinating the functionality of installed applications with communication link properties, the wireless communication device can maintain high levels of device and application functionality. | 12-04-2014 |
20140378141 | Cross Radio Access Technology: Handoff Using Caching - Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for handing off wireless communication. The apparatus comprises an antenna configured to receive data from a first access point; a cache configured to store the data; and a controller configured to predict when the transceiver will hand off a connection from the first access point to a second access point and request a burst of data from the first access point to supplement the data in the cache in preparation for the hand off. | 12-25-2014 |
20150043502 | MANAGEMENT UNIT WITH LOCAL AGENT - A management unit manages a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The management unit includes a device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communication with the plurality of multiservice communication devices via a wireless control channel, the bidirectional data communication including outbound control data sent to at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices and inbound control data received from at least one of the plurality of multiservice communication devices via either a logical or physical control channel. A network interface receives network resource data from the plurality of networks. A management processing unit includes a local agent that gathers environmental data, wherein the management processing unit processes the inbound control data, the environmental data and the network resource data and that generates the outbound control data in response thereto. | 02-12-2015 |