Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110009075 | DATA TRANSFER WITH WIRELESSLY POWERED COMMUNICATION DEVICES - In a system comprising one or more reader devices and a plurality of wirelessly powered communication devices, the reader device has a transceiver to transmit a wireless signals to scan proximate wirelessly powered communication devices. The reader device also establishes communications with a proximate wirelessly powered communication device, forms a session with the proximate wirelessly powered communication devices, communicates in the session with the wirelessly powered communication device, and maintains a state of the session. | 01-13-2011 |
20110055351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT VIA A SERVICE ENDPOINT - An approach is provided for retrieving ordered content via a service endpoint. A radio frequency memory tag is preloaded with content managed by a service platform. A request is generated for content stored on the radio frequency memory tag of an endpoint associated with the service platform. Transmission of the request to the endpoint is initiated. The request for the content is received from a user equipment. Transmission of the content is initiated from the memory tag to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the content from the memory tag in response to the request. | 03-03-2011 |
20110087907 | POWER SAVING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus for enabling battery power saving in an associated device is disclosed. Said battery saving is enabled by receiving electromagnetic energy carried by a wireless signal, obtaining operating power from the received electromagnetic energy, receiving a data unit over a wireless link, storing the data unit in a memory, and providing the data unit from the memory in response to a memory read request received via an input/output controller. | 04-14-2011 |
20110254687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING A DEVICE - An approach is presented for activating a device. The activation platform receives a request to make a device operable, wherein the device is in an inoperable state because one or more components for operating the device are absent from the device. Further, the activation platform, in response to the request, validates an authenticity of the device based, at least in part, on one or more identifiers associated with the device. Then, the activation platform retrieves the components. Then, the activation platform causes, at least in part, transfer of the components to the device to make the device operable. | 10-20-2011 |
20110263297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION RESOLUTION OF PASSIVE ENDPOINTS - An approach is provided for contention resolution of passive endpoints. A contention resolution platform causes, at least in part, scanning of a data channel of a passive endpoint at a first active endpoint to detect a powered state of the passive endpoint. The contention resolution platform then identifies a second active endpoint based, at least in part, on detection of the powered state. The contention resolution platform generates a request to the second active endpoint for the first active endpoint to enter an active mode with respect to the passive endpoint, causing, at least in part, transmission of the request to the second active endpoint. The contention resolution platform then joins the first active endpoint to one or more powered periods of the passive endpoint based, at least in part, on the response received. | 10-27-2011 |
20110291834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA VIA RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) MEMORY TAGS - An approach is presented for transferring data via radio frequency (RF) memory tags. The UE manager receives a request, at a device, to grant access for interaction between a first RF memory tag and a second RF memory tag, the first RF memory tag associated with one or more trusted storage. Further, the UE manager determines an accessibility state of the first RF memory tag, the one or more trusted storage, or a combination thereof. Then, the UE manager causes, at least in part, granting of the access based, at least in part, on the accessibility state. The access is via a connection between the first RF memory tag and the second RF memory tag | 12-01-2011 |
20110321118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A MULTI-ROLE COMMUNICATION USING A MEMORY TAG - An approach is presented for performing a multi-role communication using a Radio Frequency (RF) memory tag. The control manager receives a content request, at a memory tag, from a first device according to a first access policy. Further, the control manager determines one or more sources of content data responsive to the content request. Then, the control manager provides access from the one or more sources to the memory tag according to a second access policy. The access facilitates transmission of the content data to the first device according to a third access policy. | 12-29-2011 |
20120218084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING PRINTED MEDIA BASED ON RADIO FREQUENCY MEMORY TAG DETECTION - An approach is provided for associating content information with a radio frequency (RF) memory tag related to one or more items. One or more RF memory tags for maintaining additional information are associated with the one or more items. A data association platform causes, at least in part, a capture of content information from printed media. The data association platform then processes the content information to determine one or more items. A portion of the content information, additional information, or combination thereof is determined to be presented on reading of one or more RF memory tags. | 08-30-2012 |
20120244805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY WITH SECURE ELEMENT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, mobile device comprises a battery, a short-range wireless communication (SRW) chip set, a secure element incorporated into the battery, and a bootloader, wherein the SRW chip set is configured to sense proximity to a point of sales terminal and, in response, initiate bootup of the mobile device, and wherein the bootloader is configured to determine that bootup was initiated by the SRW chip set and, in response, power up only the SRW chip set and the secure element. | 09-27-2012 |
20130066891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING METADATA IN ONE OR MORE MEDIA STREAMS - An approach is provided for processing metadata in one or more media streams. A media metadata processing platform determines to parse from a media data stream for metadata components. The media metadata processing platform also causes, at least in part, a storing of the parsed metadata components. The media metadata processing platform further determines to mark the media data stream with one or more hooks for embedding the parsed metadata components, one or more computational closures, or a combination thereof, the one or more computational closures being serialized. | 03-14-2013 |
20140002013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS CHARGING | 01-02-2014 |
20140187158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT VIA A SERVICE ENDPOINT - An approach is provided for retrieving ordered content via a service endpoint. A radio frequency memory tag is preloaded with content managed by a service platform. A request is generated for content stored on the radio frequency memory tag of an endpoint associated with the service platform. Transmission of the request to the endpoint is initiated. The request for the content is received from a user equipment. Transmission of the content is initiated from the memory tag to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the content from the memory tag in response to the request. | 07-03-2014 |