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20080306066 | NON-IMIDAZOLE HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - Certain non-imidazole heterocyclic compounds are histamine H | 12-11-2008 |
20080306085 | NON-IMIDAZOLE ARYLOXYALKYLAMINES - Substituted aryloxyalkylamines of formula (I), compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them to treat histamine-mediated conditions. | 12-11-2008 |
20080317671 | NON-IMIDAZOLE HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - Certain non-imidazole heterocyclic compounds are histamine H | 12-25-2008 |
20090263322 | OCTAHYDRO-INDOLIZINE AND QUINOLIZINE AND HEXAHYDRO-PYRROLIZINES - The invention features substituted fused bicyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat or prevent histamine-mediated diseases and conditions. | 10-22-2009 |
20090291903 | SUBSTITUTED PYRROLIDINE AMIDES AS MODULATORS OF THE HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR - Certain substituted pyrrolidine amide compounds are histamine H | 11-26-2009 |
20100004241 | NON-IMIDAZOLE ARYLOXYALKYLAMINES - Substituted aryloxyalkylamines of formula (I), compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them to treat histamine-mediated conditions. | 01-07-2010 |
20100022539 | Isoxazole Compounds as Histamine H3 modulators - Certain isoxazole compounds are histamine H | 01-28-2010 |
20120015957 | PIPERAZINYL DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS MODULATORS OF THE NEUROPEPTIDE Y2 RECEPTOR - The present invention is directed to piperidinyl and piperazinyl derivatives of formula (I) useful as inhibitors of the NPY Y2 receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, processes for the preparation of said compounds and the use of said compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders, diseases and conditions mediated by the NPY Y2 receptor. | 01-19-2012 |
20120129870 | PIPERAZINYL DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS MODULATORS OF THE NEUROPEPTIDE Y2 RECEPTOR - The present invention is directed to piperidinyl and piperazinyl derivatives of formula (II) useful as inhibitors of the NPY Y2 receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, processes for the preparation of said compounds and the use of said compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders, diseases and conditions mediated by the NPY Y2 receptor. | 05-24-2012 |
20120202783 | FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS OREXIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - Disubstituted 3,8-diaza-bicyclo[4.2.0]octane and 3,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. | 08-09-2012 |
20120208812 | DISUBSTITUTED OCTAHYDROPYRROLO[3,4-c]PYRROLES AS OREXIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. | 08-16-2012 |
20130137672 | DISUBSTITUTED OCTAHYDROPYRROLO[3,4-c]PYRROLES AS OREXIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - Certain disubstituted 3,8-diaza-bicyclo[4.2.0]octane and 3,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane are described, which are useful as orexin inhibitors. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. | 05-30-2013 |
20140038943 | SEROTONIN RECEPTOR MODULATOR - Certain biphenyic compounds are serotonin modulators useful in the treatment of serotonin-mediated diseases. | 02-06-2014 |
20140179697 | DISUBSTITUTED OCTAHYDROPYRROLO[3,4-c]PYRROLES AS OREXIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. | 06-26-2014 |
20150335651 | DISUBSTITUTED OCTAHYDROPYRROLO[3,4-c]PYRROLES AS OREXIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. | 11-26-2015 |
20160024031 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - Heterocyclic compounds are described that are lysophosphatidic acid receptor ligands that are useful in the treatment of lysophosphatidic acid receptor-dependent diseases and conditions, including but not limited to diseases involving fibrosis, such as fibrosis of the heart, kidney, liver and lung, and scleroderma; inflammatory diseases such as diabetic nephropathy and inflammatory bowel disease; ocular diseases such as diseases involving retinal degeneration; nerve diseases such as pruritus and pain. Non-limiting examples of those compounds include (RS)-3-Cyclopropyl-2-{4-[3-methyl-4((R)-1-phenyl-ethoxycarbonylamino)-isoxazol-5-yl]-benzyloxy}-propionic acid and (R)-1-(4′-{5-[1-(2-Chloro-phenyl)-ethoxycarbonylamino]-4-fluoro-pyrazol-1-yl}-2-fluoro-biphenyl-4-yl)-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid. | 01-28-2016 |
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20130040671 | ANTENNA TO TRANSCEIVER MAPPING OF A MULTIMODE WIRELESS DEVICE - Various arrangements for mapping antennas to transceivers are presented. A plurality of antennas may be present. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas may be configured to communicate using different radio technologies. A plurality of transceivers may be present. At least some of the transceivers of the plurality of transceivers may be configured to utilize different radio technologies. A selector circuit may be present that is configured, based on input from a processor, to map each antenna of the plurality of antennas with each transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. The processor may be configured to control which antennas of the plurality of antennas are mapped to which transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. Touch sensors may be used to determine which antenna or antennas are likely to serve as effective electromagnetic transducers. Signal-to-noise measurements may be used to determine when to modify an antenna mapping. | 02-14-2013 |
20140235260 | ANTENNA TO TRANSCEIVER MAPPING OF A MULTIMODE WIRELESS DEVICE - Various arrangements for mapping antennas to transceivers are presented. A plurality of antennas may be present. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas may be configured to communicate using different radio technologies. A plurality of transceivers may be present. At least some of the transceivers of the plurality of transceivers may be configured to utilize different radio technologies. A selector circuit may be present that is configured, based on input from a processor, to map each antenna of the plurality of antennas with each transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. The processor may be configured to control which antennas of the plurality of antennas are mapped to which transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. Touch sensors may be used to determine which antenna or antennas are likely to serve as effective electromagnetic transducers. Signal-to-noise measurements may be used to determine when to modify an antenna mapping. | 08-21-2014 |
20160037453 | POWER CONTROL PERFORMANCE FOR USER EQUIPMENT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus configured to establish a wireless connection to a first network, tune away from the first network for a first predetermined interval, tune back to the first network after the first predetermined interval, enter a power control freeze state for a second predetermined interval after tuning back to the first network, send a plurality of transmissions to the first network during the second predetermined interval, determine if a number of the plurality of transmissions that are not received by the first network exceeds a first threshold or if a number of the plurality of transmissions that are retransmitted to the first network exceeds a second threshold, and exit the power control freeze state when it is determined that the first threshold is exceeded or when it is determined that the second threshold is exceeded. | 02-04-2016 |
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20150131622 | PROACTIVE RANK INDEX MANAGEMENT IN SLTE ENABLED MODEM TO ACHIEVE HIGHER THROUGHPUT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE which uses a first antenna and a second antenna for communication with a first RAT. The apparatus determines that the second antenna is to be used for a procedure associated with a second RAT at a first time. The apparatus reduces a UE RI from an initial value to a reduced value for the communication with the first RAT at the first time based on the determination. | 05-14-2015 |
20150295691 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AN UPLINK RE-TRANSMISSION AFTER A TUNE AWAY PERIOD - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) to transmit an uplink signal, even though the UE may not have received a negative acknowledgement (NACK) corresponding to the uplink signal from a network due to a tune away period. The method may generally include determining that an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal from a first network corresponding to an uplink signal is scheduled within a tune away period to a second network, and transmitting at least a portion of the uplink signal upon completion of the tune away period based on the determination. | 10-15-2015 |
20150372788 | QUICK RLC RETRANSMISSION ON HARQ FAILURE DURING TUNE AWAY - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for quick radio link control (RLC) retransmission on hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) failure during tune away. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications is provided. The method generally includes performing communications with a base station (BS) using radio components tuned to a first air interface, detecting a tune-away of the radio components from the first air interface to a second air interface while performing the communications, and scheduling one or more packets for retransmission to the BS upon completion of the tune-away, wherein the one or more packets are one or more packets that failed to be transmitted due to the tune-away. | 12-24-2015 |
20160006531 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SERVICE SEARCH AND BAND SCAN - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for improving band scanning procedures by a UE, for example, to speed re-acquiring service after a loss of service event. | 01-07-2016 |
20160037414 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL FOR USER EQUIPMENT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus establishes a wireless connection to a first network, determines a start time of a tune away procedure, enters a transmission freeze state for a first predetermined interval prior to the start time of the tune away procedure, tunes away from the first network for a second predetermined interval, and tunes back to the first network after the second predetermined interval. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037578 | LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) CONNECTED DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (CDRX) FOR SINGLE-RADIO HYBRID TUNE AWAY DEVICES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for optimizing long term evolution (LTE) connected discontinuous reception (CDRX) for single radio hybrid tune away devices. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes entering a DRX mode wherein the UE alternates between an activity period and an inactivity period while connected to a first radio access technology (RAT) network, tuning away from the first RAT network for a tune away period to monitor signals in a second RAT network, determining when an inactivity timer for the DRX mode expires or will expire, and adjusting a value of the inactivity timer based, at least in part, on the determination. | 02-04-2016 |
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20080259858 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT IN A MULTI-FREQUENCY NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for distributing content in a multi-frequency network. A method includes combining service overheads with a content multiplex to generate service layer multiplexes, determining regions of the multi-frequency network where a service layer multiplex is to be distributed, combining distribution overheads with the service layer multiplex to generate distribution layer multiplexes, and transmitting the distribution layer multiplexes over the regions of the multi-frequency network. An apparatus includes combining logic configured to combine service overheads with a content multiplex to generate service layer multiplexes; determine regions of the multi-frequency network where a service layer multiplex is to be distributed; and combine distribution overheads with the service layer multiplex to generate distribution layer multiplexes. The apparatus also includes output logic configured to transmit the distribution layer multiplexes over the regions of the multi-frequency network. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260042 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUALITY CONTROLLED ENCODING - This disclosure describes techniques for controlling a perceived quality of multimedia sequences to try to achieve a desired constant perceptual quality regardless of the content of the sequences. In particular, an encoding device may implement quality control techniques to associate a sequence segment with a content “class” based on the content of the segment, determine a perceptual quality metric of the sequence segment, and adjust at least one encoding parameter used to encode the segment is encoded such that for the perceptual quality of the sequence segment converges to the desired quality. | 10-23-2008 |
20090016380 | Methods and Apparatus for RF Channel Switching in a Multi-Frequency Network - Methods and apparatus for RF channel switching in a multi-frequency network. In an aspect, a method includes identifying a multiplex set that comprises one or more content flows, wherein the multiplex set is one of a vertical multiplex (VM) set and a unified multiplex (UM) set, generating an overhead message that associates one or more RF carrier frequencies with the one or more content flows, and transmitting the overhead message over the multi-frequency network. An apparatus includes input logic configured to receive an overhead message that associates one or more content flows with one or more RF carrier frequencies, and processing logic configured to detect a channel switch event that identifies a selected content flow, determine a selected RF carrier frequency associated with the selected content flow based on the overhead message, and switch to the selected RF carrier frequency to receive the selected content flow. | 01-15-2009 |
20110299587 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESIZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT BASED ON QUALITY AND RATE INFORMATION - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for exchanging information between a plurality of encoder modules and a multiplex module to combine segments of data from the encoder modules with an improved overall quality. In particular, the encoder modules associate their respective segments of data with quality and rate information and send at least the quality and rate information associated with the segments of data to the multiplex module. The multiplex module analyzes the quality and rate information to determine whether the segments of data that encoder modules desire to include in the current superframe fit within the available bandwidth of a transmission channel. If the multiplex module determines the plurality of segments of data do not fit within the available bandwidth, the multiplex module selects one or more of the segments to be resized based on the quality and rate information received from the encoder modules. | 12-08-2011 |
20150156498 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESIZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT BASED ON QUALITY AND RATE INFORMATION - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for exchanging information between a plurality of encoder modules and a multiplex module to combine segments of data from the encoder modules with an improved overall quality. In particular, the encoder modules associate their respective segments of data with quality and rate information and send at least the quality and rate information associated with the segments of data to the multiplex module. The multiplex module analyzes the quality and rate information to determine whether the segments of data that encoder modules desire to include in the current superframe fit within the available bandwidth of a transmission channel. If the multiplex module determines the plurality of segments of data do not fit within the available bandwidth, the multiplex module selects one or more of the segments to be resized based on the quality and rate information received from the encoder modules. | 06-04-2015 |
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20100080163 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING AND RECEIVING VENUE LEVEL TRANSMISSIONS AND SERVICES - A venue-cast system and method for providing and receiving venue level transmissions and services, including discovery of a venue specific transmission by receiving an overhead signal from a non-venue network, extracting information for receiving the venue specific transmission from the overhead signal, and tuning to receive the venue specific transmission based on the extracted information. The venue level transmission may be provided and received in a manner that does not prevent an access terminal from receiving a local area or wide area transmission. | 04-01-2010 |
20110188435 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING BROADCAST CONTENT - Embodiment methods and systems enable a broadcast network, such as a MediaFLO network, to maintain the presentation quality of video data received from content providers when transforming it to a format suitable for broadcasting to mobile devices. Methods enable encoding of H.264 frames received from a third-party encoder into superframes for broadcast over MediaFLO FLO TV®. The methods group individual image frames together into superframes for broadcast, making allowances for frames which are supposed to be decoded in one second but presented or displayed in a subsequent second. The various embodiments ensure that image frames are group together into superframe so that frames that are supposed to be presented together in the same second are displayed together and so that frames that are dependent on those frames for decoding are not put ahead of the frames from which they depend. | 08-04-2011 |
20110250874 | ENHANCED TELEPHONY SERVICES - Techniques for providing a smart dial controller for enhancing a telephone voice call using a data connection. In an exemplary embodiment, a dial controller may be provided in a calling device for calling another user, and/or a called device for receiving a call from another user. Techniques are provided for both the calling device and the called device to access a content server storing profiles of the calling user and/or the called user, subject to user-determined privacy settings. Such profiles may include, e.g., multi-media information on the status, location, or preferences of the users. In an exemplary embodiment, the dial controller may delay the establishment of a voice connection pending user review and approval of the other user's profile. According to an advantage of the present disclosure, no modifications are required on the network side to implement the techniques described herein. | 10-13-2011 |
20120191777 | CONTACT RELEVANCE BASED ON CONTEXT - A method of determining a communications contact relevance for a user includes: analyzing stored contact information of a plurality of contacts with which the user can at least one of receive information from or transmit information to; analyzing context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by the user with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including present user context information and at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determining the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on the context information. | 07-26-2012 |
20140223479 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING AND RECEIVING VENUE LEVEL TRANSMISSIONS AND SERVICES - A venue-cast system and method for providing and receiving venue level transmissions and services, including discovery of a venue specific transmission by receiving an overhead signal from a non-venue network, extracting information for receiving the venue specific transmission from the overhead signal, and tuning to receive the venue specific transmission based on the extracted information. The venue level transmission may be provided and received in a manner that does not prevent an access terminal from receiving a local area or wide area transmission. | 08-07-2014 |
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20130100012 | DISPLAY WITH DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY MODE - A display mode, including an update rate and/or resolution of an electronic display device, is dynamically adjusted by computing a change rate metric (CRM) representative of an image change rate, and adjusting, based on the CRM, at least one of the update rate and the image resolution. The display device may be switched between at least two display modes, based on the CRM, which may be computed by comparing each pixel row in a first frame with a corresponding pixel row in a comparison frame, and determining a number of pixel rows that have changed. A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value for each pixel row may be computed, and the CRM may then be computed by determining a number of pixel rows that have a changed CRC value with respect to a corresponding pixel row of the comparison frame. | 04-25-2013 |
20140118399 | DISTORTION CORRECTION FOR VISUAL OBJECTS IN MOTION - This disclosure provides implementations of systems, devices, components, computer products, methods, and techniques for correcting or compensating for moving visual object distortions. In one aspect, a method includes combining image data from a first frame with image data from a second frame to generate a fused image frame. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include applying a shear transformation to the image data in the first frame to generate a sheared image frame. One of, or a combination of, the fused image frame and the sheared image frame may be displayed as a pre-distorted image frame so that, when viewed on the display, the pre-distorted image frame compensates for distortion that can otherwise be perceived by a user when viewing the displayed moving visual object. | 05-01-2014 |
20150070402 | REAL-TIME COLOR CALIBRATION OF DISPLAYS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting an output color gamut of a display. The display includes a processor, a planar light guide, and light sensors disposed outside a periphery of the planar light guide. The planar light guide includes a first light-turning arrangement that redirects a portion of light received from the display toward one or more of the light sensors. Each light sensor is configured to output, to the processor, a signal representative of a characteristic of the redirected light. The first light-turning arrangement includes a first light turning element that turns ambient light toward a first light sensor, and a second light turning element that turns light received from the display toward a second, different, light sensor. The processor is configured to adjust an output color gamut of the display, responsive to respective outputs from the first light sensor and the second light sensor. | 03-12-2015 |
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20140279527 | Enterprise Cascade Models - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for detecting unauthorized activity are disclosed. Detecting unauthorized activity is done by accessing first data that represents activity involving a first service provided to a customer, accessing second data that represents activity involving a second service provided to a customer. The activity involving the second service and the activity involving the first service both include authorized customer activity, and the activity associated with the second service further includes unauthorized activity. The first data is filtered using a filtering criteria and a portion of the first data is selected to be retained. The second data and the retained portion of the first data are analyzed, and the analysis includes classifying the activity associated with the second service in a way that distinguishes the unauthorized activity from the authorized activity associated with the second service. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282856 | RULE OPTIMIZATION FOR CLASSIFICATION AND DETECTION - This disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer-program products for determining classification rules to use within a fraud detection system The classification rules are determined by accessing distributional data representing a distribution of historical transactional events over a multivariate observational sample space defined with respect to multiple transactional variables. Each of the transactional events is represented by data with respect to each of the variables, and the distributional data is organized with respect to multi-dimensional subspaces of the sample space. A classification rule that references at least one of the subspaces is accessed, and the rule is modified using local optimization applied using the distributional data. A pending transaction is classified based on the modified classification rule and the transactional data. | 09-18-2014 |
20150269578 | CONTROLLING ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION WITH NON-LINEAR ANALYTICAL MODELS - A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received. Content of the eCommerce authentication request is processed through a non-linear analytical model to generate a risk score. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score. Related authentication gateway nodes and computer program products are disclosed. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269579 | CONTROLLING ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION BASED ON COMPARING CARDHOLDER INFORMATION AMONG ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS FROM MERCHANT NODES - A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received from a merchant node. The eCommerce authentication request has content including cardholder information. A risk score for the eCommerce authentication request is generated based on comparison of the cardholder information of the eCommerce authentication request to cardholder information of eCommerce authentication requests of a plurality of merchant nodes. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269580 | CONTROLLING ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION BASED ON COMPARING MERCHANT INFORMATION OF ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS - A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received from a merchant node. The eCommerce authentication request has content including merchant information. A risk score for the eCommerce authentication request is generated based on comparison of the merchant information of the eCommerce authentication request to merchant information of eCommerce authentication requests of a plurality of merchant nodes. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score. | 09-24-2015 |
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20100199492 | CONFORMAL SHIELDING EMPLOYING SEGMENT BUILDUP - A meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is formed. A metallic structure is formed on or in the substrate for each component area to be shielded. A single body, such as an overmold body, is then formed over all of the modules on the meta-module. At least a portion of the metallic structure for each component area to be shielded is then exposed through the body by a cutting, drilling, or like operation. Next, an electromagnetic shield material is applied to the exterior surface of the body of each of the component areas to be shielded and in contact with the exposed portion of the metallic structures. | 08-12-2010 |
20110225803 | CONFORMAL SHIELDING EMPLOYING SEGMENT BUILDUP - A meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is formed. A metallic structure is formed on or in the substrate for each component area to be shielded. A single body, such as an overmold body, is then formed over all of the modules on the meta-module. At least a portion of the metallic structure for each component area to be shielded is then exposed through the body by a cutting, drilling, or like operation. Next, an electromagnetic shield material is applied to the exterior surface of the body of each of the component areas to be shielded and in contact with the exposed portion of the metallic structures. | 09-22-2011 |
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20140264946 | PACKAGE-ON-PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH REDUCED HEIGHT - To achieve a package-on-package having an advantageously reduced height, a first package substrate has a window sized to receive a second package die. The first package substrate interconnects to the second package substrate through a plurality of package-to-package interconnects such that the first and second substrates are separated by a gap. The second package die has a thickness greater than the gap such that the second package die is at least partially disposed within the first package substrate's window. | 09-18-2014 |
20140322868 | BARRIER LAYER ON BUMP AND NON-WETTABLE COATING ON TRACE - Some implementations provide a semiconductor device that includes a die, an under bump metallization (UBM) structure coupled to the die, and a barrier layer. The UBM structure has a first oxide property. The barrier layer has a second oxide property that is more resistant to oxide removal from a flux material than the first oxide property of the UBM structure. The barrier layer includes a top portion, a bottom portion and a side portion. The top portion is coupled to the UBM structure, and the side portion is substantially oxidized. | 10-30-2014 |
20150179590 | SUBSTRATE COMPRISING IMPROVED VIA PAD PLACEMENT IN BUMP AREA - Some novel features pertain to an integrated device that includes a substrate, a first via, and a first bump pad. The first via traverses the substrate. The first via has a first via dimension. The first bump pad is on a surface of the substrate. The first bump pad is coupled to the first via. The first bump pad has a first pad dimension that is equal or less then the first via dimension. In some implementations, the integrated device includes a second via and a second bump pad. The second via traverses the substrate. The second via has a second via dimension. The second bump pad is on the surface of the substrate. The second bump pad is coupled to the second via. The second bump pad has a second pad dimension that is equal or less then the second via dimension. | 06-25-2015 |
20150206812 | SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - Methods and apparatus for cavity formation in a semiconductor package substrate are provided. In one embodiment, a method for producing at least one cavity within a semiconductor package substrate includes etching the semiconductor package substrate from a surface of the semiconductor package substrate at least one intended cavity location in order to obtain at least one cavity. The method includes depositing a copper portion on a substrate in a cavity location. Next, the method includes masking the substrate while keeping the copper portion exposed. Lastly, the method includes etching the substrate to form a cavity by etching away the copper portion. The structure formed includes a cavity that extends partially through the substrate without damaging a glass fabric embedded in the substrate. | 07-23-2015 |
20150221528 | PROCESS FOR IMPROVING PACKAGE WARPAGE AND CONNECTION RELIABILITY THROUGH USE OF A BACKSIDE MOLD CONFIGURATION (BSMC) - A backside mold configuration (BSMC) process for manufacturing packaged integrated circuits includes applying a mold compound to a side of a packaging substrate opposite an attached die. The mold compound is deposited on a dielectric (such as photo resist). The mold compound and dielectric are patterned after coupling a die to the packaging substrate to expose a contact pad of the packaging substrate. After patterning the mold compound and dielectric, a packaging connection is coupled to contact pads through the mold compound and dielectric. The mold compound surrounding the packaging connection reduces warpage of the packaging substrate during processing. Additionally, patterning the dielectric after attaching the die improves reliability of the packaging connection. | 08-06-2015 |
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20120232398 | WIRELESS FETAL MONITORING SYSTEM - A wireless fetal and maternal monitoring system includes a fetal sensor unit adapted to receive signals indicative of a fetal heartbeat, the sensor optionally utilizing a Doppler ultrasound sensor. A short-range transmission unit sends the signals indicative of fetal heartbeat to a gateway unit, either directly or via an auxiliary communications unit, in which case the electrical coupling between the short-range transmission unit and the auxiliary communications unit is via a wired connection. The system includes a contraction actuator actuatable upon a maternal uterine contraction, which optionally is a EMG sensor. A gateway device provides for data visualization and data securitization. The gateway device provides for remote transmission of information through a data communication network. A server adapted to receive the information from the gateway device serves to store and process the data, and an interface system to permits remote patient monitoring. | 09-13-2012 |
20130123667 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE MOTION TRACKING TO AUGMENT PATIENT ADMINISTERED PHYSICAL REHABILITATION - A system, apparatus and method are thereby provided for the non-invasive motion tracking to augment patient administered physical therapy via a motion tracking apparatus, a display, and a computing platform coupled to the motion tracking apparatus and the display. The computing platform serves to provide a menu driven interface to the patient, an instruction to the patient, a determination of the patient's motion or action in response to the instruction, a comparison between the instruction to the patient and the determination of the patient's motion or action, and to provide a feedback display to the patient. In certain embodiments, the system, apparatus and methods further includes a social networking link. In yet other embodiments, a live telemedicine link is provided, and optionally triggered based upon detection of an alert or alarm condition. In yet other embodiments, rehab tools are utilized. | 05-16-2013 |
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20120327871 | NON-LEGACY PREAMBLE FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - Method and apparatus for transmission and reception of a Greenfield preamble are provided. In the method and apparatus, the Greenfield preamble may be a single user (SU) preamble or a multi user (MU) preamble. As an MU preamble, the Greenfield preamble includes a short training field (STF), a first long training field (LTF), a first signal (SIG) field, at least one additional LTF, and a second SIG field. Additionally, the Greenfield preamble may be utilized for efficient transmission and reception of control information to wireless devices, whereby the control information may be indicated using the STF, the first LTF, or the first or second SIG fields. | 12-27-2012 |
20130229996 | MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus may provide multi-user parallel channel access (MU-PCA) and/or single-user parallel channel access (SU-PCA) using transmit and/or receive with symmetrical bandwidth, in the downlink (DL), uplink (UL), or combined DL and UL. SU-PCA and MU-PCA may support unequal modulation and coding schemes (MCS) and unequal transmit power. Medium access control (MAC) layer, Physical layer (PHY), and mixed and PHY layer methods and procedures may support UL, DL and combined UL and DL SU-PCA and MU-PCA using transmit and/or receive with symmetrical bandwidth. MU-PCA and/or SU-PCA may also be supported by MAC and PHY layer designs and procedures for downlink, uplink and combined uplink and downlink using transmit/receive with asymmetrical bandwidth. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVINGS IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method and apparatus for power savings in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A station (STA) may receive parameters that associate the STA to a specific group of STAs and perform a channel access during a period that is allowed for the group of STAs based on the parameters. The STA may receive information regarding an access slot that is allowed for the group of STAs and access a channel during the access slot. The STA may receive a schedule for wake up from a doze state and goes in and out of the doze state based on the schedule. A highest channel access priority may be provided to a sensor or meter type of STA. The STA may indicate to an access point (AP) that the STA will not listen to a traffic indication map (TIM) or a delivery TIM (DTIM) in a beacon. | 09-12-2013 |
20130286959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING COORDINATED ORTHOGONAL BLOCK-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION (COBRA) OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus may be configured to support coordinated orthogonal block-based resource allocation (COBRA) operations. An access point (AP) may be configured to indicate to a plurality of stations (STA)s that it may support COBRA. Each WTRU may be configured to indicate to the AP that it can support COBRA as well. The AP may be configured to transmit a COBRA controller information element (IE) comprising a plurality of fields to each of the WTRUs. Each WTRU may be configured to transmit a COBRA controllee IE comprising a plurality of fields. STA grouping management, group maintenance, channel access, beamforming, sounding and frequency and synchronization procedures are also described. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301551 | MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND WIRELESS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE UNITS - WTRUs, access points (APs) and methods thereon are disclosed. A method on a WTRU may include receiving a message from an AP that comprises a beamformee capability element; sending a second message to the AP that comprises a beamformer capability element; and receiving, from the AP, a third message in response to the second message that indicates a group to which the WTRU is assigned. The group may be based on the beamformer capability element and the group may indicate UL transmission information to be used by the WTRU. A method on an AP may include determining a group for multiple WTRUs based on a received beamformer capability element. A method on a WTRU may include sending to an AP a message with a low overhead preamble for UL MU-MIMO. The low overhead preamble may include LTFs that enable the AP to distinguish the WTRU from other WTRUs. | 11-14-2013 |
20150295629 | UNIFORM WLAN MULTI-AP PHYSICAL LAYER METHODS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for training and feedback in sectorized transmissions. An IEEE 802.11 station may receive a Sector Training Announcement frame from an AP. The station may then receive a plurality of Training frames from the AP, wherein each of the plurality of Training frames is separated by a short interframe space (SIFS) and each of the plurality of Training frames is received using a different sectorized antenna pattern. The station may generate a Sector Feedback frame indicating a sector based on the plurality of Training frames. The station may send the Sector Feedback frame to the AP. The Sector Feedback frame may indicate a desire to enroll in sectorized transmissions. Alternatively, the Sector Feedback frame may indicate a desire to change sectors. | 10-15-2015 |
20150319700 | POWER CONTROL METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus is described herein for performing loop power control and transmission power control (TPC) in a wireless network. Described herein are methods including using separate power control loops for communication with an entire wireless network and for point-to-point (P2P) transmissions and separate power control loops for omni-directional and directional beamformed transmissions. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for requesting clear channel assessment (CCA) measurements and adjusting CCA thresholds and transmission power based on the reported measurements. Methods and apparatuses are also described wherein access points (APs) coordinate transmission power to reduce interference with each other and to determine optimal transmission power to each mobile station (STA). | 11-05-2015 |
20160043783 | METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR NON-LINEAR PRECODING BASED MULTIUSER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT - A station is used to implement non-linear coding based multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The station includes a processor that may be configured to perform a number of actions. For example, the processor receives a null packet from an access point (AP). Channel feedback is generated using the null packet. The channel feedback is sent to the AP. QR dependent information is received from the AP. Data is sent to the AP according to the QR dependent information. | 02-11-2016 |
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20100264261 | AIRCRAFT DRAG MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE - Drag management structure. The structure includes a tube having an entrance and exit along a longitudinal axis. At least one row of stationary swirl generating vanes is provided at the entrance, the swirl vanes disposed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis selected to produce a steady streamwise vortex in a fluid at the tube exit. A fan rotor may be disposed upstream of the stationary vanes. | 10-21-2010 |
20110293171 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION CONTINUOUS SCAN IMAGING - A continuous scanning method employs one or more moveable sensors and one or more reference sensors deployed in the environment around a test subject. Each sensor is configured to sense an attribute of the test subject (e.g., sound energy, infrared energy, etc.) while continuously moving along a path and recording the sensed attribute, the position, and the orientation of each of the moveable sensors and each of the reference sensors. The system then constructs a set of transfer functions corresponding to points in space between the moveable sensors, wherein each of the transfer functions relates the test data of the moveable sensors to the test data of the reference sensors. In this way, a graphical representation of the attribute in the vicinity of test subject can be produced. | 12-01-2011 |
20120104161 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY AIRCRAFT PYLON STRUCTURE AND RELATED OPERATION TECHNIQUES - An aircraft control structure can be utilized for purposes of drag management, noise control, or aircraft flight maneuvering. The control structure includes a high pressure engine nozzle, such as a bypass nozzle or a core nozzle of a turbofan engine. The nozzle exhausts a high pressure fluid stream, which can be swirled using a deployable swirl vane architecture. The control structure also includes a variable geometry pylon configured to be coupled between the nozzle and the aircraft. The variable geometry pylon has a moveable pylon section that can be deployed into a deflected state to maintain or alter a swirling fluid stream (when the swirl vane architecture is deployed) for drag management purposes, or to assist in the performance of aircraft flight maneuvers. | 05-03-2012 |
20130202404 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYABLE SWIRL VANES - An aircraft control structure for drag management includes a nozzle structure configured to exhaust a swirling fluid stream. A plurality of swirl vanes are positioned within the nozzle structure, and an actuation subsystem is configured to cause the plurality of swirl vanes to move from a deployed state to a non-deployed state. In the non-deployed state, the plurality of swirl vanes are substantially flush with the inner surface of the nozzle structure. In the deployed state, the plurality of swirl vanes produce the swirling fluid stream. | 08-08-2013 |
20150090036 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION CONTINUOUS SCAN IMAGING USING VOLD-KALMAN FILTERING - A method of imaging a test subject includes providing one or more moveable sensors to sense an attribute of the test subject (e.g., acoustic pressure), wherein the attribute has a tonal noise component and a broadband noise component. A rotational sensor is provided to sense a rotational velocity of a rotational element of the test subject. Each of the moveable sensors are moved along a path while continuously acquiring test data that is indicative of the rotational velocity of the rotational element, the sensed attribute, the position, and the orientation of each of the moveable sensors. A set of transfer functions corresponding to points in space that have been visited by the moveable sensors are constructed, each of the transfer functions relating the test data of the moveable sensors to the test data of the rotational sensor. A visual representation of the tonal noise component of the attribute in a region adjacent the test subject is produced using the set of transfer functions. | 04-02-2015 |
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20120306575 | SWITCHED-CAPACITOR DC BLOCKING AMPLIFIER - A switched-capacitor DC blocking amplifier is disclosed. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit is provided that includes an amplifier having an amplifier input and an amplifier output, a capacitor connected to the amplifier input and configured to receive an input signal, and a switched capacitor circuit coupled to provide a resistance between the amplifier input and the amplifier output. In one implementation, the switched capacitor circuit is configured with a feed forward circuit to reduce aliasing. In another implementation, the switched capacitor circuit includes a switched impedance circuit to reduce noise. | 12-06-2012 |
20130156216 | PLUG INSERTION DETECTION - Techniques for detecting full insertion of a media plug into a corresponding jack. In an exemplary embodiment, first insertion detection circuitry for detecting the presence of a load is coupled to an innermost terminal of the jack. For North American type audio plugs, the first insertion detection circuitry detects the presence of a left headphone channel coupled to the innermost terminal of the jack. Coupling the insertion detection circuitry to the innermost terminal of the jack advantageously allows detection only when the plug is fully inserted into the jack. Additional detection circuitry may be provided and coupled to the other terminals of the jack. The disclosed techniques may readily be applied to other types of media plugs, e.g., European audio plugs, video plugs, etc. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158919 | PLUG TYPE DETECTION - Techniques for detecting the type of a media plug inserted into a corresponding jack. In an exemplary embodiment, the output of a first power amplifier for driving a media plug terminal, e.g., the right headphone or left headphone, is selectively coupled to a reference voltage. Measurements of the voltage at a microphone terminal of the media plug may be alternately made for the reference voltage being at a first value and a second value. In an embodiment, the first power amplifier output voltage may be varied by opening or closing a switch. Alternatively, the first power amplifier output voltage may be directly set by an input voltage to the first power amplifier. By detecting changes in the voltages measured at the microphone terminal, it may be determined whether the media plug is of a North American type or European type. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158921 | LOAD IMPEDANCE DETECTION - Techniques for determining the impedance of a load coupled to an amplifier. In an exemplary embodiment, a mirroring transistor is provided to mirror the current through a transistor of the amplifier output stage to a predetermined ratio. The impedance of the load may be calculated based on the mirrored current and the amplifier output voltage provided to the load. In an exemplary embodiment, the mirrored current may be digitized and provided to a digital load impedance calculation block, which estimates the load impedance based on the digitized current and an indication of the amplifier output voltage. Further techniques are described for calibrating the load impedance calculation scheme, and for differentiating between stereo and mono audio plugs using said techniques. | 06-20-2013 |
20130223649 | LOAD CURRENT SENSING - Techniques for sensing current delivered to a load by a differential output stage, e.g., in a Class D amplifier. In one aspect, voltages across sense resistors coupled in series with first and second branches of the differential output stage are low-passed filtered and digitized. The sense resistors may be coupled in series with the sources of transistors of the first and second branches, wherein the transistors are selectively switchable on and off by input voltage driving voltages. The input driving voltages may correspond to a ternary voltage waveform such that during a given phase, the two transistors coupled in series with the sense resistors may be turned off. Further aspects provide for the first and second branches having cascoded NMOS and/or PMOS transistors, and the sense resistors being provided between a pair of cascoded transistors. | 08-29-2013 |
20130266146 | HEADSET SWITCHES WITH CROSSTALK REDUCTION - Techniques for utilizing a plurality of switches to reduce crosstalk in a headset jack for accommodating both European and North American type headset plugs. In an aspect, a six-switch solution is provided to selectively couple first and second terminals of the jack to a ground and a microphone terminal, and further to selectively couple a ground sensing input to the first or second terminal of the jack. The ground sensing input is provided to left and right audio channel amplifiers for driving the corresponding left and right terminals of the headset, to provide a common-mode reference level to the left and right audio channel amplifiers. In another aspect, at least four physical pins are provided to couple the switches to the ground and microphone terminals of the jack, and the connections between the ground sensing inputs and the jack may be provided adjacent to the jack for better isolation. | 10-10-2013 |
20140177850 | SWITCH TECHNIQUES FOR LOAD SENSING - Techniques for sensing the resistance of a load. In an aspect, a sense resistor is provided in series with the load. Each terminal of the sense resistor is alternately coupled via switches to a sense amplifier. A second input of the sense resistor is coupled to a terminal of the load. The voltage drop across the load and the voltage drop across the load plus sense resistor are alternatively measured. These voltage drops may be digitized and used to compute a resistance of the load using, e.g., a digital processor. | 06-26-2014 |
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20090291649 | In-phase and quadrature-phase signal amplitude and phase calibration - In-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) signals are corrected for both amplitude and phase imbalances by passing the I and Q signals successively through a first amplitude correction stage, a sum-difference stage, and a second amplitude correction stage. The first amplitude correction stage balances the signal levels of the I and Q signals. The sum-difference stage produce a sum of the input I and Q signals, and a difference of the input I and Q signals, resulting in ideal quadrature in the outputs produced. The second amplitude correction stage corrects the amplitude differences from the sum-difference stage. Circuit configurations are used that minimize errors produced by the signal processing stages. | 11-26-2009 |
20110043300 | Variable Bandwidth Tunable Silicon Duplexer - A tunable duplexer using voltage-controlled varactors is presented. The center frequency, the pass band, and the stop band are each tunable to meet system requirements. A calibration circuit driving digital to analog converters produces the necessary voltages used in the resonant circuits. The tunable duplexer can be fabricated on a single silicon chip. On-chip transformers can be used to reduce the voltage level of signals in the filters to improve the linearity of the duplexer. | 02-24-2011 |
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20150280668 | CAPACITIVE PROGRAMMABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER - An apparatus includes an operational amplifier and a plurality of capacitors coupled to an input terminal of the operational amplifier and configured to be selectively coupled to receive one of an input voltage signal and an output voltage signal of the operational amplifier. | 10-01-2015 |
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20150117402 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING SPURIOUS DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL IN SOFT HANDOVER - Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for detecting and handling a spurious Dedicated Physical Channel (DPCH) of a cell in an active set from a mobile station side. A user equipment determines a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) for each channel of a plurality of channels associated with cells maintained in an active set. A spurious DPCH has the lowest SIR among the plurality of channels. The user equipment puts the detected spurious DPCH in an exclusion mode in which the spurious DPCH is excluded from at least one of channel decoding or SIRE calculation, while maintaining the cell associated with the spurious DPCH in the active set. | 04-30-2015 |
20150139000 | ADJUSTMENT OF CQI BASED ON FADING CONDITION - CQI is enhanced in fast fading and/or poor RF scenarios. For example, in the event a fast fading condition and/or a poor RF condition is detected at a UE, a CQI value is increased by a defined delta. The UE reports this higher CQI value to a serving access point (e.g., base station) as long as the channel condition prevails this way such that a corresponding increase in throughput may subsequently be seen at the UE. | 05-21-2015 |
20150163710 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVENT REPORTING BASED SPURIOUS DPCH REMOVAL IN SOFT HANDOVER - Methods and apparatus for event reporting based spurious dedicated physical channel (DPCH) removal in soft handover include user equipment (UE) management of spurious channels. In one aspect, the disclosure provides methods and apparatus for wireless communication that may include determining that a dedicated physical channel (DPCH) is spurious, removing the DPCH from soft combining, and sending a report indicating that a cell associated with the DPCH is unavailable. Further, the methods and apparatus may include incrementing a counter for the cell associated with the DPCH in response to removing the DPCH, determining whether the counter exceeds a removal threshold, and increasing a time to trigger for sending a report to add the cell to an active set in response to the counter exceeding the removal threshold. A cell associated with a removed DPCH may also be excluded from measurements of a current frequency. | 06-11-2015 |
20150304946 | FASTER CELL SELECTION - Methods and apparatus are described for performing cell selection for reducing an initial acquisition time between a user equipment (UE) and a network entity, comprising measuring a signal from a cell, the signal including at least one system information block (SIB), wherein the at least one SIB includes a plurality of cell selection threshold values; attempting to decode the at least one SIB; determining, in response to successfully decoding the at least one SIB, whether one or more measurements of the signal pass or fail a cell selection criteria check that includes the plurality of cell selection threshold values; determining, in response to the cell selection criteria check failing, whether the plurality of cell selection threshold values are within range of a plurality of corresponding minimum network threshold values; and performing a cell selection procedure on the cell in response to determining that the plurality of cell selection threshold values are within range of the plurality of corresponding minimum network threshold values. | 10-22-2015 |
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20120270538 | OFFLOADING OF DATA TO WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Methods, systems, and devices are described for intercepting socket calls from applications installed on a mobile device while a first wireless interface is active. The first wireless interface is a cellular interface. Upon determining to release the intercepted socket calls to the socket layer, a second wireless interface is activated. The second wireless interface is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) interface. The sockets calls are released to the socket layer and transmitted using the activated second wireless interface. Upon substantially completing the socket calls, the second wireless interface is deactivated. The intercepting of the socket calls and the activation of the second wireless interface occurs while the mobile device is in an idle mode. | 10-25-2012 |
20150063598 | SOUND CONTROL FOR NETWORK-CONNECTED DEVICES - A first device receives a sound suppression message from a second device via a communication network. The sound suppression message indicates that the second device will produce an audible sound. The first device determines a sound profile associated with the second device. The first device then modifies (e.g., suppresses or reduces) a volume of sound that that the first device (or a third device) produces in response to receiving the sound suppression request message and based, at least in part, on the sound profile associated with the second device. The sound profile can include a device identifier associated with classes, models, and makes of devices. | 03-05-2015 |
20150100531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL AND MONITOR NEURAL MODEL EXECUTION REMOTELY - Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for remotely controlling and monitoring neural model execution (e.g., such as execution of the neural models described above) remotely, such as via the Internet. According to certain aspects, a client at a remote location (e.g., a webclient), may establish a connection with a server on which the neural model is running (or at least capable of controlling and monitoring the execution). | 04-09-2015 |