66 results about "Cellular telephone" patented technology

A method is disclosed for providing backup network services in a communications network used by mobile terminals such as cellular telephones. The method includes receiving information regarding a terrestrial base station of the communications network and, using a non-terrestrial base station (NTBS) such as an orbiting satellite, detecting an incapacity of the terrestrial base station. The NTBS identifies a second NTBS (e.g., a second satellite) within communications range to provide backup service to the communications network. The second NTBS is then introduced as a new base station of the communications network. The second NTBS can then substitute for the incapacitated terrestrial base station to carry traffic between at least one mobile terminal and the communications network.

The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for a wearable band adapted to be worn by a user. The wearable band may include one or more biometric sensors such as a pulse monitor adapted to monitor a pulse of the user, and a transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit pulse information from the pulse monitor to a mobile device such as a cellular telephone or PDA. The wearable band does not include a display for the biometric information. Numerous additional embodiments are disclosed.

A secure ranging system can use a secure processing system to deliver one or more ranging keys to a ranging radio on a device, and the ranging radio can derive locally at the system ranging codes based on the ranging keys. A deterministic random number generator can derive the ranging codes using the ranging key and one or more session parameters, and each device (e.g. a cellular telephone and another device) can independently derive the ranging codes and derive them contemporaneously with their use in ranging operations.

The utility model discloses a Bluetooth wireless communication circuit of a PCR instrument, which comprises a first chip U1 and a second chip U2, the first chip U1 is an MCU chip, a 29th pin of the first chip U1 is connected with one end of a first resistor R1, the other end of the first resistor R1 is connected with a second pin of the second chip U2, a 32th pin of the first chip U1 is connected with one end of a second resistor R2, the other end of the second resistor R2 is connected with the other end of the first resistor R1, and the other end of the second resistor R2 is connected with the other end of the second resistor U2. The other end of the second resistor R2 is connected with a third pin of the second chip U2; the sixth pin of the first chip U1 is a power supply positive electrode input pin, the typical input voltage is 3.3 V, the first chip U1 is connected with a VDD, and the VDD power supply voltage is 3.3 V; a seventh pin of the first chip U1 is a power supply negative electrode input pin and is connected with a power supply reference point GND; according to the scheme, the Bluetooth communication circuit for the PCR instrument is simple in circuit and occupies less hardware resources; the communication mode of an existing instrument is simplified, and the PCR instrument can conduct wireless information exchange with related external equipment such as a mobile phone, a PAD and a notebook computer.

A system for estimating the altitude of a cellular telephone or other wireless device based on a measurement of barometric pressure. The system cleverly uses cellular telephones at various locations to assist in generating an accurate estimate of a reference barometric pressure p0. For example, the system has a cellular telephone near the location of interest make two measurements of barometric pressure near the time of interest. Thereafter, the system calculates the change in barometric pressure Δp during the time-interval Δt when the measurements were made. If the cellular telephone is stationary during the time-interval Δt, then the system reasonably conclude that the value of Δp is caused by changes in the atmosphere and not by the movement of the cellular telephone. In this case, the system can use Δp as a factor in generating the reference barometric pressure p0; otherwise, it cannot.

A system may include electronic devices such as a head-mounted electronic device, a cellular telephone, a wristwatch device, a computer, and other devices. During operation of the system, one or more of the electronic devices may gather information on the positions of the electronic devices. Information may also be gathered on the positions of objects and obstructions. This position information and / or other information such as information on which sensor resources are available in each of the devices may be used to determine which of the sensors of the electronic devices in the room should be shared. Shared sensors may gather information that is communicated wirelessly to other devices for use by those devices.

A cellular-type communications system for cellular telephone networks to operate, control, and communicate with unmanned aerial vehicles and remotely piloted vehicles. The system includes a first near-ground region for communicating with near-ground devices, as well as one or more layers covering approximately the same area as the ground region, but separated from each other and also substantially elevated above the ground, and within which an aerial vehicle can rely on communications using the cell-based communications network.

Patient identification is transmitted to a health care provider prior to the patient arriving at the health care provider. The patient identification may be a driver's license, health insurance card, or other identification, and may be used to pre-register the patient. The transmission may include other information, such as health status, purpose of visit, intended procedures, symptoms, or other information. The transmission may be made via a device, such as a cellular telephone, where the information may be encrypted and transmitted using a secure mechanism. The system may be used by ambulance personnel, paramedics, or other emergency responders to notify a hospital, for example, of an inbound patient, as well as by patients prior to an appointment. The system may also be used by clinicians or other health care providers to prepare for emergent or non-emergent patients prior to arrival.

A head-mounted device such as a pair of eyeglasses can have a display system. The display system can present images to an eyebox for viewing by a user. The eyeglasses can have a transparent lens through which real-world objects can be viewed from the eyebox. The eyeglasses can have a metal frame that surrounds the lens and can have temples that are coupled to the frame using hinges. Radio frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry can be coupled to one or more antennas in the head-mounted device. The antennas can have antenna resonating elements that are formed by placing dielectric fill gaps in the metal frame to divide the frame into segments. The antenna resonating elements formed by the segments of the metal frame can be coupled to the radio frequency transceiver circuitry using transmission lines.

The invention relates to an arrangement and a device for focusing the light radiation from a camera light source (1) of a cellular telephone (2), wherein the cellular telephone comprises a camera attachment (5) formed by a camera module and / or at least one camera lens, comprising: - a lens element (3) for focusing the light radiation (8) from the camera light source (1), - a holder (4), by means of which the lens element (3) is held, - wherein the holder is designed for attachment to a specific cellular telephone model (2) with at least one specific camera attachment (5), - wherein the holder (4) comprises at least one positioning element (6) for positioning the lens element (3) on or in front of the camera light source (1), - and wherein the positioning element (6) is embodied for positioning the holder (4) on the at least one camera attachment (5) of the cellular telephone model (2).

A hearing aid is shown and described. The hearing aid includes a body portion having a microphone, an earplug in communication with the body portion having a speaker, a battery and visible and audible beacons disposed in the body portion, and circuitry or programming designed to provide a spatialization function. The hearing aid includes a material having coloring corresponding to the skin pigmentation of a user. The hearing aid is designed to maintain a reserve level of battery power. The hearing aid is waterproof, and can be controlled by a remote controller or cellular telephone application.

A system for estimating the altitude of a cellular telephone or other wireless device based on a measurement of barometric pressure. The system cleverly uses cellular telephones at various locations to assist in generating an accurate estimate of a reference barometric pressure p0. For example, the system has a cellular telephone near the location of interest make two measurements of barometric pressure near the time of interest. Thereafter, the system calculates the change in barometric pressure Δp during the time-interval Δt when the measurements were made. If the cellular telephone is stationary during the time-interval Δt, then the system reasonably conclude that the value of Δp is caused by changes in the atmosphere and not by the movement of the cellular telephone. In this case, the system can use Δp as a factor in generating the reference barometric pressure p0; otherwise, it cannot.

A medical monitoring and surveillance system uses a server communicating with a general-purpose personal device running an application. The application may be downloadable. The application is configured by the server. The application configures the device to perform medical tests using the sensors, preexisting capabilities, and functionality built into the device. The device may be a cellular telephone with data communication and other functionality, a personal digital organizer, a portable entertainment device, or another similar personal device. The application reports the results of the medical tests to the server or a third party device. Various trigger events and associated tasks may be incorporated in the server or in the application residing on the device. A trigger event may occur, for example, in response to the test results meeting one or more predetermined criteria. Once a trigger event occurs, a task associated with the trigger event is performed.

A medical monitoring and surveillance system uses a server communicating with a general-purpose personal device running an application. The application may be downloadable. The application is configured by the server. The application configures the device to perform medical tests using the sensors, preexisting capabilities, and functionality built into the device. The device may be a cellular telephone with data communication and other functionality, a personal digital organizer, a portable entertainment device, or another similar personal device. The application reports the results of the medical tests to the server or a third party device. Various trigger events and associated tasks may be incorporated in the server or in the application residing on the device. A trigger event may occur, for example, in response to the test results meeting one or more predetermined criteria. Once a trigger event occurs, a task associated with the trigger event is performed.

By providing and using a machine-to-machine (M2M) Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) in a consumer cellular telephone, a wireless carrier is able to download and manage profiles on the eUICC and is able to enable it for service on new networks, such as a wireless carrier's 5G or other network and migrate the cellular telephone to the new network without any interaction of the consumer with the cellular telephone and, in most cases, without any knowledge of the consumer that anything on their cellular telephone or SIM has changed. This is different from consumer style eUICCs where interaction of the consumer with the cellular telephone is needed.

A remote controller for a sound delivery system such as hearing aids and headsets is shown and described. The remote controller has control buttons corresponding to control functions of the sound delivery system, a signal generator, a signal transmitter, and a power supply. The sound delivery system is worn on the head or ears, and includes speakers, sounding controlling elements, a signal receiver for communication with the remote controller, a power supply, and audible and / or visible beacons for implementing a locator function if misplaced or lost. The remote controller may be a stand alone, dedicated component physically separate from the sound delivery system, or alternatively, may be implemented as an application downloadable to a cellular telephone. The application causes manual controls corresponding to those of a hearing aid or stereophonic controls to appear on a screen of the cellular telephone.

The present subject matter is directed to an apparatus and methodology for monitoring for the occurrence of use of unauthorized telecommunications equipment within a designated area. The present subject matter has particular utility to the corrections environment in that it discloses a methodology for detecting and reporting the unauthorized operation of cellular telephones within a corrections facility. The present technology may be used advantageously in combination with inmate telephone systems to transmit information to appropriate personnel in the form of email messages and / or voice communications by way of telephone local or corrections facility external telephone lines. The present technology also provides for recordation and storage of time, date and location information for detected events.

Machine learning systems and methods for computer modeling and optimization of telecommunications networks are provided. The system processes information relating to a telecommunications network, such as a cellular telephone network, and generates a directed network graph that represents the network as a series of connected edges and nodes with associated attributes such as transmitter power, antenna tilt, radio resource control information, handover attempts, collisions, and other parameters. The network graph is stored in a graph database, and is processed by one or more network graph model inference modules which apply one or more specially-trained artificial intelligence (AI) models to the network graph to generate an optimized version of the network graph that can be utilized to improve the telecommunications network. A modeling visualization interface is also provided, and allows users of the system to visualize modeling and optimization performed by the system.

A method is disclosed for providing backup network services in a communications network used by mobile terminals such as cellular telephones. The method includes receiving information regarding a terrestrial base station of the communications network and, using a non-terrestrial base station (NTBS) such as an orbiting satellite, detecting an incapacity of the terrestrial base station. The NTBS identifies a second NTBS (e.g., a second satellite) within communications range to provide backup service to the communications network. The second NTBS is then introduced as a new base station of the communications network. The second NTBS can then substitute for the incapacitated terrestrial base station to carry traffic between at least one mobile terminal and the communications network.

Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and / or wireless communications capabilities, etc.), while in other situations at least some users who are remote from a particular geographic area may be allowed to intercommunicate with one or more other users or other entities in or related to that geographic area. In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and / or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and / or mobile.

A monitoring system and a method for detecting location of at least one person in a monitored area with a monitoring system, which monitoring system comprises at least one sensor arrangement (101, 201, 301, 302, 303, 304) comprising at least one sensor, measuring electronics and a processor configured to process the sensor data, wherein the sensor is a radar-based sensor, such as frequency-modulated continuous-wave MIMO radar-based sensor, monitoring presence, location, movement and / or attitude of at least one person in the monitored area and, the system determines with the at least one sensor arrangement presence, location and / or movement of at the least one person (402, 403, 404, 405) in the monitored area (200, 401), the system sends information relating to presence, location and / or movement of the at least one person (402, 403, 404, 405) in the monitored area (200, 401) to a device (400, 500), such as a portable device, e.g. a mobile telephone or a tablet, wherein the device (400, 500) indicates the determined presence, location and / or movement of the at least one person (402, 403, 404, 405) in the monitored area in a map or a floor plan of the monitored area.

An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with first and second receivers. Each receiver may include circuitry for receiving radio-frequency signals using a first radio access technology (RAT) and using second or additional RATs. The wireless circuitry may perform system selection in which the receivers attempt to acquire a signal transmitted by a base station using different RATs. The first receiver and the second receiver may concurrently perform system selection in which the first receiver performs a band scan over the first RAT while the second receiver concurrently performs a band scan over a second or additional RAT. Additional band scans may be performed as needed until a signal is acquired. Once a signal is acquired, the wireless circuitry may establish cellular communications with the wireless base station based on the acquired signal. This may minimize the amount of time required to begin cellular telephone communications in many situations.

Machine learning systems and methods for computer modeling and optimization of telecommunications networks are provided. The system processes information relating to a telecommunications network, such as a cellular telephone network, and generates a directed network graph that represents the network as a series of connected edges and nodes with associated attributes such as transmitter power, antenna tilt, radio resource control information, handover attempts, collisions, and other parameters. The network graph is stored in a graph database, and is processed by one or more network graph model inference modules which apply one or more specially-trained artificial intelligence (AI) models to the network graph to generate an optimized version of the network graph that can be utilized to improve the telecommunications network. A modeling visualization interface is also provided, and allows users of the system to visualize modeling and optimization performed by the system.

The invention relates to a system comprising a beverage preparation device (02), in particular a fully automatic coffee machine, for producing and dispensing different beverages and comprising an electronic device (03), preferably a cellular telephone and / or a domestic appliance, the beverage preparation device (02) and the electronic device (03) each having a wireless near-field communication interface (04) with a range (05) of less than 30 cm, such that data, in particular control data for the beverage preparation device (02), can be exchanged between the near-field communication interfaces (04) of the beverage preparation device (02) and of the electronic device (03) via a wireless communication connection (06) when the electronic device (03) is situated within the range (05) of the communication interface of the beverage preparation device (02).

The system can include a plurality of data processing modules (e.g., machine learning models, rule-based models, etc.), which can include: a feature generation module, a Driver versus Passenger (DvP) classification module, a validation module, an update module, and / or any other suitable data processing modules. The system can optionally include a mobile device (e.g., such as a mobile cellular telephone, user device, etc.) and / or can be used in conjunction with a mobile device (e.g., receive data from an application executing at the mobile device and / or utilize mobile device processing, etc.). However, the system can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate execution of method S100. Additionally or alternatively, the system functions to classify a role of a mobile device user (e.g., driver or passenger; driver or nondriver; etc.) for a vehicle trip and / or determine a semantic label for the vehicle trip.

An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and / or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls.

A head-mounted device such as a pair of glasses may have display systems. The display systems may present images to eye boxes for viewing by a user. The glasses may have clear lenses through which real-world objects may be viewed from the eye boxes. The glasses may have a metal frame that surrounds the lenses and may have temples that are coupled to the frame using hinges. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may be coupled to one or more antennas in the head-mounted device. The antennas may have antenna resonating elements formed by placing dielectric-filled gaps in the metal frame to divide the frame into segments. Antenna resonating elements formed from segments of the metal frame may be coupled to the radio-frequency transceiver circuitry using transmission lines.

Biometric gallery management is performed by association one or more wireless identifiers that correspond to one or more mobile devices (such as smart phones, tablet computing devices, cellular telephones, wearable devices, smart watches, fitness monitors, digital media players, medical devices, and / or other mobile computing devices) that people carry with digital representations of biometrics corresponding to the people. Wireless identifiers corresponding to mobile devices proximate to a biometric reader device may be monitored. Upon detection of wireless identifiers corresponding to mobile devices proximate to the biometric reader device, the associated digital representations of biometrics may be loaded from a main gallery into one or more local galleries, which may then be used to perform one or more biometric identifications and / or verifications.