Qualcomm Incorporated

Alejandro Raul Holcman

Babak Aryan

Chong U Lee

Kirk Allan Burroughs

Edward George Tiedemann, Jr

Ramin Rezaiifar

Jeremy M Stein

Ron Keidar

Andrew Timothy Hunter

Yoram Rimoni

Irfan Anwar Khan

Nakul Duggal

Bryan Chuck Gurganus

Paul E Bender

Leonid Sheynblat

Roberto Padovani

Nikhil Jain

Klein S Gilhousen

Gadi Karmi

Rotem Cooper

Jack Brian Steenstra

Noam A Ziv

Robert Sean Daley

Jack K Wolf

Gwain Bayley

Hai Qu

Nobuyuki Uchida

Samir Khalil Khazaka

Paul T Williamson

Jan C Ault

Daniel Holman Agre

Barry R Robbins

Michael Green

James Douglass DeLoach, Jr

Gaurav Lamba

Manish Tripathi

Mustafa Saglam

Liron Manor

Arik Mimran

Edward G Tiedemann

Vera Kripalani

Edward G Teidemann, Jr

Hussein Emami

Ankur Gupta

Ajay Tomar

Jennifer A Isaac

Ilan Peer

Samir K Khazaka

James Douglass Deloach

Jack Keil Wolf

Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing wake locks in a wireless communication device. The described methods, systems and devices may enable a wireless communication device to monitor activity of an application for which a wake lock is held. The described approach may manage the wake lock based at least in part on the activity or inactivity of the application. For example, when the application is inactive or has activity below a particular threshold for a certain amount of time, the described approach may determine to release the wake lock.

Wake lock management through application monitoring

Operating at least one low duty cycle (LDC) controller to maintain synchronization between the LDC controller and a plurality of LDC terminals operating over a communication network using only overhead channels of the network and conforming to the protocol and timing of said network, wherein synchronization between the LDC controller and the plurality of LDC terminals is maintained separately from the protocol and timing of the communication network, and enables the LDC controller to schedule power down and wake up of the plurality of LDC terminals for durations longer than allowable under the protocol and timing of the communication network.

Low duty cycle network controller

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for establishing communication between a low duty cycle device and other devices through a wireless communication network. In one particular implementation, the low duty cycle device may awaken from a hibernating state in synchronization with transmission of messages.

Low duty cycle device protocol

A network server, such as, for example, a mobile positioning center, having an information or schedule controller or having access to an information or schedule controller is provided. The information or schedule controller is provided with a schedule for a low duty cycle wireless device to provide the network server with the ability to store messages for transmission to the low duty cycle wireless device when the low duty cycle wireless device is in a low power mode of operation and transmit the messages during scheduled awake times.

Network server having an information and scheduling controller to support one or more low duty cycle wireless devices

Apparatus and methods of differentiated data session access on a wireless communication device and dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a wireless communication device are disclosed. User Identity Modules (UIMs) are provisioned such that network-service applications resident on the wireless device are associated with a corresponding application profile within the UIM. Each network-service application has a corresponding network address identifier defined within the user profile. The network address associated with the identifier is used to establish a data session for the corresponding network service application. By providing for application-specific network addresses, service providers and/or network operators can differentiate between what services a user is accessing during a data session. In addition, the UIMs may be provisioned with priority category identifiers that allow the associated network-service application to be prioritized for data session establishment.

Apparatus and methods associated with open market handsets

A tracking unit operably coupled to mobile equipment is provided. The tracking unit is capable of using a pilot channel for CDMA networks, a broadcast channel for GSM networks or the like, to determine that the tracking unit has remained relatively stationary. The tracking unit determines it has remained relatively stationary by determining that it is receiving the same radio frequency signals at approximately the same strength as it previously received.

Method and apparatus to confirm mobile equipment has remained relatively stationary using one or more pilot signal

A method and apparatus for creating a dynamic GeoFence area by determining an instant reference point using a first set of pseudorange measurements received by a GeoFence device, defining the dynamic GeoFence area referenced to the instant reference point, determining a position fix using a second set of pseudorange measurements, and comparing the position fix to the dynamic GeoFence area. In one aspect, an alert message based on the comparison results is presented to a user.

Method for dynamic creation of a GeoFence in a wireless system

Methods, apparatus and systems are presented that enable a network operator to control the source for network services in open market devices by provisioning the network operator-issued removable modules with network service provisioning information associated with the operator and configuring the open market wireless devices such that the device looks to the removable module first for the network service provisioning information before looking to device storage for any other provisioning information related to the network service. In this regard, the user of the open market wireless device is still provided access to the network service even if the network operator does not provide the service or provide access to the service. Additionally, the described aspects methods, systems and apparatus provide the network operator with an additional level of dynamic control over the source for network services by providing for a network-side proxying feature that allows the network operator to proxy network service requests sent from the open market wireless devices to a designated third party network service provider based on criteria defined by the network operator.

Methods and apparatus for application network-server determination for removable module-based wireless devices

A method for controlling a wireless terminal operating in a hibernation cycle alternating between a wake mode and a hibernation mode includes communicating with a first wireless network during a first waking period having a first duration, and with a second wireless network during a second waking period following the first waking period. The second waking period is extended to a second duration, greater than the first duration, responsively to detecting that the second wireless network is different from the first wireless network. Network information relating to the second wireless network is received during the second waking period.

Adaptive wake-up period of roaming wireless terminals

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to obtaining position fixes using a position determination method in response to a change in an RF environment.

Location based tracking

A method of effecting handoff of a mobile station from a first base station in a first cellular communications system controlled by a first mobile switching control station to a second base station in a second, different cellular system controlled by a second mobile switching control station is described. The method comprises measuring at the mobile station a parameter of a signal transmitted by said first base station and a parameter of a signal transmitted by said second base station. When the parameters reach a predetermined condition, a signal quality message is communicated from the mobile station via the first base station to said first mobile switching control station, which responds by generating information for a channel request message for the second mobile switching control station and transmitting the same to the mobile station. The mobile station generates from the information a channel request message for the second mobile switching control station and transmits the same to the second mobile switching control station. The second mobile switching control station generates channel information identifying a channel in the second communications system for the mobile station so that the handoff may be effected.

Method and apparatus for effecting handoff between different cellular communications systems

Operating a communication device in a half-duplex mode using only overhead channels; and substantially free running a timing reference obtained during reception to allow a timing reference value to drift during transmission.

Low duty cycle half-duplex mode operation with communication device

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Alejandro Raul Holcman