Motorola Mobility LLC

Google Inc.

Motorola Corporation

Amitkumar N Balar

Rachid M Alameh

Jarrett K Simerson

Thomas Y Merrell

Michael E Russell

Amit Jain

Sajid Dalvi

Shakil Barkat

Julius S Gyorfi

Kent D Rager

James Wylder

Hideki Yoshino

Tushar Janefalkar

Itzhak Mizrahi

A method in an electronic device includes identifying an authorized user of the electronic device being present within an environment of the electronic device. The method also includes identifying at least one other person also being present within the environment of the electronic device. The method then includes selecting, with one or more processors of the electronic device, content previously partially consumed by the authorized user and the at least one other person and presenting, with the one or more processors, the content on a user interface of the electronic device.

Methods and devices for identifying multiple persons within an environment of an electronic device

An electronic device and corresponding method includes capturing, with one or more sensors, at least one authentication input from a person in the environment of the electronic device. One or more processors of the electronic device can then compare the captured authentication input with one or more authentication references to determine whether the person is an authorized user of the electronic device. Where the person is, the one or more processors can grant limited operational access to the electronic device. Thereafter, when additional authentication inputs are captured and sufficiently match additional authentication references, additional operation access can be granted.

Methods and devices for granting increasing operational access with increasing authentication factors

A computing device detects a trigger or context associated with exchanging, using a body area network (BAN), body area network services with another device. The BAN services can include a discovery service to allow the computing device to connect to a network. Responsive to detecting the trigger or context, one or more body area networks are discovered and the other device is discovered. If the computing device and the other device are new to each other, the computing device is authenticated to the body area network one or more body area network services can be exchanged. If the devices are not new to each other, body area network services can be exchanged using the other device.

Body area network for authentication and service provision

A method, and corresponding electronic device, receives, at a user interface of the electronic device, a command to capture one or more images. An imager of the electronic device initiates capturing the one or more images. One or more sensors of the electronic device, optionally in conjunction with one or more processors, identify a source of the command to capture the one or more images. The one or more processors can then apply a digital data identifier to the one or more images, the digital data identifier identifying the source of the command to capture the one or more images.

Electronic device with image capture command source identification and corresponding methods

An electronic device includes an imager and one or more processors operable with the imager. The imager captures at least one image of a plurality of persons. The one or more processors blur depictions of one or more persons of the plurality of persons until a reveal permission instruction is detected.

Electronic devices and methods for blurring and revealing persons appearing in images

A method includes, responsive to a trigger event, establishing a session between a first device and a set of second devices. Session data is exchanged with the second devices in the session. The session data includes identity data and position data. A relative position of each of the second devices in the session relative to the first device is determined based on the position data. Event data and data including the relative position associated with the session are logged. A selected one of the set of second devices is removed from the session responsive to a termination event and the exchanging of the session data with the selected one of the second devices is terminated.

Exchanging position and session data responsive to trigger events

An electronic device includes one or more sensors having at least an audio sensor and one or more processors. The one or more sensors detect multiple persons within an environment about the electronic device and identify at least one person as an authorized user of the electronic device. The audio sensor receives audio input from the environment, and the one or more processors filter the audio input into authorized user generated audio input and other audio input, record audio signals representing the authorized user generated audio input, and preclude the recording of other audio signals representing to the other audio input.

Electronic devices and methods for selectively recording input from authorized users

The present disclosure sets forth a method for tracking path loss in which a monitoring device issues a series of power step commands and transmit power requests to a reporting device, receives transmit power data in response to the transmit power requests, and creates a data structure (e.g., a table) that maps the number of steps (e.g., number of steps increased or decreased) of the power step commands with the reported transmit powers. This process is performed during the initial connection between the monitoring device and the reporting device.

Method and apparatus for estimating transmit power of a wireless device

A method and apparatus to facilitate pairing between a first wireless device and a second wireless device includes a pairing apparatus for determining () an address of the second wireless device and writing the address to the first wireless device to bypass an address discovery process between the first and second wireless devices. The pairing apparatus also initiates () removal of an input and output capability indication in at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device to control an association model type that is applied during a pairing process, between the first and second wireless devices, which uses the address of the second wireless device. The removal of the input and output capability indication is reversed () upon confirming () a successful pairing between the first and second wireless devices.

Method and apparatus to facilitate pairing between wireless devices

A portable electronic device includes a motion sensor and a controller. The motion sensor detects an alternating signature motion of a limb of the user about a virtual axis corresponding to the limb. The motion sensor may be an accelerometer capable of detecting three dimensional acceleration. The accelerometer detects acceleration along X, Y and/or Z axes, in which acceleration peaks of the X and Z axes alternate with each other and acceleration of the Y axis remains substantially steady relative to the X and Y axes. The portable electronic device controls at least one function based on the detected alternating signature motion of the limb and/or acceleration along the X, Y and/or Z axes.

Portable electronic device and method for controlling operation thereof based on user motion

Implementations relate to systems and methods for generating compensated speed values for a Doppler-enabled device. A portable wireless device can contain a GPS navigation engine () to capture position data () and Doppler speed data () from positioning satellites. The device can also generate position-based speed values from successive position readings and time intervals, to determine the current speed independently of the Doppler-based speed values. During degraded signal conditions, the Doppler-based speed values can drop to invalid levels. The device incorporates a combiner module () which compares the position-based and Doppler-based speed values and performs combination operations on those quantities to produce a compensated speed value (). By selecting the maximum or otherwise combining those values, extreme excursions in speed values are avoided and accuracy promoted.

Systems and methods for generating compensated speed values for doppler-enabled device

A method () to provide for provisioning and a product. In one embodiment a processor () receives a pre-configured data image and writes it to a first area () of non-volatile memory () using, for example a first writing mode. Thereafter, for example after a power cycle the processor () determines whether an update to a second area of the non-volatile memory is required, and if so converts a first data item from the first area into a second data item uniquely associated with the product unit and writes the second data item in a second area () using a second writing mode.

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Amitkumar N Balar