Sony Corporation

Andrew Lee Lawton

Fredrik Carpio

Paul Jin Hwang

Adrian Crisan

Sean Kennedy

Gary Lyons

Edward Theodore Winter

Michael Nientse Chang

Christopher Mark Ohren

Marc Steven Birnkrant

Gary Robert Lyons

Arvind Knudsen

A computer establishes a wireless wide area network (WWAN) account simply by entering his telephone number in a user interface (UI) which is sent to an Internet server and correlated with the user's telephone account. A utility notes when a usage limitation for a period is approaching and in response disables wireless updates and automatically executes the updates when a landline connection is sensed.

Simplified activation and management of wireless wide area network (WWAN) account

System and methods for automated adjustment of device settings are described. An electronic device comprises a receiver for receiving environmental information related to a surroundings of the device, a setting configurator for determining a desired setting for the device as a function of the environmental information, and a setting adjuster for adjusting a device setting in accordance with the desired setting. Moreover, the device further comprises a sensor for receiving the stimulus from the surroundings, for determining the value of the stimulus, and for sending the value of the stimulus to the receiver. Further, the device setting includes a volume of a speaker or a headphone, a theme or a color of a background displayed by the display, a brightness of the display, a sharpness of the display, a user interface displayed on the display, an intensity of a backlight of the display, or a contrast of the display.

Systems and methods for automated adjustment of device settings

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San Marcos, CA, United States of America

Andrew Lee Lawton