Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Motorola Corporation

Ellis Arthur Pinder

Daniel Grobe Sachs

Matthew E Simms

Darrell James Stogner

Charles B Harmke

Charles P Schultz

Robert J Higgins

Thomas S Messerges

Melanie King

David J Ley

William H Robertson, Jr

Charles Burton Swope

Lee Michael Proctor

Charles R Ruelke

Joseph P Heck

Apoorv Chaudhri

Jose E Korneluk

Lanting L Garra

Scott Michael Alazraki

Branko L Avanic

Armando J Gonzalez

Alan P Conrad

Richard S Young

Mark A Boerger

Stanko Jelavic

Wayne M Phang

Stephen C Glass

Alfred B Wieczorek

Chet A Lampert

Sam V Hosseini

Brian W Pruss

George Mtchedlishvili

Joseph J Medvid, Iii

Lorenzo J Cruger

David S Seekins

Mahes M Ekanayake

Blake C Moselle

Bob D Logalbo

Jack Wong

Juan Jose Giol

Liang Xu

Dang N Vu

Michael H Brannan

Shakeeb Z Khan

Charles B Jaris

Tan V Dinh

Kathleen Culligan

Larry G Brown

Joseph J Medvid

A method and system for dynamically managing wireless pairing of a portable radio device and an accessory are provided. A multi-stage wireless pairing mode applies a first BT pairing stage that utilizes NFC and BT communication, while disabling low-priority, high-current communications of the portable radio device. The second BT pairing stage turns off the NFC pairing, maintains BT, and re-enables the low-priority, high-current communications. Any occurrence of a high-priority, high-current mission critical event disables the multi-stage pairing mode and services the event. User notifications and are dynamically managed to avoid user interference during the pairing.

Method and system for near-field pairing on a current limited portable communication device

A method and apparatus for indicating the status of an ancillary embedded system in an electronic device. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes starting an initialization process of a high-level embedded system in the electronic device. The method further includes determining the status of the ancillary embedded system. The method further includes generating display information for the status of the ancillary embedded system. The method further includes storing the display information in a manner retrievable by the high-level embedded system. The method further includes reading the stored set of display information and displaying an indication of the status on a user display prior to completion of the high-level embedded system's initialization process. The method further includes periodically updating the stored set of display information by the ancillary embedded system to provide a real-time indication of status.

Apparatus and methods to display the status of an ancillary embedded system

A method is provided. The method includes enabling voice activated switch (VOX) mode on a communication device. The method further includes enabling a wake word detector on the communication device. The method also includes monitoring for voice activity using a voice activity detector (VAD). The method additionally includes detecting voice activity using the VAD, wherein detecting voice activity further includes: storing the voice activity in a buffer, determining, using the wake word detector, the presence or absence of a wake word in the voice activity, monitoring for and subsequently processing a voice command based on the determination of the presence of the wake word in the voice activity, and initiating a transmit operation, on the communication device, of the voice activity stored in the buffer based on the absence of the wake word in the voice activity.

System and method for concurrent operation of voice operated switch and voice control with wake word

A communication system () formed of a radio management system () interoperates with a radio management codeplug database () and a confusability analyzer () for the creation and storage of voice recognition target strings for uploading to one or more land mobile portable radios () prior to field-deployment. Once the radios are deployed to the field, unrecognized voice command entries are determined, stored locally at the portable radio, and uploaded to cloud based storage (). Analysis of the cloud based data is performed through a voice control analytics engine () to detect patterns associated with the unrecognized voice commands. The unrecognized voice command pattern is processed though a resolution action engine () to generate one or more resolution actions for the pattern.

System and method for managing speech recognition

A device, system and method for installing encrypted data are provided. A device includes a processor comprising: immutable memory storing preconfigured trust anchor data; and a module storing preconfigured non-exportable data. The processor is configured to: receive an encrypted common protection key, encrypted using a manufacturing protection key, and an encrypted distribution private key, encrypted using a common protection key; obtain the manufacturing protection key using the preconfigured trust anchor data and the preconfigured non-exportable data; decrypt the encrypted common protection key using the manufacturing protection key to obtain the common protection key; decrypt the encrypted distribution private key using the common protection key to obtain a distribution private key; receive an encrypted data package including image-at-rest data encrypted with an image-at-rest key, the encrypted data package including encryption data for obtaining the image-at-rest key using the distribution private key; and install the encrypted data package at the memory.

Device, system and method for installing encrypted data

A virtual assistant (VA) integrity monitor is provided to interface with a computer aided dispatch (CAD) center to ensure reliability of a VA server operating with a communication system. The VA integrity monitor generates a test query which is perceived by the VA server as being a real, user-generated query to which the VA server responds. The VA integrity monitor verifies that a response provided by the VA server meets predetermined criteria and communicates a result to the CAD center. The CAD center advantageously recognizes that the request and the response are based on a simulated test and therefore does not take action on either the query or the response. When the VA integrity monitor verifies that a response provided by the VA server does not meet the predetermined criteria, the CAD system can send out an alert.

System and method for monitoring the integrity of a virtual assistant

Methods and devices for connecting an accessory device to a connector port of a mobile communication device and automatically detecting an operational mode of the connector port are provided. The method includes implementing a USB Type-C device detection at an electronic processor of the mobile communication device and monitoring a first and second pin of the connector port for pull-up and pull-down signals from a connected accessory. The method also includes interrupting the USB Type-C device detection when a pull-down signal is detected and determining whether an accessory signal is detected at a third pin of the connector port. The method also includes implementing a LMR accessory detection when the accessory signal is detected and completing the USB Type-C device detection when the accessory signal is not detected.

Multimode audio accessory connector

A multi-dimensional zone selection method in a communication device is provided. The communication device comprises: a radio transceiver; a memory storing a plurality of zones arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each of the plurality of zones indicative of a respective subset of one or more communication channels; an input interface; and, a controller. The controller is configured to: receive, using the input interface, navigation input to navigate the two-dimensional matrix to indicate a selected zone of the plurality of zones; receive, using the input interface, selection input indicating a selected communication channel of the respective subset of the one or more communication channels indicated within the selected zone; and cause the radio transceiver to communicate over the selected communication channel. In some implementations, the communication device further comprises an electronic display and the controller is further configured to control the electronic display to render the two-dimensional matrix.

Multi-dimensional zone selection method in a communication device

A system, apparatus, and method are provided for integrating a virtual assistant (VA) subsystem () with a repeater () of a communication system (). A conventional repeater () containing repeater receiver (), a repeater controller (), and a repeater transmitter () communicate with a plurality of radios (). The repeater controller () places the repeater () into a repeater mode or a virtual assistant mode based on a squelch code associated with an incoming radio signal. The system provides virtual assistant operation, prioritization of mission critical calls, interrupt, and privacy on a single conventional channel. The incorporation of the virtual assistant into a conventional repeater system has been advantageously achieved without the use of additional infrastructure or additional licensed channels.

Apparatus, system and method for generating a virtual assistant on a repeater

Systems and methods for validating the operation of a transducer and an audio signal path to the transducer. An example method includes switching, with an audio switch, the audio signal path between an audio power amplifier and an analog-to-digital converter. The method includes routing an audio signal received from the transducer to the analog-to-digital converter when the audio power amplifier is not enabled. The method includes, upon receiving a button signal, processing, with an electronic processor, a digital version of the audio signal received from the analog-to-digital converter to generate a sample. The method includes comparing the sample to a reference audio sample. The method includes generating an alert when the sample does not match the reference audio sample.

Validating the operation of a transducer and an audio signal path

A secure digital format card that includes two interfaces to a processor is provided, comprising a housing, and a processor that includes a secure digital input/output (SDIO) interface, a second interface, and further connections different from the interfaces. A first set and second set of pads are located at the housing, a subset of the first set for communicating with the processor via the SDIO interface. A subset of the second set for communicating with the processor via the second interface, and a further subset of the second set for communicating with the processor via the further connections. The processor is configured to: enable the subset of the second set of pads via the second interface when enable data is received via the one or more further connections, from the further subset of the second set of pads.

Secure digital format card having two interfaces to communicate with two processors

Improved connectivity between a portable communication device and an accessory is provided through the configuration of a USB type interface. Independent control of a mission-critical subsystem and auxiliary subsystems allow for mission-critical audio and push-to-talk (PTT) to be maintained even in the event of a fault condition within the system. The configurability aspect of the interface allows for additional mission-critical input features to be configured into independent mission-critical subsystems.

Method and apparatus for providing expanded interface operation between a portable communication device and an accessory

Systems and methods locating and operating a portable device mounted to a garment. One method includes receiving, with an electronic processor, a signal from a communication line of a plurality of communication lines integrated within the garment. The method also includes determining, with the electronic processor, a location, on the garment, of the portable device based on the signal. The method also includes determining, with the electronic processor, an operational mode for the portable device based on the location. The method also includes adjusting, with the electronic processor, operation of the portable device based on the operational mode.

Systems and methods to locate and operate a portable device on smart clothing

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Ellis Arthur Pinder