Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Corporation

Google Inc.

Rockwell International Corporation

Mototola, Inc.

Lawrence Alan Willis

Jiri Slaby

Justin Eltoft

Ganesan Rengaraju

Gary J Oswald

Mark Pecen

John C Johnson

William S Pierce

Balakumar Jagadesan

Tomasz Jamrozy

Amit Kumar Agrawal

Rachid M Alameh

Kenneth Anderson Stewart

John Joseph Gorsica

Thomas Y Merrell

Bill Ryan

Naveen Aerrabotu

Kenneth J Crisler

Niels Peter Skov Andersen

Aaron L Dietrich

Yilin Zhao

David P Winkler

Gabriel Burca

John A Renaldi

Ramesh Sudini

Jayashree M Yabannavar

William Ryan

Chris Venteicher

Boris Dubinsky

Daniel A Mershon

There is described an electronic device comprising a biometric authentication sensor and a control circuit, and a method thereof. The biometric authentication sensor detects an object in proximity. The control circuit activates an authentication operation in determining that sensor coverage exceeds a predetermined threshold and based on a quality of a biometric input sample captured by the biometric authentication sensor. The control circuit provides user feedback associated with the sensor coverage in determining that the sensor coverage and the quality of the biometric input sample does or does not exceed the thresholds.

Device and method for authentication by a biometric sensor

In embodiments of an electronic device having a biometric authentication system and grip detection sensor, an authentication circuit is coupled to the biometric authentication sensor and grip detection sensor. The biometric authentication sensor is configured to receive a biometric input sample. The grip detection sensor is configured to identify an orientation of a hand of a user relative to the biometric authentication sensor. The authentication circuit determines a priority of multiple biometric templates based on the orientation and authenticates the biometric input sample based on the priority of the multiple biometric templates.

Biometric authentication matching using grip detection

This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing adaptive low-light view modes. These techniques and apparatuse enable a computing device to capture infrared (IR) imagery at a particular location and retrieve, based on the particular location, previously-captured imagery that corresponds with the IR imagery. The IR imagery and previously-captured imagery can then be combined to provide composite imagery, which is presented to a user. By so doing, the user's view of the particular location can be enhanced, particularly in low-light conditions.

Adaptive low-light view modes

In embodiments of a biometric authentication system with proximity sensor, an electronic device includes a biometric authentication sensor and at least one activation sensor adjacent to the biometric authentication sensor. The activation sensor or sensors activate the biometric authentication sensor in response to detecting proximity of an object at a predetermined distance from the biometric authentication sensor.

Biometric authentication system with proximity sensor

This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing adaptive low-light identification. These techniques and apparatuses enable a computing device to capture infrared (IR) imagery of a person and determine, based on previously-captured IR imagery of multiple people, an identity of the person. Visible-light imagery of the identified person can then be retrieved and combined with the IR imagery to provide composite imagery of the person, which is presented to a user. By so doing, the user can more-easily identify the person, particularly in low-light conditions.

Adaptive low-light identification

A apparatus and method for managing blind-carbon-copy replies in e-mail communications includes an electronic computing device configured to detectthat an e-mail account that is a blind-carbon-copy recipient of a received e-mail of an e-mail thread is sending a reply e-mail to at least one participant of a set of participants of the e-mail thread. The electronic computing device is also configured to determine, from the set of participants of the e-mail thread, an e-mail account adder that added the e-mail account to the e-mail thread as the blind-carbon-copy recipient. The electronic computing device is further configured to addtext to the reply e-mail indicating the e-mail account adder forwarded the received e-mail to the e-mail account or to sendan auto-generated e-mail notification to the at least one participant of the e-mail thread indicating the e-mail account adder added the e-mail account to the e-mail thread as a participant.

Method and apparatus for managing blind-carbon-copy account replies in e-mail communications

There is described an electronic device comprising a biometric authentication sensor and a control circuit, and a method thereof. The biometric authentication sensor detects an object in proximity. The control circuit activates an authentication operation in determining that sensor coverage exceeds a predetermined threshold. The control circuit provides user feedback associated to the sensor coverage in determining that the sensor coverage does not exceed the threshold.

In embodiments of multi-wavelength infra-red LED, a mobile device includes a multi-wavelength infra-red (IR) LED that projects near infra-red (NIR) light in multiple wavelengths. The multi-wavelength IR LED can be implemented as a single LED, or as a combination of LEDs packaged together as a single component for implementation in the mobile device. The mobile device can be implemented for various IR-based features, such as for iris illumination and authentication, proximity sensing, gesture detection, and for other IR-based features that each correspond to a different one of the multiple wavelengths of the NIR light. The mobile device includes a NIR filtering system to receive reflections of the NIR light and filter the multiple wavelengths of the NIR light for each of the different IR-based features of the mobile device.

Multi-wavelength infra-red LED

A phone call is made from an initiator phone to a receiver phone (). The receiver phone determines how many people are near the receiver phone, and generates a response based on how many people are near the receiver phone. This response can be, for example, a message that is sent to the initiator phone and can be displayed at the initiator phone, indicating either that no one is near the receiver phone or that multiple people are near the receiver phone. The number of people that are near the receiver phone is monitored, and when just one person near the receiver phone is detected, various different actions can be taken. A message can be sent for display at the initiator phone indicating that there is only one person near the receiver phone, or the receiver phone can prompt the user to call back the initiator phone.

Phone call management based on presence of nearby people

A portable electronic device () for detecting type and orientation of a hand of a user is provided. The device can include a housing (), a display (), a control circuit (), a first sensor (), and a second sensor (). The first sensor can determine a type of hand of the user supporting the portable electronic device. The second sensor can determine an orientation of the portable electronic device relative to the user. The control circuit of the portable electronic device can perform a function based on the type of hand as determined by the first sensor and the orientation of the portable electronic device as determined by the second sensor.

Electronic device with orientation detection and methods therefor

A wireless communication device, and a method thereof, for media burst control of discrete content for a push-to-cellular communication. One circuit of device communicates continuous data via a real time data, such as RTP. Another circuit communicates control information associated with the continuous data via a real time control protocol, such as RTCP. A third circuit communicates discrete data and control information associated with the discrete data via a non-real time protocol, such as MSRP. A request signal for floor control is transmitted by a first device and received by a second device via a non-real time protocol associated with discrete media. The discrete media is then transmitted by the first device and received by the second device via the non-real time protocol.

System and method for media burst control of discrete content for push-to-cellular communication

A method in a communication of establishing the existence of quality of service preconditions in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of sending () an SIP registration request message; and receiving () a registration acknowledgement message having a QOS precondition preference indication. Then sending () an invite that includes a quality of service precondition message that corresponds with the QoS precondition preference indication of the registration acknowledgement message.

Method for IP multimedia services session setup

A method and apparatus for reducing access delay in push-to-talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) communication sessions is provided in a wireless communication device () including a quality level controller () which controls the quality level at which the transmit talkburst controller () provides talkbursts to transmitter circuitry (). A processor () signals the quality level controller () and the transmit talkburst controller () to provide a first talkburst to the transmitter circuitry () for transmitting at a first quality level (), and thereafter signals the quality level controller () to adjust the quality level from the first quality level to a second quality level () so that the transmit talkburst controller () will provide at least one subsequent talkburst to the transmitter circuitry () for transmitting at the second quality level ().

Method and apparatus for reducing access delay in push to talk over cellular (PoC) communications

A method () and an apparatus () for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device () initiates the push-to-video communication (), establishes the push-to-video communication (), transmits the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication (), and makes control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available () for other communication devices involved in the push-to-video communication. The communication device (), after making the control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available, continues to transmit the corresponding portions of the push-to-video communication (). The communication device () relinquishes the control when one of the other communication devices takes the control.

Image and audio controls for a communication device in push-to-video services

A method and apparatus is provided for mixed mode conference call setup. The method includes the steps of inviting users to a mixed mode conference call by providing invitation information from an inviting user to a server and thereby providing invitations from the server to each of the users. The invitation information indicates the users, the modes acceptable for the conference call and the mode accepted by the inviting user. The invitations from the server include information indicating the modes acceptable for the conference call. The users provide a response to the server which includes information indicating a selected mode accepted by each user. The server sets up a conference call where each of the users and the inviting user communicate in the selected modes accepted by each.

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McHenry, IL, United States of America

Lawrence Alan Willis