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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Kunal Patel, Mountain View, CA (US);

John S. Morrison, Mountain View, CA (US);

Robert L. Harrison, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/16 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes an activity sensor for generating data, a channel controller configured to determine the user presence based on the data obtained through the activity sensor, and a communication interface for communicating with an external network. The channel controller is configured to block or disable the communication between a source on the mobile device and the external network when the channel controller determines a lack of the user presence for a predetermined time.


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