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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184135 | Adaptive control of display characteristics of pixels of a LCD based on video content Determining pixel behavior type of a pixel or a group of pixels of a LCD and triggering adjustment in drive power of the pixel or the group of pixels based on the pixel behavior type. The pixel behavior type indicates relative motion of areas on the LCD in a video. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180788 | Image search engine employing image correlation An Internet infrastructure that supports searching of images by correlating a search image with that of plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers, containing an image search server, and a web browser contained in a client device that supports displaying o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176139 | Automatic access and control of media peripherals on a media exchange network Methods are disclosed for automatically monitoring and controlling at least one media peripheral device in a media exchange network. A communication link is established between a media management system (MMS) and a media peripheral (MP) device in the media exchange ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171041 | Support for international search terms A search engine server supports delivery of search results using an international search string option by identifying websites that provide support in English as well as the language of the international search string. The international search string is a search str... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170625 | Bias filtering module including MOS capacitors A bias filtering module with at least two capacitive levels satisfies both a settle time requirement and a filtering requirement using a voltage dependent filter module whose capacitance is a function of a voltage potential on the filtering circuitry output terminal... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170546 | Client device characterization of other client device transmissions and reporting of signal qualities to access point(s) A wireless network in a communication infrastructure has a packet switched backbone network and includes a plurality of access points and services at least one client device. The access points communicatively couple to the packet switched backbone network and each i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169998 | Method and system for an AD HOC wireless network with master control of network parameters Aspects of a system for an ad hoc wireless network with master control of network parameters may include one or more circuits that enable generation of a beacon frame at a supervisory WLAN station wherein the generated beacon frame contains a supervisory role indica... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169990 | Packetized audio data operations in a wireless local area network device A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, an input buffer controller, and a processor. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit may also include an output buffer, an output buffer controller, a t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8145982 | Method and system for redundancy-based decoding of voice content in a wireless LAN system Aspects of a method and system for redundancy-based decoding of voice content in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system are provided. A WLAN receiver may determine whether a decoded portion of a received packet comprises voice content and may select a redundanc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145957 | Using fractional sectors for mapping defects in disk drives Herein described is at least a method and system for processing a read or write operation when one or more defects are mapped using one or more fractional sectors. The method comprises using one or more fractional sectors to map defects and to store data symbols. Fu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145161 | Receive configuration adaptation for wireless transceivers An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor is operable to determine an antenna configuration for receive operations. More specifically, the system is operable to determine a receive antenna configuration in a network that includes a number of spatia... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144798 | Long training sequence for MIMO WLAN systems A method for configuring a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication begins by generating a plurality of preambles for a plurality of transmit antennas. Each of the plurality of preambles includes a carrier detection sequence at a legacy transmit ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144794 | Efficient optimal ML detector An efficient optimal maximum-likelihood output detector reducing the complexity of demodulation/decoding computations in multiple-input multiple-output communication systems. A plurality of received signals may be combined into a plurality of combined received signa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144608 | Method and system for medium access control (MAC) rate selection Aspects of a method and system for medium access control (MAC) rate selection are presented. Aspects of the system may include at least one processor that enables selection of MAC layer parameter values and/or PHY layer parameter values, to maintain a rate of data t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139659 | Multiple transmit antenna interleaver design An arrangement of interleavers allocates bits from an input symbol across sub-symbols transmitted via sub-carriers of multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) carriers. The input bits are allocated in a fashion to provide separation across subcarriers... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126983 | Method and system for distributed infrastructure for streaming data via multiple access points Methods and systems for distributed infrastructure for streaming data via multiple access points. Aspects of one method may include apportioning multimedia information among a plurality of transmitting devices based on feedback channel information received from a de... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126425 | Method and system for 60 GHZ location determination based on varying antenna direction and coordination of WLAN/WPAN/GPS multimode devices Within a local region, information may be communicated between two or more wireless multimode communication devices (WMCD) comprising 60 GHz band and lower frequency band wireless interfaces. Spatial relationships between devices may vary. The 60 GHz interface may h... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125950 | Apparatus for wirelessly managing resources An integrated circuit includes a millimeter wave transceiver and may include memory and processing resources, each with an associated millimeter wave transceiver. Intra-IC millimeter wave communication links, between resources on a given IC, enables IC-level resourc... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112098 | Method of determining optimal cell configuration based upon determined device location A configuration device for configuring a wireless device within a wireless cell can include a receiving unit configured to receive a request message from a wireless device within a wireless cell. In addition, the configuration device can include a first processing u... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111042 | Integrated wireless resonant power charging and communication channel A power delivery system wirelessly deliver electric power and a communication signal to a target device. The power delivery system includes a power transmitting unit having a power source operable to source alternating current power and a sending resonant coupling c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108698 | Computer storage components that provide external and internal access A primary computing device and a secondary computing device couple with an internal storage component of the primary device powered by, and data accessed by either the first or secondary computing device. The internal storage component includes multiple connectors f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108145 | Downloading map segment(s) to a cell phone based upon its GPS coordinates and mobility A wireless terminal displays its location and navigation information (map segment) on its display. The wireless terminal accesses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine its location coordinates. The wireless terminal determi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107567 | Method and system for SFBC/STBC in a diversity transmission system using Alamouti codes Aspects of a system for SFBC and/or STBC in a diversity transmission system using a plurality of Alamouti codes may include a transmitting station that enables reception of signals via a wireless communication medium. The transmitting station may enable determinatio... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107489 | Turbo decoding module supporting state n metric value normalization operations A baseband processing module for use within a Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver includes a downlink/uplink interface, TX processing components, a processor, memory, RX processing components, and a turbo decoding module. The RX processing components receive a baseband... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106708 | High speed low power multiple standard and supply output driver A multi-mode driver and method therefore includes a plurality of amplifiers, an adjustable load block, and adjustable current supply circuitry that selectively adjusts current magnitudes supplied to at least one of the plurality of amplifiers. The multi-mode driver ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090879 | Multiband communication device with graphical connection interface and methods for use therewith A communication device includes an RF transceiver for communicating first data with a first remote communication device via a first protocol and a first frequency band in a first mode of operation. A millimeter wave transceiver communicates second data with a second... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089957 | Secure IP address exchange in central and distributed server environments Embodiments of the present invention provide a network infrastructure operable to support the exchange of communications, such as textual, image, video and voice communications, between a first client terminal having a first user identifier and service by a first se... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086622 | Search engine using world map with whois database search restrictions A search operation can implement a two step approach to provide geographically restricted and verified information to a user. First, high relevance search results are obtained by searching only in a specifically defined region. Second, the quality of the search resu... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086279 | Handover of call serviced by modular ear-piece/microphone between servicing base portions Handover of call serviced by modular ear-piece/microphone between servicing base portions is presented. A wireless headset includes wireless interface(s), earpiece, a microphone, processing module, and a user interface. The wireless interface(s) wirelessly couples t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085871 | Adaptive modulation in a multiple input multiple output wireless communication system with optional beamforming A transmitting MIMO wireless device transmits a training sequence to a receiving MIMO wireless device. The receiving MIMO wireless device estimates a channel response based upon the training sequence, determines an estimated transmitter beamforming unitary matrix an... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085869 | Configurable load impedance for power amplifier predistortion calibration An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor includes an integrated circuit radio transceiver operable to provide specified gain levels and transmit path filter responses to correspond with a selected power spectral density mask. Changes in gain may b... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085855 | Video quality adaptation based upon scenery Operating on video frames includes determining a frame set backdrop of a set of video frames that is a characterization of the relative difference in content of the set of video frames. Decreasing video quality of the set of video frames when the frame set backdrop ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085748 | Wireless access point service coverage area management A Wireless Access Point (WAP) of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructure includes a processor, a radio and a directional antenna. The radio supports communications with a plurality of wireless terminals to gather participatory data, and listens to, but d... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081104 | Radar detection circuit for a WLAN transceiver A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables detection of radar signals to enable the radio transceiver to halt communications in overlapping communication bands to avoid interference with the radar transmitting the radar pulses. The radio transce... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081034 | Frequency synthesizer for integrated circuit radios An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor includes capacitive loop filter with selectable capacitive elements that are operable to adjust a signal level provided to a voltage controlled oscillator to control a frequency of an output signal of the o... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073397 | Single chip wireless transceiver operable to perform voice, data and radio frequency (RF) processing A single chip wireless transceiver operable to perform voice, data and radio frequency (RF) processing is provided. This processing may be divided between various processing modules. This single chip includes a processing module having an ARM microprocessor and a di... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073001 | Wireless terminal baseband processor high speed turbo decoding module supporting MAC header splitting A baseband processing module for use within a Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver includes a downlink/uplink interface, TX processing components, a processor, memory, RX processing components, and a turbo decoding module. The RX processing components receive a baseband... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072976 | Packet routing and vectoring based on payload comparison with spatially related templates An Internet infrastructure with network devices and end point devices containing service module manager and service modules, that supports packet routing and vectoring based on payload comparison with spatially related templates. The network device that supports pac... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072270 | CMOS RF power amplifier with LDMOS bias circuit for large supply voltages Bias circuitry that may be used within a communications or other device includes a first current mirror having first and second transistors with sources coupled to ground and operable to receive a reference current at a drain of first transistor. A second current mi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064867 | RX dual-band mixer A dual-band input transceiver block is formed to operably receive one of a 2.4 GHz radio frequency signal or a 5.0 GHz radio frequency transceiver signal in a manner that minimizes duplication of circuitry and creates a combined circuit path for RF front end input s... | 11/22/2011 |
