Patent classifications
H04M1/24
Systems and methods for optimization of transmission of real-time data via network labeling
The present invention relates to systems and methods for network labeling in order to enhance real time data transfers. A network for a real time data transfer is identified and predictive models for network performance are compared against to determine if the network is suitable for the data transfer. If so, then the real time data transfer may be completed as expected. However, if the network is predicted to be unsuitable for transmission an alternate means for connection may be suggested. The alternate suggestion may include delaying the data transfer until the network is expected to be in better conditions, connecting to another access point in the network, or switching to another network entirely. During the data transfer, the quality of the network is monitored in order to update the predictive models for the network's quality. Identifiers for the network may be utilized to keep track of the networks. Network signal strength, signal pollution and time may also be tracked in order to identify patterns in the network's performance.
Systems and methods for promoting use of wireless services exclusively
Provided herein are systems and methods for providing exclusive wireless service proposals to subscribers. A method for providing an exclusive wireless service proposal to a subscriber includes the steps of conducting measurements of at least one metric; sending measurement data acquired during the step of conducting to a measurement analysis machine (MAM), the MAM being configured to analyze the measurement data; analyzing the measurement data; predicting performance of at least one of wireless voice and wireless data services based upon the results of the analysis step; generating a proposal for exclusive wireless services based upon the measurement data and the performance prediction; and providing the proposal to a subscriber. Systems for performing this and additional or alternative methods are also disclosed.
Systems and methods for promoting use of wireless services exclusively
Provided herein are systems and methods for providing exclusive wireless service proposals to subscribers. A method for providing an exclusive wireless service proposal to a subscriber includes the steps of conducting measurements of at least one metric; sending measurement data acquired during the step of conducting to a measurement analysis machine (MAM), the MAM being configured to analyze the measurement data; analyzing the measurement data; predicting performance of at least one of wireless voice and wireless data services based upon the results of the analysis step; generating a proposal for exclusive wireless services based upon the measurement data and the performance prediction; and providing the proposal to a subscriber. Systems for performing this and additional or alternative methods are also disclosed.
NOVEL AUTOMATED FUNCTIONAL TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
An automatic robot control system and methods relating thereto are described. These systems include components such as a touch screen panel (“TSP”) robot controller for controlling a TSP robot, a camera robot controller for controlling a camera robot and an audio robot controller for controlling an audio robot. The TSP robot operates inside a TSP testing subsystem, the camera robot operates inside a camera testing subsystem, and the audio robot operates inside an audio testing subsystem. Inside the audio testing subsystem, an audio signals measurement system, using a bi-directional coupling, controls the operation of the audio robot controller. In this control scheme, a test application controller is designed to control the different types of subsystem robots.
Methods relating to TSP, camera, and audio robots, and their controllers, taken individually or in combination, for automatic testing of device functionalities are also described.
ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULLY AUTOMATED REVERSE LOGISTICS PLATFORM
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for inspecting mobile devices. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising executing a de-trash operation on a mobile device, the de-trash operation resulting in the removal of extraneous material attached to the mobile device; categorizing an operating system of the mobile device; connecting the mobile device to a reading device and installing one or more software applications on the mobile device, the one or more software application operable to read one or more identifiers from the mobile device; visually inspecting the mobile device and classifying the physical condition of the mobile device; performing a functional test on the mobile device upon determining that the physical condition of the mobile device is free of defects; and removing all test data from the mobile device after performing the functional test and flashing the mobile device with a new operating system image.
WIRELESS EARPHONE, MOBILE PHONE AND SONIC RANGING METHOD
A sonic ranging method for a mobile phone and a wireless earphone. Firstly, the mobile phone performs an acoustic response test on the wireless earphone. The mobile phone generates a first audio sequence at a first time slot. The wireless earphone recognizes the first audio sequence to generate a second audio sequence. When the mobile phone recognizes the second audio sequence, the mobile phone estimates a length of elapsed time according to the time difference between a current time slot and the first time slot. When the mobile phone obtains the length of elapsed time, a distance between the wireless earphone and the mobile phone may be determined according to a delay compensation parameter and the length of elapsed time. Various potential applications can be implemented based on the invention without the needs for additional hardware circuits in the mobile phone.
NOVEL AUTOMATED FUNCTIONAL TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
An automatic robot control system and methods relating thereto are described. These systems include components such as a touch screen panel (“TSP”) robot controller for controlling a TSP robot, a camera robot controller for controlling a camera robot and an audio robot controller for controlling an audio robot. The TSP robot operates inside a TSP testing subsystem, the camera robot operates inside a camera testing subsystem, and the audio robot operates inside an audio testing subsystem. Inside the audio testing subsystem, an audio signals measurement system, using a bi-directional coupling, controls the operation of the audio robot controller. In this control scheme, a test application controller is designed to control the different types of subsystem robots. Methods relating to TSP, camera, and audio robots, and their controllers, taken individually or in combination, for automatic testing of device functionalities are also described.
SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A MOBILE DEVICE
An apparatus for assessing a mobile device comprises a housing with a faraday cage. The faraday cage may include a chamber having an ingress mechanism allowing a user to position the mobile device within the chamber, a wireless transceiver coupled to one or more antennas, and one or more imaging devices. The apparatus may also include one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the imaging device(s). When the mobile device is positioned within the chamber, the processor(s) may use the wireless transceiver to establish a wireless communication link with the mobile device, and use the imaging device(s) to capture one or more images of the mobile device. Alone or in conjunction with a remote server, the apparatus may use information obtained from the mobile device, and/or one or more images of the mobile device, to assess the mobile device for various purposes.
SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A MOBILE DEVICE
An apparatus for assessing a mobile device comprises a housing with a faraday cage. The faraday cage may include a chamber having an ingress mechanism allowing a user to position the mobile device within the chamber, a wireless transceiver coupled to one or more antennas, and one or more imaging devices. The apparatus may also include one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the imaging device(s). When the mobile device is positioned within the chamber, the processor(s) may use the wireless transceiver to establish a wireless communication link with the mobile device, and use the imaging device(s) to capture one or more images of the mobile device. Alone or in conjunction with a remote server, the apparatus may use information obtained from the mobile device, and/or one or more images of the mobile device, to assess the mobile device for various purposes.
PHASE DETECTION METHOD BASED ON A RECEIVING SEQUENCE OF SAMPLED VALUES
The invention relates to a phase detection method (200) comprising the following steps: receiving (201) a receiving sequence (Y.sub.j) of values (Y.sub.0, Y.sub.1, . . . , Y.sub.N-1) of a receiving signal (Y), said values (Y.sub.0, Y.sub.1, . . . , Y.sub.N-1) having been sampled with a known sampling frequency f.sub.s and said receiving signal (Y) representing a reaction to a transmitting signal having a known transmitting frequency f.sub.w; providing (202) a sine sequence (S.sub.j) and a cosine sequence (C.sub.j) for each index (j) of the receiving sequence (Y.sub.j), said sine sequence (S.sub.j) comprising sine values of consecutive multiples of a known circular frequency, which depends on the transmitting frequency and the sampling frequency, and said cosine sequence (C.sub.j) comprising cosine values of consecutive multiples of the known circular frequency; and determining (203) a phase real part (U) of the receiving signal (Y) based on a scalar product of the receiving sequence (Y.sub.j) with the cosine sequence (C.sub.j) and a phase imaginary part (V) of the receiving signal based on a scalar product of the receiving sequence (Y.sub.j) with the sine sequence (S.sub.j).