Apple Patents Phone Activation Without Visiting a Carrier Store in Person
Buying a new phone and needing to visit a carrier store just to get service activated is one of those small but…
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Apple Patent Refines the User Interface for Wireless Contactless Payments
Most contactless payments require you to hold your phone or watch within an inch or two of a terminal. Apple is patenting…
Qualcomm Patents AI That Helps Phones Stay Connected When Switching Between Towers
Every time your phone switches from one cell tower to another, there's a tiny window where things can go wrong. Qualcomm is…
Intel Patent Describes Orbital Data Centers Designed to Manage Satellite Networks
Instead of routing satellite data back down to Earth for processing, Intel wants to handle it all up in space, using satellites…
Intel Patent Enables 5G Devices to Locate Each Other Without Cell Towers
Most location systems rely on a tower or satellite doing the heavy lifting. Intel's patent describes a way for 5G devices to…
Apple Patent Uses GPS Signal Quality to Guide Users Toward Better LEO Satellite Coverage
Satellite connectivity on your phone is only useful if you can actually get a signal. Apple is patenting a way to use…
New Patent Lets Phones Share Location Signals Without Cell Towers
What if your phone could figure out where it is relative to other nearby phones, without ever pinging a cell tower? That's…
Samsung Patents a System That Logs Why Your Call Dropped During a 5G-to-4G Switch
Every time your phone fumbles a call while switching from 5G to an older 4G network, that failure mostly disappears into the…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Request Better Radar Scanning Directions
Future 5G phones may do more than send texts and stream video. They could also act as radar sensors, and this Qualcomm…
Qualcomm Patent Defines Fixed Virtual Cells as 5G Satellite Registration Zones
Your phone already knows where you are via GPS. Qualcomm wants to use that location to connect you to a 5G network…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Ignore Corrupted Location Signals on 5G Phones
Your phone's location fix is only as good as the signals it trusts. Qualcomm's new patent teaches a 5G chip to recognize…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Uses Signal Shifts to Pinpoint a Phone's Location
Your phone already uses GPS satellites to know where you are, but Qualcomm is patenting a way to use the physics of…
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