Qualcomm Patents a System That Measures and Reports Live Video Lag to the Network
When you watch live sports and the play-by-play announcer's voice drifts out of sync with the picture, that's latency. Qualcomm has filed…
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Intel Patents a System That Switches Your Wi-Fi to a Backup Before You Notice It's Down
Intel has filed a patent for a system that checks whether a backup Wi-Fi access point is working, then switches your traffic…
Samsung Patents a Technique That Lets Phones Share 5G Signal Data More Quickly
What if your phone and a cell tower could share a single AI model, each running half of it, and together figure…
Qualcomm Patents a Feedback System That Prevents 3D Video Calls From Stalling Under Heavy Network Load
Holographic video calls send enormous amounts of data, and when the network gets crowded, the picture falls apart fast. Qualcomm has filed…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Sends You Only the Hologram Footage You're Actually Looking At
In a holographic video call with multiple participants, your headset could be receiving a lot of video you're not even looking at.…
Nvidia Patents an AI System That Divides 5G Airwaves Between Competing Cell Towers
When two 5G cell towers try to broadcast on overlapping frequencies, everybody's signal suffers. Nvidia thinks AI can referee that fight automatically.
Samsung Patents a System That Routes Signals Between Wearables Through Your Body
What if your smartwatch and your earbuds could talk to each other by sending a tiny signal through your skin? Samsung has…
Qualcomm Patents a Three-Device System for Building Your Avatar in a Video Call
What if your next video call used a lifelike 3D avatar of you, but your phone didn't have to do all the…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Send Datacenter Data Through Flashing Light Patterns
Microsoft has filed a patent describing a system that encodes data as shifting, multicolor light patterns beamed through open air inside a…
Google Patents a Way to Cut the Delay When You Talk to Your Earbuds
Every time you say "Hey Google" into your earbuds, your voice has to make a round trip over Bluetooth before anything happens.…
Apple Patents a Faster Way for iPhones to Switch Between Satellites
Every time your phone hands off from one cell tower to another, it runs a little timing dance to sync up. Over…
Apple Patents a Way to Wake a Phone's Main Radio Without Wasting Battery
Your phone's radio is always listening for signals, even when it's supposed to be asleep. Apple has filed a patent on a…
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