Intel Patents Technology to Find Exact 5G Device Location Within Centimeters
GPS is good enough for directions, but Intel is working on a technique that could place a device within centimeters using the…
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Sony Patents a System to Pull Connected-Device Readings Across Competing Networks
Right now, if your smart home sensors live on one provider's network and a compatible service runs on another, they can't talk…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Switch Between Cell Towers and Satellites Automatically
Your phone doesn't know if it's talking to a cell tower or a satellite orbiting hundreds of miles overhead, and that confusion…
Intel Patents Automatic Wi-Fi Setup for Connected Home and Industrial Devices
Every smart sensor, thermostat, or industrial gadget that joins a new Wi-Fi network today usually requires someone to type in credentials or…
IBM Patents a Way to Shrink Encrypted Data Before Sending It
Encryption and compression normally can't work together because encrypted data looks like random noise. IBM's new patent describes a clever workaround that…
Samsung's New Patent Enables Silent Remote Calls That Share Field Worker Locations
Samsung has patented a way to automatically share a device's location during a "remote ambient call", a type of silent, one-way monitoring…
Samsung Patents Faster Setup for Connected Home Devices Like Lights and Locks
Setting up a new smart home device usually means hunting through menus, entering Wi-Fi passwords, and waiting through loading screens. Samsung's latest…
Qualcomm Patents a System for Networks to Control Drone Flight Paths
Qualcomm is laying out a framework that would let a cellular network remotely steer a drone's route, switch its flight mode, and…
Apple's New Patent Lets Cell Networks Physically Sense Nearby Device Failures
Apple has filed a patent for a system that combines two things cell towers already do, send messages and bounce radio signals,…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Send Only the Visible Part of a Mirrored Screen
When you mirror your phone to a TV or projector, your device sends the whole screen every single frame, even the blank…
Samsung Files Patent for Training One AI Model Across Many Network Nodes at Once
Training a separate AI model for every job a cellular network needs to do is expensive and slow. Samsung's new patent proposes…
Samsung Patents Technology to Keep Smart Sensors Online When Battery-Saving Shutdown Kicks In
Billions of IoT sensors run on a stripped-down cellular mode called NB-IoT, and when they have to turn that mode off, they…
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