Qualcomm Patents a Phone Radio That Guesses When Your Data Is Coming
Your phone's radio spends the day guessing whether data is about to arrive. Qualcomm's patent application hands that guess to an AI…
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Your phone's radio spends the day guessing whether data is about to arrive. Qualcomm's patent application hands that guess to an AI…
Aiming a radio beam at your phone depends partly on where the signal enters the antenna, and Qualcomm's new patent has the…
Setting up a new connected appliance can leave you staring at a loading bar for 8 to 10 seconds, and some people…
Your phone can tell roughly where you are in a store, but the dot on the map often hops across the aisle…
Apple's patent application describes a way to flag traffic jams in the data stream feeding a headset, so the video pieces everything…
Your phone's SIM chip is surprisingly cramped, and when a new plan doesn't fit, today's download just fails. Apple's filing describes a…
Measuring distance with radio waves goes wrong when you move during the measurement. Sony's answer is to run it up and then…
Apple's filing describes a phone that keeps score on its own AI, notices when the guesses go bad, and switches to a…
Qualcomm's filing tackles a small but real checkout headache: someone else's item ending up in your cart. Its answer is to check…
When a cell tower powers down to save electricity, it hands your phone to a neighbor and hopes that was the right…
Getting a new phone onto a cell network is still full of dead ends: no Wi-Fi, a number on the old phone,…
Your phone keeps checking for better cell towers even while it sits on your desk. Apple's filing describes a way for it…
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