Patent Targets Faster, More Reliable 5G Connections by Matching Phones to Smarter Network Software
Your phone is constantly telling the network how well it receives a signal, and Sony thinks that information should be used to…
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Qualcomm Patents Technology to Locate Wireless Tracking Chips Across Existing 5G Networks
Your phone's 5G network could soon double as a location system for the tiny wireless tags attached to packages, pallets, and equipment,…
Samsung Files Patent for a Device-to-Device Location System Built for 5G and 6G
Most phone location systems rely on towers talking to your device. Samsung is patenting a method where devices talk to each other…
Microsoft Patent Tricks Software Into Thinking It’s Running on a Private Network
Testing software that was built for a private, locked-down network is a genuine headache when your test environment runs on public cloud…
Google Patents a Way to Send Only the Changed Bits of Your Context to Its Assistant
Every time you ask Google Assistant something, your phone ships a bundle of context to Google's servers — your location, settings, app…
Meta Patents System to Keep High-Speed Server Data Transfers Organized and Reliable
Meta is patenting a coordination system that lets servers send data directly to each other's memory — skipping the CPU as much…
Samsung Patents an Indoor Location System That Uses Wi-Fi Signal Gaps
GPS stops working the moment you walk through a door. Samsung is patenting a way to figure out exactly where you are…
Samsung Patents a System That Powers Down Idle Network Lanes by App Type
Your phone maintains multiple parallel network channels even when most of them are doing nothing — Samsung's new patent wants to fix…
Samsung Patents a Way to Split Heavy AI Data Crunching Across the Network Itself
Instead of funneling all data to one central server to be combined, Samsung's new patent describes a system where the network switches…
Qualcomm Patents a Wi-Fi Router That Uses AI to Identify What's Jamming Your Signal
Your router already knows your Wi-Fi is slow — but it usually has no idea why. Qualcomm is patenting a system that…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Lets the Network Control How Video Gets Compressed
Instead of letting a camera or app server decide how to compress each video frame on its own, Qualcomm wants the cellular…
Qualcomm Patents AI That Tells Networks Which Signals Work Best
Every time your phone connects to a cell tower, it sends back a report card on signal quality — and Qualcomm wants…
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