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…
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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…
Qualcomm Patents a Location System That Keeps Multiple 'Where Are You?' Guesses Alive at Once
GPS works great in open sky, but the moment you step into a mall, a parking garage, or a dense city block,…
Qualcomm Patents a Cellular Network System for Locating Connected Physical Objects
Your phone already knows where it is — but what about the cheap wireless tag attached to your luggage or warehouse shelf?…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Track Device Movement Using Radio Signal Snapshots
Your phone is constantly sending little radio pulses to the network — and Qualcomm wants to use those pulses, taken at different…
Qualcomm Patents a Traffic-Aware System for Balancing AI Tasks on Wi-Fi Routers
Your Wi-Fi router is getting smarter — and busier. Qualcomm is patenting a way to make sure all those AI tasks running…
Sony Patents a System That Switches Your Wireless Connection as You Walk Away
Imagine your headphones automatically switch from your living room speaker to your bedroom one the moment you walk down the hall —…
Intel Patents Hardware That Encrypts High-Speed Internet Traffic Directly on the Network Chip
Every time you load a modern website, QUIC — the protocol behind most of today's fast web connections — puts significant encryption…
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