Qualcomm Files Patent for a Scanner That Tells You When Your Hand Is Blocking It
Your own hand can sharply weaken a handheld scanner's signal, and you may never know it. This Qualcomm filing has the scanner…
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Apple Files Patent for Tiny Check-In Signals to Ease Satellite Traffic Jams
As much as 40% of the messages a satellite network sends down to phones can be wasted on phones that already went…
Apple Files Patent for Phones That Tell Cell Towers When Their AI Can't Cope
Your phone's AI might be trained for one factory floor or one kind of room. This Apple patent has the phone check…
Qualcomm Files Patent for a Phone AI Backup Plan When Cell Network Data Goes Missing
Qualcomm's patent application gives your phone's wireless AI a Plan B: if the network can't send the data a model needs, the…
Qualcomm Files Patent for a Second AI That Helps Phones Judge Their Wireless Signal
Qualcomm's patent gives a phone's signal-reading AI a coach that retunes its settings every time the antenna setup changes.
Samsung Files Patent for Automatic Group Bluetooth Audio Takeover When Your Phone Runs Out
Share a playlist over Bluetooth at a party and the host's phone becomes a single point of failure. Samsung's filing describes a…
A New Qualcomm Patent Uses Building Walls as Mirrors to Pinpoint Objects
Qualcomm's patent describes finding an object by listening for two echoes of the same signal: one straight off the object, and one…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Radio Signals That Send Data and Detect Objects at Once
Qualcomm describes one radio signal that carries your data and spots a drone at the same moment, with only the start time…
Apple Patents a Labeling System So Your iPhone and Cell Tower Use Matching AI
Your phone and the nearest cell tower have to use matching AI models, or the signal reports your phone sends turn into…
Intel Files Patent for Network Gear That Answers AI Requests on the Spot
The box that steers your internet traffic could also be the thing that answers your AI request. Intel's patent puts AI chips…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Battery-Free Store Tags That Help Your Phone Find Products
Qualcomm describes sticker-sized tags with no battery that run on radio waves, then use them to guide your phone through a store…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Phones That Tell Cell Towers Their AI Limits
Your phone shares its chip between many jobs, but the cell tower assigning it signal-forecasting work has no idea how busy it…
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