Sony Patents a System That Drops Redundant Game Streams When Players See the Same Screen
When two players in the same game are looking at the same scene, why render and stream it twice? Sony's new patent…
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Apple Patents a Dynamic System for Getting Devices Online Before a Real SIM Exists
Every eSIM-equipped device has a chicken-and-egg problem: it needs a cellular connection to download its SIM profile, but it needs a SIM…
Apple Patents a Way to Keep Satellite Connections Alive When GPS Gets Jammed
What happens when a nearby device's satellite uplink drowns out your GPS signal? Apple's latest patent describes a clever workaround: decode the…
Apple Patents a System for Automatically Switching Between Private LTE Networks
Most iPhone users have never heard of CBRS — but the companies deploying private LTE networks in warehouses, hospitals, and stadiums absolutely…
Google Patents a Cellular Radio That Uses Sensor Data to Optimize Its Own Signals
Most wireless radios are blind to the physical world around them — they just blast signals and hope for the best. Google's…
Google Patents a Way to Hand Your Phone Off From Satellite to Cell Tower Automatically
Satellite connectivity is great when you're off the grid, but switching back to a regular cell tower should be seamless — and…
Nvidia Patents a System for Simulating Entire Wireless Networks on a Processor
Building and testing a cellular network is expensive — you need towers, devices, and real radio spectrum. Nvidia's new patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents Neural Network-Driven Error Correction for 5G Radio Signals
Nvidia wants to replace static error-correction tables in wireless radios with a neural network that reads signal quality on the fly and…
Amazon Patents a Bluetooth System for On-Demand Multi-Language Audio Streams
Imagine walking into an airport or stadium, opening an app, and your phone automatically switching the venue's audio feed to your preferred…
Samsung Patents Mid-Stream Codec Switching for Broadcast Audio
Samsung is patenting a way for a Bluetooth audio transmitter to silently renegotiate how it compresses audio — mid-stream, without dropping the…
Samsung Files Patent to Flag AI/ML Traffic as High-Priority in 5G and 6G
As AI inference moves off the device and onto the network, someone has to tell the cellular stack which packets actually matter.…
Samsung Patents a Sync-Error-Correcting Sidelink Device Positioning Method
GPS doesn't work indoors, and cellular base stations aren't always close enough to pinpoint your location precisely. Samsung's new patent describes a…
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