Qualcomm Files Patent for Letting Your Phone Skip Its Cell Tower Check-Ins
Every time your phone crosses into a new patch of the cell network, it normally has to wake up and announce itself.…
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Samsung Files Patent for Phones That Fall Back to a Rougher Location on Their Own
Today, when your phone can't pin down your location as precisely as requested, the network can end up asking again with a…
Samsung Files Patent for Tracking Your Phone's Location Using the Radio Wave Itself
Your phone could work out where it is by reading the exact point a radio wave has reached in its cycle. Samsung…
Samsung Files Patent to Keep Your Phone Connected as Satellites Hand It Off
When your phone talks to a satellite, even a routine switch to the next satellite can fail because everything takes so long…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Keeping Differently Compressed Data Apart in Wireless Signals
A compression method that treats a photo differently from a song runs into a hidden problem on cellular networks, which like to…
Qualcomm Patents a Method to Save Battery While Your Phone Searches for Nearby Devices
Your phone burns battery just listening for a neighbor's phone that could relay its signal. Qualcomm's patent application describes letting it nap…
Qualcomm Patents Store Shelf Price Tags That Point You to the Product You Want
Those little digital price tags on store shelves could double as a trail of arrows leading you to the exact item you…
Google Patents a One-Time Code System for Adding Devices to Home Wi-Fi Networks
Adding a new smart home gadget to your existing network often means hunting for passwords or scanning QR codes. Google has filed…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Grade Its Own AI Cell-Tower Predictions
AI is increasingly making the call on which cell tower your phone connects to, but nobody has a great way to check…
Qualcomm Patents a Battery-Saving Sync System for 3D Video Calls
Holographic calls between multiple people sound futuristic, but keeping every participant's video frames perfectly in step is a power-hungry nightmare. Qualcomm's new…
Qualcomm Patents Technology to Link Distance and Direction Readings to Separate Objects
When a phone or base station bounces radio signals off multiple nearby objects at once, it gets back a jumble of distance…
Samsung Files Patent for Fix That Helps Two 5G Devices Share Location Signals Simultaneously
When two devices try to broadcast location signals at the same time on 5G, they can step on each other's transmissions. Samsung's…
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