Qualcomm Patents Technology That Keeps AR Glasses Streaming Smoothly Without Draining the Battery
Running AR or VR on a headset is brutally power-hungry, so the heavy computer-vision work gets pushed to a server. The catch:…
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New 5G Filing Lets Phones Find Each Other Without a Cell Tower
Most location tech relies on a cell tower or satellite to tell your phone where it is. Apple's new patent describes a…
Apple Patents a System for One Device to Coordinate Wireless Traffic Across a Group
Apple is patenting a way to let one device act as a mini traffic controller for a cluster of nearby devices borrowing…
Microsoft Patents a Per-Customer Early Warning System for Cloud Slowdowns
Most cloud monitoring watches the whole network at once, which means small problems affecting specific customers get buried in the noise. Microsoft's…
Apple Patent Targets Wi-Fi Transmission Scheduling During Network Quiet Periods
Your phone's radio chip is doing nothing for tiny fractions of every second. Apple wants to use those gaps to sneak in…
Apple Patents a Wi-Fi System That Checks Your Credentials Before You Can Join
Most Wi-Fi networks let any device in range start probing them for information. Apple's new patent describes a system where a device…
Samsung Patents a Timing Fix That Makes 5G Indoor Positioning More Accurate
Your phone figures out where you are by measuring how long signals take to arrive from nearby cell towers. Samsung has filed…
Apple Files Patent for Finding the Next Wi-Fi Hotspot Before Your Connection Drops
Every time your phone silently switches from one Wi-Fi access point to another in your office or home, there's a brief moment…
Google Patents a Fix That Stops Phone Updates From Interrupting Active Calls
Every so often, your phone's SIM card issues a refresh command to update its settings, and if your phone acts on it…
Samsung Patents AI Training Shared Across Separate, Isolated Sections of a 5G Network
5G networks carve themselves into separate 'slices' for different customers, and those slices don't normally share data. Samsung's new patent describes a…
Samsung Patents Tech That Lets Phones Find Nearby Devices on Two Separate Wireless Networks Simultaneously
Your phone already searches for nearby devices, but two popular Wi-Fi discovery methods don't naturally speak to each other. Samsung wants one…
Samsung Patents a Network Device That Picks Its Own Least-Busy Path
Most network devices just send data back the same way it arrived. Samsung's patent describes a device that checks which of its…
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