Qualcomm Patents an Indoor Location System That Filters Out Positions Through Walls
Your phone's location system sometimes thinks you walked through a wall. Qualcomm has filed a patent for a method that catches that…
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Samsung Patents a Way to Pinpoint Low-Power Devices Using Fewer Radio Signals
Location tracking on cheap, low-power wireless devices is a battery-killer because the radio has to work overtime to get a fix. Samsung's…
Qualcomm Patents an Indoor Location System That Reads Magnetic Fields
GPS stops working the moment you walk through a door. Qualcomm is betting that the magnetic field running through a building's walls…
Samsung Patents Technology to Measure Distances and Scan Surroundings Simultaneously
Your phone already uses Ultra-Wideband radio to find your keys or unlock your car. Samsung's new patent describes a way to squeeze…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Find Your Location and Sense Objects With One Signal
Your phone already figures out where it is. Qualcomm is working on letting the same wireless signal also figure out what's around…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Picks Your Car's Wireless Network Based on Where You're Headed
Your car already switches between cellular and Wi-Fi sometimes, but it does it clumsily. Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system…
Qualcomm Patents an AI System for Routing Phone Data Across Radio Channels
Your phone juggles multiple invisible radio channels at once, and choosing the wrong one for a video call or a file download…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Track Movement Using Only Radio Signals
Your phone already picks up dozens of radio signals at any given moment. Qualcomm wants to use those signals, not the motion…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Your Phone to Predict Signal Problems Before They Happen
Your phone already measures signal strength, but it reports what it sees right now. A new Qualcomm patent would have it predict…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Stop Your Phone From Lying About Where You Are
Your phone thinks it has arrived somewhere it hasn't, and fires off the wrong notification. Qualcomm's new patent targets that exact failure…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Adjusts 3D Video Call Quality Per Viewer
Holographic video calls are only as good as the weakest link in the network, but Qualcomm's patent describes a way to let…
Intel Patents Technology That Moves Computing Work From Devices to Cellular Networks
Intel has filed a patent describing a way for phones and other cellular devices to hand off demanding computing tasks to remote…
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