Michael Kevin Spartz, 5512280 Stonemill Dr, Poway, CA 92064

6785549, Aug 31, 2004

Jun 26, 2002

10/183941

Michael Kevin Spartz - San Diego CA
Francesco Grilli - San Diego CA
Lorenzo Casaccia - San Diego CA

Qualcomm, Incorporated - San Diego CA

H04Q 720

455450, 455418, 455440, 4554351, 455439, 370329, 370310, 370460, 370465

Various method and apparatus provides for matching revision levels used by a mobile station ( ) and a base station ( ) for establishing a communication link. The mobile station repeats, for a number of times, the transmission of a request for establishing a communication link between the mobile station and the base station. The mobile station detects failure of establishing the communication link with the first revision level based on repeating the request for the number of times. The mobile station changes the first revision level to the second revision level at the mobile station for establishing the communication link.

6978138, Dec 20, 2005

Oct 28, 2002

10/282521

Patricia A. Japenga - Ward CO, US
Michael Kevin Spartz - San Diego CA, US

Qualcomm Incorporated - San Diego CA

H04Q007/20
H04Q007/00
H04M001/00

455436, 4554352, 4555521, 370331, 370332

This disclosure is directed to a technique for efficient inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology) cell reselection in a wireless communication system. In general, following an unsuccessful cell reselection attempt, the technique involves upgrading one or more cell selection criteria for the pertinent cell. By upgrading the cell reselection criteria, requirements for reselection of the cell in the future are made more stringent. The technique may promote more efficient cell reselection performance, thereby reducing the frequency of repeated, unsuccessful reselection attempts for the same cell. In this manner, the technique can be effective in reducing power consumption and computational overhead incurred by unsuccessful cell reselection attempts, thereby increasing standby time in a wireless communication device. The technique may be implemented within a wireless communication device that supports two or more RAT types, such as WCDMA and GSM. Accordingly, in some cases, the technique may be implemented within a GSM/WCDMA UE.

7830853, Nov 9, 2010

Mar 6, 2003

10/383793

Kurt William Abrahamson - Carlsbad CA, US
Michael Kevin Spartz - San Diego CA, US

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

H04B 7/216

370342, 4555521

Techniques to support cell reselection from GSM to W-CDMA. A dual-mode terminal determines whether or not the GSM network that it is currently camped on supports Release 99 functionality and hence whether or not the GSM network is capable of broadcasting information for W-CDMA neighbor cells. This determination may be made based on the settings for certain status bits in messages transmitted by the GSM network and/or other information available to the terminal. The terminal can initiate a search for W-CDMA cells if it is deemed that the current GSM network does not support Release 99 functionality. The terminal may also determine the scope of the W-CDMA search and when to perform the W-CDMA search based on information stored by the terminal. The reselection from GSM to W-CDMA may be achieved based on measurements obtained from the W-CDMA search and other pertinent information (e. g. , threshold values used to compare the measurements).

7953401, May 31, 2011

Mar 24, 2008

12/054135

James A. Hutchison - San Diego CA, US
Parag Mohan Kanade - San Diego CA, US
Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt - Poway CA, US
Alex Kuang-Hsuan Tu - San Diego CA, US
Messay Amerga - San Diego CA, US
Vineet Mittal - San Diego CA, US
Michael Kevin Spartz - Poway CA, US

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

H04M 3/00

455418, 4554141

Methods and apparatus for out of service processing with varied behaviors. In an aspect, a method is provided for service acquisition. The method includes determining one or more conditions, wherein each condition is associated with at least one weight, detecting whether an out-of-service event has occurred, and if an out-of-service event is detected: identifying selected conditions and associated weights, and processing the associated weights to determine service acquisition “on” and “off” times. In an aspect, an apparatus includes condition logic configured to determine one or more conditions, wherein each condition is associated with at least one weight, and processing logic configured to detect whether an out-of-service event has occurred, and if an out-of-service event is detected, to identify selected conditions and associated weights, and process the associated weights to determine service acquisition “on” and “off” times.

8229492, Jul 24, 2012

May 8, 2009

12/437994

James L. Panian - San Marcos CA, US
Francesco Grilli - La Jolla CA, US
Michael K. Spartz - Poway CA, US
Daniel J. Lewis - San Diego CA, US

Qualcomm Incorporated - San Diego CA

H04B 7/00

455522, 455126, 455333, 4554522, 455 69, 455 86, 370329, 370230, 370235, 370252, 370318, 725 62

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate throttling transmit power of a WWAN module based upon thermal input. For instance, the thermal input can be a detected temperature, a signal from a computing device associated with the WWAN module, a signal from an alternate technology module (e. g. , WiFi module, WiMax module,. . . ) associated with the WWAN module, or the like. A target transmit power of the WWAN module can be reduced (e. g. , by a predetermined amount,. . . ) upon occurrence of a condition (e. g. , the detected temperature exceeding a threshold, the computing device or the alternate technology module requesting a decrease in thermal power,. . . ), for example. Moreover, negotiation between the WWAN module and a base station can be effectuated to select an appropriate class (power class or Multi Slot Class) and/or operating mode when the target transmit power of the WWAN module is altered.

2003008, May 1, 2003

Oct 15, 2002

10/271930

Nikhil Jain - San Diego CA, US
Aziz Gholmieh - San Diego CA, US
Durga Malladi - San Diego CA, US
Michael Spartz - San Diego CA, US

H04Q007/24

370/338000, 370/342000, 370/352000

A mobile wireless terminal (MWT) receives IP packets destined for a ground network in a predetermined sequence order. The MWT fragments each of the IP packets into many smaller packet fragments, appends identifying information to each of the packet fragments, and transmits the packet fragments in parallel with one another over concurrently operating satellite channels. A receiving station receives the packet fragments transmitted by the MWT. The receiving station forwards the received packet fragments to a ground controller over a network connection, based on the identifying information appended to the packet fragments. The ground controller combines the packet fragments into reconstructed IP packets based on the identifying information appended to the fragments. The ground controller also sequences the reconstructed IP packets in the predetermined sequence order based on the identifying information. The ground controller forwards the reconstructed IP packets in the correct sequence order to the destination ground network. The same sequence of events occur in the opposite direction as well i.e., from the ground controller to the MWT.

2011021, Sep 8, 2011

Mar 2, 2011

13/039056

Michael K. Spartz - San Diego CA, US
Rajiv R. Nambiar - San Diego CA, US
Glenn A. Salaman - San Diego CA, US
Francis M. Ngai - San Diego CA, US
Reza Shahidi - San Diego CA, US

QUALCOMM, Incorporated - San Diego CA

H04W 4/00

4554221

A mobile communication device with multiple subscriptions includes a single baseband-radio frequency (BB-RF) resource chain. A first identity module, such as a subscriber identity module (SIM), a second identity module (e.g., a second SIM), and a controller are communicatively coupled to the single BB-RF resource chain. The first identity module is associated with a first subscription, and the second identity module is associated with a second subscription. The controller may be configured to arbitrate access to the single BB-RF resource chain to perform a first activity that corresponds to the first subscription or a second activity that corresponds to the second subscription. For example, the controller may interrupt a data session processed by the single BB-RF resource chain in response to receiving information indicating that a voice call is to be processed by the single BB-RF resource chain.

2012027, Oct 25, 2012

Jul 8, 2011

13/179228

Jon James Anderson - Boulder CO, US
Michael K. Spartz - San Diego CA, US
Christopher L. Medrano - Boulder CO, US
Praveen Kumar Chidambaram - Boulder CO, US

G05D 23/19

700299

A method and system for thermal mitigation in a personal computing device is disclosed. A signal associated with an electronic element in the portable computing device is monitored. A thermal condition indicating excessive heat production is determined in response to the monitored signal. An action to mitigate heat production in the portable computing device may be performed in response to the thermal condition.