Abstract:
Secure element authentication techniques are described. In implementations, a confirmation is received that an identity of a user has been physically verified using one or more physical documents. One or more credentials that are usable to authenticate the user are caused to be stored in a secure element of a mobile communication device of the user, the secure element implemented using tamper-resistant hardware.
Abstract:
Methods and circuits for positioning a signal sampling window within a wireless receiver device for use in a multi-transmitter wireless broadcast network include generating a long channel model based upon a signal identifying transmitters that can be processed without aliases, and positioning the signal sampling window based upon the long channel model. For example, in a MediaFLO® broadcast, the long channel model may be generated by receiving positioning pilot channel (PPC) signals. Positions for the signal sampling window may be determined by identifying hypothetical signal sampling window positions, calculating signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) values for each identified hypothetical, and selecting the hypothetical with the best SINR. Using a long channel model to position the signal sampling window may provide improved window placement, reduce destructive aliasing, and reduce a time guard in the window placement. The long channel model may be used in conjunction with terrain databases.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing packet time measurements. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting a packet in the network from a sender to a receiver through a plurality of devices; creating a plurality of packets by copying the packet at each of the plurality of devices as the packet is being transmitted through the plurality of devices, including adding a time stamp to each packet in the plurality of packets, wherein time stamps of plurality of packets are generated with data from time stamp engines synchronized to a global clock; sending the plurality of packets with their time stamps to a tool; and performing analysis on the plurality of packets using the tool.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for finding fires. The method includes providing a plurality of reference locations within a facility where each of the reference locations is associated with a readily identifiable feature of the facility, detecting a fire within the facility, receiving a fire location request from a monitoring location within the facility and dynamically generating a routing map from the monitoring location to a location of the fire and from the fire to a fire exit of the facility using at least some of the plurality of reference locations based upon the request.
Abstract:
Various types of data can be collected into a data set and related content and/or related concepts across the data in the data set and/or across search histories can be displayed as a visual representation. The related content/concepts can be presented as a function of incremental revealing of relationships. After reviewing the visual representation, a user can customize the data set and relationships by specifically excluding a related data segment. The visual representation can be applied across multiple searches or other obtained data. Through interaction with the visual representation, a user can drill down into common linkages of the data to more narrowly focus on a subset of the data and/or to refocus a search result and/or to provide annotations.
Abstract:
Secure element authentication techniques are described. In implementations, a confirmation is received that an identity of a user has been physically verified using one or more physical documents. One or more credentials that are usable to authenticate the user are caused to be stored in a secure element of a mobile communication device of the user, the secure element implemented using tamper-resistant hardware.
Abstract:
Account transfer techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a user interface is output by a mobile communication device that describes funds in an account. The account is usable by the mobile communication device to purchase goods or service and the purchase performable at least in part using credentials stored in a secure element implemented in hardware of the mobile communication device. An input is received via interaction with the user interface to authorize a transfer of funds from the account associated with the mobile communication device to another account usable by another mobile communication device to purchase goods or services.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for finding fires. The method includes providing a plurality of reference locations within a facility where each of the reference locations is associated with a readily identifiable feature of the facility, detecting a fire within the facility, receiving a fire location request from a monitoring location within the facility and dynamically generating a routing map from the monitoring location to a location of the fire and from the fire to a fire exit of the facility using at least some of the plurality of reference locations based upon the request.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing packet time measurements. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting a packet in the network from a sender to a receiver through a plurality of devices; creating a plurality of packets by copying the packet at each of the plurality of devices as the packet is being transmitted through the plurality of devices, including adding a time stamp to each packet in the plurality of packets, wherein time stamps of plurality of packets are generated with data from time stamp engines synchronized to a global clock; sending the plurality of packets with their time stamps to a tool; and performing analysis on the plurality of packets using the tool.
Abstract:
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for operating time division multiplexing (TDM) on segments of MediaFLO superframes comprising: generating a MediaFLO OFDM waveform with at least one MediaFLO frame; allocating a MediaFLO local multiplex time segment in the at least one MediaFLO frame for non-MediaFLO data; and inserting the non-MediaFLO data into the MediaFLO local multiplex time segment. In one example, the non-MediaFLO data is a DVB-H table that is split into two time segments within the MediaFLO OFDM waveform. In another aspect, the apparatus and method for operating time division multiplexing (TDM) on alternate whole superframes of time comprising generating a MediaFLO OFDM waveform with a plurality of MediaFLO superframes; multiplexing the MediaFLO OFDM waveform with non-MediaFLO data over the plurality of MediaFLO superframes for whole superframe durations; and inserting MediaFLO data in at least one of the plurality of MediaFLO superframes.