Patents Assigned to Sprint Communications Company L.P.
  • Patent number: 11146948
    Abstract: A mechanism for sharing electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) credentials between two mobile communication devices is described. This includes establishing, by a source user equipment (UE) comprising a first of the mobile communication devices, a data connection with a subscription manager data preparation (SMDP+) server associated with eSIM credentials stored at the source UE. The source UE notifies the SMDP+ server of an intent to transfer the eSIM credentials. The source UE receives metadata describing an activation code containing identification data for the eSIM credentials. The source UE forwards the activation code to a destination UE comprising a second of the mobile communication devices. The activation code is forwarded to support a download of the eSIM credentials to the destination UE from the SMDP+ server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Philip W. Uehling, Ryan P. Dreiling, Balasubramaniam Guru
  • Patent number: 11146528
    Abstract: In a wireless communication network, a Gateway Control Plane (GW-C) receives a session request for a User Equipment (UE) from an Access Point (AP) that serves the UE. The GW-C transfers a DNS request having an AP ID and network data. A Domain Name System (DNS) translates the AP ID and the network data into an AGW-U ID and an EGW-U ID for co-located GW-Us. The GW-C receives a DNS response and transfers GW control signals using the AGW-U ID and the EGW-U ID. The co-located AGW-U and EGW-U serve the UE responsive to the control signals. In some examples, the selected AGW-U and EGW-U are co-located at the network edge near the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle T. Bertz, Brian David Waters
  • Patent number: 11140618
    Abstract: A wireless access node receives an update from a User Equipment (UE) indicating the UE has physically entered a geographic area and transfers the update to a wireless network core. In response, the core transfers a reattach instruction for the UE and the DNN to the wireless access node. The wireless access node transfers the reattach instruction for the DNN to the UE and receives a reattachment request for the DNN from the UE. The wireless access node transfers the reattachment request to the core. The core selects a Session Management Function (SMF) for the UE and the DNN. The selected SMF controls a User Plane Function (UPF) for the DNN and the UE. The wireless access node exchanges user data for the DNN with the UE and exchanges the user data for the DNN with the UPF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Rajil Malhotra
  • Patent number: 11140117
    Abstract: A wireless communication device transfer a high-priority message with a high-priority Quality-of-Service (QoS). Device circuitry receives a request for the high-priority message, and in response, signals a radio to wirelessly attach to a wireless network using a high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The circuitry generates a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message that includes the high-priority message and that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly attaches to the wireless network using the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly transfers the SIP message that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause and that includes the high-priority message to the wireless network. The wireless network transfers the SIP message to a message network using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause used for wireless attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communication Company L.P.
    Inventors: Mark J. Bonn, John Tayag Susbilla, Kenneth V George, Muhammad Nauhman Bashir Gora
  • Patent number: 11140543
    Abstract: An Internet of things (IoT) wireless communication module. The IoT wireless communication module comprises an antenna, a radio transceiver coupled to the antenna, an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) coupled to the radio transceiver, where the eUICC is provisioned with a plurality of eSIM profiles, a non-transitory memory, a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory, to the radio transceiver, and to the eUICC, and an eSIM profile adapter application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the eSIM profile adapter application determines a system installation context of the IoT wireless communication module, selects one of the plurality of eSIM profiles stored in the eUICC based on the system installation context, and activates the selected eSIM profile in the eUICC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dhananjay Indurkar
  • Patent number: 11129073
    Abstract: A wireless communication network hands-over wireless User Equipment (UE) from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. The serving cell wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless UE and determines uplink interference for a radio band. The serving cell wirelessly transfers an uplink interference offset to the wireless UE that indicates the uplink interference at the serving cell for the radio band. The wireless UE uses the uplink interference offset to trigger a handover request to the serving cell. The handover request indicates downlink signal strength at the wireless UE for the serving cell. The serving cell initiates a handover to a neighbor cell responsive to a combination of the downlink signal strength at the wireless UE and the uplink interference for the serving cell falling below a handover threshold. After the handover, the neighbor cell wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless UE over a different radio band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Yun Sung Kim, Sanghoon Sung, Jason Peter Sigg, PinalKumari K. Tailor
  • Patent number: 11128540
    Abstract: A method for maintaining server computers. The method comprises capturing a signature of one of a plurality of server computers by an augmented user interface (AUI) maintenance client application executing on a mobile communication device, transmitting the signature by the AUI maintenance client application to an AUI maintenance server application executing on a computer, looking up information on the server computer associated with the signature by the AUI maintenance server application based on the signature, wherein the information identifies a process executing on the server computer, identifies an alarm active on the server computer, and identifies a recommended maintenance action, transmitting the looked up information by the AUI maintenance server to the AUI maintenance client application, and presenting the information on a display of the mobile communication device, whereby maintenance of the server computer is assisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle T. Bertz, Laurent A. Laporte, Brandt D. Sanders, Joao Teixeira
  • Patent number: 11126993
    Abstract: A server hosting an electronic shopping application comprises a processor, a memory, and an application stored in the memory that receives a request for electronic shopping content from a mobile communication device, confirms the mobile communication device receives service from a participating wireless provider, routes the request through an internet gateway of the wireless provider, and receives a request to buy an item from the mobile communication device. The application further transmits a request for payment transaction information to the wireless provider, receives payment transaction information, transmits a payment dialog box to the mobile communication device, and receives an input PIN and an input selection of a payment mechanism from the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Michael A. Gailloux, Benjamin M. Jones
  • Patent number: 11115989
    Abstract: A wireless access node serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) over a Primary Component Carrier (PCC) and Secondary Component Carriers (SCCs). The wireless access node receives a report from the wireless UE indicating radio frequency bands and their received signal strengths. The wireless access node identifies the radio frequency bands that have adequate received signal strength. The wireless access node determines electrical down-tilt angles for the identified radio frequency bands. The wireless access node selects one of the identified radio frequency bands that has a smaller electrical down-tilt angle. The wireless access node exchanges user data and network signaling with the wireless UE over the selected frequency band to serve the PCC to the UE. The wireless access node transfers additional user data to the UE to serve the SCCs to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11115912
    Abstract: In a wireless communication network, network circuitry executes wireless network slices that store values for network attributes in distributed ledgers. Access circuitry authorizes directory access for a user and transfers a directory access token to the user. Directory circuitry serves information to the user like slice, ledger, and attribute that are within the scope of the directory access token. The access circuitry authorizes ledger access for the user and transfers a ledger access token. The network circuitry serves attributes and values from the distributed ledgers to the user that are within the scope of the ledger access token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Tracy Lee Nelson, Ronald R. Marquardt
  • Patent number: 11116041
    Abstract: A wireless access node exchanges data with User Equipment (UE) over a radio band and determines a performance metric for the UE over the radio band. The wireless access node transfers the performance metric to the UE. The UE translates the performance metric into a service instruction for the radio band and transfers the service instruction to the wireless access node. The wireless access node transfers the service instruction to a network controller. The network controller modifies the wireless data service for the wireless UE over the radio band in response to the service instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Sougata Saha, Kavitha Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 11115810
    Abstract: A method of provisioning an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) of a wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dhananjay Indurkar
  • Patent number: 11115860
    Abstract: In a wireless communication network, a primary access node controls the amount of secondary access nodes that serve User Equipment (UE). The primary access node exchanges data with the UE, corrects errors, and determines an error rate. The primary access node exchanges the data over backhaul links and determines backhaul throughput. The primary access node determines a target number of the secondary access nodes based on the error rate and the backhaul throughput. The primary access node identifies a qualifying set of the secondary access nodes that have adequate received signal strength. The primary access node selects a serving set having the target number of secondary access nodes from the qualifying set. The primary access node indicates the UE to the serving set and indicates the serving set to the UE. The serving set of the secondary access nodes exchange data with the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11113723
    Abstract: A communication server is disclosed. The communication server comprises a processor, a memory, and an application stored in the memory. The application, when executed by the processor, receives a request that identifies a subject to remove from a user history of the a user equipment (UE), wherein the user history is compiled based on communication events initiated by the UE and is associated with content that is sent to the UE. The application, responsive to receiving the request from the UE, transmits a user history modification request to a history management server, wherein the communication server disassociates the subject from the user history identified in the request received from the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Tanya S. Hatcher, Bryce A. Jones, Rodney D. Nelson, Mark D. Peden
  • Patent number: 11115833
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the placement of a small cell, wherein at least one of a first set of parameters is determined at each of a first and a second location, at least one of a second set of parameters is determined at each of the first and the second location, and a recommended small cell placement location is generated based on at least one of the determined first set of parameters and the determined second set of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Drew Dennis, Ricky A. Hohler, Prasad Pappula, Sadanand Pawar, Hemant Vasant Tiwari, Callie Eliza Warren
  • Patent number: 11115312
    Abstract: A data packet router uses Inter-Planetary File System (IPFS) and consensus to control file modifications. The router routes data packets based on a networking file. The router modifies the networking file. The router generates a new IPFS object from the modified networking file. The router obtains consensus on the new IPFS object from neighbor routers. The routers use previously approved IPFS objects to retrieve topology data and achieve consensus on the modified networking file based on the topology data. In response to the consensus, the router routes data packets based on the modified networking file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Clifton Wayne Hankins, Mary Carol Perry, Scott Paul Sherman, Rogelio Jay Barba, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11108637
    Abstract: In a wireless mesh network, a leader relay transfers Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) to follower relays that indicate leader Identifier (ID), term ID, index, log-entry, and entry command. The follower relays receive the RPCs and enter the log-entry. The leader relay commits the log-entry to a state machine. The state machine generates a mesh architecture that indicates user-access spectrum, relay-interconnect spectrum, and relay-backhaul spectrum. The leader relay transfers RPCs to the follower relays that indicate leader ID, term ID, index, commit command, and the leader mesh architecture. The follower relays receive the RPCs and commit the log-entry to their state machines which generate mesh architectures. The relays wirelessly exchange user data with user devices over the user access spectrum. The relays wirelessly exchange user data with each other over the relay-interconnect spectrum. The relays wirelessly exchange user data with other networks over the relay backhaul spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Tracy Lee Nelson, Lyle T. Bertz, Galip Murat Karabulut
  • Patent number: 11102646
    Abstract: A method of configuring an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) of a wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dhananjay Indurkar
  • Patent number: 11102312
    Abstract: A method of managing content distribution. The method comprises associating a primary identity to a first communication channel identity and to a second communication channel identity by an identity unifying application executing on a computer system, tracking a first plurality of events associated to the first communication channel identity by a content segmentation application executing on a computer system, tracking a second plurality of events associated to the second communication channel identity by the content segmentation application, analyzing the first plurality of events and the second plurality of events by the content segmentation application, based on analyzing the events and based on a first content segment associated with the primary identity, associating the primary identity to a second content segment by the content segmentation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Mike A. Gailloux, Ken W. Samson
  • Patent number: 11102699
    Abstract: A wireless communication relay wirelessly serves User Equipment (UEs) with wireless data services. Relay circuitry tests data throughputs over a Fifth Generation New Radio (5GNR) network Transceiver (XCVR), Long Term Evolution (LTE) network XCVR, and wireline network XCVR. The relay circuitry selects sets of network XCVRs for the user XCVRs based on the data throughput testing. The relay circuitry indicates the selected network XCVRs to the user XCVRs. The user XCVRs wirelessly exchange user data with the wireless UEs and exchange the user data with the selected network XCVRs. The selected network XCVRs exchange the user data with one or more data communication networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Amrit Kumar Chandra, Liang Li, Charles Anthony Manganiello, Kristian Kai Johns, David Z. Sun, Jay Ronald Chernoff, Neehar Shrikant Kulkarni, Mayur Shirwadkar