Patents Examined by Ankur Jain
  • Patent number: 11974197
    Abstract: A method and system for distributed management and maintenance of remote transmitters, or beacons, via a remotely hosted integrated software platform and the interaction of the beacons with mobile devices in an environment where the beacons are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SYNCHRONY BANK
    Inventors: Daniel Muller, Patrick Caraher
  • Patent number: 11968585
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for supporting self-configuration and self-optimization in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaoning Ma, Hong Wang, Weiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11962360
    Abstract: Monitoring a premises may comprise receiving signals from a plurality of devices. One or more spatially static devices of the plurality of devices may be determined based on strengths of the received signals. A user activity pattern may be determined based on changes in strengths of signals received from the spatially static devices. Abnormal user activity may be determined based on the user activity pattern and a strength of at least one signal received from at least one of the spatially static devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Tianwen Chen, Hongcheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11902010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to satellite systems and more particularly, to the provision of a satellite system and method for communications applications, with global coverage. An optimal method of providing global broadband connectivity has been discovered which uses two different LEO constellations with inter-satellite links among the satellites in each constellation, and inter-satellite links between the constellations. The first constellation is deployed in a polar LEO orbit with a preferred inclination of 99.5 degrees and a preferred altitude of 1000 km. The second constellation is deployed in an inclined LEO orbit with a preferred inclination of 37.4 degrees and a preferred altitude of 1250 km.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TELESAT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Wendling
  • Patent number: 11902013
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing circuit including an information detection unit (204) that detects signal bandwidth information indicating a bandwidth of a channel signal in a broadcast signal received by a receiving circuit (100) that receives the broadcast signal, and the signal bandwidth information is used for execution of a channel scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11900941
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for improving the integration of voice-interaction experiences to mobile devices, and improving user experience when interacting with mobile devices that provide voice-interaction experiences. A remote system may detect an event that indicates that a mobile device is to perform an action. The remote system may determine the mobile device is not connected to the remote system, and send a push-notification message to prompt the mobile device to establish a network connection with the remote system. The mobile device may send device-context data to the remote system that indicates a role of a periphery device connected to the mobile device. Depending on the role of the periphery device and the action to be performed by the mobile device, the remote system may send a command to the mobile device using the open network connection to cause the mobile device to perform the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David Thomas Harper
  • Patent number: 11889443
    Abstract: Provided are a method by which a first device performs wireless communication, and a device for supporting same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a sidelink (SL) bandwidth part (BWP); receiving, from a network, SL synchronization priority order information set through global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)-based synchronization; receiving, from the network, information for indicating whether selection of a base station (BS)-related synchronization reference is disabled; detecting, on the basis of the information for indicating that the selection of the base station-related synchronization reference is disabled, a synchronization signal transmitted through the SL BWP by a GNSS-related synchronization reference or other UEs; and performing synchronization with respect to the GNSS-related synchronization reference or one synchronization reference from among the other UEs on the basis of the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11889388
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and/or wireless communications capabilities, etc.). In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and/or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and/or mobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Darren E. Vengroff, Jeffrey Alan Holden
  • Patent number: 11889010
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method of generating contact recommendations for a vehicle communication apparatus, comprising determining (110) a plurality of vehicle contact events associated with a communication device, determining (120) a distance between one or more current parameters and one or more parameters associated with each of the vehicle contact events, and generating (130) one or more contact recommendations according to the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhou Xu
  • Patent number: 11864066
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for improving establishment and broadcasting of communication among mobile computing devices. For example, a method comprises determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user; determining a second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user; and initiating the audio communication between the first user and the second user, wherein the audio communication may or may not be streamed to a third user who accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: STEREO APP LIMITED
    Inventors: Sergey Frolovichev, Andrey Ogandzhanyants, Pavel Shumakov, Artur Nugumanov
  • Patent number: 11861588
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes establishing a wireless communication order session between a communication device associated with a vehicle and an establishment communication system in response to the vehicle being within an ordering area, receiving transaction information indicative of a transaction transmitted from the communication device associated with the vehicle, and associating the transaction with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (United States) Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, Nathan J. Peterson, John Carl Mese, Russell Speight Vanblon, Mark Patrick Delaney
  • Patent number: 11861894
    Abstract: A target custody platform comprising a data acquisition engine, a data analysis engine, a machine learning engine, and a data presentation layer configured to task a plurality of satellites for imagery data wherein the imagery data and metadata is used in conjunction with other types of data including identification data and weather data as inputs into a one or more machine and/or deep learning algorithms configured to predict a the likelihood a target of interest will travel along a project path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROYCE GEOSPATIAL CONSULTANTS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Estrada, Andrew Ryan, Nick Thompson, Matt Flure, Casey Backes, Adam Ashurst
  • Patent number: 11855667
    Abstract: Methods and devices for radio frequency (RF) loopback for transceivers are described. A transceiver for communicating RF signals with a target device may transmit signals at a transmit frequency and receive signals at a (different) receive frequency. The transceiver may include a waveguide diplexer for separating and combining signals based on frequency. The transceiver may be configured to couple a loopback signal from a common port of the waveguide diplexer; the loopback signal may be based on a transmit signal. The transceiver may include a loopback translator to translate the loopback signal from the transmit frequency to the receive frequency and provide the translated loopback signal to a receiver used for receiving signals from the target device. The receiver may compare the translated loopback signal with a representation of the transmit signal to generate a compensation signal. A transmitter may use the compensation signal to adjust subsequent transmit signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth V. Buer, Ramanamurthy V. Darapu, Martin Gimersky, David E. Pettit, Bill T. Agar
  • Patent number: 11856550
    Abstract: Mobile devices are used as temporary location anchor points, e.g., to supplement fixed location permanent location anchor points, in a wireless communications system in which mobile device locations are determined. A mobile device receives a command or request to operate as a location anchor point. In some embodiments, the command includes time information indicating the amount of time the mobile device is to operate as a location anchor point. In some embodiments, a mobile device operating as a location anchor point reports a received signal strength measurement along with information identifying the device from which the signal was received to a network element, e.g., a location server node. In some embodiments, a mobile device operating as a location anchor point broadcasts a signal providing location information. The mobile device receives compensation for operating as a location anchor point. Compensation may be monetary, services, or benefits provided by the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aleksandar Jovicic, Thomas Joseph Richardson, Cyril Measson
  • Patent number: 11844032
    Abstract: Wireless communications are described for controlling a transmission. A base station may cancel, delay, and/or request a retransmission of a message. The base station may send a control message to control a transmission in a communication network. A wireless device may cancel a transmission (e.g., based on a pre-emption indication), determine a transmission power for a transmission (e.g., based on a power control message), and/or determine a retransmission of a message (e.g., based on a repetition indication).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu
  • Patent number: 11844025
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
  • Patent number: 11838844
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating secure localized communications in a local communications network are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: detect proximity of portable communication devices; pair a central communication hub with a first portable communication device and pair the central communication hub with a second portable communication device; receive instructions, from a first client computing platform that is associated with a first supervisory user; generate the one or more messages for transmission to the one or more portable communication devices; and transmit the one or more messages to the one or more portable communication devices via the secondary wireless communication links such that a first message is transmitted to the first portable communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Maisha Makeda Cox, Michael Scott Hubbard
  • Patent number: 11831351
    Abstract: A passive wireless temperature sensor includes a radio frequency (RF) front end having a variable input impedance. The RF front end includes an antenna operable to receive an RF signal having a particular carrier frequency and a tuning circuit having a resonant frequency corresponding to the particular carrier frequency. The passive wireless temperature sensor further includes one or more temperature sensing elements coupled to the RF front end. When sensing a temperature, the one or more temperature sensing elements cause a change in the variable input impedance. The passive wireless temperature sensor further includes a processing module operably coupled to the RF front end operable to adjust the resonant frequency of the tuning circuit to compensate for the change in the variable input impedance and generate a coded value representative of the change. The coded value representative of the change corresponds to the sensed temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahriar Rokhsaz
  • Patent number: 11824935
    Abstract: Described may be a modular network communication system for use in a foundational structure, for the inclusion of new foundational structure construction, or configured for mobility between different foundational structures. The network communication system may be configured to support a broad array of network-related communications. The foundational structure's modular network communication system may have a controller, a power connection point, a communication protocol, and may include one or more than one network node. The controller unit may have processing circuitry and may be configured to utilize a communication protocol for controlling the foundational structure's information flow of the modular network communication system. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to communicate with at least one, but also more than one network-connected device which may or may not be connected to the internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Sindel, Jaime Emmanuelli
  • Patent number: 11825314
    Abstract: A reception method and apparatus for use in a multi-cell orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless system. In a unicast receive mode during a first receive time period, a first group of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols is received by a mobile device from multiple of a plurality of antennas at a serving base station. In a single-frequency-network (SFN) receive mode during a second receive time period, a second group of OFDM symbols is received by the mobile device from one of a plurality of antennas at the serving base station. The transition between the first receive time period and the second receive time period occurs during a cyclic prefix or a cyclic postfix between OFDM symbols, and the plurality of antennas produce a first beam pattern during the unicast receive mode and a second beam pattern during the SFN receive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Neo Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Titus Lo, Xiaodong Li