Patents Examined by Erika A Washington
  • Patent number: 11737048
    Abstract: A method includes estimating distances between a user device and an access point based on a series of FTM ranging bursts exchanged between the user device and the access point. The method also includes calculating a variance of the estimated distances and in response to determining that the variance exceeds a threshold, instructing the user device to perform an action that reduces the variance. Other embodiments include a device that performs this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Akram I. Sheriff, Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Matthew A. Silverman
  • Patent number: 11736893
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for utilizing notch filters to overcome narrowband jamming. An example method for determining a range to a satellite vehicle with a receiver includes receiving a signal from the satellite vehicle, determining one or more notch filter configurations, determining a pseudorandom noise code and a doppler frequency associated with the signal, determining a codephase correction value based at least on the one or more notch filter configurations, the pseudorandom noise code and the doppler frequency, and computing the range to the satellite vehicle based at least in part on the signal and the codephase correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Siddhant, Mukesh Kumar, Jordan Cookman
  • Patent number: 11709249
    Abstract: A method for determining a geo-location of a target station is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of RTTs over a plurality of successive time intervals. Each successive time interval is equal to a predetermined amount of time. The plurality of RTTs is placed into a plurality of bins. Each bin has a predetermined time width and a count of RTTs placed in the bin. A bin with a highest count of RTTs (maxCb) and another bin with a next highest count of RTTs are selected and a maximum count ratio determined. The bin with maxCb to a maximum bin value is set based at least on a predetermined threshold of the maximum count ratio. During a next successive time interval, the RTTs that are placed in the bin that is set to the maximum bin value are selected to determine the geo-location of the target station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Passler, Steven Romanow, Graham Smith
  • Patent number: 11711870
    Abstract: The application relates to a communication method, apparatus, and system, a storage medium, and a terminal. The method includes: receiving first data from a first receiving device in multiple first devices of a first device type through a first network of a first network type, wherein the first data is received from a first client device by the first receiving device through a second network of a second network type, the first data is configured to control a first target device in multiple second devices of a second device type, and the first client device is beyond a communication range of the second devices; and sending the first data to a relay device in the second devices through a third network of a second network type, wherein the relay device is connected to the first target device through a fourth network of a third network type, and the first data is sent to the first target device by the relay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Yiming Wang, Xin Luo
  • Patent number: 11706607
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to wireless communications are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communications includes receiving, by a network node in a communication network, a packet associated with a call that has been initiated for a user device, and determining, by the network node, location information carried in a header of the packet. The method also includes determining, by the network node using a mapping between location information and Major Trading Are (MTA) values, a MTA value corresponding to the location information carried in the header, and routing, by the network node based on the MTA value, the packet using a routing path that bypasses a circuit-switched based network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Cataquis, Dennis Romero
  • Patent number: 11700620
    Abstract: A wireless device generates a first transport block (TB) in response to receiving a first downlink control information (DCI). The first DCI indicates: a hybrid retransmission request (HARQ) identifier; and a new data identifier (NDI). In response to not detecting a second DCI during a validation duration: the first DCI is invalidated; and transmission of the first TB is dropped. In response to receiving a third DCI indicating a same value of the HARQ identifier, uplink signals are transmitted. The uplink signals comprise, based on the NDI, one of: an adaptive-retransmission of the first TB; or a new transmission of a second TB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 11696276
    Abstract: A data scheduling method includes: transmitting to a terminal a determination rule for determining target location information corresponding to each of a plurality of target time domain units, the plurality of target time domain units being a plurality of time domain units for performing data bearing according to scheduling signaling. As such, in the dynamic scheduling of a terminal by a base station, an objective of simultaneously scheduling a plurality of target time domain units through one scheduling signaling to perform data bearing can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yajun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11686838
    Abstract: A method in a first wireless device (WD) is described. The method includes determining a plurality of expected response signals, each having a scrambling seed number and an expected sequence of time domain symbols; receiving a plurality of response signals; determining a plurality of frequency shifted time domain samples, cross-correlating each frequency shifted time domain sample with the expected sequence of time domain symbols, for each scrambling seed number of each expected response signal; determining a maximum correlation value for each frequency shift and each frequency shifted time domain sample; summing the maximum correlation value for each frequency shift, each frequency shifted time domain sample, and each response signal; determining a peak correlation value based on the summed maximum correlation value; and determining at least the round trip time associated with the plurality of ranging signals based at least in part on the peak correlation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham K. Smith, Ryan Busser, Olivia Fernandez
  • Patent number: 11661309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the guidance for a passenger to enter a correct elevator car, belonging to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. In a method for guiding a passenger to enter a correct elevator car provided in the present invention, the movement of the passenger relative to one of a plurality of elevator cars is determined based on a change in the signal strength of a received first wireless signal; and whether the movement is a movement corresponding to entering a correct elevator car is judged based on a recognition result. The present invention can realize that a passenger is automatically guided to enter a correct elevator car by means of the change in a vibration signal and/or a voice prompt signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Adriaan Joris H. Larmuseau, Changle Li
  • Patent number: 11659354
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a first pedestrian user equipment (PUE) includes performing a ranging operation to a set of UEs, the set including at least a second PUE, and providing ranging data to a third entity, the third entity comprising a vehicle user equipment (VUE) or a road-side unit (RSU). The set of UEs may be randomly selected or selected using a selection algorithm. The set of UEs may be selected by the PUE or by the third entity. The ranging data may include the location of the first PUE, and may include a report on the battery status of the first PUE. The third entity may use the ranging data to update estimated positions of the first PUE and the set of UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Saadallah Kassir, Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Kapil Gulati
  • Patent number: 11659357
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that comprises a processing system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include obtaining timing advance data regarding a communication device served by the network; the timing advance data is collected by a network element coupled to the network device, and the network element communicates with the communication device using control-plane signaling. The timing advance data is processed using location data regarding the network element to determine a geolocation of the communication device. The geolocation is stored at a storage device; the network device and storage device are included in a secure portion of the network. The geolocation is provided to equipment of a network customer accessing the secure portion of the network via a secure interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Bartlett, Jordan Alexander, Thomas Becker
  • Patent number: 11659098
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide reminding information. In some aspect, a special event is determined to occur. In response to determining that the special event occurs, a network type currently used by a device is acquired. Historical network usage information corresponding to the network type is determined. The network type and a traffic usage situation is outputted based on the historical usage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zijun Li, Jin Huang, Fen Yang, Guoliang Li
  • Patent number: 11632188
    Abstract: A modulation and coding scheme for a transmission to an apparatus may be selected by at least sampling a posteriori probability distribution that has been calculated using a first probability distribution and a second probability distribution. The first probability distribution is calculated using at least a newest first feedback and a plurality of older first feedbacks, a first feedback indicating channel quality. The second probability distribution is calculated using at least a newest second feedback and a plurality of older second feedbacks, a second feedback indicating a success or failure of an earlier transmission transmitted from the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Jafar Mohammadi, Paolo Baracca, Mahmoud Ramezani-Mayiami, Silvio Mandelli, Andreas Weber
  • Patent number: 11627453
    Abstract: Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, and apparatus for emergency, non-persistent peer-to-peer communications to support ad hoc use of proximate UE such as in remote areas with PE coverage gaps. Specifically, UE may configured to initiate emergency communications, and accept/support such emergency communications, such that an ad hoc mesh or message relay network is formed thereby in which (hopefully) someone near the source of the emergency communication may render assistance, or at least one UE in the ad hoc network is capable of accessing a base station, eNB, or gNB so that, for example, the mobile network provider or emergency services may be alerted to the emergency situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: Saran Khalid
  • Patent number: 11627438
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer-readable media for mobile device location-based in person meeting are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Brianna Esposito, Kathryn Dunn
  • Patent number: 11621823
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for performing communication, the UE including a transceiver; and a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: control the transceiver to receive a UE capability enquiry, determine UE capability fields, except a frequency division duplexing (FDD) additional UE capability field, a time division duplexing (TDD) additional UE capability field, a frequency range 1 (FR 1) additional UE capability field and a frequency range 2 (FR 2) additional UE capability field, to include values applicable for all duplex modes and frequency ranges, and control the transceiver to transmit UE capability information based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Jaehyuk Jang, Milos Tesanovic
  • Patent number: 11621806
    Abstract: A method for determining time information is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a network node, information sent by a terminal device; and determining, by the network node, at least one of the following based on the information: a first time interval between downlink scheduling and downlink data transmission, a second time interval between the downlink data transmission and a feedback message sent by the terminal device after the terminal device receives downlink data, and a third time interval between uplink scheduling and uplink data transmission, where the information may include at least one of a subcarrier spacing, an operating band, and a bandwidth that are supported by the terminal device, and further include a first smallest value and/or a second smallest value and/or a third smallest value corresponding to the at least one item. Therefore, flexibility and accuracy of determining the time information are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinlin Peng, Javad Abdoli, Hao Tang, Zhenfei Tang, Fan Wang
  • Patent number: 11622230
    Abstract: A user equipment in a vehicle (V-UE) may transmit ranging signals, for example positioning reference signals (PRS), via inter-vehicle messages. The broadcast parameters for the ranging signals, such as the timing of transmission, the bandwidth, or a combination thereof, may be adjusted based on one or more motion characteristics of the vehicle. If high speed or large acceleration, or rate of turning, is detected, the rate of transmission and/or the resource blocks included in the ranging signals may be increased. By increasing the rate of transmission and/or recourse blocks in the ranging signals, other vehicles receiving the ranging signals may update the range more often and with greater accuracy for increased safety while the transmitting vehicle is traveling at high speeds or acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chang-Sik Choi, Kapil Gulati, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
  • Patent number: 11617054
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a position of a mobile participant of a wireless communication network, wherein the method comprises: determining (102) a first distance between the mobile participant and a stationary participant of the wireless communication network depending on a location signal transmitted by the stationary participant or the mobile participant; determining (104) a second distance between a stationary replicator unit and the mobile participant depending on a replicated signal which is transmitted by means of the stationary replicator unit depending on the location signal, and depending on a further distance between the replicator unit and the stationary participant; and determining (106) a position of the mobile participant depending on the first distance and depending on the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11611649
    Abstract: Provided is a computer implemented method and system for delivering text messages, emails, and messages from a messenger application to a user while the user is engaged in an activity, such as driving, exercising, or working. Typically, the emails and other messages are announced to the user and read aloud without any user input. In Drive Mode, while the user is driving, a clean interface is shown to the user, and the user can hear announcements and messages/emails aloud without looking at the screen of the phone, and use gestures to operate the phone. After a determination is made that a new text message and/or email has arrived, the user is informed aloud of the text message/email/messenger message and in most instances, and if the user takes no further action, the body and/or subject of the text message/email/messenger message is read aloud to the user. All messages can be placed in a single queue, and read to the user in order of receipt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MESSAGELOUD INC
    Inventor: Garin Toren