Patents Examined by George Eng
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Patent number: 10713932Abstract: Methods of issuing an emergency alert in a geographical area serviced by a Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) satellite and a terrestrial Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) base station are provided. A method includes receiving a first emergency alert message from the MSS satellite by a user equipment in the geographical area using a first radio frequency band, and receiving a second emergency alert message from the terrestrial BWA base station by the user equipment in the geographical area using a second radio frequency band. Related devices and systems are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TELCOM VENTURES, LLCInventor: Rajendra Singh
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Patent number: 10694381Abstract: A wireless communication service subscriber authentication platform includes a processor, memory, and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor: receives a request to authenticate a user from an enterprise (the request identifies a phone number of a user equipment device (UE) and an identity of a mobile communication service subscriber associated with the UE); determines a wireless communication service provider that provides wireless communication service to the UE based on the phone number of the UE; sends a request for information about the mobile communication service subscriber to the wireless communication service provider (the information request comprises the phone number of the UE and the identity of the subscriber); receives information from the wireless communication service provider determined to provide service to the UE; and sends an authentication response to the enterprise.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Michael A. Gailloux, Lauren Ricardo St. Aubyn King
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Patent number: 10687218Abstract: Methods and apparatus for wireless communication are described. A method may include receiving at a user equipment (UE) a number of allocated interlaces for an uplink transmission over a shared spectrum, each of which may include a plurality of non-contiguous resource blocks (RB) of the shared spectrum. In some cases, the number of allocated interlaces is unsupported by joint interlace precoding hardware of the UE and the allocated interlaces may be partitioned into subsets of interlaces which may be a size supported by the joint interlace precoding hardware. Reference signals may be generated for the RBs of the allocated interlaces according to a reference signal sequence based on an ordering of the RBs for the allocated interlaces within the shared spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo, Durga Prasad Malladi, Naga Bhushan, Yongbin Wei, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tingfang Ji, Ravi Teja Sukhavasi
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Patent number: 10677928Abstract: A method of processing offset carrier modulated, OCM, ranging signals in a radionavigation system including a plurality of satellite-borne transmitters and at least one ground-based receiver includes receiving a first radionavigation signal from at least one of the plurality of satellite-borne transmitters and down-converting and digitizing the first radionavigation signal to derive therefrom a first OCM signal SA, receiving a second signal SB synchronously broadcast with the first OCM signal SA, the second signal SB having the same or substantially the same center frequency as the first OCM signal SA, coherently combining the first OCM signal SA with the second signal SB at the receiver to generate a combined signal SC, generating a combined correlation value YC corresponding to a correlation of the combined signal SC with a local replica of the first OCM signal SC, and deriving ranging information based on the combined correlation value YC.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: THE EUROPEAN UNION, REPRESENTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONInventors: James T. Curran, Matteo Paonni, Michele Bavaro, Joaquim Fortuny-Guasch
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Patent number: 10674117Abstract: A method and system for enhancement of video systems using wireless device proximity detection. The enhanced video system consists of one or more video capture devices along with one or more sensors detecting the presence of devices with some form of wireless communications enabled. The proximity of a device communicating wirelessly is sensed and cross referenced with received video image information. Through time, movement of wirelessly communicating mobile devices through a venue or set of venues can be deduced and additionally cross referenced to and augmented over image data from the set of video capture devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: INPIXON CANADA, INC.Inventors: James Francis Hallett, Kirk Arnold Moir
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Patent number: 10673128Abstract: A portable cellular site includes a modular shelter having pre-configured equipment to communicate with a telecommunication facility, wherein the shelter has the approximate dimensions of a standard International Organization for Standardization (ISO) freight container; a door to enter the shelter; a computer rack to receive computer equipment; a radio unit rack to receive wireless communication equipment; and air conditioning machine to cool the shelter interior.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Maverick Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Eddy Dominguez
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Patent number: 10667238Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for allowing multiple P-RNTIs to be supported using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, a method for wireless communication by a base station (BS) generally includes receiving, from a core network, a paging message for a user equipment (UE) comprising a paging identifier and a paging offset; determining a plurality of available paging identifiers for the UE associated with the paging offset; selecting, from the plurality of available paging identifiers, at least a first paging identifier to associate with a first UE based on the paging identifier; and paging the first UE using the first paging identifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Gavin Bernard Horn, Aziz Gholmieh, Yongsheng Shi, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam
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Patent number: 10667133Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an attempt to reroute a communication channel between a port of a security module and a port of a near-field communication router, which are in a telecommunication device, wherein, upon receiving a message in a near-field communication format, the security module verifies from which port of the communication router said message originates.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Proton World International N.V.Inventors: Thierry Huque, Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze
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Patent number: 10658732Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a display unit; a metal bracket comprising a middle frame provided in a rear surface of the display unit; and a side frame partially distant from the middle frame and configured to define a lateral surface; a main board loaded in a rear surface of the bracket; a rear case configured to cover the main board and define an external appearance of a rear surface; and a first conductive pattern formed in an inner surface of the rear case, wherein the main board comprises a first feeding portion connected with the side frame; a second feeding portion connected with the first conductive pattern; and a first grounding portion connected with the side frame and the first conductive pattern and located between the first feeding portion and the second feeding portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Duckyun Kim, Yunmo Kang, Byungwoon Jung
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Patent number: 10652725Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for obtaining and using Device-to-Device (D2D) related information for a node (e.g., a wireless device or a network node) in a cellular communications network to perform one or more mobility operations for a wireless device. Embodiments of a method of operation of a network node for operation in the cellular communications system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method of operation of the network node in the cellular communications system comprises obtaining D2D related information for one or more nodes in the cellular communications system, and using the D2D related information to perform one or more mobility operations associated with the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Iana Siomina, Bengt Lindoff
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Patent number: 10652695Abstract: Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device (100) in a radio communications network, by transmitting radio signals from a plurality of first network transmitters (200, 300, 400); receiving, in the network, a measurement signal from the portable electronic device, which measurement signal comprises, for each transmitted radio signal, a plurality of data samples obtained in the electronic device from the respective transmitted signal at different time points during a measurement period with movement of the portable electronic device (100), and local position data associated to each data sample obtained from a local positioning unit in the electronic device, so as to form a synthetic antenna array; obtaining, a direction measurement between the electronic device and the first network transmitter from the synthetic antenna array; obtaining geographic location data for the first network transmitter; and identifying geographic location data of the portable electronic device based on the direType: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Magnus Persson, Anders Berggren, Lars Nord, Peter C. Karlsson
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Patent number: 10645579Abstract: An account login method includes receiving a login request command sent by a second terminal, the login request command carrying an account and a second terminal identifier. The method further includes detecting whether a device lock flag corresponding to the account is unlocked and that a state corresponding to the second terminal identifier is that a device lock is locked. If yes, the method further includes acquiring a first terminal identifier corresponding to the account, a state corresponding to the first terminal identifier being that the device lock is unlocked and implementing a login of the account on the second terminal by using a first terminal corresponding to the first terminal identifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Ningbo Jiang, Qinglei Feng, Zheng Jiang, Lei Qin, Jiwei Guo, Jie Zhao, Jun Ma, Siwei Zhou, Xing Chen
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Patent number: 10645586Abstract: The described techniques provide for partitioning resources to coordinate wireless communications between one or more network operating entities within a shared spectrum. Partitioning resources may include assigning certain types of communication for each network operating entity to certain time intervals within a larger time frame. For example, a network operating entity may be assigned time intervals for exclusive communication, time intervals for prioritized communication with respect to other network operating entities, and time intervals for opportunistic communication.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Michael Mingxi Fan, Juan Montojo, Naga Bhushan, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Ahmed Kamel Sadek
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Patent number: 10638254Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for handling an early position fix for LPP-type positioning sessions, such as for use in or with mobile communication devices, for example.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Amit Jain, Govind Ram Venkat Narayan, Santosh Munirathna
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Patent number: 10638269Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for visualizing spatio-temporal data of a user location. In one example, the method may include receiving spatio-temporal movement information of a first user device associated with a first user, and receiving spatio-temporal movement information of a second user device associated with a second user, identifying a point in time when the first user and the second user could have met based on the received spatio-temporal movement information of the first and second user devices, outputting, via a user interface, a first timeline indicating movement of the first user device over time and a second timeline indicating movement of the second user device over time, and displaying a visual indicator with respect to the first and second timelines indicating the identified point in time when the first and second users could have met.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Udo Klein, Holger Knospe, Lukas Melzer
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Patent number: 10638373Abstract: A state transition method of a wireless communication system is provided. A network transition request is transmitted by a wireless electronic device to a first base station of a first network. The network transition request includes an assistance information of the wireless communication device. A handover request including the assistance information is transmitted by the first base station to a second base station of a second network. A handover message is generated and transmitted by the second base station to the first base station in response to the handover request. A state transition message is generated and transmitted by the first base station to the wireless communication device in response to the handover message. The wireless communication device transitions from an RRC inactive state of the first network to a first state of the second network in response to the state transition message.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Chie-Ming Chou, Yung-Lan Tseng
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Patent number: 10638263Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device in a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method. The electronic device comprises: one or more processing circuits, wherein the processing circuits are configured to execute the following operations: acquiring an on/off state of a small cell base station in a pre-determined geographical area; and on the basis of the acquired on/off state of the small cell base station, generating reconfiguration information about a positioning reference signal (PRS) used for the small cell base station in the pre-determined geographical area, so as to position user equipment in the pre-determined geographical area. By using the electronic device and the wireless communication method in the present disclosure, an existing PRS signal can be reconfigured, so as to improve the positioning accuracy, and achieve the purpose of accelerating the positioning process.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hui Tian, Yang Liu, Xi Ke, Mingyang Li, Xinchen Lu, Yi Zhang
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Patent number: 10631300Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining a communication beam. The method includes receiving, via a user equipment, at least two beams; acquiring beam information of the received beams; selecting a target beam from the received beams based on the beam information; and transmitting information via the target beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Jiangtao Huang
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Patent number: 10623115Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for applying transmitter beamforming for self-interference cancellation. According to aspects, a method generally includes in an acquisition phase, iteratively acquiring received power measurements for different receive chains for transmissions sent via a plurality of beam directions; estimating a self-interference subspace eigenvector based, at least in part, on the received power measurements; based on the estimated self-interference subspace eigenvector, performing a local search of a nullspace to identify a filtering eigenvector; and applying the filtering eigenvector to one or more transmission chains to cancel self-interference on one or more receive chains.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Pierpaolo Vallese, Nicola Varanese
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Patent number: 10616363Abstract: Provided are techniques for collecting data associated with a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device is executing a session associated with a mobile application over a wireless connection; assigning a corresponding weight value to each datum of the constraint data; generating a score for the communication session based upon the data wherein each datum is modified based upon the corresponding weight; and, in response to a determination that the score falls within a first range, store a context corresponding to the session in a persistent data storage and extend the session; in response to a determination that the score falls within a second range, distinct from the first range, store the context in the persistent data storage and maintain the session as a transient session; and, in response to a determination that the score does not fall within wither the first or second ranges, terminate the session.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dustin K. Amrhein, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Nitin Gaur