Patents Examined by Khawar Iqbal
  • Patent number: 11818632
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for managing short data service (SDS) communication in a mission critical data (MCData) communication system. The method includes determining, by a transmitting MCData UE, whether a pre-determined criteria is met for transmitting a one-to-one standalone SDS message or a group standalone SDS message to receiving MCData UE(s). Further, the method includes determining data size of the one-to-one standalone SDS message or group standalone SDS message. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting the one-to-one standalone SDS message to the receiving MCData UE for one-to-one communication or group communication using one of a signaling control plane and a media plane based the determined data size of the one-to-one standalone SDS message or group standalone SDS message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Basavaraj Jayawant Pattan, Ricky Kumar Kaura
  • Patent number: 11818649
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate wireless authorization based on in-line assurance and tariffing information. In one example, a method may include determining, by a roaming subscriber, that a visited network is a chargeable network; querying, by the roaming subscriber, the visited network for charging policies for at least two identity realms; obtaining, by the roaming subscriber, charging policy metadata associated with the charging policies for the at least two identity realms; selecting, by the roaming subscriber, an identity realm through which to connect to the visited network based on the charging policy metadata for the at least two identity realms; and connecting to the visited network using the selected identity realm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Grayson, Jerome Henry
  • Patent number: 11812281
    Abstract: A measurement method, a terminal, and a network-side device are provided. The method applied to a terminal side includes: acquiring first system information sent by a network-side device in a case that the terminal is in a non-connected state; performing a corresponding measurement operation according to the first system information. In the present disclosure, through first system information, the terminal in a non-connected state is enabled to determine and perform a corresponding measurement operation according to the first system information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Zheng, Xiaodong Yang
  • Patent number: 11800574
    Abstract: Provided is, in 5GS, a communication unit for implementing a Vertical LAN. Provided are, in 5GS, a unit for registration of a UE, a session establishment procedure, and generation of a 5GLAN group for implementing the Vertical LAN and a 5GLAN service, a unit for starting communication using the Vertical LAN and the 5GLAN service, and the communication unit. In addition, provided are a unit for modifying a configuration of the UE registered with a network, a unit for managing an established session, a unit for deleting the 5GLAN group, a unit for deleting the UE from the 5GLAN group, and a unit for stopping communication using the Vertical LAN and the 5GLAN service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11800330
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes an application which is loaded onto the mobile devices of attendees who will be attending festivals, concerts, etc, where the large crowds attending the event will create wireless and mobile network congestion. The application will enable the attendees and promoters to communicate without the need for a network connection. Communication and instructions are communicated between attendees and promoters using encoded network signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Glen Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11785651
    Abstract: A device management system according to one embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to obtain a proximity notification that represents a situation in which a portable connection source device is in proximity to one geographical range; and a list generating unit configured to transmit a candidate list representing candidate connection destination devices to the connection source device in response to the proximity notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Nozomi Matsumoto, Takashi Okada, Kazuoki Ichikawa, Tatsuya Nishizaki
  • Patent number: 11785521
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the intelligent, automated, and dynamic selection of anchor evolved Node Bs (“eNBs”) for Next Generation Node Bs (“gNBs”) in a Non-Standalone (“NSA”) wireless network environment. An eNB may be selected as an anchor eNB based on distance to a particular gNB, and one or more sectors of the anchor eNB may be selected as anchors based on coverage areas associated with the sectors. Sectors of additional eNBs may be identified based on frequent handovers between the identified sectors of the anchor eNB and sectors of the additional eNBs. Selected eNBs and/or sectors may be notified of the designation as an anchor, and may thus provide gNB carrier information to connected User Equipment (“UE”), which may facilitate the connection of such UEs to the gNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Yasir Nazir Bhatti, Shaun Robert Pola, Gunjan Thakkar
  • Patent number: 11751062
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a first device at a second device for two wirelessly communicating devices, the method comprising: determining the distance between the two devices based on a property of a received communication; at each device, determining at least one shared physical layer property of the communication channel between the two devices; and authenticating the first device based on the determined distance between the two devices and the determined physical layer property of the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor B.V.
    Inventor: Joek de Haas
  • Patent number: 11750551
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for delayed message notification associated with a content item. The system can receive a notification from a first user and intended for a second user, and can comprise a message, a content identifier, and a timestamp indicating a relative time within a content item associated with the content identifier. The system can transmit, to a device associated with the second user, a portion of the notification. In one implementation, the system can receive an indication that the second user's device is presenting the content item, and cause the message to be presented to the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Amman Sabet, Christopher Hungate
  • Patent number: 11729625
    Abstract: Associating a user service with a telephony identifier. The user service is accessible by a user of a telephony device via an application on the telephony device. The telephony device is operable in a radio telephony network (RTN) and is contactable via the telephony identifier when operating in the RTN. Network equipment: communicates, between the network equipment and the application on the telephony device, first data comprising a communicated token; receives, from the telephony device, second data comprising a received token, wherein the second data is received from the telephony device via an RTN-native service; receives, from a network node in the RTN, the telephony identifier in control signalling associated with the RTN-native service; and based at least on correlating the received token with the communicated token, associates the received telephony identifier with the user service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Metaswitch Networks Ltd.
    Inventor: Mark Stewart
  • Patent number: 11722985
    Abstract: A system may include one or more processors and a host unit installed in a support structure of a building, the host unit including a communication module configured to send or receive communication data with at least one or more additional host units installed in the building, where the one or more processors are configured to measure an attribute of the sent or received communication data and detect a presence of an object based on a threshold change in the measured attribute of the sent or received communication data between the host unit and the one or more additional host units. The attribute can be an angle-of-signal (AoS) arrival of the communication between the host unit and each of the one or more additional host units, where the threshold change in the measured attribute is a threshold change in the measured AoS arrival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Travis J. McQueen, Clark Della Silva, Scott G. Johnston, Wade R. Barnett, Christopher Merrill, Jay C. Couch
  • Patent number: 11706825
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of routing a call in a femtocell network are disclosed. In one example call routing method, a call is originated from the mobile station via a femtocell access point and the call is transmitted to a femtocell gateway, a mobile switching center and a carrier gateway server and onto an enterprise gateway server to obtain policy information. A routing policy is determined based on the obtained policy information and the call is routed to its destination based on the routing policy. The call may be routed via local media from a femtocell access point directly to the enterprise gateway server. The call routing procedures may implement the Iuh protocol and/or the session initiation protocol (SIP) for call signaling in the femtocell network. Call routing may be performed in a wireless cellular communications network or an enterprise network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Patricia A. Landgren, Andrew Silver
  • Patent number: 11689912
    Abstract: A method for conducting a velocity check for outbound subscribers roaming to neighboring countries includes receiving, by a network gateway associated with a home country from an MSC associated with a neighboring country, an ingress signaling message related to a mobile device roaming in the neighboring country, sending, to an HLR in the home country, an interrogation request message containing a mobile subscriber identifier, and receiving an interrogation response message containing age of location information and cell identifier information corresponding to the mobile subscriber identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikita Satish Nair, Rajeev Chaurasia, Vipin Kumar
  • Patent number: 11683088
    Abstract: Access, mobility management and regulatory services are supported for satellite access to a 5G core network. A coverage area, e.g., a country or region, is divided into fixed virtual cells and fixed tracking areas. The UE receives configuration information for fixed cells and fixed tracking areas associated with a serving PLMN. The fixed cells and the fixed tracking areas are defined, independently of each other, as fixed geographic areas. A position of the UE is used to determine a fixed serving cell and/or fixed tracking area for the UE. A service operation for the UE is enabled for the serving PLMN based on the fixed serving cell or the fixed tracking area. A fixed cell may be associated with an overlapping fixed tracking area by assigning a color code to the tracking area and appending the color code to an ID for the fixed cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 11678290
    Abstract: A connection management resource tracks multiple instances of a mobile communication device wirelessly connecting to each of multiple wireless access points at different times to access a remote network. Based on the tracking, the connection management resource determines a set of the multiple wireless access points that reside in a first geographical region. The connection management resource then assigns a selected wireless access point such as a first wireless access point from the set as being a default wireless access point in which to provide the mobile communication device wireless connectivity to the remote network. In one situation, the connection management resource assigns the first wireless access point as the default wireless access point in response to detecting that the mobile communication device most frequently, amongst the multiple instances, establishes wireless connectivity with the first wireless access point to access the remote network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Erik A. Anderson, Loay O. Kreishan
  • Patent number: 11671530
    Abstract: A mobile device can include ranging circuitry to determine distance to another mobile device. A first wireless protocol can establish an initial communication session to perform authentication and/or exchange ranging settings. A second protocol can perform ranging, and other wireless protocols can transmit content. In one example, the distance information can be used to display a relative position of another device on a user interface of a sending device. The user interface can allow a user to quickly and accurately select the recipient device for sending the data item. As other example, the distance information obtained from ranging can be used to trigger a notification (e.g., a reminder) to be output from a first mobile device or used to display a visual indicator on a receiving device. Proximity of a device (e.g., as determined by a distance) can be used to suggest recipient for a new communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brent M. Ledvina, Marc J. Krochmal, Robert W. Brumley, Sriram Hariharan
  • Patent number: 11665662
    Abstract: Disclosed is an access point, which is a registrant desiring to register with a multiple access point network. A wireless communication terminal comprises: a transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and a processor for processing the wireless signal. The processor receives a first device provisioning protocol (DPP) message from a controller of the multiple access point network when the access point is onboarding to the multiple access point network by using a DPP, obtains, from the first DPP message, information on a channel on which the DPP is performed, and transmits a second DPP message to the controller in the channel indicated by the information on the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11647549
    Abstract: A communication apparatus receives a signal that requests for communication parameter(s) from a first other communication apparatus that connects to a wireless network by using the communication parameter(s), determines whether or not the communication parameter(s) have been provided to a second other communication apparatus that constructs the wireless network, upon receiving the signal, and notifies the first other communication apparatus of the fact that the communication parameter(s) have not been provided to the second other communication apparatus in a case where it is determined that the communication parameter(s) have not been provided to the second other communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Minakawa
  • Patent number: 11641422
    Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow for deploying third-party callback to be performed on a mobile device. For example, the mobile device may configure a third-party callback to be performed after a triggering event is detected by a remote device. The triggering event may relate to a remote device associated with the mobile device. A determination may be made as to whether the mobile device is within a pre-determined proximity of the remote device. If the two devices are in proximity and if the mobile device receives a message that indicates the triggering event has been detected, the mobile device may perform the third-party callback. In this way, a user's need to request services conveniently and accurately is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt, Galen Rafferty, Reza Farivar, Vincent Pham, Anh Truong, Mark Watson, Austin Walters
  • Patent number: 11638294
    Abstract: Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can compare capabilities supported by the UE with capabilities available to the UE (e.g., in a geographic area of the UE) to determine whether the UE can display the 5G service indicator. In some examples, such capabilities can be determined based at least in part on E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Humbert, Terri L. Brooks, Ming Shan Kwok, Scott Francis Migaldi, Wafik Abdel Shahid