Patents Examined by Quoc D. Tran
  • Electronic device including rotation camera
    Patent number: 11405496
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a front part, a rear part including an opening, a camera module disposed in the opening and configured to rotate depending on a slide operation of the front part. The front part is configured to slide between a first position in which the front part and the rear part are aligned, a second position in which portion of the opening is exposed in a direction toward a front surface of the front part, or a third position in which the opening is exposed in the direction toward the front surface of the front part. The camera module is configured to face a direction away from a rear surface of the front part based on the front part being in the first position and to face the direction toward the front surface of the front part based on the front part being in the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dohyung Ha, Wonseok Oh, Saewon Kwon, Kisung Kim, Sangkyu Park, Junghyuck Im
  • Key structure, key input method and electronic device using the same
    Patent number: 11405500
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a key structure, a key input method, and an electronic device using the same, and an operating method of an electronic device includes: identifying an input operation, by comparing output values of at least two sensors provided on a side surface of the electronic device and a threshold value; determining whether a function corresponding to the identified input operation exists; and, based on the corresponding function existing, executing the corresponding function. Accordingly, the electronic device can receive various input operations under a keyless structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsoo Kim, Joohan Kim, Gwangho Choi, Yeunwook Lim
  • Fitting devices, server devices and methods of remote configuration of a hearing device
    Patent number: 11399243
    Abstract: A method performed by a fitting device, the fitting device being a part of a hearing system configured for remotely configuring a hearing device, the method includes: obtaining hearing device data comprising a hearing device identifier of the hearing device; obtaining a session key; generating a configuration initiation request based on the session key and the hearing device identifier; transmitting the configuration initiation request to a server device; receiving a configuration initiation response from the server device, the configuration initiation response comprising configuration keying material; generating a configuration package based on configuration data for the hearing device and based on the configuration keying material, the configuration package comprising configuration package data; and transmitting the configuration package to the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Allan Munk Vendelbo
  • Call classification through analysis of DTMF events
    Patent number: 11388490
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for call classification and for training a model for call classification, an example method comprising: receiving DTMF information from a plurality of calls; determining, for each of the calls, a feature vector including statistics based on DTMF information such as DTMF residual signal comprising channel noise and additive noise; training a model for classification; comparing a new call feature vector to the model; predicting a device type and geographic location based on the comparison of the new call feature vector to the model; classifying the call as spoofed or genuine; and authenticating a call or altering an IVR call flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Gaubitch, Scott Strong, John Cornwell, Hassan Kingravi, David Dewey
  • Providing audio announcement to called parties
    Patent number: 11388279
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network. The method includes receiving communication from a calling party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party. The information comprises one or more audio files. The method then provides the audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Monica Rose Martino, Kevin V. Nguyen, M. Gregory Smith
  • Parameters for overlay handling for immersive teleconferencing and telepresence for remote terminals
    Patent number: 11381777
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system for video conferencing is provided. Video data associated with an immersive teleconferencing session is received. A parameter associated with the video data is identified, whereby the parameter specifies overlay data associated with the immersive teleconferencing session. The video data is displayed with one or more overlays based on the identified parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Abhishek, Iraj Sodagar
  • Systems and methods for instant serverless video chat with pre-loaded content
    Patent number: 11375156
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an instant serverless video chat created for speedy sales enablement and face to face interactions. The systems described herein may be implemented as a button, link, or QR code, which, when triggered, automatically opens a video chat session with a company representative. The system includes features such as preloading content for quick and simple content sharing, fillable forms within the video chat window, note-taking, internal chat, and the ability for managers to listen in, assist and, join the video chat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Venditio Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio A. Fernandez, Sergio M. Fernandez
  • User interfaces for managing contacts on another electronic device
    Patent number: 11363137
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a supervising electronic device manages communication restrictions of a supervised electronic device. In some embodiments, a supervised electronic device presents user interfaces that enforce one or more communication restrictions configured by a supervising electronic device when communicating with other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Pablo F. Caro
  • Electronic apparatus for displaying content and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11354035
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a case including a first frame and a second frame configured to slide and extend with respect to the first frame; a flexible display wound over a first surface and a second surface of the case, wherein a first area of the flexible display on the first surface is increased or decreased in size based on a sliding movement of the second frame with respect to the first frame; and a controller configured to display content associated with an application in the first area, in response to an event, display notification information associated with the event in the first area, and in response to a first input to a second area of the flexible display on the second surface of the case, display at least a portion of content associated with the event in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Euitaek Oh, Shinhui Ahn, Juhye Lee
  • Offline charging of communications services
    Patent number: 11349996
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method for offline charging performed by an anchoring node of a telecommunications network. The anchoring node can send a request to an online charging system (OCS), where the request is for online metering of a call by a subscriber of the telecommunications network. The anchoring node may obtain an indication of an exception to the online metering of the call. In response, the anchoring node can perform a default call handling (DCH) procedure to allow the call on the telecommunications network despite an inability to perform the online metering. The anchoring node also generates a modified charging detail record (CDR) that includes an indication of the exception. The anchoring node can then send a message, which includes at least an indication of the modified CDR, to enable a mediation server to perform offline charging for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jyot Kumar, Nitin Bhakri
  • System and method for automatically adjusting key frame quantization parameter and frame rate
    Patent number: 11343467
    Abstract: A new real-time video communication system and method improves the clarity of shared screen by automatically adjusting the key frame's quantization parameter values. The adjustment depends on the underlying network's connection condition. When the connection bandwidth deteriorates, the key frame's quantization parameter value is further decreased on the value output from a standard H.264 encoder to derive a desirable quantization parameter value and thus achieve a desirable user experience of the shared screen. Moreover, the new real-time video communication system and method adjusts the frame rate of the shared screen based on the present quantization parameter value to achieve a more desirable user experience of the screen sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Agora Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiang Li, Zheyuan Zhang
  • Authentication and control of incoming communication
    Patent number: 11336765
    Abstract: An incoming communication processing system and method is disclosed for providing communication and data services to residents of a controlled facility. Specifically, the incoming communication processing system allows outside parties to initiate communications to residents of a controlled facility. The incoming communication processing system may work in conjunction with or separately from an outgoing communication processing system. Many restrictions and safeguards may be implemented within the incoming communication system in order to prevent improper use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • System and method for enabling trusted caller identity and spoofed call prevention
    Patent number: 11330098
    Abstract: A system and method of verifying a caller identification utilizing a server that communicates with a computing device capable of monitoring communication networks for specific communications from an enterprise voice network. The server can push a spoof prevention contact list to user devices. Additionally, the server can receive notifications from the computing device in response to user inputs that allow match analysis to occur with the information in the received notifications. When a match is found, the server can send a notification to a user device to modify a contact name in the spoof prevention list stored in the user device. After a specified time, the contact name can be altered back to the original state. As an example, the contact name in the spoof prevention list may start out as “unverified call,” and be changed temporarily to “verified call” upon receipt of the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sevis Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Fletcher Perry Hamilton, Krishna Kanth Korlepara, Muhammad Shaiq, Ronald Christopher Gomez
  • Display apparatus and control methods thereof
    Patent number: 11323658
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-wook Jeong, Sung-hye Lee, Sung-hyun Jang, Kwan-min Lee, Sang-hee Lee
  • Case management virtual assistant to enable predictive outputs
    Patent number: 11323564
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a customer service interaction estimation operation, comprising: training a customer service interaction estimation system using a training dataset of cases to provide a trained predictive model; identifying current open cases via the customer service interaction system; applying the trained predictive model to the current open cases to identify low customer experience cases; generating an estimation output relating to the current open cases, the estimation output identifying an open case subset of cases having a high risk of high effort to resolve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Patrick Dwane, Henrique C. Wisnieski
  • Method and system for providing additional information to called parties
    Patent number: 11297180
    Abstract: A system for providing additional information to called parties, the system comprises a base unit device for sending additional information to called parties, the base unit comprises a microprocessor, at least one Ethernet port, at least one telephone port, a first transceiver, and a first wireless antenna; and a display unit for receiving the additional information from the base unit device and displaying the additional information to the called parties, the display unit comprises a second transceiver, a liquid crystal display, a second wireless antenna, and a set of keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: James N. White, Monica Rose Martino, M. Gregory Smith, Thomas M. Buie
  • Gaze-tracking-based image downscaling for multi-party video communication
    Patent number: 11297332
    Abstract: In some embodiments, gaze-tracking-based image downscaling for multi-party video communication may be provided. In some embodiments, a set of gaze locations may be received from a set of receiving devices during concurrent video communication sessions between the receiving devices and a sending device. Different collections of positions may be determined based on the gaze locations, and, for each such collection, a spatial indicator (e.g., a bounded region) may be determined. A first downscaled encoding of the source image (from the sending device) may be generated based on the first spatial indicator, and a second downscaled encoding of the source image may be generated based on the second spatial indicator, etc. The downscaled encodings may then be sent to the respective receiving devices during the concurrent video communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Walters, Alvin Hua, Anh Truong, Vincent Pham, Ernest Kwak, Galen Rafferty, Jeremy Goodsitt
  • Mobile terminal
    Patent number: 11283910
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first frame, a second frame slidable from the first frame in a first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a slide frame movable in the first direction with respect to the second frame, a flexible display unit including a first, a second region, and a third region, and a driver for providing a force to move the second frame, wherein the driver includes a first driver part positioned on the first frame, a second driver part coupled to the second frame, wherein the second driver part receives the driving force to move the second frame while moving in the first direction n with respect to the first driver part, a stopping groove defined in the second driver part, a stopper fastened to the stopping groove, and an electromagnet for inserting or spacing the stopper into or from the stopping groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Dohui Lee
  • Foldable camera module and mobile terminal
    Patent number: 11277505
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foldable camera module and a mobile terminal including the same. The foldable camera module includes: a camera body housed in a groove on an outer surface of the mobile terminal; a flexible connecting line, an end of which is connected to the camera body; and a fixing member connected to the flexible connecting line and configured to fix the camera body. The camera body can be folded away from the groove in a predetermined direction by the flexible connecting line and fixed to a predetermined position by the fixing member. Therefore, shooting with different angles can be achieved with only one camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: JRD Communication (Shenzhen) LTD.
    Inventor: Liang Luo
  • Systems, methods, and storage media for testing local loops of telecommunications networks
    Patent number: 11277509
    Abstract: Automatic testing/analysis of local loops of telecommunications networks includes obtaining bits-per-tone data for a local loop of a telecommunications network and generating a bit value string from the bits-per-tone data. The bit value string is then analyzed to determine whether it includes a bit pattern indicative of an impairment of the local loop. Further approaches for automatically testing local loops of telecommunications networks include obtaining attenuation data for multiple tones carried by the local loop and determining whether the attenuation data falls below thresholds for providing a service using the local loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Woldahl, Erik V. Helfrich, Michael J. Durkin, Larry J. North, Abid Khan