Patents Examined by Ralph H Justus
  • Patent number: 10631258
    Abstract: A wireless device receives, in a first subframe, a first DCI comprising: a first field indicating an assignment of resource blocks for transmissions via an uplink subframe; and a first trigger indicating that the first DCI is triggered in response to a second DCI. A power headroom value of a reference subframe for transmission via the resource blocks of the uplink subframe are determined. The reference subframe is later than the first subframe and earlier than the uplink subframe. A power headroom value of the reference subframe is transmitted via the uplink subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Esmael Dinan, Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 10601524
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission/reception device, a transmission/reception method, and a program that enable transmission and reception in either a two-pole configuration or a three-pole configuration by switching with the same circuit configuration in human body communication. A first switch that switches, by on or off, connection to a human body side electrode connected to one of transmission drivers each transmitting a signal by a differential output, and a second switch that switches, by on or off, connection to a space side electrode connected to the other are provided, and in the case of the two-pole configuration, the switch to which the electrode is not connected is used by being fixed to off, the switch to which the electrode is connected is turned on at the time of transmission and turned off at the time of reception, and a terminal is grounded to which the electrode is not connected among terminals connected to a reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10602337
    Abstract: A route configuration method and apparatus for a contactless application, where the method includes receiving, by a near field communication (NFC) controller (NFCC), a data frame from a peer device using a first NFC communications technology, and sending, by the NFCC, the data frame to a determined target NFC execution environment (NFCEE) in a target route entry. A plurality of communication channels exist between the NFCEE and the NFCC, and therefore a route entry includes indication information indicating that a first communication channel corresponding to the first NFC communications technology is in an active state such that when determining the target route entry, the NFCC can determine, based on the indication information in the route entry, that the route entry in which the first communication channel corresponding to the first NFC communications technology is in the active state is the target route entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingqing Mei
  • Patent number: 10581678
    Abstract: A wireless system for setting parameters includes at least one electronic device and a parameter-setting device. The electronic device has a first wireless transmission module, a processor, and a desirable device to be set. The processor is electrically connected to the first wireless transmission module and the desirable device. The parameter-setting device has a second wireless transmission module. The parameter-setting device is wirelessly connected to the processor and the desirable device through the first wireless transmission module and the second wireless transmission module. When the desirable device is shut down, the parameter-setting device transmits specification parameters to the first wireless transmission module through the second wireless transmission module to store the specification parameters into the first wireless transmission module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Mean Well (Guangzhou) Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Ming Chen, Hsin-Hung Lu
  • Patent number: 10581511
    Abstract: A device for supporting wireless communication is provided. The device includes a transceiver, an antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) front end system communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the antenna. The RF front end system may include: a RF sampling block coupled to the transceiver and configured to sample signals received from the transceiver and output voltage signals; a RF switching logic coupled to the RF sampling block to receive the voltage signals and configured to switch the front end RF system between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode; a RF transmission gain block coupled to the RF switching logic and configured to increase a transmission power of the signals received from the transceiver; and a RF receiving gain block coupled to the RF switching logic and configured to remove noise signals contained in radio frequency signals received from the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Cassia Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Kunpeng Zhang, Fuyong Zhao
  • Patent number: 10555370
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: accessing, by a push to talk (PTT) server, a PTT session with a PTT client operating in a first network; detecting, by the PTT server, a transition by the PTT client from the first network to a second network, the second network having a lower throughput or a higher latency than the first network; and adapting, by the PTT server, one or more parameters of a plurality of communication protocols in response to detecting the transition by the PTT client from the first network to the second network, the communication protocols being host layer protocols used by the PTT server to communicate with the PTT client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KODIAK NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Ravi Ayyasamy, Brahmananda R. Vempati, Krishnakant M. Patel, Bibhudatta Biswal, Shantanu Konwar, Vadiraj Villivalam
  • Patent number: 10460591
    Abstract: A personal portable communication device and system is provided which includes a handheld beacon that has a controller, a short range signal transmitter, and a power source, and at least one switch, an indicator light and a short range signal receiver that transmits and receives signals to a secondary relay communication device such as a smartphone wherein the secondary device sends second communication signals including messages according to predetermined instructions to predetermined destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Silent Beacon, LLC
    Inventor: Kenny Kelley
  • Patent number: 10454512
    Abstract: A mounting base (14) is fixed to an antenna (13) or an antenna bracket (15) for supporting the antenna (13). A baseband unit (11) and an RF unit (12) are fixed to the mounting base (14). The baseband unit (11) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed to face a back part (132) of the antenna (13) and to form a space between the back part (132) and the first enclosure (111). The RF unit (12) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed in the space formed between the back part (132) of the antenna (13) and the baseband unit (11) and is coupled to a waveguide flange (132) of the antenna (13). Thus, for example, in a configuration of a point-to-point wireless apparatus in which an RF unit and a baseband unit are separated, restrictions on installation space of the apparatus can be facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10405163
    Abstract: A communication device and method can include one or more processors operatively coupled to memory, a sensor and an output device, where the one or more processors to perform operations of discovering neighboring short range communication enabled devices such as Bluetooth LE devices, creating presence lists from the discovered devices, and transferring biometric and personal data at least to or from the communication device or at least to or from one of the discovered devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Staton Techiya, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Patent number: 10374817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for handling of unknown LCID values in a Multicast Channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a MAC PDU including at least one LCID on MCH; discarding a header field containing a first LCID and a corresponding MAC SDU indicated by the header field in the received MAC PDU if the UE does not join an MBMS service transmitted on a MTCH identified by the first LCID currently; and processing remaining parts of the MAC PDU after the header field and the corresponding MAC SDU are discarded from the MAC PDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Sunyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10320912
    Abstract: The present invention discloses A communication method for a plurality of vehicles, a vehicle and a server are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: selecting a first vehicle from the plurality of vehicles as a master device that communicates with a server, wherein the first vehicle communicates with other vehicles among the plurality of vehicles in a first communication mode, and the master device communicates with the server in a second communication mode; and using the first vehicle as a node by which at least one of the other vehicles communicates with the server. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the problem of inability of reporting in case of a fault when any of the other vehicles directly communicates with the server is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING MOBIKE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Depi Wang
  • Patent number: 10240936
    Abstract: A device and method for electronically deploying responders is provided. The device includes a communication interface and a controller having access to a map database. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication interface, a location of an incident; identify respective locations of at least two communication devices associated with respective responders; select, using the map database, different respective routes from the respective locations to the location for each of the at least two communication devices, the different respective routes selected to reduce duplication therebetween; and provide the different respective routes to each of the at least two communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Md Reduan Md Saad, Shu Khan Lee, Soon Heng Lim, Wizatul Izyan binti Wahid, Chew How Lim, Muhammad Asiff bin Muhammad Sazri
  • Patent number: 10200872
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for direct current (DC) subcarrier handling for narrowband user equipment (UE). A UE may identify a narrow bandwidth region allocated for operation within a wide bandwidth carrier, determine that the narrow bandwidth region is centered about a different frequency than a center subcarrier of the wide bandwidth carrier, and, accordingly, select an operating mode. Various operating modes may include down-converting a carrier frequency of the allocated narrow bandwidth region. A base station may support narrowband UE operation by determining that the narrow bandwidth region is centered about a different frequency than a center subcarrier of the wide bandwidth carrier and rate matching subcarriers of the narrow bandwidth region around tones of a center frequency of the narrow bandwidth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Hao Xu, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10198366
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate the transfer and reconditioning of mobile computing devices. Various embodiments can receive and store mobile computing devices, perform a variety of tests and analyses on such devices, and transfer content electronic content (such as data and software applications) and/or access to such content from a user's old mobile device to the user's new mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUTURE DIAL, INC.
    Inventors: George Huang, Jisheng Li, Dwight Sing Huang
  • Patent number: 10200869
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node, for detecting a false base station in a communications network. The network node operates in the communication network and is adapted to serve a network device via a serving Radio Access, RA, node. The network node sends a message to a network device, which message comprises configuration data configuring the network device to perform measurements in order to collect information transmitted by network nodes in a surrounding area of the network device. The network node further receives a message comprising measurement reports from the network device according to the configuration. The network node further provides an indication that a false base station is present when a difference between the received information in the measurement report and a predetermined target information is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Karl Norrman, Angelo Centonza, Marc Mowlér
  • Patent number: 10178494
    Abstract: A device for supporting wireless communication is provided. The device includes a first Bluetooth transceiver for communicating with a Bluetooth device, a second Bluetooth transceiver for communicating with a client device, one or more processors, and a memory for storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to establish, via the first Bluetooth transceiver, a first communication connection with the Bluetooth device, and transmit, via the second Bluetooth transceiver, a Bluetooth broadcast signal indicating an availability of the Bluetooth device, and establish, via the second Bluetooth transceiver, a second communication connection with the client device. The one or more processors may be further configured to receive, data directing to the Bluetooth device, from the client device via the second communication connection, and forward, the data directing to the Bluetooth device, to the Bluetooth device via the first communication connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CASSIA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Fuyong Zhao, Kunpeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10178606
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a message transmission method, a message reception method and corresponding apparatuses and storage mediums. The message transmission method may be performed by a first Bluetooth device and may involve generating, by a processor of the first Bluetooth device, a beacon frame message based on an intended interaction purpose with a second Bluetooth device, wherein the beacon frame message contains one or more fields indicating the interaction purpose, and broadcasting the beacon frame message using a Bluetooth communication interface of the first Bluetooth device. By including one or more fields indicating the intended interaction purpose within the beacon message frame, the first Bluetooth device and a second receiving Bluetooth device may be able to interact with one another without having to first establish a connection there between, thereby overcoming limitations of traditional Bluetooth communication schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Ding, Enxing Hou, Kanjie Zhu
  • Patent number: 10154466
    Abstract: A wireless device receives, in a first subframe, a first DCI comprising: a first field indicating an assignment of resource blocks for transmissions via an uplink subframe of an LAA cell; and a first trigger indicating that the first DCI is triggered in response to a second DCI indicating a second trigger. Timing of the uplink subframe is determined based at least on the second DCI. Power headroom values of a reference subframe for transmission via the resource blocks of the uplink subframe of the LAA cell are determined. The reference subframe is different from the uplink subframe. The reference subframe is a subframe after a predetermined number of subframes from the first subframe. A second DCI is received. A transport block comprising a power headroom report comprising the power headroom values of the reference subframe is transmitted, via the uplink subframe of the LAA cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Alireza Babaei
  • Patent number: 10123156
    Abstract: A method for performing near-field communication (NFC)-type operations in the far-field region using a repurposed antenna is described. The method includes determining whether to perform NFC-type operations in a near-field mode or a far-field mode. The method further includes performing NFC-type operations outside a near-field region using a repurposed antenna when in the far-field mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Brandon Butler, Magnus Olov Wiklund, Mahbod Mofidi, Alireza Hormoz Mohammadian
  • Patent number: 10122417
    Abstract: Communicating via near field communication (NFC) between a reader and an application on an NFC-enabled device. The device receives, from a reader, a selection of an application identifier (AID) proxy of the device. The proxy receives, from the reader, a query (including domain name) directed to the availability of an application on the device. The proxy determines whether the domain name corresponds to an AID of an application on the device by reference to a data store relating each domain name of each application to a corresponding AID. When the domain determined to correspond to an AID of an application on the device, the device transmits a response to the reader indicating the AID corresponding to the domain name. The device receives, from the reader, selection of the transmitted AID. The application corresponding to selected AID communicates with the reader in an NFC application protocol data unit communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Tommy Poon, Mun-Wei Low