Patents by Inventor Edward Robert Hall
Edward Robert Hall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11838383Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, by an edge enabler client of the UE, to trigger generation of a shadow application context to support an application that is associated with an application context and that is served by an edge network device. The UE may determine, by the edge enabler client, to transfer support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context, and transfer, by the edge enabler client, support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context. In some aspects, an application context may be transferred between a UE and an edge network directly, without the shadow application context. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Edward Robert Hall, Alan Soloway, Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi
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Publication number: 20230389060Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of a mobile device for allocating resources to a plurality of mobile devices in communication with an Edge network. The processor may receive from the plurality of mobile devices one or more capabilities of each mobile device related to a computing task in which the plurality of mobile devices are participating. The processor may determine a fairness result for the plurality of computing devices based on the one or more capabilities of each mobile device and the computing task. The processor may allocate resources to each of the plurality of mobile devices based on the determined fairness result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Alan Soloway, Edward Robert Hall, Thomas Stockhammer
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Publication number: 20230362129Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may store, in a domain name system (DNS) cache, DNS information associated with an edge application server at which an application context, associated with an application client resident on the UE, is located. The UE may receive a first message associated with a handover of the UE or a second message associated with a transfer of the application context. The UE may modify the DNS cache, by updating the DNS information or flushing the DNS information, based at least in part on receiving the first message or the second message. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Edward Robert HALL, Dario Serafino TONESI, Sunghoon KIM, Haris ZISIMOPOULOS
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Patent number: 11743808Abstract: Systems and methods for user equipment (UE) triggered edge computing application context relocation in an edge computing application architecture are described. For example, in facilitating relocation of an application context from a source edge application server (S-EAS) served by a source edge enabler server (S-EES) to a target EAS (T-EAS) served by a target EES (T-EES), S-EES centric and/or T-EES centric UE triggered application context relocation procedures may be implemented. In accordance with S-EES centric and/or T-EES centric UE triggered application context relocation procedures of some examples, a UE may take primary responsibility with respect to the application context transfer. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sunghoon Kim, Edward Robert Hall, Alan Soloway, Tom Chin
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Patent number: 11716749Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of a mobile device for allocating resources to a plurality of mobile devices in communication with an Edge network. The processor may receive from the plurality of mobile devices one or more capabilities of each mobile device related to a computing task in which the plurality of mobile devices are participating. The processor may determine a fairness result for the plurality of computing devices based on the one or more capabilities of each mobile device and the computing task. The processor may allocate resources to each of the plurality of mobile devices based on the determined fairness result.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alan Soloway, Edward Robert Hall, Thomas Stockhammer
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Patent number: 11689637Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for establishment and maintenance of edge data network services. A user equipment (UE) may register one or more application clients for edge services at an edge application server. In order to maintain edge application servers that are continuing to be used by the UE, an edge enabler server at the edge data network, an edge enabler client at the UE, or both, may initiate a timer that is used to confirm the edge application server is continuing to be used. Such techniques may help prevent resources from being consumed after the edge services are no longer needed, such as after the UE no longer needs the edge services or the UE has moved outside of an area associated with the edge services.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alan Soloway, Edward Robert Hall, Tom Chin, Ajith Tom Payyappilly
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Patent number: 11683747Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE may be configured to transmit a message indicating an identifier (ID) associated with an application to a first edge computing system; receive first information associated with the application in response to transmitting the message, the first information indicating whether at least one second edge computing system configured to provide the application is accessible through at least one cell; and determine a set of cells through which the at least one second edge computing system is accessible based on the first information.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Edward Robert Hall, Tom Chin, Alan Soloway, Ajith Tom Payyappilly
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Patent number: 11563828Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a connection with an edge application server are provided. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network establishes a connection with an edge application server to offload the data processing of an application executing on the UE to the edge application server. The UE communicates key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the application to the edge data network. The KPIs indicate the resources that application uses to process the data. In response, the UE receives edge application server parameters from multiple servers in the edge data network that meet or exceed the KPIs. The parameters include compute, graphical compute, memory and storage parameters with various levels of specificity. The UE selects one of the edge application servers to process the data on behalf of the application based on the parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Edward Robert Hall, Alan Soloway, Prashanth Haridas Hande, Imed Bouazizi
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Patent number: 11297467Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a system, method, and apparatus for providing multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) operations in a wireless communication system. In some aspects of the present disclosure, the system, method and apparatus may provide flexibility for an application server to select one or more MBMS service delivery functionalities supported by a network device for transmission of multimedia content to a mobile device. The MBMS service delivery functionalities selected by the application server may be a subset of a plurality of MBMS service delivery functionalities supported by the network device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Haris Zisimopoulos, Lorenzo Casaccia, Edward Robert Hall, Thomas Stockhammer
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Publication number: 20220104010Abstract: In embodiments of systems and methods for synchronous content presentation, an Edge server device may receive a decryption key for an encrypted content segment that is or will be delivered to a plurality of wireless devices over the wireless communication network, and may send the decryption key to the plurality of wireless devices after the encrypted content segment has been received by the plurality of wireless devices in a manner that enables the plurality of wireless devices to decrypt the encrypted content segment approximately simultaneously. A wireless device may receive, and optionally temporarily store, the encrypted content segment from the wireless communication network, receive the decryption key from the Edge server device after receiving the encrypted content segment, and decrypt the stored encrypted content segment using the received decryption key.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Edward Robert HALL, Imed BOUAZIZI, Nikolai Konrad LEUNG
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Patent number: 11277305Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for configuration of edge data networks based on current and projected future locations of a user equipment (UE). The UE may provide one or more expected future locations based on routing information of the UE, a polygon associated with one or more current or future UE locations, a waypoint set of the UE, and the like. Based on the provided one or more future locations, the edge data network may provide to the UE one or more edge data network configurations for different UE locations. As the UE moves to different locations, different edge data network configurations may be used, thereby enhancing efficiency of UE operation in the edge data network.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Edward Robert Hall, Mahmoud Watfa, Alan Soloway, Tom Chin
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Publication number: 20220015018Abstract: Systems and methods for user equipment (UE) triggered edge computing application context relocation in an edge computing application architecture are described. For example, in facilitating relocation of an application context from a source edge application server (S-EAS) served by a source edge enabler server (S-EES) to a target EAS (T-EAS) served by a target EES (T-EES), S-EES centric and/or T-EES centric UE triggered application context relocation procedures may be implemented. In accordance with S-EES centric and/or T-EES centric UE triggered application context relocation procedures of some examples, a UE may take primary responsibility with respect to the application context transfer. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Edward Robert Hall, Alan Soloway, Tom Chin
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Publication number: 20210337043Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, by an edge enabler client of the UE, to trigger generation of a shadow application context to support an application that is associated with an application context and that is served by an edge network device. The UE may determine, by the edge enabler client, to transfer support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context, and transfer, by the edge enabler client, support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context. In some aspects, an application context may be transferred between a UE and an edge network directly, without the shadow application context. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Edward Robert HALL, Alan SOLOWAY, Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Imed BOUAZIZI
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Publication number: 20210219220Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE may be configured to transmit a message indicating an identifier (ID) associated with an application to a first edge computing system; receive first information associated with the application in response to transmitting the message, the first information indicating whether at least one second edge computing system configured to provide the application is accessible through at least one cell; and determine a set of cells through which the at least one second edge computing system is accessible based on the first information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Edward Robert HALL, Tom CHIN, Alan SOLOWAY, Ajith Tom PAYYAPPILLY
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Publication number: 20210136177Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a connection with an edge application server are provided. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network establishes a connection with an edge application server to offload the data processing of an application executing on the UE to the edge application server. The UE communicates key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the application to the edge data network. The KPIs indicate the resources that application uses to process the data. In response, the UE receives edge application server parameters from multiple servers in the edge data network that meet or exceed the KPIs. The parameters include compute, graphical compute, memory and storage parameters with various levels of specificity. The UE selects one of the edge application servers to process the data on behalf of the application based on the parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Edward Robert Hall, Alan Soloway, Prashanth Haridas Hande, Imed Bouazizi
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Publication number: 20210136775Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of a mobile device for allocating resources to a plurality of mobile devices in communication with an Edge network. The processor may receive from the plurality of mobile devices one or more capabilities of each mobile device related to a computing task in which the plurality of mobile devices are participating. The processor may determine a fairness result for the plurality of computing devices based on the one or more capabilities of each mobile device and the computing task. The processor may allocate resources to each of the plurality of mobile devices based on the determined fairness result.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Alan Soloway, Edward Robert Hall, Thomas Stockhammer
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Publication number: 20210111953Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for configuration of edge data networks based on current and projected future locations of a user equipment (UE). The UE may provide one or more expected future locations based on routing information of the UE, a polygon associated with one or more current or future UE locations, a waypoint set of the UE, and the like. Based on the provided one or more future locations, the edge data network may provide to the UE one or more edge data network configurations for different UE locations. As the UE moves to different locations, different edge data network configurations may be used, thereby enhancing efficiency of UE operation in the edge data network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Edward Robert Hall, Mahmoud Watfa, Alan Soloway, Tom Chin
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Patent number: D1009495Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Edward Robert Hall
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Patent number: D1012179Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Edward Robert Hall
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Patent number: D1019792Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Beta Air, LLCInventor: Edward Robert Hall