Patents by Inventor Peter N. Heerboth
Peter N. Heerboth 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: 11638229Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to perform selective synchronization (or cluster merging) with one or more neighboring peer devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Yong Liu
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Patent number: 11317405Abstract: One or more wireless stations may operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., without utilizing an intermediate access point. Scheduling of NAN ranging procedures may include a first wireless station sending first information, including first scheduling preferences and a first ranging role, to a second wireless station. The first wireless station receives second information, including second scheduling preferences and a second ranging role, from the second wireless station. The first wireless station may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters. Alternatively, the second wireless station and may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li, Daniel R. Borges, Chiu Ngok E. Wong, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Anand Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 11147126Abstract: One or more wireless stations may operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. A mechanism for wireless stations to mitigate medium congestion in discovery windows may include suppressing solicited publisher responses via an SRF for a first time period and resetting the SRF after the first time period in order to receive updates from peer devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Yong Liu, Tashbeeb Haque
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Patent number: 11013020Abstract: In embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which stations can communicate and provide services. In particular, embodiments described herein relate to the use of cancelable and non-cancelable further availability windows in conjunction with NAN communication.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth
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Patent number: 10893083Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can communicate and provide services. Aspects of the datapath development include datapath scheduling, including datapath setup and scheduling attributes, as well as pre-datapath operation triggering and scheduling. Scheduling attributes may include a native scheduler rank and a NAN data cluster scheduler rank. NAN data cluster base schedules may be scheduled as equal-sets or subsets of datapath schedules. The datapath model may be implemented for unicast and multicast communication between wireless stations, including mobile stations.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Daniel R. Borges, Peter N. Heerboth, Lawrie Kurian, Su Khiong Yong, Anand Rajagopalan, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Andreas Wolf, Guoqing Li, Lilach Zukerman, Oren Shani
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Patent number: 10681759Abstract: One or more wireless stations may operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. A mechanism for a wireless station to transmit a paging beacon outside of a paging window may include establishing a paged data link with a peer station, determining that one or more data frames associated with the paged data link are pending transmission, and transmitting a beacon to the peer station outside of a scheduled paging window of the paged data link. The beacon may include a paging attribute indicating there are pending data frames.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Guoqing Li, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Su Khiong Yong
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Patent number: 10609543Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to transmit, via a BTLE (or Bluetooth) interface, a first message indicating an operation associated with a Wi-Fi service (e.g., a service available via a Wi-Fi interface and/or Wi-Fi related interface parameters) to a peer device. The first message may include a service hash that indicates the operation. The service hash may be included in a first data structure. The first data structure may indicate availability of the Wi-Fi service. The device may receive a second message from the peer device indicating that the neighboring wireless station intends to subscribe to or provide the Wi-Fi service, e.g., via Wi-Fi peer-to-peer communications.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Anjali S. Sandesara, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li, Siegfried Lehmann, Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Yong Liu, Michael Jason Giles
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Patent number: 10588168Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with one or more neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a wireless station to transmit a pause indication to one or more neighboring peer wireless stations, indicating a pause in direct communication.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Guoqing Li, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Su Khiong Yong
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Patent number: 10575268Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to request synchronization assistance from one or more neighboring peer devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Guoqing Li, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Su Khiong Yong
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Patent number: 10568158Abstract: In one set of embodiments, one or more client stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring client stations, i.e., direct communication between the client stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can communicate and provide services. Aspects of the datapath development include datapath scheduling, including datapath setup and scheduling attributes, as well as pre-datapath operation triggering and scheduling. Scheduling may include determination of a type of datapath, including paging and synchronized datapaths. NAN data cluster base schedules may be scheduled as equal-sets or subsets of datapath schedules. The datapath model may be implemented for unicast and multicast communication between client stations.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Daniel R. Borges, Peter N. Heerboth, Lawrie Kurian, Su Khiong Yong, Anand Rajagopalan, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Andreas Wolf, Guoqing Li, Lilach Zukerman, Oren Shani
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Publication number: 20200029198Abstract: One or more wireless stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to reciprocating service between two or more wireless stations. The reciprocating service embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can participate in a same service instant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Daniel R. Borges, Peter N. Heerboth, Lawrie Kurian, Su Khiong Yong, Anand Rajagopalan, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Andreas Wolf, Guoqing Li, Lilach Zukerman
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Patent number: 10541856Abstract: Embodiments relate to wireless stations that operate to configure direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In embodiments, a wireless station may establish a peer-to-peer communication schedule with at least one neighboring peer wireless station, announce, to the at least one neighboring peer wireless station, a schedule transition (or migration), wherein the schedule transition includes an effective time of a new schedule, and announce, to the at least one neighboring peer wireless station, the new schedule at the effective time.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth
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Publication number: 20190357308Abstract: One or more wireless stations may operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. A mechanism for wireless stations to mitigate medium congestion in discovery windows may include suppressing solicited publisher responses via an SRF for a first time period and resetting the SRF after the first time period in order to receive updates from peer devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Yong Liu, Tashbeeb Haque
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Patent number: 10455401Abstract: In one set of embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to reciprocating service between two or more wireless stations. The reciprocating service embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can participate in a same service instant.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Daniel R. Borges, Peter N. Heerboth, Lawrie Kurian, Su Khiong Yong, Anand Rajagopalan, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Andreas Wolf, Guoqing Li, Lilach Zukerman
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Patent number: 10433353Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to aspects of NAN communication, including service discovery proxy registration, publishing, and subscription of services via the proxy, maintenance of the proxy, and de-registration of the proxy.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li, Daniel R. Borges, Chiu Ngok E. Wong, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Anand Rajagopalan, Andreas Wolf
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Publication number: 20190289603Abstract: One or more wireless stations may operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., without utilizing an intermediate access point. Scheduling of NAN ranging procedures may include a first wireless station sending first information, including first scheduling preferences and a first ranging role, to a second wireless station. The first wireless station receives second information, including second scheduling preferences and a second ranging role, from the second wireless station. The first wireless station may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters. Alternatively, the second wireless station and may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li, Daniel R. Borges, Chiu Ngok E. Wong, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Anand Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 10342013Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments relate to scheduling of NAN ranging procedures, including to a first wireless station sending first information, including first scheduling preferences and a first ranging role, to a second wireless station. The first wireless device receives second information, including second scheduling preferences and a second ranging role, from the second wireless device. The first wireless station may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters. Alternatively, the second wireless station and may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li, Daniel R. Borges, Chiu Ngok E. Wong, Saravanan Balasubramaniyan, Tashbeeb Haque, Anand Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 10321423Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a wireless station to discover a neighboring peer wireless station, e.g., via peer-to-peer Wi-Fi communications, receive a synchronization beacon(s) from the neighboring peer wireless station, and synchronize timing with the neighboring peer wireless station based at least in part on the synchronization beacon(s). In addition, the wireless station may transmit, e.g., via Wi-Fi peer-to-peer communications, a data beacon to one or more neighboring wireless devices stations, wherein the one or more neighboring wireless stations are configured to synchronize timing with the wireless station based on the data beacon.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Guoqing Li, Su Khiong Yong, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth
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Patent number: 10285040Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to accelerated service discovery between peer devices. In some embodiments, a wireless device may broadcast a probe beacon on one or more discovery channels. The wireless device may then scan the discovery channels for an extended period of time. The wireless device may receive a response from a peer device and transmit further service information to the peer device in an availability window indicated in the response.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Christiaan A. Hartman, Guoqing Li, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Su Khiong Yong
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Patent number: 10271180Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to perform multicast communications amongst a group of peer devices. Embodiments described herein provide mechanisms for initiation (or establishment) and scheduling of a multicast group as well as enrollment of a device into a multicast group, merging of multicast groups, and termination of multicast groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yong Liu, Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li