Privacy, Lock-out, Or Authentication Patents (Class 455/411)
  • Patent number: 11526556
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for presenting content of an application are provided. For example, a first content interface, associated with an application, may be displayed using a first device. First activity performed using the first content interface may be detected. The first activity may be analyzed to generate a first activity profile associated with the first content interface. A first request to access the application may be received from the first device. The first activity profile may be selected from a plurality of activity profiles associated with the user account, based upon a determination that the first request is associated with the first content interface. Content items of the content items database may be prioritized, based upon the first activity profile, to generate a list of content items associated with the first content interface. The list of content items may be displayed by the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Mohit Goenka, Nikita Varma, Ashish Khusal Dharamshi
  • Patent number: 11522713
    Abstract: The system for credential authentication comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a request from an application for authorization to access, wherein access to the application is requested by a user using a user device. The processor is configured to provide a login request to the user; validate a login response; determine a user authentication device based on the login response; provide a proof request to the user authentication device; receive a proof response; determine that the proof response is valid using a distributed ledger; generate a token; and provide the token to the application authorizing access for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Hamel, Jonathan David Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 11522865
    Abstract: A service layer (SL) function may be used for managing a user profile that is associated with a SL user and using this profile to automatically configure different types of devices connected to an IoT service provider's platform. A SL function may be used to support user data privacy and security when data is imported and exported between gateways or servers temporarily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Zhuo Chen, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Jiwan L. Ninglekhu, Lu Liu
  • Patent number: 11513765
    Abstract: There is provided a Bluetooth audio system including a gateway, a primary device and at least one slave device. The gateway and the primary device communicate Bluetooth packets therebetween based on the standard Bluetooth communication protocol. The at least one slave device accomplishes synchronization with the primary device using a user-defined Bluetooth communication protocol so as to listen or snoop the Bluetooth packets exchanged between the gateway and the primary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Kuang-Hu Huang, Jing-Syuan Jia, Chih-Wei Sung, Wei-Chung Peng
  • Patent number: 11516599
    Abstract: Disclosed is a personal hearing device, an external acoustic processing device and an associated computer program product. The personal hearing device includes: a microphone, for receiving an input acoustic signal, wherein the input acoustic signal is a mixture of sounds coming from a first acoustic source and from other acoustic source(s); a speaker; and an acoustic processing circuit, for automatically distinguishing within the input acoustic signal the sound of the first acoustic source from the sound of other acoustic source(s); wherein the acoustic processing circuit further processes the input acoustic signal by having different modifications to the sound of the first acoustic source and to the sound of other acoustic source(s), whereby the acoustic processing circuit produces an output acoustic signal to be played on the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: RELAJET TECH (TAIWAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-Shu Hsu, Po-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 11516163
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing menu-based communication are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a first computing device, a communication and data identifying a second computing device as a recipient of the communication. The actions may further include determining a first and second candidate response to the communication. The actions may further include providing, to the second computing device, the communication, the first and second candidate responses, and instructions to provide, for output by the second computing device, the first and second candidate responses as selectable responses to the communication. The actions may further include receiving, from the second computing device, the selection of the first or second candidate response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Parag Garg, Nicholas LaVassar, Christopher Painter
  • Patent number: 11514477
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for using a content delivery network to perform various functions within a digital advertising ecosystem, in ways that yield technological benefits such as improved security, efficiency, and speed (for example, reduction in publisher load times). As one specific example, a content delivery network can be used for the creation of electronic tokens for user identity protection between demand side platforms, supply side platforms, content creators (for example, advertisers), and publishers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MediaMath, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilfried A. Schobeiri, David Laverty
  • Patent number: 11510135
    Abstract: An object is that, in a mobile communication, a communication terminal that performs a non-cellular communication can access a service network that provides a service. A network access method to be performed by a communication system 8 forming a core network of the mobile communication and to cause a UE 7 performing the non-cellular communication to access a slice 5 providing the service comprises: an acquisition step of acquiring from the UE 7, terminal identification information identifying the UE 7; and an access step of referring to correspondence information correlating the UE 7 and the slice 5, and causing the UE 7 to access the slice 5 correlated with the UE 7 identified by the terminal identification information acquired in the acquisition step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Shimojou, Srisakul Thakolsri, Malla Reddy Sama
  • Patent number: 11501589
    Abstract: A wearable device is used to authenticate a user into a user account at a user device of the user. In particular, the wearable device may include a sensor configured to detect whether the wearable device is worn by or is with the user. If so, the wearable device may send a signal to the user device and the user device may authenticate the user based on the signal received from the wearable device. For example, when the sensor detects that the wearable device is worn by the user, the wearable device may send a unique signal periodically, such as every five seconds or every 10 seconds. Based on whether the unique signal from the wearable device is received, the user device may authenticate the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Megan Marie Williams, Michael Hwang, Michelle Serrano
  • Patent number: 11503656
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus. A first communication unit receives an advertise signal from an external apparatus. A second communication unit wirelessly communicates with the external apparatus by using a predetermined protocol. A control unit determines whether the external apparatus supports the predetermined protocol on the basis of the advertise signal from the external apparatus. If it is determined that the external apparatus does not support the predetermined protocol, the control unit performs control so that a request to start encrypted communication is sent to the external apparatus via the first communication unit. If it is determined that the external apparatus supports the predetermined protocol, the control unit performs control so that a request to start unencrypted communication is sent to the external apparatus via the first communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11503464
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication by a first wireless device. The first wireless device may participate in a beam forming procedure with a second wireless device to evaluate a plurality of transmit (TX) and receive (RX) beam pairs. The first wireless device may select one of the TX and RX beam pairs based on the evaluation. The first wireless device may determine at least one cryptographic key based on channel parameters associated with a selected one of the TX and RX beam pairs. The first wireless device may use the at least one cryptographic key for communications with the second wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Yunusov, Assaf Touboul, Shay Landis, Gideon Kutz, Amit Bar-Or Tillinger, Moshe Ben-Ari, Peer Berger
  • Patent number: 11494497
    Abstract: A method of operating a user device includes: detecting whether the user device is located within a restricted zone by a monitoring entity of the user device; and limiting access to the user device by the monitoring entity in response to detecting the user device as being outside the restricted zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Chang Kuo, Chiang Kao, Kuo Hsiung Chen, Ho-Han Liu, Ti-Yen Yang, Jo-Chan Liu, Chi-Pin Wang, Yao-Hsiung Chang
  • Patent number: 11496957
    Abstract: A mobile network operator (MNO) base station, e.g., an eNB, instructs a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) user equipment (UE) to monitor to detect signals from base stations in its MVNO network and to report back the results. If the UE reports to the MNO base station, that it has detected signals from base stations, e.g. CBSDs, in its MVNO, the MNO base station applies one or more rules included in a stored Service Profile Identifier, corresponding to the UE, the applying of the one or more rules causes the MNO base station to disconnect or deny service to the UE. Alternatively, when it is determined that the UE did not detect a signal from a base station, e.g. a CBSD, in its MVNO, then the MNO base station provides communications service to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Volkan Sevindik, Haider Syed
  • Patent number: 11496883
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that combines a 5G communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond 4G system with IoT technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method in which a terminal performs communication connection by downloading and installing a communication service in a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hyewon Lee, Duckey Lee, Sujung Kang, Youngsun Ryu, Jonghan Park, Kangjin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11496982
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method in a user equipment (UE) supporting registration using third generation partnership project (3GPP) access and using non-3GPP access, the method comprising storing, in a memory of the UE, first emergency information received using first registration procedures; receiving, by the UE, a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message using second registration procedures via non-3GPP access; and keeping, in the memory, the first emergency information after receiving the REGISTRATION ACCEPT message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker
  • Patent number: 11496913
    Abstract: A load migration method, apparatus, and system. The method includes obtaining, by a first controller, in a process of migrating a user equipment (UE) to the first controller from a second controller, a first temporary user identifier of the UE, the first temporary user identifier comprising a second identifier of the second controller, allocating, by the first controller, a second temporary user identifier to the UE, the second temporary user identifier comprising a first identifier of the first controller, transmitting, by the first controller, the second temporary user identifier to a database server for updating the first temporary user identifier by the second temporary user identifier, and sending, by the first controller to an external network element, the first identifier of the first controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqiang Qiao, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 11495061
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data collection from landing gear components and providing predictive analytics. Example methods include sending a signal to excite wheel assembly sensors located on a vehicle, and receiving a return signal encoded with measurement data. The measurement data is then stored on an RFID card, on an edge node, and/or on a remote server. Upon receipt of the measurement data by a remote server, the remote server analyzes the data to generate predictive maintenance analytics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Dinkar Mylaraswamy, Ramon Blanco Encinas, Braxton Felts
  • Patent number: 11496503
    Abstract: A method for event data fencing includes initializing a media monitoring algorithm, wherein the media monitoring algorithm scans for one or more words relating to a data breach in publicly available reports. Responsive to identifying a report from the publicly available reports relating to a vulnerability associated with the data breach, the method determines whether the vulnerability is associated with event data utilized for an authentication process. Responsive to determining the vulnerability is associated with a portion of the event data utilized for the authentication process, the method fences the portion of event data associated with the vulnerability, wherein fencing prevents the portion of event data from being utilized in the authentication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheranellore Vasudevan, Swaminathan Balasubramanian, Sibasis Das, Priyansh Jaiswal, Peeyush Jaiswal
  • Patent number: 11490250
    Abstract: Directional data often conveys particularly sensitive information, such as user location. To protect user privacy, directional data is replaced with modified directional data that is selected based on the actual directional data, a privacy parameter, and a probability distribution on an n-sphere. In this way, the modified directional data value is useful when aggregated with other modified directional data values, but does not infringe the privacy of the directional data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Benjamin Weggenmann
  • Patent number: 11490437
    Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Man Kit Kwan, Uzair Ahmed Chughtai, Ka Ho Ho
  • Patent number: 11483696
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications device user's home telecommunications service provider determines that the user is traveling or about to travel to a foreign jurisdiction where telecommunications services are provided by a different telecommunications service provider, and proactively provides the user with options for selecting or upgrading telecommunications service and receives a selection from the user before the user leaves the home jurisdiction or ceases contact with the home service provider. When the user arrives in the foreign jurisdiction, upgraded service per the user's selection is established or soon ready to become active. The home service provider can determine the user's travel based on one or more of the user's electronic communications, calendar entries, current location, trending geographical movement, or patterns of past travels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Senthil Kumar Mulluppadi Velusamy
  • Patent number: 11481764
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the mobile device includes an NFC tag for near-field communication. The NFC tag includes a first storage device and a second storage device. Personal data is stored on the first storage device, which is not accessible by an NFC reader device. Prior to a transaction, a controller detects electromagnetic energy from a reader devices and transmits the personal data from the first storage device to the second storage device, where the personal data is readable or accessible by the reader device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: VERIENT, INC.
    Inventor: Rajesh G. Shakkarwar
  • Patent number: 11481697
    Abstract: A vehicle dispatch system includes an information processing device provided in a public transport, a server configured to manage a service for dispatching a vehicle, and driver terminals configured to be browsed and operated by drivers of a plurality of registered vehicles. The server is configured to receive a second request including the number of transportation requesters of a plurality of sections respectively connecting second positions as departure places and destinations from the information processing device. The server is configured to decide candidates of a plurality of vehicles to be dispatched to any of the second positions based on the number of transportation requesters of each section and transmits second vehicle dispatch request information including positional information of any of the second positions and the number of boarding requesters and not including identification information of a specific user to the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko Mizuno, Shin Sakurada
  • Patent number: 11481479
    Abstract: A system may include a fingerprint scanner and a magnetic switch coupled to the fingerprint scanner. The magnetic switch may couple a lid of a computing device to abase of a computing device. The system may further include an infrared (IR) scanner coupled to the magnetic switch. Additionally, the system may include an electronic switch coupled to the IR scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Wu, Wei-Chung Chen, Xuan-Fang Shi
  • Patent number: 11483711
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to transfer of credentials between two mobile wireless devices that are within proximity of each other, via a secure local connection, or via a network-based cloud service, where the two mobile wireless devices are not in proximity to each other. Transfer of credentials can include communication between a source device, a target device, and/or one more network-based servers, which can include mobile network operator (MNO) managed servers, such as an entitlement server, a web-sheet server, an authentication server, a provisioning server, a subscription management data preparation (SM-DP+) server, a home subscriber server (HSS), and/or an authentication server, as well as third-party managed servers, such as a cloud service server and/or an identification services server. Authentication can be based at least in part on one or more tokens and/or a trust flag obtained by the source device and provided to the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sherman X. Jin, Raj S. Chaugule, Anish Kumar Goyal, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Samy Touati, Rohan C. Malthankar
  • Patent number: 11474682
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of an aroma diffuser, and more particularly to a control method and a control device for an aroma diffuser, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium. The control method includes: displaying an aroma diffuser control page, in which, the aroma diffuser control page includes a result reflection graph and at least one adjusting control; and adjusting, when an operation of the at least one adjusting control is detected, a working mode of the aroma diffuser, and updating a result reflection graph, in which, the result reflection graph shows an adjustment result of the working mode. Therefore, the aroma diffuser can be easily controlled, and the control result of the aroma diffuser can be presented on the result reflection graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PUZHEN LIFE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Andy Lee
  • Patent number: 11477663
    Abstract: A wireless signal booster system and sensor processor for an IoT network is disclosed. An IoT Node contains one or more sensors, potentially a sensor processor or processing element and an IoT modem that can connect to the internet or a private IoT network to deliver data to an IoT hub application. The IoT node may also include one or more short range wireless links. The IoT node may communicate directly to a base station and through the base station be connected to the IoT network (which could be the Internet). Alternatively, the IoT node may connect to a base station through a repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTIVITY, INC.
    Inventor: Michiel Petrus Lotter
  • Patent number: 11477726
    Abstract: In order for more effectively supporting a Dedicated Core Network, there is provided a network system including a first node (30) that establishes secure connection with a UE (10) initially attempting to attach to a network, through a radio base station (20), and a second node (40) to which the UE (10) is redirected from the first node (30) through the radio base station (20). Upon the redirection, the first node (30) sends information on the first node (30) itself to the second node (40) through the radio base station (20). The second node (40) uses the information to retrieve security context necessary for establishing the connection with the UE (10) from the first node (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhang, Toshiyuki Tamura, Anand Raghawa Prasad
  • Patent number: 11470042
    Abstract: Introduced here are threat detection platforms designed to discover possible instances of email account compromise in order to identify threats to an enterprise. In particular, a threat detection platform can examine the digital activities performed with the email accounts associated with employees of the enterprise to determine whether any email accounts are exhibiting abnormal behavior. Examples of digital activities include the reception of an incoming email, transmission of an outgoing email, creation of a mail filter, and occurrence of a sign-in event (also referred to as a “login event”). Thus, the threat detection platform can monitor the digital activities performed with a given email account to determine the likelihood that the given email account has been compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Abnormal Security Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitry Chechik, Umut Gultepe, Raphael Kargon, Jeshua Alexis Bratman, Cheng-Lin Yeh, Sanny Xiao Lang Liao, Erin Elisabeth Edkins Ludert, Sanjay Jeyakumar, Hariank Muthakana
  • Patent number: 11470474
    Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes deriving a network specific identifier (NSI) in a network access identifier (NAI) format, the NSI including a network identifier (NID) stored at the UE, generating a subscription concealed identifier (SUCI) based on the NSI for authentication of the UE with a non-public network (NPN), and sending the SUCI to a network entity for the authentication of the UE with the NPN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anand Palanigounder, Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere, Sebastian Speicher, Haris Zisimopoulos, Rajat Prakash
  • Patent number: 11470210
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display section and a display control section. The display control section displays a list of application programs in a shortcut menu in the case where a user performs a specific screen operation on a desired screen displayed on the display section, the application programs having user notification information at the time of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tose
  • Patent number: 11470454
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing user data for a user in a cellular network. The method comprises receiving a request for user data from a requesting entity. The method includes providing login credentials associated with the requesting entity to a short message service function (SMSF), and querying the SMSF for user data. The method includes receiving user data in response to the query and parsing the received user data. The method includes converting the received user data to an API response and transmitting the converted user data to the requesting entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Avetoom
  • Patent number: 11461138
    Abstract: Initiating the processing of resource events across disparate real-time processing networks, such as networks located international. In order to facilitate such resource events determinations are made that authorize the resource event participants to conduct the resource event across the international real-time processing networks. Once properly authorized the present invention provides for processing parameters to be determined, which may be specific to anyone of the resource participants and/or international real-time processing networks. Such processing parameters may be related to rules associated with settlement of the resource event, conversion rules for the international conversion of resources, resource sponsorship and the like. Once the resource event has been authorized and processing parameters determined, commands are sent to the respective interconnected international real-time processing networks that initiate the real-time processing of the resource event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard C. Clow, II, Joseph Benjamin Castinado
  • Patent number: 11463883
    Abstract: This Application describes efficient cellular service transfer mechanisms to move cellular services that are based on cellular service credentials, e.g., eSIMs, between accessory wireless devices under various scenarios, including in some embodiments transfer of multiple eSIMs. The first and second accessory wireless devices and the primary wireless device are associated with a common user account. Transfer of credentials for cellular service access can occur between two accessory wireless devices via the primary wireless device, where the primary wireless device and the accessory wireless devices interact with applicable network-based servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anish Kumar Goyal, Chenzhi Yu, Francisco J. Gonzalez, Li Li, Raj S. Chaugule, Rohan C. Malthankar, Samy Touati
  • Patent number: 11464016
    Abstract: A communications device, and method, is configured with at least one of an indication of first communications resources of the wireless access interface which can be allocated on request to the communications device by a mobile communications network for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with the first mode of operation or an indication of second communications resources of the wireless access interface, which can be used by the communications device for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with a second mode of operation using a device to device communications protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Lars Nord, Anders Berggren, Hideji Wakabayashi, Matthew William Webb
  • Patent number: 11457087
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for processing profile identification information of content is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store profile identification information in which information indicating a plurality of profile elements regarding content is connected and a transmission unit configured to send the profile identification information to another device. The profile identification information includes a profile element regarding a container format of content, a profile element regarding a protection format applied to content, and a profile element regarding an encoding format of content, and at least one thereof contains a nested profile element describing classification of a profile element or other supplemental information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 11455668
    Abstract: In one aspect, a process for automatic billing of transportation services includes the step of generating a first travel vector for a traveler. The process includes the step of generating a second travel vector for a travel provider. The process includes the step of determining that the traveler's location and movement is synchronized with a travel-service provider within a specified distance threshold. The process includes the step of comparing first travel vector with second travel vector. The process includes the step of determining that the first vector and the second vector are within the specified distance threshold. The process includes the step of measuring the time period that the first vector and the second vector are within the specified distance threshold. The process includes the step of billing the traveler for the time period that the first vector and the second vector are within the specified distance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Babu Vinod
  • Patent number: 11451964
    Abstract: A regulator system (24) of a regulator regulates administration of subscription identifiers. The regulator system (24) is configured to receive, from either an operator system (10) of a wireless communication network operator or an enterprise system of an enterprise, a record that includes information about administration of a subscription identifier associated with the wireless communication network operator. The regulator system (24) is also configured to verify whether administration of the subscription identifier as indicated by the record conforms to one or more rules (34) governing administration of subscription identifiers. The regulator system (24) is further configured to, depending on the verification, approve or reject the record for addition to a permissioned distributed database (26) (e.g., a permissioned blockchain) that is distributed at least in part between the regulator system (24) and either the operator system (10) or the enterprise system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ioannis Fikouras, Athanasios Karapantelakis, Qiang Li, Leonid Mokrushin, Konstantinos Vandikas
  • Patent number: 11449918
    Abstract: The makeup scheme recommendation method provided by embodiments of the present disclosure includes: acquiring makeup parameters of a user, the makeup parameters including at least one of an environment parameter, a body parameter, and a makeup time parameter; searching for a target makeup scheme matching the makeup parameters from a makeup scheme pool; optimizing the target makeup scheme in accordance with cosmetic information about the user, and generating a recommended makeup scheme, the cosmetic information being used to indicate cosmetics owned by the user; and providing the recommended makeup scheme to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shihao Ji, Xin Li
  • Patent number: 11444940
    Abstract: Methods for authenticating a user utilizing a smart speaker system are presented, the methods including: requesting a user authentication by issuing a voice command to a smart speaker; playing a sonic one-time password (OTP) on the smart speaker received from an authentication server in response to the requesting a user authentication; receiving the sonic OTP by a mobile device of the user; transmitting an OTP decoded from the sonic OTP to the authentication server; and authorizing the user by the authentication server to execute a secure transaction using the smart speaker system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Certus Technology Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Wolosewicz
  • Patent number: 11445564
    Abstract: Techniques described herein may be used to enable User Equipment (UE) to switch between Radio Access Technologies (RATs) while transitioning from an inactive state to an active state. For example. a UE may connect to a base station via one type of RAT (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE) RAT), enter an inactive state, and later, while transitioning from the inactive state to an active state, connect to another base station via another type of RAT (e.g., a New Radio (NR) or 5th Generation (5G) RAT). The UE may transition from one RAT to another RAT without increasing signaling between the UE and the network beyond minimal signaling involved in a transition of the UE from the inactive state to an active state. The network may further minimize signaling by determining and communicating minimized connection configuration information to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeep Palat, Richard Burbidge, Yujian Zhang, Candy Yiu, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Youn Hyoung Heo, Alexandre Stojanovski, Sangeetha Bangolae
  • Patent number: 11445434
    Abstract: A communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, sub-network information of a RAN sent by a network side device, where the sub-network information is used to indicate at least one RAN sub-network included in the RAN; accessing, by the terminal device, a target RAN sub-network among the at least one RAN sub-network based on a service requirement of the terminal device; and communicating, by the terminal device, with the network side device by using the target RAN sub-network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qinghai Zeng, Yada Huang, Jian Zhang, Lifeng Han
  • Patent number: 11445376
    Abstract: A security establishment method includes generating a pair of keys via mutual authentication between a terminal device (110) and a serving network, and the terminal device (110) and the serving network sharing KASME by using the generated pair of keys (Steps S50 and S100), the terminal device (110) and a roaming destination network of the terminal device (110) generating, by using the KASME, KSEAF mapped with SEAF (50) (Steps S140 and S150), and the terminal device (110) and the roaming destination network generating, by using at least the KSEAF and SUPI used to recognize a subscriber in the serving network, KAMF mapped with AMF (60) (Steps S140 and S150).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aono, Alf Zugenmaier
  • Patent number: 11445107
    Abstract: Systems and methods associated with determining a pointing target of pointing device are disclosed. One embodiment disclosed herein is a method conducted with a control device having a pointing direction and an onboard imager. The field of view of the onboard imager includes the pointing direction. The method includes capturing a reference image, determining a characteristic quantity based on the reference image, generating a feedback message based on the characteristic quantity, and predicating a setup phase termination for the control device on the characteristic quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Colafrancesco, Simon Tchedikian, Simon Guillot, Louis Xiao Wang
  • Patent number: 11438323
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory and a processor, the memory being configured to, for each of users, store authentication information and fixed information in association with the user, the authentication information being variable and unique, the fixed information being invariant and unique, the processor being configured to receive the authentication information and the fixed information from an apparatus utilized by the user, and cause authentication of the user to the apparatus to succeed or fail according to a result of comparison between a combination of the received authentication information and fixed information and a combination of the authentication information and the fixed information stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kiryu
  • Patent number: 11438067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital optical fiber-based distributed signal control system. The system mainly comprises a wireless signal access control module, a detection module, and a private network module. By means of reasonable frequency allocation and pre-selection filtering processing, modules can work together to implement control and detection of unauthorized mobile phone signals and guarantee communications of legal mobile phones, thereby achieving efficient coverage of a signal control area. A main control signal generated by a main control signal unit (SU) and an auxiliary control signal generated by a remote unit (RU) are mixed according to an algorithm, to achieve a better control effect in the entire signal control area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNWAVE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xingbao Ou, Yongfu Cao, Jianfeng Yang, Yongchao Yuan
  • Patent number: 11438342
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that permit a user of a client device to authenticate their identity to a service provider using location-based telemetry data associated with the client device that is captured unobtrusively by a service provider over a predetermined time interval. More specifically, a Location-based identity authentication (LIA) system is described that is configured to develop authentication challenges that are based on the location-based telemetry data, such as location data, transaction data, calendar data, and event data. In one example, a client device may transmit an authentication request that relates to a set of service features available to a user identity. The LIA system may transmit a subset of the authentication challenges to the client device to authenticate the user identity. The LIA system may further receive to the subset of authentication challenges, and further, verify the user identity based at least in part on the number of correct responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas McDorman, Michael Engan, Ahmad Arash Obaidi
  • Patent number: 11438422
    Abstract: Systems and methods for device to device communications in an Internet of Things (IoT) setting, via associated cloud services, are described. In an example, a procedure performed by a first IoT device, associated with a first domain or ecosystem, to communicate with a second IoT device, associated with a second domain or ecosystem, includes: obtaining communication information to communicate with a second service associated with the second device; providing the communication information to a first service associated with the first device; obtain service validation information, in response to the first service initiating the validation procedure with the second service; and providing the service validation information to the first service. This service validation information is used to enable a validated connection between the first service and the second service, to then communicate data or commands between the first device and the second device via the first and second remote services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David J. McCall, Nathan Heldt-Sheller, Ned M. Smith
  • Patent number: 11438177
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for securely distributing certificates or encryption keys. A management service can receive an enrollment request from a client device. The management service can then send a key request to a certificate provider, the key request comprising a user identifier. The management service can also send a skeleton payload to an enterprise gateway. In response, the management service can receive an encrypted profile from the enterprise gateway, the encrypted profile comprising the skeleton payload with an encryption key inserted by the enterprise gateway into the skeleton payload. Finally, the management service can send the encrypted profile to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathon Deriso, Sagar Date, Rahul Parwani
  • Patent number: 11436315
    Abstract: A computer system includes a memory, a processor and authentication enforcement hardware. The processor is configured to execute software, including an authentication program that authenticates data stored in the memory. The authentication enforcement hardware is coupled to the processor and is configured to verify that (i) the processor executes the authentication program periodically with at least a specified frequency, and that (ii) the authentication program successfully authenticates the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuval Kirschner