Auxiliary Data Signaling (e.g., Short Message Service (sms)) Patents (Class 455/466)
  • Patent number: 11073893
    Abstract: The invention provides a system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus. The system comprises a cloud management platform and an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus comprises a motherboard and a data storage device. The motherboard comprises a standby power circuit. A standby power is supplied to the data storage device via the standby power circuit. The data storage device comprises a data storage unit and a program management unit. The program management unit comprises a microprocessor and a network communication component. Whether the electronic apparatus is in a power-on state or a power-off state, the data storage device can always maintain in a normal operation via the standby power. When the microprocessor of the program management unit receives a specific operation instruction from the cloud control platform, it will execute a corresponding operation program according to the specific operation instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Innodisk Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Wu
  • Patent number: 11062084
    Abstract: Techniques for generating diverse smart replies using a synonym hierarchy are disclosed herein. A computer system may detect that a first set of one or more messages having first content has been transmitted from a first computing device of a first user to a second computing device of a second user, determine a plurality of candidate replies based on the first content of the first set of one or more messages, and then select a plurality of smart replies from the plurality of candidate replies using a hierarchical graph data structure and at least one diversity rule. The selecting of the plurality of smart replies comprises omitting at least one of the plurality of candidate replies from selection based on the at least one diversity rule, which limits a number of the plurality of smart replies that have a common parent node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Pasternack, Arpit Dhariwal, Bing Zhao, Nimesh Madhavan Chakravarthi, Nandeesh Channabasappa Rajashekar
  • Patent number: 11062531
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle comprises a controller, configured to send group preference data to a server to cause the server to link the vehicle to groups including other vehicles consistent with the group preference data; receive a response link from the server acknowledging receipt of the group preference data; and communicate multiple messages between the vehicle and the other vehicles determined by the server to be in the same groups as the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11057479
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining a first dependency of a first calling service on a called service and a second dependency of a second calling service on the called service. The method may further include generating a first routing configuration for the first calling service that maps a name of the called service to an ingress point of a first cluster, generating a second routing configuration for the second calling service that maps the name of the called service to the ingress point of the first cluster, detecting a relocation of the called service to a second cluster, modifying the first routing configuration to map the name of the called service to an ingress point of the second cluster, and modifying the second routing configuration to map the name of the called service to a local name of the called service within a namespace of the second cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Michael Webb, Anil Kumar Attuluri, Laurent R. Benchimol, Joseph Seng Peacock, Viraj Raghunath Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11057749
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a short message service (SMS) in a mobile communication system, to thus guarantee continuity of the SMS service. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an operating method of a control node for providing a message service in a mobile communication system includes receiving a message from a user equipment (UE) or a message delivery center, determining an active or inactive state of the message service using a first interface, and if the message service using the first interface is disabled, transmitting detach request information for re-attach of the UE to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Lee, Hangsuk Huh
  • Patent number: 11055993
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The system includes a traffic control signal, a wireless interface, a mast, a support base, a wireless control device, and a base station for communicating between the wireless interface and the wireless control device. The method involves receiving input from the wireless control device, generating a control signal for operating the traffic control signals, and transmitting the control signal to the traffic control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SITE 2020 INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Cole Benjamin Campbell, Mitchell Alexander Hollohan
  • Patent number: 11048301
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device may include a primary electronic display, a barcode scanner engine including an optical sensor configured to capture light reflected from a machine-readable indicia to be used in reading the machine-readable indicia, and a secondary electronic display positioned adjacent to the barcode scanner engine. A process for operation of the mobile device may include operating the barcode scanner engine of the mobile electronic device. The secondary electronic display may be operated. In response to the primary electronic display being unlocked or transitioned to an ON state, the secondary electronic display may be transitioned to an OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.
    Inventors: Chiara Curti, Mattia Piunti, Davide Frascari, Cristian Broccoli
  • Patent number: 11051076
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for viewing video content are provided. Video content is displayed in a video region of a display, while application content is displayed in an application region of the display. Based on the application content, candidate video content relevant to the application content is determined and, in response to user input, selected video content is displayed in the video region of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SLING MEDIA PVT LTD
    Inventors: Melvin P. Perinchery, Venkatesan Thiyagarajan, Jayakumar Ananthan
  • Patent number: 11051284
    Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), a user station (STA), and a method for range estimation in a wireless network are generally described herein. For example, the AP may encode a common information field of a first trigger frame to include a trigger frame type configured to check the readiness of associated and unassociated STAs. The AP may transmit the first trigger frame to STAs and receive feedback from the STAs. The AP may further encode, based on the feedback, a common information field of a second trigger frame to include one of: a trigger frame type that solicits negotiation packets from associated and unassociated STAs using an association identifier (AID) and a pre-AID; or a trigger frame type that solicits channel sounding packets from associated and unassociated STAs using an AID and a pre-AID. The AP may further transmit the second trigger frame to the STAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Chittabrata Ghosh, Feng Jiang, Qinghua Li, Yuval Amizur, Jonathan Segev
  • Patent number: 11032076
    Abstract: A system and method may simplify API design maintenance by providing an interface for configuring cryptographic parameters in the development of secure APIs to allow configuring MLE and X-Pay parameters, testing MLE and X-Pay-supported APIs, and directly viewing decrypted output of APIs which requires MLE. Rather than a pre-configured key store or creating a key store for each API, the system may refer to stored credentials and certificates to make, Mutual SSL and X-Pay token calls within the developer playground and create the key store programmatically. The configuration may be saved in a JSON format so that it may be reused at a later stage for retesting and also may allow saving the complete configuration including credentials, end point, request and response payload so that there is no need to update credentials in a centralized place. The solutions described herein may also eliminate sharing the private key over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventor: Jaishankar Kumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11032217
    Abstract: Automated multi-round task-based conversation with a user is disclosed. In a first round conversation between a user and a data processing system involving first task(s), the data processing system cognitively identifies first entity(ies) and one or more first intent(s), based on a first input statement received by the data processing system from the user. In a subsequent second round conversation between the user and the data processing system involving second task(s) different from the first task(s), the data processing system cognitively identifies second entity(ies) and second intent(s), based on a second input statement received by the data processing system from the user. The data processing system reuses at least one of the first entity(ies) in the second round conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Hai Ji, Yuan Lin Yang, Zhu Lin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11026062
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for managing mobile-terminating short message service re-transmissions for wireless devices. A cellular network entity of a cellular network may receive a request to provide a short message service message to a wireless device. The wireless device may be registered with the cellular network entity via at least two access types. An attempt to provide the short message service message to the wireless device via a first access type may be performed. An attempt to provide the short message service message to the wireless device via a second access type may be performed if the attempt to provide the short message service message to the wireless device via the first access type is unsuccessful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Zhu, Utkarsh Kumar, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Shivani Suresh Babu, Hariharan Sukumar, Krisztian Kiss
  • Patent number: 11025511
    Abstract: Techniques that facilitate orchestration engine blueprint aspects for hybrid cloud composition are provided. In one example, a system includes a blueprint component and a hybrid cloud composition component. The blueprint component determines one or more blueprint-level aspects for a blueprint associated with a cloud-based computing platform. The one or more blueprint-level aspects are indicative of encoded information for one or more features associated with one or more computing resources for the cloud-based computing platform. The hybrid cloud composition component determines a set of resource definitions for the cloud-based computing platform based on the one or more blueprint-level aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neeraj Asthana, Thomas E. Chefalas, Alexei Karve, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Patent number: 11026209
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing a paging message can be applied to a terminal device supporting a plurality of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards. The method includes: a target paging message corresponding to a SIM card of a current paging cycle from a network side is received; it is determined whether the target paging message belongs to a spam message paging a slave SIM card, wherein the slave SIM card is any one of the plurality of SIM cards that does not provide a data service; and the target paging message is discarded when the target paging message belongs to the spam message paging the slave SIM card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hengbin Cui, Long Sun
  • Patent number: 11017183
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a language translation services within a Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging infrastructure to facilitate translating RCS message sent from an RCS-compatible sender device to an RCS-compatible recipient device or a legacy recipient device. An RCS messaging server (RMS) may detect a language value corresponding to a language preference parameter to translate the RCS message based on the language value. The language value may be passed to the RMS (1) from the sender device via an invite message of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), (2) from the recipient device via an accept message of the SIP, (3) from the RCS message itself, or (4) via communication with a home subscription server (HSS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Karthik Iyer, Michael Kim
  • Patent number: 11019478
    Abstract: Method for providing a count indication of radio devices to a radio network, particularly in idle or in-active mode, comprising transmitting a presence message to a first base station of the radio network based on a reporting rule, which presence message indicates presence of a radio device within a dedicated coverage area of the radio network. The reporting rule may include a probability rule, wherein said presence message is transmitted from the radio device responsive to an outcome of a probability check, based on the probability rule, indicating that the radio device shall transmit the presence message. The reporting rule may also be transmitted responsive to the radio device making a cell reselection to the first cell. After receiving an acknowledgement presence message from the base station, connection setup to the network is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Berggren, Basuki Priyanto, Shin Horng Wong, Brian Martin
  • Patent number: 11019494
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for determining dangerousness of devices for a banking service. In one aspect, the method comprises detecting an interaction between a user device and the banking service, acquiring characteristics of the user device including one or more of: an operating system under whose control the user device is running, a location of the user device, a regional characteristic of a firmware of the user device, an account identifier associated with the user device, acquiring data related to a threat risk state of the user device, and determining a dangerousness of the user device based on the acquired characteristics and the acquired data related to the threat risk of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AO Kaspersky Lab
    Inventors: Vladimir A. Skvortsov, Evgeny B. Kolotinsky
  • Patent number: 11019130
    Abstract: A method for remotely controlling a home device in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving a chat message input to the mobile terminal for controlling at least one home device through an instant messenger application installed in the mobile terminal, and sending the chat message to a messenger server. The sent chat message is converted into a control command, which is sent to the home device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Hong Cho, Dong-Keon Kong, Sang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11016578
    Abstract: A method, electronic device, and system for remote text input in the electronic device are provided. A display signal may be outputted in the electronic device, displaying a text field for inputting text (e.g., by the user of the electronic device). A request for text input may be sent from the electronic device to another device (e.g., a communication device) which may be addressed by an identifier of the other device (e.g., a SIM of the communication device). The electronic device may then receive the requested text input from the other device (e.g., once the user of the other device enters the requested text).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Guy Papstein
  • Patent number: 11012386
    Abstract: Provided is a computer program stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium to execute, by using a computer, a message exchanging method including: receiving, from a user, at least some of a message to be transmitted; extracting at least one keyword from the message to be transmitted, and extracting at least one interlocutor related to the at least one keyword; converting the at least some of the message to at least one recommended message according to the at least one interlocutor; and transmitting the at least one recommended message to each of the at least one interlocutor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Il Gu Lee
  • Patent number: 11012825
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and provides a short message transmission method. The method includes: receiving, by a communications device, uplink data and indication information used to indicate that the uplink data belongs to a short message service; determining identification information used to identify a short message function entity device that processes the short message service; and sending the uplink data to the short message function entity based on the indication information and the identification information; or includes: receiving, by a communications device from a terminal device, uplink data and a session identifier that is used to identify a session for processing the short message service; determining identification information associated with the session identifier; and sending the uplink data to the short message function entity based on the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangyuan Zhu, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 11005948
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processing device including a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to perform the step of monitoring a level of connectivity, of the at least one processing device, for one or more wireless data networks. The at least one processing device is also configured to perform the step of, responsive to determining that the monitored level of connectivity is at or below a designated threshold level of connectivity, utilizing a messaging protocol of one or more cellular voice networks to transfer web content. The at least one processing device is further configured to perform the step of, responsive to determining that the monitored level of connectivity is above the designated threshold level of connectivity, utilizing the one or more wireless data networks to transfer the web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventor: Shubham Gupta
  • Patent number: 11005867
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for tuning application network behavior may include identifying an application for a closed operating system. The closed operating system may prevent applications from implementing machine-level traffic control for network traffic. The method may include determining an expected network behavior of the application, intercepting network traffic of the application on the closed operating system, determining whether the intercepted network traffic conforms to the expected network behavior, and modifying, based on the determining whether the intercepted network traffic conforms to the expected network behavior, the network traffic. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Qu Bo Song, Weiliang Li
  • Patent number: 11003830
    Abstract: Methods and systems for location-based digital font recommendations determine locations of the images and assign mappings between the identified digital fonts in the images and the locations of the images. Additionally, one or more embodiments detect a location related to content being viewed by a user. In response, one or more embodiments determine a location associated with the content and identify one or more digital fonts associated with the location from a font-location database. Based on the identified digital font(s), one or more embodiments provide a location-based recommendation of digital fonts for use in connection with the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Sachin Soni, Ashish Duggal
  • Patent number: 10992407
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing waveform adaptation are provided. In an example, a method is provided for identifying a plurality of candidate waveforms, and selecting one of the candidate waveforms for data transmission. The candidate waveforms may be identified in accordance with one or more criteria, such as a transmission capability of the transmitting device, a reception capability of the receiving device, a desired Peak-to-Average-Power-Ratio (PAPR) characteristic, adjacent channel interference (ACI) rejection requirements, spectrum localization requirements, and other criteria. The waveform selected for data transmission may be selected in accordance with one or more waveform selection criteria, such as traffic characteristic, application types, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alireza Bayesteh, Hosein Nikopour, Jianglei Ma
  • Patent number: 10984371
    Abstract: An express package delivery request is received from a courier terminal that indicates identifier information of a courier and first positioning information corresponding to a location of the courier. The express package delivery content information corresponding to a recipient address is retrieved from a database. The identifier information of the courier and the first positioning information corresponding to the location of the courier is determined to be within proximity to the retrieved recipient address. The second positioning information of a recipient that can receive an express package is determined corresponding to an account in the retrieved express package delivery content information. A notification is provided to the courier terminal to deliver the express package identified in the express package delivery request if the determined second positioning information of the recipient coincides with the retrieved recipient address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenbin Jin
  • Patent number: 10986305
    Abstract: An account association unit associates the user account of a service user with the user account of a service provider in a case where the service user starts using a service provided by the service provider. An analysis unit sets, as a target image, an image, which is stored after the user account of the service user is associated with the user account of the service provider, among images stored in the image storage unit for the user account of the service provider, and analyzes an object shown in the target image. An image transmission unit transmits the target image to the image storage unit for the user account of the service user at a preset time point for image transmission in a case where the object relating to the service user is shown in the target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10977909
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to synchronize notifications with media playback. In one or more embodiments, when a user is consuming content, such as music, television, a game, an audible notification can be synchronized with the user's content consumption experience. For example, various embodiments can detect what type of content the user is consuming and changes in the content. For example, when the content is music, various embodiments can detect when the music changes or stops, and can then provide audible notifications to the user. Audible notifications can pertain to notifications associated with incoming messages, calls, and other information such as passive assistance notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Andre Luiz Silva Bazante, Olivier David Meirhaeghe
  • Patent number: 10979373
    Abstract: Implementations relate to automatic suggested responses based on message stickers provided in a messaging application. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to provide message suggestions in a messaging application includes detecting a first message sent by a first user device to a second user device over a communication network, programmatically analyzing the first message to determine a semantic concept associated with the first message, identifying one or more message stickers based at least in part on the semantic concept, and transmitting instructions to cause the one or more message stickers to be displayed in a user interface displayed on the second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Hung Pham
  • Patent number: 10979866
    Abstract: A method for sharing data in a transmitting-side electronic device communicating with a receiving-side electronic device is provided. The method includes connecting a voice call with the receiving-side electronic device; obtaining a sharing object to be shared with the receiving-side electronic device; and transmitting data corresponding to the sharing object to the receiving-side electronic device through a data session formed based on information related to the voice call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-kih Hong, Min-Seok Kim, Ho-Jun Lee, Su-Jeong Lim, Deok-Ho Kim, Cheol-Ju Hwang, Yeul-Tak Sung
  • Patent number: 10963822
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a service platform capable of providing device-based task completion is disclosed. A request for a task is received at a service platform from a customer. A worker device to complete the task is selected from a group of worker devices registered with the service platform based on a current attribute of the worker device. Data resulting from completion of the task is received from the selected worker device, validated, and presented to the customer. A reward or incentive can be provided to the worker device in response to the data being received from the worker device and validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Behzad Shahraray, Andrea Basso, Lee Begeja, David C. Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Eric Zavesky
  • Patent number: 10956713
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes selecting a kernel and kernel parameters for a first Support Vector Machine (SVM) model, testing the first SVM model on a feature matrix T of n feature vectors of length m to produce false positive (FP) data set and false negative (FN) data set by a computer processor, wherein n and m are integer numbers, automatically removing feature vectors corresponding to the FP data set from the feature matrix T by the computer processor to produce a feature matrix T_best, retraining the first SVM model on the feature matrix T_best to produce a second SVM model, and checking if a ratio (T_best sample number)/(SVM support vector number) is above a threshold for the second SVM model on T_best. If the ratio is above the threshold, SVM predictions are performed using the second SVM model on the feature matrix T_best.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shutterfly, LLC
    Inventor: Omer Moshe Moussaffi
  • Patent number: 10958749
    Abstract: A label of a message to be sent is detected as a message label for a non-real-time transmission. For a user device group associated with the message to be sent and based on a timely-response rate and a correction scheme, an optimal time period to respond to a message for each user device in the user device group is dynamically determined. Based on the optimal time period for each user device to respond to a message, the message to be sent is separately sent to a corresponding user device in the user device group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Yue, Yutian Tao, Mingjie Zhong, Zhiyuan Cao, Wenhui Wu, Haibo Bai
  • Patent number: 10956032
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for inputting data into a primary application. A keyboard utility may be rendered on a user interface of a client computing device for inputting data into a primary application. Information may be obtained from a secondary application. A view may be generated using the information obtained from the secondary application. The view may be displayed as the keyboard utility on the user interface of the client computing device. In aspects, the keyboard utility is linked to the secondary application. In some cases, the secondary application is a calendar application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pierre Valade, Jeremy Le Van, Christophe Louis François Lamperti
  • Patent number: 10951749
    Abstract: Apparatus for constructing a digital telephone message including a message defining unit, configured for allowing a sender to define a message for sending to a recipient, and a response defining unit, configured for allowing the sender to predefine a recipient response, and to include the predefined recipient response in the message for activation at the recipient. Apparatus for receiving a digital telephone message, the message including an activatable sender-defined response, the apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving the message, a notification unit for notifying a recipient of the arrival of the message, and a response activation unit for displaying the sender-defined response, and associating the sender-defined response with a user action for providing user input to send the response. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BKLK Ltd.
    Inventors: Ben-Zion Klein, Israel Belfer, Ehud Spiegel
  • Patent number: 10949112
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data push method and device, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring to-be-pushed data and identifier information of the to-be-pushed data, the identifier information of the to-be-pushed data uniquely identifies the to-be-pushed data; and pushing the to-be-pushed data if indication information is not stored at a target storage location in a storage space, the target storage location comprising a storage location corresponding to the identifier information of the to-be-pushed data, and the indication information indicating identifier information of data that had been pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jianxiang Huang
  • Patent number: 10943264
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing text message alerts. A telephony interface module receives an alert enrollment request from a client device. The alert enrollment request is received through a first type of communication channel. The alert enrollment request includes a protocol specific portion that includes a communication endpoint identifier assigned to the client device. A data database management module links the communication endpoint identifier to an opt-in record. A text message interface module communicates, based on the client device identifier being linked to the opt-in record, an alert to the client device through a second type of communication channel. The alert is addressed to the client device based on the communication endpoint identifier linked to the opt-in record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: George Vincent Friborg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10943278
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for purchasing items using an e-commerce shopping assistant. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor to perform operations for receiving an electronic message comprising a web address from a user's mobile device via SMS, accessing a web page using the web address, identifying an item for purchase based on the content of the web page, retrieving the user's account information based on an identifier of the mobile device, wherein the account information comprises user preferences and user profile information, identifying merchants from which to purchase the identified item, selecting a merchant from the identified merchants based on the user preferences, configuring the purchase transaction based on the user preferences and the user profile information, and completing the purchase transaction at a merchant system of the selected merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader Benkreira, Joshua Edwards, Michael Mossoba
  • Patent number: 10945116
    Abstract: A method of controlling an inter-vehicle communication system includes: monitoring a current situation based on at least one piece of input information; determining whether the current situation corresponds to an emergency condition; preparing a message corresponding to the emergency condition upon determining that the current situation corresponds to the emergency condition; and broadcasting the prepared message to at least one neighboring vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ju Won Kim, Joon Young Kim, Dong Uk Kim, Jeong Won Lee
  • Patent number: 10944763
    Abstract: Embodiments for generating appropriate data sets for learning to identify user actions. A user uses one or more applications over a suitable period of time. As the user uses the applications, a monitoring device, acting as a “man-in-the-middle,” intermediates the exchange of encrypted communication between the applications and the servers that serve the applications. The monitoring device obtains, for each action performed by the user, two corresponding (bidirectional) flows of communication: an encrypted flow, and an unencrypted flow. Since the unencrypted flow indicates the type of action that was performed by the user, the correspondence between the encrypted flow and the unencrypted flow may be used to automatically label the encrypted flow, without decrypting the encrypted flow. Features of the encrypted communication may then be stored in association with the label to automatically generate appropriately-sized learning set for each application of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Verint Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ziv Katzir, Gershon Celnicker, Hed Kovetz
  • Patent number: 10939252
    Abstract: To make it possible to perform retransmission control in which wireless resources are more efficiently utilized, a wireless communication apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal apparatus; a communication control unit configured to control multicast transmission performed by the wireless communication unit; and a setting unit configured to set a threshold for determining whether or not it is necessary for the communication control unit to perform a retransmission process, on the basis of information about reception of a reception acknowledgment response corresponding to the multicast transmission from the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Sakai, Takeshi Itagaki
  • Patent number: 10932320
    Abstract: A method for controlling, via a terminal, a sleep mode of a first communication module of the terminal. The first communication module is configured to exchange data with a first wireless access network. The terminal includes a second communication module, which is configured to exchange data with a second wireless access network. The second communication module has a maximum data rate that is lower than a maximum data rate of the first communication module. When the first communication module is in sleep mode, the second communication module is configured to listen to a downlink between the second wireless access network and the terminal. When the terminal receives an activation request from the server via the second communication module, the first communication module is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SIGFOX
    Inventor: Raoul Mallart
  • Patent number: 10931616
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing location-based messaging are provided. The location-based messaging may occur between users within a particular venue. A location-based messaging system may facilitate messaging between event attendees and service personnel at the venue, such as during times of emergency or other times when the location of one user is to be sent to and used by another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CallFire, Inc.
    Inventor: April Patrice Ewing
  • Patent number: 10921964
    Abstract: A message input reception device, comprising at least one processor configured to: acquire registered message data representing an object-related registered message which is registered in advance and is set such that a symbol string relating to at least one object is insertable into a prescribed position or is capable of replacing a prescribed portion; identify at least one selected object which is selected by a user from among objects displayed on a screen; and acquire, as an input message input by the user, a message obtained by inserting a symbol string associated with the at least one selected object into the prescribed position of the object-related registered message or replacing the prescribed portion of the object-related registered message with the symbol string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ebihara, Sumie Yogo, Fumiro Igarashi, Nagayo Orihara, Yuta Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10922988
    Abstract: A network device includes a memory, a display, a processor, and a network communication module configured to receive vehicle data, driver information, and driver communications from a plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display device via a long-range wireless network, each portable wireless data transfer and display device being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of vehicles. The memory configured to store the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications. The processor is configured to process at least one of: the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communication into summary electronic reports and present the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location via the display. The network device is configured to allow for selection of the drivers presented and is configured to send work requests to wireless devices in use by the selection of the drivers presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: XRS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Mohn, Christopher A. Sekula, Sarat Kakumanu, Odell R. Tuttle, Daniel P. Fuglewicz, Peter S. Anderson, Thomas J. Martin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10924998
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting a wake-up packet in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a transmission apparatus composes a wake-up packet and transmits same to a receiving apparatus. An OOK scheme and Manchester coding are applied to the wake-up packet. The wake-up packet comprises a sequence containing first information and second information. The first information and second information comprise on and off signals. The on signal applies a first sequence on K number of successive subcarriers in a 20 MHz band, and is transmitted by means of a first symbol generated by carrying out a 64-point IFFT. In the first sequence, one from among a subcarrier having a subcarrier index that is an even number and subcarrier having a subcarrier index that is an odd number is nulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsung Park, Dongguk Lim, Hangyu Cho, Jinsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 10924606
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence audio apparatus includes a sensing part which is configured to sense a current location and a temperature and/or a humidity thereof and sense whether a human exists in the current location; and a controller which is configured to receive weather information of the current location from an external server using location information of the current location, determine whether a predetermined greeting should be output when the human exists in the current location, and in response to determining that the predetermined greeting should be output, extract at least one of a greeting voice and a greeting text, from greeting data stored in a storage, which corresponds with a current time, at least one of the temperature and the humidity, and the weather information of the current location, and output the extracted at least one of the greeting voice and the greeting text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-se Hong
  • Patent number: 10924897
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may comprise: a communication circuit for supporting a call function; a memory for storing a database including contacts of a plurality of users, wherein the database contains a plurality of contact groups and a first user of the plurality of users belongs to a first contact group; and a processor configured to cause the communication circuit to transmit, to a user terminal of the first user, a request for a profile call, which comprises a contact of the first user and information on images corresponding to the first contact group, when a user input to send a call to the first user is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Jin, Gyu Bong Oh, Sung Dong Kim, Soon Hyun Cha
  • Patent number: 10917372
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device, the method including receiving a user interface input within a messaging application on the electronic device, the user interface input signaling that at least one of photographs or videos exchanged within a message thread on the messaging application should be stored within a shared photo album; comparing correspondents of the message thread with membership in at least one shared photo album accessible by the electronic device; selecting at least one shared photo album based on the comparing; and configuring one of the selected at least one shared photo album as a configured shared photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 10917759
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a service request from a user equipment (UE) device via a wireless access network; identify a Short Message Service Inter-Working Function (SMS-IWF) device associated with the UE device; and determine that the identified SMS-IWF device is associated with a link failure. The processor may further be configured to instruct the UE device to detach based on determining that the identified SMS-IWF device is associated with a link failure; receive a re-attach request from the UE device, in response to instructing the UE device to detach; and assign a functioning SMS-IWF device to the UE device, in response to receiving the re-attach request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann Hua, Priscilla Lau