Patents Assigned to AND Communications
  • Patent number: 11601838
    Abstract: A non-connection state measurement method, UE, and a base station are provided. The measurement method according to this disclosure includes: acquiring measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information includes one or more frequencies; starting, by the UE in a non-connection state, to perform measurements in the one or more frequencies according to the measurement configuration information; and reporting, by the UE after the UE enters a connected state from the non-connection state, a measurement result obtained from the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Bao, Xiaodong Yang, Jingzhi Ma
  • Patent number: 11601730
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for providing alternate content in place of other content based on an issue associated with receiving the other content. The alternate content may be an advertisement associated with the other content. Output of the other content may resume once the issue is resolved and/or after output of the alternate content has concluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Danial Holden, Aljit Joy
  • Patent number: 11601720
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing event messages to a user. The event messages may include video data or a link to video of the event. In some variations, a user or content provider may define criteria for the event messages that are to be displayed to the user. The event messages may be stored so that a user may be able to browse through the stored event messages and decide when to view the video of the event. Upon a user's selection of the event message, the video of the event may be displayed to the user on the same display device or another display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Amit Bagga, Jenny Jiang, Anita Eradla, Scot Zola
  • Patent number: 11601409
    Abstract: A security system is disclosed in which a secure communication session is established between an external security processor and an interface device. After insertion of the external security processor into the interface device, an authorization server provides authorization to the external security processor and the interface device based on, for example, identification information for each device. A derived key may be generated using a common device security key, and a seed value stored at the interface device. The derived key may then be used for multiple communication sessions between the interface device and the external security processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Fahmy, Pete Kuykendall, Nancy Davoust
  • Patent number: 11601343
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. In certain systems and methods, access to a network such as a wireless network, can be granted or denied based upon a threshold number of devices accessing the network. Moreover, access to a first service available over the network can be granted or denied based upon a threshold number of devices accessing the first service. Various network resource can be allocated to the first service based at least upon the number of device access the first service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Mo
  • Patent number: 11601363
    Abstract: A primary internet connection via a gateway or router located at a premises may be used to route internet traffic from devices located at the premises. A change in the primary internet connection, such as a loss or a degradation of the connection, may occur. Based on the change in the primary internet connection, metrics of alternative internet connections, such as cellular or hotspot connections, may be used to select one of the alternative internet connections. Internet traffic may be routed via the selected alternative internet connection until the primary internet connection is reestablished or improves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: James Howard Stephens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11601955
    Abstract: A wireless device may receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells being in a cross-carrier scheduling group comprising a first cell and a second cell. The first cell identified by a first cell identifier may employ a first number of bits. The configuration parameters may indicate that the second cell is a cross-carrier scheduling cell for the first cell. The configuration parameters may comprise the first cell identifier and a first cell indicator field. The first cell indicator field may employ a second number of bits. The wireless device may receive downlink control information via a control channel of the second cell for a packet transmitted via the first cell. The downlink control information may comprise the first cell indicator field identifying the first cell. The wireless device may receive the packet on the first cell via radio resources identified by the downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Dinan
  • Patent number: 11601954
    Abstract: A data sending method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a sending end. The method includes: determining an activation instruction, the activation instruction using multiple bits to indicate sending end logical channels to be used of each RB; and for each RB, a sending end PDCP entity duplicates a PDCP data packet according to the number n of the sending end logical channels to be used of the RB, and sends the duplicated PDCP data packets to a receiving end by means of the sending end logical channels to be used, the maximum value of the number n of the sending end logical channels of each RB being greater than 2. The solution of the present invention can improve the accuracy of an instruction, thereby facilitating improving transmission resource utilization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinghang Gao
  • Patent number: 11598923
    Abstract: A fiber optical connector includes a connector housing and an optical-fiber component. The connector housing comprises a receiving space. One end of the connector housing forms a connector opening communicating with the receiving space. Two side walls of the connector housing comprise a plurality of buckling portions adjacent to the connector opening. The optical-fiber component is positioned in the receiving space. The optical-fiber component comprises a sleeve piece. The sleeve piece comprises a block member and a threaded portion. The block member is assembled in the connector opening and the block member fully received inside the receiving space. Two sides of the block member respectively form an engaging portion. Each of the engaging portions is engaged with the corresponding buckling portion, and the threaded portion is exposed on the peripheral surface of a tail portion of the sleeve piece and out of the connector opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ACON OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yang-Yang Cui, Yan-Mei Chang
  • Patent number: 11601794
    Abstract: Various systems described herein may allow a user's personal information, such as their medical history, to be automatically delivered to appropriate emergency personnel in response to a reported emergency, such as a 911 call, activation of a smoke alarm or security system, or other emergency. Various items of personal and confidential information may be stored in a secure location, and the user may provide advanced approval to have the information automatically delivered to emergency responders in response to a request for emergency assistance. For example, after the user initiates a request for emergency assistance, a computing device may determine whether the user has granted approval for emergency delivery of the user's confidential information, and if such approval has been granted, the computing device may request the delivery of the user's confidential information to the emergency responders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Lesage, Thirunarayanan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11601372
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering content associated with a plurality of different types of applications/devices. Using a CDN flow application, a plurality of network flow parameters are generated for content delivery unique to different types of applications or devices. The network flow parameters include customized data transmission rates. The network flow parameters include predetermined settings for transmission control protocol (TCP) connections between the CDN and devices using a TCP flow control mechanism. Upon receiving a content request, the CDN fulfills the content request based upon first network flow parameters. The network flow parameters may be adjusted for each of the plurality of different types of applications/devices. The network flow parameters may be generated based upon requests or based upon the performance of each of the plurality of applications/devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. Lawrence, William R. Power
  • Patent number: 11601288
    Abstract: A secure connection to a router web UI is provided. In one implementation, responsive to a client request to securely connect to a router web server (RWS), the RWS generates and sends a certificate signing request (CSR) to a remote-security certificate server (R-SCS). Upon validation of the RWS, the R-SCS signs and transmits a router web UI certificate (RWUIC) to the RWS to present to the client. In another implementation, the router includes a local-SCS (L-SCS) that periodically obtains a short-lived intermediate certification authority (ICA) certificate from the R-SCS. Responsive to a client request for secure access to the RWS, the RWS generates and sends a CSR to the L-SCS for the RWUIC. The L-SCS signs the RWUIC and passes the ICA certificate and RWUIC to the RWS, which presents the certificate(s) to the client. Upon validation of the certificate(s), a secure channel between the client and RWS is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kinney Chapman Bacon, David Adam Taylor
  • Patent number: 11601345
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a service activation system in a telecommunications network that utilizes one or more generic container files for building the configuration file to instantiate the service on the network. A request for service from a network may be received from an order entry system that includes specific information about the requested service. A collection of generic configuration files may be selected based on the information included in the service order and arranged to build a configuration file to be executed on the network. The service activation system may also include a component or group of components to verify a received service order and alter the service order with default information or data where applicable. The configuration file may also be executed on the network through one or more drivers communicating with the affected devices to configure the one or more network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Dwyer, Michael L. Nyhus
  • Patent number: 11601327
    Abstract: A network-management system capable of reducing negative impacts of natural disasters on network services. In an example embodiment, in response to an indication of potential failure of one or more network resources in a meteorological event, the network controller operates to orchestrate re-hosting of affected VNFs and perform SDN-based reconfiguration of switches to adapt the traffic flows to the re-hosted VNFs. The indication of potential failure can be provided, e.g., by a specialized application capable of estimating the probabilities of failure for individual network resources based on a plurality of inputs, such as digital weather forecasts for the corresponding geographical area, geographical locations of individual network resources, tolerances of different network resources to specific environmental conditions, previous history of network damage in the same geographical area, alerts from power suppliers, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Saran Khalid, Perwaiz Akhtar
  • Patent number: 11601822
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a random access method and a communications device. The method includes: transmitting a message in a random access process by using a target beam in selectable beams, where the message in the random access process is an Msg1, an Msg2, an Msg3, or an Msg4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11599515
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data management are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving first data from one or more data sources and forming a classification group from the one or more data sources based upon one or more classifiers. The method can also comprise generating an identifier for the classification group by applying a function to the first data and/or the one or more classifiers. Second data can be received from the one or more data sources of the classification group and the second data can be associated with the identifier of the classification group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Garrett Buckman Wright
  • Patent number: 11601482
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing virtual relocation during a network conference. In an embodiment, a method is provided for relocating a conference participant during a network conference. The method includes receiving, at a first conference participant, video streams from one or more additional conference participants, and identifying a video stream of a selected conference participant. The method also includes transmitting a request to the selected conference participant to remove a background from the video stream of the selected conference participant to generate a modified video stream, and receiving the modified video stream from the selected conference participant. The method also includes relocating the modified video stream in a background of the first conference participant, and transmitting an instruction for relocating the modified video stream within the background of the first conference participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Lin Han
  • Patent number: 11601513
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a CDN utilizing a Direct Server Return (DSR) request command to create a tunnel from one content server to another content server of the CDN. Through the DSR tunnel, a request for content may be served from a content server that is more advantageous for the CDN for any number of reasons, such as from a content server that is logically closer to the content server. In determining when a DSR tunnel is created to provide the content, the CDN may access a database storing various information concerning the CDN, such as the location of egress gateways of the CDN in relation to one or more content servers, connecting network location information, the capabilities of one or more content servers, and/or load information of available content servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Joelle T. Maslak, Joseph C. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11601535
    Abstract: Principles, apparatuses, systems, circuits, methods, and computer program products for performing a software upgrade in a MoCA network includes receiving an image of a software upgrade at a server and sending the image in the MoCA network using an L2ME message channel to a client that is enabled to receive the image and store the image in a client memory. The image may be broken up into packets, and a sequence number may be assigned to each packet to assist the client in assembling them. CRC information may also be appended to the packets to enable the client to verify their contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Sagar Jogadhenu
  • Patent number: D980197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AIERJI COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong Zhou