Patents Assigned to AND Communications
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Patent number: 11178701Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining an RA-RNTI. In the present application, a base station receives a random access preamble sent by a terminal; the base station determines an RA-RNTI according to a time-frequency resource occupied by the random access preamble, wherein the time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol level; and the base station sends a random access response message, wherein the random access response message comprises downlink control information allocated, by the base station, for the terminal, and the downlink control information is scrambled using the RA-RNTI. By means of the present application, an RA-RNTI can be determined during a random access process of an NR system.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Ren, Zheng Zhao, Ren Da, Tie Li, Fang-Chen Cheng
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Patent number: 11178049Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning network services include receiving a provisioning request and, in response, initiating a first configuration operation in which a network address is assigned to a piece of network equipment for providing the network service. A network service path is established to the address such that when the equipment is connected to the network, a second configuration operation may be initiated in which the equipment is initialized to perform one or more network functions in support of the network service. Submission of provisioning requests may be conducted through a portal or similar environment that further enables users to analyze, modify, or otherwise manage their network equipment and services.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Eric D. Gundersen, Steven M. Rdzak, Rene Grippo
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Patent number: 11178539Abstract: Text message communications between operator devices and service devices are enabled by the assignment of a telephone number defined for those service devices. A text message communication may be initiated by an operator device accessing a web service associated with a software platform or by the software platform itself. One of the service devices for which the telephone number is defined for use is selected, for example, based on information received as input from the operator device. The telephone number is assigned to that service device to enable the service device to participate in the text message communication with the operator device. At the conclusion of the text message communication, the telephone number is released from the service device to enable one of the other service devices to use it, for example, to continue the same text message communication or to participate in a different text message communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventor: Vi Dinh Chau
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Patent number: 11178003Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to resetting observable channel knockouts. A device may transmit a poll request frame to a cable modem to solicit information associated with the cable modem. The device may receive a response frame from the cable modem, wherein the response frame includes information indicating the cable modem is in a partial operation state. The device may store at least a portion of the information in the memory. The device may determine a command configured to cause the cable modem to transition from the partial operation state. The device may transmit the command to the cable modem.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Milley, David Norman, Brad Pfaff, James Thompson
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Patent number: 11178609Abstract: Power management for remote units in a wireless distribution system. Power can be managed for a remote unit configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the remote unit. For example, the remote unit may be configured to include power-consuming remote unit modules to provide communication services. As another example, the remote unit may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the remote unit to power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the remote unit, the power-consuming remote unit modules and/or power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the remote unit. In this instance, the power available at the remote unit can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the remote unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Christian Heidler, Jonathan Richard Hull, Jessica Joy Kedziora, Michael Sauer, Wolfgang Gottfried Tobias Schweiker
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Patent number: 11177836Abstract: A mobile communication device that adapts its usage of antennas based on a rule set and an operation context. The device comprises a plurality of antennas, a radio modem, a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a client application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the application receives a biometric input for authenticating a session of a user on the device, wherein the biometric input is associated with a biometric profile, sends a request for a rule set to a server computer, and receives the rule set. The application further stores the rule set, evaluates the rule set based on the operation context to determine an antenna operation setting, and commands the radio modem to configure itself to the antenna operation setting, whereby the radio modem is restricted from using all of the plurality of antennas at the same time in at least some operation contexts.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Anurag Thantharate, Sreekar Marupaduga, Sougata Saha, Hannah J. Sifuentes
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Patent number: 11178620Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a base station and a User Equipment (UE) for power adjustment. The UE first transmits a first radio signal. The first radio signal occupies T time unit(s) in time domain, and the T is used for determining a first component. A first reference power is in linear correlation with the first component. A transmit power of the first radio signal is a first power, and the first reference power is used for determining the first power. The T is a positive integer. The above method can ensure that the first radio signal keeps a stable coverage in the condition that the first radio signal occupies different numbers of time units.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: XiaoBo Zhang
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Patent number: 11177884Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing simultaneous digital and analog services in optical fiber-based distributed radio frequency (RF) antenna systems (DASs), and related components and methods. A multiplex switch unit associated with a head-end unit of a DAS can be configured to receive a plurality of analog and digital downlink signals from one or more sources, such as a service matrix unit, and to assign each downlink signal to be transmitted to one or more remote units of the DAS. In one example, when two or more downlink signals are assigned to be transmitted to the same remote unit, a wave division multiplexer/demultiplexer associated with the multiplex switch unit can be configured to wave division multiplex the component downlink signals into a combined downlink signal for remote side transmission and to demultiplex received combined uplink signals into their component uplink signals for head-end side transmission.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: William Patrick Cune, Ofer Saban, Isaac Shapira
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Patent number: 11177565Abstract: A multi-band generalized antenna architecture using two or more types of antenna element is presented. Linear arrays of a first type of antenna element are used for one or more frequencies while a second antenna element type is used for other frequencies. The second type of antenna element is located between the linear arrays of the first antenna element type. The second antenna element type may be arranged in a staggered configuration or they may be arranged as linear arrays as well. The first type of antenna element may be a patch antenna element while the second type of antenna element may be a dipole antenna element. The patch antenna element may be used for high band frequencies while the dipole antenna element may be used in low band frequencies. The spacing in vertical direction is not equal to minimize the effect of arrays on each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS ANTENNA INC.Inventors: Nasrin Hojjat, Sadegh Farzaneh, Lin-Ping Shen, Bret Jones, Hua Wang, Minya Gavrilovic, Des Bromley, Willi Lotz, Jacob Van Beek
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Patent number: 11178686Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and detecting downlink control information. The method involves determining a state of resource allocation in a downlink transmission time period, the resource allocation corresponds to allocation of at least one downlink transmission resource region; and transmitting downlink control information on a preset resource in the at least one downlink transmission resource region, the downlink control information being used for scheduling at least one terminal to perform data transmission in the downlink transmission resource region. The method also involves detecting the downlink control information on the preset resource in the downlink transmission time period; determining, according to the detected downlink control information, a data transmission region indicated by the downlink control information; and detecting follow-up downlink control information according to the data transmission region.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Wang, Xuejuan Gao, Fang-Chen Cheng, Shaohui Sun
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Patent number: 11178594Abstract: Methods and systems for routing data are disclosed. In one aspect, service management can be implemented on one or more computing devices located between at least one router and one or more nodes. The one or more computing devices can be a default gateway for a plurality of user devices. In another aspect, the disclosed methods and systems can use a tag in routing a data block (e.g., service data) via a predefined route. For example, a device can transmit a request for a tag to a network node for routing a data block via a predefined route. Upon receiving the request, the network node can allocate a tag and create an interface. The interface can be associated with the tag and communications between the network node and the device for routing the data block.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventor: Brian Field
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Patent number: 11177649Abstract: Safety power disconnection for remote power distribution in power distribution systems is disclosed. The power distribution system includes one or more power distribution circuits each configured to remotely distribute power from a power source over current carrying power conductors to remote units to provide power for remote unit operations. A remote unit is configured to decouple power from the power conductors thereby disconnecting the load of the remote unit from the power distribution system. A current measurement circuit in the power distribution system measures current flowing on the power conductors and provides a current measurement to the controller circuit. The controller circuit is configured to disconnect the power source from the power conductors for safety reasons in response to detecting a current from the power source in excess of a threshold current level indicating a load.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventor: Ami Hazani
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Patent number: 11178697Abstract: A random access method and a terminal are provided. The random access method comprises: receiving random access mechanism configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the random access mechanism configuration information includes a random access type and random access time-frequency resource information corresponding to the random access type, and the random access type includes a first random access mechanism and/or a second random access mechanism; and performing a random access process of the first random access mechanism or the second random access mechanism according to the random access mechanism configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Ren, Tony Ekpenyong, Xueming Pan
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Patent number: 11178244Abstract: An announcement protocol may allow disparate, and previously incompatible, content delivery network caches to exchange information and cache content for one another. Announcement data may be stored by the respective caches, and used to determine whether a cache is able to service an incoming request. URL prefixes may be included in the announcements to identify the content, and longest-match lookups may be used to help determine a secondary option when a first cache determines that it lacks a requested content.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Brian Field, Jan Van Doorn, Jim Hall
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Patent number: 11176262Abstract: In a method for providing secure data storage, a user interface is provided to a user, and a user selection of a plurality of cloaking sequences is received via the user interface. The cloaking sequences include at least a first and second cloaking sequence. The method also includes cloaking data (e.g., one or more files). Cloaking the data includes retrieving a first hidden sequence associated with the first cloaking sequence, and retrieving a second hidden sequence associated with the second cloaking sequence. The second hidden sequence includes an ordered sequence of bit sets each including one or more bits. Cloaking the data also includes using the first hidden sequence to identify offset positions within the data, and using the ordered sequence of bit sets to perform one or more operations on the data at the identified offset positions. The method further includes storing the cloaked data in a database.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventors: James Anderson Blackley, Jay Eric Carlson, Michael David Hanrahan, Bajeed Pattan, Christopher Scott Alcott
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Patent number: 11178444Abstract: A roaming video experience, in which users continue watching a content item when moving from viewing device to viewing device is enabled herein via Radio Frequency (RF) enabled remote controls and set top boxes. A device identifier from a first RF-enabled set top box is communicated to an active RF-enabled remote control. When a user signals a second RF-enabled set top box, the viewing session parameter set associated with the active RF-enabled remote control is passed to the second RF-enabled set top box. Using the parameter set, the second set top box is enabled to learn the system settings, user preferences, and content item that were used on the first set top box, and provide a continued viewing experience—the roaming video experience—for the user on an associated viewing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Ramkumar Krishnan, Muhammad Raza, Matt Munchinski, Albert Higashi
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Patent number: 11178204Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide video content having enhanced color spaces and/or bit-depths, but are not so limited. A system includes a video processor and video processing instructions to transform portions of a video content item from a first color space and/or bit-depth to a second color space and/or bit-depth. A method transforms portions of a video content item from a first color space and/or bit-depth to a second color space and/or bit-depth when delivering the video content item to a display device. A computer-readable storage medium or device stores executable instructions that transform portions of a video content item from a first color space and/or bit-depth to a second color space and/or bit-depth after receiving a request to display the video content item on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Yousef Wasef Nijim, James Alan Strothmann, Jay Paul Langa
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Patent number: 11176160Abstract: An SQL interceptor inserted as a proxy between a database client and the corresponding database server intercepts a constrained application-generated SQL query and composes a new data request. Parameter values in the SQL query determine whether the new data request is sent to a database server or a web service provider. A reserved table name specified in the SQL query triggers a rewrite of the data request. Parameter values in the query are used to select among a plurality of executable modules to use for rewriting the data request. Special data encoding and formats need to be used based on the source of data that will receive and respond to the rewritten data request. For example, communication between a database client and server may use a vendor-specific, non-standard binary encoding, and XML and JSON response data must be reformatted as an SQL response for processing by the database client.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventor: Marius Adamut
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Patent number: 11178593Abstract: A terminal used as a terminal in a plurality of terminals in a system including the plurality of terminals that communicate with each other and a plurality of relay apparatuses. The terminal is configured to measure a delay time between the terminal and each relay apparatus of the plurality of relay apparatuses; select a relay apparatus from the plurality of relay apparatuses based on the delay time measured by the measurement means; and perform communication with another terminal via the relay apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: NTT Communications CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Otsuya, Yoshimasa Iwase
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Patent number: D936004Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Stuart Helgeson, Henry Homza