Patents Assigned to AND Communications
  • Patent number: 11018715
    Abstract: Techniques of transmitting wireless communications involve generating orthogonal spreading codes for any number of user devices that are linear combinations of sinusoidal harmonics that match the frequencies within the spread bandwidth. Along these lines, prior to transmitting signals, processing circuitry may generate a set of initial code vectors that form an equiangular tight frame having small cross-correlations. From each of these rows, the processing circuitry produces a new spreading code vector using a code map that is a generalization of a discrete Fourier transform. The difference between the code map and a discrete Fourier transform is that the frequencies of the sinusoidal harmonics are chosen to match the particular frequencies within the spread bandwidth and differ from a center frequency by multiples of the original unspread bandwidth. Different transmitters may then modulate respective signals generated with different spreading code vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Rampart Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Brandon Robinson, Andrew Keith Palmisano, Kregg Elliott Arms, Audrey Nichole Moore
  • Patent number: 11017432
    Abstract: Methods and systems for data access are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a request to access user data. In one aspect, the request can comprise an offer, and the request and the offer can be provided to one or more users. The users can be associated with the user data. The users may grant or deny access to the requested user data in response to the request and in consideration of the offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Francis R Sandoval
  • Patent number: 11017111
    Abstract: A messaging system may include a notification module that generates a cryptic notification of one or more messages available to a first user account from one or more second user accounts. The system may receive user notification preference settings for the first user account via a user interface of an electronic user communication device that predefines the cryptic notification to be generated by the notification module for display by the user communication device when a message is available. The cryptic notification may be cloaked as an event or operation unrelated to notification of an available message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Encode Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett David McReynolds, Thomas Christopher Whelan
  • Patent number: 11019198
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing enhanced incoming call notifications for users who utilized a relay application designed for those with speech, visual, or hearing impairments or disabilities. An indication that a calling party is attempting to initiate an incoming call intended for a receiving party that utilizes a relay application that assists users having hearing, visual, or speech disabilities is received by an intermediate party. A chat session is established utilizing the relay application between the intermediate party and the calling party. Additionally, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) session is established that does not include a voice session. Upon the chat session being terminated from within the relay application, the VoIP session is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Sadanand Pawar, Hemant Tiwari, Navaneeth Godalwar, Jason B. Marshall
  • Patent number: 11019634
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in wireless transmission. A User Equipment (UE) first receives a first signaling, and then receives a first radio signal, the first radio signal carrying a first bit block. The first signaling is used for determining a transmission format corresponding to the first radio signal. The transmission format corresponding to the first radio signal is one transmission format in a first format set, and the first format set comprises a first transmission format and a second transmission format. A radio signal corresponding to the first transmission format includes P radio sub-signal(s), each one of the P radio sub-signal(s) carries the first bit block, and the P radio sub-signal(s) is(are) transmitted by a same antenna port group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11018761
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automated health assessment of fiber optic links of a fiber optic communication system are described. Tables are used to describe the fiber optic links, including access addresses to communication modules used in the links. Telemetry data representative of operation of the communication modules can be read via the access addresses into a central station. OTDR/OFDR measurement data of fiber optic segments used in the links can be read via the access addresses into the central station. The telemetry and/or OTDR/OFDR measurement data can be used by the central station for comparison against reference data to assess health of the links. The communication modules locally and continuously capture the telemetry data to detect transient events that may be the result of tampering of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Ultra Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Ahadian, Vahid Nazer, Sandra Skendzic, Charles B. Kuznia, Richard J. Weiss
  • Patent number: 11019502
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for allocating frequency spectrum resources in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service network. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: receiving, by a Spectrum Access System (SAS), a channel message from a Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD); selecting, by the SAS, in response to the received channel allocation message, a first frequency spectrum channel from a plurality of available frequency spectrum channels based on a type of traffic the CBSD is carrying; assigning, by the SAS, the selected first frequency spectrum channel to the CBSD for use in wireless communications with user equipment devices; communicating, by the SAS, information identifying the assigned first frequency spectrum channel to the CBSD. When the determined type of traffic being carried by the CBSD is said uplink dominated traffic basing said first frequency spectrum channel selection on adjacent channel interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Volkan Sevindik, Haider Syed
  • Patent number: 11019181
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are described for permitting communications between devices complying with different communication protocols or versions. For example, a computing device may store a map indicative of associations between one or more tunnels or channels and one or more destination addresses. In some examples, a destination address may be associated with a user device. One or more messages may include an address that may be extracted by a device, such as a router, to determine which channel to use in transmitting the message to the user device. One or more messages may include an indication of a channel that may be extracted by the device to determine a destination address of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Yiu Leung Lee
  • Patent number: 11019616
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a network equipment for wireless communication. The UE first determines a first time-frequency resource subset from a first time-frequency resource set, and then monitors a first radio signal in the first time-frequency resource subset; wherein location relevant information of the UE is used for determining the first time-frequency resource subset from the first time-frequency resource set, and the first radio signal includes paging relevant information. According to the present disclosure, a relationship is established between the time-frequency resources transmitting the paging relevant information of the UE and the location relevant information of the UE, thus, when a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base station covers an enormous number of UEs, collision problems of paging information caused by the UEs all sharing one paging scheme are avoided and waste of receiving power of the UE is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qi Jiang, Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11019572
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a UE and a base station for power adjustment. The UE transmits a first radio signal in a first time window, wherein the first radio signal is used for determining K difference value(s) corresponding to K reference power(s), and the reference power is a power estimated for transmission of an uplink channel. Measurement(s) for K antenna port group(s) are used for determining the K reference power(s respectively), the first radio signal is used for determining position(s) of the K antenna port group(s) in L antenna port groups, the antenna port group comprises a positive integer number of antenna ports, and all antenna ports in the L antenna port groups are used for one same serving cell. The disclosure can support multiple independent closed-loop power control processes for one serving cell or carrier, thereby improving efficiency and performance of uplink power control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11019111
    Abstract: A computing device, such as a mapping application server, may track data associated with a plurality of user devices, such as an Internet Protocol version. A system, such as an IMS system, may use may use the data associated with the plurality of user devices to process messages. When messages between devices are received, the computing device may provide information regarding at least one protocol associated with a communication. The computing device may respond to queries from various network elements. The responses may provide data that may be used to identify a protocol version, such as a Name Authority Pointer (NAPTR). Any necessary protocol interworking may be provided by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Wikoff, Raghavendra P. Hegde, Matthew J. Christopher, Eugene Nolan
  • Patent number: 11019545
    Abstract: A connection between two UEs is identified by a single connection identifier. Different streams are transmitted over different wireless links with potential redundancy between streams. Initially a first WiFi link is used to communicate with the second UE. After the first UE decides it will handoff to a second WiFi AP it establishes a connection with a cellular AP and then communicates a second stream corresponding to the same connection. The first and second streams initially communicate the same content. The first WiFi link is terminated, but the second stream continues to communicate content. The first UE then establishes a second WiFi connection with a second WiFi AP and communicates a third content stream of the first connection to second UE via second WiFi link. The third stream initially communicates information also communicated over second stream. The cellular link is terminated. The second WiFi link is used to communicate content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Jody Beck
  • Patent number: 11018839
    Abstract: A wireless device receives from a base station at least message that comprises configuration parameters of a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells comprises a plurality of secondary cells. The plurality of cells are grouped into a plurality of groups that comprise a primary group comprising a primary cell with a primary control channel, and a secondary group comprising a plurality of secondary cells. The plurality of secondary cells comprise a first secondary cell with a secondary control channel, and a deactivation timer value for a deactivation timer of the first secondary cell. The wireless device keeps the first secondary cell active in response to: the deactivation timer with the deactivation timer value being expired in a subframe, and a secondary cell in the secondary group being activated in the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11018504
    Abstract: An intermediate power supply unit for distributing lower voltage power to remote devices is disclosed. The intermediate power supply unit includes a higher voltage power input configured to receive power distributed by a power source and a power coupling circuit configured to couple the higher voltage power input to a plurality of power coupling outputs. If it is determined that a wire coupling the power source to the higher voltage power input is touched, the higher voltage power input is decoupled from the power coupling outputs. The intermediate power supply unit also includes a power converter circuit configured to convert voltage on higher voltage inputs to a lower voltage applied to one or more lower voltage outputs. The power converter circuit is also configured to distribute power from the one or more lower voltage outputs over a power conductor coupled to an assigned remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Albert Bonja, Mark Edward Conner, Ami Hazani
  • Patent number: 11016249
    Abstract: A fiber optical connector includes a connector housing and an optical-fiber component. The connector housing includes a receiving space. Two ends of the connector housing respectively form a first connector opening and a second connector opening. The first connector opening and the second connector opening communicate with the receiving space. Plural pins are assembled on a side surface of the connector housing, and the optical fiber component is inserted into the receiving space from the first connector opening. The connector housing has an improved structural strength. The assembling between the pins and the circuit board allows the connector to be fixedly positioned with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: ACON OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yang-Yang Cui, Yan-Mei Chang
  • Patent number: 11019482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a RSP-based LPA application implementation method, comprising: pre-setting an LPA of a terminal side, wherein the LPA is a local configuration proxy; when information about a subscription protocol between the terminal side and an operator is detected, an operator server creating, according to proxy information about the LPA, a corresponding operator data packet; the terminal side accessing the operator server, and downloading, according to the proxy information, the corresponding operator data packet; and an EUICC receiving the operator data packet forwarded by the LPA, decrypting same, and then installing the operator data packet, wherein the EUICC is an embedded universal integrated circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TCL Communications (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianghui Lou, Xian Jiang
  • Patent number: 11019218
    Abstract: The invention relates to, among others, a communication station (10) for an intercom network (11), comprising a plurality of operating elements (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) each of which are configured in the manner of a lever (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49e, 49f, 49g, 49h, 49i, 49j), wherein a lever starting from an inactive middle position (39a) is manually shiftable in a first direction (31) into a first switching position (39b) or alternatively shiftable in a second direction (32) contrary to the first into a second switching position (39c), wherein the lever is biased toward its middle position. The special feature of the invention consists, among others, in that the lever comprises a rotatably mounted adjustment element (59, 59a, 59b, 59c, 59d, 59e, 59f, 59g, 59h, 59i, 59j) for changing a parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: RIEDEL COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schaaf, Bernhard Hanisch, Jake Dodson, Thomas Riedel
  • Publication number: 20210153211
    Abstract: A resource allocation method includes: sending configuration information of resources to a user equipment. The configuration information of the resources includes at least one of the following: a periodicity of the resources, or allocation information of a plurality of resources within each periodicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yumin WU
  • Publication number: 20210153250
    Abstract: Provided are a method of transmitting information in an unlicensed band and a network device. The method includes: when there is a synchronized signal block to be transmitted, performing listen before talk (LBT) at an LBT position of a time-domain transmission unit where a candidate transmission position of the synchronized signal block is located, to obtain an LBT result of a channel; if the LBT result of the channel indicates that the channel is idle, then sending, at the candidate transmission position of the synchronized signal block, the corresponding synchronized signal block to UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei JIANG, Zhi LU
  • Publication number: 20210153058
    Abstract: A measurement method, a terminal and a network side device are provided. The measurement method performed by a terminal includes: in a non-connected state, triggering an automatic measurement when a predetermined condition is met. In an embodiment of present disclosure, it is agreed that the terminal in a non-connected state triggers the automatic measurement when the predetermined condition has been met, so the terminal immediately reports an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report an available measurement result, to the network side device when entering a connected state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian ZHENG, Xiaodong YANG, Wei BAO