Patents Assigned to AND Communications
  • Patent number: 10978192
    Abstract: Techniques for documenting a clinical procedure involve transcribing audio data comprising audio of one or more clinical personnel speaking while performing the clinical procedure. Examples of applicable clinical procedures include sterile procedures such as surgical procedures, as well as non-sterile procedures such as those conventionally involving a core code reporter. The transcribed audio data may be analyzed to identify relevant information for documenting the clinical procedure, and a text report including the relevant information documenting the clinical procedure may be automatically generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariana Casella dos Santos
  • Patent number: 10979555
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to one or more devices, systems and/or methods for generating sealing current at a customer's premises or residence and injecting the sealing current into a DSL service provider's telephone cables to prevent the oxidation or corrosion of wire splices or connections on the telephone cables transporting DSL services. A cable pair stabilizer unit is connected at the customer's premises or residence, between the service provider's telephone cables and the customer's residential gateway/modem. The cable pair stabilizer unit comprises circuitry for generating the sealing current and for injecting the sealing current into the service provider's telephone cables transporting DSL services. The cable pair stabilizer unit may be combined with an AC/DC power supply adapter as a single, integrated device. The cable pair stabilizer unit may alternatively be combined with or inside of the Residential Gateway as a single, integrated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Enginuity Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Sean Iwasaki, Stephen M. Todd
  • Patent number: 10979162
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining the efficacy of an advertisement are described herein. A computing device may receive an advertisement from an advertisement server. The computing device may determine advertisement information associated with the presentation of the advertisement. The advertisement information may be sent to the advertisement server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Edward D. Monnerat, Mehul S. Patel
  • Patent number: 10979475
    Abstract: Content segments may be generated/sent in a different format than the format they are stored/received. Timing information for packets comprising the content segments in the requested format may be based on timing information for packets comprising the content segment in the stored format. For example, the timing information of the first packet in the requested format may comprise the timing information of the first packet in the stored format. The timing information of other packets in the requested format may be based on the timing information of the first packet in the requested format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, FFC
    Inventors: James Barkley, Weidong Mao
  • Patent number: 10980025
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing frequency reassignment within wireless access nodes so as to minimize data session disruption. In one embodiment, the frequency reassignments occur within a quasi-licensed system utilizing 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum, and a reassignment of wireless spectrum that mitigates disruption or loss of continuity to existing data sessions of users of devices associated with a CBSD/xNB is provided via notification of the associated devices (e.g., Category B Consumer Premises Equipment or CPE, such as an FWA) of the reassignment by the CBSD/xNB. In one variant, the associated devices are instructed by the CBSD/xNB to invoke a “wait and re-establish” protocol that obviates a full frequency band rescan in favor of a designated target frequency provided to the CBSD/xNB by the cognizant SAS or DP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Hossam Hmimy, Mohamed Daoud, Matthew Hubbard
  • Patent number: 10977252
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method monitors a plurality of data streams passing through a router in the connectivity service provider environment, and for each of the data streams, periodically samples packets at the router. The method further generates a stream signature based at least on the payload of the sampled packets. The method further includes, for each generated stream signature, attaching information to the stream signature. Such information may, for example, include time-stamp information for the stream signature, or an identification of the router. The method may further comprise storing the stream signatures corresponding to the data streams in a database. The stored stream signatures may be compared to determine matching stream signatures. Matching signatures may identify data streams that carry identical or similar content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Sergey Yermakov, Travis Ewert
  • Patent number: 10977394
    Abstract: Design tools and methods of use for designing, ordering, and providing manufacturing and installation instructions for waveguide system networks include a system design tool including a location selection module to determine a selected location, a satellite imagery component to provide an image based on the selected location, an overlay module to overlay a design on the image, and a customization module to customize the design. The system design tool includes one or more design modules to at least one of automatically output and build via user input one or more design options based on the image, and a design customization module to select the design from the one or more design options. The system design tool includes a positioning module to set a pair of connectivity points such that a cable length may be automatically calculated based on a calculated distance between the pair of connectivity points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: James Garrett Dewell, David Barth Hopper, Joseph Clinton Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210105644
    Abstract: A method for determining a radio link state and a terminal are provided. The method includes: performing detection for target reference signals on target resources configured by a network device, to obtain a detection result; and determining, based on the detection result of the target reference signals, whether a radio link state is that target reference signals are undetected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yitao MO, Yumin WU, Kai WU
  • Publication number: 20210105297
    Abstract: Methods and systems for service integrated domain name servers are described. A method for out of path border gateway protocol (BGP) validation includes receiving, at a network component, a prefix announcement. The network component denies acceptance of the prefix announcement. A BGP monitor at the network component sends the prefix announcement to an out of path validation controller. The out of path validation controller evaluates the prefix announcement against one or more validation tests, sends a validation notification based on the one or more validation tests, and programs the network component for a validated prefix announcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Jody Beck
  • Publication number: 20210105202
    Abstract: Methods and systems for service integrated domain name servers are described. A method for service integrated domain name server processing includes receiving, by a requesting device, a service fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and an anycast Internet Protocol (IP) address for service integrated domain name servers, where each service integrated domain name server includes the anycast IP address and a unicast IP address. The requesting device queries domain name servers on the service integrated domain name servers with the anycast IP address to resolve the service FQDN. The requesting device receives the unicast IP address from a closest service integrated domain name server. The requesting device saves the unicast IP address, sends to a service server on the closest service integrated domain name server, a service request on the unicast IP address and receives from the service server, results for the service request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Ajay G. Sriram, James Kruczek, Tyson Reid Vinson
  • Publication number: 20210105710
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an access method and a device. The method includes: sending an access request message to a second IAB node; and receiving an indication message sent by the second IAB node, where the indication message indicates that the second IAB node allows or prohibits access by the first IAB node, the indication message is determined by the second IAB node based on a reserved access resource and the access request message, and the second IAB node is a donor IAB node or a parent IAB node or a child IAB node of the first IAB node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Boubacar KIMBA DIT ADAMOU, Kai WU, Wei BAO
  • Publication number: 20210104877
    Abstract: A wiring apparatus for a communication pipeline includes a frame and wheels arranged on the frame in pairs. A control motor for driving the wheels to rotate is arranged on the frame, at least one pair of wheels are rotatably connected to the frame, a recessed wire clamping cavity is arranged on an outer peripheral of the wheel, a channel configured for clamping an optical power cable is formed between two wheels arranged in pairs through the wire clamping cavity, and a hook (on which a wiring can be hung) is arranged at an end of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: NANJING LONGMA COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenghua ZHANG, Zhuchen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210105651
    Abstract: A measurement gap processing method, a terminal, and a network node are provided. The method includes: obtaining a measurement gap configured by a first network node for the terminal and a measurement gap configured by a second network node for the terminal, where the measurement gaps configured by the first network node and the second network node for the terminal are different; and determining, based on the measurement gap configured by the first network node for the terminal and the measurement gap configured by the second network node for the terminal, a measurement gap for use by the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Li CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210105171
    Abstract: A beam failure recovery processing method and a terminal are provided. The method is applied to the terminal and includes: triggering a beam failure recovery; and determining whether the beam failure recovery succeeds or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Xiaodong Sun
  • Publication number: 20210105636
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for beam management in an unlicensed band, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a reference signal resource from a network device; measuring, by the terminal device, the reference signal resource in the unlicensed band, to obtain a beam measurement result; and sending, by the terminal device using an uplink resource for transmitting a beam report, the beam report comprising the beam measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu YANG
  • Publication number: 20210105772
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to communicate with a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system using radio resources comprising a narrowband carrier supported within a wider system frequency bandwidth of the wireless telecommunications system, wherein the method comprises: establishing initial frequencies for radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; receiving configuration signalling from the network infrastructure equipment providing an indication of a frequency shift to apply to the initial frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; establishing shifted frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier by applying the indicated frequency shift to the initial frequencies; and communicating with the network infrastructure equipment using the radio resources for the narrowband carrier with the shifted frequencies
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE, Basuki PRIYANTO
  • Publication number: 20210105635
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and device in a communication node for wireless communication. The communication node receives first information, and performs Q energy detections respectively in Q time sub-pools within a first sub-band, and if energy detected by each energy detection of the Q energy detections is lower than a first threshold, starts to transmit a first radio signal at a first time-instant; the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset; a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band. The disclosure can improve access fairness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zheng LIU, Xiaobo ZHANG, Lin YANG
  • Patent number: 10972525
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure may provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of managing the transmission of content items in a network. In particular, a device may be preconfigured with buffer priority assignments and performance metrics for various media types or data types. The device may detect a media type or data type for a packet corresponding to a content item, assign the packet to a buffer queue based on the media type or data type, and transmit the packet. The device may also determine whether performance metrics for the media type or data type are being met. If the device fails to meet performance metrics, the device may negotiate with other devices on the network to compensate for the failure to meet performance metrics and/or adjust buffer priorities as necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Benny Pruden, Ross Gilson
  • Patent number: 10972813
    Abstract: An electronic device is operated by detecting a tag having a sensor associated therewith and being configured to transmit information over a defined distance using a short range wireless protocol, and receiving sensor information transmitted by the tag over the communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Ljung, Johan Wadman
  • Patent number: 10972780
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic communication and control of devices associated with a premises are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a device such as a camera that may be configured via configuration service to capture video of a premises and to transmit segments of the captured video having a pre-determined length of time to a video service. The transmission of the video segments may be periodic and may have a frequency of transmission based on parameters provided by the configuration service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Ganster, Craig Skinfill