Patents Assigned to AND Communications
  • Patent number: 10951575
    Abstract: A Gateway Control Plane (GW-C) receives a session request for User Equipment (UE) from a serving Access Point (AP) and transfers an Access Gateway User Plane (AGW-U) request that has network data and the AP Identifier (ID). The GW-C receives an AGW-U response that indicates a translation fault for the AP ID. A translation controller transfers a translation request that has the Tracking Area Indicator (TAI) for the UE. A Domain Name System (DNS) translates the TAI into AGW-U IDs and External Gateway User Plane (EGW-U) IDs. The translation controller determines a co-located group of the AGW-Us and the EGW-Us and adds a location ID to the AGW-U IDs and the EGW-U IDs in the co-located group. The translation controller generates translations of the AP ID into the AGW-U IDs and of the AGW-U IDs into the EGW-U IDs. The translation controller transfers the translations to the DNS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle T. Bertz, Brian David Waters
  • Patent number: 10948533
    Abstract: A test device for a TO-CAN laser includes a test socket, a coaxial waveguide substrate, and a test printed circuit board (PCB). The test socket comprises a coaxial waveguide tube accommodating a signal output pin of the TO-CAN laser and an electric-conducting slot accommodating a signal input pin of the TO-CAN laser. The coaxial waveguide substrate is respectively connected with a coaxial waveguide pin of the test PCB and the coaxial waveguide tube of the test socket. An electric-conducting slot pin of the test socket is connected with corresponding control pins of the test PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: O-NET COMMUNICATIONS (SHENZHEN) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zining Huang, Bouchaib Hraimel, Jiaxi Kan
  • Patent number: 10951959
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of processing a sequence of image frames to reduce its length. One implementation may involve extracting coefficients (e.g., Discrete Cosine Transform coefficients) from components of individual frames, and comparing the resulting coefficients for sequential frames to identify frames having the least change from a prior frame. Also, scene change values for each frame may be calculated and placed in a sorted list to facilitate identification of frames for removal. Frame removal may be conducted in rounds, where a group of pictures (GOP) may only have one frame removed for any given round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Srinath V. Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 10951534
    Abstract: A quality of service management system includes a rules engine that receives information associated with a communication path having an assigned quality of service (QoS) to be provided for a customer communication device, and identifies one or more network elements assigned to provide the communication path. Each network element having a plurality of queues configured to provide varying QoS levels relative to one another. For each of the network elements, the rules engine determines at least one queue that is configured to provide the communication path at the assigned quality of service, and transmits queue information associated with the determined queue to its respective network element, the network element conveying the communication path through the determined queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Hadavi, James Ryan
  • Patent number: 10949749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems, apparatus and methods for the computation and use of session, device and/or user signatures for determining communications session types, device types, and/or user signatures. An exemplary method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: receiving a first set of session control messages belonging to a first communications session, the first set of session control messages including at least one session control message; extracting a first set of features from the first set of session control messages; operating one or more neural networks to identify a group session signature to which the first set of session control messages corresponds based on the first set of features, the identified group session signature being one of a plurality of group session signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Thornton, Shaun Jaikarran Bharrat, Justin Hart, Kevin Riley
  • Patent number: 10948658
    Abstract: Optical interconnection assemblies, glass interconnection substrates, and methods for making optical connections are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical interconnection assembly includes a base substrate, a substrate optical waveguide coupled to the base substrate, the substrate optical waveguide having an end surface, an optical chip comprising an optical coupling surface, and a glass interconnection substrate. The glass interconnection substrate includes a first end optically coupled to the end surface of the substrate optical waveguide, a second end optically coupled to the optical coupling surface of the optical chip, and a curved portion disposed between the first end and the second end. The glass interconnection substrate further includes an optical waveguide at least partially positioned within the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Chenueh Abongwa Florian Lohse, James Scott Sutherland
  • Patent number: 10949869
    Abstract: A method of generating and using a 2D barcode to provide an authenticated service subscriber with an adapted offer comprising monitoring and identifying, by a monitoring application associated with a first service provider, a social network for keywords related to a negative subscriber interaction with a second service provider; engaging a subscriber associated with the negative interaction by the first service provider; generating a one-time use 2D barcode associated with an offer and comprising embedded subscriber information; storing the barcode in a data store; sending the barcode to a mobile device; presenting and scanning the barcode; decoding the information by an offer application; authenticating the identity of the subscriber; adapting the offer based on the subscriber information; searching an inventory data store associated with a physical retail location of the first service provider; locating and presenting the adapted offer; and marking the barcode as expired in the barcode data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Michael A. Gailloux
  • Patent number: 10951802
    Abstract: A camera module includes multiple camera units, a bracket, and multiple mounting rods. Each of the camera units includes a main body and a lens on the main body. The main body includes two protrusions. The two protrusions protrude from opposite sides of the main body. Each of the two protrusions includes a fixing hole. The bracket is mounted in an electronic device and includes multiple mounting holes and multiple mounting grooves disposing in a surface of the bracket. Each two of the multiple mounting grooves connect with corresponding mounting holes at opposite sides of the mounting holes. The mounting rods protrude from the mounting grooves. When the mounting holes receive the camera units, the corresponding mounting grooves receive the corresponding protrusions and the mounting rods pass through the corresponding fixing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Hua Hsu, Peng-Yu Chiu, Ching-Chu Huang
  • Patent number: 10951263
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a wireless communication system includes one or more wireless communication devices and gateway hardware. The gateway hardware can be configured to notify the one or more wireless communication devices of a change associated with frequency hopping settings (such as switchover from first frequency hopping settings to second frequency hopping settings). Further, the gateway hardware can include a first radio frequency interface and a second radio frequency interface. In accordance with the frequency hopping settings, the gateway hardware: i) fixedly tunes the first radio frequency interface to a first wireless channel; and ii) while the first radio frequency interface is fixedly tuned to the first wireless channel, the gateway hardware dynamically tunes the second radio frequency interface to hop amongst multiple different wireless channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Versteeg, Umamaheswar A. Kakinada, Hossam H. Hmimy
  • Patent number: 10951197
    Abstract: An on-chip balun comprising a primary side, a secondary side, and an integrated notch filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Wiezell, Jonas Jonsson, Peter Olofsson
  • Patent number: 10949374
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a Type-C interface controlling circuit, a controlling method, and a mobile terminal, wherein the Type-C interface controlling circuit includes: a Type-C interface, a first transmission module, a second transmission module, a switching module, and a detection module. The first end of the detection module is connected to the Type-C interface for detecting a connection state of the Type-C interface, and the second end of the detection module is connected to the switching module, and the detection module controls a connection relationship between the first end of the switching module and the second end of the switching module according to the connection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Quanxi Yin
  • Patent number: 10949750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems, apparatus and methods for the computation and use of session, device and/or user signatures for determining communications session types, device types, and/or user signatures. An exemplary system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: a first device, the first device including: a receiver that receives a first set of session control messages belonging to a first communications session, said first set of session control messages including at least one session control message; a feature extractor that extracts a first set of device features from the first set of session control messages; and a first neural network that determines a device signature from the first set of session control messages based on said set of device features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Thornton, Shaun Jaikarran Bharrat, Justin Hart, Kevin Riley
  • Patent number: 10951582
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for firewall configuration. A request can be transmitted to a DNS server. A response to the DNS request can include an Internet Protocol (IP) address. A firewall rule can be generated permitting access to the IP address. The firewall rule can be configured to be valid until expiration of a time-to-live value in the response to the DNS request. Thus, firewall rules can be automatically created as needed by executed processes, eliminating the need for manual firewall rule creation. As the firewall rule is invalid after the expiration of the time-to-live value, risks associated with maintaining out-of-date firewall rules are eliminated, as is the requirement to manually remove or modify out-of-date firewall rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Gurney
  • Patent number: 10951530
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for controlling a congestion window (CWND) value of a communication session of a CDN. In particular, a content server may analyze a request to determine or receive an indication of the type of content being requested. The content server may then set the initial CWND based on the type of content being requested. For example, the content server may set a relatively high CWND value for requested content that is not particularly large, such as image files or text, so that the data of the content is received at the client device quickly. For larger files or files that a have a determined smaller urgency, the initial CWND may be set at a lower value to ensure that providing the data of the content does not congest the link between the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Joelle T. Maslak
  • Patent number: 10950935
    Abstract: An adjustor configured to position an antenna coupled to a mounting element includes an adjustor nut having a bore extending along a longitudinal axis of the adjustor nut. At least a portion of the bore has inner threads configured to engage corresponding threads on a first portion of the mounting element positioned within the bore. A tool interface is positioned near a proximal end region of the adjustor nut and an external fastening mechanism positioned near a distal end region of the adjustor nut. A preload nut configured to engage the external fastening mechanism and configured to apply a load onto a second portion of the mounting element is positioned between a portion of the adjustor nut and the preload nut. Rotation of the adjustor nut around the longitudinal axis causes movement of the first portion along the longitudinal axis while the load is applied onto the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: E-BAND COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Cashion, Jimmy Hannan
  • Patent number: 10951421
    Abstract: A security function is provided by an intermediate device located between hosts and devices requesting for access to the hosts in a computerized network. The intermediate device receives a request for access to a host, and obtains at least one authenticator for use in the requested access to the host. The intermediate device then monitors for communications that use the at least one authenticator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SSH Communications Security OYJ
    Inventor: Markku Rossi
  • Patent number: 10950270
    Abstract: Features described herein relate to providing the capability to playback audiovisual content in a comprehensible manner at a rate adjustable by the viewer. For example, if a viewer wishes to watch a one hour news program, but the viewer only has thirty minutes to view the program, playback of the program at twice the rate, but in a comprehensible manner is provided. To provide the playback of the video at the adjustable rate, substitute audio is generated by adding or removing audio content without changing the playback rate of the audio. The video at the adjusted playback rate and the substitute audio at the normal playback rate may have the same duration and in some embodiments, may be presented synchronously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Gilson, John Hart, Mark Francisco
  • Patent number: 10951505
    Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting routes from among multiple media and/or optimizing transmission across those media are described. A minimum data rate may be determined for transmitting a content item. Based on that minimum data rate, a device may determine whether to transmit the content item via a given medium, select a different medium for transmission, or adjust transmission to compensate for unfavorable network conditions. A device may select a medium based on ranking one or more routes from a content source to a user device. Further, a device may determine a data rate for transmission based on calculating an expected time of transmission that includes time spent performing retransmissions at a given data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Gilson, David Urban, Albert Garcia
  • Patent number: 10951538
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing network resources are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving first information relating to network traffic parameters and receiving second information relating to one or more contextual events having an effect on the network traffic parameters. The first information and the second information and be correlated. And one or more network resources can be allocated based on the correlation of the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: David Allen Rose
  • Patent number: D913293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU WENYI COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventor: YouRu Feng