Patents Assigned to AND Communications
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Patent number: 10945172Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may configure a power control process associated with a wireless device. Closed-loop power control (CL-CP) for the wireless device may be reset based on a change of channel conditions. The wireless device may change a transmit power and/or reset the CL-CP based on various conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park
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Patent number: 10945036Abstract: A plurality of customer premises equipment devices in a broadband network are periodically polled to determine a corresponding upstream interface port for each of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices. The determined corresponding upstream interface ports for each of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices are compared to stored data indicating authorized upstream interface ports for each of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices. Responsive to the comparing indicating that at least one of the determined corresponding upstream interface ports does not match a corresponding one of the authorized upstream interface ports, at least one remedial action is taken for a customer account associated with a corresponding one of the customer premises equipment devices in the broadband network.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCInventors: Jeff Gutterman, Ryan Crews
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Patent number: 10942992Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing controller in the network configured to control certain aspects of establishing a collaboration conference. In one particular embodiment, the user of the network may access the control system application to provide one or more conferencing parameters or settings the user wishes to be present during a collaboration conference session. The parameters may then be established by the control system and associated with the conferencing session involving the user. In one embodiment, such information may be associated with the identification token. In yet a further embodiment, a user to the collaboration control system may subscribe to receive a notification when another user of the system accesses a portion of a collaboration of the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Adam C. Uzelac, Gregory T. Ellison, Andrew J. Broadworth
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Patent number: 10944776Abstract: The present invention relates to communications methods and apparatus dynamically detecting and/or mitigating anomalies in communications systems/networks.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: Shaun Jaikarran Bharrat, Timothy R. Thornton
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Patent number: 10945223Abstract: The time of transmission and reception between stations A and B is exchanged, and any deviation in time is calculated in a corresponding manner in the stations.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Nobuyasu Shiga, Masugi Inoue, Satoshi Yasuda, Kohta Kido
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Patent number: 10944436Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) communication device includes an RF spectral sensor that senses a dynamically changing RF spectral environment, and RF circuitry having at least one settable parameter. A controller dynamically sets the at least one settable parameter thereby affecting power consumption and RF communication performance by using an artificial intelligence (AI) model based upon the power consumption and the RF communication performance in the dynamically changing RE spectral environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: HARRIS GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventor: Richard J. Buckley
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Patent number: 10944704Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for reducing the sizes of electronic messages in a conversation. A client device processor may generate a message that includes a conversation identifier (convo-id) header field and determine whether the generated message is a first message in the conversation. The client device processor may generate a convo-id value and include the generated convo-id value in the convo-id header field of the generated message in response to determining that the generated message is the first message in the conversation. The client device processor may set the convo-id value of convo-id header field of the generated message equal to the value of a convo-id header field of a previous message in response to determining that the obtained message is not the first message in the conversation.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventor: Marek Hajduczenia
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Patent number: 10942039Abstract: A voice enabled device can assist a computing device, such as a server, in processing/analyzing a voice input. The voice enabled device can initiate a network communication session and transmit the voice input to the computing device. The computing device can classify the voice input as a type of communication session (e.g., conversation, etc . . . ). Based on the type of communication session, the computing device can either remain in communication with the voice enabled device and continue to process voice input or terminate the communication after instructing the voice enabled device to process the voice input.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Rui Min, Hongcheng Wang, Vamsi Potluru, Vijayendra Ghadge, Raul Guerra Paredes
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Patent number: 10945011Abstract: A computer-implemented method of using video program viewer interaction data that has been loaded to a media measurement database as input to a measurement engine which then calculates Linear, DVR, and VOD asset viewing activity at three levels: (a) Video Program, (b) Video Program Airing, (c) Video Program Airing Segment, where each level provides summary metrics for groupings of Demographic, Geographic, and/or Device Characteristic, and also second-by-second viewing metrics, including counting advertising impressions, within the Demographic, Geographic, Device groupings. System also accounts for reduced value of ad viewing when viewer is using trick plays or when viewer delays viewing recorded content. Together these metrics provide detailed information on customer viewing behavior which can be used to drive business decisions for service providers, advertisers, and content producers. Additionally, a viewing histogram analysis is produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Robert Alan Orlowski
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Patent number: 10944152Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal frame. The metal frame includes a first gap, a second gap, a third gap, and a fourth gap to separate a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna from the metal frame. The metal frame includes a fifth antenna. The first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna, and the fourth antenna cooperatively form a first multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna to provide a 4×4 multiple-input multiple-output function in a second frequency band. The first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna, and the fifth antenna cooperatively form a second MIMO antenna to provide a 4×4 multiple-input multiple-output function in a third frequency band. The first antenna and the third antenna cooperatively form a third MIMO antenna to provide a 2×2 multiple-input multiple-output function in a first frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jia-Hung Hsiao, Shu-Wei Jhang, Wen-Yuan Chen, Chang-Hsin Ou, Ming-Yu Chou, Chia-Ming Liang, Kuo-Lun Huang
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Patent number: 10945025Abstract: A content provider may receive an indication for supplemental content to be output to a target audience, determine a first content item to be viewed by the target audience based on one or more characteristics of the target audience, and may send an indication for the supplemental content to be output at a time associated with the output of the first content item. The content provider may determine a quantity of devices which output the supplemental content for a first time and may determine that this quantity of devices is below a target quantity of devices to output the supplemental content for the first time during a particular time period. The content provider may determine a second content item to be viewed by the target audience and may send an indication for the supplemental content to be output at a time associated with output of the second content item.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventor: Robert Bress
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Patent number: 10945290Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may configure a plurality of random access configurations for a wireless device on different uplink carriers, such as a supplemental uplink carrier and a non-supplemental uplink carrier. The wireless device may fall back to a second uplink carrier if a random access procedure fails on the first uplink carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Alireza Babaei, Hua Zhou
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Patent number: 10942324Abstract: An integrated electrical and optoelectronic package comprises an optical subassembly for the conversion of data between an optical and electrical format, an electronic chip including an integrated electric circuit for processing the data in the electrical format and an interposer. The interposer is configured as a supporting substrate to support the optical subassembly and the electronic chip. An optical connector may be coupled to the package. The optical subassembly comprises an optical adaptor used as an interface between a ferrule of the optical connector and an optoelectronic chip of the optical subassembly. Optical fibers of the optical cable are aligned to optical waveguides of the optoelectronic chip by at least one alignment pin of the optical adaptor.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Alan Frank Evans, Andreas Matiss, Michael Wimmer
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Patent number: 10945119Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating communications between a plurality of devices and subsystems on a first network (for example, a first cable network) and one or more devices and subsystems on a second network (for example, a second cable network) using an integration system on the first network. In one embodiment, the integration system may allow for deployment of new systems or infrastructures that can cooperatively operate with legacy systems already deployed on the first or second networks. Particular embodiments of the subject matter may reduce the cost associated with deploying, upgrading and/or maintaining the devices and systems on the first and/or second networks.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.Inventors: Donald Carl Bleyl, Erik Fields, John Landis, Josh Nelson, Roy Pereira
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Patent number: 10944481Abstract: To realize sampling (signal measurement) and analysis of a signal to be measured easily at low cost by capturing optical phase fluctuation even when low-speed sampling is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyInventor: Takahide Sakamoto
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Patent number: 10945131Abstract: Methods and apparatus for securely storing, using and/or updating credential information, e.g., passwords and user IDs for a user who subscribes to one or more services, e.g., video stream services or other services available through a communications network such as the Internet, are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventors: Mark Reimer, Douglas Melroy
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Patent number: 10945238Abstract: A method and a device in a UE and a base station used for wireless communication are provided. First information and a first target signal are received, the first information indicates a listening type; it's determined whether a first time-frequency resource is used for wireless transmission based on the listening type indicated by the first information; if yes, a first radio signal is transmitted with a first power on the first time-frequency resource; wherein if the listening type indicated by the first information is a first listening type, the first power cannot exceed a first maximum transmitting power, receiving quality of the first target signal is used for determining the first maximum transmitting power; if the listening type indicated by the first information is a second listening type, the first power cannot exceed a second maximum transmitting power. The method ensures equity and improves transmission efficiency and spectral utilization ratio.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xiaobo Zhang, Lin Yang
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Patent number: 10944527Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for multi-antenna transmission in UE and base station. The user equipment first receives a first radio signal at first, then receives a first signaling. The first radio signal is transmitted by K antenna port groups, and the antenna port group includes a positive integer number of antenna port(s), and the first antenna port group is one of the K antenna port groups. The first signaling is used to determine a first time resource pool, at least one first antenna virtualization vector and the second antenna virtualization vector is associated with the first antenna port group. The invention effectively reduces signaling overhead of wireless resource dynamic scheduling of a massive MIMO system.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Xiaobo Zhang
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Patent number: 10944480Abstract: The present invention relates to communication systems, devices, and methods for providing for a wide bandwidth optical receiver including amplification through optical beating from a local oscillator laser operating without a phase-locked loop at frequency near the receiver optical signal and decreasing the system-performances dependence on optical polarization alignment between the signal and the local oscillator. Systems, devices, and methods including a local oscillator providing a local oscillator signal having a local oscillator frequency that may be controlled based on a frequency offset from the signal center frequency through the use of monitoring signals representative of the frequency offset. A combiner/splitter couples the optical data signal with light from the local oscillator to provide first and second coupled optical signals with orthogonal polarization. Two opto-electrical converters for converting first and second coupled signals into first and second electrical signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Bifrost Communications ApSInventors: Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Bo Pedersen
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Patent number: 10943025Abstract: A computer program product for use with dictated medical patient information resides on a computer-readable medium and comprises computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to analyze the dictated information, identify likely confidential information in the dictated medical patient information, and treat the likely confidential information disparately from likely non-confidential information in the dictated medical patient information.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, Benjamin Chigier