Patents Assigned to Convida Wireless
  • Patent number: 11824643
    Abstract: Described herein are complete lifecycle management processes for IoT/M2M devices, which are commissioned and de-commissioned in a given system without requiring a user/human administrator. A delegated life-cycle management process is described, wherein devices rely upon a delegatee, which may have more computing and battery resources than the devices. Further, a Trust Enabling Infrastructure (TEI) is described herein, which may belong to a different trusted domain than the given device and its delegatee. A device in response to powering on for the first time, registers with a trust enabling infrastructure (TEI) and generates one or more credentials based on the registration with the TEI so as to define a trust relationship with the TEI. After the registration, the device receives one or more security components and policies from the TEI and installs the one or more security components so as to define a secure environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Choyi, Chonggang Wang, Dale N. Seed
  • Patent number: 11811740
    Abstract: Existing approaches to security within network, for instance oneM2M networks, are limited. For example, content might only be protected while the content is in transit between entities that trust each other. Here, the integrity and the confidentiality of content in an M2M network are protected. Such content may be “at rest,” such that the content is stored at a hosting node. Only authorized entities may store and retrieve the data that is stored at the hosting node, and the data may be protected from a confidentiality perspective and an integrity perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Choyi, Yogendra C. Shah, Dale N. Seed, Michael F. Starsinic, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Quang Ly, Zhuo Chen, William Robert Flynn, IV
  • Patent number: 11805166
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for an M2M Interest Function. An M2M Interest Function may receive requests from users to publish the users' personal interests in particular data identify relationships and patterns in the data. Associated data may then be stored in a single best location for such data based on various criteria rather than on separate M2M Gateways or M2M Servers. This location may be provided to users interested in such data. Relationship and association data may be provided to M2M gateways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Lijun Dong, Chonggang Wang, Dale N. Seed
  • Patent number: 11799711
    Abstract: Lightweight, dynamic mechanisms are provided to support service layer interworking and resource extensibility. For example, one mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new service layer (SL) resource definition registration procedure that allows for specifying custom attributes of service layer resources to represent third party technology resources. A second mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new SL data model mapping registration procedure to map service layer resources to third party data models and to provide a new interworked retargeting indicator to the service layer. Further, a third mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a SL generic interworking procedure to intelligently retarget requests toward interworked resources based on the interworked retargeting indicator provided by the data model mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Quang Ly, Dale N. Seed, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina M. Mladin, Chonggang Wang, Rocco Di Girolamo, Zhuo Chen
  • Patent number: 11792290
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for an automated product management (APM) service. An apparatus may receive from a second apparatus, at least one first request to enroll a third apparatus with a service layer associated with the second apparatus. The apparatus may send a second request to verify authenticity of the third apparatus and to generate a customized firmware or software for the third apparatus. The apparatus may send a third request to configure the third apparatus based on consent of a user of the third apparatus. The apparatus may send a response indicating whether the third apparatus has been enrolled with the service layer. The apparatus may receive a fourth request to diagnose or troubleshoot the third apparatus and a fifth request comprising information and the consent and requesting the fourth apparatus to perform at least one operation on the third apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Zhuo Chen, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, Jiwan L. Ninglekhu, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Lu Liu, William Robert Flynn, IV, Chonggang Wang
  • Patent number: 11792090
    Abstract: A set of point-of-contact information including a service level identifier, an address, a list of interfaces, and a set of interface selection preferences for each of several entities may be used to facilitate communications among the entities by selecting a preferred interface in accordance with the set. Interface preferences may also be derived from a set of policies. The preferred interface may be resolved in accordance with the preferences of multiple entities. Messages may include an interface type parameter to be used for forwarding of the message, and message forwarding may be resolved in accordance with the parameter and the messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Dale N. Seed, Rocco Di Girolamo, Gregory S. Sternberg, William Robert Flynn, IV, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Quang Ly, Zhuo Chen
  • Patent number: 11792298
    Abstract: Some underlying networks such as Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) have limited communication bandwidth and strict requirements on maximum message size. It is recognized herein that these requirements may pose a challenge for data or resource exchange between two service layer (SL) entities, for example, because resource representations to be exchanged may have too large a size to be supported by the underlying networks. In some cases, traditional data compression algorithms can be used to alleviate this problem to some degree, but it is recognized herein that there are associated computation costs due to compression and decompression that may not be affordable for constrained IoT devices. Various embodiments described herein address this problem, among others, by defining a Resource Representation Common Part (RRCP) and storing it at the service layer. In some cases, the RRCP is not transmitted between SL entities, thereby reducing SL message sizes to cater to the constraints of underlying networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, Xu Li, Lu Liu, Catalina Mihaela Mladin
  • Patent number: 11778056
    Abstract: A batch of CRUD operations can be coupled with the resource discovery operation and directly conducted on the matched resources, without initiating new CRUD requests. New functionality at the Originator and Receiver can differentiate the resources for which criteria matching is applied from the resources included in the discovery/filtering results. Enhanced functionality at the Originator and Receiver can combine discovery with RESTful operations targeting a resource set different than but related the discovered resources. Other enhancements may be used to request discovery of resources in a specified relationship to those matching a filter, or to request group formation based on the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Qing Li, Rocco Di Girolamo, Chonggang Wang, William Robert Flynn, IV, Hongkun Li, Xu Li
  • Patent number: 11770317
    Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) event objects can be tailored to specific device types and capabilities. An IoT event object can use a flexible definition of an event that can be reconfigured. An IoT event object allows for the ability to set different triggering conditions and priorities. Individual event definitions can be extended to create more complex events. A Notification Handler supports sending a request or command in response to an event that requires action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Quang Ly, Lijun Dong, Dale N. Seed, Shamim Akbar Rahman
  • Patent number: 11765586
    Abstract: An Authorization Verification Service (AVS) is disclosed that may be provided by an IoT/M2M service layer to registrants of the service layer for Dynamic Context Aware Authorization. The AVS may allow the IoT/M2M service layer entities to define dynamic limits for authorizing access to services or data. The limits may be set, for example, in terms of the number of allowed accesses. When an IoT/M2M registrant makes a request for data or services for which it has dynamic context aware authorization, the AVS may maintain records of the remaining accesses available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: William Robert Flynn, IV, Dale N. Seed, Zhuo Chen, Quang Ly, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Rocco Di Girolamo
  • Patent number: 11765150
    Abstract: Mechanisms support machine-to-machine service layer sessions that can span multiple service layer hops where a machine-to-machine service layer hop is a direct machine-to-machine service layer communication session between two machine-to-machine service layer instances or between a machine-to-machine service layer instance and a machine-to-machine application. Mechanisms are also disclosed that illustrate machine-to-machine session establishment procedures for oneM2M Session Management Service supporting multiple resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Dale N. Seed, Lijun Dong, Guang Lu, Michael F. Starsinic
  • Patent number: 11750702
    Abstract: Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Gregory S. Sternberg, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Xu Li, Quang Ly, Catalina Mihaela Mladin
  • Patent number: 11741138
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for Semantics Node functions which provide semantics support in machine-to-machine systems. In an example, a Semantic node may manage semantics resources capable of being discovered, retrieved, or validated by other devices. In another example, the Semantics Node may be discovered by other nodes, and semantics resources may be discovered with subscription mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Lijun Dong, William Robert Flynn, IV, Dale N. Seed, Paul L. Russell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11727012
    Abstract: A modular and distributed architecture for data stream processing and analysis is described to incorporate data stream analytics capabilities, called Data Stream Analytics Service (DSAS) in the IoT/M2M service layer. Each service layer node hosting DSAS can be split into two independent modules, Stream Forwarder and Stream Analytics Engine. Stream Forwarder is a light weight processing modules that can be responsible for data preprocessing and routing. Stream Analytics Engine is responsible for performing actual analytics on the data stream. Separating the two functionalities enables the service layer nodes to efficiently distribute stream analytics tasks across multiple nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Sneha Aman Singh, Xu Li, Quang Ly, Gregory S. Sternberg, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Chonggang Wang
  • Patent number: 11722581
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to automate managing of service layer operations comprised of multiple elementary operations and offloading the burden of performing such multi-step operations from a requesting entity to the service layer. A Request Abstraction Service (RAS) is described herein for the autonomous execution of such multi-step operations. Methods and apparatuses are also described herein for a service layer framework for integrating generic and functional user interfaces as services managed by the SL on behalf of requesting entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, William Robert Flynn, IV, Zhuo Chen, Hongkun Li, Lu Liu, Chonggang Wang, Jiwan L. Ninglekhu
  • Patent number: 11714830
    Abstract: Mechanisms for multidimensional data modeling and operations and related procedures are described. Resource structures for multidimensional data can be used. This can allow lumped operations such as RESTful operations and procedures on the multidimensional data. A new attribute “SamplingPeriodCovered” can be used to indicate the time interval when the related time series data (or any multi-dimension data streams) are stored. This can reduce the total size of the data stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Qing Li, Xu Li
  • Patent number: 11716785
    Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver configured to receive a measurement radio signal from each of one or more potential relay nodes of the wireless telecommunications system, each measurement radio signal being transmitted using the same predetermined radio frequency band and identifying the one of the potential relay nodes from which it is transmitted; and a controller configured: to measure a characteristic of each received measurement radio signal, and based on each received measurement radio signal and its measured characteristic, to determine a suitable one of the one or more potential relay nodes for acting as a relay node for relaying the further radio signal between the terminal device and the infrastructure equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11711431
    Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) configurable event and action sequencing mechanisms for interconnecting various IoT events together to achieve an event and action sequencing process that may efficiently enable complex uses of the data available in IoT systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Quang Ly, Dale N. Seed, Zhuo Chen, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Rocco Di Girolamo, Shoshana Loeb, Hongkun Li
  • Patent number: 11711682
    Abstract: A subscriber issues a message to a resource host to request subscription to multiple resources. This message may indicate identifiers of these resources, event notification criteria for each individual resource and define cross-resource notification criteria such as time window type and time window size. The resource host issues cross-resource notifications to the subscriber or its designated notification targets when expected changes on the target resources occur within a time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Rocco Di Girolamo, Hongkun Li, Qing Li, Xu Li, Catalina Mihaela Mladin
  • Patent number: 11700301
    Abstract: A registrar entity, such as a service layer gateway, obtains the service capabilities requirements or preferences of a new registree entity, such as an application, and only accepts a registration of the registree if the registrar has sufficient remaining service capacities to meet the service capabilities requirements or preferences of the registree entity while ensuring that the provision of support to existing registree entities is not impacted. If the registrar lacks the capabilities to satisfy the requirements or preferences, it may contact a server to identify another registrar which has the capabilities. Updates to requirements or preference may originate at any node, e.g., at a user equipment device or a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Zhuo Chen, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, William Robert Flynn, IV, Rocco Di Girolamo, Shoshana Loeb