Patents Examined by Amancio Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10602452
    Abstract: A method for operating a first device-to-device (D2D) device in a cellular communications system includes receiving geo-location information from a first entity in the cellular communications system, the geo-location information including location information for cellular users of the cellular communications system and resources of the cellular communications system available to the cellular users, selecting one of the resources to avoid causing interference to a cellular transmission, the resource being selected in accordance with the geo-location information, and transmitting to a second D2D device over the selected resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vahid Tarokh, Nimal Gamini Senarath, Peiying Zhu, Jianglei Ma, Mohammadhadi Baligh
  • Patent number: 10582399
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) can include a roaming analyzer to capture call data to monitor conditions of roaming coverage and networks. The UE can aggregate data and report such data to a network device to further aggregate the data and to generate reports. The network device can use the aggregated data to evaluate roaming coverage and to determine a coverage index for each location area code. Network components can be deployed or optimized based at least in part on the coverage index. In some instances, when the UE is connected to a roaming cell, the coverage index can be used to adjust a search frequency for a provider cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Sung Yoon
  • Patent number: 10582053
    Abstract: A gateway device includes a call handling equipment (CHE) listener interface, an Internet Protocol (IP) interface, a provisioning engine, and a message parsing engine. The CPE listener interface forms a communication channel with a CHE and receives call event data from the CHE. The IP interface communicates with a cloud-based processing system. The provisioning engine receives, from the cloud-based processing system via the IP interface, instructions for parsing data from a data output format of the CHE into a consistent data format of the cloud-based processing system. The message parsing engine parses the call event data received from the CHE via the CHE listener interface, and formats the call event data according to the consistent data format. The gateway device transmits the formatted call event data to the cloud-based processing system via the IP interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: RapidDeploy, Inc.
    Inventor: Justin Jensen
  • Patent number: 10582569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a WiFi network system. More specifically, a digital network & control unit (DNCU) which is a digital network controller in one WiFi access point (AP) and a WiFi radio unit (wRU) which is a radio signal transmitter are separated from each other, and common DNCUs in each WiFi AP are placed in an operating station. Thus, the common DNCUs are concentrated on one place and managed. In addition, since only the wRU is placed in outdoor and indoor WiFi service areas in which radio signals are actually transceived, the product price and the network investment cost and management cost can be reduced. To this end, a digital networking & control unit (DNCU) which includes a digital controller and a network processing unit and a WiFi radio service unit (wRSU) which includes a WiFi radio and an antenna unit are independently separated from each other and are connected to each other by a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: WITHUSPLANET INC.
    Inventor: Young Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 10574284
    Abstract: The cellular telephone case is configured for use with a personal data device. The cellular telephone case is a rigid structure. The cellular telephone case forms a protective structure that contains the personal data device. The cellular telephone case comprises a protective case and a lanyard mechanism. The protective case forms the protective structure of the cellular telephone case. The personal data device inserts into the protective case. The lanyard mechanism is a retractable cord contained within the protective case. The lanyard mechanism allows the protective case to be attached to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Stephanie Winston
  • Patent number: 10565527
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a current context of a mobile device may be ascertained, where the current context includes an indication of a last application opened via the mobile device, wherein the last application opened is one of a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device. A probability, for each of the plurality of applications, that a user of the mobile device will use the corresponding application under the current context may be determined, where the probability for at least a portion of the plurality of applications is determined by applying a computer-generated model to the current context. One or more of the plurality of the applications may be identified based, at least in part, upon the probability, for each one of the plurality of applications, that the user of the mobile device will use the corresponding application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Silvestri, Ricardo Alberto Baeza-Yates, Beverly Harrison, Di Jiang
  • Patent number: 10560863
    Abstract: A process in which the acquisition of parameters of a mobile radio system, in particular a cellular mobile radio network, is carried out in particular according to GSM, UMTS, E-UTRAN/LTE or WiMAX standards. Parameters of the mobile radio system, in particular the cellular mobile radio network, are acquired by the mobile radio terminals, in particular by serial subscriber terminals of users of this network, without additional external devices for determination of position, such as in particular external GPS receivers or a storage and processing module, and are forwarded to a centralized or decentralized/distributed acquisition, analysis and processing unit in the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventor: Axel Klatt
  • Patent number: 10555129
    Abstract: An example beaconing method includes establishing a location via real-time geolocation of a mobile device at a remote location. The beaconing method also includes generating a non-derivative transmission-location code for the location that does not rely on any actual GPS or address information to establish makeup of the transmission-location code. The beaconing method also includes associating data of at least one of: destination, event time, and real-time tracking data with the transmission-location code. The beaconing method also includes conveying the transmission-location code to one or more user. The beaconing method also includes allowing the one or more user to enter the conveyed transmission-location code. The beaconing method also includes displaying data associated with the transmission-location code, the data including at least one of destination, event time, and real-time tracking and/or location data, in response to receiving the transmission-location code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Beeconz Inc.
    Inventor: Charles L. Owens
  • Patent number: 10536812
    Abstract: The present disclosure enables an improved location determination and subsequent content providing. In one aspect, a method includes assigning a geographical tile to a tracking device, the geographical tile representing a geographical location in which the tracking device is currently located; activating at least one sensor on-board the tracking device, the at least one sensor of the tracking device being used to collect location data and determine displacement information of the tracking device on the tracking device; receiving the displacement information as well as at least one satellite based location update from the tracking device; determining at least one zone of interest in the tile at which the tracking device is currently located based on the displacement information and at least one satellite based location information of the tracking device; and providing at least one content associated with the at least one zone of interest to the tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CURBSIDE INC.
    Inventors: Seejo Pylappan, Denis Laprise, Jaron Waldman
  • Patent number: 10536949
    Abstract: A pedestrian related vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) user equipment (UE) which comprises: receiving circuitry configured to receive system information which contains a parameter set for pedestrian related V2X communications; and controlling circuitry configured to determine, based on the parameter set, whether the pedestrian related V2X UE performs random selection or the pedestrian related V2X UE performs sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jia Sheng
  • Patent number: 10536856
    Abstract: In a communication control method for wireless communication between a first communication device and a second communication device through a wireless communication unit, identification information is notified from the second communication device to the first communication device by using a communication unit other than the wireless communication unit. Wireless communication between the first and second communication devices is performed by the wireless communication unit using the first communication parameter shared in advance, and authentication processing based on identification information is performed. When authentication is acquired by this authentication processing, the second communication parameter to be set with respect to a wireless communication unit is shared by the first and second communication devices through the above wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10536403
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for controlling enrollment and secure persistent SMS texting account servicing communications. A method is provided that includes receiving, at an enrollment web portal, enrollment data including: enrollment credentials identifying a user for authentication, a phone number of a mobile device associated with the user, and consent by the user to persistently interact with an account servicing system via SMS texting. The method includes: processing the received enrollment data, authenticating the user responsive to processing the received enrollment data, storing the phone number of the mobile device associated with the user in a phone number data storage, and generating, responsive to the authenticating, a revocable token for persistent access to a natural dialogue module via a SMS texting gateway for the mobile device identified by the phone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Karp, Srinaath Thyagarajan
  • Patent number: 10534331
    Abstract: A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ademco Inc.
    Inventors: David Quam, Kevin Weirich, Aaron Klein, Gabriel Bergman, Christopher Goh, Jonathan Frenz, Riley Gerszewski, Rudolph Gamberini, Steven c. Nichols, Ix
  • Patent number: 10524196
    Abstract: A first Control Node (CNd) and a method therein, for selecting a serving CNd for a User Node (UNd) by communication with at least a second CNd. The first CNd is configured to receive an uplink beacon measurement report comprising at least one measurement of an UNd uplink beacon, from at least one Access Node (ANd) controlled by the first CNd. The first CNd is further configured to preliminarily select a serving CNd for the UNd, based on the received uplink beacon measurement report concerning the UNd; confirm the preliminarily selected serving CNd by communication with the second CNd; and, select serving CNd for the UNd when the preliminarily selected serving CNd is confirmed by the second CNd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xavier Gelabert, Yinggang Du, George Koudouridis, Andrey Krendzel
  • Patent number: 10517097
    Abstract: A network controller including processing circuitry may be configured to receive dynamic position information indicative of a three dimensional position of at least one mobile communication node, compare fixed position information indicative of fixed geographic locations of respective access points of a network to the dynamic position information to determine a relative position of the at least one mobile communication node relative to at least one of the access points based on the fixed position information and the dynamic position information, and provide network control instructions to at least one network asset based on the relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Smartsky Networks LLC
    Inventors: Gerard James Hayes, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr., Koichiro Takamizawa
  • Patent number: 10517067
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a paging grant that includes a short paging message and a notification of a reason that the short paging message was triggered; determine that the paging grant includes the short paging message; and obtain the notification of the reason that the short paging message was triggered based at least in part on determining that the paging grant includes the short paging message. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Tao Luo, Ozcan Ozturk
  • Patent number: 10506365
    Abstract: Location-based services using geofencing are described. An electronic device includes a processing device that determines that the electronic device is to alert that the electronic device is near a target. The processing device determines a device location of the electronic device based on one or more network access points in communication range of the electronic device and determines a geofence encompassing the device location, wherein the geofence is located at a first distance from the target that exceeds a second distance that is between the device location and a target location of the target by an amount associated with a margin of error value in determining the device location using the one or more network access points. In response, the processing device generates an alert that the geofence has been breached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Abinash Mahapatra, Hemant S. Petluri
  • Patent number: 10506377
    Abstract: A method of transmitting dynamic content to a mobile device includes: storing content in a memory of a kiosk deployed in a facility; receiving, via an input device of the kiosk, a command to present the a portion of the content; responsive to receiving the command: controlling an output device of the kiosk to present the portion of the content; and transmitting, to a routing server via a network, a preconfigured identifier of the kiosk and an identifier of the portion of the content, for subsequent retrieval by a mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: YOURHERE INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Poda
  • Patent number: 10499252
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying wireless transmission opportunities that are made available by beamforming is provided. In addition to identifying frequency bands and time divisions that are available for transmitting radio signals, beamforming capabilities of communications systems are used to identify a spatial direction that is available for transmitting radio signals in a particular frequency band. A spectrum management tool identifies the available spatial directions, frequency bands, and time divisions for transmission in a dynamic spectrum sharing environment, and a radio transmitting device is configured by the tool to transmit in the identified available spatial directions, frequency bands, and time divisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmad Armand
  • Patent number: 10484831
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for determining a location of a user in a physical venue without need for the user to carry extraneous devices. The method includes installing a background peripheral service (BPS) in a personal mobile device routinely carried by the user where the BPS outputs a temporary ID sequence (TID) when activated. The signal strength of the TID is measured at scanner locations each time the BPS is activated and the measured strengths are used to determine the location of the user. The TID is used to identify an order placed by the user for goods and/or services. This allows a human server to locate the user and deliver the goods and/or services to that user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Radius Networks Inc.
    Inventors: David Helms, Marc Wallace, Scott Yoder, Michael Harper, James Nebeker, Christopher Sexton