Patents Examined by Charles N. Appiah
  • Patent number: 10764773
    Abstract: [Object] To enable measurement or measurement to be performed in consideration of interference cancellation. [Solution] There is provided a device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter for a user relating to interference cancellation; and a control unit configured to perform measurement or measurement reporting with respect to a cell in accordance with the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 10757676
    Abstract: An electronic device can be commissioned with an identifier for use in a centralized tracking system. The electronic device is assigned an interim unique identifier and authentication key, for instance by a manufacturer of the electronic device. The electronic device and the centralized tracking system each separately generate a permanent unique identifier and a permanent authentication key based on the interim unique identifier and interim authentication key, without requiring the permanent unique identifier and permanent authentication key from being transmitted between the electronic device and the central tracking server. Upon generating the permanent unique identifier and permanent authentication key, tracking device functionality can be enabled within the electronic device, enabling the electronic device to function as a tracking device within the centralized tracking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Josselin de la Broise, Charles Y. Choi, Dan Danknick
  • Patent number: 10757267
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for sponsoring functions of computing devices associated with users. A sponsor may define a sponsorship that includes rules for sponsoring certain functions available to a user via a computing device. The execution of the functions may be facilitated, in some instances, by a service provider that may also specify rules and policies that control the functions. As such, when the user executes one or more of the sponsored functions by way of the computing device, instead of charging the associated cost to the user, the service provider may charge the cost to the sponsor based on the associated rules and policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KAJEET, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel John Neal
  • Patent number: 10757618
    Abstract: Provided are a method for performing a handover by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving information on candidate target cells for the handover and a handover condition, from a base station; initiating a handover to a first target cell among the candidate target cells, based on the handover condition; before detecting a failure of the handover to the first target cell, when channel quality of a second target cell among the candidate target cells is higher than channel quality of the first target cell, stopping the handover to the first target cell; and performing a handover to the second target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hongsuk Kim, Jaewook Lee, Sangwon Kim, Youngdae Lee
  • Patent number: 10757578
    Abstract: Provided are as electronic device and a method for an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: determine a first set of a high priority secondary system based on mutual interference between a low-priority sub-system and the high-priority sub-system, wherein the mutual interference between the high-priority sub-system in the first set and at least one low-priority sub-system is higher than a pre-set level; and based on information related to the first set, clustering the high-priority sub-system in the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Wei Ding, Chen Sun, Xin Guo
  • Patent number: 10757545
    Abstract: In a multi-call scenario, a UE can receive an incoming call while an active call is already established on the UE. In response to receiving the incoming call, a process for handling the incoming call in a user-customizable manner can include accessing a history of user input received by the UE in context of handling multiple contemporaneous calls on the UE, and handling the incoming call based at least in part on the history of the user input. By the UE considering past user input received by the UE in context of handling multiple contemporaneous calls, the UE is configured to learn from past user behavior during multi-call scenarios, and adjust its call handling approach for the incoming call based on the past user behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang
  • Patent number: 10743137
    Abstract: A system for facilitating remote assistance, the system configured to: receive, from a second computing device, device location data of the second computing device; identify, responsive to receiving a trigger communication from the second computing device, one or more proximate users within a predefined distance of the second computing device; generate an assistance communication including a prompt for assistance; transmit, to one or more third computing devices of the identified proximate users, the assistance communication; receive, from an assisting device among the one or more third computing devices, an assistance response indicative of an indication that the user of the assisting device is willing to assist the user of the second computing device; transmit, to the second computing device, a user profile associated with the user of the assisting device; and responsive to receiving an assistance acceptance, facilitate a communication channel between the second computing device and the assisting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Hutchison Douglas, Jr., Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 10743172
    Abstract: A disclosed service for managing mobile and wireless communication devices (MWCDs) includes enabling a server to generate a standard remote configuration command (RCC) and enabling a transmitter coupled to the server to transmit the RCC wirelessly. The RCC configures a feature on a first MWCD of a first supplier and a second MWCD of a second supplier. The RCC may disable one or more of a set of selected MWCD peripheral devices. For example, the RCC may disable an MWCD camera, an MWCD microphone, and/or an MWCD speaker. In some embodiments, the RCC transitions the MWCD to a restricted state in which the MWCD is unable to record multimedia content including audio and video content. In these embodiments, the RCC may configure one or more of the features on each of a set of MWCDs within a defined geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Goangshiuan Shawn Ying, Stephen Michael Aspell, Eugene Lane Edmon, Huizhen Chen
  • Patent number: 10742789
    Abstract: A mobile device case for receiving a mobile device. An inner wall defines an opening in a base side. The base side includes at least one recess that includes a stop. The opening receives a male portion of a male-female connection. The stop is positioned to prevent 180 degrees of relative rotation between the mobile device case and the male portion. The mobile device case and an accessory form an assembly. When the male-female connection is formed, the mobile device case and the accessory are coupled together. In one embodiment, the stop is configured to contact the male portion in one rotational direction so that to decouple the mobile device case and the accessory, relative rotation is reversed. The opening may be an oval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Lifeworks Technology Group LLC
    Inventor: Omer Ackerman
  • Patent number: 10681198
    Abstract: A retrieving component connects to a server to download a cue stack for the interactive event with the cue stack having a series of cues for a plurality of effects, including at least one of a screen color effect, a screen image effect, and a flashing effect, arranged in a predetermined order. A receiving component receives at least one cue trigger from a localized trigger generator. A rendering component matches the cue trigger to a cue within the cue stack. The rendering component can activate the screen to display a color in response to a cue for a screen color effect, can activate the screen to display an image in response to a cue for a screen image effect, and can activate the flashing device in response to a cue for a flashing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: David Wright, Nicholas Amoscato, Matthew Beck
  • Patent number: 10666368
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing reuse of a wireless medium are provided. One method of managing reuse of a wireless medium includes determining, at an access point, whether to allow reuse of the wireless medium by one or more stations in a basic service set (BSS). The method further includes transmitting, upon determining to allow reuse, an indication that reuse of the wireless medium can be permitted for stations meeting a criteria. The method further includes determining one or more reuse parameters. The method further includes transmitting the one or more reuse parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, George Cherian, Simone Merlin, Alfred Asterjadhi, Yan Zhou, Gang Ding, Qingjiang Tian
  • Patent number: 10651875
    Abstract: A multi-way switch, a radio frequency system, and a wireless communication device are provided. The multi-way switch includes five T ports and four P ports, and the five T ports include two first T ports being coupled with all of the four P ports. The multi-way switch is configured to be coupled with a radio frequency circuit and an antenna system of a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is operable in a dual-frequency single-transmit mode. The antenna system includes four antennas corresponding to the four P ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Bai
  • Patent number: 10652881
    Abstract: A wireless device receives a radio resource control message comprising uplink periodic resource allocation configuration parameters. The uplink periodic resource allocation configuration parameters indicate: a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier offset; and a number of uplink semi-persistent HARQ processes. Aa HARQ process identifier for a current transmission time interval is determined as a sum of the HARQ process identifier offset and a value determined based on: the current transmission time interval; and the number of uplink semi-persistent HARQ processes. A transport block associated with a HARQ process identified by the HARQ process identifier is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Dinan
  • Patent number: 10631128
    Abstract: A system for facilitating remote assistance, the system configured to: receive, from a second computing device, device location data of the second computing device; identify, responsive to receiving a trigger communication from the second computing device, one or more proximate users within a predefined distance of the second computing device; generate an assistance communication including a prompt for assistance; transmit, to one or more third computing devices of the identified proximate users, the assistance communication; receive, from an assisting device among the one or more third computing devices, an assistance response indicative of an indication that the user of the assisting device is willing to assist the user of the second computing device; transmit, to the second computing device, a user profile associated with the user of the assisting device; and responsive to receiving an assistance acceptance, facilitate a communication channel between the second computing device and the assisting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Hutchison Douglas, Jr., Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 10630753
    Abstract: An asynchronous application data access system and method are provided. In one implementation, the system and method may be used to provide data connectivity to geographic areas with limited bandwidth or connectivity so that those geographic areas will have access to a range of modern applications that use digital data including for example an email application, such as Gmail, a social networking application, such as Facebook, and LinkedIn and various other applications. In some implementations, an SMS network may be used as one of the variety of transport mechanisms of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BE-BOUND INC.
    Inventors: Axel Starck, Olivier Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10623548
    Abstract: A mobile terminal unlock method is provided. The method includes: obtaining a trigger signal for unlock, and generating a first password according to the trigger signal; generating a corresponding unlock signal according to a preset correspondence between the unlock signal and the first password and with reference to the first password, and sending the corresponding unlock signal; obtaining an unlock password that is obtained by means of parsing by a user according to the unlock signal; matching the unlock password with the first password; determining whether the unlock password is consistent with the first password; and if a determining result is yes, unlocking a password lock; or if a determining result is no, obtaining a trigger signal for unlock again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: DONGGUAN RUITENG ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minsheng Wang, Xiaojun Liu
  • Patent number: 10609587
    Abstract: A location-based system detects anomalies in performance indicators of telecommunication networks. The system generates a plurality of service areas, each service area including a plurality of adjacent cell sites. A performance indicator of a first service area of the plurality of service areas is selected and an aggregated service area performance indicator is generated, by aggregating the selected performance indicator for each cell site of the plurality of cell sites of the first service area. Generation of the plurality of service areas may be related to a determined network traffic threshold. The threshold may be related to: total bandwidth provided by a cell site, or total number of calls handled by a cell site. The selected indicator may be, for example the call set-up success rate (CSSR), or the drop call rate (DCR). An alert related to the aggregated indicator may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TEOCO Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Livschitz, Ayal Weissman, Moshe Tocker
  • Patent number: 10606451
    Abstract: The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: IMPRIVATA, INC.
    Inventor: Michael S. Saulnier
  • Patent number: 10609565
    Abstract: Methods and systems for channel mapping in a densely deployed network are disclosed. The system includes a node comprising a plurality of base stations configured to communicate with client devices in a wireless communication network, wherein transmission from the base stations to the client devices is conducted on a downlink (DL) frequency band and transmission from the client devices to the base stations is conducted on an uplink (UL) frequency band. The DL frequency band is different from the UL frequency band. DL and UL frequency pairs for the base stations are assigned according to a channel mapping scheme that determines DL and UL frequency pairs based on a plurality of channel parameters. The channel parameters include, for example, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise (S/N) ratio, channel capacity, and bit error rate (BER).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Phazr, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Taori, Shadi Abu-Surra, Farooq Khan, Eran Pisek, Sudhir Ramakrishna, Robert Clark Daniels
  • Patent number: 10602421
    Abstract: A system and method of obtaining update information include receiving a request for an update from a mobile device, determining whether the request for update is for a scheduled update or an unscheduled update, in response to determining that the request for update is for an unscheduled update: requesting a first update information from a high-speed provider, receiving the first update information from the high-speed provider, and sending the first update information to the mobile device, and in response to determining the update is for a scheduled update: requesting a second update information from the telematics system, receiving the second update information from the telematics system, and sending the second update information to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Alvin Teh Yuan