Patents Examined by Congvan Tran
  • Patent number: 11323871
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a user equipment, UE (10) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, BS (20), connection setup message requesting information on capabilities of the UE (10); transmitting, to the BS (20), the information on capabilities of the UE (10) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Himke Vandervelde, Jaehyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11323872
    Abstract: Disclosed are a terminal capability acquisition method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, the method comprising: a first access network device acquires first UE capability identification information or first UE capability information of a terminal; if the first access network device acquires first UE capability identification information of the terminal, then: on the basis of the first UE capability identification information and the corresponding relationship between UE capability identification information and UE capability information, the first access network device determines the first UE capability information of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhua Liu, Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 11316937
    Abstract: An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Darrell Diem
  • Patent number: 11317297
    Abstract: A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells may include an in-flight aircraft including an antenna assembly, a plurality of ATG base stations, a plurality of terrestrial base stations. Each of the ATG base stations defines a corresponding radiation pattern, and the ATG base stations are spaced apart from each other to define at least partially overlapping coverage areas to communicate with the antenna assembly in an ATG communication layer defined between a first altitude and a second altitude. The terrestrial base stations are configured to communicate primarily in a ground communication layer below the first altitude. The terrestrial base stations and the ATG base stations are each configured to communicate using the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum in the ground communication layer and ATG communication layer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SmartSky Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Douglas Hyslop
  • Patent number: 11317380
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data in sidelink communication, performed by a transmitting terminal, may comprise transmitting first control information including first resource allocation information for a first data transmission resource and second resource allocation information for a second data transmission resource; transmitting data through the first data transmission resource; transmitting second control information including the first resource allocation information for the first data transmission resource and the second resource allocation information for the second data transmission resource; and transmitting data through the second data transmission resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Lee, Jae Heung Kim, Cheul Soon Kim, Sung Hyun Moon
  • Patent number: 11310674
    Abstract: A base station or other network node configures a network transmission in dependence on a directional scanning reception ability of a wireless communication device targeted by the transmission. An example transmission configuration is selecting or restricting which Transmission/Reception Point to use for the transmission or selecting or restricting the beamforming configuration to use for the transmission. The device complements operations in the wireless communication network by indicating its directional scanning reception ability in initial signaling, such as used for random access, or in Radio Resource Control signaling, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Andres Reial, Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Johan Rune, Henrik Sahlin
  • Patent number: 11297679
    Abstract: Proposed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless LAN system. Particularly, an AP transmits a PPDU to one STA. The AP transmits data to the one STA over a first NCCB band or a second NCCB band on the basis of the PPDU. The PPDU includes a first signal field and a second signal field. The first NCCB band is a 40 MHz or 60 MHz band generated by bonding a discontinuous 20 MHz band in an 80 MHz band. The second NCCB band is an 80 MHz, 100 MHz, 120 MHz, or 140 MHz band generated by bonding a discontinuous 20 MHz band in a 160 MHz band. The first signal field includes first information and second information. The first information is NCCB indication information on whether or not an NCCB can be performed. The second information is NCCB bandwidth information for a band to be used for transmitting the PPDU from the first NCCB band and the second NCCB band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongguk Lim, Suhwook Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Eunsung Park, Jinsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11290547
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing online to offline service to a user. The method may include determining, based on the service request signal, a plurality of different service types, each being associated with service information of the service type, and determining, based on the service request signal and a service selection model, an optimal service type; and generating, a response signal and transmit the response signal to the user terminal, wherein the response signal includes at least one frame encoding the service information of the optimal service type and a display command, and the display command is configured to prompt the first user terminal to display a first indicator related to the service information of the optimal service type according to a set of predetermined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Xu
  • Patent number: 11290984
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide for filtering and prioritizing incoming messages, which can help reduce and smooth out the processing load on components used to process the incoming messages. Filtering techniques may comprise identifying a subset of nearby vehicles from which messages are to be processed, and further calculating remaining delay budgets with regard to the messages to prioritize them for processing. Different techniques for determining a subset of nearby vehicles can be used, and/or remaining delay budgets may be calculated and/or communicated in different ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumya Das, Hee Jun Park, Sean Vincent Maschue, Sivaramakrishna Veerepalli
  • Patent number: 11276000
    Abstract: An image analysis method for analyzing an image of a tissue collected from a subject using a deep learning algorithm of a neural network structure. The image analysis method includes generating analysis data from the analysis target image that includes the tissue to be analyzed, inputting the analysis data to a deep learning algorithm, and generating data indicating a layer structure configuring a tissue in the analysis target image by the deep learning algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Yamada, Kazumi Hakamada, Yuki Aihara, Kanako Masumoto, Yosuke Sekiguchi, Krupali Jain
  • Patent number: 11277250
    Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes configuring sidelink (SL) bandwidth parts (BWPs) used for groupcast sidelink communication and transmitting a configuration information message including configuration information of the SL BWPs to participating terminals participating in the groupcast sidelink communication. The groupcast sidelink communication is performed with the participating terminals using one or more SL BWPs among the SL BWPs. In response to determining that reconfiguration of the SL BWPs is necessary, the SL BWPs are reconfigured and a reconfiguration information message including reconfiguration information of the SL BWPs is transmitted to the participating terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Su Han Choi, Gene Back Hahn
  • Patent number: 11272418
    Abstract: A wireless communication device installed in a flying vehicle, includes a wireless communication part configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted from a wireless base station, a cell counter configured to count the number of cells corresponding to wireless base stations identified by wireless signals received by the wireless communication part, and a communication controller configured to change a communication party selecting method to select the wireless base station serving as a communication party from among a plurality of wireless base stations serving as communication party candidates when an increment or a decrement of a unit-time cell count representing the counting result of the cell counter in a predetermined time is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeda, Shingo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11263908
    Abstract: A service system includes a service provider server-system in wireless communication over a network with at least one service requesting application, wherein the requesting application is executing in a smartphone. The requesting application includes a computer coded map. The requesting application is configured, on a request by a user of the application, to request a service by transmitting a map information layer including a visual symbol located on the geographical position (GPS) of the smartphone together with an indication of the requested service to the service provider server-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Roger Andre Eilertsen
  • Patent number: 11259263
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for implementing a dual registration mode and a dual receive mode using a single radio for wireless communications. A UE may determine that a wireless communication network supports the dual registration mode and dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS). The UE may establish a first connection with a first base station using a first radio access technology (RAT) of the wireless communication network. The UE may determine, based on one or more parameters associated with the DSS, that a second RAT of the wireless communication network has a second operating frequency band that overlaps a first operating frequency band of the first RAT. The UE may establish, via the second operating frequency band, a second connection with a second base station using the second RAT based on the dual registration mode and the DSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sagar, Avinash Kumar Dubey, Mohammad Suhel Ashfaque
  • Patent number: 11252246
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically collecting information regarding network events in a 5G network are disclosed. The method includes locally storing event data initially and implementing post-event collection of the locally stored data when one or more collecting nodes become available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Engelhart
  • Patent number: 11243291
    Abstract: Disclosed according to various embodiments are a method for performing an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA)-related operation by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Disclosed are a method for performing an OTDOA-related operation by a terminal, and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first positioning signal from a first base station; receiving a second positioning signal from a second base station; measuring a first phase difference between reference signals included in the first positioning signal, and a second phase difference between reference signals included in the second positioning signal; and feeding back, to the first base station, positioning information including the difference value between the first phase difference and the second phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Seungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11240808
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements are disclosed for collecting subscriber identity. A cell is formed for carrying out communications with mobile devices. A channel bandwidth indication is transmitted and indicates to cellular mobile devices the formed cell utilizes bandwidth identical to the bandwidth utilized in neighboring real cells. A downlink radio channel power level on a given continuous channel subset of the indicated channel bandwidth is provided. A communication request from a cellular mobile device is received and radio resources allocated to the cellular mobile device from the given continuous channel subset of the indicated channel bandwidth. A subscriber identity of the cellular mobile device is received from the cellular mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: EXFO OY
    Inventors: Jukka Kemppainen, Hannu Toppinen
  • Patent number: 11239979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a User Equipment (UE), a method, and a computer readable storage medium. According to the present invention, a method for determining location of a positioning reference signal (PRS) comprises: obtaining a subcarrier interval of a resource block (RB); and determining a time-frequency location of the PRS in the RB according to the subcarrier interval. The electronic device, the UE, the method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present invention can be used for designing the PRS with respect to an NR communication system more reasonably, so as to optimize the positioning of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yucheng Wang, Penshun Lu, Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11219028
    Abstract: Millimeter wave access system and method for device-to-device communications (D2D) are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 11218836
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a geo-fence. Through the use of the geo-fence and through monitoring of connections between mobile devices and the vehicle, a geo-fence is dynamically enabled and disabled for a user of a vehicle and the geo-fence control system provides notifications to users of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elena Ilieva, Hussam Makkiya, Ricardo Walker, Yamen Taleb