Patents Examined by David Q Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10511959
    Abstract: A method and a terminal device for keeping a subscriber identity module card in a standby state, where the method for keeping a subscriber identity module card in a standby state includes receiving, by a terminal device, an enabling request, where the enabling request is used for requesting simultaneous standby of a first subscriber identity module card and a second subscriber identity module card; invoking a third-party invocation interface provided by an operating system of the terminal device; performing interaction with a subscriber identity module card control module, so as to complete a network access process of the first subscriber identity module card on the basis of a data file of the first subscriber identity module card; and keeping the first subscriber identity module card and the second subscriber identity module card in a standby state at the same time according to the enabling request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhidong Bai, Chunxi Zhu, Chenghui Peng, Yuqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10506479
    Abstract: A network node obtains capability information indicating whether neighbor network nodes support special user equipments (UEs), receives a measurement report for the neighbor network nodes from a special UE, and selects one of the network nodes as a target node for handover of the special UE based on the received measurement report and the obtained capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Chandra Bontu, Prabaharan Kanesalingam, Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Bing Hu Z
  • Patent number: 10505745
    Abstract: A mobile computing device that supports cost-aware application components for operation over a metered network. A current basis for computing usage charges over one or more networks may be made available to the cost-aware application components through an application programming interface supported by an operating system service. That service may receive a policy for charging for data usage over a network and may also obtain information defining data usage for the mobile computing device. Based on this information, the service may determine a current basis for charging for data usage. With this information, the application component can determine a manner for executing network operations that involve data transmission over the network, such as deferring the operation or selecting an alternative network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pascal Menezes, Marco Piumatti, Upshur Parks, Ravi Rao
  • Patent number: 10506504
    Abstract: A portable electronic device operable in a wireless local area network and a non-transitory machine-readable storage device are provided. The portable electronic device includes communication circuitry to support a neighbor awareness networking in relation with the wireless local area network; and a processor configured to detect, using the communication circuitry, an electronic device external to the portable electronic device; transmit, using the communication circuitry, information to the electronic device, wherein the information includes a plurality of bits indicating an interval between a plurality of discovery windows in which the portable electronic device is to be operated in a wake-up state with respect to the neighbor awareness networking; adjust the interval based at least in part on a power state with respect to the portable electronic device; and transmit another information indicating the adjusted interval to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Bu-Seop Jung, Young-Kwan Chung
  • Patent number: 10497249
    Abstract: Technology for an enhanced personal emergency response system (e-PERS) unit is disclosed. The e-PERS unit can transmit a general message related to a personal emergency to a personal emergency response system (PERS) computing service environment (CSE), wherein the general message includes an identification (ID) of the e-PERS unit to enable the e-PERS CSE to send the ID of the e-PERS unit to a monitoring station. The e-PERS unit can receive a unit profile message from the e-PERS CSE. The e-PERS unit can: open a voice channel to the monitoring station in response to receiving the general message from the e-PERS CSE, or receive a voice call from the monitoring station in response to receiving the ID of the e-PERS unit at the monitoring station. The e-PERS unit can include a display screen and a base unit help button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mytrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Bangerter, Ryan R. Bangerter, Eric L. Mattle, Jared H. Wood, Brett J. Hibbert, Joseph A. Sterzer, Lynn H. Salisbury, Michael M. Bangerter, Steven Alex Sandoval, Zachary W. Parduhn, Andres Gonzalez, Jay R. Peterson, Joshua J. Bangerter, Richard S. Kasper
  • Patent number: 10491726
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a housing defining an accommodating space and including a cover window configured to transmit light and disposed on one surface of the housing; a display unit provided under the cover window; a hole penetrating the display unit to a lower surface of the cover window; and a sensing unit provided under the display unit in correspondence with the hole and configured to sense the light transmitted by the cover window through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kiyong Lee, Cheongsun Yun, Jongwook Mun
  • Patent number: 10492030
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method that includes presenting a first user interface (UI) and a second UI on a mobile device. The first UI may include a map display and a control to compose a note. The method may include, in response to a user of the mobile device activating the control to compose the note, presenting a second UI including: an input to receive text for the note, one or more controls to select a picture for the note, and a control to save the note. The method may include, in response to the user activating the control to save the note: determining a location for the note using a geo-location sensor within the mobile device, sending the received text, the selected picture, and the location for the note to a server device, and displaying an indication of the note on the map display based on the location determined for the note.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Arunkumar Natarajan, Venkata Mandali
  • Patent number: 10485020
    Abstract: Techniques for uplink transmission management in a wireless communications system are described herein. An example method may include receiving an explicit uplink grant that indicates one or more implicit uplink grants. In an aspect, the example method may include performing a first clear channel assessment (CCA) in response to the explicit uplink grant in a first time slot. In another aspect, the example method may include, if the first CCA fails, sequentially performing one or more additional CCAs respectively in one or more time slots subsequent to the first time slot in response to the one or more implicit uplink grants, and transmitting the PDU over the unlicensed or shared spectrum and in a time slot subsequent to the time slot in which one of the one or more additional CCAs succeeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10485004
    Abstract: Certain features relate to a self-optimizing network entity configured for use with a distributed antenna system having a head end-unit configured to communicate wireless communication information to a plurality of remote units for transmission at a plurality of sites, the self-optimized network entity comprising circuitry configured to determine a network resource allocation plan for the plurality of remote units within the distributed antenna system based on an isolation level determined by at least one of the plurality of remote units based on a power level of a test signal received from at least one of the plurality of remote units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Luigi Tarlazzi, Maurice D'Souza
  • Patent number: 10484822
    Abstract: A micro point address is detected in response to an audio trigger. Audio data is detected at a mobile device and compared to at least one predetermined audio sample. In response to the comparison, location data is collected or a location stamp including the location data is made. A grid location identifier is stored in association with the location data in response to the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Deekshant Saxena, Senjuti Sen
  • Patent number: 10484156
    Abstract: A first apparatus may send, to a base station, a set of channel quality indicators associated with a set of channels. The first apparatus may monitor sets of control channel elements in a search space based on the set of channel quality indicators sent to the base station. A second apparatus may receive, from a first user equipment, a set of channel quality indicators associated with a set of channels. The second apparatus may send, based on the set of channel quality indicators received from the first user equipment, control information on a physical downlink control channel associated with the first user equipment in a search space specific to the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chong Li, Junyi Li, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 10477573
    Abstract: Techniques for uplink transmission management in a wireless communications system are described herein. An example method may include receiving an explicit uplink grant that indicates one or more implicit uplink grants. In an aspect, the example method may include performing a first clear channel assessment (CCA) in response to the explicit uplink grant in a first time slot. In another aspect, the example method may include, if the first CCA fails, sequentially performing one or more additional CCAs respectively in one or more time slots subsequent to the first time slot in response to the one or more implicit uplink grants, and transmitting the PDU over the unlicensed or shared spectrum and in a time slot subsequent to the time slot in which one of the one or more additional CCAs succeeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10477510
    Abstract: A device receives, from a transaction device, transaction data associated with a transaction performed by a user, and receives first location data indicating a location of a mobile user device. The device receives, from a stationary user device, browser data associated with online activity of the user, and determines, based on the browser data, second location data indicating a location of the stationary user device. The device determines, based on the transaction data, third location data indicating a location of the transaction device, and assigns weights and time stamps to the first, second, and third location data. The device aggregates the first, second, and third location data, based on the weights and the time stamps, to generate aggregated location data. The device processes the aggregated location data, with a model, to predict a particular location of the user, and performs actions based on the particular location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Edwards, Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Adam Vukich
  • Patent number: 10477392
    Abstract: An apparatus assembles positioning assistance data using a predetermined version of a set of values of parameters. The positioning assistance data relates to radio signals of a particular positioning support device. The apparatus encrypts the positioning assistance data using an encryption key that is associated with this version and causes the particular positioning support device to transmit the assembled and encrypted data. The positioning support device transmits the data. An apparatus obtains the data, received by a mobile device, and attempts to decrypt the data using at least one encryption key. If the decryption is successful with a particular encryption key, a version of a set of values of parameters may be selected that is associated with the encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Muhammad Irshan Khan, Jari Syrjärinne, Pavel Ivanov
  • Patent number: 10469224
    Abstract: Both precoded sounding reference signals (SRS) and unprecoded SRS are transmitted from a UE to an eNB. The UE may transmit both in the same subframe using either TDM or FDM. Or the UE may transmit each in different subframes from each other. The eNB uses some combination of the precoded SRS and the unprecoded SRS in scheduling resources for the UE. The eNB may also provide instruction to the UE for PUSCH precoding for data transmission. The eNB may signal the UE to use the same precoding as for the precoded SRS. The eNB may instead signal the UE to use different precoding by including the precoding information or delta information between the precoding used for the precoded SRS and the selected precoding for the PUSCH data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Wei Zeng, Wanshi Chen, Hao Xu, Tingfang Ji
  • Patent number: 10462602
    Abstract: A system to effectuate passive check-in with respect to a user's mobile device is described. A server system may be configured to receive communications from a GPS-enabled mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone), extract a stream of locations from the received communications, and use the location information to determine whether a boundary-crossing event has occurred with respect to the mobile device. In response to detecting a boundary-crossing event, the server may communicate a message, such as a recommendation, to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Cheung, Greg Alan Cox, Zhenyin Yang, Dawnray Young, Viswa Vaddi, Todd Davis, Chintan Jain, Andrew Shea, Rajkumar Chinnakonda
  • Patent number: 10455422
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly is provided. The vehicle assembly comprises: one or more body frame components configured to define an interior of the vehicle; and one or more windows provided within apertures formed in the body frame components, each window comprising one or more first electrically conductive elements, wherein the first electrically conductive elements are configured to selectively limit transmission of electromagnetic waves within the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Quarta, Marcus Hoggarth
  • Patent number: 10448257
    Abstract: Co-existence mechanisms for shared spectrum and unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. Several base stations, from one or more network operators, share a communication spectrum in a base non-contention procedure state. When a given base station determines that communications with its served user equipments (UEs) suffers a diminished quality, the base station transmits a diminished quality indicator in response. Subsequent communications with the served UEs over the shared spectrum would then occur using a contention-based procedure state triggered by the diminished quality indicator. The triggering of the contention-based procedure may be made by the base station on either sending the diminished quality indicator or receiving a similar indicator from a neighbor base station, or by an indication from a central controller making a determination to initiate contention-based procedures based on flags received from the neighboring base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, Michael Mingxi Fan
  • Patent number: 10440558
    Abstract: A profile management engine receives, from a mobile device management (MDM) server configured to manage one or more mobile devices, an activation request to activate a subscription for a mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices. The profile management engine generates a download request for preparing a download of an electronic subscriber profile to the mobile device, transmits the download request to a subscription management system of a network operator, and subsequently receives a download response from the subscription management system. The download response includes an identifier that identifies an electronic subscriber profile generated for the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ivan De Figueiredo Junior, Thomas Larsson
  • Patent number: 10425885
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for carrier frequency handling in a cluster based communications network. According to one aspect there is provided a method performed by a wireless device camping on or served by a cluster head device associated with a cluster head carrier frequency. According to one aspect there is provided a method performed by a cluster head device associated with a cluster head carrier frequency. A corresponding wireless device, a corresponding cluster head device, and corresponding computer programs and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Bengt Lindoff, Johan Nilsson