Patents Examined by Dominic Rego
  • Patent number: 10045304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in a multiple element carrier wave system. The method for controlling uplink transmission power by a terminal in a multiple element carrier wave system includes the steps of: generating an uplink signal to be transmitted in a first serving cell; receiving, from a base station, random access start information for commanding the start of a random access procedure for a second serving cell; calculating the estimated surplus power from first transmission power scheduled for an uplink signal transmission, and second transmission power scheduled for a transmission of a PRACH to which a random access preamble is mapped; and when the estimated surplus power is smaller than a threshold power, adjusting the first transmission power or the second transmission power on the basis of power allocation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Jae Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 10038492
    Abstract: The systems and methods are provided to provide communication coverage to an unmanned aerial vehicle. A proposed flight path of a UAV may be collected, and a communication signal distribution, such as a cellular signal distribution, along the proposed flight of the UAV may be determined. At positions having low or no communication signal, relays may be provided to improve a quality of the communication signal. The relay may be a ground device or an aerial vehicle. A stable and continuous communication between the UAV and user terminals during the entire flight path of UAV may be provided, and a coverage of cellular signal may be expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ming Gong, Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 10039081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a terminal, a network device, a paging method, and an area information update method, so as to: in a terminal relay scenario, page a terminal to which another terminal provides a relay service, and update area information of the terminal to which the another terminal provides the relay service. A first terminal provided in embodiments of the present invention includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a paging message, where the paging message carries a terminal identity of a second terminal; and a processing module, configured to: when determining that the second terminal is a terminal to which the first terminal provides a relay service, page the second terminal according to the terminal identity of the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiangdong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10033849
    Abstract: A method of notifying an operation state change of a device is provided. The method includes receiving a message by a first device; identifying, by the first device, that a second device is currently connected to the first device through a network; and transmitting, by the first device, information regarding the message to the second device. The information is displayed on a display unit of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-dong Yu, Woo-yong Chang, Se-jun Park, Min-jeong Moon
  • Patent number: 10021640
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for receiving D2D discovery information and an apparatus. The method for receiving D2D discovery information includes: sending, by an upper layer of a radio resource control RRC layer of a D2D communication device, a first instruction to a physical layer of the D2D communication device, where the first instruction is used to instruct the physical layer to switch from a D2D sleep state to a D2D listening state; and receiving, by the physical layer of the D2D communication device, the first instruction and switching from the D2D sleep state to the D2D listening state according to the first instruction, to listen to D2D discovery information. This reduces power consumption of the D2D communication device and prolongs a standby time of the D2D communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Lin, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10020868
    Abstract: A communication module assembly includes a case; a communication module accommodated in the case and including at least two module terminals; and a connection member including connection terminals respectively connected to the module terminals, and a bridge unit configured to connect the connection terminals, wherein when the connection terminals and the module terminals are disconnected, the connection terminals are electrically connected to each other through the bridge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventor: Sejun Na
  • Patent number: 10021652
    Abstract: A remote antenna system is provided. The remote antenna system comprises an antenna controller circuit and a remote antenna circuit coupled to the antenna controller circuit by a cable. The remote antenna system further comprises a bidirectional data signal path for carrying transmit and received data signals between the antenna controller circuit and the remote antenna circuit; and a control path for carrying control information between the antenna controller circuit and the remote antenna circuit. The control path is a bidirectional control path. The control path comprises a transmit circuit comprising an input to receive control information and configured to convert the control information into a series of pulses; and a receive circuit comprising a comparator circuit configure to receive the series of pulses and reconstruct them to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Kai Peter Ludwig Gossner, Pieter Lok
  • Patent number: 10009849
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a touch panel and a near field communication interface. The information processing apparatus detects that an input received at the touch panel corresponds to a predetermined input when the information processing apparatus is in a suspended state; and controls the information processing apparatus execute a predetermined function via the near field communication interface and awake from the suspended state upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Ino, Kenji Tokutake
  • Patent number: 9999001
    Abstract: A power control method and a device are provided. A network device generates, according to a coverage ratio of actual coverage performance between a second user direct connection communication device and a first user direct connection communication device to expected coverage performance of the first user direct connection communication device, a power adjustment indication message, and sends the power adjustment indication message to the first user direct connection communication device; and the first user direct connection communication device controls transmit power according to the power adjustment indication message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Changqing Yang
  • Patent number: 9998895
    Abstract: A device, system and method for sharing sensor data is provided. A request to access sensor data is received at a receiver device, from a requestor device, the sensor data acquired by sensors associated with the receiver device. The receiver device determines a status of the receiver device. The receiver device determines, from the status of the receiver device, a subset of the sensor data to share with the requestor device. The receiver device determines one or more override contextual conditions associated with one or more of the requestor device and the receiver device. When the one or more override contextual conditions meets one or more override threshold conditions, the receiver device causes the subset of the sensor data to be shared with the requestor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Francesca Schuler, Katrin Reitsma, Adam C. Lewis
  • Patent number: 9999007
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a reporting method, device and system for a Power Headroom Report (PHR) in dual connectivity. A first Evolved Node B (eNB) and a second eNB establish split Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) with a User Equipment (UE), and transmit an indication for indicating change in uplink transmission to the UE; the UE determines the change in the uplink transmission of the split DRBs, and triggers and reports the PHR to the first eNB and/or the second eNB according to the change in the uplink transmission respectively; and the first eNB and/or the second eNB receive/receives the PHR reported by the UE respectively. The disclosure also discloses the reporting device and system for the PHR in the dual connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Zhongming Chen
  • Patent number: 9992320
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile device includes receiving, from a motion sensor, motion information indicative of mobile device motion, recognizing a motion pattern indicated by the motion information, identifying a particular function corresponding to the motion pattern, and determining whether the particular function comprises a function for remotely controlling a remotely controlled device. Responsive to determining the particular function is a function for remotely controlling a remotely controlled device, a remote control command corresponding to the particular function is wirelessly sent to the remotely controlled device. If the particular function is a function for remotely controlling a remotely controlled device, the particular function is executed via a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ian C. Schmehl, James Leonard Cansler, Scott Anthony White
  • Patent number: 9985668
    Abstract: A relay apparatus comprises: a distributor configured to separate an input signal that includes a plurality of signals of mutually different frequencies for each of the frequencies and output signals separated for each frequency; and a combiner configured to combine signals output from the distributor, generate at least two signal groups each consisting of signals of mutually different frequencies, and output at least one signal group of the at least two signal groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasunori Yoshino
  • Patent number: 9986532
    Abstract: Various examples of the present invention relate to an electronic device group paging method and an electronic device thereof, and an electronic device operating method can comprise the steps of: converting, in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, the electronic device from an idle state into a wakeup state when it is time to check group paging; analyzing, in the wakeup state, the validity of a group paging message received through machine type communication (MTC); and performing a specific function according to the group paging message if the group paging message is valid. In addition, the various examples of the present invention also include the aforementioned example and other examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Jun Lee, Hye-Jeong Kim, Jeong-Don Kang, Ji-Eun Jung
  • Patent number: 9974040
    Abstract: While a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless network that includes both i) a first communication device and ii) a second communication device is not formed, and prior to the first communication device and the second communication device performing a group owner (GO) negotiation in connection with forming the P2P wireless network, the first communication device performs a ranging exchange with the second communication device. After performing the ranging exchange with the second communication device, the first communication device performs a GO negotiation with the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Liwen Chu, Sagar Tamhane, Sarang Shrikrishna Wagholikar, Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Patent number: 9966984
    Abstract: This application relates to a computing device case that provides some amount of torsional force in order to cancel at least some static and dynamic loads experienced by the computing device when the case is arranged as a stand. By canceling out these loads, the computing device to be angled at an almost unlimited number of angles relative to a surface on which the computing device is resting. Flexible elements in the case can resist the static and dynamic loads of the computing device, thereby allowing the computing device to receive touch inputs at almost any angle without causing the case and the computing device to collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Stryker, Yoonhoo Jo, Nicholas A. Treadwell
  • Patent number: 9967648
    Abstract: A case for a portable listening device has a housing and a lid. The lid is attached to the housing with a pivotable joint and operates between an open and a closed position with an over-center mechanism that employs a plurality of magnetic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee M. Panecki, Shannon X. Yang, Arun D. Chawan, Jason J. LeBlanc, Marcus Albonico
  • Patent number: 9967650
    Abstract: A case for a portable listening device includes a rechargeable battery and a first and a second charging system. The first charging system is configured to charge the portable listening device and the second charging system is configured to wirelessly charge a portable electronic device positioned outside of the case adjacent to an exterior charging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arun D. Chawan, Lee M. Panecki, Rico L. Zörkendörfer, Kurt Stiehl, Christopher S. Graham, Christopher J. Walton
  • Patent number: 9967828
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assigning a power of a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) in dual connectivity in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration for a minimum power per CG from a network, and assigns the power per CG based on the received configuration. In this case, at least one of the MCG or the SCG is configured with at least one timing advance (TA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunjung Yi, Joonkui Ahn
  • Patent number: 9967128
    Abstract: The present invention claims a TR069 protocol management method oriented to a WIA-PA network, where a traditional TR069 network management system architecture is improved to extend a TR069 protocol only oriented to Internet terminal device management in an initial design from the Internet to a WIA-PA wireless sensor network; a session connection interaction process between an ACS and a CPE is expanded to establish a session connection between the ACS and a WIA-PA network node; a virtual device mechanism is designed by taking a WIA-PA network gateway as the CPE to store a TR069 data model and proxy device information corresponding to a WIA-PA data model and implement the TR069 protocol to manage the WIA-PA network node in a manner as simple and transparent as that for an interaction between the ACS and the common CPE; a management data model mapping mechanism is designed to establish a correlation from the WIA-PA data model described in TR069 to a standard WIA-PA data model; and a protocol conversion interlace
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Heng Wang, Xiaoyuan Xu, Ji Zou