Patents Examined by Dung Hong
  • Techniques for sharing a device location via a messaging system
    Patent number: 10904697
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Charles Henri Reitz, Menahem Dan Fedida, Felix Leupold
  • Planar surface detection
    Patent number: 10902625
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a horizontal plane hypothesis includes obtaining a point cloud of a scene including a plurality of points in a gravity-aligned coordinate system. The method includes generating, based on the plurality of points, a height histogram indicative of a plurality of non-overlapping height ranges in the gravity-aligned coordinate system and a respective plurality of weights. The method includes generating one or more horizontal plane hypotheses based on the height histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Montague Welton Dunkley, Michael Jaison Gnanasekar, Aitor Aldoma Buchaca
  • Detection of surface irregularities in coins
    Patent number: 10902584
    Abstract: Detection of surface irregularities in coins. Three-dimensional topographic data of at least one surface of a coin, having at least one feature, is acquired and used to determine characteristics of the coin features, based on vector components of normal vectors at various points on the surface of the coin. The feature characteristics are then compared to reference feature characteristics. Based on this comparison, an irregularity indication is provided if differences between the feature characteristics and the reference characteristics are found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ULTRA ELECTRONICS FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Serge Levesque
  • Method for paging information in cellular system
    Patent number: 10887865
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting paging information in a cellular system. An object of the method is transmitting paging information which can improve applicability of a limited radio resource by variably and flexibly setting up and mapping a transport channel and a physical channel in order to transmit information notifying start of downlink information from a base station to a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The method includes the steps of: forming a paging channel (PCH) in a transport channel corresponding to generation of paging information; setting a paging indication channel (PICH) based on the paging information and forming the paging indication channel in a radio resource of a physical layer; and allocating the paging channel to the radio resource of the physical layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Heung Kim, Jung Im Kim, Kyoung Seok Lee, Soo Jung Jung, Seung Chan Bang, Byung Han Ryu
  • Dynamic binning of sensor pixels
    Patent number: 10872261
    Abstract: Some dynamic pixel binning methods may involve identifying ROI optical sensor data corresponding to optical sensor pixels in a region of interest (ROI). Some such methods also may involve identifying non-ROI optical sensor data corresponding to optical sensor pixels outside the region of interest and determining a first binning factor for the non-ROI optical sensor data. The first binning factor may be based on a number of pixels in the region of interest and a target output data rate. Some such methods also may involve applying the first binning factor to the non-ROI optical sensor data and outputting optical sensor data, including the binned non-ROI optical sensor data, at the target output data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soman Ganesh Nikhara, Bapineedu Chowdary Gummadi, Edwin Chongwoo Park, Ravi Shankar Kadambala, Ankita Anil Kumar Choudha
  • Options presented on a device other than accept and decline for an incoming call
    Patent number: 10855833
    Abstract: A data processing system that, in one embodiment, uses smart reminders to allow a user to decline an incoming phone or messaging call and to cause the system to set a smart reminder about the call. In one embodiment, the system can use the system's current state or context (e.g. the system is in a car or is playing a movie) to determine the type of reminder options to present to the user and to determine when to trigger the reminder based on the reminder option that is selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Santamaria, Marcel van Os, Donald W. Pitschel, Elizabeth C. Cranfill, Jeremy Brown
  • Resource management method and apparatus for use in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 10856190
    Abstract: A resource management method and apparatus allows or restricts use of some or all of the resources of entities of a wireless communication system. A radio resource management method of a radio access point includes receiving a measurement report from a terminal, selecting another radio access point for serving the terminal in cooperation with the serving radio access point based on the measurement report and a Handover Restriction List (HRL), and transmitting a request for serving the terminal to the selected another radio access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Won, Songyean Cho, Sangsoo Jeong
  • Method for supporting efficient PDU session activation and deactivation in cellular networks
    Patent number: 10849088
    Abstract: A communication method and system converges a 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology. The system and method may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments provide a scheme for efficiently operating an UP connection of a session in case where a terminal has a plurality of sessions in a mobile communication system, such as a 5G system, having a network structure in which an AMF for mobility management and an SMF for session management are separated from each other. A terminal (UE) can optimize a non-access stratum (NAS) signaling message, and can perform data transmission/reception with low latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungshin Park, Jinsung Lee, Jicheol Lee, Kisuk Kweon, Sangjun Moon, Beomsik Bae, Hyungho Lee
  • Morbidity diagnosis support system, morbidity diagnosis data-generating system, and morbidity diagnosis support method
    Patent number: 10846850
    Abstract: Provided are a morbidity diagnosis support system, a morbidity diagnosis data-generating system, and a morbidity diagnosis support method that are capable of supporting a highly reliable morbidity diagnosis. A morbidity diagnosis support system includes an extension device for extending a tissue section of cells, an image-photographing device for acquiring image data by image-photographing the tissue section, an image analysis device for analyzing the image data to calculate an index of morbidity based on a mode of cracks generated in the tissue section by the extension, and an output device for outputting the calculated index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: THE DOSHISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshikawa, Masaya Ikegawa, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Nobuto Kakuda, Takuto Nakamura, Keisuke Danno, Natsumi Okoso, Naohiko Nakamura, Kohta Iguchi, Etsuro Hatano, Shinji Uemoto
  • Distributed mobility management functionality
    Patent number: 10848955
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing wireless network connectivity using a distributed mobility management functionality. In one example, each of a plurality of on-premise access points co-locate a mobility management functionality and a packet routing and forwarding functionality. Each of the plurality of on-premise access points obtain, from user equipment, a request to wirelessly connect to the on-premise access point. Each of the plurality of on-premise access points provide the user equipment with wireless network connectivity using the co-located mobility management functionality and the packet routing and forwarding functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Irfan Ali, Mark Grayson
  • Access node, a method for an access node, a wireless terminal and a method for a wireless terminal
    Patent number: 10841958
    Abstract: Method and apparatus use a value tag in conjunction with transmission and/or processing of system information in a wireless communication network, especially in conjunction with second type system information or non-essentially type system information. In certain example embodiment and modes, an access node (22) may initiate broadcasting second type system information when its content gets updated, in order to avoid many on-demand delivery requests from wireless terminals. In certain example implementations, the access node (22) may compress second type system information to be delivered by broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishii
  • Directed handover of elephant flows
    Patent number: 10834650
    Abstract: A method includes identifying one or more elephant flows operated by a plurality of user equipment (UE) terminals located in a first coverage area, comparing the one or more elephant flows to threshold characteristics, determining whether the coverage area is congested, causing handover of the plurality of UE terminals from the first coverage area when the one or more elephant flows exceed the threshold characteristics and the first coverage area is congested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: OPANGA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Hadorn, Jeffrey P. Harrang, John Burnette, David Gibbons
  • Method for providing roaming services in which the home network uses S8HR model for out-bound roaming while the visited network uses LBO model for in-bound roaming
    Patent number: 10827346
    Abstract: A roaming method that enables the home network (HPMN) to use S8 Home Routed (S8HR) model for out-bound roaming while the visited network (VPMN) uses Local Breakout (LBO) model for in-bound roaming. An IMS Roaming Gateway (IR-GW) establishes an IMS bearer between the IR-GW and the home network's Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW). The IR-GW replaces the source IP address on the SIP-Register message with the client IP address assigned to the UE by the HPMN P-GW. Upon receiving a SIP-Response message responsive to successful authentication of the UE with the HPMN, the IR-GW inserts its own IP address into the SIP-Response message and forwards it to the UE. IR-GW performs network address translation (NAT) between the source IP assigned to the UE by the VPMN and the client IP assigned to the UE by the HPMN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Syniverse Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Prashant Datar
  • Method and fake base station for detecting subscriber identity
    Patent number: 10820206
    Abstract: A method and fake base station for detecting subscriber identity are disclosed. Method includes The method includes: capturing at least one wireless message containing an encrypted subscriber identity of a fifth generation mobile phone system transmitted from a mobile subscriber apparatus; transmitting a reject message of the fifth generation mobile phone system for the mobile subscriber apparatus; capturing at least one wireless message of the fourth generation mobile phone system transmitted from the mobile subscriber apparatus; detecting an unencrypted subscriber identity from the at least one captured wireless message of the fourth generation mobile phone system; and transmitting a disconnect message of the fourth generation mobile phone system for the mobile subscriber apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: EXFO OY
    Inventor: Jukka Kemppainen
  • Wakeup method, apparatus and device based on lip reading, and computer readable medium
    Patent number: 10810413
    Abstract: A wakeup method based on lip reading is provided, the wakeup method including: acquiring a motion graph of a user's lips; determining whether the acquired motion graph matches a preset motion graph; and waking up a voice interaction function in response to the acquired motion graph matching the preset motion graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liang Gao
  • Method and system for efficiently mining dataset essentials with bootstrapping strategy in 6DOF pose estimate of 3D objects
    Patent number: 10803619
    Abstract: A method for identifying a feature in a first image comprises establishing an initial database of image triplets, and in a pose estimation processor, training a deep learning neural network using the initial database of image triplets, calculating a pose for the first image using the deep learning neural network, comparing the calculated pose to a validation database populated with images data to identify an error case in the deep learning neural network, creating a new set of training data including a plurality of error cases identified in a plurality of input images and retraining the deep learning neural network using the new set of training data. The deep learning neural network may be iteratively retrained with a series of new training data sets. Statistical analysis is performed on a plurality of error cases to select a subset of the error cases included in the new set of training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Ma, Shanhui Sun, Stefan Kluckner, Ziyan Wu, Terrence Chen, Jan Ernst
  • Watermark security
    Patent number: 10789666
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for watermark security. An apparatus includes a content module configured to identify data to be presented in a graphical interface. An apparatus includes a watermark module configured to generate a digital watermark to be presented in a graphical interface based on identified data. A digital watermark verifies an authenticity of data to be presented in a graphical interface. An apparatus includes a presentation module configured to embed a digital watermark into a graphical interface prior to data being presented in the graphical interface such that the digital watermark is graphically indistinguishable to a user in the graphical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Dewitt, Ryan McBride
  • Spectrum sharing architectures and methods
    Patent number: 10785710
    Abstract: An architecture is configured to be employed within a network entity. The architecture includes a repository management component and a spectrum controller. The repository management component is configured to collect sensing information, generate a sensing map based on the collected sensing information and maintain an available spectrum in a database. The spectrum controller is configured to identify and handoff bands of the available spectrum according to the sensing map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Markus Dominik Mueck
  • Mobile device communication system
    Patent number: 10779133
    Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a system for communicating with a plurality of mobile devices from a single mobile device. Source information may be stored from an incoming message to one or more groups. An outgoing message may be associated to each of the groups, and may be automatically sent to one or more of the groups based on user-defined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Viva Capital Series LLC
    Inventors: David Johnston, Ryan A. Bis
  • System and method for providing interconnected and secure mobile device charging stations
    Patent number: 10778016
    Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system has a door that selectively opens to allow access to a cavity and selectively closes to block access to the cavity, an electronic lock configured to selectively lock and unlock the door when the door is closed, the electronic lock including a user interface, computing memory having associated therewith code, and a processor communicatively coupled with the computing memory. The processor is configured to execute the code and to: receive a random code from a random code generator, program the electronic lock to unlock the door when the random code is entered via the user interface, and transfer data of the random code to a device of a system user so that the data is used to enter the random code to the user interface of the electronic lock to unlock the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Douglas Baldasare, Sheri Tate, Robert Kay, Jens Horstmann, Colin Nolan, Beth Pondo