Patents Examined by Erica Navar
  • Patent number: 11510064
    Abstract: This invention presents a non-volatile data storage apparatus that is securely worn by a user like a bracelet that stores the users sensitive information and a wirelessly coupled separate display and input device functioning as the sole or main display and input device functioning together like a single personal mobile device, wherein the non-volatile data storage apparatus authenticates the separate display and input device that it doesn't risk the security or privacy of the sensitive information transmitted to it by the non-volatile data storage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Ping Liang
  • Patent number: 11490301
    Abstract: Methods and systems for preventing or delaying handovers to target access nodes that are experiencing intermodulation distortion. Ensuring service quality in dual-connectivity (EN-DC) wireless networks includes determining that a target access node for a handover of a wireless device is experiencing an intermodulation distortion level that exceeds a first threshold, and adjusting handover thresholds to delay the handover of the wireless device to the target access node. If the handover is necessary, dual-connectivity is disabled for the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11490352
    Abstract: This disclosure handles a registration procedure in a UE supporting registration to 5GC via untrusted non-3GPP access network and 3GPP access network. More specifically this disclosure defines a UE behavior when a registration procedure is not successful to 5GC via first access network type (e.g. untrusted non-3GPP network access) after transmitting maximum number of registration request message via the first access network type to the 5GC and the UE is registered to 5GC via other access network type (e.g. 3GPP access network (NG-RAN)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kundan Tiwari, Toshiyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11490329
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a system and method to obtain a layer selection message from a wireless telecommunication network providing a wireless connection to a UE. The layer selection message includes a contour including an indication of a region served by a cell, an indication of a generation of wireless technology provided by the cell, a radio frequency band provided by the cell, and an indication of how to select the cell. The system can obtain a geographical location of the UE and a wireless capability of the UE. Based on the geographical location of the UE, the wireless capability of the UE, and the layer selection message, the system can determine a cell to which to connect the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Artuso
  • Patent number: 11490300
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cell reselection method and device, and a storage medium, which belong to the field of communication technology. The method includes: determining at least two frequency priority rankings carried in a received system message; selecting a target frequency priority ranking from the at least two frequency priority rankings; and carrying out cell reselection according to the target frequency priority ranking. Since the at least two frequency priority rankings are set for different terminal speeds, by means of the cell reselection methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal can select, according to its own situation, a suitable frequency priority ranking to carry out cell reselection. Thus, the flexibility in carrying out cell reselection by the terminal is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11483878
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a session establishment method and system, and a device, to resolve a prior-art problem that NAS message transfer cannot be separated from session user plane establishment and application in some scenarios is limited. In those embodiment, under the establishment method, a first non-access stratum (NAS) message is sent by a terminal to a first access network device corresponding to a first access technology, where the first NAS message is used to request to establish a session. A second NAS message from the first access network device can be received by the terminal, where the second NAS message carries an identifier of a user plane function network element. A session establishment procedure can be initiated by the terminal between the terminal and the user plane function network element based on the identifier of the user plane function network element by using a second access technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youyang Yu, Ming Jiang
  • Patent number: 11477832
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may support establishing an E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) connection with a telecommunication network that involves both a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) connection and a fifth generation (5G) connection. However, the EN-DC connection may drain a battery of the UE more quickly than the LTE connection would alone. Accordingly, an EN-DC switcher executing on the UE can determine when the UE should use the LTE connection alone or use the EN-DC connection, for example based on factors that may indicate when a user of the UE is less likely to perceive improved throughput or other benefits of the EN-DC connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Shan Kwok, Wafik Abdel Shahid
  • Patent number: 11477659
    Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing secondary frequency spectrums for increased throughput. When faced with a shortage of primary cellular frequencies, a base station in a cellular network can determine whether secondary frequency spectrum, such as 600 MHz spectrum, frequencies are available. The 600 MHz frequencies can include frequencies licensed to the provider and frequencies licensed to other providers that can nonetheless be used under FCC “Whitespace” rules. Thus, the system can determine whether licensed (“Tier(2)”) or unlicensed (“Tier(3”) 600 MHz frequencies are available. Tier(2) frequencies can essentially be used in the normal manner—e.g., at normal power levels and emissions patterns. Tier(3) frequencies can be used under the Whitespace rules. The system can then provide these 600 MHz frequencies to capable user equipment (UE). The system can also prioritize frequencies based on UE capabilities, location, and other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Alex Wieczorek
  • Patent number: 11463862
    Abstract: The present disclosure encompasses a system and a method for availing a data service by a user equipment [110] in an international location. In an embodiment, the user equipment [110], in the international roaming, transmits an attach request to a second network, wherein the user equipment [110] configured with a SIM [120]. The user equipment [110] then receives a rejection message or an acceptance message from the second network based on the attach request. On receiving the acceptance message, the user equipment [110] establishes a connection with the second network to extract an IMPI from the SIM, an IMSI from the IMPI; and a network parameter from the IMSI. The user equipment [110] then identifies a configuration parameter of the home network, corresponding to the network parameter. Finally, the user equipment [110] avails the data service using the configuration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Jio Platforms Limited
    Inventors: Ganesh Arjun Mote, Shraddha Subhash Birare
  • Patent number: 11438861
    Abstract: Described is a method that includes taking radio measurements of radio node signals observable at a mobile device; obtaining motion measurement data indicative of motion of the mobile device; determining, based on the motion measurement data, a motion state of the mobile device; and providing the radio measurements taken or information representative thereof and the motion state or information representative thereof. Described is also a method that includes obtaining radio measurements of radio node signals observable at a mobile device or information representative thereof obtaining a motion state of the mobile device, the motion state having been determined based on motion measurement data indicative of motion of the mobile device, or information representative thereof determining a position estimate of the mobile device at least based on at least some radio measurements or information representative thereof and the obtained motion state of the mobile device or the information representative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Henri Nurminen, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Pavel Ivanov, Matias Mikkola
  • Patent number: 11432158
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device of a network may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a request associated with enabling the UE to access a network, wherein the request includes a first routing indicator. The device may identify an authentication manager, of the network, that is mapped to the first routing indicator in an entry of a routing table of the network. The device may route the request to the authentication manager of the network to permit the authentication manager to authenticate the UE. The device may purge, based on the request being routed to the authentication manager, the entry to remove the first routing indicator from the routing table. The device may store, after purging the entry, a second routing indicator in the entry to map the second routing indicator to the authentication manager, wherein the second routing indicator is different from the first routing indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Choyi, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Robert Avanes
  • Patent number: 11425605
    Abstract: A first radio may be configured to utilize a wideband automatic link establishment (WALE). The first radio may be assigned a first channel bandwidth spanning a first number of sub-channels that is one of even or odd. A second radio may be assigned a second channel bandwidth spanning a second number of sub-channels that is the other of even or odd. A position of the first assigned frequency within a multiple element sub-channel vector for the first radio may be misaligned from a position of a second assigned frequency within the multiple element sub-channel vector for the second radio. The first radio may be configured to initiate a WALE link setup handshake with the second radio by sending a link setup request. The second radio may configure negotiated bands of the second radio to account for an offset of half of the sub-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Ho Ting Cheng
  • Patent number: 11405788
    Abstract: A device level lock policy, which applies to all smart secure platform (SSP) applications of a mobile device, is used to determine whether a particular SSP application can be activated. A tamper resistant hardware secure element (SE) includes a primary platform with a low level operating system (OS) and one or more SSP applications within one or more secondary platform bundles that include secondary platforms with high level OSs specific to the secondary platform bundles. The low level OS enforces the device level lock policy for all secondary platform bundles by verifying whether a lock policy for the SSP application is consistent with the device level lock policy. When verification succeeds, activation is allowed, and when verification fails, activation is disallowed. Subscription identifiers are not provided in unencrypted form to processing circuitry of the mobile device external to the tamper resistant hardware SE to provide subscriber identity privacy protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangying Yang, Lijia Zhang, Huarui Liang, Dawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11399409
    Abstract: The present system and method uses a timer at a higher level, closer to the physical layer, to avoid software errors and the like from delaying messages and allowing the timer to expire inadvertently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventor: Arnold F. Cataniag
  • Patent number: 11388580
    Abstract: A communication method of a mobility management (MM) function is provided. The communication method includes receiving, from a terminal, a signaling message including first information for determining a session management (SM) function to transmit the signaling message, determining an SM function based on the first information, and transmitting the signaling message to the determined SM function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungje Son, Sunghoon Kim, Youngkyo Baek, Hoyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11368850
    Abstract: Various systems and methods of establishing data model visibility in IoT network implementations, through an internal data model and external data model and associated data representations are described herein. In an example, a data representation is defined for a data set that corresponds to an internal (a not externally visible data model), where there is a permutation or change of the data that is applied before it is revealed or made visible externally. Such data permutations and state changes may be used to qualify some aspect of the internal model to be made visible to the external model, for a variety of IoT network use cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Ned M. Smith
  • Patent number: 11363444
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for allowing a Third-Party (TP) User Equipment (UE) to use a base station/access point (BS/AP), such as a 4G eNodeB (eNB) or a 5G gNodeB (gNB) of a private network, such as an enterprise network to access components of a network core, such as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in the TP network while also having access to features provided by or through components of an EPC within the private network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Celona, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasan Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11343687
    Abstract: One example Land Mobile Radio (LMR) base station includes a network interface and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive profile information of a plurality of fifth generation (5G)/Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication devices. The profile information of the plurality of 5G/LTE communication devices may be transmitted (i) over a background gateway communication channel to an LMR communication network that includes the LMR base station and (ii) in response to the 5G/LTE software defined network detecting a fault condition of the first 5G/LTE communication network. The electronic processor is further configured to broadcast a capture beacon based on the profile information and compliant with at least some characteristics of a 5G/LTE communication protocol. The capture beacon is configured to be received by the 5G/LTE communication device to reconfigure the 5G/LTE communication device for communication compliant with an LMR communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles R. Ruelke, Hyungjae Cho, KiYoun Cho, Antonio Faraone
  • Patent number: 11337132
    Abstract: A more efficient network can be achieved using a network-based controller to configure routing tables to route data traffic to and from transmission points. Dynamic partitioning of network resources between the transmission points and a backhaul can be performed in conjunction with a resource scheduler of a network-based controller. The scheduler can relay scheduling metrics or benefit metrics from the network-based controller to the transmission points. Backhaul route optimization can also be used to select relay transmission points based upon conditions being determined to be satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Milap V. Majmundar, Arunabha Ghosh, Weihua Ye
  • Patent number: 11337029
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatus and method for collecting observation data for updating a geographic database. An initial observation is collected by a first mobile device, a first vehicle, or a first sensor. Along with the geographic position, data indicative of the first observation is send to a server. The central server may analyze of the initial observation data to determine if additional observations should be made and define a bounding box from the geographic position of the first mobile device and the analysis of the initial observation data. A request for additional observations is generated and sent to at least one second mobile device, second vehicle, or second sensor based on the bounding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Aaron J. Dannenbring, Sanjay C. Sood, Vladimir Boroditsky