Patents Examined by Ernest G Tacsik
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Patent number: 11546747Abstract: A method and apparatus for regenerating disaster information by adding information on an actual situation of a personal interest area to basic disaster information. In order to generate disaster information that meets interests of various individuals, the disclosure suggests a method for collecting and managing information on an interest area of an individual in advance, and collecting, analyzing and managing information measured by various measurers and sensors installed in the interest area. When a serious or urgent disaster occurs or is predicted and disaster information is provided, information collected in an interest area of an individual is combined with basic disaster information to transmit personalized disaster information.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: Seung Hee Oh
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Patent number: 11523287Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide improved methods and systems for predicting spectrum allocation in a wireless access network. The method may comprise receiving data associated with an access point (AP), creating, based on the received data and a machine learning algorithm, a decision model for predicting whether to allocate spectrum to the AP, generating a prediction, using the decision model, whether to allocate spectrum to the AP, and sending the prediction to a spectrum access system (SAS) in the wireless access network. The SAS may be configured to allocate spectrum to the AP based on the prediction.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Federated Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Deepak Das
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Patent number: 11506744Abstract: A method includes obtaining or causing obtaining a reference position of the at least one apparatus based on at least one reference tag located at a predefined position of a map represented by map data of at least part of a structure. The method also includes obtaining or causing obtaining identification information of at least one first wireless access point based on a radio signal of the at least one first wireless access point. The method further includes associating or causing associating a first position determined based on the reference position with at least one of: a position estimate determined based on the identification information of the at least one first wireless access point and a radiomap represented by radiomap data of at least part of a structure; of the identification information of the at least one first wireless access point. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Tatiana Vyunova, Marko Luomi
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Patent number: 11509336Abstract: A radio-frequency circuit includes a first power amplifier that outputs a first transmission signal and a second power amplifier that outputs a second transmission signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the first transmission signal. In a period in which the first transmission signal the second transmission signal are simultaneously outputted, at least one of the first power amplifier or the second power amplifier reduces transmission power of the at least one of the first power amplifier or the second power amplifier to cause a power component of intermodulation distortion superimposed on a transmission signal output from the first power amplifier and the second power amplifier to be less than or equal to a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Hitomi, Hirotsugu Mori
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Patent number: 11483711Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to transfer of credentials between two mobile wireless devices that are within proximity of each other, via a secure local connection, or via a network-based cloud service, where the two mobile wireless devices are not in proximity to each other. Transfer of credentials can include communication between a source device, a target device, and/or one more network-based servers, which can include mobile network operator (MNO) managed servers, such as an entitlement server, a web-sheet server, an authentication server, a provisioning server, a subscription management data preparation (SM-DP+) server, a home subscriber server (HSS), and/or an authentication server, as well as third-party managed servers, such as a cloud service server and/or an identification services server. Authentication can be based at least in part on one or more tokens and/or a trust flag obtained by the source device and provided to the target device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sherman X. Jin, Raj S. Chaugule, Anish Kumar Goyal, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Samy Touati, Rohan C. Malthankar
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Patent number: 11477623Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for dynamic PC5 communication adaptation. For example, a UE may receive, from a vehicle-to-everything control function (V2X CF) or a vehicle-to-everything application server (V2X AS), a V2X provisioning message that includes a first transmission profile and determine, based on the first transmission profile, a first range to configure PC5 communication of a plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon. When a number of UEs joining the V2X platoon exceeds a certain threshold, the UE may transmit, to the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification request message requesting a second transmission profile. The UE may receive, from the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification response message that includes the second transmission profile and determine, based on the second transmission profile, a second range to reconfigure the PC5 communication of the plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Michelle Perras, Saad Ahmad, Martino M. Freda
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Patent number: 11470204Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure relates to a session management method through selection of a roaming operator and utilization of data usage rights of a local operator by a user in a 5G system. The user selects the local operator by switching the operator to a manual mode during roaming, accesses a data usage rights purchase agency through a limited service provided by the operator and then purchases the data usage rights of the local operator, and connects to a data network through authentication of a session by using authentication information included in the data usage rights.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jicheol Lee
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Patent number: 11457103Abstract: A system includes multiple in-room telephones (e.g., in the rooms of a hotel or the like) with integrated tablet-like touch displays in each one of multiple rooms, a computer-based server that is connected to the in-room telephones and interacts with the in-room telephones to provide configuration information to facilitate display of advertising information including, for example, logos, at the touch displays of the in-room telephones, and one or more computer control terminals connected to the computer-based server and operable to facilitate human control over various aspects of system operation including the advertising information displayed at the touch displays of the in-room telephones.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Unified Office, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Pasquale, Thomas R. Phelan
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Patent number: 11452065Abstract: Disclosed by the present application are a positioning method and apparatus, which are used to improve indoor positioning performance and precision without occupying a large amount of system resources. At a positioning server side, a positioning method provided by an embodiment of the present application comprises: acquiring a positioning capability supported by a user equipment (UE), and determining, according to the positioning capability, that the UE may obtain a positioning measurement value by means of detecting a positioning reference signal ioPRS that is used for indoor/outdoor positioning; acquiring positioning auxiliary data comprising ioPRS configuration data, and sending the positioning auxiliary data to the UE; acquiring the positioning measurement value that is provided by the UE and that is acquired on the basis of the ioPRS, and using the positioning measurement value to position the UE.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ren Da, Fang-Chen Cheng, Xueyuan Gao, Hui Li, Qiubin Gao
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Patent number: 11451965Abstract: In some aspects, a method of managing communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The method includes facilitating, by a first electronic device, motion of a second electronic device in a motion sequence; detecting, by the second electronic device, motion of the second electronic device in the motion sequence; determining, by the second electronic device, a key from the motion sequence from the detecting, the key being usable to communicate with the first electronic device; and wirelessly communicating, by a communication interface of the second electronic device, with the first electronic device using the key.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: T.J.Smith and Nephew, LimitedInventors: Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Johannes Dagevos van Rij
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Patent number: 11431832Abstract: In order to minimize an increase in a bezel of a mobile terminal, provided is a mobile terminal comprising: a display panel; a window coupled to the front surface of the display panel so as to cover the front surface of the display panel; and a seating frame in which the display panel is mounted, wherein the seating frame comprises: a panel seating portion in which at least one region of the display panel is seated; a window seating portion which receives an edge region of the rear surface of the window and forms a large separation space from the rear surface of the window inward; and a sidewall portion forming a sidewall connecting the window seating portion and the panel seating portion, wherein the sidewall portion is recessed outward in a region corresponding to a side portion of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngdo Cha, Sunglyong Cha, Sarah Kim, Minbok Lee, Dongwon Han
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Patent number: 11425237Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a middle frame, a battery cover, and a display. A first groove and a second groove are provided on each of a left-side wall and a right-side wall of the middle frame, and the first groove and the second groove share a part of the side wall. The display is disposed in one of the first grooves, and the battery cover is disposed in one of the second grooves. The display includes an obverse-side display area and two arc-shaped display areas located on two sides of the obverse-side display area, indent surfaces of the two arc-shaped display areas are disposed opposite to each other, and a vertical distance between end portions of the two arc-shaped display areas that are away from the obverse-side display area is less than a maximum vertical distance between the two arc-shaped display areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Weihua Mao, Ren Lv, Bo Wu, Peng Zha, Bo Huang, Haowen Xu
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Patent number: 11405754Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a weapon manager are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining, by the server, that the weapon is in a particular location. The actions further include determining, by the server, a projected travel path of the weapon. The actions further include, based on determining that the weapon is in a particular location and the projected travel path of the weapon, generating, by the server, an instruction to disable the weapon. The actions further include providing, for output to the weapon, the instruction to disable the weapon.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Ahmad Arash Obaidi
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Patent number: 11388548Abstract: It is inter-alia disclosed a method performed by an apparatus, said method comprising: determining a representative of a size of a geofence based on one or more parameters, wherein at least one parameter of the one or more parameters is indicative of a location update interval associated with a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Petri Rauhala, Marko Luomi
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Patent number: 11388587Abstract: A context awareness engine may include processing circuitry configured to receive a context update request from a content provider for an originator of a content request from a source internet protocol (IP) address associated with a dynamic context, determine updated context information for the originator based on the source IP address, and provide the updated context information to the content provider to enable the content provider to provide a response to the content request including requested content or additional content that is based on the updated context information.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS, LLCInventors: Richard Pilock, Blane Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Brian Rudloff, Michael Spencer Toedtli, Thomas Dale Gahagen
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Patent number: 11381304Abstract: In one implementation, a communications satellite includes a main antenna system and a communications controller. The main antenna system is configured to send communications to and receive communications from one or more terrestrial terminal devices. The communications controller has a memory storing a plurality of terminal attribute sets, each of which specifies attributes for communicating with a corresponding class of terrestrial terminal devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLCInventors: George Xenakis, Hermon Pon, Charles Woloszynski
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Patent number: 11381671Abstract: A terminal device includes: a rear housing, and a photosensitive element disposed on the rear housing; a light-transmissive cover plate provided with an edge window region coated with ink, wherein the edge window region includes a light-transmissive ink region; and a display panel provided with an edge light-transmissive region, wherein at least a portion of the edge light-transmissive region is disposed between the light-transmissive ink region and the photosensitive element, and both the edge light-transmissive region and the light-transmissive ink region are regions transmittable to light.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Fan Li, Lianbin Liu, Huan Meng, Mingfang Wang
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Patent number: 11374620Abstract: An application providing system is provided. The application providing system includes a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications; and a server device; the application providing system connecting the portable terminal device and the server device through a communication network, wherein the portable terminal device includes a transmitted message receiver section, an application determination section, an application transmission request generation section, and an application storage section, wherein the server device includes a transmitted message generation section, a transmitted message sender section, an application transmission request receiver section, an application storage section, and an application sender section.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc.Inventors: Shigeki Wakasa, Jun Ogishima, Takahiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 11368579Abstract: Techniques for notifying multiple recipient devices of a communication request are described. The system may determine a score corresponding to each of the recipient devices and may notify the devices based on the score. The system may cause a first recipient device to output a notification for the communication request for a duration of time. After the duration of time elapses, the system may cause a second recipient device to output a notification for the communication request.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Pranap Palanivel
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Patent number: 11363673Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cloud-based data-driven Wi-Fi connectivity management in a network of moving things.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: VENIAM, INC.Inventors: Daniel Cardoso de Moura, Nuno Alexandre Tavares Coutinho