Patents Examined by Farideh Madani
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Patent number: 12144062Abstract: In various examples, a user seeking to switch network providers may reserve an eSIM profile through touch selection of the display of a UE, which causes encoding and transmission of an identifier associated with the UE to a network operator. As a result, human error both in transmitting and receiving the identifier needed to reserve an eSIM profile is eliminated. And the time needed to identify and transmit the identifier is significantly reduced in comparison to orally conveying the identifier to a customer services representative or keying in the identifier, and then verifying the identifier with the representative.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLCInventor: Ryan Patrick Dreiling
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Patent number: 12136940Abstract: Proposed is a mobile device case that accommodates or covers a substrate and an electronic element located on the substrate. The case includes: a case frame made of a high molecular material including a resin and having a cover part for accommodating or covering the substrate and protrusions protruding from the cover part in such a manner as to be extended close to the electronic element; and a metal coating layer formed by coating a metal on a surface of the case frame including the protrusions to improve electromagnetic shielding ability.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: IMTECHNOLOGY.CO., LTDInventors: Seung Kyun Ryu, Sook Eun Baek
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Patent number: 12130370Abstract: A method for a first wireless device receiving a reference signal for measuring a distance in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a second wireless device, a first reference signal comprising a first sinusoidal signal having a first angular frequency and a first initial phase value, and a second sinusoidal signal having a second angular frequency and a second initial phase value; acquiring the phase difference between the first sinusoidal signal and the second sinusoidal signal on the basis of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) performed on the first reference signal; correcting the phase difference on the basis of the first initial phase value and the second initial phase value; and transmitting, to the second wireless device, a second reference signal for measuring a distance, and a third reference signal representing information on the corrected phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sangrim Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Sukhyon Yoon, Hojae Lee, Hyukjin Chae
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Patent number: 12114267Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to using restricted target wake time in wireless communication. In one aspect, a first wireless communication device may configure a first field indicating (i) one or more traffic streams that are latency sensitive, and (ii) a direction of each of the one or more traffic streams between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device. Each of the one or more traffic streams is to be communicated during a respective service period of a restricted target wake time (rTWT) schedule. The first wireless communication device may send a message including the first field to a second wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Chunyu Hu, Muhammad Kumail Haider
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Patent number: 12105207Abstract: To reduce power consumption of a receiver that acquires its current position by using a signal from a satellite. The receiver includes a reception section, a signal processing section, and a positioning process section. In this receiver, the reception section receives a signal from a predetermined satellite as a reception signal. The signal processing section performs a process of determining whether or not a reception signal received from the reception section includes a specific message. The positioning process section performs a positioning process of acquiring a current position in a case where the reception signal includes a specific message.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazukuni Takanohashi, Tetsuhiro Futami
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Patent number: 12107614Abstract: A mobile terminal protective case for diving includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a clamping assembly arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a positioning plate arranged in an accommodating cavity. The upper shell and the lower shell are closed together to form the accommodating cavity. Shooting control buttons triggering virtual shooting buttons of a mobile terminal are arranged on the upper shell. The clamping assembly clamps two opposite sides of the mobile terminal. By arranging the clamping assembly and the positioning plate in the accommodating cavity, not only storage of the mobile terminal of different models is realized, versatility is improved. By arranging the shooting control buttons, switching of different shooting nodes is realized, switching of using a front camera and using s rear camera is realized, and shooting control of the mobile terminals of different specifications is realized, which greatly improves user experience.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG XIZHONGXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiuhong Deng
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Patent number: 12089112Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: processing circuitry configured to generate information regarding distances among a plurality of candidate positions of a plurality of wireless devices based on first information indicating the plurality of candidate positions, and determine a first candidate position from the plurality of candidate positions based on the information regarding the distances among the plurality of candidate positions to acquire identification information of a wireless device which is located on the first candidate position among the plurality of wireless devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Yonezawa, Takafumi Sakamoto, Tomohiro Tobari, Takanori Kouta
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Patent number: 12082080Abstract: A dynamic subscriber profile management system allows subscriber device profiles to be selected and applied based on the subscriber profile based on device type, a location of the device, or a combination of both. The system may receive information relating to the subscriber, the type of device, and the location of the device to perform a lookup of available profiles or profile settings and either update an existing profile for current use or select a profile from a catalog of available profiles.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Inventors: Nandita Sharma, Subramania Kaushik
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Patent number: 12081969Abstract: Systems and methods for device agnostic remote eSIM provisioning. One example method includes detecting, with an electronic processor, a provisioning trigger event. The method includes, responsive to detecting the provisioning trigger event, transmitting, via a transceiver, a provisioning request to a mobile device management server, the provisioning request including a device identifier and an identifier for an integrated circuit card of the wireless communication device. The method includes receiving, from the mobile device management server, an activation code. The method includes transmitting, to the integrated circuit card, a provisioning command based on the activation code.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Harsha Sureshlal, Kiran Kumar Krishna, Jeevan Kishore Pattiam
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Patent number: 12069511Abstract: A device for use in a base station receives, via the communication interface, a service request message from a first radio access technology (RAT) from a user equipment (UE), wherein the service request message includes information associated with at least one UE service, transmit, via the communication interface, based on the service request message, a message with information to setup a bearer for a second RAT to the UE, wherein the second RAT is a different RAT than the first RAT. The device for use in a base station transmits, via the communication interface, multimedia data using the second RAT to the UE, and transmit, via the communication interface, data using the first RAT to the UE, wherein the data and multimedia data are transmitted simultaneously and use a same packet data protocol and same security keys to recover the multimedia data.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLCInventors: Haris Zisimopoulos, Chandrika K. Worrall, Alan Edward Jones
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Patent number: 12052381Abstract: A dashboard apparatus configured to detect a cell phone within a first range of the dashboard apparatus; to select at least one of a plurality of audio messages stored in a computer memory of the dashboard apparatus, and to play the at least one of the plurality of audio messages stored in the computer memory of the dashboard apparatus through an audio speaker of the dashboard apparatus. In addition, the cell phone may be configured to detect the dashboard apparatus within the first range of the cell phone; to select at least one of a plurality of audio messages stored in a computer memory of the cell phone, and to play the at least one of the plurality of audio messages stored in the computer memory of the cell phone through an audio speaker of the cell phone.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2024Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Inventor: Pathfins C. Okezie
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Patent number: 12052385Abstract: A network services provider delivers bandwidth services to users in relation to a dynamic limit based on an average user consumption, rather than a fixed amount per subscriber. An average user consumption is employed to compute a consumption limit from relative portions of a user community substantially exceed the average, typically defined as “heavy users.” Usage levels below the consumption limit have an increased availability up to the consumption limit. The consumption limit may vary from a total capacity of the service infrastructure, which changes, generally in an increasing manner, as additional resources are added to the network. The consumption limits may be defined over different service intervals, such as daily, weekly or monthly, and for different groups of users depending on network layout.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventors: Lukasz Stepniowski, Daniel P R Mattox, Andrzej Jakubowski
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Patent number: 12041452Abstract: A non-SI device (120) is arranged for wireless communication (130) and cooperates with an SI device (110) having access to a subscriber identity. The non-SI device has a transceiver (121) to communicate in a local network and a processor (122) to establish an association with the SI. A non-SI public key is provided to the SI device via a first communication channel. A verification code is shared with the SI device via a second communication channel. The channels are different and include an out-of-band channel (140). Proof of possession of a non-SI private key is provided to the SI device via the first or the second communication channel. From the SI device, security data is received that is related to the SI and is computed using the non-SI public key. The security data reliably enables the non-SI device to access the core network via the local network and a gateway between the local network and the core network.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen, Walter Dees
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Patent number: 12035394Abstract: A technique for determining that a wireless device supports using multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to establish multiple connections to wireless networks, generating a multi-SIM capability message, and transmitting the multi-SIM capability message to a first wireless network. In another aspect, a technique for a wireless system to receive a multi-SIM capability message from a wireless device, determine a connection configuration of the wireless device based on the received multi-SIM capability message, and transmit an indication of the configured connection to the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Fangli Xu, Adesh Kumar, Birgit Breining, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
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Patent number: 12003983Abstract: A method and apparatus for activation of secondary cell group (SCG) configuration upon master cell group (MCG) failure detection in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device delays activation of a SCG. When the wireless device detects a failure on a master cell group (MCG) while delaying the activation of the SCG, the wireless device activates the SCG, and performs a random access procedure on a cell of the SCG.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Sunghoon Jung, Taehun Kim
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Patent number: 11979511Abstract: A terminal device according to an embodiment includes: a microphone; a communication unit that performs communication via a network; a first sensor that obtains depth information; a first face detecting unit that detects a face and the distance to the face based on the depth information; and a processor. When a communication program, which is meant for making the processor perform transmission and reception of messages including voice messages and which has a sound input mode for enabling collection of sounds using the microphone and transmission of voice messages based on the collected sounds, is executed, and when a message is received by the communication unit under the control of the communication program being executed; the processor performs first-type face detection using the first face detecting unit and controls turning ON and turning OFF the sound input mode according to the result of the first-type face detection.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Mikio Ishimaru, Kenta Endo
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Patent number: 11968568Abstract: Technology for a service producer of a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to generate performance measurements in a Next Generation radio access network (NG-RAN) is disclosed. The service producer can decode raw performance measurements 5 received from a plurality of gNBs. The service producer can generate performance measurements related to at least one of an inter-gNB handover or a protocol data unit (PDU) session resource setup for the plurality of gNBs based on the raw performance measurements.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Yizhi Yao, Joey Chou
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Patent number: 11968528Abstract: A method of validating an enterprise phone number service request is provided. The method includes generating, by an enterprise validator, an authentication code corresponding to a phone number and transmitting the authentication code to an enterprise. The method further includes transmitting, by an enterprise to a service provider, a service request that includes the authentication code and identifies a service corresponding to the phone number. The method further includes transmitting, by the service provider to the enterprise validator, a validation request that includes the authentication code and identifies the phone number. The method further includes validating, by the enterprise validator, that the authentication code in the validation request matches the authentication code generated by the enterprise validator; and, upon validation, providing, by the service provider to the enterprise, a service for the phone number.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Somos, Inc.Inventors: Harald Hauser, Li Kong, Julio Roberto Armenta, Ryan Patrick Karnas, Kyle Belcher
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Patent number: 11956028Abstract: A module and system are provided for reducing or suppressing ringing occurring in a digital signal to be transmitted. A transmission module Ma includes a transmitter 200a configured to transmit a digital signal, a transmission antenna 100a constituted by a metal plate, or by a conductor formed on an insulator, the transmission antenna 100a being configured to be electromagnetically or magnetically coupled to a reception antenna 100b of a non-contact reception module Mb for digital communication, and a resistor 400a connected in series between the transmitter 200a and the transmission antenna 100a. The resistor 400a has such a resistance value that the resistor 400a entirely blunts a waveform of the digital signal outputted from the transmitter 200a so as to reduce or suppress ringing occurring in the digital signal. The blunted digital signal is to be inputted into the transmission antenna 100a.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: HOSIDEN CORPORATION, KEIO UNIVERSITYInventors: Hayato Kondo, Kosuke Sasada, Tadahiro Kuroda
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Patent number: 11950111Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network cell that uses modular communication modems may be configured to support various communication standards and communication frequency bands. An authentication request from a modular communication modem of a plurality of modular communication modems in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network cell may be received at a core network of a wireless carrier network following an installation of the modular communication modem into the UAV network cell, in response to authenticating that the modular communication modem is authorized to communicate with the core network, the modular communication modem is registered at the core network to handle communication between the UAV network cell and the core network. However, in response to determining that the modular communication modem is not authorized to communicate with the core network, the modular communication modem is disallowed from handling communication between the UAV network cell and the core network.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Sean Patrick Murphy