Patents Examined by Ganiyu Hanidu
  • Patent number: 10931814
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a terminal, a first signal transmitted by a service device using a first near-field communication technology; obtaining, by an application client executing on the terminal, characteristic information of the service device from the first signal; determining, based on the characteristic information, a target service corresponding to the service device, in which the target service is determined from a plurality of services provided by the application client on the terminal; receiving, at the terminal, a second signal transmitted by the service device using a second near-field communication technology, in which a maximum transmission range of the second signal is less than a maximum transmission range of the first signal; and responsive to receiving the second signal, recommending the target service to a user of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huajing Jin, Jianbo Zhou, Shu Zhou
  • Patent number: 10910696
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a metal mechanism element, a feeding radiation element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The metal mechanism element has a slot. The slot has an open end and a closed end. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The first radiation element extends across the slot of the metal mechanism element. The feeding radiation element is coupled through the first radiation element to a ground voltage. The second radiation element is coupled to the feeding radiation element. The dielectric substrate is adjacent to the metal mechanism element. The feeding radiation element, the first radiation element, and the second radiation element are disposed on the dielectric substrate. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding radiation element, the first radiation element, the second radiation element, and the slot of the metal mechanism element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kun-Sheng Chang, Ching-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10911588
    Abstract: A mobile terminal protection sleeve (100), comprising a sleeve body (120), communication terminals (140), an internal lead, a flexible data line (160), and a flexible connector (180). The sleeve body (120) can surround the edge of the mobile terminal, and is provided with a plurality of terminal accommodating holes and an opening, and the opening corresponds to the communication interface of the mobile terminal. A plurality of communication terminals (140) is provided for communicationally connected to an external device (200). The plurality of communication terminals (140) are embedded in the plurality of terminal accommodating holes in one-to-one correspondence. The internal lead is wrapped in the sleeve body (120), and one end of the internal lead is electrically connected with the communication terminals (140). One end of the flexible data line (160) is connected with the sleeve body (120), and the other end of the internal lead is electrically connected with the flexible data line (160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROMOSS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Canhuo Lei
  • Patent number: 10903889
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for beam selection. A method is performed by a first radio transceiver device. The method comprises obtaining link quality estimates of a radio signal conveyed to the first radio transceiver device from a second radio transceiver device by means of at least a first beam taken from a first beam set and a second beam. The second beam is wider than the first beam. The method comprises selecting which one of the first beam and the second beam to use for continued communications of radio signals with the second radio transceiver device in accordance with a comparison between the link quality estimates of the first beam and compensated link quality estimates of the second beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Andres Reial
  • Patent number: 10893467
    Abstract: A home automation (HA) system may include addressable HA devices and an HA interface device that includes a housing, a display, and an audio input device carried by the housing. The HA interface device may also include a controller carried by the housing to store HA device signatures of the addressable HA devices and determine an unpaired addressable HA device and compare the associated HA device signature of the unpaired addressable HA device with the stored HA device signatures. The controller may also, when there is a match between the HA device signature of the unpaired addressable HA device and one of the stored HA device signatures, permit pairing of the unpaired addressable HA device to communicate with the unpaired addressable HA device using a respective wireless communications protocol, and selectively operate paired addressable HA devices based upon voice commands received via the audio input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: K4CONNECT INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Andrew Gould, Daniel Mark Floyd, F. Scott Moody, Kuldip Pabla
  • Patent number: 10886894
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a substrate having piezoelectricity, input/output terminals on the substrate, ground terminals on the substrate and separated from each other, and a longitudinally coupled resonator on the substrate and arranged on a path connecting the input/output terminals, in which each of IDT electrodes included in the longitudinally coupled resonator includes a pair of comb-shaped electrodes each of which is provided with a plurality of electrode fingers and a busbar electrode, the other of the pair of the comb-shaped electrodes included in the IDT electrode arranged at a position closest to the input/output terminal is connected to the ground terminal on the substrate, and the other of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes included in each of all the IDT electrodes other than the IDT electrode is connected to the ground terminal on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuma Genji
  • Patent number: 10854959
    Abstract: A telecommunications antenna comprising a plurality of unit cells each including at least one radiator which transmits RF energy within a bandwidth range which is a multiple of another radiator. The radiators are proximal to each other such that a resonant condition may be induced into the at least one radiator upon activation of the other radiator. At least one of the radiators is segmented into capacitively-connected radiator elements to suppress a resonance response therein upon activation of the other of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Taehee Jang, Niranjan Sundararajan, Lance D. Bamford, Evan C. Wayton
  • Patent number: 10852780
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a casing applied to a terminal that includes a flexible display screen. A top surface of the casing supports the flexible display screen. The casing defines a mounting slot. The mounting slot includes an opening defined in the top surface. The mounting slot receives a fingerprint recognition unit of the terminal, such that the fingerprint recognition unit is disposed between the flexible display screen and the casing. The present disclosure further provides a terminal including the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNCATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Yang, Haiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10847306
    Abstract: A front-end circuit (1), which is a high-frequency module, includes an input-output terminal (4); a duplexer (14) electrically connected to the input-output terminal (4); an LNA (171) electrically connected to the duplexer (14); a PA (161) electrically connected to the duplexer (14); a matching network (23) provided between the input-output terminal (4) and the duplexer (14) and including an inductor (231); and a matching network provided between the duplexer (14) and the PA (161) and including an inductor (162). The matching network including the inductor (162) is an output matching network configured to perform impedance matching between an output terminal of the PA (161) and the duplexer (14), and the inductor (231) includes a plurality of inductors (231a and 231b) connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dai Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10848910
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for using contextual information to determine an appropriate response in a system that includes a device paired with an accessory device. The contextual information can be sourced from local sensors, received communications, and information stored on a device within the system. Stored parameters in the system allow flexibility and configurability in evaluating the contextual information. Using feedback obtained after actions taken based on the contextual information allows the system to adapt to better meet the needs of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yoon Kean Wong, Andrew James Witte, Matthew David Hornyak, Eric Bernard Migicovsky, Mark Solomon
  • Patent number: 10840887
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an RF system includes filtering a wideband RF signal using an adjustable center frequency bandpass filter to produce a filtered RF signal; amplifying the filtered RF signal to produce an amplified RF signal; and band stop filtering the amplified RF signal to produce a band stopped RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Stefan Helmut Schmalzl, Peter Pfann, Ruediger Bauder, Hans-Joerg Timme
  • Patent number: 10838462
    Abstract: This application relates to adjusting an operation of a portable electronic device based on the detection of a protective case. A processor of the portable electronic device is configured to receive a signal that indicates the portable electronic device is in contact with and retained by the protective case. Responsive to receiving the signal, the processor is configured to allow the component to transition from a first operating state to a second operating state. The first operating state is associated with a first operating temperature that corresponds to a first temperature range at a surface of a housing for the portable electronic device. The second operating state is associated with a second operating temperature that corresponds to a second temperature range at the surface of the housing. The second operating temperature is greater than the first operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Devon A. Monaco, Stephen T. Schooley, Lian Zhang, Ross D. Arriens, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Sawyer I. Cohen
  • Patent number: 10813151
    Abstract: A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park
  • Patent number: 10812127
    Abstract: A portable terminal case according to one embodiment of the present invention accommodates a portable terminal, and comprises an input button mounted on the portable terminal case, wherein the input button generates an input signal of the portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ITVERS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youn Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10805453
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for controlling the audio input state of a device. The devices, systems, and methods include a band having an activator in communication with a device that mutes the device, the activator serving as a reversible temporary toggle to the input state of an incoming audio stream, unmuting the device when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Tico Blumenthal
  • Patent number: 10784823
    Abstract: A high-voltage power amplification system can include a supply circuit configured to provide a high supply voltage in an average power tracking mode. The power amplification system can further include a power amplifier configured to operate with the high supply voltage and provide an impedance that substantially matches an impedance of a component coupled to an output of the power amplifier. The power amplification system can further include a signal path configured to route an amplified signal from the output of the power amplifier to the component, with the output path being substantially free of an output matching network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip John Lehtola
  • Patent number: 10785626
    Abstract: A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The method includes detecting a mobile device within a distance from the device, receiving user configuration information from the mobile device, and performing an operation of the device based on the user configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki-jeong Oh
  • Patent number: 10779149
    Abstract: An advertising wireless device (110) broadcasts (202; 802) an advertising message over a wireless communication link (115). The advertising wireless device receives (203a; 803), from an advertisement responding device (120-1), a request message that was sent by the advertisement responding device (120-1) at a certain point in time in response to the broadcasted advertising message. Said certain point in time being randomized within a listening time period during which the advertising wireless device (110) listens for a response to the broadcasted advertising message and is able to receive the request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jingcheng Zhang, Per Elmdahl, Thomas Rimhagen, Wei Shen
  • Patent number: 10778346
    Abstract: Device and method for testing wireless devices without a physical connection to the wireless device which has to be tested. Accordingly, the reception and transmission of the wireless device which has to be tested is controlled only by a test data sequence which is repeatedly sent from a test device to the wireless device which has to be tested. Accordingly, a measurement of the responses from the device which is to be tested can be performed in order to evaluate the operation of the respective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Brian Glover
  • Patent number: 10771114
    Abstract: An inductive power transmitter comprising a transmission circuit having a coil, the transmission circuit tuned, adapted or optimised at or about a first frequency for inductive power transfer or object detection; an inverter operable to drive the transmission circuit at the first frequency; and a controller arranged to control the inverter to drive the transmission circuit at a second higher frequency, and to modulate a signal at the second higher frequency according to a predetermined handshake signal in order to generate a response from a predetermined non-authorised device proximate the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Douglas Louis