Patents Examined by Ganiyu Hanidu
  • Patent number: 10461813
    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: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Douglas Louis
  • Patent number: 10455068
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a vibration element positioned under the display, a microphone, and a processor electrically connected to the display, the vibration element, and the microphone. The processor is configured to allow the vibration element to vibrate the display such that the display outputs a first signal having a first waveform. The electronic device obtains a second signal having a second waveform through the microphone in response to the output of the first signal. In addition, the processor controls the display based on a result of comparing the first waveform and the second waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Heon Park, Yong Jun Son, Soo Pyoung Park, Ji Hyun Park, Ju Yeong Lee
  • Patent number: 10446505
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a transistor device involves providing a substrate, forming an oxide layer over at least a portion of the substrate, forming a transistor over at least a portion of the oxide layer, and removing at least a portion of a backside of the substrate to form an opening providing radio-frequency isolation for the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerod F. Mason, Dylan Charles Bartle, David Scott Whitefield
  • Patent number: 10447415
    Abstract: A system and method are provided, for sensing an environment. The system and method analyze wireless signals in the environment to determine effects on the wireless signal by the environment during propagation thereof, the effects being indicative of at least one characteristic of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Aerial Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Allegue Martinez, Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 10439703
    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: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Andres Reial
  • Patent number: 10439678
    Abstract: Provided are a method and system for transferring data between a plurality of devices. The method of transferring data from a first device to a second device includes: selecting at least one content; acquiring relevant information about the selected content; storing the acquired relevant information; and providing the second device with the stored relevant information when a communication channel is formed between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Ho-dong Kim, Hee-won Jung
  • Patent number: 10433808
    Abstract: A set of rotary joint components containing stationary part(s) and rotatable part(s) repositionable with respect to each other. The stationary part has a stationary base with means for holding a stationary carrier into a circular-shaped form. The stationary carrier holds at least a stationary transmitter coupler of a contactless data link, such as a strip line. The stationary carrier is made of sheet metal or plastic material, and therefore can easily be prepared on a plane work bench before it is bent to a ring shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLEIFRING GMBH
    Inventors: Horst Knobl, Kathrin Wörl
  • Patent number: 10396926
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method and device for suppressing an inter-cell interference. The method includes receiving, from an adjacent BS, information associated with a first multiple access resource configured for a serving terminal of the adjacent BS and configuring a second multiple access resource for a serving terminal of the BS based on the information of the first multiple access resource. The method also includes transmitting, to the serving terminal of the BS, information associated with the second multiple access resource and receiving, from the serving terminal of the BS, data allocated based on the second multiple access resource, wherein the second multiple access resource is different from the first multiple access resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Xiong, Bin Yu, Chen Qian, Jingxing Fu
  • Patent number: 10396857
    Abstract: A method for data transmission, wherein a first element conveys electrical power to a second element via an electrical supply line, and wherein the second element transmits data to the first element by modulating a current conveyed via the electrical supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mihai Tudosie, Peter Raggam, Calin Bira, Alexandr Caragheorghii
  • Patent number: 10397743
    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: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Yoon Kean Wong, Andrew James Witte, Matthew David Hornyak, Eric Bernard Migicovsky, Mark Solomon
  • Patent number: 10389304
    Abstract: A system includes a number of frequency converters, wherein a respective frequency converter has a wired data interface and a frequency converter parameter memory. The system further includes a number of wireless local area network modules, wherein a respective WLAN module has a wired data interface. The data interface of the WLAN module can be coupled to the data interface of a frequency converter for the purpose of bidirectional data exchange, wherein the frequency converter parameter memory of a frequency converter is designed to store values of a number of frequency converter WLAN parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Schmidhauser AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bisig, Thomas Lange, Siegfried Haas
  • Patent number: 10382009
    Abstract: An RF front-end circuit (2) includes an antenna common terminal (20) connected to an antenna element (1), an SPDT switch circuit (21) having a common terminal (21c) and select terminals (21s1 and 21s2), and four filter elements (22A to 22D). The common terminal (21c) and the filter elements (22C and 22D) are connected to the antenna common terminal (20). The filter elements (22A and 22B) are connected to the select terminals (21s1 and 21s2), respectively. Pass bands of the filter elements (22A, 22C and 22D) do not overlap with one another, and pass bands of the filter elements (22B, 22C and 22D) do not overlap with one another. The pass bands of the filter elements (22A and 22B) partly overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nosaka
  • Patent number: 10374275
    Abstract: A circulator plate for a microwave radio system is disclosed. The circulator plate includes a circulator including a first port, a second port, and a third port; a first isolator including an input port and an output port; a second isolator including an input port and an output port; and a splitter including an input port, a first output port, and a second output port. The output port of the first isolator is coupled to the first port of the circulator. The input port of the second isolator is coupled to the third port of the circulator. The input port of the splitter is coupled to the output port of the second isolator. The first output port of the splitter is configured to be coupled to a first receiver. The second output port of the splitter is configured to be coupled to a second receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying Shen, Edwin Nealis, Zhiping Feng, Zhuo Li, Shawn Walsh, Thanh H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10356606
    Abstract: A system for supporting the deployment of an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) provisioning management system on the ES3 interface between Subscription Manager Data Preparation (SM-DP) of a target mobile network operator (MNO) and Subscription Manager Secure Routing (SM-SR) of a current MNO. A SM-Proxy implements a SM-SR functionality on a first interface towards the SM-DP, and implements a SM-DP functionality on a second interface towards the SM-SR. A hosted SM-DP implements a RESTful API to receive SIM profile information from a provisioning server in the target MNO's network. An Agreement Management system controls a set of eSIM provisioning rules. A Service Portal enables the MNOs to manage their eSIM provisioning rules across their MNO partners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Syniverse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Zhang, Huiyue Xu, Sreenivasa Ganji, Prashant Datar
  • Patent number: 10317005
    Abstract: An expandable socket for attachment to a portable media player or a portable media player case. The expandable socket generally includes a platform, a skin coupled to the platform, a button coupled to the skin opposite the platform, and a biasing element. The skin includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward of the outer wall, and a cavity defined by the inner wall, wherein the skin is deformable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The biasing element is arranged within the cavity of the skin between the platform and the button, such that the biasing element is at least partially surrounded by the inner wall of the skin. The biasing element is configured to bias the skin into the expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: POPSOCKETS LLC
    Inventors: Molly M. Hobbs, David B. Barnett
  • Patent number: 10314056
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes selecting a first beam for a first frequency band and selecting a second beam for a second frequency band. The method further includes receiving scheduling information (SI) for scheduling at least one of an uplink (UL) transmission from the UE and a downlink (DL) transmission to the UE. The SI includes frequency information identifying a frequency band. The method further includes selecting a beam from a set of beams including the first and second beams. The selection is based on the identified frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Sven Petersson
  • Patent number: 10277174
    Abstract: Radio-frequency amplification systems, devices and methods. In some embodiments, an amplification system can include a supply circuit configured to provide a high supply voltage in an average power tracking mode. The amplification system can further include an 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 amplifier. The amplification system can further include a signal path configured to route an amplified signal from the output of the amplifier to the component, with the output path being substantially free of an output matching network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip John Lehtola
  • Patent number: 10271223
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for beam management at a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system. The method can include transmitting a beam training reference signal (RS) resource configuration from a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, transmitting an anchor association index indicating an association between a beam pair link and a set of second transmit beams of the BS, wherein the beam pair link is formed by a first transmit beam of the BS and a receive beam of the UE, transmitting beam training RSs according to the beam training RS resource configuration on the set of second transmit beams, and receiving a measurement report including quality measurements of beamformed channels over the receive beam and a subset of the second transmit beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Yu, Jiann-Ching Guey, Ming-Po Chang
  • Patent number: 10244570
    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 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park
  • Patent number: 10230432
    Abstract: Diversity modules for processing radio frequency (RF) signals are provided herein. In certain implementations a diversity module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a low band processing circuit that generates a low band signal based on one or more diversity signals, a mid band processing circuit that generates a mid band signal based on the one or more diversity signals and that provides the mid band signal to the second terminal, a high band processing circuit that generates a high band signal based on the one or more diversity signals, and a multi-throw switch that provides the low band signal to the first terminal in a first state and that provides the high band signal to the first terminal in a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak