Patents Examined by Gary Lafontant
  • Patent number: 11968534
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an access controlling network architecture may include: a processor in communication with a non-transitory computer readable medium storing application program instructions that when executed, cause the processor to: generate an expected access control digital key for authenticating a computing device that is operationally linked to access-restricted digital resource for accessing; record the expected access control digital key in a computer memory associated with the access controlling platform; cause to display the expected access control digital key at the computing device; receive a mobile originating communication, having: a particular access control digital key and an identity linked to the computing device; perform a confirmation of the particular access control digital key with the expected access control digital key; transmit, when the confirmation is successful, an access authentication indicator; configured to cause to unlock the at least one acc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STARKEYS LLC
    Inventor: Ari Kahn
  • Patent number: 11962390
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for extended wireless communication include an airborne platform including at least one antenna to pick up and radiate wireless signals, a platform controller to control the altitude and attitude of the airborne platform, and a communication payload. In an embodiment, the communication payload includes at least two transponders to establish wireless links and a controller having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. In some embodiments, the memory has stored therein instructions executable by the processor to cause the airborne communication system to elevate the airborne platform to an altitude at which wireless connectivity is able to be established with a first wireless network, establish a first wireless link to the first wireless network, establish a second wireless link, and relay data between the first wireless link and the second wireless link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Sergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus
  • Patent number: 11963094
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for selecting a network slice for User Equipment (UE) based on a use case specified by the UE. In one embodiment, a slicing policy manager is implemented in a network that is partitioned into a plurality of network slices. The slicing policy manager receives a policy request for the UE, identifies a use case identifier in the policy request that indicates a use case specified by the UE, generates a use case slice selection policy configured to select a network slice from the plurality of network slices based on the use case specified by the UE, and initiates transmission of the use case slice selection policy to a slice selection manager. The slice selection manager may then select a network slice for the UE based on the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Yigang Cai, Padma Sudarsan, Volker Ziegler
  • Patent number: 11956696
    Abstract: A system of advanced interaction with transportable containers, such as suitcases, trolleys, trunks, backpacks, crates, or the like, includes transportable containers, each of which is equipped with a respective transponder which carries at least one corresponding identification code. Each transponder allow polling by a contactless information transmission technology, such as RFID or NFC, for communication at least of the corresponding identification code. The system also includes a remote processing unit, suitable for the management of a central data bank, which contains information related to the transportable containers and to their association with the corresponding identification codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: G.T. LINE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Massimo Tonelli
  • Patent number: 11950317
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a roaming data processing method and apparatus, and a system. The method is used to effectively collect data of a terminal in a roaming scenario. The method includes a first data analytics network element receiving, from a visited first network element, data of a terminal on the first network element, where the data includes first information and a first identifier, the first information is used to indicate that the terminal is roaming, and the first information includes any one or more of the following information corresponding to the terminal: a home PLMN identifier, a visited PLMN identifier, home area information, and visited area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Xin, Yongcui Li, Weiwei Chong, Xiaobo Wu
  • Patent number: 11950175
    Abstract: Example communication methods and communications apparatuses are provided which verify a user equipment route selection policy (URSP) used by a terminal apparatus. The communication method includes obtaining information about a first application of at least one packet data unit (PDU) session, where the information about the first application is determined based on a first URSP. The information about the first application is sent to a second network element, where the information about the first application is used to verify whether information about a second application of the at least one PDU session matches the information about the first application, where the information about the second application is information about an application to which a data packet in the at least one PDU session belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiyang Sun, Chunshan Xiong, Shiyong Tan
  • Patent number: 11937338
    Abstract: Conversion node apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed. According to various embodiments, a conversion node is configured to communicate with a premises security system. The premises security system includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with a first subscriber profile. The conversion node includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with a second subscriber profile. The method includes provisioning a first communication link with the premises security system, receiving the first subscriber profile via the first communication link, modifying the second subscriber profile associated with in the eSIM based at least on the received first subscriber profile, provisioning a second communication link with a cellular network based on the modified second subscriber profile, and communicating, via the provisioned second communication link, data associated with the premises security system to the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The ADT Security Corporation
    Inventor: Charbel Hayek
  • Patent number: 11930473
    Abstract: A method for providing mobile connectivity in a transportation vehicle with a cellular connectivity unit using a first subscriber identification module associated with a first subscription for a first Mobile Network Operator and at least a second subscriber identification module associated with a second subscription for a second Mobile Network Operator. A first Access Point Name interface and at least one further Access Point Name interface are configured, wherein both are related to the first subscriber identification module. The first Access Point Name interface is used for network registration and data transport of the cellular connectivity unit assigned to the first subscriber identification module. The at least one further Access Point Name interface is used for network registration and data transport of the cellular connectivity unit assigned to the second subscriber identification module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Gonzalo Lucioni
  • Patent number: 11924917
    Abstract: A method of provisioning an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) profile on an information handling system may include, with an embedded controller (EC), detecting a powering up process at the information handling system; with the execution of the EC, establishing an out-of-band (OOB) connection with a subscription manager-discovery server (SM-DS) to communicate an electronic identification confirming that the information handling system has an authentic subscription to services provided by a wireless wide area network (WWAN) carrier, the OOB connection being established at a level below an operating system (OS) of the information handling system; receiving a WWAN carrier eSIM profile over the OOB connection including an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI); installing the eSIM carrier profile with an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC); and initiating a subscription confirmation with a WWAN carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Venkata S. Prayaga, Abeye Teshome, Liam B. Quinn
  • Patent number: 11924822
    Abstract: A method for concurrent execution of multiple protocols using a single radio of a wireless communication device is provided that includes receiving, in a radio command scheduler, a first radio command from a first protocol stack of a plurality of protocol states executing on the wireless communication device, determining a scheduling policy for the first radio command based on a current state of each protocol stack of the plurality of protocol stacks, and scheduling the first radio command in a radio command queue for the radio based on the scheduling policy, wherein the radio command scheduler uses the radio command queue to schedule radio commands received from the plurality of protocol stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arvind Kandhalu Raghu, Antony James Cave, Ramanuja Vedantham, Xiaoxi Bruce Zhang
  • Patent number: 11910480
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at a network device, a registration request that comprises a subscription concealed identifier (SUCI) associated with a particular user equipment (UE) device. The network device determines whether the SUCI indicates a request for null-scheme network access; and retrieves a scheme authorization parameter for the UE device when it is determined that the SUCI indicates a request for null-scheme network access. The scheme authorization parameter indicates whether the UE device is authorized for null-scheme access to a service provider network. The network device determines whether the UE device is authorized for null-scheme network access based on the retrieved scheme authorization parameter and performs processing associated with null-scheme network access when it is determined that the particular UE device is authorized for null-scheme network access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Yousif Targali, Vinod Kumar Choyi, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Michael A. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 11903092
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a capability indication method, a terminal, and a network-side network element. The capability indication method includes: obtaining first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: first indication information of a terminal capability, and terminal capability information mapped to the first indication information; and sending second indication information of the terminal capability based on the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11895736
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling access and use of network resources and services by user equipment based on user equipment capabilities. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication by a network entity, includes: receiving, from a user equipment, a request to connect to a network, the request comprising a user equipment identifier and a reduced capability indication; determining a validity of the reduced capability indication based on at least one of: subscription data associated with the user equipment; or one or more capabilities associated with the user equipment; and making a connection decision based on the validity of the reduced capability indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Linhai He, Gavin Bernard Horn, Soo Bum Lee, Miguel Griot, Hwan Joon Kwon, Jing Lei, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Rajat Prakash
  • Patent number: 11895614
    Abstract: A method for positioning in a mobile communication system are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: BLACKPIN INC.
    Inventor: Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11895590
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may monitor a channel for wireless communication associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) during one or more of a first active duration or a first inactive duration. The UE may operate in a first power mode during the first inactive duration. The UE may monitor the channel for wireless communication associated with a second RAT during one or more of a second active duration or a second inactive duration. The UE may operate during the second inactive duration in one or more of the first power mode or a second power. The UE may operate according to the first mode or the second mode based on the monitoring of the channel associated with the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Reza Shahidi, Brian Clarke Banister, Vishal Mahajan, Vikram Ramesh Babu, Joshua Tennyson Macdonald, Thawatt Gopal, Udayan Bhawnani, Yu Fu, Bhupesh Manoharial Umatt, Sridhar Bandaru, Scott Hoover, Brian George, Hemanth Kumar Rayapati, Sunil Kc, Sandeep Ramannavar, Sandeep Rao
  • Patent number: 11889016
    Abstract: A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. One or more alarms on the device may be temporarily disabled when sensor data indicates that the user is asleep. One or more of the sensors may be worn by the user and remote from the device. A wireless communication link may be used by the device to obtain remote sensor data. Data from on-board sensors in the device—such as motion sensors, location sensors, ambient light sensors, and the like—may also be used to deduce the user's current activity. User data (such as calendar entries) may also be used to determine likely user activity and set alarms accordingly. Biometric data from a second, nearby person may also be used to automatically select certain alarm modes on a first person's device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon M. Ma, Devrim Varoglu, Mohammad Bidabadi, Paolo D. Concha
  • Patent number: 11882614
    Abstract: There is provided a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) for controlling radio communications via a radio communications network to and from a host device in which the UICC is installed in use, the UICC comprising: a microprocessor for controlling the operation of the UICC; a data store for storing data relating to the operation of the UICC, the data store comprising: a plurality of mobile operator network profiles including: an operational profile comprising radio communications network settings for connecting the host device to a first radio communications network; and a bootstrap profile comprising radio communications network settings for connecting the host device to a second radio communications network; and a program comprising a plurality of instructions for configuring operation of the UICC; wherein, in use, the microprocessor is configured by the program to: use the operational profile to connect the host device to the first radio communications network; detect a loss of operational connectivity
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CSL DualCom Limited
    Inventor: Richard Benjamin Cunliffe
  • Patent number: 11877351
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method by an AMF node 120-4 operative in a 5GS that comprises a UE 112 associated with a Subscriber Permanent Identifier (SUPI) that is associated with subscription data of the UE. The method comprises: sending towards a SMF node, a request relating to a PDU Session of the UE and comprising a Request Type that is set to Existing PDU Session; and receiving from the SMF node, a response comprising a Generic Public Subscription Identifier (GPSI) of the PDU session, which GPSI is associated with the SUPI and which GPSI is to be used in networks outside the 5GS for addressing the subscription data of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Yong Yang, Yunjie Lu
  • Patent number: 11877223
    Abstract: An importer-exporter includes at least a first interface that receives channel packets and a stream of emergency action signal (EAS) packets. The channel packets include channel content for multiple media channels, and the stream of EAS packets include first EAS notification content from a first EAS encoder. The first EAS notification content is associated with one or more particular media channels. A processor and associated memory are configured to implement a switching module that includes a login module and a multiplexer. The login module monitors the stream of EAS packets, and selects either channel content or first notification content for inclusion in broadcasts of each of the media channels based on the monitored stream of EAS packets. Thea multiplexer transmits the content selected by the login module for inclusion in the broadcasts of each of the plurality of media channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Alan W. Jurison
  • Patent number: 11871334
    Abstract: User equipment, UE, includes: a receiver configured to receive a parameter indicating whether the UE is restricted or authorized for transmission of user data in a message transmitted on Uplink Synchronization Channel, UL-SCH, from an access network node; and a hardware processor configured to process instructions to determine whether the transmission of the user data in the message is restricted or authorized based on the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iskren Ianev, Toshiyuki Tamura