Patents Examined by Gary Lafontant
  • Patent number: 12149934
    Abstract: It is recognized herein that capabilities are lacking related to how different users can be authenticated on top of an existing subscription authentication. In some examples, a user-centric authentication layer may be supported on top of an existing subscription authentication, such that different users may use the same user equipment (UE) with customized services, and different users of devices can be identified behind a gateway with a 3GPP subscription (without the devices having a dedicated 3GPP subscription). Further, a user identifier may be linked to a subscription to access 3GPP services via non-3GPP access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Starsinic, Dale N. Seed, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Hongkun Li, Joseph M. Murray, Rocco Di Girolamo
  • Patent number: 12136988
    Abstract: Provided is a signal transmission apparatus for radiation equipment. The signal transmission apparatus includes a first wireless transmission component, the first wireless transmission component includes a first antenna and a second antenna; wherein the first antenna is a loop antenna, and the first antenna is disposed on a gantry in the radiation equipment and is rotatable synchronously with the gantry; and the second antenna is disposed separately from the gantry and is wirelessly connected to the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: OUR UNITED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Renqing Liu, Shenfu Liu, Hongbin Zhao
  • Patent number: 12126423
    Abstract: Various arrangements for providing cellular network hosted telecommunications relay services (TRS) are detailed herein. A user preference for TRS services can be input to piece of a user equipment (UE). The UE can be reassigned from a first slice of the cellular network to a second slice of the cellular network that provides TRS. In response to a voice call being initiated and the UE being assigned to the second slice, a TRS function hosted by the cellular network can be provided for the voice call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kate Megan Carney Landow
  • Patent number: 12126755
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and paradigms for opt-in compliance with regulations. A region in physical space is defined. A condition for the region is defined, the condition being a capability of a communicator such as video recording, still image recording, audio recording, audio output, text messaging, audio communication, or remote connection. The presence and location of a communicator with the capability is detected in the region, and a message is sent to the communicator with a request for a response accepting or rejecting remote deactivation of the capability of the communicator. If an acceptance response is received, the communicator capability is deactivated. If an acceptance response is not received, a notification is generated that includes the lack of acceptance response and the location of the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: West Texas Technology Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Sleiman Itani, Sina Fateh
  • Patent number: 12120045
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The techniques described herein support dynamically indicating uplink control channel repetition multiple different types of uplink signaling. A user equipment (UE) may receive first control signaling indicating a first repetition factor for transmission of a feedback message associated with a beam or transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. The UE may receive second control signaling scheduling transmission of a control message associated with the beam or TCI state. The UE may transmit, in accordance with a second repetition factor, the control message based at least in part on both the feedback message and the control message being associated with the beam. In some cases, the second repetition factor may be configured with the second control signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12120592
    Abstract: An importer-exporter includes a processor, a network interface coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with an external device via a communications network, and memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores a program of instructions, wherein executing the program of instructions configures the processor to receive, from an external device via the network interface, a request to insert media content into a broadcast payload, and to determine whether the external device is authorized to provide the media content for insertion into the broadcast payload. In response to determining that the external device is authorized, the program of instructions configures the processor to login the external device to the importer-exporter, receive the media content from the external device, and insert the media content into the broadcast payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: iHeart Media Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan W. Jurison
  • Patent number: 12101851
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and network function nodes for managing a communication of contents for a first UE. The method includes retrieving subscription data for the first UE from a third NF node, the subscription data indicating an identifier of a second UE which is a target of the contents for the first UE, transmitting the contents and the identifier of the second UE to a second NF node, receiving a message built with the contents from the second NF node, and transmitting the message to the second UE. The present disclosure further provides corresponding computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Zhiwei Qu, Yin Wang
  • Patent number: 12095693
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for positioning includes transmitting a UECapabilityInformation, transmitting a provideCapabilities, receiving a RRCRelease, transmitting positioning SRS in a specific uplink in RRC_INACTIVE and stopping transmission of positioning SRS in RRC_INACTIVE if a specific message including a one bit information indicating to stop SRS transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: BLACKPIN INC.
    Inventor: Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 12096509
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, when it perform data communication using a master base station and a secondary base station, stops communication with the secondary base station, confirms with a user whether or not the data communication is to continue in a case where communication with the secondary base station is stopped, and in a case where it was confirmed that the data communication is not continue, stops communication with the master base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 12089160
    Abstract: A low-power standard-compliant NB-IoT wake-up receiver (WRX) is presented. The WRX is designed as a companion radio to a full NB-IoT receiver, only operating during discontinuous RX modes (DRX and eDRX), which allows the full high-power radio to turn off while the wake-up receiver efficiently receives NB-IoTWake-Up Signals (WUS). The fabricated receiver achieves 2.1 mW power at ?109 dBm sensitivity with 180 kHz bandwidth over the 750-960 MHz bands. The WRX is fabricated in 28 nm CMOS and consumes 5× less power than the best previously published traditional NB-IoT receivers. This disclosure is the first designed dedicated wake-up receiver for the NB-IoT protocol and demonstrates the benefits of utilizing a WRX to reduce power consumption of NB-IoT radios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Trevor Odelberg, David Wentzloff
  • Patent number: 12082290
    Abstract: A Method and Apparatus for measurement and conditional reconfiguration in non-terrestrial network is provided. The method includes receiving a measurement configuration IE and a conditional reconfiguration IE, performing conditional reconfiguration evaluation based on the measurement configuration IE and a conditional reconfiguration IE, considering the first cell as a triggered cell and applying the stored condRRCReconfig IE of the first cell. In the evaluation, at least two comparisons are performed based on a distance hysteresis and distance between the terminal and one or more reference positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: BLACKPIN Inc.
    Inventor: Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 12075502
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform intra-UE co-existence between non-stand-alone (NSA) and stand-alone (SA) mode. The UE may be configured to connect to a first radio access network (RAN) operating according to a first radio access technology (RAT) via a first radio and connect to a second RAN operating according to a second RAT via a second radio. The UE may provide, to the first RAN, configuration information during a radio resource control (RRC) connection procedure. The configuration information may indicate a dual connectivity status of the UE. The dual connectivity status may include indication disabling (enabling) dual connectivity for the UE, working frequencies associated with the second RAN, and/or configurations associated with the second RAN. The UE may receive, from the first RAN, a dual connectivity configuration that may be based on the dual connectivity status of the UE and operate accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 12069584
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include detecting, by a user equipment in a wireless network, a power exposure event for the user equipment (e.g., a Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) event); and sending, by the user equipment to a base station, a message including at least a user equipment identifier identifying the user equipment, information indicating that the detected power exposure event for the user equipment is a trigger for the sending of the message, and information identifying at least one of: a reduced maximum output power value for the user equipment and/or a reduced maximum uplink duty cycle for the user equipment, based on the detected power exposure event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Benny Vejlgaard, Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio
  • Patent number: 12063710
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system detects installation of a subscriber identity module (SIM) on a communication device configured for connection to the network; the SIM includes a radio policy manager (RPM) provided by the network operator to manage network policies. The system also monitors connection of the communication device to the network and communications between the SIM and a processor of the communication device. The RPM determines whether the communication device is compliant with the network policies; if the communication device is not compliant with the network policies, the RPM causes the connection of the communication device to the network to be disabled. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Bartlett, Jordan Alexander, Robert Holden
  • Patent number: 12048063
    Abstract: A method comprises detecting, by a subscription management application of the coordinator device, a trigger event that triggers wireless devices in a cluster to activate a subscription profile, determining, by the subscription management application, at least one of coordinator location data describing a location of the coordinator device or coordinator network data describing a network characteristic of a network accessed by the coordinator device, receiving, by the subscription management application, at least one of companion location data describing a location of the companion device or companion network data describing a network characteristic of a network accessed by the companion device, and determining, by the subscription management application, the subscription profile based on at least one of the coordinator location data, the coordinator network data, the companion location data, or the companion network data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventor: David William James Holmes
  • Patent number: 12047775
    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for cellular service management for a secondary mobile wireless device assisted by a primary mobile wireless device, including provisioning and management of electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for a secondary mobile wireless device with user authorization obtained via the primary mobile wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Abishek Kumar Vaidyanathan, Anish Kumar Goyal, Keizo Marui
  • Patent number: 12048061
    Abstract: A memory device includes at least one memory cell array block and a control logic. The memory cell array block includes multiple layers of memory cells and word line layers provided corresponding to individual layers of memory cells. The memory cell array block is divided into at least two memory cell array subblocks, each subblock comprising a number of layers of memory cells and word line layers provided corresponding to individual layers of memory cells. The control logic is coupled to the memory cell array block, and configured to: erase, read or program the memory cell array block using a block mode or a subblock mode, and when the memory cell array block is erased, read, or programmed under the subblock mode, determine, at least based on a state of one of the two memory cell array subblocks, an operation strategy of the other memory cell array subblock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Aguibou Barry, Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier
  • Patent number: 12041682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for monitoring paging and acquiring dedicated system information in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 12035416
    Abstract: An embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) card change method and a related device are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by an entitlement server, a first card change request sent by a terminal device, where the first card change request includes a user account, a password, a user number, and embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) identification. The method further includes verifying a user identity of the terminal device based on the user account and the password. If the verification succeeds, a second card change request is sent to an operator business support system (BSS). The second card change request includes the user number and the eUICC identification, and the second card change request is used to indicate to the BSS to complete the eSIM card change and to indicate to an eSIM server to generate an eSIM profile and associate the eSIM profile with the eUICC identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Li
  • Patent number: 12035413
    Abstract: An electronic device discussed herein may communicatively couple to a base station. The base station may receive a first paging cycle assignment corresponding to a first subscriber identification module (SIM) card and determine a second paging cycle assignment for use with a second SIM card. The second paging cycle assignment may be generated based on the first paging cycle assignment. The base station may communicate with the electronic device using the second paging cycle assignment. The second paging cycle assignment may guide the base station to transmit data to the electronic device without interrupting a transmission made according to the first paging cycle assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Alexander Sayenko, Elmar Wagner