Patents Examined by Jinsong Hu
  • Patent number: 11581908
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first switching circuit, a bandpass filter, a first band elimination filter, and a first wiring conductor. The first switching circuit switches between a connection between a first switch terminal and a second switch terminal and a connection between the first switch terminal and a third switch terminal. The bandpass filter is disposed on a first signal path connecting the first terminal to the first switch terminal, and has a first passband. The first band elimination filter is disposed on a second signal path connecting the second switch terminal to the second terminal, and has a first elimination band included in the first passband. The first wiring conductor forms a third signal path connecting the third switch terminal to the third terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11576032
    Abstract: A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) stores a policy rule management table in which a policy rule corresponding to a combination of contract information and a device type is registered and a hierarchical management table in which user information including contract information of a user and information on the device are managed in association with each other, acquires the device type serving as an application target of the policy rule, and a device ID assigned to the device, determines the policy rule according to the acquired device type and the contract information of the user, and instructs a deep packet inspection (DPI) to apply the determined policy rule to the device corresponding to the acquired device ID. The DPI acquires the device ID, and applies the policy rule to communication from the device corresponding to a device ID assigned to the device, and performs control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetaka Nishihara, Hiroki Iwahashi, Kaori Kurita, Kazuhiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11570612
    Abstract: Techniques for flexible electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) deployment to a wireless device by a network server, including generation of multiple eSIMs using an identical eSIM identifier value, such as an identical integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value, and subsequent selection of an eSIM based on capabilities of the wireless device. Multiple eSIMs that correspond to different sets of wireless device capabilities are generated without knowledge of the wireless communication standards that a wireless device supports. The multiple eSIMs include a first eSIM that includes fifth generation (5G) wireless communication protocol information and a second eSIM that excludes 5G wireless communication protocol information. The network server selects an eSIM from the multiple eSIMs based on whether the wireless device is 5G capable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman, Arun G. Mathias
  • Patent number: 11569862
    Abstract: Disclosed is a card accommodation cell phone case including a card accommodation portion recessed by a certain depth from an inner surface of a lower body portion with the same shape as a card to be accommodated and in which a card inlet is formed at a position coming into contact with an upper body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Gwanggyu Yoon
  • Patent number: 11570298
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for automatically adding a received phone number and name of an incoming caller to a list of existing contact phone numbers on a smartphone of a called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Morris Reese
  • Patent number: 11570703
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a roaming network access method and apparatus, where the method includes: obtaining a mobile country code MCC of a roaming area; obtaining a preferential roaming list, where the preferential roaming list is used to indicate information about at least one network that a user preferentially attempts to register with when the user is roaming; selecting a network that matches the MCC from the preferential roaming list and searching for the selected network; and each time a network is found by the searching, attempting to register with the found network. By means of the roaming network access method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, duration of network searching performed by user equipment is shortened, time spent by the user equipment on initial network access in the roaming area is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yinqing Jiang, Li Shen, Guanzhong Tan, Shujun Dang, Xiaoyan Chen, Xiaojian Liu, Hui Jin
  • Patent number: 11563407
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mixing circuit with high harmonic suppression ratio, including: a multi-phase generation module, which receives a first input signal and generates eight first square wave signals with a phase difference of 45°; a quadrature phase generation module, which receives a second input signal and generates four second square wave signals with a phase difference of 90°; a harmonic suppression module, connected with an output end of the quadrature phase generation module to filter out higher order harmonic components in the second square wave signals; and a mixing module, connected with output ends of the multi-phase generation module and the harmonic suppression module to mix output signals of the multi-phase generation module and the harmonic suppression module. The mixing circuit with high harmonic suppression ratio adds a harmonic suppression module on the basis of multi-phase mixing, thereby improving the harmonic suppression ratio of the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Li, Peng Ma, Yi Zeng, Shenglei Wang, Tony Qian
  • Patent number: 11558811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication technique for combining IoT technology with 5G communication systems for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G systems, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied, on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, to intelligent services such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security- and safety-related services. The present invention relates to a method for configuring temporal ordering of uplinks in a wireless communication system, more specifically, in 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggun Kim, Alexander Sayenko
  • Patent number: 11553434
    Abstract: An electronic device may include, for example: a first battery; at least one second battery; a power management module configured to monitor capacity information of the first battery; and a processor electrically connected to the first battery, the at least one second battery, and the power management module. The processor may be configured to: monitor whether a designated event or a low-power state in which a voltage of the first battery drops below a reference value has occurred, while the electronic device is driven using the first battery; determine that the designated event has occurred or that the first battery corresponds to the low-power state; and parallel-connect the first battery and at least one of the at least one second battery, based on determining that the designated event has occurred, or that the first battery corresponds to the low-power state. Various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juseok Noh, Duhyun Kim, Seongmin Kim, Younghoon Kim, Sungok Park, Kicheol Sung
  • Patent number: 11553380
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method for support of Circuit Switched (CS) fallback in an Evolved Packet System (EPS), said support including moving a User Equipment (UE) from an evolved Radio Access Network (RAN) to a legacy RAN for access to CS domain services, and moving back said UE from said legacy RAN to said evolved RAN at termination of said CS domain services, said support including moving back said UE to said evolved RAN in the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) that was serving said UE over said evolved RAN before moving said UE to said legacy RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Nicolas Drevon, Laurent Thiebaut, Bruno Landais
  • Patent number: 11553454
    Abstract: A system is disclosed in which a data network is associated with an application function (AF). When there is a change of data network access identifier (DNAI), a Session Management Function (SMF) sends a notification of a user plane management event to the application function (AF), and when a target data network is associated with another application function (target AF), the SMF also sends a notification of a user plane management event to the target AF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shubhranshu Singh
  • Patent number: 11546737
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant messaging system includes a communication tag located in a buckle of a vehicle seatbelt assembly and configured to wirelessly transmit signals, to a mobile device, representing a location of a passenger using the mobile device in a host vehicle. The system further includes a communication transceiver programmed to transmit messages to the mobile device and a system processor programmed to generate the messages to the mobile device, the messages identifying the location of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Pramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Qianyi Wang, Gary Steven Strumolo, Kelly Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
  • Patent number: 11536759
    Abstract: Present teachings relate to a method for proximity detection on an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: performing a first measurement using a first sensor; calculating, using a processing unit, a first distance value from the first measurement; the first distance value being indicative of the distance between a user and the electronic device; in response to the first distance value, through the processing unit, adapting an energy level on the electronic device, said energy level being related to the Specific Absorption Rate (“SAR”), such that predefined SAR requirements due to exposure of emitted energy from the electronic device are met. The present teaching further relate to an electronic device comprising a measurement system configured to control an energy level on the electronic device, said energy level being related to the Specific Absorption Rate (“SAR”). The present teachings also relate to a computer software product for implementing any method steps disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Elliptic Laboratories AS
    Inventors: Guenael Thomas Strutt, Tom Øystein Kavli, Espen Klovning, Shangdong Gu
  • Patent number: 11528351
    Abstract: A terminal device includes: a first middle frame; a second middle frame connected to the first middle frame, wherein the first middle frame and the second middle frame are configured to fold or unfold via a rotary shaft; a first antenna module, disposed on the first middle frame; a second antenna module, disposed on the second middle frame, wherein when the first middle frame and the second middle frame are closed, a projection of the second antenna module to the first antenna module at least partially overlaps with the first antenna module; and the first antenna module and the second antenna module are respectively connected to corresponding feed circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinhao Guo
  • Patent number: 11523002
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Lukasz Stepnioski, Daniel P. R. Mattox, Andrzej Jakubowski
  • Patent number: 11522731
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, processes and devices for an information delivery platform or data hub with an alert processor that can be configured to receive a request to generate an alert configuration at the data hub, the request indicating a target unit; generate and store an alert rule corresponding to the alert configuration, the alert rule having a trigger and an action; detect an event at the data hub based on a set of data of the data stored at the data hub, the event having event data; convert the event data to an alert trigger at the data hub based on the trigger of the alert rule; generate an alert notification for the alert trigger based on the action of the alert rule; and transmit the alert notification to the target unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF MONTREAL
    Inventors: Yishi Liu, Ching Leong Wan
  • Patent number: 11509051
    Abstract: A reception power supplying unit generates each of reception signals before and after a switching operation. A signal processing circuit generates each of difference signals before and after the switching operation on the basis of the reception signal and a reference signal. A phase difference detector calculates, as a transmission phase difference, the phase difference between transmission power supplying units on the basis of the respective difference signals, and adjusts a phase shift amount on the basis of the transmission phase difference and a set phase difference that is previously set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11503427
    Abstract: A system and method for managing location-based information associated with the oil and gas industry. The system may comprise a computing device connected to a location-based service, wherein the location-based service comprises energy operations data which is associated with a specific geographic location, and wherein the computing device is associated with a graphical map interface. The graphical map interface is configured to display location-based information. The graphical map interface can also be configured to display an indication of the frequency of an event. The location-based information can be associated with a geo-fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Gary Sorden, Michael Hinsley
  • Patent number: 11490285
    Abstract: A server is provided for determining a congestion level of a travel area and pedestrian's emotion in the travel area based on image data received from a personal mobility; A service area is adjusted based on the determined congestion level and the pedestrian's emotion. The server includes a communicator and a controller that determines a number of pedestrians detected for a preset time based on image data received from a personal mobility. The controller further determines a congestion level of an area on which the personal mobility is traveling based on the number of pedestrians and an average speed of the personal mobility and adjusts a service area for the personal mobility based on the congestion level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Minjae Park, Jong Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 11490230
    Abstract: A method for text capture is provided. The method receives as inputs from a user via a mobile-text enabled device of the user, one or more telephone numbers of one or more mobile text-enabled devices of other users to engage in a message exchange there among and an additional non-user phone number dedicated only for message capture by a SMS API Provider which uses its Short Message Service (SMS) Application Programming Interface (API) for momentarily synchronizing with a SMS API gateway of a remote message capture device connected to the SMS API provider. The method momentarily captures, by the SMS API gateway of the remote message capture device using the momentary synchronization with the SMS API provider, message content and metadata for messages of the message exchange. The method stores, by the remote message capture device, the message content and the metadata in a searchable remote message repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMSCRIBE, LLC.
    Inventor: Cheyenne Ehrlich