Patents Examined by John J Lee
  • Patent number: 11228990
    Abstract: A wireless device transmits a first preamble via a first sub-band. The wireless device determines to perform a first preamble retransmission based on receiving no response to the first preamble. The wireless device selects, for the first preamble retransmission, a second sub-band. Based on the second sub-band being different from the first sub-band, the wireless device determines that a transmission power of the first preamble retransmission may be based on a same value of a power ramping counter used for transmitting the first preamble. The wireless device transmits, based on the transmission power, a second preamble for the first preamble retransmission via the second sub-band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Bing Hui, Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11224021
    Abstract: Wireless communications may be used to support transmission power control. A message to schedule a transmission may be received without indicating a parameter for determining a power for the transmission. The transmission power may be determined based on a pathloss reference signal associated with a lowest index of a power control parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Cirik, Esmael Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Youngwoo Kwak, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11212747
    Abstract: Base stations and wireless devices may use cross-slot scheduling for each of a plurality of cells. Base stations and wireless devices may communicate regarding the cross-slot scheduling, including for example, one or more indications associated with cross-slot scheduling for one or more cells. A wireless device may determine cross-slot scheduling for one or more transmissions associated with the one or more cells. The wireless device may save power by switching to a power saving mode for at least one cell during one or more slots, based on the cross-slot scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Ali Cirik, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu
  • Patent number: 11212756
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a PHR configuration including a threshold and a prohibit timer are received from a base station. It is identified whether a PHR is triggered based on the PHR configuration. The PHR is transmitted to the base station in case that the PHR is triggered. The PHR includes a bit field indicating a power backoff that is applied based on power management in case that a P field is set to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jang, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11212753
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for a wireless communication node configured for operation in accordance with a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. The method comprises—for an upcoming transmission—performing channel sensing to determine an interference level experienced by the wireless communication node, determining a maximum transmission power level for the upcoming transmission responsive to the determined interference level, and selecting at least one of a coding rate and a modulation to be used for the upcoming transmission responsive to the determined maximum transmission power level. According to some embodiments, the method further comprises preparing a plurality of transmission packet variants before performing the channel sensing, wherein each transmission packet variant is associated with a respective transmission power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventor: Leif Wilhelmsson
  • Patent number: 11206617
    Abstract: A method for a terminal for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving repeated transmission related information comprising the count N by which an uplink signal transmission is to be repeated from a base station; determining the transmission power of the uplink signal; and transmitting repeatedly the uplink signal N times by the determined transmission power on the basis of the repeated transmission related information, wherein the terminal can determine the transmission power of the uplink signal on the basis of the count N by which the transmission of the uplink signal is to be repeated. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another terminal, a terminal related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Seungmin Lee, Kyuhwan Kwak, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11206616
    Abstract: An electronic device including a housing, at least one antenna disposed inside the housing or disposed on at least a part of the housing, a first transceiver configured to generate a first signal corresponding to a first communication network and transmit the first signal to the at least one antenna, a second transceiver configured to generate a second signal corresponding to a second communication network and transmit the second signal to the at least one antenna, a first coupler electrically connected between the at least one antenna and the first transceiver, a first communication processor operatively connected to the first transceiver, and a second communication processor operatively connected to the second transceiver, wherein the second communication processor is configured to control a transmission power of the second signal, at least partially based on a signal received via feedback by the first coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Namjun Cho, Jooseung Kim, Hyoseok Na
  • Patent number: 11200695
    Abstract: There is provided a system including one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses that individually or cooperatively realize functions including a first image acquisition function of acquiring a first image of an object, an angle information acquisition function of acquiring angle information indicating an angle of the object in the first image, a dictionary data generation function of generating dictionary data based on the first image and the angle information, a second image acquisition function of acquiring a second image of the object different from the first image; and an angle estimation function of estimating an angle of the object in the second image based on the second image and the dictionary data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Norio Nagatsuka, Takeshi Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11196856
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cell Command, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Fischer, Hap Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11191032
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first antenna that transmits/receives a signal in a first frequency band, a second antenna that transmits/receives a signal in a second frequency band, a first wireless communication circuit connected with the first antenna, a second wireless communication circuit connected with the second antenna, at least one processor connected with the first and second wireless communication circuits, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to output a first signal with a first power to control the first wireless communication circuit to output the first signal through the first antenna, and output the first signal with a power, which is obtained by backing off from the first power as much as a first backoff value, to control the second wireless communication circuit to output a second signal through the second antenna while controlling the first wireless communication circuit to output the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woosik Cho, Kyungrok Lee, Hyeongjoo Oh, Minhwan Jeon, Daeyoung Jo, Kwan Heo, Wonhyung Heo
  • Patent number: 11184866
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to beam selection. An example method generally includes selecting, from a plurality of beams, a beam for uplink transmission during a particular time interval, the selecting being based on a transmission power and a radio frequency (RF) exposure for each of the plurality of beams and transmitting at least one uplink signal using the selected beam during the particular time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mingming Cai, Tienyow Liu, Raghu Narayan Challa, Jing Lin, Junsheng Han
  • Patent number: 11178261
    Abstract: Values of fields for a packet header can be analyzed to determine whether those values match default or expected values for those fields. If so, those values can be excluded or removed from the packet header. Flags are set to indicate whether or not a value is included for a given field, and if not then the default value should be used for that field. This compression helps to reduce the packet size, or at least allow for larger payloads within a minimum packet size. Approaches also provide for bi-directional communication capability, including the ability to initiate sessions from different devices, as well as to discovering other devices available for communication. Compression can also be used with address mapping to allow for address translation at the packet level, enabling multiple devices to communicate over a wireless channel that otherwise does not allow for concurrent communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventor: Gilles Luc Jean Francois Boccon-Gibod
  • Patent number: 11178619
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle includes antennas in proximity to one another; amplifiers; a computer memory; and a computer processor. The amplifiers are coupled to or part of the antennas. The computer memory stores a predetermined cases map that lists, for each of a plurality of combinations of frequencies for antennas, the predetermined cases map specifying, for each combination of frequencies, an amount of uplink RF power reduction required to reduce the degradation below a predetermined threshold. The computer processor is configured to retrieve, from the computer memory, the predetermined cases map; determine a current frequency combination for a current plurality of frequencies of the antennas of the vehicle; and provide instructions to one or more of the amplifiers to adjust a maximum RF power of one or more of the antennas, to thereby reduce receiver performance degradation between the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Jang Hwan Oh
  • Patent number: 11178273
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for detecting and monitoring a contraband device including communication devices by utilizing a combination of mobile devices, fixed monitoring devices, and a contraband monitoring center. The mobile devices include smart phones or tablets that are borrowed, rented, or purchased by an inmate from a correctional facility. These mobile devices are configured to detect, monitor, and intervene in the communications of target devices. Further, the mobile devices are configured to communicate with fixed monitoring devices located throughout the correctional facility in performing intervention operations. The contraband monitoring center may also be utilized in the coordination, monitoring, and intervention of target devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • Patent number: 11172451
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system of a first network element receives information indicating that a user equipment (UE) support dual connectivity with first and second inter-radio access technologies (IRATs). The UE is enabled to communicate with a second network element using the second IRAT. The system provides to the UE uplink power configurations for data transmissions between the UE and the network elements, and performs a closed loop control procedure that includes determining a first transmit power control (TPC) value for first data transmissions from the UE and a second TPC value for second data transmissions from the UE, and adjusting the first TPC value and the second TPC value to allocate UE uplink transmission power between the first IRAT and the second IRAT. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, Slawomir Stawiarski, David Ross Beppler
  • Patent number: 11171736
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) jamming device includes a differential segmented aperture (DSA), a jammer source outputting a jamming signal at one or more frequencies or frequency bands to be jammed, and RF electronics that amplify and feed the jamming signal to the DSA so as to emit a jamming beam. The DSA includes an array of electrically conductive tapered projections, and the RF electronics comprise power splitters configured to split the jamming signal to aperture pixels of the DSA. The aperture pixels comprise pairs of electrically conductive tapered projections of the array of electrically conductive tapered projections. The RF electronics further comprise pixel power amplifiers, each connected to amplify the jamming signal fed to a single corresponding aperture pixel of the DSA. The RF jamming device may include a rifle-shaped housing, with the DSA mounted at a distal end of the barrel of the rifle-shaped housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Raphael Joseph Welsh
  • Patent number: 11159261
    Abstract: A server system accesses a profile of a user of the media-providing service. The profile indicates a demographic group of the user. For each track of a plurality of tracks, the server system determines a year associated with the track. The server system selects content for the user based at least in part on an affinity of members of the demographic group, as compared to members of other demographic groups, of music from the year associated with the track. The server system provides the selected content to a client device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Margreth Mpossi
  • Patent number: 11153830
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a base station may signal one or more emission limits for one or more different frequency bands, and two or more values for one of the emission limits may be provided. A first subset of user equipments (UEs) may be capable of aerial operations (e.g., unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones) and may use a first value of the first emission limit and the second subset of UEs may not capable of aerial operations and may use a second value of the first emission limit. A UE status such as altitude or position, or transmission directivity may also be used to determine if the UE is to apply the first value or the second value for an emission limit of a frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Marco Papaleo, Le Liu, Umesh Phuyal, Stefano Faccin, Timo Ville Vintola, Gene Fong, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu
  • Patent number: 11147030
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose power control method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a first downlink reference signal (DL RS) resource group corresponding to a first bandwidth part (BWP), where the first DL RS resource group includes at least one DL RS resource; and determining, by the terminal device according to a signal corresponding to the at least DL RS resource in the first DL RS resource group, a path loss value used to calculate a transmit power for to-be-transmitted uplink data. The method, the terminal device, and the network device of the embodiments of this application help to improve system performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Shi, Wenhong Chen, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11147027
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing an optimal transmission power of a Wi-Fi access point. Electronic devices are connected to the Wi-Fi access point, and the Wi-Fi access point is able to transmit with a variable transmission power. The method is executed by the Wi-Fi access point and includes the steps of determining a minimum value of a quality indicator associated with a connection of an electronic device to the Wi-Fi access point. A minimum transmission power value of the access point is determined making it possible to obtain, for the electronic device connected to the Wi-Fi access point, a value of the quality indicator associated with the connection thereof to the Wi-Fi access point higher than the minimum value. The optimal transmission power of the Wi-Fi access point is configured as being equal to the minimum transmission power determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Lefevere, Didier Thouvenin