Patents Examined by Joseph Arevalo
  • Patent number: 12389490
    Abstract: This application provides a configuration enabling method and an apparatus. The method includes: A first terminal device determines first indication information, where the first indication information indicates an enabling operation determined for a first sidelink, the enabling operation includes enabling a sidelink discontinuous reception SL DRX configuration for the first sidelink, or disabling an SL DRX configuration for the first sidelink, and the first sidelink is a sidelink between the first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device sends the first indication information to the second terminal device. According to the method provided in this application, the first terminal device introduces an SL DRX configuration enabling mechanism based on a status or a requirement of the second terminal device. This improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Junren Chang
  • Patent number: 12376182
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jicheol Lee, Sangsoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 12367363
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for positioning, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a positioning indication, herein the positioning indication indicates positioning of a first item, and the first item has a first electronic tag; obtaining RSSIs of a plurality of second electronic tags, herein the plurality of second electronic tags include the first electronic tag; determining, based on the RSSIs of the plurality of second electronic tags, at least one third electronic tag; and positioning, through the at least one third electronic tag, the first item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuai Shao
  • Patent number: 12369132
    Abstract: In an aspect, a communications node selects a reference device for a positioning procedure based on hardware group capabilities associated with reference devices involved in the positioning procedure (e.g., RTT, differential RTT, double differential RTT, TDOA, etc.). In another aspect, a distance between reference devices is estimated based on timing measurements of reference signal(s) for positioning. A hardware group delay associated with the reference devices is estimated based on (i) the estimated distance between the first and second reference devices, and (ii) a known distance between the first and second reference devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weimin Duan, Alexandros Manolakos, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
  • Patent number: 12363506
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an asynchronous wireless system for localization of nodes comprises a first wireless node being configured to receive a first communication from a third wireless node having an unknown location, to determine time difference of arrival (TDoA) information of the reception of the first communication between each of the first and a second wireless node, to determine TDoA ranging including a relative or absolute position of the third wireless node using the time difference of arrival information, and to synchronize the first and second wireless nodes based on a second communication with the synchronization being decoupled in time from the first communication. In another embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving, with first and second wireless anchor nodes, packets from a wireless arbitrary device and performing time difference of arrival ranging upon reception of the packets between each of the first and the second wireless anchor nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Bilstad, Tommi Ylamurto, Manu Seth
  • Patent number: 12363673
    Abstract: A technique for determining an estimated location of a radio network node (FBS) in a cellular network is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Zeki Bilgin, Leyli Karacay
  • Patent number: 12356363
    Abstract: A terminal device comprising circuitry configured to detect a value of a parameter which is variable in response to a variation in vertical position of the terminal device; receive, from infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, a reference value of the parameter, a reference value of a vertical position at which the reference value of the parameter is associated, and a valid duration information of the reference value of the parameter, the reference value of the parameter being defined relative to a first reference vertical position; and determine a value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the first reference vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Vivek Sharma, Yuxin Wei, Anders Berggren
  • Patent number: 12348441
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for configuring a positioning reference signal in an NR system, a method for receiving a positioning reference signal in an NR system, and a device. The configuration method includes: transmitting first target configuration information, where the first target configuration information is used to configure a positioning reference signal PRS of a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Si, Peng Sun
  • Patent number: 12349098
    Abstract: Techniques described herein utilize a system comprised of a cloud-based communication platform server (CPS), a plurality of fixed location wireless beacons within a geofenced area, and a fleet of user equipments (UEs). Each UE is capable of wireless communication with the CPS over one or more of a plurality of wireless RF networks. Additionally, each UE may also be configured to receive RF transmissions directly from the plurality of fixed location wireless beacons. The system may implement a method for determining areas of poor wireless connectivity within the geofenced area. The method may comprise determining whether a UE has an active connection with the CPS via at least one of the plurality of wireless RF networks. When the UE does not have an active connection with the CPS via any of the wireless RF networks, it may self-determine its location within the geofenced area and store its self-determined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Relay, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle White, Ryan McShane, Matthew Newton
  • Patent number: 12335810
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for requesting an updated location, including a point of interest, from a user for display on an interactive map. On receiving from an interested user a request for a point of interest associated with a subscribed user's current location, a request is transmitted to the subscribed user to check-in to the point of interest. In response to the request, the subscribed user selects a selected point of interest from a selection list. A representation of the subscribed user and the selected point of interest is then provided for display on an interactive map associated with the interested user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Joseph LaPenna, Chris Lambert
  • Patent number: 12317170
    Abstract: Access category management objects may be configured for use in support of access category configurations of a user equipment (UE). Various methods for a UE configuration with access categories are disclosed. Signaling methods by a radio access network of access barring parameters such as a signaling method for a partial list of access barring parameters with explicit signaling of access category indexes and a signaling method for a full list of access barring parameters where access categories are signaled using a bitmap are disclosed. Access control parameters and an access control architecture in terms of access control function distribution within the UE protocol sublayers, solutions that address the impact of access control in a connected mode on a buffer status report, logical channel prioritization and flow control between the UE AS and UE NAS, and details regarding access barring checks are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Joseph M. Murray
  • Patent number: 12317307
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for performing wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine at least one parameter associated with a sidelink communication. Based on the at least one parameter, the wireless communication device may determine a status of a network coding indicator corresponding to the sidelink communication. The wireless communication device may transmit the sidelink communication and the network coding indicator including the determined status to at least one network entity configured to perform network coding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Inventors: Guangyi Liu, Gabi Sarkis, Hong Cheng
  • Patent number: 12316437
    Abstract: A system for providing communication in a distributed land mobile radio (LMR) system architecture. In some embodiments, the system includes a first controller associated with an LMR site. The first controller may be configured to control communication, via a communication channel, of a plurality of LMRs. In some embodiments, the system further includes a first repeater of a plurality of repeaters associated with the LMR site. The first repeater may include at least an active mode. The first repeater may be in the active mode to initiate a simulcast controller operation using the communication channel of the plurality of repeaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Arindam Roy, Larry Emmett
  • Patent number: 12313760
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) reports its own position using reference location information messages and relative location information messages. An example method performed by a first UE includes determining a first location of the first UE based on positioning measurements, transmitting a reference location information message indicating the first location, determining one or more subsequent locations of the first UE based on subsequent positioning measurements, and transmitting one or more relative location information messages, each of the one or more relative location information messages indicating a subsequent location for the UE based on relative information with respect to the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Mukesh Kumar, Srinivas Yerramalli
  • Patent number: 12317219
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system, comprising: a base station unit that is mounted on a flight vehicle, forms a wireless communication area by radiating a beam to a ground, and communicates wirelessly with a user terminal in the wireless communication area; a processing server unit that is communicatively connected to the base station unit and provides a service to the user terminal in the wireless communication area: a closed-network core unit that provides a mobile communication service of a closed-area network in the wireless communication area formed by the base station unit. The processing server unit may be mounted on the flight vehicle and the closed-network core unit may be arranged in a closed-network core apparatus arranged on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SoftBank Corp.
    Inventor: Yusuke Terada
  • Patent number: 12284718
    Abstract: The system receives, from a telecommunications network subscribed to by the wireless device, a list of roaming networks. The system connects to a roaming network from the list of roaming networks. The system enters a roaming mode from a standard mode. The roaming mode reduces the amount of data used by the wireless device by preventing the wireless device from performing background tasks. Background tasks include processes performed by the wireless device to keep an application on the wireless device up to date. The standard mode causes the wireless device to operate at a higher data level and a less optimized battery level compared to the roaming mode. The system connects to the telecommunications network. The wireless device disconnects from the roaming network before connecting to the telecommunications network subscribed to by the wireless device. The system enters the standard mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Lucht, Grant M. Castle, Nilesh Ranjan
  • Patent number: 12284570
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining job classifications of anonymous users. Energy Infrastructure (EI) information associated with a known EI facility and anonymized location tracking data is obtained. The EI facility information includes a location of the known EI facility and an identification of the known EI facility, and the anonymized location tracking data includes visited locations associated with an anonymous user ID. A job classification is associated with the anonymous user ID based on a correlation between the visited locations, the location of the known EI facility, and the identification of the known EI facility. Location tracking data associated with a user of a known job classification can be used to identify a previously unknown EI facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sourcewater Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Adler, Jon Stowell
  • Patent number: 12273846
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a positioning entity receives motion state information associated with a user equipment (UE), the motion state information indicating constraints on a location of the UE relative to a moveable object with which the UE is associated, and estimates the location of the UE based on at least the motion state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Navid Abedini, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12273848
    Abstract: A method for signal processing includes receiving via first and second antennas (34) respective first and second input signals in response to an output signal that is transmitted from a wireless transmitter (27, 28, 30) and encodes a predefined sequence of symbols. A temporal correlation function is computed over the first and second input signals with respect to one or more of the symbols in the predefined sequence so as to identify respective first and second correlation peaks and extract respective first and second carrier phases of the first and second input signals at the first and second correlation peaks. A phase difference between the first and second signals is measured based on a difference between the first and second carrier phases extracted at the first and second correlation peaks. Based on the measured phase difference, an angle of arrival of the output signal from the wireless transmitter is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Deeyook Location Technologies Ltd
    Inventor: Eran Shpak
  • Patent number: 12271206
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes the step of: responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein transitioning comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Russell Coates Lloyd, James Michael Rowson, Maxwell Anton Dergosits, Elias Ray Dykaar, Erin Maria Bailie