Patents Examined by Kashif Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11368979
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a node may identify a listen-before-talk (LBT) success time at which an LBT procedure, performed by the node, succeeds; determine a lag between the LBT success time and a most recent synchronization reference boundary that occurred prior to the LBT success time; and determine a maximum channel occupancy time for transmissions on an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on comparing the lag and a threshold. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yisheng Xue, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Xiaoxia Zhang, Yongbin Wei
  • Patent number: 11363422
    Abstract: A network node and method for enhancing message communication between a first network node and a second network node in a communication network is provided. The first network node receives an input message from the second network node wherein the input message contains at least one parameter. The first network node then identifies in the received input message the presence of the at least one parameter, wherein the parameter is unknown to the first network node. After identifying at least one unknown parameter, the first network node sends a request message to the second network node for obtaining meta-data associated with the identified unknown parameter. The first network node then receives a response message from the second network node containing the said obtained meta-data associated with the identified unknown parameter. After receiving the response message, the first network node updates the obtained meta-data associated with the unknown parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: A. K. Diwahar, Suresh Babu Ambati, Savitha Aravindhan, R. Kumar, Divya Sundar
  • Patent number: 11363617
    Abstract: A method and device for beam reporting are provided. The method includes: using, by a terminal device, reference signal resources in a configured first set for channel measurement for a beam and reference signal resources in a configured second set for interference measurement for the beam; wherein the reference signal resources in the first set are associated by ordering with the reference signal resources in the second set; and calculating and reporting, by the terminal device, SINR, based on results of the channel measurement and the interference measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Guo
  • Patent number: 11356821
    Abstract: A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service provider remote server. The customer's device may transmit a request for roadside assistance (e.g., towing services), and a current GPS location. In response, a closest, trusted service provider vehicle may be determined, and then directed to the customer's location. For instance, a software application may receive the customer location and compare it with availability information to match the customer with a close and trusted service provider. The customer's device may receive an acknowledgement that help is on the way, and be able to track the current location of the service provider vehicle while en route. Payment for the roadside assistance may be automatically and electronically paid by the insurance provider. As a result, prompt and safe roadside assistance may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: George T. Dulee, Natalie R. Smith, Matthew Clarenson, Michelle Ann Curtis, Justin Davis, Jacob Alt
  • Patent number: 11357068
    Abstract: A random access failure processing method includes: determining a cell and a carrier used to send a preamble for random access when the preamble is sent to a base station a number of times greater than a preset number; and transmitting, under a case where the cell used to send the preamble is a primary cell configured with an SUL carrier and a non-SUL carrier, a message indicating presence of problems in the random access to the base station through the SUL carrier if the carrier used to send the preamble is the non-SUL carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaowei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11356882
    Abstract: Various techniques are proposed to enhance or expand the capabilities or usage of buffer status request (BSR) and scheduling request (SR) in new radio (NR) applications. In an implementation, techniques are proposed to extend the SR in long term evolution (LTE) baseline with additional information to help a base station (e.g., gNB) schedule faster and more efficiently. Moreover, a new BSR triggering condition is proposed to report new data based on particular events instead of being time-based. Modifications being proposed to both BSR and SR can be customized for different numerologies/transmission time intervals (TTIs). Modifications being proposed to SR can also be used to indicate a user equipment (UE) new beam selection after recovering from a beam failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Linhai He, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Gavin Bernard Horn, Aziz Gholmieh, Yue Yang, Tao Luo, Sumeeth Nagaraja
  • Patent number: 11350242
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving and transmitting accelerometer data and/or usage data, and analyzing the data to detect movement or usage of the device within a vehicle. A device, such as a mobile device, may detect a device movement event or a device usage event associated with the device. Based on the detection of the device movement event or the device usage event, a time associated with the event may be stored. The device may determine whether another event associated with the device occurs within a threshold amount of time from the time associated with the event. Based on a determination of whether the other event occurs within the threshold amount of time, the device may determine an event session associated with the device. The event session may comprise an instantaneous event or a continuous event. Data indicative of the event session may be transmitted to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ARITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Pratheek M. Harish, Venu Madhav Tammali, Jared S. Snyder, Dana Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11350249
    Abstract: A displaying method and apparatus in a mobile terminal are provided. The displaying method in a mobile terminal includes displaying a message for a missed call for a first number on an idle screen or a call list screen when the missed call is generated from the first number, displaying a call history for the first number on an incoming call screen or an outgoing call screen when a call is received from the first number or the call is transmitted to the first number, and changing the message for the missed call for the first number when a call is connected to the first number and displaying the changed message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaewan Cho
  • Patent number: 11350373
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to reduce the decrease of uplink throughput in the event a user terminal connects with a plurality of radio base stations. A user terminal (20) according to an example of the present invention provides a user terminal to connect with a plurality of radio base stations including at least a first radio base station and a second radio base station, and this user terminal has a PH report generating section (411) that calculates the PH (Power Headroom) of each radio base station and generates PH reports, and a transmission section (203) that transmits either the PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) bandwidth of the first radio base station, a PH report per resource block, or information about the transmission power density, and a PH report for the first radio base station, to the second radio base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Hiroki Harada, Yuichi Kakishima, Tooru Uchino, Liu Liu, Huiling Jiang, Li Zhao, Yong Li, Mugen Peng, Wenbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11337222
    Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol allowing a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) holder to share the TXOP with other stations acting cooperatively. An intent to share the TXOP is communicated to other stations that a TXOP is available for sharing, and notifying the Access Point (AP) station of the stations willing to join that TXOP. When the TXOP occurs, the stations can access the channel over different frequency domain simultaneously and for the duration specified, thus providing increased use of the TXOP to improve efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qing Xia, Mohamed Abouelseoud, Liangxiao Xin
  • Patent number: 11336924
    Abstract: A point of view multimedia provision may be provided. Embodiments of the provision may enable entities to integrate detection devices within a venue for data capture. The provision may further enable entities to implement access points to receive and transmit captured data from the detection devices. Users of the provision may use embodiments to ingest, analyze and process the data according to certain rules. Subsequently, the processed data may be combined into point-of-view content provided to end users. End users may use embodiments of the provision to request specific point of view content, receive such requested content, manipulate the content and provide feedback based on the provided content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FieldCast, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed Z. Anwar, Tenzing P. Tshering
  • Patent number: 11330623
    Abstract: According to some examples, a base station may allocate uplink and/or downlink resources (e.g., in the time domain, frequency domain, spatial domain) to user equipment (UEs), or groups of UEs, that may be subsequently reallocated. For example, a base station may determine a reallocation of uplink resources, and may issue a preemption indication (e.g., a cancelation indication) that may correspond to at least a portion of a random access resource. UEs may be configured to monitor for preemption indications and, based on received preemption indications, UEs may determine whether or not to proceed with transmission of a random access message using a random access resource that at least partially overlaps with resources indicated by the preemption indication. For example, a UE may transmit, or preempt transmission of, a random access message based on a preemption configuration of the UE (e.g., configured rules for UE preemption of random access resources).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Jing Lei, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11330594
    Abstract: A configuration for optimized UE beamforming with a null space report. The apparatus establishes a connection with a base station. The apparatus transmits, to the base station, a UE report comprising one or more beamforming capabilities of the UE. The apparatus receives, from the base station, a null space report comprising null space information for the UE based on the beamforming capabilities reported by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Idan Michael Horn, Shay Landis
  • Patent number: 11329713
    Abstract: This specification provides a beam failure recovery method in a wireless communication system. In this specification, a beam failure recovery method performed by a UE includes: receiving, from a base station, control information related to a candidate beam configuration for the beam failure recovery; selecting an RS having a quality of the threshold or more among the RSs related to the candidate beam identification; and; transmitting, to the base station, a beam failure recovery request based on an uplink (UL) resource related to the selected RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 11323908
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for searching for or determining information on a beam that a UE or a base station can use for signal transmission and reception in a mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaewon Kim, Hyunkyu Yu, Namjeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11323539
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for ensuring delivery of geographically relevant content to IP-enabled user devices associated with a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network (or designated content source) determines a geographic context or location of the user device, and uses this information to manage the packaging and delivery of content thereto so as to obey blackout restrictions and/or provide content which is relevant to the geographic context/location. In one variant, the user device comprises a mobile device such as a tablet computer or smartphone, and the content is delivered thereto over either a managed or unmanaged network infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Charles Hasek
  • Patent number: 11324017
    Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal performing sidelink communication may comprise receiving a first sidelink signal from a second terminal; transmitting a second sidelink signal to a third terminal; comparing feedback priorities for the first sidelink signal and the second sidelink signal in a specific period; and based on a result of comparing the feedback priorities, transmitting or receiving one sidelink feedback signal among a sidelink feedback signal for the first sidelink signal and a sidelink feedback signal for the second sidelink signal in the specific period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Lee, Cheul Soon Kim, Sung Hyun Moon
  • Patent number: 11317454
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) for the UE to request sidelink resources for an one-to-one V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) sidelink communication, wherein the UE supports both LTE (Long Term Evolution) RAT (Radio Access Technology) and NR (New Radio) RAT. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE initiating a one-to-one V2X sidelink communication. The method further includes the UE transmitting a RRC (Radio Resource Control) message to a network node to request sidelink resources from NR RAT for the one-to-one V2X sidelink communication and not transmitting any RRC message to the network node to request sidelink resources from LTE RAT for the one-to-one V2X sidelink communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Chen, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo, Li-Chih Tseng, Li-Te Pan
  • Patent number: 11316972
    Abstract: A method of management of a communication device in an aircraft may include transitioning the communication device from a normal mode to a disabled mode based on a calculated device sleep time based on data associated with transportation information of the device. One of these modes may be a state of the device in which a transceiver of the device is deactivated and the other mode may be a state of the device in which the transceiver is activated. Therefore, the device sleep time determines when the wireless device's transceiver may not be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.
    Inventor: John David Putman
  • Patent number: 11304102
    Abstract: A method for sidelink operation performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first cell, a conditional handover command that includes an indication of a second cell and one or more triggering conditions for handover to the second cell, performing handover to the second cell after determining that at least one of the triggering conditions is fulfilled, and applying a sidelink resource configuration that is stored in the UE after performing handover to the second cell based on the conditional handover command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hannibal IP LLC
    Inventors: Yung-Lan Tseng, Hung-Chen Chen, Mei-Ju Shih, Yu-Hsin Cheng