Patents Examined by Khoa Huynh
  • Routing-efficient time division multiplexing (TDM) data path circuitry
    Patent number: 10250347
    Abstract: TDM circuitry that includes a rotary multiplexer and a memory circuit is provided. A first rotary multiplexer circuit may receive N-bit wide data in accordance to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme. The N-bit wide data includes multiple sets of M-bit wide data. The first rotary multiplexer may rotate these sets of the M-bit wide data. The memory circuit is coupled to the first rotary multiplexer circuit. The memory circuit stores each of rotated set of M-bit wide data. A second rotary multiplexer circuit may read k-th bits of the each of the stored M-bit wide data from the memory circuit and may rotate these k-th bits before outputting these k-th bits serially, where k is an integer having a value greater than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ALTERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chuck Rumbolt, Stephen Craig
  • Access point standby power optimization across an arbitrary number of associated clients
    Patent number: 10231179
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communications are disclosed. More particularly, aspects generally relate to an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes an interface for communicating with a plurality of wireless nodes via a plurality of antennas, and a processing system configured to determine a power state of each of the plurality of wireless nodes, and change from a first antenna mode used for communicating with the wireless nodes using a first number of spatial streams to a second antenna mode used for communicating with the wireless nodes using a second number of spatial streams, based on the determined power states of the wireless nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sandip Homchaudhuri, Youhan Kim, Srinivas Jasti, Sunghun Choi, Vikram Phogat, Ye Yuan, Umang Sureshbhai Patel, Lian Chen, Sumeet Kumar, James Simon Cho, Sreepathy Aida, Zhanfeng Jia, Pradeep Kumar Yenganti
  • System and method for DRX control and NACK/ACK
    Patent number: 10212638
    Abstract: Methods of combining semi-persistent resource allocation and dynamic resource allocation are provided. Packets, such as VoIP packets, are transmitted on the uplink and downlink using respective semi-persistent resources. For each mobile device, awake periods and sleep periods are defined. The semi-persistent resources are aligned with the awake periods so that most of the time the mobile device can turn off its wireless access radio during the sleep periods. In addition, signalling to request, and to allocate, resources for additional packets are transmitted during the awake periods, and the resources allocated for the additional packets are within the awake windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, James Earl Womack
  • Method for transmitting synchronisation reference signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 10212676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving a synchronization reference signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication by a first terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. More specifically, the present invention comprises a step of receiving a plurality of synchronization reference signals including a first synchronization reference signal and a second synchronization reference signal over a D2D synchronization reference signal transmission cycle, wherein the first synchronization reference signal is transmitted by a cluster head for D2D communication and the second synchronization reference signal is transmitted by a second terminal that belongs to a cluster for the D2D communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Jihyun Lee
  • Selective storage and deletion in mobile content delivery networks
    Patent number: 10205670
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for storing and deleting received data packets over combined vehicular and wireless communications networks. In one example, an apparatus in a vehicular communication network may receive a data packet and may determine whether to store or delete the received data packet based on a ratio of distances between the data packet and its destination address as well as the data packet's source address and its destination address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bo Tan, Jubin Jose, Xinzhou Wu, Junyi Li, Sanjay Shakkottai
  • Pants
    Patent number: 10194704
    Abstract: A pair of pants has a main pants portion knitted from a yarn which is comprised of rayon, nylon and spandex extending from an elastic waistband fabricated of polyester and rubber. The main pants portion of the pants can be sized so that said fabric is in a stretched condition about the buttocks and thighs of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NYGARD INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Peter J. Nygard
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic channel sensing for direct link in a high efficiency wireless LAN
    Patent number: 10178705
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamic channel sensing for direct link in a High Efficiency WLAN (HEW) are provided. The methods include a method for dynamic channel sensing for a direct link by a first station (STA) in a wireless local area network. The method may include determining a first COLOR parameter of an access point to which the first STA is associated, exchanging with a second STA a COLOR parameter related to the direct link, the second STA being a peer STA of the first STA in the direct link, and determining a channel state based on a value of a COLOR field included in a received physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) having a valid SIGNAL (SIG) field, the first COLOR parameter, and the COLOR parameter related to the direct link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Yongho Seok
  • Device based network notification of device supported machine-type communication features
    Patent number: 10171968
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter provides a proactive device initiated mechanism for notifying a network device regarding device supported machine-type communication (MTC) features. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes identifying, by a device comprising a processor, machine-type communication related parameters of the device using a subscriber identity module application stored on a subscriber identity module card of the device. The method can further include generating, by the device using the subscriber identity module application, parameter information that identifies the machine-type communication related parameters of the device based on the identifying, and sending, by the device, the parameter information to a network server device of a wireless communication network based on the generating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Inderpreet Ahluwalia, Darwin Parra, Yupeng Jia
  • Shoe system with interchangeable uppers
    Patent number: 10159301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe system which comprises a shoe, at least one clip, and at least one detachable upper. The shoe has a midsole portion having a sidewall surface extending around the shoe, and at least one elongated channel defined in and extending along at least a portion of the sidewall surface. The elongated channel is configured for receiving the clip in a locking fashion. The clip has a locking portion for locking within the channel. The clip connects with the detachable upper via a connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventor: Kimberly Ann Catlett
  • Method, device and system for transmitting control information
    Patent number: 10159069
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a device and a system for transmitting control information, which relate to the field of communication technologies. In order to feed back response information in an application scenario of dynamic Time Division Duplexing (TDD) subframe, the present disclosure provides the following technical solution: determining a subframe set corresponding to uplink subframe n, the subframe set comprising dynamic subframes; determining feedback response information according to the subframe set; and sending, in uplink subframe n, the feedback response information to a base station through a physical uplink channel, wherein n is a subframe serial number of the uplink subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongxia Lv, Yan Cheng
  • Apparatus, systems and methods for discontinuous signaling in a mobile communication network
    Patent number: 10149345
    Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for discontinuous signaling in a mobile communication network. User equipment (UE)/mobile terminal requests slotted transmissions and, in response to the network authorizing slotted transmissions, communication of subsequent UE transmissions are slotted, such that a minimum time period is required to elapse between each UE transmission. In specific embodiments of the invention the minimum time period is a predetermined time period known in advance to the user equipment and network. In other embodiments of the invention the user equipment slotted transmission requests includes a requested minimum time period, which may be approved or revised by the network. In still further embodiments the network, upon receiving the request for slotted transmissions, determines the minimum time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Rickard Ljung, Bo Larsson, Olof Zander, Vanja Plicanic Samuelsson, Basuki Priyanto
  • EPDCCH resource and quasi-co-location management in LTE
    Patent number: 10123313
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus may configure at least a first resource set and a second resource set for a control channel. The first and second resource sets may be configured with a common reference signal configuration. The apparatus also configures first rate-matching parameters for the first resource set and second rate-matching parameters for the second resource set. Then, the apparatus transmits the first rate-matching parameters and the second rate-matching parameters and transmits the control channel using the first resource set and the second resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Stefan Geirhofer, Peter Gaal, Hao Xu, Tao Luo
  • Drive mechanism for automated footwear platform
    Patent number: 10111496
    Abstract: Systems and apparatus related to automated tightening of a footwear platform including a lacing engine drive apparatus are discussed. In an example, a drive apparatus to rotate a lace spool of a motorized lacing engine within a footwear platform can include a gear motor, a gear box, a worm drive, and a worm gear. The gear box can be mechanically coupled to the gear motor, and the gear box can include a drive shaft extending opposite the gear motor. The worm drive can be slidably keyed to the drive shaft to control rotation of the worm drive in response to gear motor activation. The worm gear can rotate the lace spool upon rotation of the worm drive to tighten or loosen a lace cable on the footwear platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Summer L. Schneider, Jacob Furniss, Jamie Kelso
  • Neighborhood learning using neighbor awareness networking
    Patent number: 10111156
    Abstract: A method for communicating Neighborhood Information includes generating the Neighborhood Information at an access point. The method also includes communicating the Neighborhood Information from the access point to a second access point in a Neighbor Aware Network (NAN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod Patil, Santosh Paul Abraham, George Cherian
  • Scalability of providing packet flow management
    Patent number: 10103991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing packet flows in a communication network are provided. Packet information can be cached on different levels and used to avoid external queries. The cache information can also be correlated with other types of information, such as location information, to be able to serve that information quicker than if one or more external queries were to be made. A demux manager can provide routing and session setup, by routing packets that already have a session to the session manager and assigning packets to a session manager if they are not already assigned to a session. The tiered architecture also provides scalability to many users and minimizes delays even during high call volumes because the load can be distributed well across the gateway's resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaitki Agarwal, Rajat Ghai
  • EPDCCH resource and quasi-co-location management in LTE
    Patent number: 10098109
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus may configure at least a first resource set and a second resource set for a control channel. The first and second resource sets may be configured with a common reference signal configuration. The apparatus also configures first rate-matching parameters for the first resource set and second rate-matching parameters for the second resource set. Then, the apparatus transmits the first rate-matching parameters and the second rate-matching parameters and transmits the control channel using the first resource set and the second resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Stefan Geirhofer, Peter Gaal, Hao Xu, Tao Luo
  • Prioritized generation of IDC indication message to mitigate IDC impact on UE performance
    Patent number: 10091793
    Abstract: A UE controls in-device coexistence (IDC) indication message generation to mitigate potential throughput impact on UE to maintain UE performance as much as possible. Under the proposed method, FDM-based solution is always preferred by the UE. Based on the IDC indication message generated by the UE, a network applies an IDC interference mitigation solution that prioritizes FDM-based solution. Specifically, the UE first sends an IDC message requesting FDM-based solution. In case the serving eNB does not respond, the UE sends a new IDC message by alternating IDC option. Even if a TDM-based solution has been received, the UE may continue requesting FDM-based solution to gain UE performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Li-Chun Ko, Yih-Shen Chen, Yu-Ting Chen, Chung-Wei Wang, Yi-Chien Wang
  • Noninvasive system and method for mitigating sleep-position related eye loads
    Patent number: 10076446
    Abstract: When sleeping or resting in non-supine positions, reaction forces are distributed over areas of the face and head in contact with a surface, such as a mattress or arm, following a load path through at least one eye. Aspects of the disclosed system and method provide rigid to semi-rigid load bearing facial support configured to absorb and or distribute the reaction force exerted by a surface during non-supine rest or sleep to areas of padding best suited to absorb and or distribute said force such that the load path bypasses the eye, eye orbit, and or its surrounding anatomy to prevent or mitigate deformation, stress, strain, and or damage to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Inventor: Alison Flatau
  • Article of footwear and a part thereof
    Patent number: 10070687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sole, midsole, insole or sole insert for an article of footwear, such as a shoe or a boot, sandal, trainer or wellington boot. The sole, midsole, insole or sole insert 10 comprises a matrix structure 12 defining passageways 26, 30 extending between the upper and lower surfaces of the sole, midsole, insole or sole insert. The sole, midsole, insole or sole insert further comprises one or a plurality of sheet members 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 substantially within the matrix structure and forming a continuous molding therewith, the or each sheet member being convex so that the apex of the or each sheet member approaches and faces the upper surface of the sole, midsole, insole or sole insert. The or each sheet member 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 is made from an elastomeric material so that each sheet member acts as a leaf spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Redbacks Cushioning Ltd.
    Inventor: Clifford Lockyer
  • Packet transmitter, interface device and computing system including the same
    Patent number: 10075566
    Abstract: A packet transmitter includes a higher layer transmission block and a lower layer transmission block. The higher layer transmission block generates a higher layer data signal including payload data and a header for each packet of a plurality of packets based on an application layer data signal and an application layer control signal. The higher layer transmission block outputs the header after the payload data through the higher layer data signal. The lower layer transmission block generates a lower layer data signal including the header and the payload data for each packet based on the higher layer data signal and a higher layer control signal. The lower layer transmission block outputs the payload data after the header through the lower layer data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaeChol Lee, Seong-Yoon Kim, Eung-Sup Kim, Sang-Heon Lee, Woon-Yong Jo