Patents Examined by Kwasi Karikari
  • Patent number: 10841924
    Abstract: A basic bandwidth wireless local area network (WLAN) device or station (STA) is assigned to a secondary channel. The basic bandwidth STA may be a 20 MHz STA. On the secondary channel, the basic bandwidth STA operates in a wideband mode recovering received data transmitted from an access point (AP) as part of a high bandwidth physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The STA and the AP can be members of a basic service set (BSS). The high bandwidth PPDU may be, for example, a 40 MHz, 60 MHz, or 80 MHz PPDU. Once on the secondary channel, the STA relies on the AP to perform channel sensing and scheduling activities, thus reducing power consumption at the STA and increasing the efficiency of the BSS. Several signaling formats are provided for indicating the secondary channel that the STA is assigned to or requests to move to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Jarkko L. Kneckt, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Su Khiong Yong
  • Patent number: 10840970
    Abstract: A method and devices are disclosed that increase the range of active geo-location from the airborne measuring station as compared with known methods by increasing the effective receive sensitivity of the airborne measuring station. In one embodiment, this may be accomplished by transmitting a burst of predetermined ranging packets and recording the correlation values of each received bit stream of the response packets with the corresponding predetermined bit streams for each of the transmitted ranging packets within a preset reception window. A rolling maximum is then performed on the correlation values in each reception window. At the end of the burst, the rolling maximum results are summed and the time of the peak value is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad C. Smith, Graham K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10820163
    Abstract: A system may include various user devices coupled to a cellular network. Each user device may be associated with a respective member of a predetermined population. The system may further include a contact management server coupled to the cellular network. The contact management server may determine a previous contact event of a user device among the user devices. The contact management server may further determine a selection of a first contact type for contacting the user device. The first contact type may be different from a second contact type of the previous contact event. The contact management server may further transmit a command that triggers the contact event of the user device based on the first contact type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LUCE COMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Ablett, Joel Nathanael Luce
  • Patent number: 10812132
    Abstract: A method and devices are disclosed that increase the range of active geo-location from the airborne measuring station as compared with known methods by increasing the effective receive sensitivity of the airborne measuring station. In one embodiment, this may be accomplished by transmitting a burst of predetermined ranging packets and recording the correlation values of each received bit stream of the response packets with the corresponding predetermined bit streams for each of the transmitted ranging packets within a preset reception window. A rolling maximum is then performed on the correlation values in each reception window. At the end of the burst, the rolling maximum results are summed and the time of the peak value is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad C. Smith, Graham K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10812935
    Abstract: A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski, Melody Quintana, Mayank Kumar, Tyler Lettau, Wayne Patterson
  • Patent number: 10791414
    Abstract: A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: X One, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Haney
  • Patent number: 10772066
    Abstract: A method of automatically switching a mode of receiving differential data for driving test and driver training using a mobile station includes the following steps of: after a mobile station installed on a training vehicle is powered on, using a mode of receiving the differential data by a radio station; if the differential data cannot be received within a preset time period under the mode, switching the radio station to a GPRS mode; if the radio station of the mobile station receives failure information, feeding the information back to a back-end server by the mobile station; informing a technician, by the back-end server, to perform troubleshooting, after the radio station failure is eliminated, feeding information back to the mobile station through the back-end server, and switching the mobile station back to the mode of receiving the differential data by the radio station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HUACE NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Hao Zhuang, Zhiqiang Fang, Jiejun Wang, Huazhong Xie, Kangde Zhao
  • Patent number: 10750350
    Abstract: Techniques are described to provide for authentication and subscription management that are decoupled from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinath Gundavelli, Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju, Mark Grayson, Louis Gwyn Samuel, Timothy Peter Stammers
  • Patent number: 10750310
    Abstract: A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: X One, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Haney
  • Patent number: 10750309
    Abstract: A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: X One, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Haney
  • Patent number: 10750311
    Abstract: A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: X One, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Haney
  • Patent number: 10739957
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a short range communication module configured to establish a communication channel for collecting device-related information on at least one other electronic device. The electronic device also includes a communication module configured to establish a communication channel with a service supporting device. The electronic device also includes a control module configured to transmit a message requesting function-related information installable or updatable on the other electronic device to the service supporting device in correspondence to the device-related information and configured to control transmitting identification information for receiving the function-related information and the device-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Kun Choi, Doo Suk Kang, Geon Soo Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom, Pil Joo Yoon, Yong Joon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10736068
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electronic device for wireless communications, and a wireless communication method. The electronic device comprises one or more processors, wherein each processor is configured to respectively conduct space-domain filtering on received signals of a plurality of antennas, respectively; estimate the frequency shift of corresponding received signals based on the signals, on which space-domain filtering is conducted, of various antennas; estimate, according to the estimated frequency shift and a parameter of the space-domain filtering, a Doppler frequency shift generated by the relative motion between transceiving ends of the received signals and a carrier frequency offset generated by frequency inconsistency of the transceiving ends; and conduct frequency preprocessing on sent signals of the antennas according to the estimated Doppler frequency shift, and/or control to feed back information related to the estimated Doppler frequency shift to a signal sending end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zaichen Zhang, Rong Zeng, Yuxin Wei, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 10728719
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for passing short message service (SMS) messages between sending and receiving SMS service providers over a network comprising a default data center and one or more alternative data centers. The default data center may receive message segments of an SMS message from the sending SMS provider into a local storage area of a concatenator comprising a local and a global storage area. The message segments may include segmentation information indicative of a number of message segments associated with the SMS message, routing information, the sending SMS provider, and the receiving SMS provider. When all the message segments have been received within a local timeout period, the default data center concatenates the message segments into a single SMS message and sends it to the receiving SMS service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bandwidth, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Mohsin Reza Zaidi, Bryan C. Turner, Alan Woodrow Bevier, Jeremy Howard
  • Patent number: 10708399
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent device and an intelligent system. The intelligent device includes a panel, a first communication interface and a processor unit, wherein the processor unit is configured to: when the first communication interface is connected with a second communication interface of the mobile terminal, send a request message to the mobile terminal through the first communication interface, and receive a response message sent by the mobile terminal, or receive a control instruction sent by the mobile terminal though the first communication interface, and perform a corresponding operation according to the control instruction. Through the above technical solution, the intelligent device is capable of achieving a convenient connection with the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal can be used as a module for communication, processing, networking and other functions of the intelligent device so as to achieve the intelligence of the intelligent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CLOUDMINDS (SHENZHEN) ROBOTICS SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Boyu Cui
  • Patent number: 10707906
    Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a radio frequency transmission circuit and circuit matching method. The radio frequency transmission circuit includes: a control unit and at least one transmission loop unit. The transmission loop unit includes at least one predetermined matching loop, and the control unit is pre-stored with a correspondence relationship between predetermined transmission powers and predetermined matching loops. The control unit is used to determine, according to the pre-stored correspondence relationship between the predetermined transmission powers and the predetermined matching loops, a predetermined matching loop corresponding to the received transmission power as a first matching loop, and control the first matching loop to operate. Also provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is a computer storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pengfei Ping
  • Patent number: 10699810
    Abstract: A visitor verification system 1000 is disclosed and described that can automatically authenticate a Mobile Service Provider (MSP) 3 arriving to provide assistance to a patient, or client 5 at their residence 7 while being off-line with the agency server. It also verifies the time and location an MSP session begins, periodically verifies that the MSP 3 is within the client's residence 7, logs the MSP out of the system and reports on the session. The visitor verification system employs at least one visual code located at the residence 7 that is scanned by a mobile computing device (MCD) 100. Information in the visual code is decoded and reconciled with 10 locations determined by executable code (the App) running on the MCD 100. Once the location is verified by the App/MCD 100, the MSP 3 is authenticated. The system includes at least one beacon that transmits a signal that the MSP receives on the MCD 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Stewart, Michael P. Wademan, Marilyn S. Major
  • Patent number: 10694477
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein relating to beam-switching in a wireless system. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a User Equipment device (UE) that transmits and/or receives to and/or from a source Antenna Node (AN) on a source beam comprises performing a Mobility Reference Signal (MRS) search to attempt to detect MRS transmitted by one or more candidate ANs for one or more candidate beam. The method further comprises, if one or more conditions that are indicative of the MRS search being unsuccessful are met, transmitting an indication that the MRS search was unsuccessful. In this manner, one or more network nodes are informed that an action(s) (e.g., assisted beam-formed MRS transmission and/or increasing MRS transmit power at candidate AN(s)) needs to be taken to enable a successful MRS search by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Rasmus Axén, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 10687174
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to data delivery. More specifically, some embodiments of the present technology relate to systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices. The delivery of data to support a wide variety of services for and about mobile devices that are based on data stored in corporate, commercial, and government databases which is not currently linked to individual mobile devices. Some embodiments allow advertisers to better target their ads to relevant target audiences with greater accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Mobile Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Hartzell, Mark Welton, Michael Perri, Stephen Skory
  • Patent number: 10685381
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a message comprising status data from a second computing device, determining that a geographic area is a hotspot based at least on the status data, where mobile users in a hotspot have a high probability of accessing an application on their mobile computing devices, and sending an indication that the geographic area is a hotspot to a third-party computing device, where the indication is used by the third-party computing device to determine a value for delivery of content to computing devices associated with the geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Artur Duque de Souza