Patents Examined by Lester G. Kincaid
  • Patent number: 11716666
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides a cell handover method and an apparatus in a high-speed movement scenario, to resolve problems of a relatively high service drop rate and a relatively high re-establishment rate of a terminal device in the high-speed movement scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Guo, Shujun Dang, Zhongjin Li, Chuan Li, Zhiyuan Hou
  • Patent number: 11716410
    Abstract: A mobile terminal, an electronic device, and a host assembly may be disclosed. The mobile terminal may include a host assembly and a display assembly. The host assembly may include a base and a support. The base may include a first surface. The first surface may define a receiving groove. The support can be capable of being located in the receiving groove and unfolded relative to the base. The support may include an inner face. The display assembly may include a display face, a back face and a peripheral side face. When the support is unfolded with a first angle relative to the first surface of the base, the display face or the back face of the display assembly may be attached to the inner face, the peripheral side face of the display assembly may abut against the base at a bottom of the receiving groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Zimei Yang
  • Patent number: 11711459
    Abstract: Improved approaches for users of electronic devices to communicate with one another are disclosed. The electronic devices have audio and/or textual output capabilities. The improved approaches can enable users to communicate in different ways depending on device configuration, user preferences, prior history, etc. In one embodiment, the communication between users is achieved by short audio or textual messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Douglass Thomas, Peter P. Tong
  • Patent number: 11696130
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile phone authentication method using implicit authentication, the method including the steps of: by a server, receiving behavior data and environment information data from a user terminal when a user checks an authentication number for authentication of a mobile phone user; by the server, detecting a start point of a behavior of the user for checking the authentication number by performing peak detection in the received behavior data, and storing behavior data from the detected start point; and by the server, extracting feature data from the received environment information data and learning the extracted feature data to build a learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FOUNDATION OF SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventor: Dae Seon Choi
  • Patent number: 11695861
    Abstract: A screen protector installation tool includes a first portion, a second portion, and an elastic element. The first portion and the second portion each have corner alignment features. The second portion slidably engages the first portion to form a receiving area for receiving an electronic device between the corner alignment features to align the electronic device in the receiving area of the screen protector installation tool when one of the first portion and the second portion is moved relative to the other of the first portion and the second portion. The elastic element is configured to apply a force to move the one of the first portion and the second portion relative to the other of the first portion and the second portion to capture the electronic device in the receiving area between the corner alignment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Ross V. Bulkley, Bryan W. Goings, Elise S. Niedringhaus, George Russell Price, Jamie L. Johnson, David J. Bohman, Richard W. Vinson, Zachariah J. Pickett, Jonathan B. Miksch, Jonathan H. Guerdrum
  • Patent number: 11683777
    Abstract: A base station is disclosed. The base station includes several radio devices and a core network device. The core network device is connected to the several radio devices and is configured to determine a first user location data corresponding to a user device according to a user uplink transmission data and several user location data, and to determine whether to allow the user device to perform a data uplink transmission operation or not according to the first user location data. The user uplink transmission data is uplink transmitted by the user device, and the several user location data are establish according to the several radio devices and several user locations. The several user location data include the first user location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Yi-Hsueh Tsai, Ying-Tsun Ke, Shun-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 11682839
    Abstract: An antenna includes a substrate, a first circular metal strip disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second circular metal strip disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The first circular metal strip has a first end used as a feed end and a second end connected to a first end of a radio frequency resistor. The second circular metal strip has a first end used as a grounding terminal and a second end connected to a second end of the radio frequency resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaoyong Wang, Yuming Song
  • Patent number: 11671188
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications networks, a device, such as a user equipment (UE), may be configured to detect a signal blockage affecting one or more antennas of the UE. The signal blockage may be associated with the position of a body, such as a user, relative to the one or more antennas of the UE, which may include how a user places their hand on or near the device during use. The position of the body may block one or more of the antennas of the UE, causing increased signal attenuation and decreased communications performance. The UE may be configured to signal, an indication based on detecting the signal blockage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnaud Meylan, Leena Zacharias, Michel Evan Chauvin, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11665269
    Abstract: A tool for facilitating attaching a screen protector of a screen protector assembly to a display of an electronic device includes a tray, an alignment block, and a spring. The tray includes a first corner alignment feature, a second corner alignment feature, and an engagement feature for engaging the screen protector assembly. The tray also includes a movable arm for holding the screen protector assembly on the engagement feature. The alignment block is slidably attached to the tray to define an interior of the tool. The alignment block includes a first corner alignment feature, a second corner alignment feature, and an engagement feature for engaging the screen protector assembly. The spring is configured to push the alignment block toward the first and second corner alignment features of the tray to center the electronic device is in the tool for the attaching of the screen protector to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Ross V. Bulkley, Bryan W. Goings, Elise S. Niedringhaus, George Russell Price, Jamie L. Johnson, David J. Bohman, Richard W. Vinson, Zachariah J. Pickett, Jonathan B. Miksch, Jonathan H. Guerdrum
  • Patent number: 11647109
    Abstract: The method and computer implemented system disclosed herein provides options to a user for deleting or editing a message (a message may include text, audio, image, video and/or animations) that has been sent in a messaging application in a recipient's device without any restriction (e.g. without a tune limit). In one embodiment, the sending device detects a user request to delete or edit the message that has been sent to one or more recipients (e.g. group chat), the request is sent to a message server, and the message server further transmits the request to the recipient device so that the recipient device may delete or edit the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Mohamed Abdelfattah Mohamed Ali Baharia
  • Patent number: 11632448
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing member. The portable electronic device also includes a front cover coupled to the housing member and defining a top surface defining a portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a peripheral side surface, and a chamfered edge extending from the bottom surface to the peripheral side surface. The portable electronic device further includes a display stack attached to the bottom surface of the front cover, an opaque coating positioned on at least a portion of each of the peripheral side surface, the chamfered edge, and the bottom surface and configured to absorb light emitted by the display stack, and a rear cover coupled to the housing member and defining a second portion of the exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: John J. Baker, Yaocheng Zhang, Paul U. Leutheuser, Kevin M. Froese, Tushar Deshpande, Kai Wu, Marta M. Giachino, Sean Suri, Matthew D. Hill, Tyler B. Cater, Benjamin J. Pope, Jun Sik Ham
  • Patent number: 11627211
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed in this specification, an electronic device may include a cover glass, a back cover facing away from the cover glass, a display panel exposed through the cover glass, a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel, a plurality of wires electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, a light source interposed between the display panel and the back cover, a lens interposed between the light source and the display panel and refracting light output from the light source, and a structure for passing through the light output from the light source such that the light output from the light source has a specified pattern. The structure may be interposed between the lens and the cover glass. Besides, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongkoo Her, Sungyoung Shin, Songhee Jung, Hyunchang Shin, Byungduk Yang
  • Patent number: 11617094
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, receiving, from a first data endpoint of a radio access network, a representation of a local model of the first data endpoint of the radio access network, determining multiple common models for endpoints of the radio access network, selecting, based on the representation of the local model of the first data endpoint, one of said multiple common models for the first data endpoint and transmitting the selected common model to the first data endpoint, any other data endpoint or any other external system which utilizes the selected common model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zhi-Chun Honkasalo, Vilho Räisänen, Carlos Alcantara, Ahmed Shehata
  • Patent number: 11596006
    Abstract: There is provided a Bluetooth system including multiple slave devices. When a first slave device among the multiple slave devices changes its connection to a different master device, the first slave device actively informs other slave devices among the multiple slave devices to connect to said different master device to realize the Bluetooth connection synchronization between the multiple slave devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Jr-Kai Liang, Min-Hsiang Hsia
  • Patent number: 11595784
    Abstract: A method of monitoring objects capable of wireless communications is provided. The method comprises detecting an activity performed by a user of a wireless communications device, acquiring information identifying an expected set of objects which are associated with the detected activity, determining whether at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device, and if so notifying the user that at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Swarup Kumar Mohalik, Mahesh Babu Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 11595873
    Abstract: A communication device, method, and computer program product mitigate antenna performance degradation that can result from folding or closing the communication device. A controller of the communication device identifies that the communication device is in a marginal coverage area for receiving a downlink in a first radio frequency (RF) band. The controller determines that first and second housings of the communication device are positioned in a first position that has degraded antenna performance for the downlink whereas a second position is not degraded. In response to the housings being in the first position while the communication device is in the marginal coverage area, the controller prioritizes connection to one or more nodes to communicate with the communication device via a second RF band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Md Faisal Abedin, Si Chen, Mohammed R. Abdul-Gaffoor, Daniel C. Chisu
  • Patent number: 11575778
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hinge and a mobile terminal. The hinge includes at least two joints that are sequentially connected. Each joint includes a joint body, a rotation structure provided at a first end portion of the joint body, and a position-limit structure provided at a second end portion of the joint body. The rotation structures of any adjacent two joints are socketed with each other. The rotation structures of adjacent two joints are capable of rotating relative to each other. The adjacent two joints are opened or closed via relative reciprocating motion between the position-limit structures of the adjacent two joints. When an opening degree of the adjacent two joints reaches a preset value, the position-limit structures of the two adjacent joints stop each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongcun Cheng, Zhengjun Luo
  • Patent number: 11569901
    Abstract: A cellular type communications system for cellular telephone networks to operate, control and communicate with unmanned aerial vehicles and remote piloted vehicles, the system including a first near-ground region to communicate with devices near the ground, as well as one or more layers covering roughly the same areal extent as the ground region but which are separated from each other and also elevated above ground substantially, and within which an aerial vehicle may rely on communications using the cell-based communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Rhombus Systems Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Erlend Olson
  • Patent number: 11570599
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal A performs near field communication with another mobile communication terminal B by a near field communication unit and obtains a communication distance with another mobile communication terminal B. An information acquisition unit acquires information on another mobile communication terminal B, information on the mobile communication terminal A, or both of the information when the communication distance to the other mobile communication terminal B is equal to or more than a threshold. An abnormality determination unit determines an abnormal state of the mobile communication terminal A based on information (position information, wearing information, or the like) acquired by the information acquisition unit. When the abnormality determination unit determines that the mobile communication terminal A is in the abnormal state, a lock unit locks the mobile communication terminal A, the other mobile communication terminal B or both of those mobile communication terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Tajima
  • Patent number: 11563837
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a middle frame, a fixing frame, and a cover plate. The middle frame includes a first placement slot and a second placement slot. The fixing frame is disposed in the second placement slot. The cover plate is disposed in the first placement slot. The second placement slot includes first side surfaces. The first side surfaces are provided with a plurality of first protrusions. The fixing frame includes first sidewalls. The first sidewalls are provided with a plurality of second protrusions. The first protrusions and the second protrusions are arranged to form a support structure configured to support the cover plate, and the cover plate is fixedly connected to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Zhang