Patents Examined by Marisol Figueroa
  • Patent number: 11122159
    Abstract: A system for controlling smartphones of drivers of moving automobiles including a plurality of smartphones, each smartphone including a GPS unit to record speed and location of smartphone, a driver control application to control access to phone services and social media applications, a low frequency receiver to receive low frequency radio frequency identification, an LF RFID, signal from key fob located within moving automobile, and a computing unit to measure a received signal strength indicator, RSSI, of LF RFID signal, a transmitter to transmit the speed, location, LF RFID signal, and RSSI to a centralized monitor. The centralized monitor includes a computing circuitry to receive the speed, location, LF RFID signal, and RSSI of each smartphone, generate clusters of speeds and locations of smartphones, analyze clusters to determine smartphones located within a particular moving automobile, determine smartphone of driver, and transmit a control signal to the smartphone of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Fahad Alsolami, Nada Alruhaily
  • Patent number: 11115113
    Abstract: A technique for selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, application server is disclosed. A computing unit for executing a cellular network entity configured to select a UAV application server residing in a cellular network to be assigned to a UAV connecting to the cellular network comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory contains instructions executable by the at least one processor such that the cellular network entity is operable to trigger (S204) selecting, as part of an attach procedure of the UAV to the cellular network, a UAV application server in the cellular network to be assigned to the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jens Poscher, Ralph Detke, Stefan Eichinger, Pedro Tercero
  • Patent number: 11108517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for allowing a terminal to perform decoding in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, provided are a method and a device for receiving, from a base station through DMRS symbols, a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and a second DMRS, which are set according to specific patterns, wherein: each of the first DMRS and the second DMRS is transmitted on a specific antenna port and is located on the same time axis symbol as at least one different DMRS transmitted on the other antenna port; a location of the time axis symbol of the second DMRS is determined according to a service type of transmitted data; and the data are decoded by using the first DMRS and/or the second DMRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Jiwon Kang, Kijun Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Minki Ahn, Sukhyon Yoon, Kilbom Lee
  • Patent number: 11102789
    Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to decode a resource mapping pattern of a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) received from a base station in a wireless network is disclosed. The UE can decode control signaling received in a downlink from the base station. The control signaling can indicate a resource mapping pattern for a PT-RS. The UE can identify the resource mapping pattern for the PT-RS based on the control signaling received from the base station. The UE can encode one or more PT-RS for transmission to the base station in an uplink in accordance with the resource mapping pattern for the PT-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Yuhang Guo, Gang Xiong, Hua Li, Yuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11102827
    Abstract: A mobile communication system is a mobile communication system that controls a connection with a slice which is a virtual network generated on a network infrastructure, and includes a request receiving unit 12 that receives a request for a connection with a slice of a control target of an AMF 100 from a UE 140 used by a user and a selection information transmitting unit 14 that controls, in response to the reception of the request, the connection of the UE 140 with the slice, acquires selection information for selecting a slice of a control target of another AMF 100x different from the AMF 100, and transmits the selection information to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Shimojou, Shigeru Iwashina, Ashiq Khan, Masayoshi Shimizu, Atsushi Minokuchi, Malla Reddy Sama, Srisakul Thakolsri, Irfan Ali
  • Patent number: 11096104
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method, performed by a network node (110), for configuring mobility measurements to be performed by a User Equipment, UE, (120). The network node (110) sends a configuration message to the UE (120). The configuration message comprises a plurality of measurement offsets associated to a single measurement object. The measurement offsets indicate offset values for triggering a measurement report. Each of the plurality of measurement report triggering offsets being related to a respective measurement. The embodiments herein further relate to a method, performed by the UE (120), for performing mobility measurements. The UE (120) receives a plurality of measurement offsets associated to a single measurement object, wherein the measurement offsets indicates offset values for triggering a measurement report, and wherein each of the plurality of measurement offsets is related to a respective measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Parisa Pakniat, Icaro L. J. da Silva
  • Patent number: 11083048
    Abstract: A gateway device configured to transform user plane information/packets/signaling related to the control of sidelink communication services and/or resources of a mobile communication network from a remote sidelink control server into control plane signaling and to provide the control plane signaling to a terminal device and/or one or more further network entities of the mobile communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Spapis, Chan Zhou, Chenghui Peng, Serkan Ayaz
  • Patent number: 11070964
    Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Thomas M. Nornberg
  • Patent number: 11071036
    Abstract: A method is provided for handling a voice call in a heterogeneous network environment by a wireless device. The method includes sending a registration request to a network node in a Next Generation (5G) network. The wireless device has an existing voice call on a different network in the heterogeneous network environment. The method further includes receiving a registration acceptance from the network node in the 5G network. The registration acceptance indicates that IMS voice services are supported, but existing voice calls are not supported. The method further includes determining to stop an attempt to move the existing voice call to the 5G network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Techneiogy, Inc.
    Inventors: Subrata Mukherjee, Irfan Ali
  • Patent number: 11064415
    Abstract: A wireless communication method, includes: acquiring network information of a cellular communication network perceived by a wireless access point (AP), wherein the network information is configured to indicate a type of the cellular communication network; transmitting the network information to a terminal; and receiving a connection establishment request transmitted by the terminal, wherein the connection establishment request is transmitted when an intersection between the type of the cellular communication network indicated by the network information and a type of a cellular communication network supported by the terminal exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11064380
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives a first reference signal in a first time-frequency resource set, and transmits first information and second information; the first information indicates the first time-frequency resource set from Q candidate time-frequency resource sets; at least two of the Q candidate time-frequency resource sets correspond to a first type and a second type respectively; a channel measurement for the first reference signal is used for determining the second information; and a type of channel state information included in the second information is related to a type corresponding to the first time-frequency resource set. A relationship is established between the type corresponding to the first time-frequency resource set and the content of the second information, thus improving the feedback precision and efficiency of channel state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qi Jiang, XiaoBo Zhang, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 11050881
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, a method of managing contacts in a contact center, the method including: receiving a text-based communication from a customer of the contact center; analyzing the text-based communication to determine a relevancy associated with the text-based communication; based on the analysis, determining a relevancy level to assign to the text-based communication; tagging the text-based communication with a relevancy tag that identifies the determined relevancy level; updating a priority associated with assigning the text-based communication to an agent of the contact center based on the relevancy tag; assigning the text-based communication to the agent of the contact center; enabling a machine learning process to analyze a database of text-based communications; and updating a data model used to automatically tag text-based communications with relevancy tags based on the analysis performed by the machine learning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Avaya Management L.P.
    Inventor: Philip McCann
  • Patent number: 11039395
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a condition associated with failure of a cell acquisition procedure is satisfied; output a notification that permits a user of the UE to provide input indicating whether to deactivate one or more radio frequency components of the UE based at least in part on determining that the condition associated with failure of the cell acquisition procedure is satisfied; receive user input that indicates whether to deactivate the one or more radio frequency components of the UE based at least in part on outputting the notification; and selectively deactivate the one or more radio frequency components of the UE based at least in part on the user input. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nitish Nagar, Swaroop Singh Kshatriya, Gaurav Singh, Amit Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 11032858
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the technical field, and discloses a network access method, a terminal, an access network, and a core network. The terminal obtains, based on the network service identifier, the network slice type identifier corresponding to a service identifier, and then accesses the network slice based on the access mode corresponding to the network slice type, thereby avoiding unavailability of the service caused by a failure to correctly access the network slice and improving service quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingwang Ma, Zhiming Li
  • Patent number: 11026162
    Abstract: This application provides a system message indication method, an apparatus, and a system. The method may include generating, by a network device, notification information. The notification information may indicate status information of first information, the first information may include at least one bit in a first system message, and a quantity of bits included in the first information may be less than a quantity of bits included in the first system message. The method may also include sending, by the network device, the notification information to a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tong Ji, Baokun Shan, Zhe Jin
  • Patent number: 11019204
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include initiating a call via a calling device to a mobile device via a mobile device telephone number, responsive to initiating the call, retrieving call content data associated with a calling device profile, forwarding the call content data, via a content provider device, to the mobile device prior to establishing the call, hashing the mobile device telephone number to create a hashed value, storing the hashed value in the content provider device, authorizing the mobile device to receive the call content data, receiving a token representing the hashed value from the mobile device via the content delivery device, and connecting the call to the mobile device responsive to the token being authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Knuth, Brandon Wayne Murphy, Mark Bradley McHenry, Jay Todd Callaway, Rafael De Melo Aroxa, Matthew Jack Beckham
  • Patent number: 10999768
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a session context handling method, a network element, and a terminal device. A method includes: receiving, by a session management network element, a first message that is from a mobility management network element and that is used to request to establish a session for a terminal device, where the first message carries an identifier of a data network; obtaining, by the session management network element, capability information of the data network based on the identifier of the data network; and when the capability information of the data network is that the data network supports a non-IP session, generating, by the session management network element, a non-IP session context based on an Ethernet or unstructured session context of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongping Chen, Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10990696
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing personal data on a mobile communications device in which personal data stored at one or more locations on the mobile communications device is identified by a policy management module on the mobile communications device. A policy is then created based on the identified personal data. The policy management module on the mobile communications device monitors at least the personal data stored in the one or more locations on the mobile communications device and detects attempts to access the monitored data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LOOKOUT, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Micheal Wyatt, Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, David Luke Richardson, Brian James Buck, Marc William Rogers
  • Patent number: 10993096
    Abstract: A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Williams, Zhengfang Chen, Axel Hallo de Wolf
  • Patent number: 10990375
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a system and method for receiving at an application server a request for a software application from a mobile device wherein the request includes an indicator that allows the application server to tell whether the mobile device currently has a software application interpreter installed, sending the software application interpreter to a cellular wireless network for provisioning to the mobile device if the indicator shows that the mobile device does not have the application interpreter installed, and sending the software application to a cellular wireless network for provisioning to the mobile device. The invention further comprises a system and method for updating the software application in a way that seems automatic to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MFOUNDRY, Inc.
    Inventor: Rodney Aiglstorfer