Patents Examined by Mazda Sabouri
  • Patent number: 12047847
    Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation wireless network using a Location Management Function (LMF) based control plane (CP) location solution. The LMF serves as the main anchor point for location support instead of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF). The LMF may be in either a serving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a UE or in a Home PLMN for a roaming UE. The LMF may obtain location information for a UE via an AMF from a Next Generation Radio Access Network or the UE and may interact with a Gateway Mobile Location Center to receive location requests from and return location information to an external client. The LMF solution may be more efficient and require less implementation than an AMF based CP location solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 12041458
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for profile handling of a batch of identity modules. Each identity module in the batch of identity modules has credentials for secure installation of profiles. A method is performed by an LPA of a proxy device. The LPA comprises credentials for profile download. The credentials comprise a certificate. The credentials enable the LPA to act as a virtual identity module. Another method is performed by a subscription management entity. Yet another method is performed by an identity module in the batch of identity modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Ståhl, Bernard Smeets
  • Patent number: 12004016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting configuration information. The method comprises: when a cell change is performed, checking whether scheduled user equipment is moved out of a pre-configured area range; and when the scheduled user equipment is moved out of the pre-configured area range, sending a notification message to scheduling user equipment in a group, the notification message comprising related information that is related to sending resource pool information of the changed cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Yang
  • Patent number: 11991526
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) establishes a unicast link with a second UE, including establishing an authentication and security establishment procedure between the first UE and the second UE. The UE establishes a security context with the second UE during the authentication and security establishment procedure. The UE starts a timer based on a status of the unicast link. The UE reestablishes the unicast link with the second UE using the security context when the unicast link is reestablished prior to expiration of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Punyaslok Purkayastha, Karthika Paladugu, Gavin Bernard Horn, Rajat Prakash, Hong Cheng, Dan Vassilovski
  • Patent number: 11985268
    Abstract: A community safety system (CSS) including a notification management entity (NME) comprising servers, the NME communicatively coupled to multiple user devices and one or more administrator devices (collectively, registered user devices). The CSS includes a plurality of registered users, wherein registered users may share their own location, as well as sighting information about the location of a source of an emergency (e.g. a perpetrator) with the NME of the CSS. The NME may generate and provide display objects on a visualization interface of one or more users mobile devices displaying a map, the display objects indicative of user locations and/or emergency source location in the map displayed (e.g., in accordance with the map coordinate system).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TITAN HEALTH & SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Vic A. Merjanian, Ryan Khalili, Eduardo Juarez, Ed Merjanian, Serene Nasser, Daniel Wallengren
  • Patent number: 11968031
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for cell information acquisition and reporting. One method includes receiving a request for configuration information and a synchronization block, determining that the synchronization block is not associated with the configuration information, and transmitting a failure indication in response to the request. Another method includes receiving a request for configuration information and a first synchronization block, determining that the first synchronization block is not associated with the configuration information, and the first synchronization block comprises information related to a second synchronization block that is associated with the configuration information, and determining whether a radio frequency retuning operation can be performed in order to obtain the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Liu, He Huang
  • Patent number: 11968523
    Abstract: Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented, in whole or in part, to form a secure channel, such as between or among a communications device, a client computing resource, and/or an identity verifier. In particular embodiments, a method may include recognizing via a subscriber identifier, a known communications device within a communications network. The method may additionally include issuing an eSIM to the communications device via the communications network in response to recognizing the communications device and relating the eSIM to the subscriber identifier of the communications device. The method may further include, responsive to receipt of one or more signals from a client computing resource, utilizing encryption provided by the eSIM to form a secure channel between or among the communications device and an identity verifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PROVE IDENTITY, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Naujok, Rodger R. Desai, Michael Bijelich, Aditya Khurjekar
  • Patent number: 11968747
    Abstract: At a core system of a carrier, obtain, from a carrier application on a mobile device of a subscriber of the carrier, a registration request including a unique internet protocol address of the mobile device and a public key generated by the carrier application from an application certificate of the carrier application. Based on the unique internet protocol address, the core system accesses a database record to retrieve a unique application identifier corresponding to the unique internet protocol address of the mobile device. Send, from the core system of the carrier, to the carrier application on the mobile device of the subscriber of the carrier, a registration request response including the unique application identifier and the public key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventor: Loay Kreishan
  • Patent number: 11950099
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver user equipment (UE) may receive at least one control communication that includes a first part and a second part. The UE may determine an authenticity status of the at least one control communication based at least in part on at least one of a common security key corresponding to the first part or a private security key corresponding to the second part. The UE may perform a wireless communication task based at least in part on the authenticity status of the at least one control communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Hong Cheng, Shuanshuan Wu, Junyi Li, Kapil Gulati
  • Patent number: 11937088
    Abstract: Updating a subscriber identity module, SIM, on a host device by deriving a pre-shared key by requesting a SIM identifier via communication module of the host device; receiving SIM identifier and deriving an agent identifier from SIM identifier; transmitting agent and SIM identifiers to SIM update server; receiving a random value from SIM update server and supplying it to the SIM to initiate SIM authentication procedure. In reply, receiving an authentication response from the SIM; and deriving pre-shared key from authentication response; transmitting an update request message to SIM update server, wherein the update request message comprises the agent identifier and is encrypted before transmission using the pre-shared key; receiving an update response message from the SIM update server which has update data and is encrypted using pre-shared key; and following decryption of update response message using derived pre-shared key, transmitting update data to communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SORACOM, INC.
    Inventor: Georges Olivier Comarmond
  • Patent number: 11927680
    Abstract: A method for estimating the pressure measurement bias of a barometric sensor in a wireless terminal. A location engine using the method generates an enhanced estimate of the measurement bias. The location engine generates the enhanced estimate based in part on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based estimates of the elevation of the wireless terminal, which the terminal generates as it concurrently makes barometric pressure measurements. Each GNSS-based estimate of elevation is often generated from noisy measurements and has an associated uncertainty. The location engine accounts for the uncertainty in the GNSS estimates of elevation by applying an optimal estimation technique, such as Kalman filtering, on the biased pressure measurements and the GNSS-based estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Arthur Blaha, Jr., Scot Douglas Gordon, Jeffrey Noel Wu, Jian Zhu
  • Patent number: 11930471
    Abstract: Technology for an Information Centric Networking gateway (ICN-GW) operable to modify an ICN message received from a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation (5G) cellular network is disclosed. The ICN-GW can decode the ICN message received from the UE via a Next 5 Generation NodeB (gNB) and an ICN point of attachment (ICNPoA). The ICN-GW can modify the ICN message to produce a modified ICN message. The ICN-GW can encode the modified ICN message to route the modified ICN message to a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel Arrobo Vidal, Geng Wu, Qian Li, Zongrui Ding, Ching-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 11917413
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method comprising the steps of: receiving a first control signal transmitted from a base station; processing the received first control signal; and transmitting, to the base station, a second control signal generated on the basis of the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duckey Lee, Hyewon Lee, Jonghan Park
  • Patent number: 11917713
    Abstract: The use of multipath enabled mobile entities accessing a service outside the network in a multipath connection. The invention relates to a method for operating an application server (100) providing a service to a multipath enabled mobile entity (10) connected to the application server with a first bearer of a first access network of a first mobile communications network, wherein the application server is external to the mobile communications network, whereas the method comprises the steps of receiving an indication that the mobile entity (10) has an option to use another bearer not belonging to the first mobile communications network for accessing the application server, and of transmitting a request message towards a policy control entity (50) of the first mobile communications network requesting the policy control entity to disconnect the first bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Rodrigo Alvarez Dominguez, Marc Molla, Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Alfonso de Jesus Perez Martinez
  • Patent number: 11910208
    Abstract: Systems and methods for avoiding radio frequency (RF) interference are discussed herein. To protect incumbent stations of a communications network, a wireless carrier can direct signals transmitted by network sites away from the proximal incumbent sites or can prevent transmitting signals from the network sites in the direction(s) of the proximal incumbent sites. The disclosed systems and methods can prevent interference by not transmitting the network signal in a direction of a proximal incumbent site without any prior information about the incumbent stations relative to proximal network sites (e.g., location, height, or the like). The disclosed systems and methods can transmit test signals, receive confirmation signals, and analyze confirmation signals to determine the direction(s) in which to not transmit network signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahzad Bashir
  • Patent number: 11910198
    Abstract: A system and method includes mobile device, a SIM associated with mobile device, an MNO computer, a computer associated with an owner of the mobile device, a first set of keys stored in the SIM for securely communicating with the MNO computer, and a second set of keys for securely communicating with the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device, to exchange application information. The SIM can be configured to determine when updated information related to the second set of keys is required, securely send a request to the MNO computer for updated information related to the second set of keys using the first set of keys, and responsively receive the updated information related to the second set of keys from the MNO computer, the updated information being provisioned by the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Tata Communications (America) Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Grippo, Luke Kiernan, William Buchanan, Brian Peebles
  • Patent number: 11902787
    Abstract: A method performed by a first terminal performing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication with a second terminal via one or more PC5 unicast links in a wireless communication system is provided. The method may include: receiving, from a core network entity, information on one or more security policies respectively corresponding to the one or more PC5 unicast links, wherein each of the one or more PC5 unicast links is associated with one or more V2X services; transmitting, to the second terminal, a direct communication request message including the one or more security policies for initiating the V2X communication; and in case that the transmitted direct communication request message is accepted by the second terminal, activating a security of each of the one or more PC5 unicast links based on the received information on the one or more security policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: R Rohini, Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Nivedya Parambath Sasi
  • Patent number: 11895506
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to an exemplary process including: displaying, by a processor of a computing device, an access controller interface element and an access code on a screen of the computing device; where the access controller interface element is: communicatively coupled to a cellular network hosted access controlling schema and operationally linked to an access-restricted digital resource; transmitting, by the processor of the computing device, in response to the at least one activity, an access request having data that includes: the access code and an identity linked to the computing device; where at least one part of the data is configured to be accepted by the cellular network hosted access controlling schema; accessing, by the processor of the computing device, the access-restricted digital resource after the at least one part of the data has been accepted by the cellular network hosted access controlling schema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: STARKEYS LLC
    Inventor: Ari Kahn
  • Patent number: 11895495
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques, base stations, and user equipment devices (UEs) for performing base station authentication through access stratum signaling transmissions. The UE may operate in idle mode and may receive an authentication message from a base station through the wireless interface while operating in idle mode. The UE may determine whether a signature comprised within the authentication message is valid, and the UE may continue a connection procedure with the base station based on a determination that the signature is valid. If it is determined that the signature is invalid, the UE may designate the base station as a barred base station and may perform cell re-selection. The authentication message may be one of a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup message, a special RRC message, a media access control (MAC) message, or a random access channel (RACH) message comprising a random access response (RAR) message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangying Yang, Elliot S. Briggs, Samuel D. Post, Yannick L. Sierra, Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Huarui Liang, Li Li, Lijia Zhang, Shu Guo, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11882623
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a mobile communication device is in communication with a network. During operation, the mobile communication device executes a monitor application associated with embedded SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) information downloaded to programmable hardware of the mobile communication device. The monitor application is received as a portion of the embedded SIM information. Via the executed monitor application: the monitor application monitors a status of the embedded SIM information and then communicates the status over a network to a remote communication management resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Peter H. Palli, William K. Logan