Patents Examined by Meless N Zewdu
  • Patent number: 12294667
    Abstract: A foldable apparatus, an electronic device, and a control method of an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The foldable apparatus includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, a first positioning portion fixed to the first connecting portion, and a second positioning portion fixed to the second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively configured to be connected with two opposite parts of a flexible member to drive the flexible member to unfold or fold. The first positioning portion is provided with multiple first magnetic portions, and the second positioning portion is provided with a second magnetic portion in magnetic fit with the multiple first magnetic portions. When the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with each first magnetic portion, the second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are in a positioned state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuhu Jia
  • Patent number: 12289653
    Abstract: One or more processors to add identification information of a device to an initialized augmented device retrieval assistance (ADRA) data structure. Received data from ADRA clients monitoring the device within a location includes a network connection status and a time-based position of the device. The ADRA clients dynamically update the ADRA data structure with the location, a current position of the device, and a timeframe of the data from the monitoring by the ADRA clients. A request for ADR assistance is received that includes an identification of a target device, the timeframe, and a location. Location images are generated that include a location layout or floor plan. A time-spatial axis is rendered and sent to an ADRA client and includes location images and target device position within the respective images associated with a specific timeframe on the time-spatial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 12289747
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for resource configuration for a sidelink in Internet of vehicles. The method includes: a terminal receiving configuration information about a sidelink Bandwidth part (BWP)/resource pool; and the terminal performing sidelink data transmission according to the received configuration information about the sidelink BWP/resource pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Mengzhen Wang, Boyuan Zhang, Ying Huang, Wei Luo, Wei Zou
  • Patent number: 12279215
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to power control methods and apparatuses. In one example method, a first uplink transmit power for a terminal device communicating with a source network device is adjusted, based on a first parameter, to obtain a second uplink transmit power, where the second uplink transmit power is used to communicate with a target network device in a handover process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Chen, Yunfei Qiao, Hejia Luo, Yinggang Du, Rongdao Yu, Rong Li, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 12273847
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving a request by a first device from a second device; and in response to receiving the request, transmitting by the first device location information regarding a location of the first device to the second device, where the request is received by the first device with a MAC control element and/or the location information is transmitted by the first device with another MAC control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Diomidis Michalopoulos, Andreas Maeder
  • Patent number: 12267674
    Abstract: A method for supporting authentication of a User Equipment, UE, in an Internet Protocol, IP, Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, telecommunication network, by interfacing a Service Based Architecture, SBA, telecommunication network, the method including receiving, by a Unified Data Management, UDM, in the SBA telecommunication network, from a Session Management Function, SMF, in the SBA telecommunication network, binding information, wherein the binding information is used to identify the UE in the IMS telecommunication network; receiving, by the UDM in the SBA telecommunication network, from a Home Subscriber Server, in the IMS telecommunication network, a request for providing the binding information, and providing, by the UDM in the SBA telecommunication network, to the HSS in the IMS telecommunication network the binding information, thereby supporting authentication of the UE. Complementary methods and corresponding nodes are also presented herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: David Castellanos Zamora, Jose Miguel Dopico Sanjuan, Miguel Angel Garcia Martin, Jesús Ángel De Gregorio Rodriguez, George Foti
  • Patent number: 12263910
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to generating a pre-call analysis for one or more users that are receiving and/or initializing a call with one or more other users, and/or prioritizing pre-call content according to whether security-related value was gleaned from provisioning certain pre-call content. One or more machine learning models can be employed for determining the pre-call content to be cached and/or presented prior to a user accepting a call from another user. Feedback provided before, during, and/or after the call can be used as a basis from which to prioritize certain content and/or sources of content when generating pre-call content for a subsequent call. Other information, such as contextual data (e.g., calendar entries, available peripheral devices, location, etc.) corresponding to the previous call and/or the subsequent call, can also be used as a basis from which to provide a pre-call analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Thomas Deselaers
  • Patent number: 12262443
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode may receive a wake-up signal indicating that the UE may skip the next ON duration of the DRX cycle, i.e., the UE is instructed to not wake up during a next ON time during the DRX cycle to monitor communication signals, such as data signals or control signals. The UE may be configured to receive downlink (DL) positioning reference signals (PRSs), e.g., during the next ON duration of the DRX cycle. The UE respond to the PRS configuration and the wake-up signal by remaining in DRX sleep mode and not receiving the PRS or transitioning to DRX ON mode to receive the PRS during which the UE may monitor or not monitor communication signals. The location server may receive indications of the wake-up signal configuration and status from a base station or the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Weimin Duan, Wanshi Chen, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Tingfang Ji, Naga Bhushan
  • Patent number: 12256243
    Abstract: A repeater device as switch node in a wireless communication system, includes a donor antenna that obtains a first beam of RF signals from an upstream neighboring node. The repeater device further includes a switch circuit that detects a label in a preamble of each data frame of a plurality of data frames carried by first beam of RF signals independent of decoding other header information and user data in each data frame. The plurality of data frames is then switched based on the detected label in each data frame such that each data frame is routed to a corresponding service phased antenna array of the plurality of service phased antenna arrays for communication via a plurality of service phased antennas where each second beam of RF signal carries at least one data frame of the plurality of data frames in a plurality of different data propagation paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Mehdi Hatamian, Shervin Alireza Odabaee, Dan Nguyen, Arman Rofougaran, Milan Rofougaran, Puya Rofougaran, Kavian Odabaee
  • Patent number: 12256314
    Abstract: Methods of operating a user equipment UE are discussed. An access category may be determined from a plurality of access categories and at least one access identity may be determined from a plurality of access identities to be applied for an access attempt. An establishment cause may be determined for the access attempt based on the access category determined from the plurality of access categories and based on the at least one access identity from the plurality of access identities. A connection request message for the access attempt may be transmitted to a wireless communication network, with the connection request message including the establishment cause determined based on the access category and based on the at least one access identity. Related devices are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Pontus Wallentin, Janne Peisa, Hans Krister Mikael Sällberg, Ivo Sedlacek, Jens Bergqvist
  • Patent number: 12245109
    Abstract: A method and Bluetooth mobile device are disclosed for geo-locating a plurality of target Bluetooth devices. In some embodiments, a method includes distinguishing between time delays associated with received response packets from different target Bluetooth devices based at least in part on Access Codes derived from unique lower address part (LAP) of the received response packets; and determining a location for each of the target Bluetooth devices based at least in part on the time delay associated with the response packet received from the target Bluetooth device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Glantzis, Joaquin Prendes
  • Patent number: 12238676
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for location reporting. A mobility management node determines to establish a connection between the mobility management node and a terminal device for which location reporting is required. The mobility management node sends, to a base station, a request for establishing the connection. The request is configured to request the base station to report location information of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Gang Ren, Nianshan Shi, Chaopeng Wang
  • Patent number: 12232069
    Abstract: A policy control function network element selection method, an apparatus, a system, and a storage medium, where a first access and mobility management function network element is configured to: receive a registration request message of the terminal device; obtain, based on an identifier of the terminal device in the registration request message, an identifier of a policy control function network element currently serving the terminal device and a network identifier of the policy control function network element; and when a network identifier of the first access and mobility management function network element is consistent with the network identifier of the policy control function network element, determine that the policy control function network element is a target policy control function network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiyang Sun, Chunshan Xiong
  • Patent number: 12231917
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Brian Alexander Martin
  • Patent number: 12227261
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to generating a pre-call analysis for one or more users that are receiving and/or initializing a call with one or more other users, and/or prioritizing pre-call content according to whether security-related value was gleaned from provisioning certain pre-call content. One or more machine learning models can be employed for determining the pre-call content to be cached and/or presented prior to a user accepting a call from another user. Feedback provided before, during, and/or after the call can be used as a basis from which to prioritize certain content and/or sources of content when generating pre-call content for a subsequent call. Other information, such as contextual data (e.g., calendar entries, available peripheral devices, location, etc.) corresponding to the previous call and/or the subsequent call, can also be used as a basis from which to provide a pre-call analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Thomas Deselaers
  • Patent number: 12231968
    Abstract: A method performed by a first base station, is described. The first base station determines a change in one or more measurements to be performed by a UE. The measurements are associated with a first set of frequencies. The first base station also transmits a first message to a second base station comprising information regarding which frequencies in the first set are to be changed. The first base station and the second base station serve the UE. A method performed by the second base station is also described whereby the second base station receives the first message. In a method performed by the UE, the UE receives, from the first base station, a configuration message configured to specify the measurements to perform and a measurement gap configuration. The UE then takes the measurements based on the configuration message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Oumer Teyeb, Mårten Ericson, Pradeepa Ramachandra
  • Patent number: 12218985
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment of the present specification is a method for user equipment (UE) for an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) voice session. The method can comprise the steps of: establishing an EMS voice session by using a non 3GPP interworking function (N3IWF) or an enhanced packet data gateway (ePDG) through non-3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access; determining that voice is not supported on a current NG-RAN on the basis of that the UE must moves the IMS voice session to a 3GPP access; and handing over a protocol data unit (PDU) session for the IMS voice session of the non-3GPP access to an evolved packet core (EPC) of the 3GPP access on the basis of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myungjune Youn, Sehee Lee, Sungduck Chun, Hyunsook Kim, Laeyoung Kim, Sangmin Park
  • Patent number: 12213163
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a serving cell, information to assist the UE with interference cancellation of at least one neighbor cell. The method also includes performing interference cancellation based on the information. A method of wireless communication by a network device includes obtaining information to enable interference cancellation of a neighbor cell. The method also includes transmitting the information to assist a user equipment (UE) with interference cancellation of the neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Kausik Ray Chaudhuri, Juan Montojo, Danlu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12212515
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication that demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling is to be used for channel estimation by the base station for one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitions, where the indication is a semi-static configuration or a dynamic indication. The UE may transmit, to the base station, the one or more PUCCH repetitions by maintaining a phase continuity among DMRSs of the one or more PUCCH repetitions based at least in part on receiving the indication that DMRS bundling is to be used. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang, Junyi Li, Jing Sun, Wooseok Nam
  • Patent number: 12206808
    Abstract: An electronic device including an antenna implements a method for recognizing whether a case is attached to the electronic device by using the antenna. The electronic device is configured to attach to an electronic device cover which may include: a cover part configured to surround at least a portion of a housing of the electronic device or form at least a portion of a rear plate of the electronic device; and at least one conductive member configured to, when the electronic device is attached to the cover part, at least partially overlap at least two antennas arranged inside the electronic device and spaced apart from each other. A coupling between at least one of the at least two antennas and the at least one conductive member may be used to recognize whether the electronic device is attached to the cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muyeol Lee, Jeongsik Kim, Bongsub Kim, Bowoong Seo, Hyukjin Jung, Hyunsuk Choi