Patents Examined by Michael Keller
  • Patent number: 11991226
    Abstract: A system for data and signal routing for videotelephonic conferencing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: OPEN4SALE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
    Inventors: Simeon La Barrie, Rajeev Dujari
  • Patent number: 11989699
    Abstract: As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for network experience optimization using a residential network router. In use, an electronic calendar is accessed by a residential network router. Additionally, the residential network router determines a plurality of events saved to the electronic calendar, wherein the plurality of events require, at least in part, simultaneous network resource (e.g. bandwidth) usage. Further, the plurality of events are prioritized, using the residential network router. Still yet, available network resources are assigned among the plurality of events, using the residential network router, based on the prioritization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Sarit Chehanowitz, Nir Fattal, Shmuel Ur, Eran Yosef Paran
  • Patent number: 11984999
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically recommending an online meeting reconnection time for one or more online meeting participants that are disconnected. The method collects disconnection information for one or more online meeting participants over time as historical data. The method constructs a predictive model for the one or more online meeting participants based on the historical data and predicts a reconnection time for the one or more online meeting participants based on the predictive model. The method notifies the one or more online meeting participants when a disconnected participant is expected to return online and updates the online meeting agenda if the disconnected participant's reconnection time exceeds a predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Suman Patra
  • Patent number: 11985203
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify media devices are disclosed. An example network communications monitor includes network interface circuitry, computer readable instructions, and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is to execute the computer readable instructions to detect, via the network interface circuitry, multiple network communications transmitted on a home network within the household, access panelist data that associates a panelist of the household with a panelist device of the panelist, determine, based on the panelist data, that one or more of the multiple network communications are associated with the panelist device, and cause storage of data identifying the one or more network communications in association with the panelist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Jan Besehanic
  • Patent number: 11979622
    Abstract: Example techniques describe may facilitate a playback device applying a determined audio setting. An example implementation involves a first playback device receiving, over an unsecure network, a message indicating that a second playback device is available to join a playback network, wherein the first playback device is connected to the playback network. Based on a pre-existing configuration table, the first playback device determines an audio setting corresponding to a playback configuration for the second playback device, the playback configuration including the second playback device playing back audio synchronously with the first playback device in the playback network. The first playback device transmits, to the second playback device, one or more messages instructing the second playback device to apply the determined audio setting upon joining the playback network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Beckhardt, Andrew Schulert, Ron Kuper, Jonathan Lang
  • Patent number: 11978065
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for managing transaction disputes. Techniques include accessing a transaction pattern model associated with a user account; detecting deviation of a transaction from the transaction pattern model; transmitting, based on the detected deviation, transaction data to a user device; receiving an input at the user device in response to the transmitted data; generating, based on the received input, dispute data; storing the dispute data; monitoring data extracts associated with the user account; detecting, based on the monitoring, a data extract indicating a posted state of a transaction associated with the dispute data; and updating the dispute data based on the data extract indicating the posted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Fidelity Information Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Kubler, Shane Saunders, Joseph Fredric Sutthoff, Joe Leung, Lauren Morrison, Matthew Petersen, David Raynault, Philip J. Ponsaran
  • Patent number: 11979329
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatically identifying and correcting faults relating to poor communications service in a wireless system, e.g., in real time, are described. The methods are well suited for use in a system with a variety of access points, e.g., wireless and/or wired access points, which can be used to obtain access to the Internet or another network. Access points (APs), which have been configured to monitor in accordance with received monitoring configuration information, e.g. on a per access point interface basis, captures messages, store captured messages, and in collaboration with network monitoring apparatus which can be in an AP or external thereto, use message sequences to determine a remedial action to be automatically taken when poor service is likely as may be predicted based on the detected message sequence between a UE and one or more APs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Ebrahim Safavi
  • Patent number: 11973659
    Abstract: A system for decoding a transmission include a client device configured to receives a superposition via one or more communication links. The superposition may correspond to a transmission encoded into a plurality of fragments. The system may determine a coefficient for each fragment contained in the superposition and initialize a decoding process. The decoding process may facilitate determining a value of each fragment based on the identified coefficient of each fragment in the superposition. Advantageously, the system, through use of a the one or more communication links, may be configured to decode the transmission to derive information transmitted from a data source quickly and reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Jump Algorithms, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Bowers, Nicholas E. Bridge
  • Patent number: 11973846
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for implementing a polling command strategy in a database system. A subscriber transmits, to a database system, a subscription to an event. When the database system detects the event, a publisher transmits a message notifying the subscriber of the occurrence of the event. The subscriber processes the message received from the publisher. Responsive to processing the message, the subscriber waits a predefined period of time. After waiting the predefined period of time, the subscriber sends a polling message to the database system. Responsive to the polling message, the subscriber obtains data satisfying the subscription from the database system and the subscriber processes the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Manisha Chaurasia, Ihor Mochurad, Dai Duong Doan
  • Patent number: 11974235
    Abstract: Activating an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration may be encoded for transmission to the UE. A power headroom report (PHR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) received from the UE may be decoded. The PHR MAC CE may include at least one of a P value or a power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) value. Decoding the measurement information may include determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero. Based on determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero, the UL gap configuration may be implicitly activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 11966797
    Abstract: As an indexer indexes and groups events, it can generate data slices that include events. Based on a slice rollover policy, the indexer can add a particular slice to an aggregate slice. Based on an aggregate slice backup policy, the indexer can store a copy of the aggregate slice to a shared storage system. The aggregate slice can be used for restore purposes in the event the indexer fails or becomes unresponsive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Shalabh Goyal, Anish Shrigondekar, Bhavin Thaker, Zhenghui Xie, Ruochen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11966481
    Abstract: A system for monitoring networked computing devices with integrated electronic data encryption and decryption mechanism is provided. In particular, the system may comprise one or more host applications which may interact with an API layer to transmit encrypted host-related data through a secure data rails to a consolidated data repository. One or more downstream monitoring applications may retrieve and decrypt the host-related data from the consolidated data repository for analysis. In this way, the system may provide a secure, scalable way to monitor host computing systems and flow of sensitive electronic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mousumi Chatterjee, Shyam Acharya, James Alexander, David Smiddy, Devi Kumar
  • Patent number: 11962658
    Abstract: A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Smith, Mathew Oommen, Pallavur A. Sankaranaraynan
  • Patent number: 11956744
    Abstract: A distributed data acquisition system comprising multiple, physically unconnected, data acquisition units that can be in wireless communication with a remote host, timestamps measurement data with sub-microsecond time base accuracy of sampling clock relative to an absolute timeframe. Each unit has a GPS receiver for deriving an absolute time. An analog-to-digital converter samples measurement data using a sampling clock. A hardware logic circuit, such as a field programmable gate array, associates batches of the measurement data with corresponding timestamps representing the current absolute time. A time offset bias may be compensated by a comparison of timestamps with nominal time based on start time and nominal sampling rate. Additionally, the sampling clock may be synchronized using time pulses from the GPS receiver. An initial start of ADC sampling by all data acquisition units may be also synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Crystal Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: James Q. Zhuge, Zhengge Tang
  • Patent number: 11956332
    Abstract: System and methods that improve the use of network functions on edge data networks are disclosed. A mechanism that supports edge-assisted UE context and trigger collection is described herein, where a UE can actively send its context information and/or any trigger (e.g. a request for a network function/service to be deployed in edge data networks, etc.) to an edge enabler server, which processes the received context and triggers from its UEs. The edge enabler server may also forward UE context and triggers to 5G core network (5GC) upon receiving a solicitation request from the 5GC, or if the 5GC has already made a subscription for getting notification on UE context and triggers. A network repository function is provided as a new network function collect, store, and manage edge data network information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Dale Seed, Xu Li, Lu Liu, Michael Starsinic, Hongkun Li
  • Patent number: 11949891
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing viewers of streamed video content with the option to view alternative video content in which alternative tone maps are applied to respective regions of interest. In some embodiments, the streamed video content is divided into slices, and alternative tone maps are applied to respective regions of interest within the slices. When a server receives a request from a client for alternative tone mappings of different regions, slices with the appropriate mapping may be assembled on demand and delivered to the client in a single video stream. Tone mappings may be used, for example, to highlight particular objects, such as players in a sporting event captured in the streamed video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Cooper, Kumar Ramaswamy, Ralph Neff
  • Patent number: 11944466
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns, and/or viral variant information, and determines an infection risk that can be communicated as a warning to the user or community members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AURA HOME, INC.
    Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen
  • Patent number: 11943106
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing a Bluetooth SigMesh network involve a supervisor configured to monitor one or more network parameters of the SigMesh network, such as topology, message identity, transmit count, transmit interval, relay retransmit count, or relay retransmit interval. The supervisor determines whether one or more of the network parameters are to be adjusted for improving transmission efficiency, reducing traffic congestion, avoiding flooding of packets on the mesh network, or ensuring injection of packets in the SigMesh network. The supervisor provides feedback to one or more nodes with the adjusted network parameters to improve transmission efficiency and reduce traffic in the SigMesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jianlong Cao, Ravi Kiran Bamidi, Yusheng Yang, Huafen Lv
  • Patent number: 11943323
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a new content server framework in which functionalities of a content server are implemented as lightweight microservices. At startup of the content server framework, a content server container and a set of microservices are launched. The content server container only has a content server application programming interface (API) which has a controller that can instantiate controller applications, each having a master module and worker(s). When a request is received, the content server API routes it to an appropriate microservice which stores the request in a repository. The master module retrieves the request from the repository and places it in a queue. The worker picks up the request from the queue and processes it. The controller keeps track of details of each controller application container that it instantiated (e.g., load and status) and automatically scale up or down the number of instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Pulla Rayudu Garaga, Ananda Reddy Chichhili
  • Patent number: 11943199
    Abstract: A computer network security manager device connects to a first wireless router and then connects to a plurality of devices (e.g., a plurality of IoT devices). The computer network security manager device then performs device agnostic activation of the plurality of devices to enable the plurality of devices to perform respective functions of each device. The security manager device prevents the plurality of devices from connecting directly to the first wireless router and only allows other devices on the Internet to communicate with the plurality of devices according to specific firewall rules. In response to receiving an indication that the first wireless router to which the network security manager device is connected is out of service or no longer exists, the network security manager device prevents other devices on the Internet from being able to communicate with the plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventor: Raymond C. Rodriguez