Patents Examined by Mong-Thuy T Tran
  • Patent number: 12389469
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, vehicle identification data from at least two components in a vehicle and device data from a device associated with the vehicle, sending, by the server, the vehicle identification data to the device and the device data to the at least two components in the vehicle, and pre-pairing the vehicle and the device, based on the sending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Derek A. Thompson, Randall M. Harris
  • Patent number: 12375880
    Abstract: Signals used to test for upstream signal leaks in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network may be interleaved with client data and strategically timed to be received by a leak detection device with a one-hundred percent probability of intercept. A method includes receiving an indication that a user device is in proximity to a computing device. The method includes determining, based on the indication that the user device is in proximity to the computing device, signal information. The method includes causing, based on the signal information, the user device to output a signal. The method includes determining, based on an indication that the signal was received by the computing device, a location of a network leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Rice, John Chrostowski, Benny Lewandowski, De Fu Li, Robert Gaydos
  • Patent number: 12375953
    Abstract: A method may include providing a network data analytics function (NWDAF) in a network and providing, a non-third generation partnership project (3GPP) interworking function (N3IWF) in the network. The method may also include subscribing, by the N3IWF, to the NWDAF, and obtaining, by the NWDAF and from the N3IWF, data associated with processing performed by the N3IWF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayakrishna P. Guduru, Anthony Clay Reynolds, Raquel Morera Sempere, Sudhakar Reddy Patil
  • Patent number: 12376185
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and a device for supporting the connection of a terminal operating in an RRC inactivation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Soenghun Kim, Donggun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde, Anil Agiwal, Jungsoo Jung
  • Patent number: 12349031
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, the method for receiving the audio data by the first device, comprises: transmitting, to a third device, a notification message requesting a change of a configuration related to audio data streaming of the first device, wherein the notification message includes configuration change information for changing the configuration related to the audio data streaming; performing, with the third device, a configuration change procedure for changing the configuration related to the audio data streaming, on the basis of the notification message; and receiving, from the third device, audio data related to the audio data streaming, on the basis of the changed configuration related to the audio data streaming, wherein the configuration change procedure is initiated on the basis of the notification message, and the configuration related to the audio data streaming is changed on the basis of the configuration change information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyeonjae Lee
  • Patent number: 12349061
    Abstract: To maximize power saving in a radio access network comprising cells, an optimal action amongst actions comprising switching on one or more cells, switching off one or more cells, and doing nothing is determined using a trained model, which maximizes a long term reward on tradeoff between throughput and power, the trained model taking as input a load estimate. The trained model may be updated online using measurement results on load, throughput and power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Vaibhav Singh, Anand Bedekar, Jun He
  • Patent number: 12342426
    Abstract: A method for distributing computations across a network is described. The method includes determining a computational-need condition. Then one or more used devices may be selected based at least in part on status and reporting messages, and a computational capacity of the user equipment. The user equipment is instructed to perform a computational task to meet the computational-need condition. The user equipment will send a computational result upon completion of the computational task. A node will then implement the computational result so as to at least partially meet the computational-need condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Zheng Cai
  • Patent number: 12328778
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an NFC-based communication method, an apparatus, and a system. In the NFC-based communication method, an electronic device works in an NFC reader/writer mode and performs an NFC communication process with an NFC tag. When failing to perform the NFC communication process, the electronic device may adjust a currently used radio frequency parameter, and re-perform the NFC communication process with the NFC tag by using an adjusted radio frequency parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoshen Liu, ChiaHao Chen, Yichuan Zhang, Yong Xiong
  • Patent number: 12328685
    Abstract: A communication device comprises one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data, a wireless interface, and a processor. The wireless interface is configured to establish a connection with a remote device according to a short-range wireless communication protocol and to transmit one or more signals to the remote device, the one or more signals representing information configured according to a media format. The processor is configured to determine at least one activity mode based on the sensor data from the one or more sensors on at least one of the communication device or the remote device, and during the transmission of the one or more signals, control the wireless interface to increase a transmit power level to a maximum transmit power level based on the determined activity mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Qi Jiang, Xuemei Ouyang, Sriram Sundararajan, Srenik Mehta, Omar El Ayach, Nihar Jindal, Daniel Barros
  • Patent number: 12316388
    Abstract: A power receiver (301a, 301b, 301c, 301d, 301e, 301f) is disclosed herein. In a specific embodiment the power receiver has a first electrode (300) arranged to be electrically coupled to a body (105) of a living being, the first electrode (300) operable to receive an electrical signal via the body; and a rectifier (307) for rectifying the electrical signal into a rectified electrical signal. The rectifier (307) includes a plurality of rectifier switches and operable in a bulk biasing mode in which first selected rectifier switches of the plurality of rectifier switches are forward bulk biased. A power transmitter (201), an energy transfer apparatus (100) and a method of transmitting electrical power are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Jerald Yoo, Jiamin Li, Yilong Dong, Jeong Hoan Park
  • Patent number: 12293181
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for automatically removing customer data of a mobile device are disclosed according to various embodiments. In one example, a disclosed method comprises: detecting a mobile device connected to a slot; automatically determining whether the mobile device is valid based on data in a file system; upon determining that the mobile device is valid, automatically determining an operating system managing the mobile device; and automatically removing customer data of the mobile device based on the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Communications Test Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Parsons, Brian Parsons, Mark Parsons, Austin Gunter, Nidhin Davis, Krissy Durkin, Mario Huber, Martin Fiedler, Annedore Bach, Jitendra Jain, Siddharth Maheshwari, Jaclyn Domsohn, Krithika Muthuveerappan, Pratik Shrestha
  • Patent number: 12289140
    Abstract: In one aspect, the NFC device includes an antenna that includes first and second terminals, a first resistor on a first current path, and a second resistor on a second current path. The NFC device includes a first switch that switches between open and closed states, where the first switch couples the first current path to the first terminal in the closed state. The NFC device includes a second switch that switches between open and closed states, where the second switch couples the second current path to the second terminal in the closed state. The NFC device includes a controller in communication with the first and second switches and configured to set a Q factor of the antenna to a first or second value by operating the first and second switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianhao Xiong, Dongyang Tian, Gang Wu
  • Patent number: 12284698
    Abstract: A communication link is established between a first mobile device and a second mobile device using communication setup information in a machine-readable code that is displayed on a display of the second mobile device. The first mobile device captures and decodes an image of the machine-readable code to extract dynamically-generated communication setup information. A communication link is then established between the two devices using the communication setup information. The machine readable code may also be used as a fiducial marker to establish an initial relative pose between the two devices. Pose updates received from the second mobile device can then be used as user-interface inputs to the first mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Zhuang, Matthew Hallberg
  • Patent number: 12284600
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a coordinated set of peripheral devices that possess the ability to connect and disconnect as a coordinated set to each of multiple Information Handling Systems (IHSs). In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include computer-executable instructions to receive an advertisement from a first peripheral device from among a plurality of peripheral devices. Each peripheral device is configured with a common secret group identity key that identifies the peripheral devices as belonging to a coordinated group. When the first peripheral device is recognized as a member of the coordinated group according to the advertisement, perform a discovery operation to identify the first peripheral device and the other peripheral devices using the secret group identity key, and connect the IHS with the first peripheral device and the other peripheral devices that belong to the coordinated set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Harpreet Narula, Kameel Vohra
  • Patent number: 12279205
    Abstract: Methods for performing power management of a multi-interface transponder (MIT) device, e.g., such as positional tag device. The MIT device may transition between various power states, e.g., based on detected events, such as detecting movement of the MIT device, receiving a wakeup signal, receiving an indication of a transition in transportation mode, and/or detecting that the MIT device may be lost, such as based on a lack of contact with another device for more than a threshold period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Foster, Marlene Nilsen, Paul G. Puskarich
  • Patent number: 12278669
    Abstract: Methods for tracking a signal origin by a spectrum analysis and management device are disclosed. Signal characteristics of other known emitters are used for obtaining a position of an emitter of a signal of interest. In one embodiment, frequency difference of arrival technique is implemented. In another embodiment, time difference of arrival technique is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Digital Global Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel R. Garcia, Daniel Carbajal
  • Patent number: 12273720
    Abstract: Devices are automatically paired (e.g., without user involvement) for wireless communication based on proximity. A first device may authorize (e.g., wired or wireless) bridge device(s) to participate in (e.g., initiate) pairing first and second devices. The first or bridge devices engage in wireless proximity communication with second device(s), indicating the second device(s) is(are) physically co-located with the first or bridge devices. Co-location is used to initiate automated pairing of the first and second devices. The second device provides a pairing address to the first device (e.g., through the bridge device). The first device provides a temporary security key for a secure channel between the first and second devices (e.g., through the bridge device). A non-temporary security key is provided by the first device to the second device (e.g., through the bridge device) over the secure channel. The first and second devices complete automated wireless pairing using the non-temporary security key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Ephraim Bud, Arie Yehuda Gur, Oren Istrin
  • Patent number: 12262308
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for a coprocessor of a device. The coprocessor may initiate, based on an instruction received from a processor, a wireless communication service required by the processor. The coprocessor further generates a drive instruction for driving a wireless communications module of the device to perform the wireless communication service, and then the coprocessor sends the drive instruction to the wireless communications module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Le, Zhongyin Jiang, Bo Ling, Li Li, Daneng Wang, Han Jiang, Xianhui Lan
  • Patent number: 12256460
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) of a group of UEs may receive, from a group member of the group of UEs, traffic information including a transmission schedule associated with traffic of the group member UE. The UE may determine a discontinuous reception configuration for the group of UEs based at least in part on the transmission schedule. The discontinuous reception configuration may include a discontinuous reception schedule for the group of UEs. The UE may transmit, to the group of UEs, the discontinuous reception configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhibin Wu, Hong Cheng, Kapil Gulati, Tien Viet Nguyen, Junyi Li, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
  • Patent number: 12245112
    Abstract: A charging processing method is provided and includes: obtaining QoS of a guaranteed data service of a user and a guarantee status of the QoS, performing charging processing on charging data of the guaranteed data service based on the information, when the guarantee status of the QoS changes or a guarantee notification switch status of the QoS changes, disabling a counter in a timely manner, and separately processing charging data that exists before the change and charging data that exists after the change. In this way, an operator can accurately perform charging on the guaranteed data service “based on the guarantee status”, to improve user experience. In addition, the operator can obtain revenue corresponding to occupied network resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoqian Chai