Patents Examined by Moustapha Diaby
  • Patent number: 12150037
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. According to the present disclosure, in a method for obtaining a system information block (SIB) of a terminal in a wireless communication system, a base station may obtain a transmitted synchronization signal block (SSB), obtain a master information block (SIB) from the SSB, obtain a master information block (MIB), and obtain an SIB related to machine type communication (MTC) on the basis of information obtained from at least one of the MIB or SSB related resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngbum Kim, Jinkyu Kang, Taehyoung Kim, Seunghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 12150206
    Abstract: A home network serves a wireless service to visiting User Equipment (UEs) affiliated with visited networks and authorizes the wireless service for home UEs that are visiting the visited networks. A gateway transfers home context to a distributed ledger and receives visited context from the distributed ledger. The gateway transfers the visited context to a controller. The controller exchanges authorization data with the visited networks based on the visited context and the home context. The controller authorizes the wireless data service for the home UEs and the visiting UEs responsive to the exchange of the authorization data. The controller transfers session signaling to wireless access nodes responsive to the authorization of the wireless data service for the visiting UEs. The controller transfers authorization signaling to the visited networks responsive to the authorization of the wireless service for the home UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Serge M. Manning, Gregory David Schumacher
  • Patent number: 12149654
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a UI display that secures the visual recognizability of a user even in a case where the number of characters to be displayed is large. One embodiment of the present invention is a control method of an information processing apparatus, the method including: a specification step of specifying notification contents; and a notification step of performing, based on at least one of a number of line feeds included in the specified notification contents and a number of characters included in the specified notification contents, processing for notifying the specified notification contents by a predetermined notification method, wherein the predetermined notification method is a notification method of displaying, after a first portion of the specified notification contents is displayed and the display of the first portion is terminated, a second portion different from the first portion of the specified notification contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Iwayama
  • Patent number: 12141490
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoko Shiraki
  • Patent number: 12143885
    Abstract: A directional position system for use in facilities having rooms, hallways, and other areas can include a plurality of portable units carried or worn by selected users in the facility; a plurality of stationary units mounted in each of a number of locations within the facility; and an administrative unit. At least one of the portable units can include at least one button for sending a signal, when pressed, for a type of emergency. At least one of the stationary units can include a display for indicating a direction to move during an emergency. The administrative unit can be configured to be monitored by security personnel and can be configured to receive any signal transmitted from any of the plurality of portable units or any of the plurality of stationary units. The plurality of portable units, the plurality of stationary units, and the administrative unit can form a mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Volan Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bettua, Alexander M. Adelson, Ka Kui Cheng, Timothy Chinowsky, Chi Ming Tse
  • Patent number: 12130664
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a control method therefor, the mobile terminal enabling a user to conveniently determine execution screens of two or more applications to be displayed in a multitasking manner and a layout for the screens. According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a mobile terminal comprising: a body; a display coupled to the body such that a display area viewed from the front of the body can be changed according to the switching between an extended display mode and a contracted display mode; and a control unit for making a control to display together recently used application information and display layout information for multitasking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongwan Kang, Kensin Noh, Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 12132510
    Abstract: A method for detecting an RF signal detected by a super-regenerative receiver (1). The receiver includes a reference oscillator (4) for generating an oscillation in the oscillator, a bias current generator (7) for supplying a bias current, an oscillation detector (6) connected between an output (coilp) of the oscillator and the bias current generator for controlling when an RF signal is received by the receiver, and an impedance matching unit (3) disposed between the input of the receiver and the reference oscillator (4). Following activation of a start control signal, detection of the oscillation of the reference oscillator is performed, and once the reference oscillator oscillates above a critical increasing bias current value, the oscillation detector orders the bias current generator to cut off the bias current and thus stop the oscillation of the reference oscillator to reduce the overall electricity consumption during an RF signal detection phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Arnaud Casagrande, Jean-Luc Arend
  • Patent number: 12127302
    Abstract: A network access method. The network access method includes: receiving paging signaling by using a first SIM card in a terminal; and in response to determining that the paging signaling comprises identity information of at least two SIM cards in the terminal, selecting one SIM card from the at least two SIM cards to connect to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 12126773
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a program set readable by a computer of a first information processing apparatus. The program set including a first program and a second program. The first program causes the first information processing apparatus to start the second program, and register the started second program, as a virtual scanner, in an operating system of the first information processing apparatus. The second program causes the first information processing apparatus to transmit a scan command of the first protocol to the external scanner, and receive a read result from the external scanner by the first protocol through the communication interface. The external scanner reads a document in response to receipt of the scan command transmitted from the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoichi Sato
  • Patent number: 12118255
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to store an instruction to execute a first job by using a first setting, in a case in which the first setting is changed to a second setting different from the first setting when the first job is executed, store first setting information regarding the first setting and second setting information regarding the second setting in association with each other in a storage unit, and in a case in which an instruction for execution of a second job different from the first job is given by using the first setting of the first job, perform control to display the first setting and the second setting, which are stored in the storage unit, in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12113929
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for authenticating a source of a telephone call to a recipient of the telephone call may include receiving, prior to receiving the telephone call, a request to input first authentication information. The first authentication information may include a passcode or a selection of a security question. The method may include receiving input of the first authentication information and sending, by the user device, the first authentication information to a computing device associated with the source of the telephone call. The method may include receiving the telephone call from the source and receiving input from the recipient of the telephone call to answer the telephone call. The method may include receiving second authentication information from the computing device, where the second authentication information may include the passcode or an answer to the security question. The method may include outputting the second authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Kwok, Dwij Trivedi, Abhay Donthi, Leeyat Bracha Tessler, Salik Shah
  • Patent number: 12114281
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for determining a position of a wireless device. In one example, an apparatus for a first wireless communication device including baseband circuitry having a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to transmit and receive RF signals is provided. The apparatus includes one or more processors configured to process a signal received from a second wireless communication device to identify at least first arrival path and a different arrival path between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device; and determine a location of the second wireless communication device based on the first arrival path and the different arrival path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexey Khoryaev, Sergey Sosnin, Seung Hee Han, Mikhail Shilov, Yi Guo
  • Patent number: 12114162
    Abstract: This disclosure introduces methods and mechanisms of integrity protection in 4G and 5G system, especially in the context of Dual Connectivity (DC) involving both 4G and 5G base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sander De Kievit, Takahito Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 12107994
    Abstract: A process for prompting a user to report a public-safety incident. In operation, an electronic computing device captures sensor data via one or more sensor devices communicatively coupled to the electronic computing device. The device uses the captured sensor data to detect an occurrence of a potential public-safety incident and further monitors whether a user operating the device has not reported the safety incident to an identified public-safety agency. If the user does not report the incident, then the device identifies a time window as a function of as a function of one or more of user availability, user health and/or mental status, user convenience, user privacy, user safety or severity of the potential public-safety incident, or predefined user input. The device then provides a visual and/or audio prompt for prompting the user to report the incident to the public-safety agency during the identified time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Wojciech Kucharski, Mateusz Smetek, Pawel Smietana, Grzegorz Kaplita, Dominik Wojtaszek, Andrzej Bukowski
  • Patent number: 12107988
    Abstract: An information input method, a terminal, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes controlling a bottom modal view to be displayed on a current user interface, in response to receiving a first instruction configured for indicating a state in which first information is to be received, the bottom modal view being a floating layer page displayed on the current user interface, having an area less than that of the current user interface, and comprising a first input widget; and controlling the first information to be input based on an input signal in response to the first input widget being triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiye Chen, Kaihui Liu, Yingyi Wu, Ying Pan
  • Patent number: 12099768
    Abstract: In a case where the setting information does not include a frequency band information corresponding to the first frequency band and does not include a frequency band information corresponding to the second frequency band or in a case where the setting information includes the frequency band information corresponding to the first frequency band and the frequency band information corresponding to the second frequency band, the communication apparatus wirelessly connects with the external apparatus using the first frequency band with priority than the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichiro Suga
  • Patent number: 12101691
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method may comprise obtaining channel state information (CSI) data corresponding to a set of RF signals received by one or more receiving devices, wherein: the set RF signals comprises two or more reflected RF signals successively received by the one or more receiving devices after being reflected from a person, and the two or more reflected RF signals are received by the one or more receiving devices over a period of time. The method may further comprise determining an identity of the person based at least in part on an observed gait of the person and an observed shape of the person, wherein the observed gait of the person and the observed shape of the person are determined based at least in part on the CSI data. The method may further comprise outputting an indication of the determined identity of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hadi Givehchian, Xiaoxin Zhang, Peyman Siyari
  • Patent number: 12101427
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to an electronic device including a mobile terminal and a case. The mobile terminal comprises: an interface unit for connecting a first audio device and a second audio device to the mobile terminal; a control unit; and a first display on which a first screen is displayed. The case includes a second display on which a second screen is displayed. The control unit matches the first display and the first audio device, matches the second display and the second audio device, and controls the first audio device and the second audio device such that a first sound corresponding to the first screen is output from the first audio device and a second sound corresponding to the second screen is output from the second audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonmoo Jung, Doohwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12081688
    Abstract: A touchscreen display method is implemented by an electronic device having a foldable touchscreen that includes a first screen, a bendable area, and a second screen. The first screen is foldable with the second screen using the bendable area. The touchscreen display method includes receiving a first operation of the user, where the first operation is a folding operation or an unfolding operation performed by the user on the foldable touchscreen. The touchscreen display method further includes obtaining status data collected by a sensor, where the status data includes an included angle between the first screen and the second screen at each moment. The touchscreen display method further includes controlling, based on the included angle between the first screen and the second screen, a display location, on the foldable touchscreen, of a message in a notification bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liudong Xiong, Kaixin Wang
  • Patent number: 12081691
    Abstract: The present specification provides a mobile terminal, which can simultaneously enable unlocking and display expansion, and a control method therefor. A mobile terminal of the present invention comprises a flexible display unit which can expand in size. If a knock code via a user's touch input on the display unit matches a preconfigured pattern, a display positioned on the front side can expand in size as the mobile terminal unlocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changmok Kim, Jinhee Lee, Eunkyung Choi, Junho Seo