Patents Examined by N. Le
  • Patent number: 11775564
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing data are provided. The method and apparatus receive data relating to one or more computer implemented games. The data includes event identity information, which is parsed using an event definition of an event type. The event type is associated with the respective event identity information, wherein each event type belongs to an event class and to at least one semantic class. The parsed data is processed using information that defines one or more event classes or one or more semantic classes in order to provide a set of processed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KING.COM LTD.
    Inventor: Igor Milijasevic
  • Patent number: 11770177
    Abstract: A first wireless device transmits one or more transmissions for a second wireless device to a repeater for repetition to the second wireless device; adjusts a repeater operation based on a phase noise in transmission between the first wireless device and the repeater; and communicates with at least one of the repeater or the second wireless device based on the adjusted repeater operation. A repeater receives from a first wireless device, a request for the repeater to report a phase noise in transmissions between the first wireless device and the repeater for repetition with a second wireless device; and transmits a report of the phase noise to the first wireless device based on the request. A repeater receives, from a first wireless device, a transmission for repetition with a second wireless device; and transmits the repetition of the transmission to the second wireless device with a phase noise compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Tianyang Bai, Jianghong Luo, Yavuz Yapici, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11770115
    Abstract: An exemplary tunable circuit includes an inductor coupled to a node and a first capacitor coupled to the node. The tunable circuit also includes a variable capacitor coupled to the node, such that a total capacitance of the tunable circuit depends on a fixed capacitance of the first capacitor and a variable capacitance of the variable capacitor. In an example, the inductor and the first capacitor are both included in a passive device and the variable capacitor is in a semiconductor device. The variable capacitor allows the total capacitance to be modified for the purpose of, for example, calibrating the capacitance to account for manufacturing variations, and/or adjusting to a frequency range of operation used by wireless devices in a region of the world. The first capacitor may be a higher quality capacitor providing a larger portion of the total capacitance than the variable capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Changhan Hobie Yun, Hannu Laurila, Ville Lehtisalo, Ville Herman Brunou, Daniel Daeik Kim, Paragkumar Ajaybhai Thadesar, Nosun Park, Wei Cheng
  • Patent number: 11750158
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a mount board, an acoustic wave filter, a temperature sensor, and a correction circuit. The mount board has a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the mount board. The acoustic wave filter is disposed on the first principal surface side of the mount board. The temperature sensor is disposed on the second principal surface side of the mount board. The correction circuit corrects a pass band of the acoustic wave filter in accordance with a temperature measured by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunitoshi Hanaoka, Kiyoshi Aikawa
  • Patent number: 11750272
    Abstract: A technology is described for a time division duplex (TDD) repeater with network protection. The TDD repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, and one or more amplification paths coupled between the first port and the second port. The TDD repeater can comprise a signal detector configured to measure a received signal power for a downlink (DL) signal in a first set of one or more TDD DL subframes. The TDD repeater can be further configured to adjust an uplink (UL) noise power or gain of the one or more amplification paths based on the received signal power for the DL signal in the first set of the one or more TDD DL subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wilson Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Ken Ashworth, Dale Robert Anderson, Ilesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 11742933
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling an antenna during communication with a satellite using satellite measurement data from multiple data sources. The satellite measurement data may include real-time positioning information derived from output of an onboard component of the satellite and/or received from a plurality of disparate data sources during a communication window between the satellite and the antenna. The satellite measurement data may be provided to an orbit determination (OD) service and used to generate updated ODs for the satellite during the communication window. The antenna may be controlled to adjust pointing angles during the communication window based on the updated ODs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan M. Sherman
  • Patent number: 11742931
    Abstract: A technology is described for a time division duplex (TDD) repeater with network protection. The TDD repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, and one or more amplification paths coupled between the first port and the second port. The TDD repeater can comprise a signal detector configured to measure a received signal power for a downlink (DL) signal in a first set of one or more TDD DL subframes. The TDD repeater can be further configured to adjust an uplink (UL) noise power or gain of the one or more amplification paths based on the received signal power for the DL signal in the first set of the one or more TDD DL subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Wilson Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Ken Ashworth, Dale Robert Anderson, Ilesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 11736151
    Abstract: A communication device includes one or more processors, configured to receive data representing each of at least a first waveform and a second waveform from a common control channel and data representing a third waveform from a data channel associated with the control channel; determine from the received data, channel state information for each of the first waveform and the second waveform; determine a Doppler shift between the channel state information for the first waveform and the channel state information for the second waveform; compare the determined Doppler shift to a predetermined Doppler shift threshold; and if the determined Doppler shift is less than the predetermined Doppler shift threshold, adjust the third received waveform by the determined Doppler shift and decode the adjusted third received waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Huiqiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11716695
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for exception-robust time-averaged radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance continuity. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes transmitting a first signal at a first transmission power based on time-averaged RF exposure measurements over a time window and storing RF exposure information associated with the time window. The method may also include detecting that an exception event associated with the UE occurred and transmitting a second signal at a second transmission power based at least in part on the stored RF exposure information in response to the detection of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Troy Curtiss, Akhil Deodhar, Jagadish Nadakuduti, Lin Lu, Paul Guckian
  • Patent number: 11711703
    Abstract: A communication system includes a signal source for transmitting downlink signals and receiving uplink signals to and from an indoor signal coverage area; and a distributed antenna system interposed between the signal source and the indoor signal coverage area. The distributed antenna system includes an antenna monitoring unit connected to at least one service antenna through a distribution network. The at least one antenna transmits and receives the downlink signals and the uplink signals to and from at least one terminal unit within the indoor coverage area. The antenna monitoring unit includes an RFID transceiver that communicates with at least one RFID tag attached to the at least one antenna and detects the location of a point of anomaly with respect to that one antenna when a signal from the at least one RFID tag is not received by the RFID transceiver, or when a power level measured by the RFID tag and reported back to the RFID transceiver falls below a predetermined threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Fiplex Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Matias de Goycoechea, Emanuel Melman
  • Patent number: 11700098
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Sadaki Futagi, Tomohumi Takata, Daichi Imamura, Yoshihiko Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11698927
    Abstract: Systems and methods for contextual digital media processing are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving content from a source as digital media that are being displayed to a user, processing the digital media to determine contextual information within the content, searching at least one network for supplementary content based on the determined contextual information, and transmitting the supplementary content for use with at least one of the source or a receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Betzel, Zachary Tyler Wernberg, Shawn Michael McCray, Alex J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11695440
    Abstract: A wireless receiver (10) includes a down converter module (210) operable to deliver a signal having a signal bandwidth that changes over time, a dynamically controllable filter module (200) having a filter bandwidth and fed by said down converter module (210), and a measurement module (295) operable to at least approximately measure the signal bandwidth, said dynamically controllable filter module (200) responsive to said measurement module (295) to dynamically adjust the filter bandwidth to more nearly match the signal bandwidth as it changes over time, whereby output from said filter module (200) is noise-reduced. Other wireless receivers, electronic circuits, and processes for their operation are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jaiganesh Balakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11689243
    Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises a first communication unit, a second communication unit and a single control unit. The first communication unit wirelessly communicates by a first communication signal according to a first communication standard. The second communication unit wirelessly communicates by a second communication signal according to a second communication standard. The second communication signal has a frequency band that overlaps with that of the first communication signal. The second communication standard is different from the first communication standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuo Ichimura
  • Patent number: 11689226
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting signals, the transmitter including a memory storing instructions and a controller configured to execute the instructions to cause the transmitter to determine whether a value of transmitter power is less than a threshold, responsive to a determination that the value of transmitter power is less than the threshold: mix a baseband signal with a first oscillator signal to produce a very-low intermediate frequency (VLIF) signal; mix the VLIF signal with a second oscillator signal to produce a radio frequency (RF) signal, and transmit the RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: u-blox AG
    Inventors: Norman Beamish, Robert Ronan, Graham Smith
  • Patent number: 11683106
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) configured with a plurality of antenna panels. Each antenna panel is configured to beamform over a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band. The method includes identifying a predetermined condition corresponding to a first antenna panel of the plurality of antenna panels, selecting a second antenna panel of the plurality of antenna panels based on identifying the predetermined condition corresponding to the first antenna panel and transmitting a beam via the second antenna panel based on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shiva Krishna Narra, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Pengkai Zhao, Sami M. Almalfouh, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Sriram Subramanian, Wei Zhang, Yi Su
  • Patent number: 11671922
    Abstract: A method for detecting the state of the proximity sensor, applied to a terminal including the proximity sensor and an antenna, includes: sending a predetermined instruction to the proximity sensor; determining whether the proximity sensor is abnormal based on a feedback result of the proximity sensor to the predetermined instruction; and maintaining the antenna transmitting power at a low power if the proximity sensor is abnormal. Through the feedback of the proximity sensor to the request to obtain the capacitance value, it is determined whether the proximity sensor can work normally, and in a case that the proximity sensor cannot work normally, the antenna transmitting power is reduced to avoid the continuous high antenna transmitting power due to the inability of the proximity sensor to work normally, which reduces the radiation to the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Cong Peng, Yaqi Liu, Liping Wang, Xin Liu
  • Patent number: 11671926
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining that a load associated with a transmission medium exceeds a first threshold, wherein the transmission medium guides a first electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium from a first waveguide device to a second waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and based on the determining that the load exceeds the first threshold, enabling an injector to supply power to the transmission medium utilizing a very low frequency (VLF) generator. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci
  • Patent number: 11664829
    Abstract: Circuitry, modules and devices for integrating front-end carrier aggregation architecture, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a front-end architecture includes a switching assembly configured to provide switching for two or more frequency bands. In some embodiments, the switching assembly includes at least one coupler configured to couple a signal associated with the switching assembly. The front-end architecture can also include a diplexer circuit including a first filter configured to pass a first frequency band, a second filter configured to pass a second frequency band, and a first electrostatic discharge network configured to dissipate electrostatic energy associated with the first and second frequency bands from the front-end architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivatsan Jayaraman, Omar Mustafa, Yalin Jin, Ethan Chang, Ying Shi, Reza Kasnavi, Philip H. Thompson, Kenneth Norman Warren
  • Patent number: 11659406
    Abstract: Methods of auto-calibrating antennas in a target environment are provided including obtaining a map and associated scale of the target environment; displaying the map to a user on a user display device; discovering a plurality of antennas present in the target environment; illustrating the discovered plurality of antennas on the map; repositioning at least some of the plurality antennas on the map; locking selected ones of plurality of antennas into a current position to provide a plurality of locked antennas, wherein the plurality of locked antennas is equal to zero or greater; and auto-calibrating a remaining plurality of unlocked antennas, wherein auto-calibrating includes moving each of the remaining plurality of unlocked antennas from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Wiser Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Edward-Austin Hollar, Ryan Michael Tedrick