Patents Examined by Pakee Fang
  • Patent number: 12254845
    Abstract: There is provided a portable electronic device including a backlight module, an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor and a processing unit. The backlight module illuminates with backlight brightness. The ambient light sensor is configured to detect ambient light intensity. The proximity sensor is configured to detect an object. The processing unit is configured to activate the proximity sensor when the ambient light intensity detected by the ambient light sensor is lower than a predetermined value or decreases more than a predetermined range, and to maintain or reduce the backlight brightness according to a detection result of the proximity sensor. There is further provided an automatic detection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Meng-Huan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12250262
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for remotely commanding a mobile device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving input identifying a mobile device, presenting to a user one or more remote commands corresponding to the mobile device, receiving user input selecting a remote command from the one or more presented remote commands, generating a remote command message instructing the mobile device to execute the selected remote command, and transmitting the remote command message to a server for publication in a message topic. Further, a selectable list of mobile devices associated with a remote management account can be presented to the user, the selectable list including information uniquely identifying each mobile device. Additionally, the selectable list of mobile devices can include an indication of whether an included mobile device is online.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Slack, Brendan A. McCarthy, Carsten Guenther, Christopher Brooke Sharp
  • Patent number: 12238234
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air outlet support mountable to an air conditioner of an automobile, belonging to the technical field of fixing supports for vehicle-mounted electronic devices. The air outlet support includes a first housing, a second housing, a snapping part, and a rotating part. The second housing is connected to the first housing, and has a first through hole; the snapping part penetrates through the first through hole and has a first bent portion; and the rotating part is rotatably arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and is movably connected to the snapping part. When the rotating part rotates, the snapping part is displaced along an axial direction of the rotating part, and the first housing and the second housing are configured to limit displacement of the rotating part in the axial direction of the rotating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Hainan Xunwei Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gonghai Fu
  • Patent number: 12232016
    Abstract: One or more location based network slice coexistence rules for one or more locations of a wireless device are received from a network node. A request message for a first network slice for the wireless device is received from the wireless device being at a first location. A determination is made to accept the first network slice based on the first location and the one or more location based network slice coexistence rules. A first response message indicating acceptance of the first network slice is sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Bloomsbury Design Labs LLC
    Inventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Peyman Talebi Fard
  • Patent number: 12206812
    Abstract: Integrating buyer and/or merchant functionality with discoverable applications is described. In an example, applications associated with a service provider can be stored in a repository associated with the service provider. At least a part of an application of the applications is associated with a particular, discrete functionality. The service provider can determine context data associated with a user computing device and can select, based at least in part on the context data, the application from the applications, wherein at least the part of the application is to be surfaced on the user computing device. The service provider can cause a user interface associated with at least the part of the application to be presented via the user computing device, wherein the user interface enables a user of the user computing device to input data for enabling the particular, discrete functionality, and wherein a portion of the context data is used to customize the user interface for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stegall, Matthew T. Kursmark, Arjun Mahanti, Todd Bennings
  • Patent number: 12207350
    Abstract: A 5th-Generation (5G) cellular communication device may at times be used with a legacy subscriber identifier module (SIM) that does not support 5G subscriber identity privacy features. To obtain a subscriber identifier for authentication, the device attempts to obtain or generate a concealed subscriber identifier with the support of the current SIM. If this is not possible, as may be the case with legacy, non-5G SIMs, the device determines whether the home network specified by the SIM is the network of the provisioning operator. If so, the device obtains an unconcealed subscriber identifier from the SIM, encrypts it with the provisioned home network key, and uses the resulting concealed subscriber identifier for authentication. If the home network specified by the SIM is a network other than that of the provisioning network operator, the device obtains the unconcealed subscriber identifier from the SIM and uses it for authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Shan Kwok, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Kyeong Hun An
  • Patent number: 12166914
    Abstract: A computing device operating on a Linux or Android platform for adding features to an in-vehicle infotainment system of a vehicle; it has an input/output interface; a power source input; a processor; and memory storing program code that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive an Android-based smartphone infotainment application program; scan program code of the Android-based smartphone infotainment application program using a predefined pattern to locate a base certificate in the program code of the Android-based smartphone infotainment application program; generate a certificate-key pair from the base certificate; transmit the certificate of the certificate-key pair to the infotainment system for authentication and to enable communication with an Android protocol between the computing device and the infotainment system; and cause a display of information associated with a feature application program for display on the infotainment system; methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventors: Jack Wisnia, Feng Du
  • Patent number: 12137343
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for verifying a path in a monitored space, comprising transmitting a device identification (ID) of the mobile wireless device while the mobile wireless device moves through a monitored space, receiving one or more location certificates transmitted, in response to reception of the device ID, by one or more wireless transceivers deployed at a predefined location in the monitored space and having a limited transmission range, each location certificate comprising at least the device ID and a transceiver ID of the respective wireless transceiver, storing the one or more location certificates, and transmitting the one or more location certificates to one or more verification units configured to verify a path of the mobile wireless device in the monitored space estimated according to the predefined location of the one or more wireless transceivers identified by the transceiver ID extracted from the one or more location certificates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation Of America
    Inventor: Tsvi Lev
  • Patent number: 12133133
    Abstract: The present application discloses an improved transportation matching system, and corresponding methods and computer-readable media. According to disclosed embodiments, a transportation matching system receives a session indicator and device-based location. The system utilizes the received request and device-based location to identify and analyze historical transportation matching system information. The system then generates a confidence score based on this information that indicates a level of confidence that the device-based location is a pickup location associated with the request. If the generated confidence score exceeds a predetermined threshold, the system provides display components to a requestor computing device that enable confirmation of the transportation request with a single user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Insuk Hwang, Charlie Lin, Yuanyuan Malek, Limin Shen
  • Patent number: 12101435
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a charging session method and an apparatus. A control plane function entity determines to request a charging function (CHF) entity to establish a service-based interface (SBI) charging session for a 4G data connection. The control plane function entity requests, through the SBI charging session, to perform online charging and/or offline charging in the 4G data connection. According to the method, the SBI charging session that is requested by the control plane function entity to establish for the 4G data connection may support performing the online charging in the 4G data connection, and support performing the offline charging in the 4G data connection. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments simplify a procedure of charging online data and offline data in the 4G data connection by using different charging sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoqian Chai
  • Patent number: 12094249
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for integrating a monitoring system with accessibility features. The method includes: receiving data from a sensor of a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property; determining, based on the data received from the sensor, that a user located at the property exhibits symptoms of an impairment; determining that an event likely occurred at the property; determining a monitoring system action to perform in response to the event; modifying, based on determining that the user located at the property exhibits symptoms of the impairment, the monitoring system action; and performing the modified monitoring system action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew Daniel Correnti, Michael Kelly, Robert Nathan Picardi
  • Patent number: 12096310
    Abstract: A velocity of a device of a user is detected using one or more sensors of the device. If the detected velocity is within a first range, a determination is made that the user is driving. A presence update is transmitted to a server based on the detected velocity. The detected velocity may include altitude data. The server receives the presence update and updates a presence status based on the presence update. The server transmits a user interface (UI) output to a second device to update a user presence indication on a display of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Nick Swerdlow
  • Patent number: 12096391
    Abstract: A device may create a list of identifiers for base stations that support a fixed wireless service for a user device. The device may receive a first identifier of a first base station associated with a first attach request of the user device. The device may enable the fixed wireless service for the first base station for the user device when the first identifier is included in the list of identifiers. The device may disable the fixed wireless service for the first base station for the user device when the first identifier is not included in the list of identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kolanowski, Samirkumar Patel, Angel V. Gomez, Ye Huang
  • Patent number: 12062290
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for implementing dynamic autonomous vehicle (AV) dispatch services. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving a dispatch request from a mobile device associated with a user, wherein the dispatch request comprises a first pick-up location associated with the user, dispatching a first autonomous vehicle (AV) to the first pick-up location in response to the dispatch request, and automatically receiving an updated location of the mobile device associated with the user. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for determining a second pick-up location based on a change between the first pick-up location and the updated location, and transmitting an updated dispatch request based on the updated location of the mobile device. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Nestor Grace, Dogan Gidon, Diego Plascencia-Vega, Clifton Trigg Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 12063321
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, instructions stored on media, and other embodiments for a camera interface are described. A standardized modular camera interface may be presented with context elements based on a target interface used to initiate presentation of the camera interface, and with customized actions for creating and sending content, as well as returning to the target interface. In some embodiments, the camera interface includes an audio quality feedback element that is displayed while content is being captured. Such an element can provide feedback on audio quality as the content is being captured. In various embodiments, shape or color displays and changes indicate varying audio quality conditions. Such indicators are, in some embodiments, generated by processing audio stream segments in a machine learning model to generate an audio quality score used to generate the feedback element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 12052797
    Abstract: One or more service data feeds that indicate a plurality of consumer eSIM profiles received are loaded into one or more profile data stores of at least one subscription management service are received at an Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) profile management platform of a wireless communication carrier. A request from an entity to perform an action with respect to a particular consumer eSIM profile having a specific Integrated Circuit Card identifier (ICCID) may be received at the eSIM profile management platform. A request for performing the action with respect to the particular consumer eSIM profile is forwarded by the eSIM profile management platform to a subscription management service at least in response to determining that the specific ICCID matches an ICCID of a consumer eSIM profile that is indicated by the service data feed as being loaded into the profile data store of the subscription management service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Babak Namiranian
  • Patent number: 12050283
    Abstract: Position information estimation in a distributed radio frequency (RF) communications system is provided. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate high-precision estimations of positions, orientations, velocities, and acceleration of network nodes in a distributed RF network. The distributed RF communications system incorporates a series of estimation processes which makes it susceptible to propagation of errors. To ensure robustness of the distributed RF communications system, relative positions of network nodes are tracked by iteratively tracking parameters used for estimating position information. Some embodiments take advantage of Kalman filtering algorithms by leveraging principles directed by physics. At every network node, several filtering algorithms can be employed to synchronize clocks, track delay between multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas and estimate position and orientation of other network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Sharanya Srinivas, Andrew Herschfelt, Daniel W. Bliss
  • Patent number: 12039739
    Abstract: Provided is a first motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector on a basis of self-motion data and depth image data. A second motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector on a basis of captured image data. A motion vector merging unit that merges the motion vector detected by the first motion vector detection unit with the motion vector detected by the second motion vector detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sasaki, Kazunori Kamio
  • Patent number: 12041519
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an online charging system to grant resources to a session with a terminal device when the session includes a large file or the session has a long duration. Embodiments the invention include methods performed by an electronic device for online charging in a wireless network. In one embodiment, the electronic device receives a request message for resources to set up a session with a terminal device, where the request message is sent from a core network interface to an online charging function (OCF), and where the request message indicates that the session includes a large file or that the session has a long duration. The electronic device determines that the terminal device has enough credit for the session based on the request message and grants the resources for the session with the terminal device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Virgilio Fiorese, Nipun Sharma, Venkata Sameer Kumar Kodukula, Rohit Shukla, Tushar Sabharwal, Saulo Almeida Montenegro De Sa
  • Patent number: 12010603
    Abstract: A central routing function (CRF) platform. The CRF platform comprises at least one processor; a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor that stores a plurality of prioritized international call route lists where each prioritized international call route list associates alternative international communication service carrier routes in a prioritized order with an international telephone number; and a call process application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, receives a request for a prioritized international call route list from a network element, where the request comprises an international telephone number, pads out the international telephone number received from the network element to form a 15-digit number, looks up a prioritized international route list using the 15-digit number in the non-transitory memory, and sends the prioritized international route list to the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Jia Barton, Prakasa R. Bellam, Manuel Berumen, Quang B. Doan, Arulraj Duraisamy, Muhammad Nauhman Bashir Gora, Gerald R. Jordan, Jr., Ramaswami Rangarajan, Gopalakrishna Sagar, Michael Tsai, Kun-cheng Yang