Patents Examined by Quan M Hua
  • Patent number: 10477352
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided that may be implemented at one or more of a plurality of co-located mobile devices. For example, a first mobile device may identify a plurality of location determination tasks, transmit a request indicative of a subset of the plurality of location determination tasks to be performed by a second mobile device, and receive a response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Benjamin Werner
  • Patent number: 10477015
    Abstract: A first telephony identifier and a second telephony identifier are used for communication with a first, multi-identity user. Each of the first and second telephony identifiers are configured for use as different destination addresses in different SMS messages sent to the first user. At least one SMS message is processed in SMS processing equipment in the network, and the SMS processing equipment performs identity management, in relation to the use of the first and second telephony identifiers for the first user, during processing of the at least one SMS message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Metaswitch Networks Ltd.
    Inventor: Duncan Archer
  • Patent number: 10469646
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided including: a display unit that displays an indication of a communication counterpart; a processor configured to: select a first application from a plurality of applications that are associated with the communication counterpart based on a preset condition; and display a first indication of the first application on the display unit, wherein the first application is used for communication with the communication counterpart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Jib Kim, Geon-Soo Kim, Yong-Joon Jeon, Bo-Kun Choi
  • Patent number: 10433171
    Abstract: System and method for creating multiple wireless networks are provided. A user device transmits a first device identifier to a server. Based on the first device identifier, the server transmits a first wireless network identifier and a first password to a first communication device that creates a first wireless network, which is accessed by the user device. Further, the user device transmits the first device identifier to the server. The second communication device receives the first wireless network identifier and first password from the server, and creates the first wireless network, which is automatically accessed by the user device. Further, another user device transmits a second device identifier to the server. The second communication device receives a second wireless network identifier and a first password from the server. The second communication device creates a second wireless network, which is automatically accessed by another user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ANI Technologies Private Ltd.
    Inventors: Sriram V. Iyer, Vasuki K. Setlur, Ankit Bhati, Nagamani Raajan
  • Patent number: 10433144
    Abstract: A method, a mobile device, and a computer-readable medium for accessing target data of a uniform resource locator received in a wireless emergency alert message are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor for receiving a wireless emergency alert message including a uniform resource locator via a cellular broadcast, determining that a non-cellular access network is available for the mobile device, accessing target data from the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network, when the non-cellular access network is available, and presenting the target data on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: DeWayne A. Sennett, Brian Kevin Daly, Charles Peter Musgrove
  • Patent number: 10419162
    Abstract: When a time domain collision between Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) symbols and downlink shared data channel symbols is detected, the TRS symbols may be multiplexed with the downlink shared data channel symbols from multiple Transmission Reception Points (TRPs) not sharing quasi co-location (QCL) parameters with each other. If a time domain collision between TRS symbols and dynamically or semi-static (e.g., persistent) downlink shared data channel transmissions is detected, transmission and/or reception of the TRS and/or the downlink shared data channel may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies OY
    Inventors: Sami-Jukka Hakola, Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen, Timo Koskela, Juha Pekka Karjalainen, Mihai Enescu
  • Patent number: 10418352
    Abstract: An optical package structure of a mobile communication device includes a board, electrodes formed on the board, a light emitter and an IC chip both disposed on the board, and a light permeable package body encapsulating the light emitter and the IC chip. The electrodes are respectively arranged on a lower edge portion and two lateral edge portions of the board, and the number of the electrodes on the lower edge portion is larger than that on any of the two lateral edge portions. The light emitter is electrically coupled to at least one of the electrodes. The IC chip includes a light sensor corresponding in position to the light emitter and connecting pads electrically coupled to the electrodes. A distance from the light sensor to the upper edge portion is less than that to the lower edge portion, and is equal to or less than 250 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Chien, Chien-Chung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10416271
    Abstract: Systems and methods for beacon device fleet management are provided. One example system includes a plurality of beacon devices, a plurality of mobile computing devices, a fleet management system, and a fleet owner computing devices. One example method includes receiving, by the fleet management system, a device status request from the fleet owner computing device. The fleet management system determines one or more operational statuses of beacon devices owned by the fleet owner and transmits data indicative of the one or more operational statuses to the fleet owner computing device. The operational statuses can include a current detection status (e.g., online or offline), a location status, a power source status, and/or other operational parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark William Weaver, Peter Sasaki, Jonathan Robert Morace, Salvatore Scellato
  • Patent number: 10405136
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, via a mobile station, contextual information or geographic location data relating to a plurality of members of the population within the geographic region, identifying a common element in the received contextual information relating to at least two members of the population as a basis for defining a first boundary of the geofence to include the at least two members, wherein the common element is identified upon a comparison of the first and second contextual information, and defining the first boundary of the geofence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Scott Zises
  • Patent number: 10401468
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a single positioning controller and a positioning control system. The single positioning controller includes: a sending module, configured to send a first positioning measurement request to a first access network node or a first terminal device; a receiving module, configured to receive at least one first positioning measurement result sent by the first access network node or the first terminal device; and a processing module, configured to perform fusion calculation on the at least one first positioning measurement result to obtain location information of the first terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Jing Han, Anjian Li, Hong Li
  • Patent number: 10382907
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence system for simulating functions and so forth of human brains by using a mechanical learning algorithm. A method, performed by a device, of providing a notification message about a call request may include one or more of receiving the call request from another device, obtaining context information about a situation of a user if a user input accepting the call request is not received within a preset time, determining a reason for a non-response of the user by analyzing the context information, obtaining information about a relationship between the user and another user of the other device, generating a notification message describing the reason for the non-response based on the context information, determining whether to transmit the notification message to the other device based on the reason for the non-response and the information about the relationship, and transmitting the notification message to the other device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: He-jung Yang
  • Patent number: 10382603
    Abstract: A foldable cellphone shade attachment for shading a cellphone screen to reduce glare includes a clip configured to selectively engage a first edge of a cellphone and a frame comprising a base and a plurality of support rods. The base has a rear side coupled to the clip and a pair of extensions perpendicularly extending along a second edge and a third edge of the cellphone. The plurality of support rods is pivotably coupled to the base and has a folded position resting on the base and an alternative open position extending upwardly from the base. A flexible cover is coupled to the frame. The cover is attached the base and each of the plurality of support rods and extends from the rear side of the base to the front support rod such that only a viewing opening remains uncovered in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Frank Doria
  • Patent number: 10375608
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums for configuring a radio system to provide network service access based on a location of the radio system. The radio system can identify the location and send a location signal indicating its location over a first network. The radio system can receive, over the first network, first configuration data for communicating over a second network based on its location. The radio system can configure itself to communicate over the second network using the first configuration data and subsequently provide network service access over the second network according to the first configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: InstrumentMail, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Alexander Jacobson, Vimal Bhalodia
  • Patent number: 10368325
    Abstract: A method for beam adaptation in a beam-based communications system is provided. The beam-based communications system includes user equipment (UE) and a transmit-receive point (TRP). The method includes that UE determines a beamforming gain headroom (BHR) based on a UE maximum beamforming gain and a beamforming gain of a UE beam between the UE and the TRP, sends the BHR to the TRP, and receives a beam adaptation indication from the TRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Pengfei Xia, Aimin Justin Sang, Richard Stirling-Gallacher
  • Patent number: 10361743
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a case; a metal plate mounted in the case; a first radiator comprising one end connected to the metal plate via a connection portion and extended from the connection portion in a first direction, the first radiator being spaced apart a preset distance from the metal plate; a first feeder connected to the first radiator and supplying power; an additional radiator; and a first switch configured to be switched on and off to connect and disconnect the additional radiator and the first feeder to and from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungjoon Hong, Kangjae Jung, Sungjung Rho, Youngbae Kwon, Jaewoo Lee, Deuksu Choi
  • Patent number: 10362583
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to provide services to the users of the terminals connected thereto, and a core (2030) including a store of policy information (9, 36) for respective ones of the terminals (10), and distribution means operable to provide to the control means associated with one of the terminals the policy information; wherein the control means is operable to store the policy information together with an indicator of the version of the policy information during periods when the terminal is disconnected from the control means, the control means including checking means for checking the currency of the policy using the indicator of the version of the policy and means for applying the stored policy information to the terminal when the terminal re-connects to the control means if the checking means
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Walter Bindrim, John Moughton, Adam Pollard, David Fox, Peter Cosimini, Matthew Cheng, Christopher Pudney
  • Patent number: 10362533
    Abstract: A system and method of locating a wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. More particularly, a system and method of locating a user preferred wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. The method includes scanning for available networks and determining whether the available networks satisfy one or more user preferences. The method further includes establishing a secondary network connection with one of the available networks based on one or more user preferences being satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Dawson, Peter G. Finn, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Jenny S. Li
  • Patent number: 10338190
    Abstract: An apparatus obtains results of measurements by a mobile device on radio signals transmitted by a plurality of transmitters, the results of measurements comprising characteristics of the radio signals at the location of measurement. The apparatus estimates a position of the mobile device based on the obtained results of measurements and based on assistance data including information on expected characteristics of radio signals of various transmitters at various locations. The apparatus matches a distribution of characteristics of radio signals in the obtained results of measurements with a reference distribution of characteristics of radio signals. Alternatively or in addition, the apparatus determines matching transmitters for which characteristics are available in the results of measurements and in the assistance data, and matches a determined expected distribution for the matching transmitters with a predetermined reference distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Muhammad Irshan Khan, Jari Syrjärinne, Pavel Ivanov
  • Patent number: 10333577
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a system with a multichannel transceiver are provided. The mobile terminal includes a central processing unit and a multichannel transceiver. The central processing unit outputs first and second transmitted signals to a first transmitter module and a second transmitter module. The first and second transmitted signals are filtered, frequency-converted, amplified, and transmitted to corresponding transmitting channels. First and second received signals received by a plurality of receiving channels are amplified and then transmitted to a first receiver module and a second receiver module, respectively, and the first and second received signals are frequency-converted, filtered, and output to the central processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiqing Zhao, Aiping George Guo, Shenggang Hu
  • Patent number: 10334438
    Abstract: A system includes user device, first and second communication devices, and a server. The user device transmits a first device identifier associated to the server. The server generates and stores a first wireless network identifier and a first password corresponding to the first device identifier. The server transmits the first wireless network identifier and first password to the first communication device. The first communication device creates a wireless network, which is accessed by the user device using the first wireless network identifier and first password. Further, the user device transmits the first device identifier to the server. The second communication device receives the first wireless network identifier and first password from the server. The second communication device creates the wireless network, which is automatically accessed by the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ANI Technologies Private Limited
    Inventors: Sriram V Iyer, Ankit Bhati, Vasuki K Setlur, Nagamani Raajan