Patents Examined by Shaima Q. Aminzay
  • Patent number: 10998991
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, from radial contours indicating listening areas for respective radio stations, each radial contour specifying a geographic location of a respective radio station and a plurality of segments surrounding the radio station, each segment defining a radius outward from the geographic location defining a boundary of the listening area for the corresponding segment, a segment of a radial contour of a radio station currently tuned to by a radio receiver for a listener location; responsive to the listener location exceeding the radial extent from the radio station for the segment, identifying an alternate radio station available for the listener location; identifying, from the radial contours and the listener location, a segment of a radial contour of the alternate radio station; and responsive to the listener location being within a radial extent from the alternate radio station for the segment, transitioning to the alternate radio station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Lerner, Taylor Hawley
  • Patent number: 10986469
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for handling dropping of users during audio conversations. For example, a method comprises: establishing on a mobile application, an audio conversation between a first user and a second user; broadcasting the audio conversation to a third user who accesses the mobile application on a mobile device; transmitting to the mobile device for visual display, during the audio conversation, on the user interface of the mobile application on the mobile device, a visual representation of the second user; determining the second user is no longer present in the audio conversation, wherein the second visual representation of the second user is removed from the user interface of the mobile application on the mobile device when the second user is no longer present in the audio conversation; and searching for a new user to add to the audio conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Stereo App Limited
    Inventors: Artur Nugumanov, Sergey Frolovichev, Andrey Ogandzhanyants
  • Patent number: 10986477
    Abstract: A device for vehicle-to-X (V2X) communication, including a computing apparatus for data processing and a generating apparatus for generating vehicle-to-X messages by a protocol stack. The computing apparatus is configured to forecast an anticipated event triggering the broadcasting of a V2X message and to produce data forecast on the basis of the anticipated event and to provide the same to the generating apparatus for generating a forecast vehicle-to-X message. A corresponding method as well as the use of the device in a vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 10952148
    Abstract: A data transmission method includes obtaining, by user equipment (UE), a maximum transmit power; determining, by the UE, a transmit power of a data channel and/or a transmit power of a control channel based on the maximum transmit power and a first parameter, where the first parameter includes at least one of the following: a bandwidth of the data channel, a bandwidth of the control channel, or a carrier type of a carrier of a first link; and sending, by the UE, the control channel and the data channel in a same subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Li, Xingwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10914485
    Abstract: A method of controlling an air conditioner system, the method including transmitting, by a first unit among a plurality of units belonging to a particular group, a wireless tuning command to a second unit; measuring, by the second unit, reception sensitivity and a transmission and reception success rate by wirelessly communicating with units belonging to the particular group while reducing a signal strength from a default signal strength; when the reception sensitivity and the transmission and reception success rate satisfy the predetermined standard, determining, by the second unit, that the signal strength corresponding to a level right before a level satisfying a predetermined standard is the signal strength to be used; and transmitting, by the second unit, information related to the determined signal strength to the first unit. Accordingly, an optimal signal strength at which mutual interference is prevented may be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seontae Yoon
  • Patent number: 10912039
    Abstract: Provided are a method for controlling a transmission power, a mobile station and a base station. The method for controlling the transmit power can be applied to a mobile station, and the method includes: acquiring a power control pattern, which is information related to a scheme of controlling the transmission power; determining a reference power control parameter for the mobile station according to the power control pattern; and determining the transmission power of the mobile station based on the reference power control parameter. The method for controlling the transmission power according to the embodiments of the present disclosure enables the user equipment to transmit signals to the base station at a proper transmission power, and further enables the base station side to distinguish different user equipments according to differences of received powers of a plurality of users that adopt Non-orthogonal Multiple Access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaohang Chen, Anxin Li, Qin Mu, Liu Liu, Huiling Jiang, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10893491
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method by a wireless device is provided for determining a maximum output power. The method includes obtaining, by the wireless device, a first time resource for transmitting a first signal in ?a first cell on a first carrier and a second time resource for transmitting a second signal in a second cell on a second carrier. Based on the first time resource and the second time resource, the maximum output power is 10 determined. The first signal and the second signal are transmitted based on the determined maximum output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Christian Bergljung, Christopher Callender, Dominique Everaere, Imadur Rahman, Laetitia Falconetti, Mårten Sundberg
  • Patent number: 10873387
    Abstract: Technology for a signal booster is disclosed. The signal booster can include a first quadplexer. The signal booster can include a second quadplexer. The signal booster can include one or more first-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first quadplexer and the second quadplexer. At least one of the one or more first-direction signal paths can be configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more spectrally adjacent bands. The signal booster can include one or more second-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first quadplexer and the second quadplexer. At least one of the one or more second-direction signal paths can be configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more spectrally adjacent bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Wilson Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Ken Ashworth
  • Patent number: 10863447
    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li Guo
  • Patent number: 10862600
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a memory configured to store a television receiver application. The reception apparatus further includes processing circuitry configured to display, via a television broadcaster application, a user interface that provides a plurality of services for user selection. The processing circuitry is further configured to receive a user selection of a service from the plurality of displayed services. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine whether the selected service is an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 1.0 service. In response to the determination that the selected service is the ATSC 1.0 service, the processing circuitry is further configured to continue execution of the television broadcaster application along with a display of the contents of the selected service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Graham Clift
  • Patent number: 10863509
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reprogramming a Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) having a SINCGARS frequency-hopping waveform with a fixed retuning period operable in a network of SINCGARS. A system includes a controller programmed with a modified frequency-hopping waveform having one or more retuning periods, each of the one or more retuning periods being shorter in duration than the fixed retuning period of the conventional SINCGARS waveform, the modified frequency-hopping waveform compatible with each of the SINCGARS in the network. An interface is provided for programming each of the devices with the modified waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Raythen Company
    Inventor: August A. DiGregory, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10856239
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Wireless communications between a base station and one or more wireless devices are described. A wireless device may use power ramping for transmissions and/or retransmissions. Power ramping may be used during a random access procedure. A wireless device may fail a listen before talk procedure before sending a preamble or a transport block on an unlicensed band. The wireless device may use power ramping to determine a power of transmission of the preamble and/or transport block based on the prior preamble or a transport block transmission. Power ramping may be determined using a power ramping counter value and/or a power ramping step value, which may be shared or associated with the preamble and/or a transport block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Dinan, Hua Zhou, Kai Xu, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park, Ali Cirik
  • Patent number: 10856241
    Abstract: Provided are a method for reporting a power headroom and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus computes and reports a power headroom for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that is transmitted in a first transmission period of a first band having a first subcarrier interval. The power headroom is computed on the basis of at least one second transmission interval of a second band having a second subcarrier interval which overlaps with the first transmission interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joonkui Ahn, Sukhyon Yoon, Suhwan Lim, Suckchel Yang, Jonghyun Park, Changhwan Park, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 10856236
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE receives a positioning configuration, the positioning configuration including at least an identifier of a first downlink reference signal from a neighboring cell to be used for estimating a downlink path loss or determining an uplink spatial transmit beam, determines that a first downlink reference signal received from the neighboring cell cannot be used for estimating the downlink path loss or determining the uplink spatial transmit beam, in response to the determination, estimating the downlink path loss or determining the uplink spatial transmit beam based on a second downlink reference signal received from the neighboring cell or a serving cell, and transmits an uplink reference signal for positioning based on the estimated downlink path loss, the determined uplink spatial transmit beam, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 10834681
    Abstract: A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for executing power control by a user equipment (UE). The method may include the steps of: determining a first amount of power for transmitting a first uplink control information (UCI) by a user equipment (UE) set to have a dual connectivity with a first cell group and a second cell group; and determining a second amount of power for transmitting a second UCI. Herein, when the first UCI includes HARQ-ACK but the second UCI does not include HARQ-ACK, the determination of the first amount of power may have a priority over the determination of the second amount of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daesung Hwang, Yunjung Yi, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang
  • Patent number: 10805026
    Abstract: Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can measure a first power level within a passband. The repeater can adjust a gain of the repeater by a selected amount. The repeater can measure a second power level within the passband. The repeater can calculate a difference between the first power level and the second power level. The repeater can determine that the repeater is approaching an oscillation when the difference is different than a selected amount by a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: WILSON ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Ken Ashworth, Patrick Lee Cook, Vernon Alan VanBuren
  • Patent number: 10785733
    Abstract: Provided are a method for reporting a power headroom and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus computes and reports a power headroom for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that is transmitted in a first transmission period of a first band having a first subcarrier interval. The power headroom is computed on the basis of at least one second transmission interval of a second band having a second subcarrier interval which overlaps with the first transmission interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joonkui Ahn, Sukhyon Yoon, Suhwan Lim, Suckchel Yang, Jonghyun Park, Changhwan Park, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 10784983
    Abstract: An assembly of a standard RFID/NFC element and a scrambling element for outputting wireless noise in response to a wireless request signal from a terminal, such as NFC, RFID or the like. The scrambling element has a noise generating circuit and an antenna for receiving the request signal and outputting a voltage. The scrambling element further comprises a voltage increasing element receiving the voltage from the antenna and feeding a higher voltage to the circuit to have the circuit start operation faster than the circuit of the standard RFID/NFC element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CARDLAB APS
    Inventor: Robert Bernt Giedenbacher
  • Patent number: 10771146
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to providing redundancy for satellite uplink facilities using software-defined networking (“SDN”). According to one aspect disclosed herein, a satellite network system can include a video collection facility (“VCF”), a remote uplink facility (“RUF”), and a diverse uplink facility (“DUF”) in direct communication with a core network. An SDN controller that operates in an SDN network that provides logical SDN links to the VCF, the RUF, the DUF, and the core network. The SDN controller can track a site configuration of the RUF. The SDN controller can detect that the RUF has been downed due to an adverse event such as inclement weather. The SDN controller can obtain the site configuration of the RUF. The SDN controller can cause a redundant remote uplink facility (“RRUF”) to be instantiated with the site configuration of the RUF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Vaibhav Singh, Vishal Arya, Christopher Cugno, Hirad Rowshan, Sunil Jethwani
  • Patent number: 10764830
    Abstract: A method of communicating in a wireless system includes receiving resource scheduling information indicating a location of a resource for transmitting a packet, an indication of a target power level, and an indication of a first bandwidth, receiving an indication of a first transmission power level, determining a second transmission power level in accordance with the target power level, and at least one of the first bandwidth and the first transmission power level, and transmitting the packet at the location of the resource with the second transmission power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhigang Rong, Yunsong Yang