Patents Examined by Shantell L Heiber
  • Patent number: 11849314
    Abstract: A method for ensuring secure wireless communication of a first device in a communication system includes: retrieving information about a type of trustiness of a first communication link of a first access technology and about a type of trustiness of a second communication link of a second access technology, wherein a second device and the first device are configured to communicate data with each other via the first communication link and the second communication link; determining, by a processor of the first device and/or a processor of the second device, security levels based on the information about the type of trustiness of the first communication link and about the type of trustiness of the second communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventor: Markus Amend
  • Patent number: 11844050
    Abstract: An application for a user such as a professional installer and/or a customer to install and activate an RF communication device at a user's location such a customer's premises. The application provides for automating at least a portion of the actions necessary to install the RF communication device and/or user equipment devices; and subsequently activate wireless RF communication between the RF communication device and a remote base station associated with a wireless carrier. Also, video presentations along with written tutorials, manuals, and instructions, may be provided to answer questions and provide directions to the user in the installation and/or activation process for the RF communication device and/or user equipment devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Pivotal Commware, Inc.
    Inventors: Melroy Machado, Alexander Remley Katko, Daniel Lee Schaeffer, Juan Pablo Olivo González, Soyong Hong, Mersad Cavcic
  • Patent number: 11838762
    Abstract: A system and method for rapid check-in and inheriting trust using a user entity device. The system and method described herein allows an identity to be continuously proven because of user entity's behavior and their biometrics. With all the fraud and risk that exists today, if someone has a user entity's driver's license they can do a lot of harm. By tying a user entity's identity to their user entity device (e.g., a mobile smartphone), then when a user entity checks into a location (e.g., airport, hotel, bank), an identity provider continues a process of continuous authentication while the user entity device travels about a location and interacts with the services offered by the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SecureAuth Corporation
    Inventor: Shahrokh Shahidzadeh
  • Patent number: 11832107
    Abstract: Recovering a user equipment (UE) from limited service due to misconfiguration may include providing a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) identification data or a USIM authentication data to a wireless network. Failure data associated with failing to authenticate or identify the UE to the wireless network may be decoded. The failure data received from the wireless network. The failure data may be processed to determine a cause for the failure. Based on processing the failure data, it may be determined that the USIM identification data or the USIM authentication data is misconfigured. In response to determining that the USIM identification data or the USIM authentication data is misconfigured, a recovery for identifying or authenticating the UE to the wireless network may be automatically performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Rajeev Verma, Stanley M. Mayalil, Li Li, Cole M. Stewart, Dennis D. Conway
  • Patent number: 11812411
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a system information block of type 21 (SIB21) from a network device. The SIB21 indicates a communication resource pool associated with a sidelink. The method further includes receiving one or more messages from the network device based on receiving the SIB21 and prior to communicating using the communication resource pool. The method further includes communicating, based on verifying an identity of the network device based on the one or more messages, via the sidelink using the communication resource pool and based on a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuepan Guan, Hong Cheng
  • Patent number: 11812263
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for securely storing, using and/or updating credential information, e.g., passwords and user IDs for a user who subscribes to one or more services, e.g., video stream services or other services available through a communications network such as the Internet, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Reimer, Douglas Melroy
  • Patent number: 11800319
    Abstract: Systems and methods that can utilize the detection of human occupancy without fiducial elements to control an environmental, security, or other system within a structure. The systems and method can initiate communication to a human user directly, and can alter their operation based on human presence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ivani, LLC
    Inventors: John Wootton, Matthew Wootton, Justin McKinney, Caitlin Riley, Matthew Rush, Boris Dieseldorff, Achintya Kumar, Christopher Nissman
  • Patent number: 11800539
    Abstract: An electronic user device includes inclusion list storage with electronically readable memory, for storing an inclusion list and the inclusion list indicating included logical IDs. The device also has a security module app that receives a cellular broadcast message and extracts logical IDs therefrom. This processes a targeted cellular broadcast message embedded in the payload of the cellular broadcast message, based on whether a logical ID, also embedded in the payload, of the targeted cellular broadcast message is on the inclusion list. It then formats it for consumption by an electronic user device app that receives data via a data channel when available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lynk Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyghe Robert Speidel, Zheng Liu, Mahmoud Khafagy, Martin Harris
  • Patent number: 11785427
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may register to a cellular network associated with a multicast/broadcast multimedia service (MBMS). The UE may transmit, to the cellular network, a request to join the MBMS. The UE may receive, from the cellular network and based at least in part on being registered with the cellular network, a response that indicates an MBMS service key (MSK) and MSK identifier pair. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soo Bum Lee, Adrian Edward Escott, Anand Palanigounder, Hongil Kim
  • Patent number: 11785469
    Abstract: An MDM management system to manage files outside the scope of MDM for macOS, the management system. The system has an MDM platform for managing a plurality of mobile devices each with a macOS operating system, the MDM manager allowing for creation of configuration profiles for an array of files outside of the scope of MDM for macOS and the configuration profiles having defined content settings. The MDM manager manages a plurality of managed mobile devices having a file manager agent to receive the array of configuration profiles from the MDM manager, the mobile devices each having a module to detect a change in the file outside the scope of MDM for macOS and when the change occurs to check a content change against the defined content settings, and if the change deviates from one of the defined content settings, returning the file to the defined content settings of the configuration profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Gendler Software LLC
    Inventor: Bob Gendler
  • Patent number: 11778475
    Abstract: There is provided a method performed by a network unit, and a corresponding network unit as well as a corresponding wireless communication device, for supporting interworking and/or idle mode mobility between different wireless communication systems, including a higher generation wireless system and a lower generation wireless system, to enable secure communication with the wireless communication device. The method comprises selecting, in connection with a registration procedure and/or a security context activation procedure of the wireless communication device with the higher generation wireless system, at least one security algorithm of the lower generation wireless system, also referred to as lower generation security algorithm(s). The method also comprises sending a control message including information on the selected lower generation security algorithm(s) to the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Noamen Ben Henda, Monica Wifvesson
  • Patent number: 11777473
    Abstract: Filters 10 and 20 having respective pass bands different from each other, a common terminal to which a terminal 11 of the filter 10 and a terminal of the filter 20 are connected, and an inductor of which one end is connected to the terminal 11 and another end is connected to the common terminal. The filter 10 includes a longitudinally coupled resonator formed of a resonator 132 and resonators 131 and 133 disposed on both sides of the resonator 132, in which the resonator 132 is connected to the terminal 11, and a parallel resonator of which one end is connected to the resonator 132 and another end is connected to a ground electrode, and the resonator 132 and the parallel resonator of the resonators included in the filter 10 are connected to a signal path between the resonator 132 and the terminal 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Tani
  • Patent number: 11778468
    Abstract: Techniques are described to provide open access in a neutral host environment. In one example, a method includes obtaining, by a mobility management node of a neutral host network, a network connectivity request from a user equipment, wherein the network connectivity request comprises an indication of a preferred service provider to which the user equipment is to be connected; determining, by the mobility management node, that the preferred service provider provides non-subscription-based network connectivity for the neutral host network; based on determining that the preferred service provider provides non-subscription-based network connectivity for the neutral host network, establishing secure communications for the user equipment, wherein the secure communications are established for the user equipment without authenticating an identity of user equipment; and providing network connectivity between the user equipment and the preferred service provider upon establishing the secure communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinath Gundavelli, Vimal Srivastava, Mark Grayson, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Anand Oswal
  • Patent number: 11778084
    Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, an operation input unit inputting a user operation, and a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication by a wireless LAN, and at a time of startup from a sleep state, a remote control button is displayed on the display unit when a mutual communication with a predetermined access point can be performed in the wireless communication unit, and when the remote control button is selected, a remote control signal corresponding to the selected remote control button is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Masuoka, Yasunobu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11743829
    Abstract: A method and apparatus capable of minimizing power consumption occurring when a mobile device is changed from a sleep state to a wake-up state by partially controlling on/off of a display unit and partial booting control of a system function are provided. The method includes detecting a change of the mobile device from a sleep state to a wake-up state, turning on a display unit of the mobile device such that a first section of the mobile device displays an operating region, the first section including one or more portions of the display unit and less than an entire screen of the display unit and waiting for a system function registered in the operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Do Ahn, Sung Min Cho
  • Patent number: 11743730
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an exemplary access controlling network architecture may include: a computing device, configured to: receive application program instruction to display an access controller interface element and a multi-part multi-functional access control, where the access controller interface element is: communicatively coupled to a cellular network hosted access controlling schema and operationally linked to at least one access-restricted digital resource; where the multi-part multi-functional access control sequence includes: a symbol, an access code, and a particular access control digital key; transmit an access request having: the multi-part multi-functional access control sequence and an identity linked to the computing device; receive, in response to the access request, a program instruction to unlock the at least one access-restricted digital resource for accessing via the computing device after the access code has been accepted by the cellular network hosted access controlling schema and the pa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: STARKEYS LLC
    Inventor: Ari Kahn
  • Patent number: 11743722
    Abstract: A method by an AUSF of a home PLMN configured to communicate through an interface with electronic devices is provided. A first authentication request is received from a first PLMN that is authenticating an electronic device. A first security key used for integrity protection of messages delivered from the home PLMN to the electronic device is obtained. A second authentication request is received from a second PLMN that is authenticating the electronic device. A second security key used for integrity protection of the messages delivered from the home PLMN to the electronic device is obtained. A message protection request is received. Which of the first security key and the second security key is a latest security key is determined. The latest security key is used to protect a message associated with the message protection request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Noamen Ben Henda, David Castellanos Zamora, Monica Wifvesson, Vesa Lehtovirta
  • Patent number: 11737078
    Abstract: Disclosed are a UE of a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method using the same. More particularly, the method including receiving scheduling information including resource allocation information, wherein the resource allocation information comprises a RIV determined based on the number of RBs of a first BWP, and transmitting or receiving data on a RB set corresponding to the RIV in a second BWP, wherein the number of RBs of the second BWP is greater than the number of RBs of the first BWP, the starting RB index S and the number of RBs of the RB set corresponding to the RIV in the second BWP are given in powers of 2 and a device for the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kyungjun Choi, Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11736948
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to eligibility checking for transfer of one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) between two mobile wireless devices. Eligibility to transfer an eSIM to an eUICC of a target device can depend on whether the eUICC of the target device satisfies certain security requirements for the eSIMs to be transferred. The mobile wireless devices can obtain a transfer eligibility result based on communication with one or more network-based servers that can determine compatibility for eSIM transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Padova, Xiangying Yang
  • Patent number: 11722494
    Abstract: A method for limiting usage of an application on a mobile terminal includes presetting a usage limitation condition for the application, where the usage limitation condition includes a geographical location, a time, and a network condition of the mobile terminal. When an input operation of a user is received, the method includes obtaining a current operation environment corresponding to the usage limitation condition, limiting usage of the application when the operation environment meets the usage limitation condition, or normally using the application when the operation environment does not meet the usage limitation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Ni, Kai Qian