Patents Examined by Stephen M. D'Agosta
  • Patent number: 11419013
    Abstract: A communication path switching method and device, where the method includes receiving, by a first base station, a first message from a first terminal, where the first message requesting to switch the first terminal from a first path for independently accessing a network to a second path for accessing the network using a second terminal, and the first base station serves the first terminal, determining, by the first base station according to the first message, a second base station serving the second terminal, obtaining, by the first base station, configuration information from the second base station, where the configuration information enabling the first terminal to access the network using the second terminal, and sending, by the first base station, the configuration information to the first terminal. Therefore, communication path switching for different complex application scenarios can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Jin, Guowei Ouyang, Guorong Li
  • Patent number: 11418382
    Abstract: A method for cooperative active-standby failover between service routers based on health of services configured on the service routers is presented. In an embodiment, a method comprises determining, by a first service router (“SR”) of a SR cluster, a plurality of aggregate score values for a plurality of SRs of the SR clusters. The SR cluster comprises the first SR which is active, and a second SR. An aggregate score value, of the plurality of aggregate score values, indicates health of one or more services configured on a SR. The method further comprises determining, based on the plurality of aggregate score values, whether the first SR, of the SR cluster, is healthier than the second SR. In response to determining that the first SR is healthier than the second SR, the first SR continues to operate in the active mode; otherwise, the first SR switches to a standby mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Haihua Luo, Jerry Cheng, Kai-Wei Fan, Michael Hu
  • Patent number: 11394595
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a first wireless device receives a reference signal for distance measurement in a wireless communication system can comprise the steps of: receiving, from a second wireless device, a first reference signal including a first sinusoidal signal having a first angular frequency and a second sinusoidal signal having a second angular frequency; performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the first reference signal; acquiring a phase difference between the first sinusoidal signal and the second sinusoidal signal on the basis of the FFT result; and transmitting, to the second wireless device, a second reference signal for the distance measurement and a third reference signal indicating information on the phase difference. The first wireless device is capable of communicating with at least one of another wireless device, a wireless device related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangrim Lee, Hojae Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11388738
    Abstract: A method and device for determining time-domain resources, a storage medium, and a system. The method comprises: receiving allocation information of time-domain resources to be scheduled, which is sent by a network device (S401), the time-domain resources to be scheduled comprising time-domain resources for performing channel transmission; determining time-domain positions corresponding to the time-domain resources to be scheduled according to a set determining rule and uplink and downlink time-domain resource configuration information and the allocation information (S402); and performing, by means of the time-domain resources to be scheduled, channel transmission according to the time-domain positions corresponding to the time-domain resources to be scheduled (S403).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11388761
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various techniques for requesting a system information block (SIB) and providing a SIB response for a user equipment (UE) in a UE-centric wireless communication network. In some aspects of the disclosure, the network may transmit the SIB to the UEs in a broadcast mode or in an on-demand mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Saurabha Tavildar, Tingfang Ji, Gavin Bernard Horn, Ravi Agarwal, Keiichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 11387958
    Abstract: A base station triggers transmission of sounding reference signals (SRS) from one or multiple user equipments (UEs) on one or multiple cells and a UE determines a power, a time instance, and other parameters for SRS transmissions in response to the triggering. An SRS transmission can be on a cell where a UE is not configured to transmit data or control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 11375581
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing assistance data corresponding to a plurality of access points (APs). The techniques include, in part, providing assistance data to a mobile device. The assistance data comprises group data that is common among the plurality of APs. The group data is associated with a group identifier (ID). The techniques further include providing the group ID and a set of AP-specific information for at least one of the plurality of APs. The group data may include information corresponding to a common grid, common location area and/or common characteristics of the APs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 11368183
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe a system and method for synchronizing time, frequency, and phase among a plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ENSCO, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Goff, William Todd Faulkner, Robert Barlow Alwood, Bradley David Farnsworth, Edward Joseph Kreinar, David W. A. Taylor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11356148
    Abstract: A system for transmitting signals includes Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) processing circuitry for receiving a plurality of input signals and applying a different orbital angular momentum to each of the plurality of input signals for transmission to a second location. Electromagnetic knot processing circuitry receives a plurality of OAM processed signals from the OAM processing circuitry and applies an electromagnetic knot to each of the received OAM processed signal before transmission to the second location. Multiplexing circuitry multiplexes the plurality of OAM/electromagnetic knot processed signals into a single multiplexed OAM/electromagnetic knot processed signal. A first signal degradation caused by environmental factors of the OAM/electromagnetic knot processed signal is improved over a second signal degradation caused by the environmental factors of a signal not including the electromagnetic knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC
    Inventor: Solyman Ashrafi
  • Patent number: 11349516
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for accurately detecting, by an electronic device, that a tray for loading a SIM card is detached. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a tray for loading a SIM card; a first processor electrically connected to the tray; and a second processor electrically connected to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to transfer a pre-event to the second processor when a detachment event for the tray is detected, and the second processor is configured to identify, in each designated period, whether the SIM card is erroneous; and delay identification of whether the SIM card is erroneous, in response to reception of the pre-event. The present invention may further include various other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Dae Soo Park, Jae Hong Kim, Jang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11350449
    Abstract: Downlink transmissions can be generated to schedule one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices for communication on unlicensed channels via frequency hopping operations/procedures. An evolved NodeB (eNB) or a next generation NodeB (gNB) can perform a listen before talk (LBT) on the unlicensed channels that are scheduled for transmission by at least one of: one or more IoT devices or one or more user equipments (UEs). A preamble or a common physical downlink control channel (CPDCCH) can be transmitted to reserve the unlicensed channels for the IoT devices/UEs. The preamble or the PDCCH can include a duration of the duration to provide notice to other eNBs/gNBs or trigger the IoT devices of a successful LBT corresponding to the unlicensed channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiaoyang Ye, Huaning Niu, Wenting Chang
  • Patent number: 11337204
    Abstract: A communication system is presented in which a base station is provided for communicating with a plurality of mobile communication devices in a cellular communication system. The base station operates one of more communication cells and communicates subframes, with each of the plurality of communication devices within the cell(s), each comprising the communication resources of a control region for communicating a control channel and the communication resources of a data region for communicating a respective data channel. The base station communicates a control channel having a first DMRS sequence in a control region of some subframes and a control channel having a second DMRS sequence in a control region of other subframes. The second control channel may be transmitted in a radio beam focussed spatially in a direction of a communication device. The first control channel may be transmitted omnidirectionally throughout the cell(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NEC COPRORATION
    Inventors: Yassin Aden Awad, Yasushi Maruta, Toshifumi Sato
  • Patent number: 11310735
    Abstract: System, method and computer-readable storage medium including, a first communications device including a host processor to wake up upon receipt of a message and stream audio directly to another device via wireless communication, a second communications device including circuitry to control the streaming of the audio by sending messages to the first communications device and to control a display. The host processor of the first communications device enters a sleep stale during audio streaming while a state of the display is off. Reduction in the number of messages sent by the second communications device, or offloading, of message handling by the host processor, allows the host processor to remain in a steep state for longer periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Avago Technologies international Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Raghavendra Ramappa, Ravi Nagarajan, Avish Vijaykumar Shah
  • Patent number: 11303945
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for enabling synchronous capture of forward and return signals at a remote PHY device for detecting CPD. The remote PHY device provides the forward signal to and receives the return signal from a coaxial cable plant. The return signal contains an actual CPD signal generated by an interaction between the forward signal and a CPD source in the cable plant. The forward signal propagates from the remote PHY device to the CPD source and the actual CPD signal propagates from the CPD source to the remote PHY device all within a round-trip interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Arcom Digital Patent, LLC
    Inventor: Victor M. Zinevich
  • Patent number: 11304032
    Abstract: Provided herein are system, methods and computer readable storage media in facilitating the determination of a location of at least one mobile device. In providing such functionality, the system may be configured to, for example, receive contextual data corresponding to a contextual state of a mobile device, determine the location of a mobile device, and transmit the location of the mobile device to at least one other mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey H. Woo, Jonathan R. Zhang, Jonathan D. Chang
  • Patent number: 11297609
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for wireless communication in a wireless network include generation of a bandwidth query report poll (BQRP) frame by an access point and transmission of the BQRP frame to multiple wireless stations. The BQRP frame includes a bandwidth query for each station. Each wireless station receives the BQRP frame and generates a bandwidth query report. The bandwidth query report includes channel availability information at a corresponding wireless station. The access point allocates channel resources to each wireless station according to the channel availability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Zhou Lan, Matthew J. Fischer
  • Patent number: 11291058
    Abstract: A drive-thru system includes a kiosk equipped with at least one omnidirectional antenna and at least one directional antenna, and a user equipment equipped with a processing unit and a communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: AKSOR
    Inventor: Thibaud Denolle
  • Patent number: 11290761
    Abstract: A method of detecting CPD in an HFC network that includes a remote PHY device (RPD) is disclosed. The RPD includes a transmitter, receiver, and diplexer having forward and return legs. The receiver receives a return signal from a cable plant via the return leg. The transmitter provides a forward signal to the cable plant via the forward leg. A portion of the forward signal leaks through the return leg and travels to the receiver. The return signal contains a CPD signal generated by the forward signal and a CPD source in the cable plant. The forward signal propagates from RPD to CPD source and CPD signal propagates from CPD source to RPD within a round-trip interval. The method comprises: (a) adjusting the capturing bandwidth of the receiver to include return and leaked forward signals; (b) operating receiver to capture return and leaked forward signals over a limited duration of at least the round-trip interval; and (c) detecting CPD signal by processing captured leaked forward and return signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Arcom Digital Patent, LLC
    Inventor: Victor M. Zinevich
  • Patent number: 11284379
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to communicating uplink control information. As one example, a user equipment may send uplink control information to a base station. In some aspects, the number of symbols used to communicate the uplink control information may be based on a link gain associated with the UE and/or based on a payload size of the uplink control information. As another example, the user equipment may send channel information for a number of beams to the base station. In some aspects, the number of beams may be based on the type of channel that is used to send the uplink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Sundar Subramanian, Ashwin Sampath, Juergen Cezanne, Bilal Sadiq, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11271708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system supporting narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT) operated in time division duplex (TDD) and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: configuring a search space for a physical downlink control channel; and monitoring the physical downlink control channel on the basis of the configured search space, wherein the search space is configured by a TDD special subframe from which aggregation level 1 has been excluded, and the TDD special subframe indicates a subframe including a downlink period, a guard period, and an uplink period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seunggye Hwang, Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang