Patents Examined by Tan H Trinh
  • Patent number: 11863293
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for prioritizing content delivery. Content files associated with one of a plurality of content types are received and saved in one of a plurality of delivery queues according to the content type of the content file where each delivery queue is associated with a priority. In turn, the content files saved in the plurality of delivery queues are delivered over one or more networks to one or more affiliate systems. The transmission order of the content files is based on the priority of the delivery queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WESTWOOD ONE, LLC
    Inventors: Eric M. Wiler, Kelly G. Kittleson, Franklin L. Camp
  • Patent number: 11863693
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques described herein can provide enhanced wireless communication range for a wireless device without requiring additional external active circuitry, such as using a simple mechanical and electrical configuration as compared to using an active antenna booster device. Generally, the apparatus and techniques described herein can be used to enhance a directivity of a wireless device antenna using a passive attachment. For example, a directivity of a first antenna can be enhanced without substantially affecting the directivity or performance of another antenna on or within the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Arthur Jason Nghiem
  • Patent number: 11855671
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first switch including a first switch terminal connected to the first terminal and a second switch terminal connectable to the first switch terminal, a second switch including a third switch terminal connectable to the second terminal, a first filter connected between the second switch terminal and the third switch terminal, and a substrate. The first switch and the second switch are included in a single semiconductor chip. The first filter and the semiconductor chip are on the substrate. In a plan view of the substrate, a first distance between the third switch terminal and the first switch terminal or a second distance between the third switch terminal and the second switch terminal is greater than a third distance between the first switch terminal and the second switch terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11855606
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes an LiNbO3 substrate, a first elastic wave resonator including a first IDT electrode and a first dielectric film, and a second elastic wave resonator including a second IDT electrode and a second dielectric film. A Rayleigh wave travels along at least one surface of the elastic wave device. A thickness of the first dielectric film differs from a thickness of the second dielectric film. A propagation direction of an elastic wave in the first elastic wave resonator coincides with a propagation direction of an elastic wave in the second elastic wave resonator. Euler angles of the LiNbO3 substrate fall within a range of (0°±5°, ?, 0°±10°).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Mimura
  • Patent number: 11838226
    Abstract: A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11824514
    Abstract: For a multilayer SAW device arranged on a carrier substrate it is proposed to use a specific material for the carrier substrate. If a silicon material having a selected range of Euler angles is used as a material for the carrier substrat improved suppression of disturbing signals is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthias Knapp, Ingo Bleyl
  • Patent number: 11825006
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a body and a function module. The function module is rotatably disposed in the body, and includes a housing, a function component and a rigid-flex circuit board. The housing includes a shaft portion. The shaft portion is engaged to the body. The function component and the rigid-flex circuit board are disposed in the housing. The rigid-flex circuit board includes a rigid board portion and at least a flexible board portion. The rigid board portion is electrically connected to the function component. The flexible board portion is connected to the rigid board portion. The flexible board portion passes through the shaft portion and extends into the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Min Cheng, Chui-Hung Chen, Ching-Yuan Yang, Cheng-Han Chung
  • Patent number: 11817941
    Abstract: A system comprises an intermediate communication platform that provides an interface to an Internet network; and a first server including: a port operatively coupled to the intermediate communication platform, processing circuitry, and a service application for execution by the processor. The service application is configured to: receive geographic location information of a radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform; determine one or more radio broadcasts available to the radio receiver according to the geographic location information; and send metadata for the radio broadcast, the metadata including an indication whether content of the radio broadcast is suitable for an audio fingerprinting process to the radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: iBiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Venezia
  • Patent number: 11817937
    Abstract: Techniques for differentiating orthogonally modulated symbols from different transmitters using one or more antenna arrays are described. According to some techniques, symbols received at one or more antenna arrays are grouped together by matching respective sets of receive beams for each symbol. In this manner, symbols received from a first transmitter at a first location can be differentiated from symbols received from a second transmitter at a second location, and both sets of symbols can be successfully decoded. When the symbols are received using frequency hopping, the receive beams for each symbol can be sorted according to path length, which improves performance, and also enables precise location of the transmitter(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hubble Network Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Juda Wild
  • Patent number: 11817935
    Abstract: An Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) device may include a controller and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled thereto and configured to transmit flight identification data, and transmit flight position data at a coarse accuracy and a fine accuracy. The RF transmitter may be configured to operate at a frequency within the L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS) frequency band. For example, the controller may be configured to encapsulate the flight identification data and flight position data within a message for an LDACS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SKYSTREAM LLC
    Inventors: Shawn H. Gallagher, Eric J. Salyers, Timothy Huggins, Ivica Kostanic, Edward Paulsen, Daniel Schwinn
  • Patent number: 11818281
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, and a front cover and rear cover coupled to the housing. The rear cover defines a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device, a protrusion defining a sensor array region of the rear cover and a second portion of the rear exterior surface, and an internal surface opposite the second portion of the rear exterior surface. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor array mounted within the housing along the sensor array region and comprising a frame member coupled to the rear cover, a camera module positioned in the first container region, and a depth sensor module positioned in the second container region and attached to the internal surface of the rear cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Kallman, Luman Zhang, Hugh J. Jay, Trent Canales, Lindsay M. Alanen, Christopher B. Lyons, Brian A. Argyres, Sherry Cao, Jaden A. Barney, Lucy E. Browning, Sawyer I. Cohen, Benjamin J. Pope
  • Patent number: 11811492
    Abstract: Wireless communication method and apparatus to enable communications between a plurality of endpoints and a satellite or terrestrial gateway integrated with a plurality of oblong shaped antenna arrays. The wireless communication method leverages data symbols that are orthogonally modulated. The method permits the use of a plurality of compact oblong shaped antenna arrays to increase network capacity and reduce endpoint power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hubble Network Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Juda Wild
  • Patent number: 11805392
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The control circuitry may determine where nearby devices are located relative to the electronic device. When a wireless communications link is established with a nearby device, the control circuitry may use the display to inform a user of the status of the wireless communications link and the location of the nearby device. The display may produce images such as a line extending in the direction of the nearby device. The line may move on the display in response to movement of the nearby device. In an environment with multiple devices that are in range for wireless communications, the display may show a notification for each nearby device. The location and size of each notification on the display may be based on the location and proximity of the nearby device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Duncan Robert Kerr
  • Patent number: 11804648
    Abstract: A back cover with an antenna element includes a cover body having a main portion, and an antenna element. A periphery of the main portion protrudes frontward to form a peripheral wall. The cover body is further equipped with a magnetic part. The antenna element is assembled in the cover body. The antenna element has a base portion, a connecting portion, a first extension portion and a second extension portion extended upward from the base portion. The first extension portion is disposed adjacent to one side of the peripheral wall of the cover body. The second extension portion is adjacent to the first extension portion. A length of the first extension portion is longer than a length of the second extension portion. A connecting portion is connected between the first extension portion and a top end of the second extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James Cheng Lee, Kuo Yang Wu, Lin Yean Lin, Kuo Wei Chang, Yu Chin Huang
  • Patent number: 11799601
    Abstract: A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11791540
    Abstract: A signal feeding assembly to a radiating element which is not formed from a metal frame or casing includes a substrate, a signal coupling unit, a switching unit, and a transmission unit. The switching unit includes at least two switching output ends. The transmission unit can transmit and receive a baseband signal and an RF signal. The signal coupling unit is spaced from a radiation element and can generate a plurality of radiation modes. The signal coupling unit includes at least two coupling pieces. Each coupling piece is electrically connected to a switching output end. The switching unit controls switching of the coupling pieces through the switching output ends and can switch a plurality of radiation modes. The application also provides an antenna module and an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho, Yen-Hui Lin, Wei-Cheng Su
  • Patent number: 11792737
    Abstract: A method, performed by a terminal, of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a first reference signal (RS) on a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of a first carrier of a serving cell; determining first pathloss information for a transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on the first RS received on the first downlink BWP of the first carrier of the serving cell; determining a transmission power for the PUCCH based on the first pathloss information; receiving a second RS on a second downlink BWP of a second carrier of the serving cell; determining second pathloss information for a transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the second RS received on the second downlink BWP of the second carrier of the serving cell; and determining a transmission power for the PUSCH based on the second pathloss information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Taehyoung Kim, Taehan Bae, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh, Seunghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11791955
    Abstract: A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11791564
    Abstract: A system tests a device under test (DUT) that includes an antenna. The system includes a probe antenna, a network emulator, and a near-field antenna. The probe antenna measures beam characteristics of a beam-locked beam emitted over the air by the antenna of the DUT as the DUT is moved relative to the probe antenna during testing of the DUT. The network emulator emulates a base station of a communications network in communications with the DUT. The near-field antenna maintains a call link between the network emulator and the DUT using surface waves between the near-field antenna and the DUT as the DUT is moved relative to the probe antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Lee, Dieter W. Vook
  • Patent number: 11791920
    Abstract: Where a listener consumes media content that is produced on a recurring or non-recurring basis, such as an episode of a media program, the listener may be prompted to receive notifications when the media content, or similar media content, will be aired again in the future. Additionally, where a listener consumes media content while engaged in one or more actions or movements, the media content consumed by the listener is associated with the actions or movements, or a pattern of such actions or movements. Subsequently, when the listener engages in similar actions or movements, or a pattern of such actions or such movements, media content that is similar to the media content previously consumed by the listener during such actions or such movements is identified and recommended to the listener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Charlotte Barge