Patents Examined by Ted M Wang
  • Patent number: 12047345
    Abstract: Provided are an Access Point Name (APN) configuration method and apparatus, and a readable storage medium. The APN configuration method includes: determining, by a terminal, an APN category of a candidate APN, wherein the APN category includes an APN used in a 5G network or an APN used in a non-5G network; determining, by the terminal, a network mode of the terminal according to a configuration parameter of the terminal, wherein the network mode includes a network mode supporting the 5G network or a network mode not supporting the 5G network; and determining, by the terminal, according to whether the APN category matches the network mode, whether to execute network access based on the candidate APN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xipeng Li, Song Dang, Zitao Xue, Jiani Zhang
  • Patent number: 12048066
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may camp on a base station of a network. The UE receives, from the base station of a wireless network, a broadcast including access restrictions, wherein the access restrictions include one or more predetermined criteria that must be satisfied to camp on the base station. The UE then determines whether the UE satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Hong He, Sarma V. Vangala, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Wei Zeng, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 12032074
    Abstract: A tracking device includes a location module arranged to determine a location of the tracking device; a communication gateway arranged to communicate the location of the tracking device to a receiver station; and a housing arranged to house the location module and the communication gateway, wherein the housing is further arranged to engage with an access mechanism such that when the access mechanism is actuated, the housing is manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: First Dragon Development Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth Hitchens, William Harold Pike, II, Christane Machado
  • Patent number: 12004241
    Abstract: A private network is flexibly built while ensuring physical or logical separation from a public network. A base station device notifies system information including a first identifier corresponding to a communication network (for example, PLMN) in an identifier list. In that state, a second identifier used locally is added to the identifier list of the system information according to control information from a control device. Thereafter, notification of the system information including the first and second identifiers in the identifier list is started. Therefore, the private network is built.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11997589
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method performed by an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node to perform initial cell access in a cellular communications network and corresponding embodiments of an IAB node are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method performed by the IAB node comprises detecting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block (SSB) of a cell and reading system information comprising a value of a parameter from the SSB. The method further comprises determining that the value of the parameter is a predefined value that serves as an indication to IAB nodes that additional system information is present on the cell and searching for the additional system information in accordance with the value of the parameter. In some embodiments, the predefined value of the parameter serves as an indication to one or more other types of nodes that additional system information is not present on the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Helka-Liina Määttänen, Erik Dahlman, Lei Bao
  • Patent number: 11997564
    Abstract: Example embodiments include an electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including directional antennas disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device and at least one omnidirectional antenna. The electronic device further includes a communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals of a frequency band designated to be used for UWB communication, through the UWB antenna, with an external electronic device. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to calculate a first distance value and a second distance value, and to determine, based on a distance difference between the first distance value and the second distance value, whether the external electronic device exists within a field of view (FoV) indicating a specified angular range with respect to the direction to which the rear surface faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunchul Kim, Yi Yang, Moonseok Kang, Sukgi Hong, Jiho Shin, Jonghoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11997561
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information indicative of a perimeter of a first portion of a work surface, generating, based on the information, a first geofence substantially overlaying the perimeter, and causing a display to display the first geofence. The method also includes receiving a first input indicating an accuracy of the first geofence. The method further includes determining that at least part of the first geofence is less than a threshold distance from a second geofence associated with the work surface. The method also includes generating, based on determining that the at least part of the first geofence is less than the threshold distance from the second geofence, a third geofence associated with the work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel S. Doy, John L Marsolek, Sangameshwar Sonth, Robert J. McGee
  • Patent number: 11985620
    Abstract: A network registration method includes: generating first non-access stratum (NAS) signaling, the first NAS signaling comprising first identity identifier information concerning a first user device and second identity identifier information concerning a second user device, wherein when the first user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle, the second user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, and when the first user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, the second user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle; and sending the first NAS signaling to a core network to request for registration of pairing information concerning the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11985622
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for correcting time of departure of positioning reference signals (PRRs) used in estimating location of a user equipment in wireless networks. In one example implementation, the method may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), one or more positioning reference signals (PRSs) from each cell of a plurality of cells. The example method may further include determining, by the user equipment (UE), arrival times of positioning reference signals (PRSs) from different cells of the plurality of cells; and transmitting, by the user equipment (UE), reference signal time difference (RSTD) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Diomidis Michalopoulos
  • Patent number: 11979845
    Abstract: A method for an apparatus in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment comprises the steps of: receiving information on a transmission time point of a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resources included in at least one PRS resource set; measuring information associated with positioning for each of the plurality of PRS resources, on the basis of the information on the transmission time point; and on the basis of the information associated with the positioning, transmitting at least one from among an identifier (ID) of a specific PRS resource of the plurality of PRS resources, or an ID of a PRS resource set including the specific PRS resource, and a transmission and reception point (TRP) ID associated with the PRS resource set including the specific PRS resource. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Cha, Sukhyon Yoon, Woosuk Ko
  • Patent number: 11974192
    Abstract: A system for facilitating sending and receiving of security alerts may include a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and a network interface, the network interface communicatively coupled to a network. A fixed location manager and a roving location manager may be communicatively coupled to the network interface and the network and may be configured to: (i) receive security messages from a plurality of user mobile devices coupled with the network, (ii) create a fixed forum security message and a roving forum security message, each of which is associated with a geographic location of one of the security messages, and (iii) send the fixed forum security message and the roving forum security message to all of the plurality of user mobile devices that comprise a fixed alert area or a roving alert area associate with the geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BlockWatch, LLC.
    Inventors: Justin Acklen, Jeremy Conkin
  • Patent number: 11974200
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an indoor positioning method and an electronic device. The method includes: determining a current state of an electronic device according to a current speed parameter of a sensor; if it is determined that the electronic device is currently in a motion state, turning on a Bluetooth positioning circuit in the electronic device; determining a current location of the electronic device according to positioning beacon information obtained by the Bluetooth positioning circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Deng, Hongtao Guan
  • Patent number: 11973570
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring aircraft to mitigate potential loss of communication scenarios. One exemplary method involves monitoring a plurality of communications channels using an onboard communications system, maintaining associations between respective communications channel assignments and respective operational contexts based on the plurality of clearance communications, and in response to detecting a change in an operational context of the aircraft, providing indication of a recommended communications channel based on an association between the recommended communications channel and one of the plurality of different operational contexts corresponding to a current operational context of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Narayanan Srinivasan, Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Syed Hakkim, Hariharan Saptharishi
  • Patent number: 11968626
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving a multicast bandwidth part configuration for multicast communications between a base station and the UE, where the multicast bandwidth part configuration includes a maximum number of multiple-input, multiple-output layers to be used for the multicast communications; establishing a multicast link with the base station for multicast communications; determining to use a reduced number of antennas for multicast reception than the number of antennas used for unicast reception, or determining that the UE is able to decode the multicast communications prior to a remaining portion of the multicast communications; and receiving the multicast communications via the reduced number of antennas, or reducing the radio frequency power prior to completion of a number of repetitions or retransmissions of the multicast communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11962455
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system to prioritize multiple issues associated with a wireless telecommunication network. The system obtains the multiple issues associated with the wireless telecommunication network, where an issue among the multiple issues impacts a UE associated with the wireless telecommunication network. The system obtains a number of UEs impacted by the issue, an indication of importance of severity associated with the issue, and an indication of importance of current UE experience. Based on the number of UEs impacted by the issue, the indication of importance of severity of the issue, and the indication of importance of current UE experience, the system computes a priority associated with the issue. Based on the priority, the system prioritizes the multiple issues to obtain a prioritized list. The system provides the prioritized list indicating an order in which to resolve the multiple issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Alex Gardini Vedovatto
  • Patent number: 11963067
    Abstract: A method for providing a location tracking service on the basis of context-aware information of a location tracker, according to the present invention, transmits a signal while changing a communication method by classify a situation as an emergency situation and a normal state which is a non-emergency situation according to the context-aware information of the location tracker, such that it is possible to use power consumption reduced by a low-power communication method in the normal state, and in case of the emergency situation, to safely handle the emergency situation through a sufficient power communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungil Baek, Kyunghyun Ryu, Hoeyoung Hwang, Chanwoo Lee, Seongjae Ahn
  • Patent number: 11950148
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a handover management method performed by a session management function (SMF). The method comprises, receiving handover information related to a user equipment (UE) receiving a predetermined service by accessing a source radio access network (S-RAN), obtaining, after receiving the handover information, resource information on a resource used when the predetermined service is provided to the UE at the S-RAN, and transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF), a request that a resource corresponding to the obtained resource information is to be secured in a target radio access network (T-RAN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11943012
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for a MAP wireless network that includes a collaborative channel sounding measurement phase to determine channel state information between devices (e.g., the channel state between an STA and a collaborative AP) for efficient configuration of the MAP wireless network and to improve the performance of the MAP wireless networks. The wireless AP and wireless STAs associated with the collaborative APs can simultaneously transmit by applying collaborative beamforming where the interferences between channels nullify each other (e.g., nulling), and the beamforming is performed based on a sounding phase performed by the collaborative APs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongho Seok, Jianhan Liu, James Chih-Shi Yee, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11943688
    Abstract: A system, method and storage medium for synchronization between nodes includes transmitting, by a first node, a first synchronization message; determining, by the first node, a first time at which the first synchronization message is transmitted; transmitting, by the first node, a second synchronization message containing a tx timestamp corresponding to the first time; receiving, by a second node, the first synchronization message from the first node; determining, by the second node, a second time at which the first synchronization message is received; storing, by the second node, a rx timestamp corresponding the second time; receiving, by the second node, the second synchronization message from the first node; determining, by the second node, a current local time at which the second synchronization message is received; reading, by the second node, the tx timestamp in the first synchronization message; adjusting, by the second node, the current local time of the second node by adding a difference between the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Caleb Garrett, Brandon Conlon
  • Patent number: 11943837
    Abstract: A method for managing subscription profiles of a security element, which is provided for use in a mobile end device and on which a profile manager and at least one first subscription profile is loaded, includes: loading a second subscription profile from a subscription management server; checking whether the at least one first loaded subscription profile satisfies a predetermined condition; and putting the at least one first subscription profile out of operation when the at least one first subscription profile satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Morawietz, Nils Nitsch, Ulrich Huber, Ulrich Wimbock