Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
  • Patent number: 11930499
    Abstract: A method of a service enabler architecture layer (SEAL) can include receiving a monitoring event subscription request for network connection status information at a network resource management server in the SEAL from a vertical application layer (VAL) server. The monitoring event subscription request can indicate a target VAL user equipment (UE), a type of the network connection status information, and a timeout period indicating an amount of time lapsed after the monitoring event subscription request was transmitted. The requested network connection status information is not transmitted after the timeout period. The network connection status information of the target VAL UE can be obtained from a wireless network system. A network connection status information response message can be transmitted from the network resource management server in the SEAL to the VAL server. The network connection status information response message can include the network connection status information of the target VAL UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Shuai Zhao, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11924750
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for prioritizing spectrum and controlling data traffic steering within a wireless network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which allow network operators to prioritize utilization of spectrum for their subscribers. In one variant, an enhanced 3GPP UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) framework is provided for a UE connected to 5G wireless network, which allows the UE to use one or more prioritized 3GPP spectrum Band Class(es) based on one or more selection criterion or preconditions. In another variant, UE location information is used to dynamically update a data traffic steering mode or other functionality of an enhanced ATSSS (Access Traffic Steering, Switching, and Splitting) rule framework is described for dynamic control of steering or routing functionality, including between 3GPP- and non-3GPP network accesses for the data traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Wong, Maulik Vaidya, Yildirim Sahin
  • Patent number: 11915250
    Abstract: An authenticity detection method and system is provided for detecting an authenticity of a ride in a ride hailing environment. A set of geohashes is determined based on historical location data and a set of cell tower hashes is determined based on historical telecom data. A cellular network data corpus is generated based on the set of geohashes and the set of cell tower hashes. First location data and first telecom data are received from a driver device of a driver. A first geohash is determined based on the first location data and a first cell tower hash is determined based on the first telecom data. The authenticity of the ride is detected based on at least the cellular network data corpus, the first geohash, and the first cell tower hash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ANI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Moiaz Jiwani
  • Patent number: 11917503
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for services, such as SMS, location services, and/or the like over the NAS through a non-cellular access. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, via a non-access stratum connection through a wireless local area network, a notification message; sending a service request message to request, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, delivery of downlink data for a service; and receiving, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, the downlink data for the service. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Devaki Chandramouli, Curt Wong
  • Patent number: 11917430
    Abstract: In a wireless network with a plurality of access points, device calculates, for each wireless station in the network, a score based on at least an availability of the wireless network for the wireless station, combines the scores for the wireless stations into a current network score for a present configuration of the wireless network, calculates a plurality of predicted network scores corresponding to predicted network configurations with one wireless station moved to a different access point than in the present configuration, each predicted network score being a combination of the scores for wireless stations not moved in the predicted network configuration and a predicted score for the wireless station moved in the predicted network configuration, selects one of the current network score and the plurality of predicted network scores that satisfies a criterion; and, in case a predicted network score is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRL
    Inventors: Eli Mishael, Assi Abramovitz
  • Patent number: 11903066
    Abstract: A UE, a network node, and methods for operating the same against maximum number of allowable radio bearers are provided. The method for operating the UE includes operating in a CIoT mode, wherein the UE is capable of operating in a normal cellular communication mode and capable of operating in the CIoT mode; determining, out of at least one UE-data network logical connection, a first UE-data network logical connection in a first set of the at least one UE-data network logical connection for which a radio bear request is to be made based on a UE-data network logical connection type correspondingly of each UE-data network logical connection of the first set of the at least one UE-data network logical connection being non-IP to prevent more than a maximum number of allowable radio bearers for the UE to be requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Chenho Chin
  • Patent number: 11895733
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for software reconfiguration of a multi-radio wireless device that includes multiple radio computers. A wireless device may be configured to associate a first application with a first radio computer and a second application with a second radio computer. The second application may perform a different function than the first application. The UE may be configured to exchange, via a multiradio interface, data between a communication services layer of the wireless device and the first and second radio computers. In some instances, the first application may be a safety related application and/or a safety critical related application and the second application may be a non-safety related application and/or a non-safety critical application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Markus Dominik Mueck
  • Patent number: 11895719
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein modify the utilized communication protocol of one or more wireless base stations and/or UE devices based on signal quality information or data rate information associated with one or more UE devices. The signal quality information or data rate information of the UE devices can be analyzed by a base station and the base station can respond to changes in signal quality or data rate of the UE devices by modifying the configuration of one or more base stations and/or UE devices from a first communication protocol to a second communication protocol quality of transmissions between the UE devices and a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Roopesh Kumar Polaganga, Deepak Nadh Tammana
  • Patent number: 11889577
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a user equipment, UE, in a suspended state in a Radio Access Network, RAN, in response to expiration of a first timer, transmits an RRCResumeRequest message. The UE receives a reject message in response to the RRCResumeRequest message. In response to the reject message, the UE starts a second timer and subsequently transmits a further RRCResumeRequest message. The further RRCResumeRequest message is received by the network during a period bounded approximately by the lesser of a duration of the second timer and a period of the periodic UE event and the greater of the duration of the second timer and the period of the periodic UE event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Gunnar Mildh
  • Patent number: 11877205
    Abstract: A method for retrieving data, such as telematics data, from a vehicle, to which a tour is assigned, and forwarding at least a subset of those data to an observer. The method comprises the steps of determining a location of the vehicle. Providing two or more concentric geofence, the concentric geofences comprises an outer geofence and an inner geofence. Define a start concentric geofence with a pick-up location inside an inner geofence and an end geofence with a delivery location inside an inner geofence. After a tour is assigned to the vehicle, retrieve at a server the data from said vehicle. Forwarding from the server a subset of the data to the observer, where the subset is defined as data retrieved from the vehicle being within a geographical region defined as where the vehicle enters an outer geofence of said start concentric geofence and exit of an inner geofence of an end concentric geofence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: project44 A/S
    Inventors: Lars Mohr Jensen, Per Engberg, Jesper Bille Bennike
  • Patent number: 11870782
    Abstract: Management of hosted channel membership of a communication platform is described. A request can be received from a first client of a first user, associated with a first organization, of the group-based communication platform, wherein the request is to associate a second user, associated with a second organization, with a communication channel of the first organization. An invitation to join the communication channel can be sent to a second client of the second user. In response to receiving an indication of an acceptance of the invitation, the second user can be associated with the communication channel. A request can be received from the second client to associate other user(s) associated with the second organization with the communication channel and the other user(s) can be associated with the communication channel based at least in part on permission(s) associated with the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilan Frank, Shanan Delp, Michael Demmer, Sri Vasamsetti, Neha Sharma
  • Patent number: 11864092
    Abstract: Techniques for performance measurements related to application triggering and short message service (SMS) over non-access stratum (NAS) including obtaining raw performance measurements from one or more network functions in a wireless communication network, the one or more network functions including at least one of a network exposure function (NEF) or an access and mobility management function (AMF), and generating performance measurements for the one or more network functions based on the raw performance measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yizhi Yao, Joey Chou
  • Patent number: 11863968
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards user equipment geolocation. Network measurement data associated with user equipment can be separated into static periods in which the user equipment was not moving, and moving periods in which the user equipment was moving. Static location processing can be applied to determine static locations from the static period network measurements, and moving location processing can be applied to determine moving locations from the moving period network measurements. Resulting static location information and moving location information can then be merged in order to improve the accuracy of both the static and the moving location information. The enhanced accuracy location information can be stored and used for any desired application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Wenjie Zhao, Abraham George
  • Patent number: 11856415
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided that use lower-layer signalling, for example Layer 1 (L1) and/or Layer 2 (L2), as a part of mobility beam management. A method for performing inter-cell mobility management may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from a network, higher-layer signaling that includes configuration information for a plurality of mobility beam management reference signals (MBM-RSs) enabling the UE to measure MBM-RSs transmitted by at least one base station in the network. In addition the UE may receive from the network, lower-layer signaling include additional information relating to monitoring for a mobility beam MBM event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aman Jassal, Xi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11856489
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing uplink broadcast or multicast (“broadcast/multicast”) packets from a user equipment (UE) and distributing the broadcast/multicast packets to other UEs in a network. In some aspects, a UE may receive, from a base station, a downlink packet comprising broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) Ethernet data for a protocol data unit (PDU) session of the UE with a data network (DN) associated with the base station, determining whether the downlink packet corresponds to an uplink packet previously transmitted to the base station by the UE, discarding the downlink packet for the PDU session based on determining that the UE previously transmitted the corresponding uplink packet comprising the broadcast/multicast Ethernet data for the PDU session to the base station, and processing the downlink packet for the PDU session based on determining that the UE did not previously transmit the corresponding uplink packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vinay Joseph, Rajat Prakash, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Fatih Ulupinar
  • Patent number: 11855708
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for determining quality of experience (QoE) for wireless communications are described. One technique involves transmitting a QoE support message to an access point (AP) within an access network. The QoE support message queries whether the AP supports providing key performance indicators (KPI(s)) indicative of QoE provided by the access network. An indication of whether the AP supports providing the KPI(s) is received in response to the QoE support message. The KPI(s) are received when the AP supports providing the KPI(s). A determination is made whether to communicate with the AP based at least in part on the KPI(s). Communications are then performed in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Carlos M. Pignataro, Bart A. Brinckman
  • Patent number: 11852739
    Abstract: There is provided a method for providing Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurements from a wireless device to a location server. The method includes sending, from the wireless node to the location server, a capability to support OTDOA location measurements using multipath RSTD, receiving, at the wireless node, a request for OTDOA location measurements using multipath RSTD, from the location server. The method includes receiving, at the wireless node, assistance data providing details of required OTDOA location measurements using multipath RSTD from the location server, receiving, at the wireless node, a signal from an RSTD reference cell and a neighbor cell. The method includes observing, at the wireless node, a time difference between the received signals thereby obtaining the required OTDOA location measurements using multipath RSTD and sending the required OTDOA location measurements using multipath RSTD from the wireless node to the location server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Henrik Ryden, Sara Modarres Razavi, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Kai-Erik Sunell
  • Patent number: 11844008
    Abstract: A method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station are provided for wireless communication. The UE receives a target radio signal in a first frequency-domain resource, transmits a first radio signal, monitors a second radio signal in a first time window, and monitors a third radio signal in a first time-domain resource in the first frequency-domain resource. A channel measurement for the target radio signal is used for triggering a transmission of the first radio signal; the first radio signal is used for determining a multiantenna related transmission of the third radio signal; the first radio signal is related to a multiantenna related reception of the third radio signal; the second radio signal is used for determining the first time-domain resource, or, the second radio signal is used for determining that the first radio signal is correctly received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11843967
    Abstract: An electronic device provides low latency communication for an extended reality service. Based on a first value of quality of service (QoS) requested by an extended reality (XR) application stored in the electronic device, a first communication connection corresponding to the first value for receiving data regarding an XR service from an XR server is established. Based on a change of a value of the QoS from the first value to a second value, the first communication connection is maintained, and a second communication connection corresponding to the second value is established. Data regarding the XR service from the XR server is received via the second communication connection. The second communication connection can be a radio access technology (RAT) different from the first communication connection and/or a bearer different from the first communication connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonik Seong, Songyean Cho, Chaeman Lim
  • Patent number: 11838839
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Changhong Shan