Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
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Patent number: 12167240Abstract: Provided is a method for configuring a wireless connection between a mobile wireless terminal and a mobile wireless network, in which the mobile wireless network contains at least one first subnetwork, which is accessible with a credential of at least a first type, and contains at least one second subnetwork, which is accessible with a credential of at least a second type, and a first wireless connection to a first subnetwork and a second wireless connection to a second subnetwork have different wireless transmission parameters. In the event of a request for access by the mobile wireless terminal to a selected subnetwork—a predetermined credential is determined for the request for access to the selected subnetwork, the type of the predetermined credential is determined, and—at least one wireless transmission parameter is selected and activated depending on the determined type of the predetermined credential.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Rainer Falk
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Patent number: 12167499Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media described herein may have the complexity to support simultaneous communications (e.g., transmission/reception to/from) with two or more cells. Therefore, before configuring a handover, the network needs to know if these methods, systems, and storage media can support simultaneous communication with multiple cells or not. Among other things, these methods, systems, and storage media can reduce the interruption time during handovers for when these methods, systems, and storage media are capable of such simultaneous communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Qiming Li, Hua Li, Rui Huang, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 12167483Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing enhanced capacity for tenants in a neutral host network (NHN) via multi-connectivity such as dual connectivity or carrier aggregation. The present technology can identify, at a small cell gateway, signaling traffic passing from an access network to a respective core network of an NHN operating at mid-band frequencies and add an interface between the small cell gateway of the NHN and a base station of a tenant network operating at low-band frequencies to establish dual connectivity. Furthermore, the present technology can establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection in a primary cell residing in a macro network operating at low-band frequencies and add, at a fronthaul gateway, one or more secondary cells in a small cell network operating at mid-band frequencies to enable carrier aggregation of the one or more secondary cells with the primary cell the small cell network.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Humberto Jose La Roche, John T. Chapman, Desmond Joseph O'Connor
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Patent number: 12160806Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Changhong Shan
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Patent number: 12160878Abstract: A wireless device determines sidelink configurations for sidelink communications that indicate: zone configurations for sidelink transmissions; and communication range thresholds each corresponding to a respective zone configuration of the zone configurations. The wireless device transmits, to one or more second wireless devices, sidelink control information, SCI, that indicates: a zone, of a first zone configuration of the zone configurations, indicating a geographic location of the first wireless device; and a first communication range threshold, of the first zone configuration, indicating a communication range of the sidelink transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventors: Bing Hui, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Kai Xu, Kyungmin Park, Yunjung Yi, Hyukjin Chae
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Patent number: 12160875Abstract: A mode switching method for a broadcast service is provided. A trigger instruction is determined when switching of a broadcast mode is to be performed. The trigger instruction is configured to instruct switching of the broadcast mode of a terminal. The trigger instruction is transmitted to an access network device to enable the access network device to transmit a switching request to a functional network element. The switching request is configured to instruct the functional network element to configure a corresponding mode parameter. The mode parameter is configured to instruct the access network device to update an execution parameter, to obtain a configuration parameter and to transmit the configuration parameter to the terminal. Switching to a corresponding broadcast mode is performed according to the configuration parameter to establish a wireless connection with the access network device.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Yixue Lei
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Patent number: 12160807Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Changhong Shan
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Patent number: 12156030Abstract: A system and apparatus for selectively limiting user control of a mobile electronic device are provided. In an embodiment, the apparatus may be a case sized to receive a mobile electronic device, the case having a locking means to at least partially secure an opening thereof. When engaged, the locking means may be physically impenetrable by the user of the mobile electronic device and may further be configured to engage and disengage in the presence of one or more pre-determined conditions. For example, the lock may engage when the case is detected within a certain geographical region or even during a specified time. It is contemplated that providing disclosed systems and apparatuses may reduce undesirable behavior at communal events by eliminating distractions posed by mobile electronic devices and preventing unauthorized recordings, which together may enhance overall engagement at and enjoyment of such events.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: YONDR, INC.Inventor: Graham Dugoni
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Patent number: 12156161Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication is disclosed. The UE includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: detect a presence of a first USIM and a second USIM in the UE, the first and second USIMs belonging to the same network, and send a message, using the first USIM, to the network through either an access registration procedure or a registration update procedure, the message indicating the presence of the first and second USIMs and capabilities associated with the first and second USIMs.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kamel M. Shaheen
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Patent number: 12156260Abstract: A random access method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: a terminal device obtains a position of the terminal device and a position of a network device, the terminal device determines a time adjustment value based on the position of the terminal device and the position of the network device, and the terminal device sends a random access preamble based on the time adjustment value and a random access channel (RACH) resource configured by the network device. Based on this solution, the terminal device may determine the time adjustment value based on the position of the terminal device and the position of the network device, and adjust a time for sending the random access preamble on the RACH resource. This helps avoid a problem that random access preamble receiving time windows overlap, thereby increasing a success rate of accessing the network device by the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Xu, Bingzhao Li, Lei Chen, Hong Wang
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Patent number: 12150193Abstract: One method includes: communicating with a first base station by utilizing a first SIM and communicating with a second base station by utilizing a second SIM; transmitting a request signal to the second base station in response to a connection setup process between the user equipment and the first base station; and receiving a configuration message from the second base station in response to the request signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) LimitedInventors: Lianhai Wu, Genadi Velev, Jing Han, Haiming Wang, Jie Shi, Haipeng Lei
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Patent number: 12137420Abstract: Example data transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining an actual transmit power for first uplink data by a terminal device based on a determined channel transmit power and a transmission parameter. The actual transmit power is less than or equal to the channel transmit power, and the transmission parameter includes one or more of parameters that can be used to indicate a location of the terminal device. The terminal device sends the first uplink data at the actual transmit power. Therefore, the terminal device may determine the actual transmit power for the uplink data based on the channel transmit power and various transmission parameters that can indicate whether the terminal device is located at a cell edge, so that the actual transmit power for the uplink data can be flexibly adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xianda Liu, Liuliu Ji, Kunpeng Liu
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Patent number: 12137380Abstract: Core network equipment is configured for use in a core network of a wireless communication system. The core network equipment is configured to switch switching to using a new non-access stratum, NAS, security context between a user equipment and the core network equipment. The core network equipment is also configured to, during or in association with a handover procedure for handover of the user equipment, signal from the core network equipment that the new NAS security context between the user equipment and the core network equipment is to be used as a basis for an access stratum (AS) security context between the user equipment and radio access network equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Karl Norrman, Monica Wifvesson
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Patent number: 12137415Abstract: A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to generate listen-before-talk (LBT) operations in order to manage power consumption by configuring the discontinuous reception (DRX) in a dynamic manner. The UE can configure an extended active time for the DRX based on whether the LBT is successful and an acquisition channel indication from a base station, e.g., a next generation NodeB (gNB). The UE can operate aperiodic wakeup occasions with or independently of periodic DRX on-durations to better manage power while monitoring a channel for unlicensed carrier communications.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Murali Narasimha, Seau S. Lim, Anthony Lee, Yongjun Kwak
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Patent number: 12133074Abstract: A system and apparatus for selectively limiting user control of a mobile electronic device are provided. In an embodiment, the apparatus may be a case sized to receive a mobile electronic device, the case having a locking means to at least partially secure an opening thereof. When engaged, the locking means may be physically impenetrable by the user of the mobile electronic device and may further be configured to engage and disengage in the presence of one or more pre-determined conditions. For example, the lock may engage when the case is detected within a certain geographical region or even during a specified time. It is contemplated that providing disclosed systems and apparatuses may reduce undesirable behavior at communal events by eliminating distractions posed by mobile electronic devices and preventing unauthorized recordings, which together may enhance overall engagement at and enjoyment of such events.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: YONDR, INC.Inventor: Graham Dugoni
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Patent number: 12133078Abstract: A system and apparatus for selectively limiting user control of a mobile electronic device are provided. In an embodiment, the apparatus may be a case sized to receive a mobile electronic device, the case having a locking means to at least partially secure an opening thereof. When engaged, the locking means may be physically impenetrable by the user of the mobile electronic device and may further be configured to engage and disengage in the presence of one or more pre-determined conditions. For example, the lock may engage when the case is detected within a certain geographical region or even during a specified time. It is contemplated that providing disclosed systems and apparatuses may reduce undesirable behavior at communal events by eliminating distractions posed by mobile electronic devices and preventing unauthorized recordings, which together may enhance overall engagement at and enjoyment of such events.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2024Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: YONDR, INC.Inventor: Graham Dugoni
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Patent number: 12127150Abstract: A method performed by a UE having multiple USIMs is provided. The method includes registering the UE in a first PLMN. The method includes moving the UE into a CM-connected state in the first PLMN. The method includes setting up a PDU session in the first PLMN. The method includes using a DNS, via the PDU session in the first PLMN, to select a N3IWF in a second PLMN. The method includes accessing the N3IWF via IP connectivity provided by the first PLMN and initiating a registration procedure with an AMF node in the second PLMN using the N3IWF, the UE indicating that the AMF node shall only use N3IFW for NAS notifications after registration. The method includes completing the registration procedure to register with the second PLMN. The method includes setting up a PDU session with a SMF node in the second PLMN without user plane resources.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Qian Chen, Christofer Lindheimer, Stefan Rommer, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Magnus Stattin, Alessio Terzani
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Patent number: 12113735Abstract: A user equipment (UE), configured to transmit data on a physical shared channel, transmits the data using the allocated first physical shared channel to the base station, the data may be transmitted repeatedly as much as the number of the first physical shared channel on a physical shared channel group including a predetermined number of the first physical shared channels, a first dedicated demodulation-Reference Signal (DMRS) for the data may be mapped to a symbol constructing the physical shared channel group according to the mapping information and transmitted to the base station, and the mapping information may be information for mapping a second DMRS for a second physical shared channel including symbols of a same number as a symbol number constructing the physical shared channel group.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Duckhyun Bae, Huayue Song, Yunjung Yi, Hyunho Lee
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Patent number: 12107983Abstract: A computing device determines that the computing device is within wireless proximity to a secondary wireless device. Based on the computing device being within wireless proximity to the secondary wireless device, the computing device determines at least one function of the secondary wireless device, and generates an aggregate user interface for display on a display screen of the computing device. The aggregate user interface identifies the secondary wireless device and indicates the at least one function of the secondary wireless device. The computing device receives, via the aggregate user interface, a user input selecting the secondary wireless device. Responsive to the user input, the computing device presents a second user interface including one or more selectable features for operating the secondary wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 12108422Abstract: A radio terminal (2) receives beam configuration information from a base station (1), measures a plurality of transmission beams (10) transmitted from the base station (1) in accordance with the beam configuration information, and uses one or more beams selected from among the plurality of transmission beams (10) based on a measurement result as a serving beam. Each of the plurality of transmission beams carries a beamformed reference signal to be measured by the radio terminal (2). The beam configuration information includes a reference signal configuration indicating a radio resource used on each beam for transmitting the beamformed reference signal. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to provision of a procedure for UE mobility between beams.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Futaki