Patents Examined by William D. Cumming
  • Patent number: 12207169
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a management network node may receive, from a communication network node, a plurality of non-data wireless service (NDWS) configurations. The management network node may transmit, to the communication network node, a configuration indication associated with a selected NDWS configuration of the plurality of NDWS configurations. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Punyaslok Purkayastha, Gavin Bernard Horn, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 12207236
    Abstract: In an aspect, a position estimation entity (e.g., UE, gNB, LMF, etc.) identifies a pool of UEs for a SL-assisted position estimation procedure of a set of target UEs. SL SRS-Ps are communicated (e.g., transmitted and measured) between the pool of UEs (e.g., for relative SL ranging). UL SRS-Ps are communicated by at least some of the UEs in the pool of UEs. The position estimation entity obtains measurement data for both the SL SRS-P and UL-SRS-P communications. The position estimation entity determines a position estimate for each UE in the set of UEs based on the measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marwen Zorgui, Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Piyush Gupta, Rajat Prakash, Junyi Li, Xiaojie Wang, Mohammad Tarek Fahim
  • Patent number: 12207330
    Abstract: In supporting multiple connectivity services, a remote UE establishes a PC5 unicast link with a Layer-2 UE-to-Network relay UE. Furthermore, the remote UE establishes at least two connectivity services with at least two data networks over the PC5 unicast link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Patent number: 12200510
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first report comprising first data, obtaining a second report comprising second data, analyzing at least the first data and the second data to identify characteristics of an environment where a communication device is located, based at least in part on the characteristics, determining whether dual connectivity is appropriate for providing a communication service to the communication device, resulting in a determination of dual connectivity, and selectively enabling or disabling dual connectivity in respect of the communication device based on the determination of dual connectivity. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei
  • Patent number: 12167240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Falk
  • Patent number: 12167483
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Humberto Jose La Roche, John T. Chapman, Desmond Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12167499
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Hua Li, Rui Huang, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12160806
    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: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Changhong Shan
  • Patent number: 12160807
    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: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Changhong Shan
  • Patent number: 12160875
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yixue Lei
  • Patent number: 12160878
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Hui, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Kai Xu, Kyungmin Park, Yunjung Yi, Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 12156260
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Xu, Bingzhao Li, Lei Chen, Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 12156161
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kamel M. Shaheen
  • Patent number: 12156030
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: YONDR, INC.
    Inventor: Graham Dugoni
  • Patent number: 12150193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Lianhai Wu, Genadi Velev, Jing Han, Haiming Wang, Jie Shi, Haipeng Lei
  • Patent number: 12137415
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Murali Narasimha, Seau S. Lim, Anthony Lee, Yongjun Kwak
  • Patent number: 12137380
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Karl Norrman, Monica Wifvesson
  • Patent number: 12137420
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianda Liu, Liuliu Ji, Kunpeng Liu
  • Patent number: 12133078
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: YONDR, INC.
    Inventor: Graham Dugoni
  • Patent number: 12133074
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: YONDR, INC.
    Inventor: Graham Dugoni