Patents Examined by Yuwen Pan
  • Patent number: 11876923
    Abstract: A method for enhancing a visual display of digital information on cell phones includes providing a first visual image to the cell phone user at a display time of 10 ms or less; and providing a perceptible second visual image corresponding to the first visual image on the display. A visual augmentation method and matching game method is also provided as are cell phones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: seeEVA, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Gerrity
  • Patent number: 11871798
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes an application installed thereon. The application is configured to communicate with a smoking substitute device, wherein the application is configured to: instruct a user to perform an operation at the smoking substitute device; verify whether the operation has been correctly performed by the user at the smoking substitute device; and inform the user whether the operation has been correctly performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Fard, Oliver Talbot
  • Patent number: 11871318
    Abstract: A system may provide for the design and/or modification of network slices associated with a wireless network. The wireless network may include different slices that are associated different sets of service parameters. Slices may include radio access networks (“RANs”), core networks, or other types of networks, which may include respective sets of network functions (“NFs”), which may perform specific functions with respect to a given RAN and/or core network. Different slices, RANs, core networks, and/or NFs may be associated with particular policies and/or tags which may be specified by one or more users associated with a first access level. One or more users associated with a second access level may configure portions of the wireless network, and the policies and/or tags associated with particular slices, RANs, core networks, or NFs may be automatically implemented by an orchestration system that configures the wireless network based on the provided configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sabareeswar P. Balakrishnan, Viswanath Kumar Skand Priya
  • Patent number: 11870549
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for managing use of media feeds in a media player. A media feed may be selected from a plurality of media feeds based on a feedback signal corresponding to an audio output signal of a media player, and a corresponding transmit signal may be configured for transmittal to the media player. The transmit signal may include a plurality of channels, and configuring the transmit signal may include selecting one channel from the plurality of channels based on the feedback signal, and conveying the media feed over the selected channel. The selected channel may be processed to carry the media feed, such as by frequency-modulating the media feed into the selected channel. The feedback signal may be processed, and control information may be determined based on the processing for controlling one or both of the selecting of the media feed and configuring of the transmit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventor: Urs-Viktor Marti
  • Patent number: 11871240
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for interfaces for creating radio-based private networks. In one embodiment, a request is received via an interface to create a radio-based private network for a customer. The request indicates a quantity of wireless devices that will connect to the radio-based private network. A quantity of radio units to serve the radio-based private network is determined based at least in part on the quantity of wireless devices. The radio units are preconfigured to implement a radio access network for the radio-based private network. A shipment is initiated to the customer of the radio units that have been preconfigured. Resources in a cloud provider network are provisioned to function as a core network for the radio-based private network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Leslie Andrew Prock, Kaixiang Hu, Upendra Bhalchandra Shevade, Shane Ashley Hall, Sahil Mansukhlal Koladiya, Ishwardutt Parulkar
  • Patent number: 11863701
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first incoming call request, displaying a first incoming call display interface on the screen based on the first incoming call request, playing a first video in the first incoming call display interface, receiving a second incoming call request, displaying a second incoming call display interface on the screen based on the second incoming call request, and playing a second video in the second incoming call display interface, where the first incoming call request and the second incoming call request are two call requests consecutively received by the electronic device, and the first video is different from the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wendi Cai
  • Patent number: 11864195
    Abstract: This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for a peer-to-peer Citizens Broadband Radio Service, CBRS, grant. A base station sends a CBRS spectrum request to a Spectrum Access System, SAS, receives a CBRS spectrum grant from the SAS, and transmits a configuration for peer-to-peer, P2P, CBRS communication to at least a first UE that is effective to enable the first UE and a second UE to conduct P2P communication based on the configuration for P2P CBRS communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Sathish Karunakaran
  • Patent number: 11863695
    Abstract: A flexible substrate has a first dynamic region separated from a second dynamic region along a central axis by a central region. One or both of the first dynamic region and/or the second dynamic region define at least one aperture having a major axis oriented substantially parallel with the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Ngee J Lee, Caleb Smith, Keith J Pump, Robert Murdock
  • Patent number: 11864265
    Abstract: Solutions for providing a data traffic session with proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) restoration include: receiving an indication, by an application server (AS), that a user equipment (UE) registered with a first proxy node; receiving, by the AS, from a call session control function, a first indication that the first proxy node is unavailable; based on at least receiving the first indication that the first proxy node is unavailable, transmitting, by the AS, to a subscriber information node, a first message triggering proxy node restoration (e.g., over an N71 interface); receiving an indication, by the AS, that the UE is registered with a second proxy node different than the first proxy node; and based on at least receiving a session initiation message, establishing the data traffic session for the UE with the second proxy node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Saqib Badar, Shujaur Mufti, Joel Arends, Subramania Kaushik
  • Patent number: 11855724
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a frame for communication using beamforming in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for transmitting a signal in a transmitting stage includes determining a beam change time of a region for transmitting information in a frame, and transmitting the information to a receiving stage over the region for transmitting the information by considering the beam change time. The frame includes a plurality of regions divided based on a type of the information transmitted to the receiving stage, and the plurality of the regions includes different beam change times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11856538
    Abstract: A method for broadcasting configuration information of a synchronizing signal block includes: the maximum number of synchronizing signal blocks that can be transmitted is determined; the number of bits of configuration information to be generated is determined according to a relationship between the maximum number and a first preset value, and the configuration information comprising said number of bits is generated, in which the configuration information is configured to indicate a synchronizing signal block required to be transmitted in the maximum number of synchronizing signal blocks, and the first preset value is positively correlated with the number of bits that can be transmitted by a physical sidelink broadcast channel; and the configuration information is broadcasted by means of the physical sidelink broadcast channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11856592
    Abstract: The present invention may include a computing device receives a location data from a client device, wherein the client device comprises one or more location sensors to generate the location data. The computing device determines an altitude of the client device above a floor from the location data. The computing device determines an age and a height of a user using a trained neural network from the client device and the location data and assigns a wireless network channel to the client device based on the age and the height of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Shikhar Kwatra, Diwesh Pandey, Subarna Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11856128
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first incoming call request, displaying a first incoming call display interface on the screen based on the first incoming call request, playing a first video in the first incoming call display interface, receiving a second incoming call request, displaying a second incoming call display interface on the screen based on the second incoming call request, and playing a second video in the second incoming call display interface, where the first incoming call request and the second incoming call request are two call requests consecutively received by the electronic device, and the first video is different from the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wendi Cai
  • Patent number: 11856122
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. A lateral fingerprint recognition apparatus is in contact with a function button. An accommodating structure is arranged in the lateral fingerprint recognition apparatus. A stopping assembly is arranged on a side of a fingerprint hole close to the function button. Inserting a partial area of the stopping assembly into the accommodating structure enables the lateral fingerprint recognition apparatus, when pressed, to move in movement space of the accommodating structure on the side of the fingerprint hole close to the function button, so as to limit a displacement amount of the lateral fingerprint recognition apparatus within a specific range, implementing the functions of the lateral fingerprint recognition apparatus and of the function button, and preventing the lateral fingerprint recognition apparatus from being displaced from the originally designed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guotong Zhou, Dong Ma, Xinwen Xu, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 11836280
    Abstract: Mobile device cases are provided which, in a first embodiment, selectively limit a user's ability to control the user's own mobile electronic device. The case includes front and rear portions joined together and defining therein an opening for receiving a mobile electronic device, such as a mobile phone. A locking mechanism is provided for selectively securing the opening in a first locked position to prevent operational access to the mobile electronic device by the user until a predetermined condition is met. The case includes an indicia of time visible to the user during the period of time of prevented operational access. In a further embodiment, a case is provided with first and second polymeric shells each having an interior and an exterior surface thereon and connected together by at least one hinge portion. The first and second shell portions form a cavity of sufficient size to cover a mobile electronic device sufficiently to prevent access by its user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Connor Cronk, Brian Cronk
  • Patent number: 11832674
    Abstract: A soft mobile phone pouch is provided, which comprises an elastic fabric, forming a soft-walled pocket having a longitudinal length, a width and a depth, an opening for receiving a mobile phone, so that said mobile phone is substantially disposed within said pocket, and one or a plurality of fasteners for removably attaching said pouch to an article of clothing, whereby the internal speakers of said mobile phone are positioned to direct audio sound to the ears of the wearer. The pouch can include RF/EMF protective materials and can be made waterproof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Cronk, Connor Cronk
  • Patent number: 11832112
    Abstract: A wireless base station setting position calculation method includes a step S1 for assuming the setting area to be a rectangle, receiving an input of longitudinal and lateral lengths of a setting area and the number of wireless base stations to be set “s”, and determining one or more candidates of a number of divisions “d” of the setting area according to the number of wireless base stations “s”, a step S2 for representing the number of divisions “d” in a division ratio x:y and selecting, for each number of divisions “d”, according to the longitudinal and lateral lengths of the setting area, a division ratio at which diagonal line lengths of divided areas are minimized, a step S3 for performing, for each number of divisions “d”, adjustment of a division pattern until a difference m between the number of divisions “d” and the number of wireless base stations “s” decreases to 0, a step S4 for calculating, for each number of divisions “d”, a sum of the diagonal line lengths of the divided areas and selecting the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku Omiya, Toshiro Nakahira, Hirantha Abeysekera, Shoko Shinohara, Takafumi Hayashi, Yasushi Takatori
  • Patent number: 11831062
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a mobile terminal antenna production method. The mobile terminal uses an insulation film layer on an insulation rear housing as a carrier of a radiating element of an antenna, and the radiating element is located within the entire mobile terminal. A feed and an electric-conductor are disposed on a circuit board, and the electric-conductor is electrically connected to the feed. There is a gap between the radiating element and the electric-conductor, and the electric-conductor indirectly couples the radiating element in a capacitively coupled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Chan Yang, Chien-Ming Lee, Hanyang Wang, Dong Yu, Yi-Hsiang Liao, Xiaoli Yang, Jiaqing You
  • Patent number: 11825422
    Abstract: Multi-radio wireless network devices are capable of transmitting and/or receiving data from multiple radiofrequency (RF) networks at different bands. Total transmission power limitations may be in place due to, for example, safety reasons. As a result, active management of transmission power may be performed during simultaneous transmission in different bands and/or networks. In some embodiments, the management may take place on group-by-group basis and a network-by-network basis. Antennas may be grouped based on their relative positions and impact on radiation emitted by the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Indranil S. Sen, Jonathan C. King, Mohit Narang, Prathyusha Sangepu, Qiong Wu, Shrenik Milapchand, Vijay Gadde, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11824575
    Abstract: A protective cover for a tablet computer includes a main body, a peripheral device and a protective cover signal transmission member. The main body includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member connected to each other and can be opened and closed relative to each other. The peripheral device is disposed on the first supporting member. The protective cover signal transmission member is disposed on the second supporting member and electrically connected with the peripheral device. The second supporting member supports the tablet computer. The tablet computer includes a computer signal transmission member. The protective cover signal transmission member is used to dock with the computer signal transmission member to perform signal transmission. One of the computer signal transmission member and the protective cover signal transmission member is an electrical block, and the other is an electrical guide rail. A portable electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu Chih Chang, Chin Lung Chan