Patents Examined by Zhensheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11799690
    Abstract: The invention is that of systems and methods for communications between one or more networks and subsequently network devices configured with a networking application for processing network based communications when the devices are on different logical and physical networks. The methods herein involve translation of remote IP addresses of LAN devices to addresses comprising headend network prefixes, to allow for LAN extension of remote to headend networks and communications between devices on the disparate networks. Data packets from a remote LAN interface are transferred to an outbound interface once translated, then forwarded via a formed bridged tunnel link to a headend network device. A server comprising a local LAN and outbound interface is further configured with a NAT module for IP address translation and an optional security module for additional authenticity verification of remote devices attempting to penetrate the headend network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IP Technology Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell, Scott Whittle, Kurt Quasebarth
  • Patent number: 11783021
    Abstract: Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices can be used to perform authentication related operations because IoT devices are prevalent in our society and because a server performing an authentication operation can communicate with IoT devices via the Internet. In a first example authentication technique, a server determines whether a person can perform an operation requested by the person based on whether the person performed an action on an IoT device, where the action is selected by the server and send to the person's user device. In a second example authentication technique, a server determines whether a person can perform an operation based on whether a person accurately identified an action performed by an IoT device, where the IoT device performs the action based on a command sent by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Christopher Russell, Emily Kathleen Krebs, Jose L. Romero, Jr., Reynaldo Medina, III, Andre Rene Buentello, Noe Alberto Martinez, Cayley Danielle Collum, Ryan Thomas Russell
  • Patent number: 11777903
    Abstract: A method transmits data between a vehicle and a traffic security system. A number of transmission channels are available for transmitting data between the vehicle and the traffic security system. Data packets are specified for the transmission to the traffic security system. The transmission quality of the individual transmission channels is measured. A transmission configuration is selected from a plurality of transmission configurations, from the type of data and the ascertained transmission qualities, and other specifications according to a specified set of rules. The transmission configuration specifies particular transmission channels for individual data packets which are associated with a service, possibly as a function of the content of the data packet. An identifier characterizing the transmission configuration is added to the data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Frequentis AG
    Inventors: Richard Prinz, Saadan Ansari
  • Patent number: 11757768
    Abstract: A search engine queries a network model for behavior of the entire network, such as data flow, based on combinations of multiple network elements. The search engine provides the state information and/or predicted behavior of the network by searching network objects in a graph-based model or a network state database that satisfy constraints given in a search query. The search engine provides the state information and/or predicted behavior based on regular-expression or plain language search expressions that do not provide packet header information. The search engine parses such search expression into a sequence of atoms that encode forwarding paths of interest to the user. A flow path through the modeled network can be generated dynamically, within the context of the search queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenxuan Zhou, Giri Prashanth Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11758538
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that performs UL grant-free transmission, in which UL data is transmitted without a UL transmission indication from a radio base station, and a control section that controls the UL grant-free transmission based on a configuration of the UL grant-free transmission, identified based on a physical layer signaling, and the transmission section transmits a delivery acknowledgment in response to receipt of the physical layer signaling. According to one aspect of the present invention, even when UL grant-free transmission is employed, the decline in communication throughput and the like can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11751259
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a plurality of applications issuing a request for a communication with an outside of a vehicle, a communicator device performing the communicating, and a network coordinator managing the request for the communication from the plurality of applications. In a communication method in the vehicle system, when the network coordinator receives a request for a connection with an outside of the vehicle from the application, the network coordinator determines whether or not to permit the connection with the outside of the vehicle, and the network coordinator notifies the application of a determination result of the connection with the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuto Hirashima, Tomohiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11743883
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeohun Yun, Kyeongyeon Kim, Chanhong Kim, Jongbu Lim, Sungnam Hong, Taeyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11722924
    Abstract: A bearer creation system creates dedicated bearers for sessions requested by user equipment devices based on a policy associated with the user equipment device. The bearer creation system detects that a request to initiate a session has been sent by user equipment associated with a policy. The bearer creation system compares the request to initiate the session to information indicated by the policy, and determines whether to create a dedicated bearer for the session based on the comparison. The bearer creation system creates a dedicated bearer for the session based on a determination that a dedicated bearer should be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin Yao, Prashant Raghuvanshi
  • Patent number: 11711748
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus of communication between a terminal and a base station. The communication method between a terminal and a base station performed by the terminal includes: sending, by the terminal, a network access request frame with a first preamble to a relay device. The relay device may be configured to receive the network access request frame according to the first preamble, send the network access request frame with a second preamble to the base station, and receive a network access response frame returned by the base station. The length of the second preamble may be smaller than that of the first preamble. The communication method may further includes receiving, by the terminal, the network access response frame sent by the relay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Zhen Tao
  • Patent number: 11706817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, configuration information of an initial active uplink bandwidth part (UL BWP) and corresponding random access resource; based on the configuration information of the initial active UL BWP and the corresponding random access resource, determining corresponding physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions; and performing random access procedure based on the determined PRACH occasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Xiong, Chen Qian, Bin Yu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 11700105
    Abstract: A communication device includes a receiver, a transmitter and a control circuit. The receiver is configured to receive, from an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network, downlink signals on a downlink via a wireless access interface of the mobile communications network. The transmitter is configured to transmit, to the infrastructure equipment, uplink signals on an uplink via the wireless access interface. The control circuit is configured to control the receiver to receive the downlink signals and control the transmitter to transmit the uplink signals. The control circuit is further configured to delay a reception period for the receiver to receive the downlink signals after a transmission period in which the transmitter transmits the uplink signals when a duration of the transmission period exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Martin Warwick Beale, Shin Horng Wong, Basuki Priyanto
  • Patent number: 11696274
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications method and device, to improve communication performance in an aspect of PUCCH transmission. The method includes: determining resource or signal indication information; determining, according to the resource or signal indication information, an uplink or downlink signal quasi co-located with a to-be-transmitted physical uplink control channel PUCCH; and sending the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a quasi co-location relationship between the to-be-transmitted PUCCH and the uplink or downlink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11689930
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for associating the start of an encrypted data flow with an application. One apparatus includes a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network and a processor. The processor performs an authentication with a network encrypted traffic detection function and detects a data packet generated by a first application. The processor determines whether the data packet is associated with the start of an encrypted data flow for the first application and modifies the data packet to include detection information. The transceiver sends the modified data packet to the mobile communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Apostolis Salkintzis, Dimitrios Karampatsis
  • Patent number: 11683110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to IoT devices existing in a deployed ecosystem. The various computers in the deployed ecosystem are able to respond to requests from a device directly associated with it in a particular hierarchy, or it may seek a response to the request from a high order logic/data source (parent). The logic/data source parent may then repeat the understanding process to either provide the necessary response to the logic/data source child who then replies to the device or it will again ask a parent logic/data sources for the appropriate response. This architecture allows for a single device to make one request to a single known source and potentially get a response back from the entire ecosystem of distributed servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Clearblade, Inc.
    Inventors: David Aaron Allsbrook, Steven Manweiler, Sanket Deshpande, Martin Pandola
  • Patent number: 11678343
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant indicating a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) that indicates that the grant is for a retransmission of an initial communication. The UE may decode, based at least in part on the grant indicating the MCS that indicates that the grant is for the retransmission and using a transport block size (TBS) of a prior communication, a communication scheduled by the grant, wherein the prior communication is prior to the initial communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ankit Agrawal, Sriram Parthasarathy Mannar, Mahender Reddy Akkapally, Sameer Pradip Thakre
  • Patent number: 11671490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to IoT devices existing in a deployed ecosystem. The various computers in the deployed ecosystem are able to respond to requests from a device directly associated with it in a particular hierarchy, or it may seek a response to the request from a high order logic/data source (parent). The logic/data source parent may then repeat the understanding process to either provide the necessary response to the logic/data source child who then replies to the device or it will again ask a parent logic/data sources for the appropriate response. This architecture allows for a single device to make one request to a single known source and potentially get a response back from the entire ecosystem of distributed servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Clearblade, Inc.
    Inventors: David Aaron Allsbrook, Steven Manweiler, Sanket Deshpande, Martin Pandola
  • Patent number: 11671949
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to time domain resource allocation for PUSCH transmission. In one embodiment, there proposes a method in a wireless communication device for Random Access (RA), comprising: transmitting a preamble on Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH); receiving a Random Access Response (RAR) message; transmitting, on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), a message for terminal identification (Msg3), wherein the time resource allocation of Msg3 is different than the time resource allocation of other message to be transmitted on the PUSCH (normal PUSCH). The embodiments herein can support flexible time resource allocation configuration for Msg3, and at the same time, the signaling overhead in RAR/DCI for indicating the time resource allocation of PUSCH carrying Msg3 can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhang, Jingya Li, Zhipeng Lin, Robert Baldemair
  • Patent number: 11671808
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein provides systems and techniques to automatically configure a proximal device, such as a smart watch, a tablet, or any other smart device, based on configuration information sent from the user equipment (UE) to the proximal device when the local communications connection, such as a wireless connection, between the devices is weak. If it is determined that there is a weak local communications connection between the UE and the proximal device the UE may automatically send network configuration information to the proximal device. If it is determined that there is a weak local communications connection between the UE and the proximal device the UE may automatically turn on its mobile hotspot, and automatically send the mobile hotspot configuration information to the proximal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Qin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11665129
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a system comprises one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause one or more components of the system to perform operations. The operations comprise receiving a packet comprising a source address; selecting an uplink for the packet, the uplink selected from a plurality of uplinks based on an uplink selection policy; determining whether the source address is valid on the selected uplink; determining whether to keep or re-write the source address based on whether the source address is valid on the selected uplink; keeping the source address when the source address is valid on the selected uplink or re-writing the source address when the source address is not valid on the selected uplink; and sending the packet to the selected uplink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yoann Desmouceaux, Rucha Sanjay Vaidya, Murali Muniraman, Pierre Pfister
  • Patent number: 11665640
    Abstract: A microcomputer performs a power supply operation to a wireless communication module at a first time interval set based on a power generation amount at a lowest day power generation amount of a temperature differential power generation module. In addition, the microcomputer performs the power supply operation to a sensor at a second time interval set based on the power generation amount at the lowest day power generation amount of the temperature differential power generation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro Kamohara, Akira Tanabe, Kazuya Uejima, Jun Uehara, Kazuya Okuyama