Patents by Inventor Axel Berny

Axel Berny has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11864025
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Gostev, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang
  • Publication number: 20220338056
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Anatoli GOSTEV, Louay ALSAKKA, Axel BERNY, Tad DREIER, Joachim HAMMERSCHMIDT, Lei LI, Xiaojun CHEN, Vusthla Sunil REDDY, Peter M. AGBOH, Mohit NARANG
  • Patent number: 11412409
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Gostev, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang
  • Patent number: 10887048
    Abstract: A sink device is configured to establish a Bluetooth connection with a source device. The sink device receives a transmission from the source device that includes a plurality of data blocks, an item of check information, and a plurality of parity blocks during a transmission time duration. The sink device determines, prior to receiving an entirety of the transmission, whether at least one of received data blocks includes an error based on at least the item of check information and, when the at least one of the received data blocks includes the error and prior to receiving all of the plurality of parity blocks, the sink device performs an error correction operation on a first one of the received data blocks based on a first one of the parity blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alon Paycher, Naftali Sommer, Tal Inbar, Sriram Hariharan, Axel Berny, Roi Faust, Eli Ochayon, Sreeraman Anantharaman
  • Publication number: 20200205031
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Anatoli GOSTEV, Louay ALSAKKA, Axel BERNY, Tad DREIER, Joachim HAMMERSCHMIDT, Lei Li, Xiaojun CHEN, Vusthla Sunil REDDY, Peter M. AGBOH, Mohit NARANG
  • Publication number: 20200106552
    Abstract: A sink device is configured to establish a Bluetooth connection with a source device. The sink device receives a transmission from the source device that includes a plurality of data blocks, an item of check information, and a plurality of parity blocks during a transmission time duration. The sink device determines, prior to receiving an entirety of the transmission, whether at least one of received data blocks includes an error based on at least the item of check information and, when the at least one of the received data blocks includes the error and prior to receiving all of the plurality of parity blocks, the sink device performs an error correction operation on a first one of the received data blocks based on a first one of the parity blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Alon PAYCHER, Naftali SOMMER, Tal INBAR, Sriram HARIHARAN, Axel BERNY, Roi FAUST, Eli OCHAYON, Sreeraman ANANTHARAMAN
  • Patent number: 10602397
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Gostev, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang
  • Publication number: 20180084456
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Anatoli GOSTEV, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang