Patents by Inventor James A. Simon

James A. Simon 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).

  • Publication number: 20250141599
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications at a first wireless device. The method generally includes generating a protected frame that indicates: 1) an updated starting sequence number (SSN) of a block acknowledgment (BA) window and 2) an intended purpose of the protected frame as a request to update a BA window with the updated SSN; outputting, for transmission to a second wireless device that the first wireless device has established a protected block acknowledgment (BA) agreement with, the protected frame; generating multiple medium access control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) with SNs within the updated BA window; and outputting, for transmission to the second wireless device, the multiple MPDUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod PATIL, George CHERIAN, Alfred ASTERJADHI, Sai Yiu Duncan HO, Gaurang NAIK, Abdel Karim AJAMI, Yanjun SUN, Jouni Kalevi MALINEN, Srikant KUPPA, Padmanabhan Venkataraman KARTHIC, Guido Robert FREDERIKS, James Simon CHO
  • Patent number: 12232059
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for analyzing management frames for multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In one aspect, a wireless node may obtain a first management frame from a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus, the WLAN apparatus operating multiple virtual access points (VAPs) respectively corresponding to multiple BSSs. The wireless node may determine whether the first management frame includes a BSS profile of a BSS associated with the wireless node based, at least in part, on an arrangement of a plurality of BSS profiles within one or more management frames. The wireless node may determine to further process the first management frame based, at least in part, on a determination that the first management frame includes the BSS profile of the BSS associated with the wireless node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod Patil, Yongchun Xiao, Ravi Gidvani, Sandip HomChaudhuri, Pradeep Kumar Yenganti, Arul Davidson Emmanuel, James Simon Cho, Padmanabhan Venkataraman Karthic, George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Jouni Kalevi Malinen
  • Publication number: 20240418330
    Abstract: A representative embodiment of a lighting system includes a carrying bag having a first opening with a control panel cover; a mounting bracket arranged in the carrying bag; a power supply coupled to or arranged on the mounting bracket; a control panel arranged within the first opening and coupled to the mounting bracket; a first flexible light strip; a second flexible light strip; and a power cable coupleable within the carrying bag to the control panel, the first flexible light strip, and the second flexible light strip. The first and second flexible light strips are coupleable to the power cable to receive DC power from the control panel, and may be extended throughout a structure, such as a tent, using a plurality of hangers. In a representative embodiment, the first flexible light strip provides white light and the second flexible light strip provides blackout light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Darrell Frank Marroncelli, Patrick William Maloney, James J. Levante, Anthony James Simons, Jeffrey Thomas Saunders
  • Patent number: 12167469
    Abstract: An access point (AP) may prioritize the allocation of uplink resources between multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In some aspects, the AP may select one of a plurality of BSSs, may allocate one or more random-access resource units (RUs) to only the selected BSS, and may transmit, for each of the selected BSSs, a respective frame indicating the random-access RUs allocated to that BSS. Wireless devices belonging to the selected BSS may contend for access to the random-access RUs allocated by the frame, and then transmit uplink data using the random-access RUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred Asterjadhi, James Simon Cho, George Cherian, Simone Merlin, Abhishek Pramod Patil
  • Patent number: 12104759
    Abstract: A representative embodiment of a lighting system includes a carrying bag having a first opening with a control panel cover; a mounting bracket arranged in the carrying bag; a power supply coupled to or arranged on the mounting bracket; a control panel arranged within the first opening and coupled to the mounting bracket; a first flexible light strip; a second flexible light strip; and a power cable coupleable within the carrying bag to the control panel, the first flexible light strip, and the second flexible light strip. The first and second flexible light strips are coupleable to the power cable to receive DC power from the control panel, and may be extended throughout a structure, such as a tent, using a plurality of hangers. In a representative embodiment, the first flexible light strip provides white light and the second flexible light strip provides blackout light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Frontline Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Darrell Frank Marroncelli, Patrick William Maloney, James J. Levante, Anthony James Simons, Jeffrey Thomas Saunders
  • Publication number: 20240314567
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for performing actions to protect a wireless access point (AP) from repeated incorrect security credential input attacks. For example, a combination of techniques are implemented to block a wireless station (STA) from submitting innumerable number of incorrect security credential inputs to connect to the wireless AP by using embargo lists to block the wireless STA media access control (MAC) address after N number of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to connect to the wireless AP, using telescopic delays to make it progressively harder for the wireless STA to attack (that is, repeatedly submit incorrect security credential inputs) at regular short intervals, and/or determining position of the wireless STA of the attacker and then block attacks from all wireless STAs at the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Sourabh BANERJEE, Ravi PALURI, Sandip HOMCHAUDHURI, James Simon CHO, Viswanath KRALETI
  • Publication number: 20240298173
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for securing frames. In some examples, a frame is transmitted with a field that includes an identifier (ID) of a security key, a packet number (PN), and an integrity check based on one or more portions of the control frame and the security key. A device receiving the frame can verify the frame by calculating another integrity check based on the frame and the identified security key and comparing the calculated integrity check to the received integrity check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Alfred ASTERJADHI, George CHERIAN, Abhishek Pramod PATIL, Sai Yiu Duncan HO, Yanjun SUN, Gaurang NAIK, Abdel Karim AJAMI, Jouni Kalevi MALINEN, James Simon CHO, Guido Robert FREDERIKS
  • Publication number: 20240296295
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying attribution of quotations, generated by a large language model (LLM), to a source document are disclosed herein. Upon a request to summarize a source document or process a question that is answerable from a document, an LLM prompt is formed with the request or question along with the content of the source document. The LLM prompt is configured to cause an LLM to generate quotes that are intended to be from the source document. The output of the LLM, including the quotes, is then verified against the source document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Simon RUSSELL, Mary Sugino David PASCH, Jingtian JIANG
  • Publication number: 20240236880
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for analyzing management frames for multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In one aspect, a wireless node may obtain a first management frame from a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus, the WLAN apparatus operating multiple virtual access points (VAPs) respectively corresponding to multiple BSSs. The wireless node may determine whether the first management frame includes a BSS profile of a BSS associated with the wireless node based, at least in part, on an arrangement of a plurality of BSS profiles within one or more management frames. The wireless node may determine to further process the first management frame based, at least in part, on a determination that the first management frame includes the BSS profile of the BSS associated with the wireless node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod Patil, Yongchun Xiao, Ravi Gidvani, Sandip HomChaudhuri, Pradeep Kumar Yenganti, Arul Davidson Emmanuel, James Simon Cho, Padmanabhan Venkataraman Karthic, George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Jouni Kalevi Malinen
  • Patent number: 11940254
    Abstract: A projectile designed to be lead-free and have a ballistic coefficient ranging from about 0.13 to about 0.80 or greater for enhanced energy/performance at extended ranges may have an elongated body formed with a jacket including a wall having an end defining an ogive portion and a cavity or recess defined within the jacket and in which a core is received. The projectile can be configured in various calibers and sizes. The projectile core may be formed from a plurality of core sections, and at least one of the plurality of core sections may include tungsten powder and a lead-free binder material pressed together to form a substantially cylindrical shape or compact. One or more of the core sections further can be sintered, and the one or more core sections may be received in an end-to-end relationship within the cavity defined by the jacket to form a stacked, sectional core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Barnes Bullets, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Wesley Robbins, Carl Carter, Christopher Creed Crosby, Gregory S. Christensen, Mitchell Dean Kukson, Brian James Simons, Greggory Sloan, Michael Painter
  • Publication number: 20240089791
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a wireless device may buffer uplink communications. However, such approaches may be improved. An access point (AP) may receive, from a station, uplink traffic of a traffic flow for forwarding to a backhaul network via a backhaul link. The AP may monitor a buffer of the AP to determine that a quantity of buffered uplink traffic received from the station exceeds a buffer quota, the buffer quota set for the traffic flow based on a traffic throughput capacity of the backhaul link and a throughput parameter for the traffic flow. The AP may modify, based on the quantity of buffered uplink traffic exceeding the buffer quota, an uplink communication scheme to reduce the quantity of uplink traffic from the station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Srinivas Katar, Sandip Homchaudhuri, Guido Robert Frederiks, Bhaskara Peela, James Simon Cho, Patrick Poon-Cheuk Chan
  • Publication number: 20240080820
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter may detect at least one distance between the transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter may transmit, to the receiver, information using a selected band of a wide band or a narrow band, where the selected band is based at least in part on the at least one distance. Similarly, in some aspects, a receiver may detect at least one distance between the receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may receive, from the transmitter, information using a selected band of a wide band or a narrow band, where the selected band is based at least in part on the at least one distance. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yangjun ZHANG, Lin YANG, Yusheng YANG, Sandip HOMCHAUDHURI, James Simon CHO, Alireza RAISSINIA
  • Publication number: 20240071695
    Abstract: A terminal for an electrical device having a feature to receive an auxiliary connection, the terminal including a cavity including an opening for receiving a first wire, and a terminal device positioned at least partially in the cavity, the terminal device including a distal portion extending external to the cavity, wherein the distal portion of the terminal device is configured to receive a connector of a second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Robert James SIMON
  • Patent number: 11856536
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for analyzing management frames for multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In one aspect, a wireless node may obtain a first management frame from a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus, the WLAN apparatus operating multiple virtual access points (VAPs) respectively corresponding to multiple BSSs. The wireless node may determine whether the first management frame includes a BSS profile of a BSS associated with the wireless node based, at least in part, on an arrangement of a plurality of BSS profiles within one or more management frames. The wireless node may determine to further process the first management frame based, at least in part, on a determination that the first management frame includes the BSS profile of the BSS associated with the wireless node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod Patil, Yongchun Xiao, Ravi Gidvani, Sandip HomChaudhuri, Pradeep Kumar Yenganti, Arul Davidson Emmanuel, James Simon Cho, Padmanabhan Venkataraman Karthic, George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Jouni Kalevi Malinen
  • Publication number: 20230413208
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for performing a single-sided ranging operation. In some implementations, a first device transmits a first frame to a wireless station (STA), and receives a second frame from the STA responsive to the first frame. The first device obtains information indicating a time period between transmission of the first frame and reception of the second frame by the first device, and obtains information indicating time delays associated with a plurality of second devices, where each of the time delays is between respective receptions of the first frame and the second frame by a respective one of the second devices. The first device obtains a position of the STA based on the time period, the time delays associated with the plurality of second devices, and signal propagation times between the first device and each of the plurality of second devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: James Simon CHO, Xiaoxin ZHANG, Sandip HOMCHAUDHURI, Alireza RAISSINIA
  • Publication number: 20230371083
    Abstract: An access point (AP) may prioritize the allocation of uplink resources between multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In some aspects, the AP may select one of a plurality of BSSs, may allocate one or more random-access resource units (RUs) to only the selected BSS, and may transmit, for each of the selected BSSs, a respective frame indicating the random-access RUs allocated to that BSS. Wireless devices belonging to the selected BSS may contend for access to the random-access RUs allocated by the frame, and then transmit uplink data using the random-access RUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred ASTERJADHI, James Simon CHO, George CHERIAN, Simone MERLIN, Abhishek Pramod PATIL
  • Publication number: 20230362822
    Abstract: Aspects relate to signaling the parameters to be used for a communication schedule such as a target wake time (TWT) schedule. For example, a first wireless communication device (e.g., an access point or a peer station) may determine (e.g., specify or negotiate) the parameters for at least one TWT schedule and transmit a broadcast management frame (e.g., a beacon) that includes these parameters. A second wireless communication device (e.g., station) that receives the broadcast management frame may, based on the received parameters for one TWT schedule or the received parameters for multiple TWT schedules, elect to transmit during a transmission opportunity (TXOP) that is defined to not cross at least one boundary of a period of time indicated by the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred ASTERJADHI, Sai Yiu Duncan HO, George CHERIAN, Abhishek Pramod PATIL, Alireza RAISSINIA, Padmanabhan Venkataraman KARTHIC, James Simon CHO
  • Publication number: 20230333241
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may transmit an indication of a media access control (MAC) address associated with an access point to a group of access points included in a network. The network node may receive single-sided round-trip-time (RTT) data associated with a user device associated with the access point, wherein the single-sided RTT data is received from each of the group of access points based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the MAC address to the group of access points. The network node may determine a location of the user device based at least in part on the single-sided RTT data. The network node may transmit an indication of the location of the user device to the access point. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoxin ZHANG, Sandip HOMCHAUDHURI, James Simon CHO, Nicholas KUCHAREWSKI, Vincent Knowles JONES
  • Publication number: 20230272890
    Abstract: A representative embodiment of a lighting system includes a carrying bag having a first opening with a control panel cover; a mounting bracket arranged in the carrying bag; a power supply coupled to or arranged on the mounting bracket; a control panel arranged within the first opening and coupled to the mounting bracket; a first flexible light strip; a second flexible light strip; and a power cable coupleable within the carrying bag to the control panel, the first flexible light strip, and the second flexible light strip. The first and second flexible light strips are coupleable to the power cable to receive DC power from the control panel, and may be extended throughout a structure, such as a tent, using a plurality of hangers. In a representative embodiment, the first flexible light strip provides white light and the second flexible light strip provides blackout light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Darrell Frank Marroncelli, Patrick William Maloney, James J. Levante, Anthony James Simons, Jeffrey Thomas Saunders
  • Publication number: 20230235953
    Abstract: Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages. A beverage cooler may include a cooling chamber cooled by a refrigeration system, and openings in the cooling chamber for receiving bottled beverages to be chilled. The openings may have doors and/or seals to minimize heat exchange between the cooling chamber and the environment with or without bottles disposed in the openings. Each of the openings may have a visual indicator, such as a plurality of LEDs, configured to indicate the temperature of the bottle disposed in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Emad JAFA, Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU, Thomas Henry HELLIER, James Simon OLIVER