Patents by Inventor Matthias Sauer

Matthias Sauer 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: 12284054
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to including information in a data packet transmitted by a transmitting integrated circuit (e.g., SOC) to account for a time delay associated with an unsuccessful arbitration attempt to send the data packet over a multi-drop bus. The unsuccessful arbitration attempt by the integrated circuit may delay the transmission of the data packet until the multi-drop bus becomes available for the integrated circuit to send the data packet. The data packet includes a data field to include time delay information caused by the unsuccessful arbitration attempt. A receiving integrated circuit may determine the time that the data packet would have been sent out from the transmitting integrated circuit absent the unsuccessful arbitration attempt based on the delay information. Embodiments also relate to a synchronization generator circuit in an integrated circuit that generates timing signals indicating times at which periodic events occur at another integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Matthias Sauer, Jorge L Rivera Espinoza
  • Patent number: 12284723
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, informing and/or requesting the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Christian W. Mucke, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Matthias Sauer, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Publication number: 20250112967
    Abstract: A method performed by an SMCE is provided. The method includes receiving, from at least one of a TX UE or an RX UE, semantic data corresponding to a semantic communications session between the TX UE and the RX UE. The SMCE is communicatively coupled to the TX UE and the RX UE. The method includes determining, based at least on the received data, a semantic distortion corresponding to the semantic communications session. The method includes synchronizing, with at least one of the TX UE or the RX UE, semantic data corresponding to the semantic communications session. A method performed by a UE is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Saeideh Parsaei Fard, Ahmed M. Soliman, Bernd Wurth, Bernhard Raaf, Matthias Sauer, Sabine Roessel
  • Publication number: 20250111249
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: obtaining, by a first computer system, source data for transmission to a second computer system; generating, by the first computer system, first semantically encoded data representing the source data, wherein the first semantically encoded data is generated based on (i) a first computer knowledge base stored locally by the first computer system, and (ii) a second computer knowledge base shared between the first computer system and the second computer system; decoding, by the first computer system, the first semantically encoded data based on the second computer knowledge base to generate semantically decoded data; comparing, by the first computer system, the source data and the semantically decoded data; and selectively transmitting, by the first computer system, a pilot signal to the second computer system based on the comparison between the source data and the semantically decoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Saeideh Parsaei Fard, Sabine Roessel, Matthias Sauer, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 12245083
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and/or additional optimization requirements. The UE device may communicate with a cellular base station according to a first mode of operation associated with the new device category, and may switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a second mode of operation associated with a second (pre-existing) device category in response to the link budget requirements exceeding a specified value and the quality of service requirements not being sensitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Awais M. Hussain, Lydi Smaini, Moustafa M. Elsayed, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Matthias Sauer, Ronald W. Dimpflmaier, Bernd W. Adler, Christian W. Mucke
  • Publication number: 20250067804
    Abstract: An automated test equipment comprises a main test flow control configured to operate a test flow in multiple device communication units and/or to provide the trigger configuration information to a local compute unit. The automated test equipment further comprises a device communication unit comprising a trigger generation unit configured to generate a trigger signal. The trigger generation unit further configured to extract payload data from a protocol-based data stream received from the device under test, and to generate the trigger signal in response to the extracted payload data or in response to one or more protocol events. A method and a computer program for testing one or more devices under test in an automated test equipment are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Matthias SAUER, Olaf PÖPPE
  • Patent number: 12126813
    Abstract: A method for channel aware semantic coding (CASC) by a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining a quality level for a channel for a time period in which a video frame is being transmitted over the channel; determine, based on the quality level, one or more semantic elements to include in a semantic transcript stream (STS); encode the video frame with the one or more elements of the STS; and transmit the STS to a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Roessel, Christian Drewes, Matthias Sauer
  • Patent number: 12108496
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a baseband integrated circuit configured to generate communication data and control signals. The portable electronic device also includes an optical path configured to be coupled to the baseband integrated circuit to transmit the data signals from the baseband integrated circuit. The portable electronic device additionally includes a radiohead configured to be coupled to the optical path to receive the data signals transmitted along the optical path from the baseband integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rastislav Vazny, Matthias Sauer, Ronald W. Dimpflmaier
  • Publication number: 20240314542
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, informing and/or requesting the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Christian W. Mucke, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Matthias Sauer, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Publication number: 20240289292
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit of an electronic device that coordinates activities with another integrated circuit of the electronic device. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit and a processor circuit. The interface circuit communicates over a multi-drop bus connected to multiple electronic components. The processor circuit receives an authorization request from the integrated circuit via the interface circuit and the multi-drop bus. The received authorization request relates to authorization to perform an activity on the other integrated circuit. In response to receiving the authorization request, the processor circuit determines whether the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Camille CHEN, Vijay Kumar RAMAMURTHI, Alon PAYCHER, Matthias SAUER, Bernd ADLER
  • Publication number: 20240259480
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) or other device performs service discovery of edge computing resources in a cellular network system and dynamic offloading of UE application tasks to discovered edge computing resources. As part of the discovery process, the device (e.g., the UE) may request edge server site capability information. When performing dynamic offloading, the UE may obtain (collect and/or receive) information regarding channel conditions, cellular network parameters or application requirements and dynamically determine whether a task of the application executing on the UE should be offloaded to an edge server or executed locally on the UE. In making decisions between offloaded or local execution, the UE may use a utility function that takes into account factors such as relative differences in application latency, energy consumption and offloading cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Biljana Badic, Christian Drewes, Ralph Hasholzner, Krisztian Kiss, Teck Yang Lee, Matthias Sauer, Mikhail Vilgelm, Babar Qaisrani, Vijay Venkataraman, Robert Zaus
  • Publication number: 20240242692
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a billboard circuit that stores context information received from various component circuits in an electronic device. The context information indicates an operating status of the corresponding component circuit, system or shared resources. The stored context information may be retrieved by one or more component circuits when events (e.g., turning on of a component circuit) are detected. By using the billboard circuit, a component circuit may detect changes in the operating status of other components circuits and configure or update its operations even when the changes occurred while the component circuit was asleep or disabled. The billboard circuit may monitor updating of the context information by the component circuit and initiate notification to other components circuits when certain entries of the context information is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O’Shea, Matthias Sauer, Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza
  • Patent number: 12028936
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Christian W. Mucke, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Matthias Sauer, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Publication number: 20240202149
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to coordinating the operations of subsystems in a communication system of an electronic device where a coexistence hub device monitors the state information transmitted as coexistence messages over one or more multi-drop buses, processes the monitored coexistence messages and sends out control messages as coexistence messages to other systems on chips (SOCs). The coexistence hub device can also update the operations of the communication system. The coexistence hub device may receive an operation policy from a central processor and may execute the operation policy without further coordination of the central processor. The coexistence hub device broadcasts the control messages as coexistence messages according to the executed operation policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Matthias Sauer, Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza, Bernd Adler
  • Patent number: 12001364
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit of an electronic device that coordinates activities with another integrated circuit of the electronic device. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit and a processor circuit. The interface circuit communicates over a multi-drop bus connected to multiple electronic components. The processor circuit receives an authorization request from the integrated circuit via the interface circuit and the multi-drop bus. The received authorization request relates to authorization to perform an activity on the other integrated circuit. In response to receiving the authorization request, the processor circuit determines whether the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Camille Chen, Vijay Kumar Ramamurthi, Alon Paycher, Matthias Sauer, Bernd W. Adler
  • Patent number: 11991260
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) or other device performs service discovery of edge computing resources in a cellular network system and dynamic offloading of UE application tasks to discovered edge computing resources. As part of the discovery process, the device (e.g., the UE) may request edge server site capability information. When performing dynamic offloading, the UE may obtain (collect and/or receive) information regarding channel conditions, cellular network parameters or application requirements and dynamically determine whether a task of the application executing on the UE should be offloaded to an edge server or executed locally on the UE. In making decisions between offloaded or local execution, the UE may use a utility function that takes into account factors such as relative differences in application latency, energy consumption and offloading cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Biljana Badic, Christian Drewes, Ralph Hasholzner, Krisztian Kiss, Teck Yang Lee, Matthias Sauer, Mikhail Vilgelm, Babar Qaisrani, Vijay Venkataraman, Robert Zaus
  • Patent number: 11978422
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a billboard circuit that stores context information received from various component circuits in an electronic device. The context information indicates an operating status of the corresponding component circuit, system or shared resources. The stored context information may be retrieved by one or more component circuits when events (e.g., turning on of a component circuit) are detected. By using the billboard circuit, a component circuit may detect changes in the operating status of other components circuits and configure or update its operations even when the changes occurred while the component circuit was asleep or disabled. The billboard circuit may monitor updating of the context information by the component circuit and initiate notification to other components circuits when certain entries of the context information is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Matthias Sauer, Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza
  • Publication number: 20240121453
    Abstract: Methods and systems for semantic encoding by a user equipment (UE) are configured for determining an expected power consumption for encoding video data that includes semantic features, the semantic features representing a meaning of information represented in video frames of the video data; encoding one or more video frames of the video data using a selected a semantic representation of one or more video frames of the video data, the semantic representation being selected based on the expected power consumption that is determined; and transmitting the encoded video data including the semantic representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sabine Roessel, Christian Drewes, Matthias Sauer, Danila Zaev, Bernhard Raaf, Bernd Wurth, Max Dmitrichenko
  • Patent number: 11940936
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to coordinating the operations of subsystems in a communication system of an electronic device where a coexistence hub device monitors the state information transmitted as coexistence messages over one or more multi-drop buses, processes the monitored coexistence messages and sends out control messages as coexistence messages to other systems on chips (SOCs). The coexistence hub device can also update the operations of the communication system. The coexistence hub device may receive an operation policy from a central processor and may execute the operation policy without further coordination of the central processor. The coexistence hub device broadcasts the control messages as coexistence messages according to the executed operation policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Matthias Sauer, Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza, Bernd Adler
  • Publication number: 20240097937
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to including information in a data packet transmitted by a transmitting integrated circuit (e.g., SOC) to account for a time delay associated with an unsuccessful arbitration attempt to send the data packet over a multi-drop bus. The unsuccessful arbitration attempt by the integrated circuit may delay the transmission of the data packet until the multi-drop bus becomes available for the integrated circuit to send the data packet. The data packet includes a data field to include time delay information caused by the unsuccessful arbitration attempt. A receiving integrated circuit may determine the time that the data packet would have been sent out from the transmitting integrated circuit absent the unsuccessful arbitration attempt based on the delay information. Embodiments also relate to a synchronization generator circuit in an integrated circuit that generates timing signals indicating times at which periodic events occur at another integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Matthias SAUER, Jorge L. RIVERA ESPINOZA