Patents by Inventor Miguel Santos

Miguel Santos 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: 11959681
    Abstract: A system for operational acoustic optimization of a variable speed compressor (2) includes a motor (6), a frequency inverter (3), and a control block (5). The frequency inverter (3) is electrically connected to the synchronous motor (6), an electrical network (4), and the control block (5). The control block (5) is configured to control the speed of the motor (6) and to establish a first switching frequency (F1) and a second switching frequency (F2) of the frequency inverter (3). The frequency inverter (3) is configured to start the variable speed compressor (2) by supplying motor (6) with a signal (9) with the first switching frequency (F1) for the duration of a time period (T1) corresponding to at least one alignment operation period of the motor (6) and to supply the motor (6) with a signal (9) with the second switching frequency (F2) after the time period (T1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC GLOBAL APPLIANCE BRASIL LTDA.
    Inventors: Claudio Eduardo Soares, Edson Correa Miguel, Gabriel Decker Do Santos
  • Publication number: 20240121210
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to systems and methods for digitally unpackaging one or more hosted Internet service products from a set of available hosted Internet service products. The method includes receiving a selection of a starting point and determining whether the selected starting point is one selected from (i) a domain and (ii) a hosted Internet service product. If the starting points is domain, then the method includes prompting for and receiving a selection of at least one hosted Internet service product category in a plurality of hosted Internet service product categories. If the starting point is a hosted Internet service product then the method includes for the hosted Internet service product, prompting for and receiving at least one domain to connect to the hosted Internet service product. The method includes setting up connections between hosted Internet service products selected and configuring the hosted Internet service products selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NAMECHEAP, INC.
    Inventors: João Henrique Martins Ferreira GUEDES, Richard KIRKENDALL, Mohan Muthukumar VETTAIKARAN, Rui Rodrigo Cabral Pacheco DE MELO, Artem ZAKHARCHENKO, Denys MUDRICHENKO, Joana Manuel Fachana Cardoso Moreira DA COSTA, Carlos Eduardo Cravo PEREIRA, Sara Rita Azevedo SAMPAIO, João Daniel Santiago MAIO, Pedro Miguel Santos LIMA
  • Patent number: 11421876
    Abstract: Methods for regulating a heating device, which includes a combustion chamber, into which combustion air is introduced via a controllable blower. An operating variable and a speed of the blower are measured. An operating coefficient is determined on the basis of the measured operating variable and the measured speed. A volume flow coefficient is determined on the basis of reference values for the operating coefficient. A volume flow of the combustion air being determined on the basis of the volume flow coefficient. A calibration of the reference values is carried out for the operating coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: BOSCH TERMOTECNOLOGIA S.A.
    Inventors: Hugo Jose Magalhaes Costa, Luis Miguel Monteiro Pacheco, Mauro André Oliveira Simoes, Ricardo Miguel Santos Heleno
  • Publication number: 20210164658
    Abstract: Methods for regulating a heating device, which includes a combustion chamber, into which combustion air is introduced via a controllable blower. An operating variable and a speed of the blower are measured. An operating coefficient is determined on the basis of the measured operating variable and the measured speed. A volume flow coefficient is determined on the basis of reference values for the operating coefficient. A volume flow of the combustion air being determined on the basis of the volume flow coefficient. A calibration of the reference values is carried out for the operating coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Hugo Jose Magalhaes Costa, Luis Miguel Monteiro Pacheco, Mauro André Oliveira Simoes, Ricardo Miguel Santos Heleno
  • Publication number: 20180352388
    Abstract: A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Quan Tat, Kimmo Tapio Kettunen, Jussi Olavi Numminen
  • Patent number: 10015644
    Abstract: A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Quan Tat, Kimmo Tapio Kettunen, Jussi Olavi Numminen
  • Publication number: 20170374534
    Abstract: A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Quan Tat, Kimmo Tapio Kettunen, Jussi Olavi Numminen
  • Publication number: 20170252997
    Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Juicero, Inc.
    Inventors: NEIL SCHULTZ, Paul Katz, Miguel Santos
  • Patent number: 9736657
    Abstract: A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Quan Tat, Kimmo Tapio Kettunen, Jussi Olavi Numminen
  • Patent number: 9338634
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for discovering capabilities of a first device communicating with a second device using a telecommunications network. The first and second devices are registered at a service platform. The first and second devices access the service platform through first and second core networks. At the first core network, a request is received from the second device for discovering capabilities of the first device. The first core network determines a first status indicator of the first device. The request is routed from the second device to an application server. The first status indicator of the first device is identified by the application server and a second status indicator of the first device is determined. A response is sent from the application server to the second device, the response containing feature tags describing a set of services supported by the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Alfonso Gomez Dias, Juan Miguel Santos Hidalgo
  • Publication number: 20150312281
    Abstract: According the present invention there may be provided a method of determining which user device (UD) of a plurality of user devices should receive a Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, request (RQ) for a communication service on a telecommunications system, the system comprising: a plurality of user devices (UD) adapted to run a communication service; an application server (AS) in communication with the plurality of user devices on which there is comprised a registry of the plurality of user devices (UD), the registry comprising associations between user devices and SIP instances, each user device being associated with a respective user identity; and, a telecommunication network in communication with the plurality of user devices (UD) and with the application server (AS), wherein the method comprises, at the application server (AS): receiving a SIP request (RQ) for establishing a communication service, the SIP request intended for a user identity from the telecommunication network; and, dynamically determining
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Rogelio MARTINEZ, Juan MIGUEL SANTOS, Rafael DOMINGUEZ
  • Patent number: 9172582
    Abstract: Management of a call between a calling party that is a mobile terminal in a first cellular network and a called party that is a mobile terminal in a second cellular network is provided by: receiving at an Application Server, AS, of the first cellular network a request to establish a call with the called party from the calling party, the called party being identified in the indication by a circuit-switched identifier; identifying a registration for the called party in the first cellular network using the circuit-switched identifier for the called party, the registration providing a packet-switched identifier for the called party; and setting up a call between the calling party and the called party of the first cellular network by initiating a packet-switched connection from the AS in the first cellular network to the called party in the second cellular network using the packet-switched identifier for the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: VODAFONE GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Santos, Rogelio Martinez, Fernando Laloma
  • Publication number: 20150195685
    Abstract: A method to control cell selection and/or re-selection in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells with which terminal devices may communicate, the method including the steps of: determining that a terminal device is to start a session for a certain service, the service using a reception frequency; based on that determination, changing at least one cell selection and/or re-selection parameter in respect of the terminal device with the effect that a subsequent cell selection and/or re-selection performed by the device would favor cells that use the reception frequency used in the service session over other cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Quan Tat, Kimmo Tapio Kettunen, Jussi Olavi Numminen
  • Patent number: 9071988
    Abstract: Apparatus, computer program products and methods allow inclusion and segmentation of multiple SDUs within a PDU, and generate information (such as header information) necessary to identify, e.g., the position of the segmented SDUs within the PDU. Prior knowledge of the typically used (i.e., predetermined) SDU size is used to perform segmentation operations, hi one exemplary variant, apparatus, methods and computer program products determine if a particular one of a set of input data units (SDUs) is to be segmented in order to fit a portion of the set, including a segment of the particular input data unit, into an output data unit (PDU); segment the input data unit in response to determining the particular input data unit is to be segmented; add the portion of the set to a data portion of the output data unit, and add into the output data unit an indication of a position of the segment in the data portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l
    Inventors: Timothy Norris, Michael Whitehead, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto
  • Patent number: 8862141
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for facilitating allocation of a common resource to a terminal. A method may include transmitting one or more inbound packet data units including an indication of a category of a terminal and an indication of an identity of the terminal to a network node responsible for managing allocation of a common resource to the terminal. The method may further include receiving an absolute grant of a portion of the common resource to the terminal, wherein the absolute grant is issued by the network node based at least in part upon the transmitted indication of the category of the terminal. Corresponding systems and apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Marcus Wimmer, Masatoshi Nakamata, Karri Markus Ranta-aho
  • Patent number: 8781126
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate security in response to a handover from an initial network to a subsequent network, such as a handover between a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network following handover from the initial network such that communications conducted via the subsequent network, including initial communications, may be secure. In order to provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network, at least one security key of the initial network may be identified along with a nonce in response to a determination that a handover is to be made. The at least one security key of the subsequent network may then be determined based upon the at least one security key of the initial network and the nonce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Geary, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Simone Provvedi, Steven Franklin, Keiichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 8698634
    Abstract: An integrated monitoring and multichannel communication system for the management of rescue teams, especially those fighting forest fires, comprises a suit, worn by a rescue worker; an electronic system; a telecommunication system; and an information system. The suit integrates fireproof, waterproof, heatproof and impact resistant materials to integrate, protect and allow access to the electronic system. The electronic system collects biometric and location data from the rescue worker, transmitting said data to a panel located in the back of the suit. The telecommunications system sends the biometric, orientation and location data, in real-time through an Ultra High Frequency network, to a computer integrated into a support vehicle, which in its turn sends the data to a server. The information system collects and manages the data to monitor the biometric, orientation and location data, to receive critical alerts and through maps to define deployment strategies for the rescue worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ydreams—Informatica, S.A.
    Inventors: Tiago Bénard Guedes Lopes Da Fonseca, Pedro Miguel Henriques Matos, Miguel Nuno Da Silva Leal Rios, Nuno Miguel Gonçalves Borges Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Ferreira Claro, Mário Rui Santos, José Miguel Rodrigues Remédio, Antão Bastos Carriço Vaz De Almada, Bruno Miguel Santos Serras, David José Matos Palma, Ivan De Almeida Soares Franco
  • Patent number: 8605668
    Abstract: A user equipment UE obtains channel configurations from each of a serving cell and n neighbor cells which have been determined to be suitable for data communications with the UE, from which the UE creates a combined channel configuration and utilizes it for multipoint communications with those cells. In specific embodiments: the respective channel configurations are obtained from the respective cells' system information; the n neighbor cells are determined to be suitable by the UE comparing each cell's received signal strength/quality against a threshold. The UE may get a neighbor cell list NCL and the threshold and consider each cell on the NCL as one of the n neighbor cells if its signal strength/quality exceed the threshold, then the UE may acquire system information for only those n neighbor cells instead of all cells on the NCL. The UE then reports in uplink signaling that the n neighbor cells are suitable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Mobile Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Kubota, Brian Alexander Martin, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Christopher Peter Callender
  • Patent number: 8594748
    Abstract: An apparatus detects, over multiple transfers, an amount of data transferred to/from a network per transfer and/or an amount of time elapsed between transfers; and based at least on the detecting, the apparatus decides whether to trigger an early release from the network in order to at least reduce power consumption in the apparatus, where the decision is made in consideration of at least one configuration aspect of the network. In specific embodiments, the decision is made in consideration of availability and/or suitability of the power saving feature and configuration support in the network, which may be re-detected periodically; re-detection occurs after cell mobility, and/or network access element mobility and/or network control element mobility. An amount of useful data transfer per length of each connection for recent transfers can trigger the decision. Deactivating an early release may be based only on an amount of time that elapses between the transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Timothy Norris, Stuart Geary
  • Publication number: 20130258947
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for discovering capabilities of a first device communicating with a second device using a telecommunications network. The first and second devices are registered at a service platform. The first and second devices access the service platform through first and second core networks. At the first core network, a request is received from the second device for discovering capabilities of the first device. The first core network determines a first status indicator of the first device. The request is routed from the second device to an application server. The first status indicator of the first device is identified by the application server and a second status indicator of the first device is determined. A response is sent from the application server to the second device, the response containing feature tags describing a set of services supported by the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Alfonso Gomez Diaz, Juan Miguel Santos Hidalgo