Patents by Inventor Nathan Edwards

Nathan Edwards 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: 20200068581
    Abstract: A data processing method and a terminal device and a base station. The method includes: the terminal device determines to change the type of at least one wireless carrier of the terminal device from a first type to a second type and discards a radio link control protocol RLC and/or an RLC service data unit buffered by a transmit side of an RLC entity of at least one radio bearer. The terminal device assembles an RLC protocol data unit received by a receive side of the RLC layer entity of at least one radio bearer into an RLC service data unit, and delivers the RLC service data unit to an upper layer entity of the RLC layer entity, where the upper layer entity is an upper layer entity of the RLC layer entity before the type of the at least on radio bearer is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haibo XU, Nathan Edward TENNY, Yiru KUANG
  • Patent number: 10572942
    Abstract: Certain embodiments reduce the risks of traditionally programmed algorithms such as syntax errors, unclear logic, and the need for a non-trader programmer to develop the algorithm as specified by a trader by reducing or eliminating the writing of programming code by a user. Certain embodiments provide a design canvas area and blocks for designing an algorithm. Certain embodiments provide for grouping blocks placed in the design canvas area. Certain embodiments provide for virtualized group blocks enabling dynamic instantiation of portions of an algorithm to handle particular discrete events. Certain embodiments provide for operation of some or all portions of an algorithm when a connection between a client device and an algorithm server is broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lane, Michael Unetich, Daniel Lidor, Nathan Edwards
  • Patent number: 10567964
    Abstract: A method includes establishing, by a mobile device in a wireless network, an indirect connection of a first device to a node of the wireless network using the mobile device as an intermediate node for wireless transport and transferring, by the mobile device, data over the indirect connection via a first wireless link comprising a direct device connection between the first device and the mobile device and a second wireless link comprising a direct 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) connection between the mobile device and the wireless network. The indirect connection supports security protection of communications between the node of the wireless network and the first device based at least in part on an active security context maintained within the wireless network for communication via at least one messaging protocol layer with at least the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Hui Jin
  • Publication number: 20200042330
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing dynamic creation of an external code segment within a cloud based computing environment. For instance, an exemplary system having at least a processor and a memory therein includes means for executing object code comprising software instructions that when executed create an instance of an external segment of software instructions that is to perform business logic, wherein a name of the external segment of software instructions is to be first received during runtime of the object code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Lipke, Samuel William Bailey, James Johnson, Hugh Cockburn
  • Patent number: 10547601
    Abstract: A platform is provided to allow the developer to log into a subscriber's computer system by using the credential of the developer or the subscriber to view and to debug at least a portion of executable code that is used by the subscriber. The executable code used by the subscriber may be part of managed package code, at least portions of which are customized for various subscribers. Cooperative debugging may be provided between developer and subscriber with lifting of code encapsulation for the developer in the subscriber implementation. The developer and the subscriber may be granted debugging licenses each authorizing a limited number of debugging sessions, and each debugging session run by the developer may be counted against the debugging license of either the developer or the subscriber. Debugging licenses may be transferred between the developer and the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Lipke, David Ross Baker, Nicholas Chun Yuan Chen, Jonathan Widjaja, Winston Chow, Josh Kaplan, Gregory Wester
  • Publication number: 20200029299
    Abstract: When cell system information changes, a first terminal device receives, during on duration of the first terminal device, system information sent by a second terminal device, so that the first terminal device can receive the system information through a sidelink between the first terminal device and the second terminal device without a need to maintain a cellular link, thereby reducing complexity and power consumption of system information transmission. Alternatively, when cell system information changes and a first terminal device has only one receive radio frequency chain, the first terminal device obtains system information within a gap period of communication between the second terminal device and the first terminal device through a link between the first terminal device and a network device, so that the first terminal device maintains a cellular link only within the gap period, thereby reducing complexity and power consumption of system information transmission to some extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yiru KUANG, Haibo XU, Nathan Edward TENNY, Jian WANG
  • Publication number: 20200019300
    Abstract: A processor can cause operation tracking screens to be presented on a display. The operation tracking screens can include first and second screen areas. Some of the first screen areas can have graphical control elements configured to receive information associated with actions associated with a sequence of operations. The actions can include first and second actions performed concurrently. The second screen areas can have a graphical representation of stages of the sequence of operations. The graphical representation of the stages can be of a default sequence of the stages, in response to an initiation of the sequence of operations, and can be modified to include a graphical representation of an additional stage in response to a determination of a result of a condition being a specific value. The processor can receive signals associated with the information associated with the actions and can cause the sequence of operations to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel William Bailey, Jason Teller, Nathan Edward Lipke, Anvitha Jaishankar, James Johnson, Yucheng Wang, Hugh Cockburn
  • Publication number: 20200022032
    Abstract: A method for operating a first access node in a dual connectivity (DuCo) handover includes receiving an event trigger for a combined event from a user equipment (UE), sending to a second access node, a combined instruction for primary secondary cell (PSCell) addition and a role change with the second access node in accordance with the event trigger, adding as the second access node as a PSCell, and indicating to the UE, a role change between the first access node and the second access node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Xuelong Wang
  • Patent number: 10524224
    Abstract: A method and a system for positioning of remote user equipment (UE) are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for locating a remote UE linked to a relay UE is disclosed, the method includes receiving, by an Evolved-Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC), a Location Service Application Protocol (LCS-AP) location request from a Mobility Management Entity (MME) for the remote UE, performing, by the E-SMLC, a location measurement procedure with the relay UE, calculating, by the E-SMLC, an estimated position of the remote UE based on a location measurement of the relay UE and sending, by the E-SMLC, a LCS-AP location response to the MME.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Edward Tenny
  • Publication number: 20190387446
    Abstract: A communication path switching method includes: sending, by first user equipment, a first message to a first network device, where the first message is used to request to switch a communication path of the first user equipment from a direct path to an indirect path; receiving, by the first user equipment, a second message sent by the first network device, where the second message carries at least one of first bearer configuration information and first indication information that is used to instruct the first user equipment to perform the communication path switching; and performing, by the first user equipment, the communication path switching based on the first indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Haibo Xu, Yiru Kuang, Nathan Edward Tenny
  • Patent number: 10512056
    Abstract: A method for receiving device position determination includes receiving beamformed position reference signals (BF-PRSs) on a plurality of communications beams from at least two transmitting devices in accordance with a BF-PRS configuration, making at least one observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurement in accordance with the BF-PRSs on the plurality of communications beams, and transmitting OTDOA feedback including the at least one OTDOA measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Nathan Edward Tenny, Bin Liu, Pengfei Xia, Aimin Justin Sang, Jian Luo
  • Patent number: 10499307
    Abstract: A method for dynamically relaying data includes receiving an advertisement for dynamic relaying services from a relay device, establishing a first device-to-device (D2D) connection with the relay device in accordance with the advertisement, transmitting a data packet to the relay device using the first D2D connection, and releasing the first D2D connection automatically after transmitting the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Haibo Xu
  • Patent number: 10498504
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) adapted to perform beaconing includes beamforming a beacon signal in accordance with at least one transmit beam of a set of transmit beams, thereby producing at least one beamformed beacon signal, transmitting the at least one beamformed beacon signal on a first uplink channel, repeating the beamforming and the transmitting for remaining transmit beams of the set of transmit beams, and receiving downlink reference signals from a transmit-receive point using receive beamforming and beam adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aimin Justin Sang, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Bin Liu, Nathan Edward Tenny
  • Patent number: 10492114
    Abstract: A stable virtual access point and a method for operating a stable virtual access point are disclosed. In embodiments a method for operating a logical endpoint of a stable virtual access point, wherein the logical endpoint includes an interface with a macro access point, wherein the stable virtual access point comprises a plurality of transmission points (TPs), and wherein the TPs provide a coordinated data transmission to a UE comprises storing, at the logical endpoint, a connection status of the UE, receiving, at the logical endpoint, information regarding the connection status of the UE from the macro access point, determining, at the logical endpoint, a change in the connection status of the UE and updating, at the logical endpoint, the connection status of the UE with respect to the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Richard Stirling-Gallacher
  • Patent number: 10491471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radio configuration method. The method includes: receiving, by user equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request sent by the wearable device, where the RRC connection request carries identifier information identifying the wearable device; establishing, by the user equipment, an RRC connection with the wearable device; sending, by the user equipment, an RRC message to a base station, where the RRC message carries the identifier information; receiving, by the user equipment, the identifier information and first configuration information that are sent by the base station; performing, by the user equipment, radio configuration on a first interface and a second interface according to the first configuration information and the identifier information; and generating, by the user equipment, second configuration information according to the first configuration information, and sending the second configuration information to the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guorong Li, Nathan Edward Tenny, Lili Zhang
  • Patent number: 10492099
    Abstract: A method for operating a receiving device includes receiving a first protocol data unit (PDU) of a first burst transmission, the first PDU includes a first transmission identifier (T_ID) associated with the first burst transmission, and the first PDU further includes a final PDU indication indicating that the first PDU is a final PDU of the first burst transmission, and releasing a first radio link control (RLC) resource associated with the first T_ID when the first RLC resource associated with the first T_ID exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Xiaoxiao Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190357284
    Abstract: An indication method includes: receiving, by first user equipment, a first message sent by second user equipment, where the first message includes information indicating that the second user equipment supports an evolved user equipment-to-network relay function; and receiving, by the first user equipment, a second message sent by a network device, where the second message includes information indicating that the network device supports an evolved user equipment-to-network relay, or the second message includes information indicating that a cell in which the network device sends the second message supports an evolved user equipment-to-network relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Haibo Xu, Nathan Edward Tenny, Yiru Kuang, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 10485054
    Abstract: A method for operating a first transmit-receive point (TRP) includes receiving a first measurement report from a user equipment (UE), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP, requesting a second measurement report from the UE, the second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, wherein the ANR information includes a beam specific information, receiving the second measurement report including a first subset of the ANR information, and determining a neighbor configuration with the second TRP in accordance with the first subset of the ANR information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 10485024
    Abstract: A method and system provide determining whether to pursue grant free transmission in accordance with a size of at least one packet in a first buffer of at least one buffer and determining a size of a grant free transport block (GFTB) in accordance with a configuration of radio resources available for grant free transmission in instances where grant free transmission is to be utilized. The method also includes populating the GFTB with first data from at least one of the buffers to produce a populated GFTB and transferring the GFTB from a media access control (MAC) layer to a physical layer (PHY).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Mazin Ali Al-Shalash
  • Patent number: 10484964
    Abstract: A method for paging a first device by a second device includes sending, by the second device, a page message on a first path connecting the second device to the first device, and receiving, by the second device from the first device, a page response in response to the page message on a second path connecting the first device to the second device, wherein the first path and the second path are intentionally selected to be different in at least one of a number of hops in each path, radio access technology, cell or frequency carrier comprising each path, or width of beam pairs forming each path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aimin Justin Sang, Nathan Edward Tenny, Haibo Xu, Kai Xu, Hongcheng Zhuang