Patents by Inventor Paul V. Flynn

Paul V. Flynn 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: 20170093457
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to perfoming antenna selection to reduce interference in a wireless device. According to some embodiments, it may be determined whether simultaneous communication according to first and second wireless communication technologies causes performance degradation to a third wireless communication technology. If the simultaneous communication according to first and second wireless communication technologies does cause performance degradation to the third wireless communication technology, selection of antenna(s) used for the communications may be based at least in part on the determination that the simultaneous communication according to the first and second wireless communication technologies causes performance degradation to the third wireless communication technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Swapnil S. Jain, Nicholas M. McDonnell, Wen Zhao, Paul V. Flynn
  • Patent number: 9603117
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to network infrastructure identification by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. According to one embodiment, one or more requests for infrastructure identification information may be transmitted. Each request may indicate a current location of the UE. A respective response may be received to each corresponding respective request. Each respective response may include infrastructure identification information for the current location indicated in the corresponding respective request. Features such as vendor, type, model, or version of cellular network infrastructure equipment with which the UE performs cellular communication may be identified based on the response(s), and features specific to the identified equipment may accordingly be implemented during such cellular communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Flynn, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Sreevalsan Vallath, Francisco J. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9603184
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for coordinating a user equipment's communication with a network during tune back with C-DRX (connected mode discontinuous receive). When a user equipment tunes back to a network after a tune away or a signal fade, a scheduling request is sent to the network to indicate the tune back as quickly as possible. The user equipment waits for a downlink transmission from the network. When the user equipment does not receive the downlink transmission, the method determines if the connection between the user equipment and the network has been released. The sending of the first scheduling request and any additional scheduling requests is coordinated with the C-DRX configuration so as to maximize the battery savings of C-DRX and minimize the latency of the tune back process in case the user equipment has uplink data to send.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Paul V. Flynn, Sreevalsan Vallath, Kee-Bong Song, Syed A. Mujtaba, Li Su
  • Patent number: 9544934
    Abstract: A device and method selects an antenna configuration. The method performed at a user equipment includes determining at least one communication functionality that is being used, each communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in a multi-antenna arrangement of the user equipment. The method includes receiving a first indication of whether a cellular communication functionality is being used, the cellular communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in the multi-antenna arrangement. The method includes receiving a second indication of whether a coexistence condition is present. The method includes determining an antenna configuration for the multi-antenna arrangement to be used by the determined communication functionality based upon the determined communication functionality, the first indication, and the second indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-You Liu, Ruben Caballero, Mohit Narang, Peter M. Agboh, Paul V. Flynn, Qiong Wu, Nicholas M. McDonnell, Navid Damji, Ming Hu, Wen Zhao
  • Patent number: 9521699
    Abstract: A method for offloading a video portion of a video call form a cellular network to a WLAN is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote device over a connection between the wireless communication device and a cellular network. The video call can include a first video stream carried over a first bearer on the cellular network and an audio stream carried over a second bearer on the cellular network. The method can further include the wireless communication device establishing a connection between the wireless communication device and a WLAN; performing a call setup procedure with the remote device to establish a second video stream over the WLAN; terminating the first video stream; and using the second video stream and the audio stream to continue the video call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samy Khay-Ibbat, Sarma V. Vangala, Paul V. Flynn, Wen Zhao, Sreevalsan Vallath, Navid Damji
  • Publication number: 20160360564
    Abstract: A device and method selects an antenna configuration. The method performed at a user equipment includes determining at least one communication functionality that is being used, each communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in a multi-antenna arrangement of the user equipment. The method includes receiving a first indication of whether a cellular communication functionality is being used, the cellular communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in the multi-antenna arrangement. The method includes receiving a second indication of whether a coexistence condition is present. The method includes determining an antenna configuration for the multi-antenna arrangement to be used by the determined communication functionality based upon the determined communication functionality, the first indication, and the second indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Hsin-You LIU, Ruben CABALLERO, Mohit NARANG, Peter M. AGBOH, Paul V. FLYNN, Qiong WU, Nicholas M. McDONNELL, Navid DAMJI, Ming HU, Wen ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20160262191
    Abstract: A client device and a host device may create a local connection for providing wide area network access, such as Internet access, to the client device. In some embodiments, the client device may have limited network capabilities and may not be able to access the Internet without the host device. The client device may provide its speed and direction in a message to potential host devices. A host device may calculate a suitability metric, based on the speed and direction of the client as well as connection properties of the networks, which indicates an ability for the host device to connect the client device to the Internet. The host device may provide the suitability metric within a connection request to the client device. Based on the suitability metric and/or other factors, the client device and the host device may establish the local connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Flynn, Dennis Mathews, Ajoy K. Singh, Wen Zhao, Yong Liu, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Sriram Hariharan, Matthew L. Semersky
  • Publication number: 20160262082
    Abstract: A host device may include a first wireless communication circuit, a second wireless communication circuit including a proxy router, and a host processor communicatively coupled to the wireless communication circuits. The host device may receive, via the second wireless communication circuit, an advertisement message from a client device. The advertisement message may include a request for communication of data with a network. The host device may determine at least one of a communication policy preference of the host device and a network connection property of the host device. The proxy router may select the first or the second wireless communication circuit for use by the host device to communicate the data with the network. The host device may provide, via the second wireless communication circuit, a connection request to the client device, and then transfer, using the selected wireless communication circuit, the data between the client device and the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Flynn, Wen Zhao, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Sriram Hariharan, Matthew L. Semersky
  • Publication number: 20160262205
    Abstract: A host device may include a wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the wireless interface. The host device may receive, via the wireless interface, an advertisement message from a client device. The advertisement message may include an identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service. Responsive to the advertisement, the host may send the identifier to the cloud-based service. The host may receive from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client. Responsive to receiving the proxy indication of available data, the host may provide, via the wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client. After receiving the available data from the cloud-based service, the host device may send the available data to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Flynn, Ajoy K. Singh, Wen Zhao, Dennis Mathews, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Sriram Hariharan, Matthew L. Semersky
  • Publication number: 20160249399
    Abstract: A method for offloading a video portion of a video call form a cellular network to a WLAN is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote device over a connection between the wireless communication device and a cellular network. The video call can include a first video stream carried over a first bearer on the cellular network and an audio stream carried over a second bearer on the cellular network. The method can further include the wireless communication device establishing a connection between the wireless communication device and a WLAN; performing a call setup procedure with the remote device to establish a second video stream over the WLAN; terminating the first video stream; and using the second video stream and the audio stream to continue the video call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Samy KHAY-IBBAT, Sarma V. VANGALA, Paul V. FLYNN, Wen ZHAO, Sreevalsan VALLATH, Navid DAMJI
  • Patent number: 9426672
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for network-based detection and mitigation of hybrid client device reception outage events. For example, in one embodiment, a cellular device uses a single-radio solution to support circuit-switched calls on a CDMA 1X network and packet-switched calls on LTE. Periodically, the cellular device tunes away from LTE and monitors CDMA 1X activity, and vice versa. During these tuned-away periods, the network adjusts operation to mitigate adverse effects (e.g., underutilization of radio resources, synchronization loss, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jianxiong Shi, Johnson O. Sebeni, Li Su, Navid Damji, Paul V. Flynn, Sarma V. Vangala, Sreevalsan Vallath, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Zhu Ji
  • Patent number: 9374191
    Abstract: Outer loop link adaptation for device resumption. A user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) may be in communication in a first network (e.g., an LTE network). Communication between the UE and the BS may be interrupted, e.g., due to a long fading environment, the UE tuning away to a second network (e.g., a CDMA network). Accordingly, the measured error rate may increase dramatically. After resumption from the interruption, a negative offset may be applied to a reported SINR value from the UE due to the previous increase in error rate. Upon improvement in the error rate, a larger, positive offset adjustment may be added to the negative offset, allowing the estimated SINR to return to reported SINR more quickly. Additionally, the error rate estimation may be adjusted to converge to a more recently measured more quickly by decreasing a feedback filter coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Paul V. Flynn, Syed A. Mujtaba, Navid Damji, Zhu Ji, Sreevalsan Vallath
  • Publication number: 20160174191
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to apparatus, systems, and methods for reception of calls on a mobile device that includes Wi-Fi and cellular radios. The mobile device may be configured to establish communication on a Wi-Fi network with a cellular carrier. The mobile device may further be configured to register a first IP address with an IMS server for the Wi-Fi network communication and register a second IP address with the IMS server for the cellular network communication (or register different ports of a single IP address with Wi-Fi and cellular). Upon occurrence of a mobile terminating call from the cellular carrier, the mobile device may receive an incoming call notification on one or both of the Wi-Fi network using the first IP address and the cellular network using the second IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ajoy K. Singh, Paul V. Flynn, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Vinay R. Majjigi, Wen Zhao, Xiaowen Wang
  • Publication number: 20160174280
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may be configured to effectively manage coexistence of multiple radio access technologies (RATs) on the device. Respective controllers responsible for at least partially managing wireless communications according to corresponding respective RATs may communicate to each other expected data transfer patterns that take place over their respective communications links, including application-specific data transfer patterns and data-transfer-mechanism-specific data transfer patterns. The RAT controllers may manage their respective data transfers according to the expected data-transfer pattern information associated with the other RATs received from each in order to prevent data transmission by the device over one RAT link interfering with data transmission of the device over another RAT link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ajoy K. Singh, Paul V. Flynn, Wen Zhao, Sami M. Almalfouh, Sanil H. Fulani, William S. Burchill
  • Patent number: 9312988
    Abstract: A method for redundant transmission of real time data is provided. The method can include an edge node in a wireless network sending a first RTP packet including a first real time data frame to a second edge node. The method can further include the edge node determining that a radio link condition is sufficient to support redundant transmission of real time data to the second edge node. The method can additionally include the edge node, in response to determining that the radio link condition is sufficient to support redundant transmission of real time data, bundling the first real time data frame with a next sequential real time data frame that has not been previously sent to the second edge node in a second RTP packet at a PDCP layer of the edge node; and sending the second RTP packet to the second edge node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ajoy K. Singh, Vinay R. Majjigi, Christian W. Mucke, Tarik Tabet, Paul V. Flynn
  • Publication number: 20160073317
    Abstract: A method for transitioning a video call is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote communication device via a first video call session established over a connection between the wireless communication device and a first cellular network. The video call can include a packet switched video stream carried over a first bearer and an audio stream carried over a second bearer. The method can further include the wireless communication device determining a degradation in a connection quality for the first cellular network; transitioning to a legacy cellular network having a circuit switched domain in response to the degradation in connection quality for the first cellular network; establishing a second video call session on the legacy cellular network; and using the second video call session to continue the video call on the legacy cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Samy KHAY-IBBAT, Sarma V. VANGALA, Paul V. FLYNN, Wen ZHAO, Sreevalsan VALLATH, Navid DAMJI
  • Patent number: 9277176
    Abstract: A method for offloading a video portion of a video call form a cellular network to a WLAN is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote device over a connection between the wireless communication device and a cellular network. The video call can include a first video stream carried over a first bearer on the cellular network and an audio stream carried over a second bearer on the cellular network. The method can further include the wireless communication device establishing a connection between the wireless communication device and a WLAN; performing a call setup procedure with the remote device to establish a second video stream over the WLAN; terminating the first video stream; and using the second video stream and the audio stream to continue the video call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samy Khay-Ibbat, Sarma V. Vangala, Paul V. Flynn, Wen Zhao, Sreevalsan Vallath, Navid Damji
  • Publication number: 20160028425
    Abstract: A method for facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies on a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include transmitting data traffic from the wireless communication device via an aggressor wireless communication technology; determining occurrence of an in-device interference condition resulting from transmission of the data traffic via the aggressor wireless communication technology interfering with concurrent data reception by the wireless communication device via a victim wireless communication technology; and reducing a bit rate of the data traffic transmitted via the aggressor wireless communication technology in response to the in-device interference condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Wen Zhao, Paul V. Flynn, William S. Burchill, Vinay R. Majjigi, Xiaowen Wang, Syed A. Mujtaba, Kee-Bong Song
  • Patent number: 9215639
    Abstract: A method for transitioning a video call is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote communication device via a first video call session established over a connection between the wireless communication device and a first cellular network. The video call can include a packet switched video stream carried over a first bearer and an audio stream carried over a second bearer. The method can further include the wireless communication device determining a degradation in a connection quality for the first cellular network; transitioning to a legacy cellular network having a circuit switched domain in response to the degradation in connection quality for the first cellular network; establishing a second video call session on the legacy cellular network; and using the second video call session to continue the video call on the legacy cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samy Khay-Ibbat, Sarma V. Vangala, Paul V. Flynn, Wen Zhao, Sreevalsan Vallath, Navid Damji
  • Publication number: 20150341869
    Abstract: A method for controlling transmission power in accordance with a total transmission power limit in a multi-radio wireless communication device including a master radio and a slave radio is provided. The method can include the wireless communication device determining, at the master radio, a transmission power of the master radio. The method can further include the wireless communication device providing information indicative of the transmission power of the master radio from the master radio to the slave radio. The method can additionally include determining, at the slave radio, an allowable transmission power for the slave radio. A sum of the allowable transmission power and the transmission power of the master radio may not exceed the total transmission power limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Indranil Sen, Mohit Narang, Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, William S. Burchill, Vinay R. Majjigi, Paul V. Flynn, Wen Zhao, Matthew L. Semersky