Patents by Inventor Pei Hou

Pei Hou 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: 20240316014
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for treating a demyelinating condition, in particular, by administering a combination comprising therapeutically effective amounts of a Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, and a cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) activator to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: ACADEMIA SINICA, GWO XI STEM CELL APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joyce Jean LU, Hsiao-Chun Huang, Pei-Lun La, Chi-Hou Ng, Ming-Hsi Chuang
  • Publication number: 20240314860
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes that: an access point (AP) determines a second non-access point (non-AP) station (STA), where the second non-AP STA is a receiver device that is to perform a peer-to-peer (P2P) transmission with a first non-AP STA. A non-access point station and an access point are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yingqiao QUAN, Lei HUANG, Pei ZHOU, Ronghui HOU, Liuming LU, Chaoming LUO
  • Patent number: 12051910
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing high speed interactions with electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chips are provided. In one embodiment, an AEPH initialization node emits a first electromagnetic field to charge the AEPH chip and/or initiate a boot-up sequence, and an AEPH interrogation node that transmits a second electromagnetic field to trigger processing operations within the AEPH chip. The first electromagnetic field and second electromagnetic fields are emitted respectively within an AEPH initialization zone and an AEPH interrogation zone that are offset from each other such that the first electromagnetic field emission in the AEPH initialization zone does not produce backscatter that interferes with the AEPH interrogation node receiving interrogation reply signals from the AEPH interrogation zone. Curtailing backscatter facilitates the ability to convey items with AEPH chips at faster line speeds so that a greater number of items per minute can be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Mark Richard Bales, Lyle T. Bertz, Pei Hou, Harry William Perlow
  • Publication number: 20240235050
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described herein which utilizes and controls an electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus uses directional properties of a Luneburg lens to receive RF energy from one or more points of the Luneburg lens and re-transmits the RF energy from a different point of the Luneburg lens to focus the RF energy in a desired direction. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus may take a form of a passive repeater, an active repeater, or a multipath active repeater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Walter F. RAUSCH, Bharatwajan RAMAN, Oliver Philippe COUDERT, Pei HOU, Durga Prasad SATAPATHY
  • Patent number: 11962089
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described herein which utilizes and controls an electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus uses directional properties of a Luneburg lens to receive RF energy from one or more points of the Luneburg lens and re-transmits the RF energy from a different point of the Luneburg lens to focus the RF energy in a desired direction. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus may take a form of a passive repeater, an active repeater, or a multipath active repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, Bharatwajan Raman, Oliver Philippe Coudert, Pei Hou, Durga Prasad Satapathy
  • Publication number: 20240047993
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chip reader-writer devices are provided that selectively control RF parameters of electro-magnetic (EM) signals transmitted to an AEPH chip. In embodiments, the selection of which RF parameter configuration is applied when transmitting an EM signal is determined by an RF parameter selection processor based on the function being invoked from the AEPH chip. In one embodiment, an AEPH chip reader-writer selects a first configuration of radio frequency (RF) parameters from a plurality of RF parameters based on a determination of a first operation for execution by an ambient electromagnetic power harvesting chip; configures an RF transmit path circuit to use the first configuration of RF parameters; and initiates execution of the first operation in the ambient electromagnetic power harvesting chip by transmitting via the RF transmit path circuit a first electromagnetic signal using the first configuration of RF parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Lyle T. Bertz, Harry William Perlow, Pei Hou, Mark Richard Bales
  • Publication number: 20240047994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing high speed interactions with electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chips are provided. In one embodiment, an AEPH initialization node emits a first electromagnetic field to charge the AEPH chip and/or initiate a boot-up sequence, and an AEPH interrogation node that transmits a second electromagnetic field to trigger processing operations within the AEPH chip. The first electromagnetic field and second electromagnetic fields are emitted respectively within an AEPH initialization zone and an AEPH interrogation zone that are offset from each other such that the first electromagnetic field emission in the AEPH initialization zone does not produce backscatter that interferes with the AEPH interrogation node receiving interrogation reply signals from the AEPH interrogation zone. Curtailing backscatter facilitates the ability to convey items with AEPH chips at faster line speeds so that a greater number of items per minute can be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Mark Richard Bales, Lyle T. Bertz, Pei Hou, Harry William Perlow
  • Publication number: 20230216207
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described herein which utilizes and controls an electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus uses directional properties of a Luneburg lens to receive RF energy from one or more points of the Luneburg lens and re-transmits the RF energy from a different point of the Luneburg lens to focus the RF energy in a desired direction. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus may take a form of a passive repeater, an active repeater, or a multipath active repeater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, Bharatwajan Raman, Oliver Philippe Coudert, Pei Hou, Durga Prasad Satapathy
  • Patent number: 10644782
    Abstract: A wireless relay receives user data from User Equipment (UE). In the wireless relay, a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP) Media Access Gateway (MAG) compresses the user data and transfers a PMIP packet having a packet header and the compressed user data. In the wireless relay, relay equipment compresses the packet header and wirelessly transmits the PMIP packet. A wireless network node wirelessly receives the PMIP packet, decompresses the packet header, and transfers the PMIP packet to a network gateway. In the network gateway, a PMIP Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) receives the PMIP packet, decompresses the user data, and transfers the user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Zheng Fang, Zheng Cai, Yu Wang, Pei Hou
  • Publication number: 20190044605
    Abstract: A wireless relay receives user data from User Equipment (UE). In the wireless relay, a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP) Media Access Gateway (MAG) compresses the user data and transfers a PMIP packet having a packet header and the compressed user data. In the wireless relay, relay equipment compresses the packet header and wirelessly transmits the PMIP packet. A wireless network node wirelessly receives the PMIP packet, decompresses the packet header, and transfers the PMIP packet to a network gateway. In the network gateway, a PMIP Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) receives the PMIP packet, decompresses the user data, and transfers the user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Zheng Fang, Zheng Cai, Yu Wang, Pei Hou
  • Patent number: 10194354
    Abstract: A control element of a first wireless communication network, such as a mobility management entity, determines that a wireless device is being served by a second wireless communication network. The control element also receives an indicator associated with the availability of a base station in the first wireless communication network to serve the wireless device. Based on the indicator, the control element initiates a handover of the wireless device from the second wireless communication network to the first wireless communication network. The control element may also initiates a handover of the wireless device based on the indicator and based on a signal strength reported by the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Yu Zhou, Chunmei Liu, Muhammad Naim, Pei Hou
  • Patent number: 10142008
    Abstract: In a wireless relay, an eNodeB exchanges user data between User Equipment (UE) and a Local Gateway (L-GW). The L-GW separates the user data into Radio Area Network (RAN) user data and Wide Area Network (WAN) user data. The L-GW performs Tunneling Compression Multiplexing (TCM) on the RAN and WAN user data. The L-GW exchanges the compressed RAN and WAN user data with a data switch. The data switch exchanges the compressed RAN user data with Relay Equipment (RE) and exchanges the compressed WAN user data with an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) agent. The RE performs Robust Header Compression (ROHC) over Long Term Evolution for a RAN data tunnel and wirelessly exchanges the compressed RAN user data over the compressed RAN data tunnel. The IPSec agent performs ROHCoIPSec for a WAN data tunnel and exchanges the compressed WAN user data over the compressed WAN data tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Zheng Fang, Zheng Cai, Yu Wang, Pei Hou
  • Patent number: 9985714
    Abstract: In systems and methods for establishing communication between a wireless device and a communication network, one or more sounding signals are received from one or more relay nodes. One or more parameters of beam formation are determined based on the received one or more sounding signals. Formation of one or more beams is initiated from two or more antennas to the one or more relay nodes based on the determined one or more beam formation parameters. The total number of the formed beams and the formation of the beams are adjusted dynamically based on the received sounding signals from the relay nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Pei Hou
  • Patent number: 9814060
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for scheduling wireless resources with coordinated multipoint transmissions. It may be determined that a signal level for a wireless device in communication with an access node does not meet a signal level criteria. Based on the determination, an access node may be instructed to transmit information to the wireless device using a coordinated multipoint transmission. A number of wireless devices in communication with the access node that comprise an application requirement that meets an application requirement criteria may further be determined. Then, the access node may be instructed to schedule wireless transmissions using at least one of semi-persistent scheduling and delay based scheduling based on the determined number of the plurality of wireless devices and the instruction to transmit using the coordinated multipoint transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Volkan Sevindik, Muhammad Ahsan Naim, Pei Hou, Yu Zhou
  • Patent number: 9571587
    Abstract: A communication session is established between a wireless device and a first access node, where the wireless device is located in a first coverage area of the first access node and located in a second coverage area of a second access node. A communication schedule is determined for the first access node and the second access node to communicate with the wireless device. The communication schedule can comprise a first portion and a second portion. Communication is performed between the first access node and the wireless device during the first portion, and between the second access node and the wireless device during the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Yu Zhou, Pei Hou, Muhammad Naim, David McGrath
  • Patent number: 9439202
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for allocating resources between frequency bands in a wireless network. A wireless device may establish multiple default channels for wireless communication with two or more cells associated with different frequency bands. The default channels on each of the cells may be used to communicate control signals between the two or more cells and the wireless device. Application requirements may be determined and each of the cells may assign a dedicated channel for service, and one of the dedicated channels may be selected to provide service to the wireless device based on the determined application requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Pei Hou, Muhammad Ahsan Naim, Yu Zhou
  • Patent number: 9271212
    Abstract: In systems and methods of managing access node selection for a wireless device, a first handover of a wireless device from a first access node to a second access node is performed based on a traffic load of the first access node meeting a traffic load threshold, and a first signal level of the first access node and a second signal level of the second access node are monitored. During a predetermined time period, the performance of a second handover of the wireless device from the second access node to the first access node is prevented when the second signal level meets a first signal level criteria, but the second handover of the wireless device is performed from the second access node to the first access node when the second signal level meets a second signal level criteria and the first signal level meets a third signal level criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Pei Hou
  • Patent number: 9119112
    Abstract: Synchronization information and access node identification information are transmitted from a first access node and a second access node. It is determined that loading information of the first access node meets a first loading criteria and loading information of the second access node meets a second loading criteria. A message is transmitted from the first access node comprising the determination that the loading information of the first access node meets the first loading criteria and the loading information of the second access node meets the second loading criteria. The wireless device then determines the second access node identification based on the message and on the synchronization information. An access request is received at the second access node to initiate a communication session between a wireless device and the second access node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Pei Hou
  • Patent number: 7682175
    Abstract: A burn-in socket includes a base, a sliding plate mounted to the base and having a number of pin holes, a number of contacts secured to the base and an actuator mounted on the base. The contacts each comprise a base portion and a pair of arms received in the pin holes of the sliding plate. The actuator includes a frame and a number of actuating portion for driving the sliding plate to move in a transversal direction. The sliding plate includes a number of projections adjacent to contacts. Each projection and the pair of arms of an adjacent contact together define a receiving space and located at three sides of the receiving space, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Gao, Ming-Yue Chen, Jia-Jia Cai, Zhen-Qi Yang, Sung-Pei Hou
  • Publication number: 20100029112
    Abstract: A burn-in socket includes a base, a sliding plate mounted to the base and having a number of pin holes, a number of contacts secured to the base and an actuator mounted on the base. The contacts each comprise a base portion and a pair of arms received in the pin holes of the sliding plate. The actuator includes a frame and a number of actuating portion for driving the sliding plate to move in a transversal direction. The sliding plate includes a number of projections adjacent to contacts. Each projection and the pair of arms of an adjacent contact together define a receiving space and located at three sides of the receiving space, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Goa, Ming-Yue Chen, Jia-Jia Cai, Zhen-Qi Yang, Sung-Pei Hou